Rewrite the rules
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How to take on the world and win

From rogues to role models: Be More Pirate reveals the radical strategies of Golden Age pirates, and updates them into clear solutions for making your mark on the 21st Century.

Be More Pirate draws parallels between the strategy and innovation of legends like Henry Morgan with modern day rebels, like Elon Musk, Malala and Blockchain, and reveals how to apply their tactics to life and work today.

Voted Financial Times Book of the Month & Shortlist's Read of the Week. Its time to Be More Pirate.

“As an ancient historian and a lover of tech, Be More Pirate feels so important as it looks to history to help us grip the future”
— MARTHA LANE-FOX, CO-FOUNDER - LASTMINUTE.COM
 
 

Click the button above to view our Rebel Book Shop. These are the books that inspired our book. From the true and troublesome history of pirates; to stories of modern rebels that changed the world.  

 

"Be More Pirate makes modern-day heroes of names lost in history. He (Sam) has spotted something: that millennials are natural pirates in spirit, making their own way on the high seas. Put aside the cutlass-and-parrot pirates... The ones he is thinking of are ... the model for how to break the system and create radical change"

Jo Lo Dico, Evening Standard

"Be More Pirate is a call to our better natures, our more inventive, imaginative selves to rouse up and remake the world. The power of Be More Pirate is not just the call for us all to think differently about the challenges of today - it’s saying, hey humans - this is what we do! It’s time for the rebels in us all to re-emerge and make a new world."

Anthony Mayfield, Founder & CEO of Brilliant Noise & Executive Director of the DOTS Festival

“I watched Sam give a talk about Be More Pirate and immediately saw he’s created something timely and important, I got him to give the same talk to inspire my team. This is an idea that’s going to explode."

Will Hudson, CEO & Founder, It's Nice That

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“Be More Pirate is a genuinely refreshing, entertaining and inspiring perspective on work, leadership and why we do what we do. But amongst the well researched well-handled metaphor of pirate innovation, there’s also a clear call for a more radical rethink of where we’re going.”
— BRUCE DAISLEY, VP TWITTER EMEA