I’m Joshua Scutts.
I build businesses and the technology behind them.

A laptop, a mobile phone and a whiteboard. That’s where Shielded started. Today, I’m building across insurance, technology, property and health.
The part I love hasn’t changed: taking an idea and making it real.
My story
What building businesses teaches you.
Shared with the people building what’s next.

A video did the rounds this week: what if you ran your business just to enjoy your life, instead of chasing the next revenue milestone you'll never actually reach? It's a good question. But it has a second half nobody talks about.
Read articlePaper pads, desk phones with cords, walking to a printer. That's what insurance looked like when I started. I knew I could build something better. Here's how it happened.
Read articleThere is a region in your brain that literally gets bigger when you do things you do not want to do. It shrinks when you stop. Neuroscience just gave us the biological proof that discipline is a muscle.
Read articlePut AI to work in your business. Explore the tools, workflows and systems I use—and find something you can put into practice.
Explore my AI toolkit Read my AI field notesI get involved where I can help build the business and move it forward. From the product and technology to the systems behind growth, I want to contribute more than capital.
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