I was kindly invited to Skolkovo in Moscow to talk about Corporate Innovation and what that means for startups and corporates. In this talk I outline why I think this area is exploding, the data supporting it and what that means for Corporates and Startups. Also weirdly for some reason I forgot to take off … Continue reading The Explosion in Corporate Innovation (Talk Moscow 2019)
You have Product Market Fit (PMF) if 40+% of your users would be 'very disappointed' if your service shut down tomorrow. Sean Ellis, who led growth at companies like Dropbox and LogMeIn, arrived at this insight after years of trying to define what Product Market fit looked like. You can read more about Sean's 'Product … Continue reading Look for ‘Despite Moments’ as you search for ‘Product Market Fit’
Techstars Accelerator Week 1 Overview
I'm lucky. Every few months I've a great mentor and friend who rings to ask 'how am i doing?'. That's all my mentor usually asks. It's amazing and something that surprises me every time. It's such a simple question but one that people rarely ask. It's a question, when asked with genuine concern, that can … Continue reading How are you doing?
It seems that EVERY corporate is now exploring, starting or investing in their own startup accelerator. For the last few months I’ve had too many ‘groundhog day’ conversations with corporates who ‘are thinking of opening a coworking space / startup accelerator’ and wondering ‘have you any advice?’ I politely smile and say "Yes - but … Continue reading Corporate Accelerators, this seasons must have accessory
Early in my consulting career I got the opportunity to lead a small product development project for a new client. I was excited and arrived at my clients office to have the kick off meeting with the partner in charge. We grabbed a cup of coffee and sat down to discuss the project. She only asked one … Continue reading Why Sprint 1 should be all about surprises
It seems every week someone new is visiting and asking for some ideas on what to do / see / eat / drink when they visit Berlin. Rather than re-hashing the same email I'm just going to 'dump' some common responses here. I'm in no way an expert on the city and really only know my neighbourhood (Mitte/Prenzlauer … Continue reading Some Berlin Recomendations
Not every day you get to interview and welcome the CEO and Co-Founder of a $7.2B company to your country. Zalando are hiring 200+ Engineers and Data Scientists in Dublin over the next year. From a European eco-system perspective this is very interesting when you consider that despite being based in Berlin they are coming … Continue reading Berlin comes to Dublin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItdjBdt8jw8 This was from my recent talk at the 2013 Startup Grind Conference which was titled 'Build a Silicon Valley Company Outside Of Silicon Valley' and was under the wider theme of 'Overcoming A Startup Weak-O-System' which had Brad Feld as the Key Topic Speaker. You can access the slides here http://www.slideshare.net/maurindi/murphy-dublin-ecosystem
Note: This is inspired by Paddy Cosgraves post yesterday entitled 'A Letter to Irish Startups'. I think Paddy and his team will never fully understand the hugely positive impact the Web Summit has had on the Irish Start-up ecosystem. I therefore wanted to share some real world examples of how the Web Summit has helped Datahug secure … Continue reading A Letter from an Irish Startup to the Web Summit
Connor Murphy 