I've learnt a lot (and still have a tonne to learn) since founding my first Startup. I've been lucky enough to have met several great founders, mentors and advisers along the way. Most of these meetings have been over coffee, beer, dinner and even once in a gents toilet (!). Therefore I'm always happy to … Continue reading How to get the most from your next ‘Startup Advice’ themed coffee
How fundraising has changed – 9 Lessons from AngelList founder Naval Ravikant
Here are some great quotes / lessons / extracts that I liked from a recent 'This week in Startups' interview with Naval Ravikant. Naval is the founder and CEO of AngeList and started his first company at 23. The interview is about 50 minutes long but well worth a view if you have the time. … Continue reading How fundraising has changed – 9 Lessons from AngelList founder Naval Ravikant
How to Nail your Start-Up Pitch
Most start-up competitions revolve around a 3-4 minute pitch. So much so, that the Web Summit event this year has 2 start-up pitch competitions (the ‘Spark of Genius’ and ‘Pitch’). Therefore, with the Web Summit just around the corner, I wanted to share how I use a script led approach to prepare for big pitches. … Continue reading How to Nail your Start-Up Pitch
A Letter from an Irish Startup to the Web Summit
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
Northern Portugal – Vila Praia De Ancora – Travel info
We recently attended a great wedding in Northern Portugal. We were lucky that the bride was from the area as finding information and making plans online was not the easiest. By way of example, the 3 hotels in the town that she recommended did not take online bookings. The whole area is pretty underdeveloped and the majority … Continue reading Northern Portugal – Vila Praia De Ancora – Travel info
Use Webcam to detect bad posture – ‘The seat belt warning sound of the KM worker’
While recently using Skype Video I noticed that my posture was quite poor in the reflected video feed from my computer. Bad Posture is a major contributor to work related injuries for knowledge workers.I quickly saw an opportunity to use this technology to build an application to alert users when they are in a poor … Continue reading Use Webcam to detect bad posture – ‘The seat belt warning sound of the KM worker’
The Startup Toolkit – IT tools
If you are launching an IT based Startup consider using the following affordable (or sometimes free) development toolsDomain Registration - GoDaddy or BlackKnightDevelopment Tasks and Bug Control - UnFuddle (Free)Code Repository - UnFuddle (Free) or beanstalkapp.com (Free)Charting/Reporting - Google Graph and Visualization API (Free)Microsoft Software - Bizspark Program allows you free access to all MS products, … Continue reading The Startup Toolkit – IT tools
The Startup Toolkit – Business tools
If your launching a start-up consider these must have FREE toolsPhone Calls - Skype Chat - Skype, Google ChatFile Storage and Sharing - MyDropBoxBrainstorming - FreemindCollaboration - Google DocsMockups - Balsamiq MockupsMarketing - Twitter, Blogger, LinkedInCRM - ZohoEmail - Gmail (or paid Gmail Apps with your own domain)Funding - Business and Innovation Competitions
Tips to source developers from ELance
I recently spoke with Declan O'Sullivan from Bet-Tec (leading supplier of innovative and entertaining services to the betting industry) around his experiences using ELance (where companies find, hire, manage and pay contractors online). He described having mixed experiences "some good, some bad" and suggested using a developers 'reputation score' as your first filtering criteria.Declan went … Continue reading Tips to source developers from ELance
Tip : Imagine Twitter as a major conference in order to understand how if fits with your business strategy
A client recently asked us 'How does Twitter fit with their business strategy'For the purposes of simplicity, we then asked our client to imagine that Twitter was a conference (albeit a virtual, never ending and free to attend event).This gave our client the ability to quickly assess the strategic value of 'TwitterCon' like they would any … Continue reading Tip : Imagine Twitter as a major conference in order to understand how if fits with your business strategy
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