July 2010
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“My own motivation for working out is mostly to postpone my death at least until...”
– Josh Friedman - This quote is from the irreverently titled but imminently hilarious blog post Sledgehammer & Whore!
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PingTag (aka fun with BizCards & QR codes)
Last night I spent some time playing around with PingTags which was put together by the guys at SquarePush. They have developed a nice little interstitial app that links a QR code on your business card with your Linkedin profile.
The service is still in beta but I think it has some neat potential. Especially around analytics. Geolocation is already there but it would be cool to add in...
June 2010
7 posts
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Playing around with Flavors.me
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Ireland is a mysterious and magical place...
Everytime I think I’m getting close to figuring out this place it throws me for a loop!
I passed my Irish Drivers test on April 1st (no kidding!) and finally got around to heading to the motor vehicle department on May 3rd to submit the application for my full license. As expected they took my money and told me it would be mailed out before the end of the week. Great!
Two weeks ago I...
Thinking of applying to an accelerator programme?
Here is a rough timeline of some of the top programmes along with a few local Irish ones…
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David Logan on tribal Leadership...
I missed this TED talk by David Logan on tribal leadership. I like it because it dives a bit deeper about the actualisation of tribes.
I am scared shitless...
Jason Cohen founder of Smart Bear Software recently penned a refreshingly honest blog post titled “Why I Feel Like a Fraud!” which freakishly chronicles my frame of mind over the past few months.
Perhaps Andy Wibbels sums it up best…
“If I don’t feel like a fraud at least once a day then I’m not reaching far enough. If you aren’t scared shitless then why bother?”
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May 2010
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Rise {or return} of the Artisanal VC
I was just watching this video of @gigaom interviewing @bfeld on the changing dynamics of startup investing and was struck by Brad’s comment that “it’s back to basics.” In other words smaller (right-sized) funds absent much of the irrational exuberance of the 90’s.
What strikes is that I am starting to hear about more and more VC’s (and funds) returning to...
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Jack Dorsey on the 3 Keys to Twitter's Success...
Jack Dorsey, the original creator and Co-founder of Twitter, gave a presentation at the 99% Conference about the keys to Twitter’s success. I think Jack’s first three ideas…
Draw: get your idea out of your head and share it
Luck: assess when the time (and the market) is right to execute your idea
Iterate: take in the feedback, be a rigorous editor, and refine your idea.
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Startup Weekend, Universities &...
Image via CrunchBase
This past weekend I had a blast attending the Dublin Startup Weekend graciously organised by @seanrmurphy (who originally had the idea to make this happen!) For folks not familiar with the model you throw 50-100 eclectic people (developers, designers, MBA’s, artists) into a big room on a Friday evening, start-off with a few pints (we are in Dublin after all), open the...
MBA Humor Never Gets Old...
April 2010
4 posts
The coolest VC in the game @bfeld talking about... →
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“The metaphor is perhaps one of man’s most fruitful potentialities. Its...”
– Jose Ortega y Gasset
February 2010
5 posts
Twitter vs. Tumblr...
FYI: I decided to turn down the signal-to-noise ratio on my blog so today I cut the cord and disconnected Twitter updates. If anyone is still looking for them on the web click the link to the right.
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Harvard Business Review on Tech Transfer
In the January edition of Harvard Business Review there is an article titled Top 10 Breakthrough Ideas for 2010 (PDF). Robert Litan & Lesa Mitchell from the Kauffmann Foundation penned the 6th innovative idea (pg. 6) titled A Faster Path from Lab to Market.
Inline with issues I highlighted in a previous post (An Open Letter to Technology Transfer Offices) Litan and Mitchel cite the...
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January 2010
8 posts
stevegotz: @eircomconnect Unfortunately I am... →
stevegotz: Well done Eircom...the only way they... →
stevegotz: @Daynuv I will try to put you guys in... →
stevegotz: NovaUCD spinout RendezVu is doing some... →
stevegotz: RT @myisle: CNGL MyISLE launches... →
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stevegotz: @ghartnett congrats on the Times piece!... →
December 2009
24 posts
RT @VCMike: RT “In 2010 the decline of the MBA will cut off the supply of Bullshit at its source.” http://bit.ly/80Hnu3 by @TheEconomist
“Most students recognize that you can’t have a single-country career anymore” Article examining the US MBA exodus… http://bit.ly/7ijq9n
Starting to see some innovative companies in the web curation space. Equally nice to see the investor enthusiasm.
Cool…at the NDRC Entrepreneurs Induction. Great office space! http://twitpic.com/tlsta
Turns out Paris City Hall is a pretty sweet venue for a conference…. http://bit.ly/7m87H4 http://bit.ly/6XMd9r http://bit.ly/6Mp670
Getting virtually heckled in realy-time for missing the @CNGL Christmas Party is so meta!
Congrats @jdrumgoole & @cloudsplit Great showing for Ireland!!! #leweb
Met Denis Payre Co-founder of Business Objects today…it was like talking to one of the gods of business intelligence/enterprise software!
I love Ireland, another salary cut but I can still drown my sorrows! “Finance Minister Brian Lenihan expected to reduce the price of a pint”
In a highly interconnected, dynamic world new ways of cultivating & sharing knowledge are pushing companies to expand traditional KM notions
RT @venturehacks:If you haven’t founded a company with a good exit for investors, you need market validation or social proof, to raise money
Glad to see Dublin moving up in the StartupWeekend poll…for a while Oklahoma City was whipping our ass! Keep voting! http://bit.ly/8uf8ic
Wondering if anyone I know is going to #LeWeb? I’ll be in Paris for a different event on the 9th & 10th…may have to crash the afterparty!
RT @ev: Many of the great businesses of the next decade will be about making information about our behaviors more visible.
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