Call Me +353 86 1724887What Enterprise Ireland are looking for in a New Frontiers Phase 2 Application in 2019?
Are you participating on one of the Enterprise Ireland New Frontiers Phase 1 programmes being delivered by the Incubation Centres in the Institutes of Technology in Ireland? If yes, you may have started completing your Phase 2 application. As a trainer on the programmes in WIT, IT Sligo and GMIT, I would like to share […]
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Mar, 30, 2019
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Early Stage Startups – My Inc60 Podcast – From Idea to a Business
I recently met with Clare Carroll of Inc60 to record a podcast about the pre-startup and early stage business journey. The Lean Canvas as outlined in the book Running Lean is an ideal tool at this stage. The 30-minute podcast also discusses Sales, Mentoring, building your Team and supports for business. Thanks to Maria Staunton […]
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- Oct, 06, 2018
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Lean Startup : Recommended Books to get up to speed
I am a big advocate of Lean Startup. This post selects my four favourite Lean Startup books from the many books on the broad area of Lean Startup. To be read in this order: 1- Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development 2- The Lean Startup 3- Running Lean 4- Lean Analytics Starting Point The book […]
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- Posted in Book review, Personal Opinion
- Dec, 12, 2013
- 4 Comments.
Drop the ‘Lean Startup’ buzzwords please. Promoters, show me the results!
I am proud to be an advocate of the Lean Startup movement. I have worked with lots of startups to firstly explain the principles and secondly to use the tools. Why – because when I read The Lean Startup, The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development, particularly Running Lean and most recently The Lean Entrepreneur, the […]
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- Posted in Lean Canvas
- May, 02, 2013
- 1 Comment.
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