[Book Review Part 2] Recommended Startup Marketing Books for Fast Growth Businesses

This is the second part of a two part blogpost about books directly focused on Marketing for fast growth oriented startups. My most recent post reviewed the superb ‘Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers’ by Gabrial Weinberg and Justin Mares, 2014 and this post will review Startup Growth Engines: Case Studies on How Today’s […]
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Jul, 28, 2015
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[Book Review] My favourite Startup Marketing Books for Fast Growth Businesses

In December 2013, I wrote a blogpost selecting my four favourite Lean Startup books from the many books on the area of Lean Startup. Since then I have been on the lookout for books more directly focused on Marketing for fast growth oriented startups. This article highly recommends two such books: 1. Traction: A […]
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Jul, 22, 2015
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Fifteen SME Marketing & Business Strategy Takeaways

I was delighted to be asked by Kinvarra Business Network to attend a recent meeting to present on a topic of my choice within the area of Marketing. I prepared for a slot of about 40 minutes plus Q&A. 15 Marketing Takeaways I decided to title my presentation ’15 SME Marketing & Business […]
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Nov, 04, 2014
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Donncha on Sunday Business Show (Today FM)
Donncha interviewed by Conall O'Morain along with Olive in MediStori all about Crowdfunding.
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Business books can be a brilliant resource for startup founders and senior management of SMEs. The trick is to read the Good ones - here are some of my suggestions as per my shelf on GoodReads
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