Call Me +353 86 1724887Early 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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What ‘grants’ and other supports apply to my startup business?
If you have ever wondered what supports that you and your startup business could and should apply for, read on:
This blogpost and the accompanying presentation will categorise the supports depending on the stage of development of your startup company: pre-enterprise; early stage; and established startup
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- Posted in 404, Entrepreneurship, Grants and finance
- Jul, 21, 2017
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Ten things we probably knew and were reminded of during Startup Gathering Galway 2015
Last Friday (9th October 2015) was spent meeting new business acquaintances and talking to almost every startup promoter and supporter that I know in Galway. I attended 6 events throughout the entire day from 8AM till 9PM. Here are ten things (as recorded on Twitter) that I probably knew already but was reminded of: […]
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- Posted in Entrepreneurship, Personal Opinion
- Oct, 14, 2015
- 2 Comments.
[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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- Posted in Book review, Marketing for Startups
- Jul, 28, 2015
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About Startup Galway Pitches Meetup
In March 2015, I volunteered to become a joint Co-ordinator along with Conor O’Donovan of the Galway Startup Businesses Meetup which is now a subgroup of Startup Galway and rebranded as Startup Galway Pitches Meetup. The idea of the group is to provide a forum for early stage startups to network with their peers, with […]
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- Posted in Entrepreneurship, Grants and finance
- Apr, 19, 2015
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Please support MediStori’s Crowdfunding Campaign
Today, I made a modest financial contribution as part of a Crowdfunding campaign to MediStori and I would ask everyone who reads this to seriously consider supporting this campaign – by making a contribution directly or telling someone else who would benefit from the product. The promoter is looking to raise €50,000 in the next […]
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- Posted in Entrepreneurship, Grants and finance, Personal Opinion
- Apr, 07, 2014
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Friday evening question to ponder – how do you run up a hill?
I asked myself a question today – How do you run up a hill? What is the best way? This raised more questions. Do you grit your teeth or do you smile, do you keep a steady pace or do you sprint up to get it over and done with, do you run in a […]
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- Posted in Entrepreneurship
- May, 03, 2013
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