photo credit: petter palander SPEED NETWORKING, by definition, can be described as A method of making a potential business contact by briefly talking to people at an organized event and exchanging contact details. We’ve all been there, we’ve all done it. Networking opportunities are available every day of the week and we’ve had and seen…
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The Doors Are Open For BizCamp This March
The doors (read registration) are now open for BizCamp taking place after FOWA in Dublin this March. With FOWA taking place on Friday March 6th, BizCamp will make for a great followup as it takes place in Dublin on Saturday March 7th. Feck the recession? That’s what they’re saying… It’s based on the fact that…
Search Engines, Guitars, Food All Get Investment
When someone emails you with some good news on the investment front for startups, and is happy to answer your questions via email, I’m happy to talk about it. (edit: as Keith was). RevaHealth, headed by Caelen King, have announced the securing of a €1.25m investment through Mianach Venture Capital and supported by Enterprise Ireland,…
Working For Myself, By Myself
photo credit: houseoftext The corner has well and truly turned on 2009 and as I park myself at my desk and gulp down a mug of green tea in between thoughts, I’m reminded of the year ahead for 2009. I’ve been working for myself pretty much since I left college. I did take up work…
Poll: Working With Clients Via SMS
There are plenty of ways to communicate with your clients these days – phone calls, Skype calls, email, fax, face time, letter, text message and more. I’ve recently had a select number of clients looking to maintain contact via text message. Some clients it works for, others it doesn’t and I simply wouldn’t go for…
Tuesday Push For DownloadMusic.ie
It’s about time I offered up a post for the Tuesday Push and I’m happy to see my first one being for DownloadMusic.ie. With almost 900 artists on the books and close on 45,000 legal music downloads – which, by the way, contribute to standings in the Irish music charts – DownloadMusic.ie has become the…
Kilkenny Business Award Winners
Back in 2006 I shared a table with some of the McDonalds, Pack Publishing and Kilkenny Active gang, myself and John (Aidan was away on holiday) tucking into a sizeable steak as we’d been nominated for and were attending the Kilkenny Business Awards (nominated in the best service provider category). Nominees had a 20 euro…
Relaunching The Business Blog
2007 brings new changes and new developments and we’ve got plenty of those planned for the business, one of those includes the relaunching of the blog, now called ‘The eventIreland Blog‘ (you’ll find the feed link in the Grazr window on this blog’s sidebar) which will cover business offers from ourselves along with domain and…
Billionaires? We’ll Have Four Please…
Interesting chart is this, Forbes.com’s Dollar Density, mapping out where all the billionaires in the world are hiding out. Seemingly, most of them are in the US. Surprise, surprise.
MyHome.ie Sold For €50m
Turn to the business section of the Irish Times today or take a listen to the radio and you’ll be hearing that MyHome.ie, originally set up by some of the majory players in the Irish Property market and usually the first port of call for auctioneers and home buyers online, has been sold to the…