Grainne from InterTradeIreland got in touch with me yesterday regarding the All Island Seedcorn Competition 2008. The competition is aimed at startups and has a prize fund of 280 thousand euro. The first prize is 100 thousand euro (I wish we'd had that kind of money to play with a couple of years ago!)Full details including entry criteria are on the site … [Read more...] about Seedcorn Competition 2008
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SixApart Expands Services and Acquires Consultancy
Blogging company SixApart announced a major expansion earlier today. (They also quietly unveiled a new look for their main corporate site)The company announced its acquisition of New York based Apperceptive who will form the core of their new services division. Apperceptive's team have not only worked on a lot of very high profile projects but have also developed … [Read more...] about SixApart Expands Services and Acquires Consultancy
(In)Famous (?) At Last?
Steve Jobs has Fake Steve Jobs. Shel Israel has a puppet. Paul Walsh has Walsh Watch. It seems I've now got the next best thing - my own "wikipedia" page courtesy of Mr Eoin Costello. (He was in the news earlier this week when his hosting company was swallowed up) I must say I am impressed. I didn't realise that Eoin was such a talented wit and not a bad graphic artist … [Read more...] about (In)Famous (?) At Last?
The Ups and Downs of Social Networking Sites – Bebo vs Vaveeva
Social networking sites were in the news this week again with AOL's purchase of Bebo for $600 million. Maybe the new owners might get round to fixing bebo.ie, which is still pointing at the "cover story" used by its previous owners.Closer to home Vaveeva is reported to be in trouble and looks like it will be shutting its doors permanently. The site is currently unavailable, so … [Read more...] about The Ups and Downs of Social Networking Sites – Bebo vs Vaveeva
How To Upset Your Clients
I run a hosting company so I know all about outages and unexpected issues.They can and will happen.No matter what happens you will never please all of your clients. You can try, but you won't succeed. It's not that your best efforts won't be good enough, but simply that there will always be an "expectation gap". The best you can hope for is pleasing most of them most of the … [Read more...] about How To Upset Your Clients