Einstein would have made a lousy entrepreneur. Or maybe he just would have gotten one of the basics wrong. The scientist, whose name is now synonymous with intelligence, once said that “imagination is more important than knowledge.” But, as a fresh-faced, 14-year-old entrepreneur, Stuart McGoldrick found the opposite was the case. Flush from the success […]
11.21.13 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Management, Strategy | John P. Muldoon
The Web Summit was a busy place. Over 10,000 tickets were sold and 500 press passes were given out. So getting the message out was a challenge. Before attendees had even reached the venue, the marketers were at work. One guy was handing out fliers for hair cuts at a local barber. Another guy in […]
11.10.13 | Entrepreneurship, Strategy | John P. Muldoon
Starting a company is like making sausage, so don’t be fooled by the other guy’s press release. It’s probably as ugly behind the scenes there, according to Los Angeles-based venture capitalist, Mark Suster. Speaking at the 2013 Web Summit (@WebSummitHQ), Suster (@msuster) was introduced by conference organizer Paddy Cosgrave (@paddycosgrave) as “one of the most […]
11.5.13 | Entrepreneurship, Management, Strategy | John P. Muldoon
Be careful building that killer startup, said serial entrepreneur Michael Acton Smith. Its first victim could be you! Speaking at the Dublin Web Summit (@WebSummitHQ), the Moshi Monsters guy (@acton) outlined his tips for entrepreneurs and threw in a health warning: “Many of them almost killed me with their craziness and intensity,” he said. Once […]
10.31.13 | Entrepreneurship, Personal Effectiveness | John P. Muldoon
Keep it simple and get inside the customer’s head when it comes to eCommerce. But be prepared for an awful lot of work, said Colm Griffin, founder and CEO of Purchase.ie (@purchasedotie). His comments came at the monthly Entrepreneurs Anonymous event and it kicked off an extremely busy Web Summit (@WebSummitHQ) week in Dublin, Ireland. […]
10.28.13 | Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Technology | John P. Muldoon
Most entrepreneurial success stories are based on someone successfully identifying a problem — then working like mad to take it to market. That happened Denise O’Grady. In her old job as a teacher, she constantly saw “the chain” break. These chains are arrangements where Parent 1 is notified of an event such as a canceled […]
09.13.13 | Entrepreneurship, Management, Strategy | John P. Muldoon
You are in a restaurant enjoying a meal with some good company. Then, looking uneasy, the waiter comes over and says there is a man called Zollo outside. He has a gun and a sword and a decision for you. If you chose the gun, you must play Russian roulette. If you chose the sword, […]
09.8.13 | Innovation, Management, Organisation, Strategy | John P. Muldoon
I ran a free “job dating” thing for entrepreneurs recently. Then I decided to call it the Co-Founder Finder Confab. It was thrown together based on a complaint/question I am often asked: Where do I find a co-founder? So, with the help of Darren Mulvihill (@DarrenMulvihill), Head of Seed Investing at Lucey Technology (@LuceyTechnology), and […]
09.5.13 | Entrepreneurship | John P. Muldoon
World War II was raging and the U.S. had firepower. But was it accurate? It “had battleships that could lob shells weighing as much as a small car over distances up to 25 miles,” according to ComputerScienceLab.com. Moreover, there were equations to determine how wind, gravity, muzzle velocity and other factors would affect trajectory. “But […]
08.7.13 | Innovation, Technology | John P. Muldoon
