What’s wrong with this picture? The company that, not only invented the digital camera but also had a leading market share in digital photography, bungled the technology and is now seeking bankruptcy protection.
02.4.12 | Innovation, Management, Strategy, Technology | John P. Muldoon
Although it’s an excuse to use a goofy puppet-movie scene, this article is a good reminder that entrepreneurs should keep their eyes on the basics
01.21.12 | Entrepreneurship, Fun stuff, Management | John P. Muldoon
Amongst all the recent bad economic news, it is nice to hear a success story. It is even more surprising when the company is in the devastated construction sector, sells a commodity product and its recent success is the result of the economic downturn. Speaking recently to a group of business leaders, the company CEO [...]
11.20.11 | Economics, Management, Organisation | John P. Muldoon
Entrepreneurs can be a deluded, stubborn bunch. And those traits won’t bring success, according to Ben Parr, tech journalist, sci-fi writer, and editor-at-large at Mashable.com (@mashable). The San Fransisco-based Parr (@benparr), an “aspiring world changer” who is also “working on a yet-to-be-announced project,” was in Ireland to speak at the 7th Dublin Web Summit (@dublinwebsummit) [...]
10.27.11 | Entrepreneurship, Management | John P. Muldoon
But as Dvorak points out, newspaper publishers are suffering from self-inflicted wounds. Can they do anything to save their industry? They should play to their advantages.
10.12.11 | Management, Media, Technology | John P. Muldoon
Afraid of his ideas being copied, one innovator choses not to patent his inventions.
10.2.11 | Innovation, Management, Technology | John P. Muldoon
Companies need to get back to basics of branding, marketing guru Stephen Brown says.
08.10.11 | Fun stuff, Management, Strategy | John P. Muldoon
Some of the traits that “make Google unique” — risk, trust, openness —don’t cost money and can easily be applied by other companies, according to Helen Tynan, Director of People Operations at Google’s European HQ. In her talk, Future Proof Your Workforce at the NCI’s Cornflakes & Commerce series, Tynan spoke of the attitudes and [...]
07.6.11 | Fun stuff, Innovation, Management, Technology | John P. Muldoon
Is a bad suggestion a good thing? It could be based on the volume of international press an Irish hotel received after filing a suit against Google because the search giant’s autocomplete function suggested the hotel was in financial difficulty (see screen print below). After repeated efforts to have Google remove the automated suggestion — [...]
06.16.11 | Management, Media, Technology | John P. Muldoon
Starting a business is so tricky that most are bound to fail. But failure teaches important lessons and can be managed, according to Colm Lyon (@colmlyon), CEO and founder of Realex Payments. Speaking at the second annual Dotconf (@dotconf) today, Lyon recounted his experiences setting up Realex (@realexpayments) around 11 years ago and gave [...]
06.2.11 | Entrepreneurship, Management, Organisation, Personal Effectiveness, Strategy | John P. Muldoon
