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Bill Liao is a techie entreneur who made his first million by changing his language. And not PHP, Javascript or some other computer language. He did it by changing plain old English (or maybe plain old Mandarin, because he’s bilingual). Liao (@liaonet), successful entrepreneur, co-founder of Xing, author of Stone Soup, Special Diplomatic envoy for [...]
01.17.12 | Entrepreneurship, Fun stuff, Personal Effectiveness, Strategy | 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
That work can be frustrating or annoying goes without saying. That we can do something about it often seems like a forlorn hope. Great advice on how to maintain your sanity comes from Josh Klein (@joshuaklein) and Bill Jensen (@simpletonbill) in Hacking Work — Breaking Stupid Rules for Smart Results. “Just two guys who have [...]
01.31.11 | Fun stuff, Innovation, Personal Effectiveness, Technology | John P. Muldoon
“We’re the only country with a physical infrastructure in every town in the world,” said Kingsley Aikins. Speaking of the ubiquitous Irish bar, he said Ireland should be networking with the worldwide Irish as a means of digging out of the recession back home. Speaking at the MBA Association of Ireland’s monthly Dublin gathering last [...]
11.29.10 | Personal Effectiveness, Strategy | John P. Muldoon
A great TED talk below (17 minutes or so) from Steven Johnson on how great ideas come about. Johnson argues that there is no eureka! moment and that “chance favors the connected mind.” Sometimes ideas linger on in people’s heads for years before they are fully formed. Another point he makes is that ideas usually [...]
10.18.10 | Innovation, Personal Effectiveness | John P. Muldoon
When it comes to innovation, there is good news and bad news. The good news is that one single person can come up with a great idea. The bad news is that there could be two dozen others waiting to take that idea, kick the bejayzus out of it and throw it in a ditch. [...]
09.28.10 | Innovation, Management, Organisation, Personal Effectiveness | John P. Muldoon
Finding out how your business idea could fail in real life could save you a lot of grief, according to Jonathan Siegel. A native of Santa Barbara, Calif., and a serial entrepreneur, Siegel calls the concept non-destructive testing (NDT) and was speaking at the sold-out TEDx Dublin (@TEDxDublin) conference last week. Holding an egg up, [...]
09.26.10 | Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Management, Personal Effectiveness | John P. Muldoon
The recession has been good for ethical businesses, said Alexis Bouckaert. We’re all a bunch of self-centered monkeys, said Rowan Manahan. The comments came at this month’s Refresh Dublin in the Science Gallery where the speakers tackled goodvertising and presentation skills. Bouckaert (@alexisbouckaert), a digital creative director and designer at Rothco, spoke of how companies [...]
09.22.10 | Fun stuff, Innovation, Personal Effectiveness | John P. Muldoon
On the same day I blogged about Storyful, I caught up later with an old friend. We are both employed full time in tech but are also interested in media — he makes films — and I like journalism and new media. We met for a few drinks, and in between solving the country’s problems, [...]
08.12.10 | Education, Innovation, Media, Personal Effectiveness, Technology | John P. Muldoon
