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Stop Delaying Your Most Important Job as Founder | Optimist.io

https://connormurphy.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/stop-delaying-your-most-important-job-as-founder

Connor Murphy. Startup Student. Technology Entrepreneur. Stop Delaying Your Most Important Job as Founder. 15 December, 2014. First time founders are often guilty of outsourcing their sales responsibilities. Let me give you an example of a typical conversation that highlights this fear. 8220;Your product sounds great. So do you have any customers? 8220;Did you ask them for money? Today and for that bargain basement price they will get earlier access to your beta when it is ready, the opportunity to shape...

Why isn’t this Google Ad in the Irish papers? | Optimist.io

https://connormurphy.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/why-isnt-this-google-ad-in-the-irish-papers

Connor Murphy. Startup Student. Technology Entrepreneur. Why isn’t this Google Ad in the Irish papers? 27 May, 2014. 31 May, 2014. Congrats to our alumni Vol Pigrukh and the whole team at Profitero. On building one of the most exciting and successful startups in Ireland. In particular congrats on;. Winning IBM Global Entrepreneur of the Year 2012. Winning IBM Smartcamp London 2011. Being selected as Dogpatch Labs resident 2011. Winning Seedcamp 2010 (first Irish company to do so). 8217; With one simple a...

The unsung heroes of Irish Tech | Optimist.io

https://connormurphy.wordpress.com/2014/05/27/is-this-the-least-sexy-company-in-irish-tech

Connor Murphy. Startup Student. Technology Entrepreneur. The unsung heroes of Irish Tech. 27 May, 2014. 28 August, 2014. If you are in Ireland then at some stage, usually once your initial product is approaching beta, you WILL need to get on a plane – a lot! However, the holy grail of building a global empire while bootstrapping from behind your desk. Is possible – yet super rare – and I can only think of a one Irish Tech company today that fits that bill. Yawn – how unsexy! How are they going to scale?

Should we raise a small or large seed round? A Funding Scenario | Optimist.io

https://connormurphy.wordpress.com/2014/04/11/should-we-raise-a-small-or-large-seed-round-a-funding-scenario

Connor Murphy. Startup Student. Technology Entrepreneur. Should we raise a small or large seed round? 11 April, 2014. 11 April, 2014. I recently caught up with a buddy who is setting out on a new venture. We quickly got talking about his new project and the 2 seed funding scenarios they are considering. Option A – Raise a big $1-2M Seed with the goal of securing a large Series A of $10M in 12 to 18 months. What option do you think is best? Would the Seed be priced or notes? What will it be used for?

Is Dublin Silicon Valleys Second City? | Optimist.io

https://connormurphy.wordpress.com/2014/04/10/is-dublin-silicon-valleys-second-city

Connor Murphy. Startup Student. Technology Entrepreneur. Is Dublin Silicon Valleys Second City? 10 April, 2014. I was recently invited by the Irish Governments Industrial Development Agency (IDA) to write a guest article on how interconnected Dublin and Silicon Valley are becoming. You can read the full article on the IDA Website. Map of Dublins Tech Landscape. My talk at the NY Enterprise Technology Meetup. Should we raise a small or large seed round? 10 April, 2014 at 3:55 pm. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.