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  • From Acquisition to $300K Lessons: Kevin Innovate’s Startup Journey

    From Acquisition to $300K Lessons: Kevin Innovate’s Startup Journey

    A post from Patrick Walsh (CEO & Founder Dogpatch Labs) popped into my linkedIn feed. In the post Patrick is looking for ‘Founders’ and is partnering them up (Dogpatch Labs is an incubator/accelerator). The post was very nicely written and had a great call to action: “If you’re ambitious and want to build something big—but…

  • Founders make horrible managers!

    Founders make horrible managers!

    At some point in your founder journey you will need to become a manager. I can remember exactly the moment when I accepted that in order to go to the next level in business I’d have to go all-in and become a manager. I really did not want to be a manager but as a…

  • Getting The Right Flow for Business Success

    Getting The Right Flow for Business Success

    A story of my background in Water2buy. This case study was recorded by the local enterprise office in North Dublin Ireland in 2016 right at the beginning of our major growth phase. We didn’t spend much time talking to the media about how great we were, so this is a rare record. It might be…

  • AMA – Behind the Business Interview

    AMA – Behind the Business Interview

    Business starts local, so I’m happy to spend time helping out local businesses where I can. Fingal chamber of commerce graciously invited me to speak at their ‘Behind the Business Event’ as part of Local Enterprise week 2024. I received the potential questions in advance so I’ve spent time thinking about the answers in advance…