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25 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Good Advice from Bill Cullen

Did you watch RTE’s Frontline the other night? It was a “youth special” focusing on how the current economic and political state of affairs are affecting the young people of Ireland.
Overall the show wasn’t great, but it did have some great bits, including a good point from Bill Cullen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmJNL1BmukU
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06 February 2010 ~ 14 Comments

I Could Die Tomorrow, so I Plan to live to 100

Yesterday was my last day as a product manager for Vodafone Ireland. After almost 5 years I’m moving on to start up my own company. Although my reasons are ultimately the same as others who make the switch, I’ve written this post to explain my personal thought process that led to the decision.
I Could Get [...]

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18 March 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Using Downtime to Upskill

Using Downtime to Upskill

For reasons that I don’t need to explain, many people are finding they have a lot of free time on their hands these days.
If you’re out of work there are many people giving great advice on using social media and the internet to upskill yourself and get back in the game. I think this is [...]

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12 February 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Growth, Reproduction, Generations and The Recession

I was going to call this post “How Darwin could help us out of this recession” in honour of his 200th Birthday today. Apologies in advance for the length, but I hope it’s worth it.

The last book I finished reading was Richard Dawkins‘ The Extended Phenotype. It was fantastic. Although it has given my mind [...]

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04 January 2009 ~ 1 Comment

Recruit When There’s Blood in the Streets

Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful.
That’s one of my favourite Warren Buffett quotes. I’ve learned a lot from him (indirectly, of course), not just about investing but about business and life in general. For those of you who don’t know him, he’s the richest man in the world, and [...]

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