My Two Wallets

Reducing The Social Cost Of Blood Donations

In my professional life I often spend time thinking about how much people value a product or service in an effort to estimate the prices they might be willing to pay. One of the biggest mistakes I always make in these evaluations is that I put too much emphasis on money. Lately I’ve been seeing [...]

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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 The reaction the his [...]

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Amp Communications

Amp Communications is my new business. I’ve been working with a handful of Irish musicians for the last year or so helping them navigate the world of online and get their music heard. It’s been going so well that I decided to make it my full time job. The business models of the recording industry [...]

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The Tragedy Of Haiti and Crippling Debt

To quote Dan Bordeaux in a letter to the Washington Times: The ultimate tragedy in Haiti isn’t the earthquake; it’s that country’s lack of economic freedom.  The earthquake simply but catastrophically revealed the inhuman consequences of this fact. Since the disaster many people have been urging world governments to “drop the debt” that Haiti owes. [...]

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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 [...]

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