http://www.createireland.ie/blog The Create Ireland Digital Media Startup Blog Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:21:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To whom it may concern, Please find my personal submission to the IT Task Force below. It has not been fully developed for the time being but I would welcome an opportunity to meet the task force to further expand my recommendations. My submission is based on my education and professional experiences ... http://www.createireland.ie/blog/2009/10/02/my-submission-to-innovation-task-force/ - Don't market your services in exchange of shareholding in client companies - Define R&D strategy both as an Incubator and as a broker for client companies - Get your consultants/contractors to engage with potential client companies in your pipeline and spec services over 12 months period.  - Sort out your current systems: ... http://www.createireland.ie/blog/2009/09/01/suggestions-for-business-incubators-in-ireland/ I attended FP7 info session for SMEs (FP7-2010-1 Call Promotion) yesterday. Very good presentation from EI's Sean Burke I thought. The EI FP7 team seems to do a good job. Here are my notes: - IRL tops 09 call - 70% of SMEs were micro-enterprises (less than 10 employees I think) - Direct SME ... http://www.createireland.ie/blog/2009/08/28/sme-funding-from-the-eu/ More than 25 topics will be covered by the Create Programme between September 2009 and August 2010. The outline below is being developed specifically for small digital media companies that need to kick-start their business development asap. It also covers areas of growing importance - innovation, policy-making for the ... http://www.createireland.ie/blog/2009/08/18/25-topics-for-digital-media-start-ups/ I've met most of new Create participants for one-to-one assessment meetings before the programme begins in September with my induction session. I'll introduce participants in September. The Create Enterprise Platform Programme is starting its 6th year in September and has now significant number of past participants to fully-develop clustering objectives like ... http://www.createireland.ie/blog/2009/08/11/create-training-mentoring-call-for-2009-2010/ Irish will be voting again for or against the Lisbon Treaty in the autumn. Might as well brief you on things I have been learning doing more than 70 EU project revisions. Tick the basic boxes:  - EU dimension: get right number of consortium members that provide good European coverage. - Get capable, committed, ... http://www.createireland.ie/blog/2009/06/23/simple-tips-for-eu-projects/ EI has a role in scaling Internet Businesses. Scaling up is difference between ebusiness and Internet business - Colm Lyons I wouldn't mind them calling me to get my impression on how they can help Internet Businesses - 7 past Create participants need support in scaling up and 2 of them ... http://www.createireland.ie/blog/2009/05/22/notes-from-iia-annual-congress-09/ I'm getting phone enquiries for the programme training outline. Here's an example of a mixed topic training session on June 4th: Lunch – 12.30pm: 1.30pm IPR: 1.30pm – 4pm iPhone Development: 4pm – 4.45pm Usability & Cyber-psychology: 5pm-6pm IADT Annual Exhibition: 6.30pm The structure of the day is for participants to have overviews and then request personal ... http://www.createireland.ie/blog/2009/05/19/example-of-mixed-training-day/ Access to informal network of 70 trainers/mentors/past participants. Trainers and mentors are briefed by me so no time is waisted. Step and facilitation to EI cord grant - 50% of previous accounted salary up to 30K/year + 6K of marketing spend. I manage the paperwork. Access to desk space free of charge in the ... http://www.createireland.ie/blog/2009/05/19/reasons-to-apply-to-create-enterprise-platform-programme-for-digital/ Yeah! My first post thanks to Darran's (of poly) - install of a blogging system Create participants. So, this blog is to exchange opinions about the ups & downs of starting digital media businesses in Ireland. I hope that past and current Create participants will join in with their own blogs, linked in profiles, ... http://www.createireland.ie/blog/2009/04/30/hourra-my-first-post/