A degree of common sense?
As financial pressures continue to bite, and with many more students and graduates chasing after work experience, employers have found themselves in a strong position with regards to offering unpaid work placements. Many degree courses expect their students to have completed some element of industrial placement enable them to proceed to final year. In the current environment demand for placements outstrip supply. Are the universities missing a trick? Continue reading
Tagged diploma, entrepreneurship, funding, industrial, placement, startups, student, tech
Angel investment gives you wiiiings
While Northern Ireland currently has one very strong angel investor network in Halo does this lack of competition actually hinder our startups chances of securing funding quickly, if at all, rather than help them? Continue reading
Tagged angel, competition, funding, Halo, investment, investor, paul graham, seedcorn, startups
An off the cuff response to Mark Nagurski following a comment he had made on my recent post “Invented here syndrome; Demand attention” led me to waking up one morning at 5 am with a crazy plan. I have spent the last number of days formulating and developing that plan further. So here goes.
Tagged bbc, business, buzz, funding, geeks, gods, media, northern ireland, project athene, projectathene, showcase, syncni, tech, traction, utv