Notes on technology, companies and how things work.

17 Oct 2014

Reaction to Budget 2015

Having led the #StartupIreland pre-budget submission (see here, here, here and here, I was extremely disappointed by Budget 2015. Not only did the government fail to introduce any of the low-cost high-impact measures we recommended, but it actually introduced further disincentives directly targeted at the self-employed.

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    18 Sep 2014

    Reforming R&D Tax Credits

    In this fourth (and final) post in my series covering the budget recommendations that I coordinated at StartupIreland, I’m talking about our recommendations for the R&D tax credits....

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  • 17 Sep 2014

    Employee Ownership Schemes in Ireland

    In this third post in my series covering the budget recommendations that I coordinated at StartupIreland, I’m republishing our rundown on the current problems encountered by Irish startups...

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  • 16 Sep 2014

    Looking to the UK - Entrepreneurial Incentives

    In this second post in my series covering the budget recommendations that I coordinated at StartupIreland, I cover our recommendations to reform Ireland’s myriad of incentive schemes into...

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  • 14 Sep 2014

    Equal Income Tax for Entrepreneurs

    I was honoured to lead the pre-budget submission project for #StartupIreland. Our goal this year was to identify a number of “low-hanging fruit” budget measures that could reduce...

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  • 7 Jul 2014

    Easy Startup Dashboards

    At PageFair we’ve repurposed all our spare monitors as cheap real-time business dashboards. Here’s how you can do the same (especially if you’re in Dublin).

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  • 15 Jun 2014

    The Scale Investor

    I’ve written before about the venture chasm - the widening gulf between the founders and the funds, a gap that continues to widen as technology startups figure out...

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  • 13 Feb 2014

    Trademark Phishing Scam

    We recently filed a trademark application for our company, PageFair. This morning I received (by snail mail) this official-looking invoice from the “European Patent and Trademark Register” for...

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  • 10 Nov 2013

    5 Ways Employees Need to Think Like Investors

    Are you thinking of taking a job in a startup? If so, this post is for you. Every employee in a startup is making an investment, but rarely...

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