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Joe Drumgoole
http://joedrumgoole.com/blog
http://putplace.com/blog
Graduated TCD ’86 (BA Computer Science)
Generics
DEC
SilverPlatter
Nomura
CR2
Cape Clear
LeCayla
Bank of Ireland
Oracle
PutPlace

Getting Started
Scratching my own itch
Sick of Enterprise Plays
Going slightly stir crazy in Oracle
Lucky Friends – Brian Caulfield
Incubator Programs – HotHouse
CORD Funding
Getting into bed with Enterprise Ireland

Turning into a real company
Seed Funding
BES
Revenue Approval
RICT
Raising Money
First Product Release
Reception was not ecstatic
R&D Funding – EI
The DA Dance
Form Fun
Approval
External Matching
Bigger Board – Michael O’Callaghan, Pat Lynch

Shipping a Product
Do it sooner with less
The Ratios
1000 Invites
350 Registrations
80 active users
Lots of good feedback
I like it
It doesn’t work with
My proxy server
My ISP
My character set
My W2K PC
My IBM CDP Product
Give me more control

Promotion
Startup Conferences
Le Web 3
The Next Web
Essential Web
EI Events
3GSM
Paddys Valley
Local Promotions
The Press
Local Radio
Talks/Conferences – here, IWTC etc.

What’s Next?
More Fund Raising
Partner Ships
Viral marketing
Global Domination

NovaUCD - Entrepreneurs Live

by Joe Drumgoole on Feb 05, 2008

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