Hi All, many
friends and colleagues have asked me what am I up to over the last year or two?
And how is it going? And as many of you know though I am a great fan of social
media, However I am not living my life on Facebook but use LinkedIn extensively
for business only, so I decided to do this short update and point those that
are interested to it.
For most of
2012 I have been working with several starts up’s I have a small equity
interest in, I split my time about 70/30 doing 30% pro-bono enterprise
development and entrepreneur support as well as writing a book. In 2013 I plan
to do more consulting or take a job if I find the right role to reduce the
savings burn rate and top up my pension.
The
companies I have an interest in:-
Digiprove: - Unique patented technology to secure
the integrity of any digital content and provide irrefutable evidence of its
integrity at any time on or off line. It has particular value in compliance
with eCommerce acts, Digital signing legislation, and regulated industries. It
also has high value in eDiscovery and digital evidence protection. Progress has
been good with continuous growth in users, revenues, and new application areas
TradersNow:- A spin out from DIT has developed a
decision support system based on a neural network processing a range of financial
signals we have pre-processed with proprietary algorithms and enabling a
statistical advantage to traders of financial instruments. Initial focus is on
Foreign exchange trading. The system is now live and in real world testing and
beta clients are being engaged. Is likely I will exit this venture in the near
future as there is a misalignment between my standards and approach and those
of other shareholders.
Intelligentorg.com:- Initially set up to promote best
practice in Organisation development and the use of the HOMI model, has been
expanded to include new management models developed and entrepreneurship. This
is currently a not-for profit venture.
In the past
12 months I have done very little billable advisory work by choice, I have done
quite a bit of pro-bono work helping the entrepreneurial community,
entrepreneurs and general business development that can lead to jobs. Here are
just a few things that kept me busy
·
Coaching
and mentoring
o
A
Tidal Marine Turbine Start Up in NI
o
An
eBusiness start up looking to scale
o
Services
ERP start up
·
IBM
Smart-Camps mentor & Judge
·
ISA
Awards and Preparing applicants for venture funding pitches
·
Socitm
– Committee member and facilitating International knowledge sharing
·
InterTrade
– entrepreneurs Master Classes and mentoring
·
EI
Business partner – Spin out potential from SFI funded research in the main
research clusters across Ireland DERI, Clarity, etc.
Plan for 2013
·
Continue
to support the companies I have small investments in
·
Re
start an income stream
·
Publish
my book “Roadmap for entrepreneurs”
·
Continue
to contribute to enterprise development and entrepreneur support
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