Speaking in a Bus at Funconf

Destined to be the "best conference ever, in a bus." It's FunConf organized by my friend and talented entrepreneur Paul Campbell. He's got a great lineup for the event. It's sold out, but if you are in town, track us down--there will be an after party or two. I'll be talking about failure, recovering quickly and how there's a difference in the US, EU/UK and Ireland when it comes to acceptance and support [of failure].

Denver Business Journal BizConf Coverage

Thank you to Kimberly Morrison for her write-up of my talk! Her recap:

Why it matters: Fear of failure can hinder innovation, so embracing and planning for failure can create a safety net that allows businesses to take risks. Read more: Technology conference delivers on business savvy - Denver Business Journal

BizConf a fantastic event

Had a great time at this year's BizConf. Gave a keynote on day one and really enjoyed seeing David Allen of GTD fame do his keynote AND was good to get my butt kicked into doing weekly reviews of the lists I love to make.

Speaking in Croke Park

At The 2010 Cloud Computing Summit

Moving from theory to reality with respect to cloud computing is where things get complicated and this is where attending the 2010 Cloud Computing Summit comes in.

Kids at the Apple

As a 16 year old I took my first job at a Bay Area computer firm--and remember trekking throughout the Bay in my '77 Dodge Aspen making deliveries. Along the way I saw names like Oracle and Yahoo and Excite (@ Home, for a short while) and Apple. The names were on buildings instead of websites and I was fascinated to connect the dots between a real workplace with real people and the virtual experiences with the same brands.

Yesterday I gave my kids their first taste at the same experience thanks to a long time school friend. We got a tour of an environmental testing facility that had ovens, freezers, corrosive chambers, drop testing and other simulated torture chambers. The kids had a great time with the tour demystifying a small bit of technology magic, seeing Brian and taking the Caltrain twice.

Presenting at Open Enterprise Day this Thursday

Open Enterprise Day @ The GEC. Thursday 27th May 2010

The Guinness Enterprise Centre in collaboration with Dublin BIC invites you to an Open Day of seminars, workshops and talks aimed at entrepreneurs and high growth start-ups culminating in a GEC first of “Lets Build an iPad App!” with Guest Speaker & Serial Entrepreneur, Jonathan Siegel from ELC Tech. in California - complete with iPads on-site!

Other topic covered throughout the day will be:

Raising Equity Capital

Investor-ready business planning

Legals, IP generation and protection

Commercial Partnerships

SEO, CPC advertising and online marketing

Social media strategy

IP videoconferencing as a sales tool

Enterprise Ireland Supports

iPad App Development

You should read more here.

I'm at Ireland's Dragon's Den tomorrow afternoon...

OK--It's not the Dragon's Den. I don't have a TV, so I only know the Dragon's Den by description--but that's what we're going to be doing tomorrow at the NDRC for nine companies finishing a YCombinator-esque program in Dublin. I've given a small financial commitment to the event and will be sitting on the judges' panel to give feedback and weigh in on the larger award being provided.

Entrepreneurs: Good luck!

Sorry I couldn't make dinner, but the volcano...

No really. Just got off a transatlantic flight ready to hop planes to Copenhagen. Got a call that a volcano might have blocked our flight path. It did.

Thanks for the patience Henrik!