10 New Jobs Announced Today

WhatClinic.com Office Launch

First of all let me me say a big thanks to everyone who came along to our office launch event last night. I hope you all enjoyed yourselves and the wise words offered by Caelen and by our guest Stephen Donnelly, independent TD for Wicklow and East Carlow.

Today we’re delighted to be able to announce 10 new jobs here in Dublin with hiring starting immediately. Full details are in the press release below:

Health Search Engine WhatClinic.com Announce 10 New Jobs In Dublin
Plans announced to open operations in the UK and Brazil within 12 months

13 October 2011, Dublin – WhatClinic.com have today announced 10 new jobs in their Dublin office. Hiring for positions in sales, marketing and software engineering will start immediately. The health search engine helps private patients research and contact clinics for elective treatments, a market which is worth €6 billion annually in the UK and Ireland alone. WhatClinic.com are the dominant player in this sector and have brought web review, reservation and information services to an industry that is just beginning to harness the web to drive business.

In addition to the jobs announced for Dublin the profitable startup plans to open an office in Brazil in 2012 to help it expand into the even larger South American market. A UK sales office will also be opened in the next 6 months.

Founded in Dublin four years ago, WhatClinic.com currently employs 15 people and is looking to strengthen its existing operations and accelerate its growth with the newly announced positions. The company is backed by Enterprise Ireland and a number of private investors including well known technology entrepreneur Ray Nolan.

“We’re delighted to be able to announce these new jobs today which will help WhatClinic.com continue its rapid growth” said Philip Boyle, Marketing Manager at the company. “The new staff can look forward to helping us give millions of patients easy access to better information about their treatment options.”

About WhatClinic.com

WhatClinic.com is a health care search engine that helps private patients get the treatment they want at a clinic that suits their needs. With easy access to prices, patient reviews and qualifications along with addresses, phone numbers and email facilities, patients can make better informed decisions by comparing all of their treatment options. Serving more than eight million visitors annually from the UK, Ireland, and further afield WhatClinic.com helps patients find clinics in the fields of dentistry, plastic surgery, fertility, laser eye surgery, cosmetic beauty, and many more.

For more information please contact:

Philip Boyle at WhatClinic.com
Tel: +353 (0) 1 525 3597
Email: pboyle@whatclinic.com

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We Have Moved!

This week we moved into our new offices on Duke Lane Upper right in the heart of Dublin city centre. Above you can see a few pictures of the sales and engineering teams, our temporary meeting table, and our very blue sofa in the kitchen / lounge area.

For anyone who wants to get in touch with us our new address is:

Location of WhatClinic.com in Dublin

WhatClinic.com
12 Duke Lane Upper
Dublin 2
Ireland

Our phone number stays the same: +353 1 6520520

We’ll be hosting a little office warming event soon which we’d love you to join us at, so keep an eye out for details here and on our Twitter accounts: Caelen / Phil

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BizCamp Dublin 2010

Caelen and Owen attended BizCamp Dublin 2010 in the Guinness Storehouse on Saturday and got a chance to take in a few of the talks as well as deliver a presentation. I’ve included Caelen’s slides at the end of this post and Owen gave me a quick rundown of the talks he attended:

Speaker: Des Traynor (Contrast)
Title: Product Strategy for the Business of Web Applications
Comments: good tips on optimising web applications by being disciplined about only building the key required features and constantly examining whether there is a market for your product.

Speaker: Paul McAvinchey (Yaboya Media)
Title: Service before content. Creating online experiences that people will pay for. For anyone wondering how to make money with online content.
Comments: Innovative web business models based on selling premium services to the visitors of your media website such as1) aggregating niche content that is extremely valuable 2) Providing live support /tutorial services 3) Selling products and services relevant to your target market.

Speaker: Paddy Cosgrave (Dublin Web Summit)
Title: I’m not good at much – but I keep trying. I started and exited, have since spoken in a few places like Facebook’s HQ in Palo Alto, and have been appointed to UN committees at a global level for ICT
Comments: Successfully engaged the audience into a group discussion ranging from the value of business coaching services, to the dangers of the Irish service industry model of only serving one or two large suppliers.

Speaker: Alan O’Rourke (Toddle)
Title: Double your online sales & cut your marketing costs by optimising your landing pages.
Comments: great tips on increasing the performance of the call to action on a website.

 

Update: 01/06/2010

BizCamp South East Logo

The next installment of BizCamp happens on June 12th at BizCamp South in the Arclabs Research & Innovation Centre in Waterford. You can register online for free tickets at www.bizcamp.ie/southeast

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