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
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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