This is a good article by Finn Murphy . Its important to get balance in your working life as your business won't always be a startup. Plan for a marathon and not a sprint.

BuyIrish.com has had an incredible response on our first day - over 1,000 leads sent to local retailers & small businesses across Ireland. Let's keep this going and see what kind of difference we can make #shoplocal Helen O'Rahilly Conor Pope The Irish Times Paul Hayes

I was scared to start a business. Leaving a safe job seemed insane. It took: -6 mo: to triple previous salary -3 yrs to lose just as much -4 yrs to find a stride -5 yrs for continual profitability 11 years later, it’s the best decision I ever made. I built a business. 💪🏽

We are delighted to announce Alsessor - our AI Accelerator programme kicking off in Jan 2021 in conjunction with @TCDTangent / Trinity College Dublin & Oysterhaven Ventures. Check out alsessorai.com & follow Alsessor AI for more information #AlsessorAI

So my first batch of venture investments hit 20x this week I'd like to say the learnings are novel or different than others But they aren't Learnings: 1. All that matters are the winners The #1 investment is 55% of the returns The #2 and #3 are each 12%. So Top 3 = 79%

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Good on the guys at Stripe

Take look at the Zurich Young Portrait Artist winner. Amazing Also check out the other finalists. Incredible talent

As we come towards the end of this, turbulent year, we are delighted to give you this update from our C.E.O

Too many folks set the bar way too high with entrepreneurship. The next million dollar company. The next sexy startup. Forget all that. Build something that pays you $250k a year and requires only a few hours of your time per week to make it happen.

A brilliant new song by the Marsh Family.....get the new jab youtu.be/ZnbOKH9Oe9s

Here’s the signals President Biden has already given about how his administration might think about and treat artificial intelligence. bit.ly/3o6zmo9

In 1983, a 52-year-old senior executive at Texas Instruments was passed over for the company's top job. He would go on to found and build the most strategically important company in the world. Who's up for a story? 👇👇👇

Great news

Irish tech cos need to ensure we have appropriate levels of industry representation. Scale Ireland is best placed to represent us and give us a seat at the table. The fees are not excessive so sign up now. Legislation and policy are not decided on twitter. No fees = no voice

There are more and more BIGbins landing in Irish towns and cities every quarter and it’s great to see people using technology to deal with their waste problems. You can bring your rubbish to a BIGbin whenever you want and either use your online credit, tap a card or buy a ticket

50% of succeeding on Twitter is how you format your tweets. Want to know how the pros do it? 🧵👇✍️

From a young age, we are taught to view the world as black and white. But many of life’s most important truths appear contradictory on the surface. THREAD: 15 powerful paradoxes (on growth, business, careers, and life):

This is excellent

Great news for Galway