Farewell Ireland. Tomorrow we leave Griffith College at 5:30 in the morning to head off the airport for a long day of travels. We celebrated our last day by visiting Microsoft in the morning and pitching our final presentations in the afternoon (boy did it feel good to get that one over with). Lastly, we…
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The Final Friday
After a bus and Luas ride, we went a little out of the city to our last site visit at Microsoft. And what a great visit to wrap up the trip. I think most of us saw how all the concepts we have been learning and seen over the past couple of days came together…
Monopoly on Airbeds
With more guest speakers and company visits, our lesson today was centered around peer-to-peer entrepreneurship. With a strong, growing desire to work for yourself, it is no surprise that more people are taking side hustles and entrepreneurs. We first heard from our guest speaker, Stephen Dillion, about how he created his business to help other…
The Final Days of Dublin
Today, we were back to the business world of Dublin. This morning, I heard from Stephen Dillion, who is a local entrepreneur and a beer connoisseur. Mr. Dillion started a public blog called startups.ie that provides professional counseling to people who want to start their own businesses. He also has his own craft beers and…
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
If you want to foster a world culture where everyone can feel at home everywhere, you have to start in house. One day left. Another day done. What happened to the time? Today was our second to last day in Dublin. This morning we were met by guest speaker Stephen Dillion, founder of Startups.ie. Startups.ie…
Airbnb and Blended Pizza
Through this entire fellowship, I have never once felt unsure about a company until now. In every single case, I have had a definitive view about my experience at the firm; I loved Google in Pittsburgh, thought that I could never work at Ernst & Young, was inspired by Everyday Cafe, and so on. Airbnb,…
Airbnb and Startups
Today we heard Mr. Stephen Dillion speak. He began his entrepreneurship journey with a single blog post asking business owners how to run a successful startup. That blog post transformed into a website, Startups.ie, that advises small companies on business practices. From that website stemmed the Irish Startup Awards which Mr. Dillion has held for…
8/9: Grind Szn
From the title, you can probably tell that I am getting back into the meat of the class. Not necessarily learning new materials but writing reports and finishing up the presentation. In addition the class had a guest speaker in the morning and a site visit in the afternoon. The guest speaker was Steven Dillion. …
Innovation Inspired by Airbeds
By working for a big employer, a part of control over your life may be lost. Without holding high stakeholder power, the employer can drop you at any time. Our guest lecturer, Stephen Dillon, quit his full-time retail job for this exact reason. He wanted to be his own boss to keep that control over…
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