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A clip from the first ever Dempseys Den – bright jumper included

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This video, from YouTube, is apparently the [...]

Remember the mad jumpers on Dempseys Den? A 1980s entrepreneurs story

I’ve written in the past about the fact that as I was growing up, my parents ran their own business in Mayo.
The [...]

Idea generating campaigns disconnect – Having ideas versus having a vision

I wrote a fair bit last week, and yesterday as well, about the new ideas generating campaign that’s currently ongoing here in [...]

Nominated for a 2010 Irish Blog Award – Thank you

I’m very happy to report that ValueIreland.com has been nominated for a 2010 Irish Blog Award.
I’d like to very much thank all [...]

Your Country, Your Call – are there good ideas hidden in the hundreds of submissions made already?

Over three days last week, I wrote about this years ideas generating campaign, Your Country, Your Call. And yes, I have been [...]

The Real Problem with Idea Generating Campaigns

When I first read about the aims of the countries current idea generating campaign, Your Country, Your Call, I was particularly drawn [...]

Ideas Campaign and Your Country, Your Call – deja vu all over again

I was quite sceptical of the original Ideas Campaign when it kicked off in March last year – with concerns which proved [...]

Are Irish business so brazen that “naming and shaming” doesn’t matter any more?

Way back in 2004, Senator Donie Cassidy tried to start a “name and shame” campaign in the early days of what became [...]

Yet another idea generating campaign – can we see some actions sometime maybe?

I feel like it’s 2009 – March approximately. It was back then that I first wrote about the original Ideas Campaign. Some of [...]

As consumers, how much do we mind that certain businesses are closing?

I wrote previously about the (at the time temporary) closure of the Carluccios restaurant on Dawson Street. As I work in the [...]