tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56330262024-03-07T08:52:36.703+00:00Product Innovator LtdProduct Innovator provides training, coaching and services in product innovation management to the technology sectorProduct Innovatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170866425600085575noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633026.post-61670442892688742112011-03-19T15:12:00.002+00:002011-03-19T22:41:16.307+00:00What's Your Position?<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hVMfN8QrrKA4QmHFHfF7ZJHDvbxLgvJJD6Sdjy0lT-DsF_nQQORpgwtHKTNHD7qYoZq0fWAebOsqhSvc5lgy89KCE2af7Lif2NLc5OfJ74Jo4Dc9oFdxvaRE2IzlxNweFRXB/s1600/Coliseum_Rome_istockphoto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" r6="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hVMfN8QrrKA4QmHFHfF7ZJHDvbxLgvJJD6Sdjy0lT-DsF_nQQORpgwtHKTNHD7qYoZq0fWAebOsqhSvc5lgy89KCE2af7Lif2NLc5OfJ74Jo4Dc9oFdxvaRE2IzlxNweFRXB/s320/Coliseum_Rome_istockphoto.jpg" width="213" /></a></div>Rome wasn't built in a day, and sometimes, for business owners, building and sustaining their business is like running in a marathon that never ends.<br />
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Key for every business is to have a very clear view of who the customer is, and what the value proposition is for their product or service. <br />
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Clearly articulated, it's one way to ensure that you're using the most of your resources to maximise your impact in the market, and to shorten your sales cycle.<br />
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Elevator pitches are a great marketing tool to help you articulate your value proposition. Try scripting yours today, and to give you a helping hand we've got a template you can get started with:<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.productinnovator.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Elevator_Pitch.pdf">http://www.productinnovator.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Elevator_Pitch.pdf</a> </span>Product Innovatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170866425600085575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633026.post-87781677102400444762011-01-05T13:54:00.004+00:002011-03-19T22:43:36.197+00:00Dublin City Female Entrepreneur of the Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFBkdXrpmqk_jrbps5Q29j6edM18NYe59GC1iFIc6oMBKkB2Gx2nBvBAgv4asjYtfczLCtoPHZzi92_OOU9EGtbZ1cOMbGkvHhVAwkN3iEIl3jN0NpdZZHaYhq2hMb81_9BdS/s1600/Agata_cyclorama.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; height: 197px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; width: 211px;"><img border="0" height="320" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitFBkdXrpmqk_jrbps5Q29j6edM18NYe59GC1iFIc6oMBKkB2Gx2nBvBAgv4asjYtfczLCtoPHZzi92_OOU9EGtbZ1cOMbGkvHhVAwkN3iEIl3jN0NpdZZHaYhq2hMb81_9BdS/s320/Agata_cyclorama.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Congratulations to Agata Stoinska, the recent winner of the Dublin City Female Entrepreneur of the Year award.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: "Calibri", "sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Check out some of Agata’s amazing photographs here: <a href="http://www.stoinska.com/">http://www.stoinska.com/</a> </span></span>Product Innovatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170866425600085575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633026.post-6840371928259191722010-12-13T20:06:00.000+00:002010-12-13T20:13:01.888+00:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35UZr7VK0d0s9ADZYtmrThi1DdNcFaPr5NXgEelP1knnxJZs53GHoJBoqk04jweRPwb4YEldHNw1ac-lvjASITu7PYLCoN-AEEOnzcHUwXImW9JQi1Rj-dXzBw3pwxL2X1j3y/s1600/Winter_wonderland1.JPG"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550260921059229938" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj35UZr7VK0d0s9ADZYtmrThi1DdNcFaPr5NXgEelP1knnxJZs53GHoJBoqk04jweRPwb4YEldHNw1ac-lvjASITu7PYLCoN-AEEOnzcHUwXImW9JQi1Rj-dXzBw3pwxL2X1j3y/s320/Winter_wonderland1.JPG" /></a><br />Dublin has been a winter wonderland lately.<br /><br />Unfortunately this has meant that some events have been postponed until the New Year.<br /><br />Definetly looking forward to the Irish Software Association's TechBrew event on Product Management - to be scheduled for Jan 2011.<br /><br />Apparently 125 interested parties had signed up for the December event.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.eventelephant.com/TechBrewDublin2">www.eventelephant.com/TechBrewDublin2</a>Product Innovatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170866425600085575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633026.post-81488604756807905532010-12-13T19:40:00.003+00:002010-12-13T20:35:22.031+00:00<div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2TGu6sYcAfJJSVEDJsKvfLW6LirCa-Y_Mt90fnBJ2IlGY7yEN39O8fJQLMs_dbA-mSORRRUaZXjZ_MkNWGVO-pOGtCP-YogXc9ulDbRjh6NXYqvQYhS3lk5iUeQnA4jwkcA8/s1600/green_grass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu2TGu6sYcAfJJSVEDJsKvfLW6LirCa-Y_Mt90fnBJ2IlGY7yEN39O8fJQLMs_dbA-mSORRRUaZXjZ_MkNWGVO-pOGtCP-YogXc9ulDbRjh6NXYqvQYhS3lk5iUeQnA4jwkcA8/s320/green_grass.jpg" width="320" /></a>As a past participant of Going for Growth, I'd highly recommend the initiative to women entrepreneurs who are serious about growing their businesses:</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Going for Growth are offering an opportunity to 60 women entrepreneurs who are commited to growing their businesses to participate in the newest cycle of the programme.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Suitable applicants will have at least 2 years running their business of which they own at least 50%, be working full time in the business, and be willing to commit fully to the initiative.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Going for Growth has successfully run two cycles, and over 100 women entrepreneurs have benefited from the participation. </div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">Going for Growth was included by the EU Commission in the 2009 <em>Good Practises </em>and voted into the Top 10 as <em>most beneficial to implement</em>.</div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">More information, testimonials and application form at: <a href="http://www.goingforgrowth.com/">http://www.goingforgrowth.com/</a> </div></div>Product Innovatorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12170866425600085575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633026.post-105964890931508402003-07-31T11:55:00.000+01:002010-12-13T20:21:21.459+00:00Mary Ryan is founder and CEO of Product Innovator Ltd.
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<br />Product Innovator Ltd is focussed on developing sales and marketing strategies to assist technology companies in identifying customer demand.
<br />This provides a step by step outline of the approach to take from developing beta sites and sales prospects to mapping a products deliverables as well as creating a sales and marketing pitch to the many influencers involved in investing and purchasing ICT products and services.
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<br />Mary has extensive hands - on experience in the Industry having previously managed the “Orbix E2A Mainframe Edition” product line at IONA Technologies. She previously worked as a software engineer and has a strong background in the financial services IT Sector. Mary holds a degree in Computer Science from Trinity College Dublin.
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