IQ Prize… we’ve been shortlisted
IQ Prize
We’re only 11 days into June and what a month it’s turning out to be!!
My freelance business has been successfully rebranded as Web Together. Next, we move into our bright new offices in Ashbourne. Then, we get some really nice weather…
And now, the icing on the cake, we have been shortlisted for the IQ Prize! We’ve been shortlisted for our Freelancer Web Application called Octopied.
249 entries and we are now in the final 8. Happy Days! We now have a Dragon’s Den style pitch to prepare for July 8th but we’ll start worrying about that next week. Last night and today are about enjoying the moment!
Accompanied by Ronan Morris and Michael Flanagan, my associates on this, I went in last night for the shortlist announcement and it was great to meet the guys from IQ Content. They had chosen the aptly named Sky Bar to hold their reception. A great 7th floor view of the city. Great venue for an event.
The Charity auction raised €1,300 for Barnardos which was great. Sale of the night was a €200 voucher for Patrick Guilbaud’s that sold for about €300!
What an unbelievable number of entries to the contest! I hope Enterprise Ireland are watching. It’s great that the Awards have highlighted this potential innovation area which has up to now been pretty much under the radar.
The no-strings-attached-funding prize is a great idea because what normally stops these web application ideas from getting to launch is the very long lead in times before you start generating any cash.
- First, you need to build your app
- Then, (in most cases) you have to offer a free trial period
- And finally, you have to gradually build up your customer base.
I’m not sure what this adds up to but it feels like about 12 months. The very guys that have ideas like this normally can’t really afford to take the required cashflow hit in order to make it happen. Anyway, so hats off to IQ Content.
Anyone know where you can get a box set of Dragons Den, Series 1 – 7??? I need to brush up! 