Connor Murphy
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RTÉ board should not tune out from digital expertise
- Media & Marketing
- November 28, 2020, 05:40
The Oireachtas media committee has taken a break from its investigations into RTÉ retirement parties to issue a call-out for applications from “suitab(...)

Techstars teams up with Dublin City Council for start-up week
- Technology
- September 27, 2018, 06:15
Techstars, the international business accelerator which has backed more than 1,300 companies globally, is teaming up with Dublin City Council for a we(...)

Datahug co-founder enjoying new role as accelerator ‘grandparent’ to start-ups
- Technology
- April 5, 2018, 05:07
Selling his company Datahug two year ago was a “bittersweet” moment for its co-founder Connor Murphy. But while not ruling out stepping into the ring (...)

Start-ups urged to look east as Techstars still wary of Dublin accelerator
- Technology
- January 25, 2018, 06:50
Irish start-ups should stop rushing to open offices in Silicon Valley or New York and consider looking east instead for future growth opportunities. (...)

Losses narrowed at Datahug prior to CallidusCloud acquisition
- Technology
- December 22, 2016, 06:45
Datahug, the Dublin-based sales forecasting firm that was bought by CallidusCloud in a $13 million deal last month, saw losses narrow in the year befo(...)

Dublin sales forecasting firm bought by CallidusCloud for $13m
- Technology
- November 8, 2016, 08:07
Dublin-headquartered Datahug has been bought by US software firm CallidusCloud for $13 million (€11.7 million). The company, which was founded by C(...)

Future is bright down on Dublin’s Silicon Docks
- Business
- February 16, 2015, 01:30
On a grey misty morning in December 2010, I landed at Dublin Airport after a long flight from San Francisco via Heathrow. I was feeling great – the(...)

From CoderDojo to online travel, with a lot of couch-surfing in between
- Technology
- November 13, 2014, 01:45
When James Whelton was 18, he turned down €100,000 for a 10 per cent stake in his company Social Force in order to develop CoderDojo. While it was a h(...)

Belfast sets stage for Web Summit
- Technology
- November 3, 2014, 01:00
The Web Summit kicked off last night in Belfast with an event to help start-ups get warmed up ahead of the main summit in Dublin later this week. (...)

Tech entrepreneurs should head west to Silicon Valley
- Technology
- June 6, 2014, 01:00
With a population of just 4.5 million, the Irish market does not have the scale to deliver the returns on the founders’ efforts. Equally, the availabi(...)