Congrats & thanks to Damien Mulley for putting together a great day of knowledge sharing at ShareIT in UCC on Saturday. The focus was on providing support for anyone considering an IT start-up, and there was a wealth of experience shared throughout the day.

I had been looking forward to hearing from Lawrence @ IQContent, Richard @ Red Cardinal & Krishne De, in advance of the event - and they more than lived up to expectations. The revelations for me were from Conor O’Neill’s presentation on Outsourcing and Donagh Kiernan’s on Sales.

Conor was absolutely convincing on the importance of shopping around when outsourcing work - who knew that it’s possible to get a logo designed for $150 in Argentina through elance.com? Or that quotes for website design could range from $10K in Poland & the UK to $84K in Ireland?!

I’m not a sales person by nature, but being self employed, it’s something you do need to think about! Which is why Donagh struck a chord when he spoke about scaleable pricing and the importance of always addressing the client need.

There was a lot of audience interaction throughout the day, which I always think is a great sign. I found the day especially inspiring because people came together on a Saturday out of a desire to share their know-how for absolutely no reward, other than spending an interesting day amongst like-minded individuals.

Thank you Damien, for the opportunity to be involved, and to everyone else for sharing so willingly. The next ShareIT is set for April 28th @ the Microsoft offices in Dublin. Keep an eye on Business Advisory for more details.

More reviews of the event are here, here, here and here.