How did he find the time? Alum Dave Graham on his award winning first novel.
I took the UCD Smurfit EMBA from 2010 to 2012 and this is a short piece about how the time-juggling demands that the course places on people were a great help in getting my published book over the line...
View ArticleBreaking Through the Career Ceiling
Why I did an MBA: Before the MBA I was working as IT consultant on multi-million European-wide deals. When we were finalising these deals, I found myself in a room with the EMEA heads of HR, finance,...
View ArticleReminiscing on the Smurfit MBA; a path to who knows where?
It’s funny thinking back to this time of year 5 years ago when I was getting ready to start my MBA; or more accurately gearing up for Electric Picnic with the MBA more an uncomfortable thought in the...
View ArticleSuccess for MBA entrepreneurs
Congratulations to Lynne O’Donnell, MBA 2012, who came second in the final of the entrepreneurship accelerator programme, LaunchPad, run by the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC). Lynn is founder...
View ArticleUCD Smurfit MBA alums join European elite at the Europas!
Best of luck to fledgling company Buzzoo who take on the best in Europe at the Europas on 22nd Jan. 2013. Buzzoo are made up of FT MBA 2012 alumns – Dave Byrne, Vishal Balasubramaniam, and David...
View ArticleKanban Blog
I have recently started a job with a small company called one2edit . We are using the methods described by Personal Kanban, and the tools at LeankitKanban.com in order to organise our tasks and time....
View ArticleUCD Smurfit MBA alum goes from strength to strength!
Last Autumn we covered the success of MBA Alumn Cathal Brady. Here’s another win for Cathal… “A break-through contract for Dublin start-up Ultan Technologies will see the company work with the...
View ArticleAlum Dave Byrne uses UCD Smurfit MBA as platform to set up “Buzzoo”.
The June 2013 Business eConnect magazine (official e-zine for UCD Business Alumni) features one of the FT MBA ’12 students… In Profile: Dave Byrne FT MBA ’12 Taking a year out to do a full-time MBA...
View ArticleLeveraging the UCD Smurfit MBA: “I call it networking”
In his career development workshop Brian Marrinan explained it’s more effective to talk to someone you know than to send your CV to someone you don’t know. This made me reconnect with a Dutch company...
View ArticleTaking action is really the key in getting that job.
After the rush of adrenaline while on the UCD Smurfit MBA, Playing Grownup (my post MBA start-up), and the UCD Smurfit Student of the Year award, it was difficult to switch into job hunting mode. I...
View ArticleThe Beginning of a New Phase
This week another phase of my life is coming to an end. I submitted the Capstone Project Report, the last assignment of the MBA. Myself, Eoin, Emrecan, and Cathal were the first team in the class to...
View ArticleFrom the Newsroom to the Boardroom, as told to Business Because
If you’re reading the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School blog, chances are you’re thinking about how an MBA can help you progress in your current career–or find an entirely new one. A UCD...
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