IQ Prize

It's been a hectic couple of weeks. I happened to hear about a competition being run by iqcontent, an Irish web company, and decided to enter. The lure? - 10,000 euro prize for the best internet startup idea. Entering involved answering about 7 key questions and putting together a 5 page business plan. Though the competition is now closed, I get the impression that it might by an annual event. The site is: http://www.iqprize.ie

This is just what we need in Ireland right now. If I see one more bad re-hash of Carzone.ie or cbg.ie I will go mad - sites offering to sell your second hand car. How many have sold so far this year? 9? Though 10k. for 5 pages sounds easy ( and in a way is ) nothing can add or subtract from one thing: the core idea and the drive to do something with it.

As you might have guessed, I entered. I entered my site, the namesake of this blog, www.deadpc.net. I have no idea if I will win or not, but no matter. I love what I do and it was good to get my brain into gear, even if the syncromesh slipped here and there! Seriously, sitting down with a list of 7 points and writing something that makes sense over a maximum of 5 pages is not that easy.

I also put together a PowerPoint presentation, just in case I manage to get shortlisted. I'd forgotten how much fun and how powerful PowerPoint actually is. It's one of the most fun and rewarding programs out there in my opinion, yet it gets litte press. Maybe it needs to commit homocide on Excel and Access or something in a bid to raise it's profile.

Well, that's that. Brain excercise for a change, rediscovering PowerPoint after years, and now all that remains is to wait.