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James McBennett

""Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them." Albert Einstein"

James McBennett maintains interests in entrepreneurship, architecture and digital design and is co-founder of Fabsie.com He teaches 'Emerging Technology and Digital Computation' at University College Dublin and received his training in Architecture from Kohn Pedersen Fox (London, UK), Julien de Smedt Architects (Copenhagen, DK) and Office for Metropolitan Architecture (Rotterdam, NL). He studied at the Architectural Association (AA) in London and University College Dublin (UCD) taking additional classes in entrepreneurship at the London School of Economics. James presented at the TED2012 Finalist auditions and is regularly involved in the organising of TEDxEvents. A keen outdoor endurance swimmer, James attempted the Channel Swim from England to France in 2011, but unfortunately swam in the wrong direction towards Holland abandoning the attempt 36km from shore and hopes to reattempt in the near future.

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Startup Customer Careline

Who do you call when you are stuck. Some people know what they are doing and others know someone to call, but what about a call centre/chat guidance to help solve immediate issues founders are facing.

April 08, 2012, 10:31PM 153 views 5 comments 5 applause

Founders Dictionary

Founders have many problems, finding press, finding financing, finding a team. One problem non-business trained founders have is understanding the scene, the jargon and the language. For that we have created Founders Dictionary.

April 03, 2012, 07:41PM 2495 views 73 comments 60 applause

Stories of Support

Reading lists (Steve Blank)

Reading list from www.steveblank.com

March 14, 2012, 11:44PM 233 views 4 comments 7 applause

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My Testimonials

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Vincent Cheng

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June 26, 2011, 04:15AM

Thanks for the affirmation James =) Your posts have both resonated with me and opened my eyes in new ways: Impact Business, Failure in Social Business, Shadow Cities, The Life of A ___, etc.

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