About Segala

About Paul Walsh

Founder and CEO

Founder and CEO of Segala, industry authority in content classification and Web standards compliance certification. Former executive at Eqos, a pioneer in the development of Web technologies for the B2B retail industry.

One of the first to join AOL as a small startup in the mid-’90s. Key member of the team developing AOL’s UK presence and assisted with the launch of other AOL European territories. Has international experience within the telecommunications industry and has consulted companies such as Vodafone, O2, Orange, CMG and ADC Metrica.

Chair of the British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) since 2006. Advisor to the British Council, helping to build and improve a digital pioneer program with Hong Kong and a 3 year entrepreneurial related project with India. Non-Executive Director at Newspepper.com and a mentor to the CEO of 3 Dynamics, a Hong Kong based games company.Partner in a group of award winning, Michelin-rated restaurants in Dublin.

Contribution to Standards

Instrumental in the formation of the W3C’s first ever incubator activity, to review Content Labels as a formal method of classifying and labeling content
Segala’s W3C Advisory Committee Representative
Founding Sponsor of the W3C Mobile Web Initiative and member of the Steering Council
Active participant in the W3C Semantic Web Education and Outreach (SWEO) special interest group.

How to connect with Paul

One of the top 5 Irish who’ve made it into London’s marketing elite

One to watch out for in 2007

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February 18, 2007 @ 11:41 pm

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February 19, 2007 @ 12:07 am

Irish who’ve made it into London’s marketing elite

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February 23, 2007 @ 8:09 am

Irish WordPress powered companies and a free iPod at Holy Shmoly!

[...] Segala, a company involved in website accessability and trust. They have rather an interesting idea about content labeling. Paul Walsh, their CEO, “is Segala’s W3C advisory committee representative”. Keep an eye on them. You’ll be hearing more about them I’m sure! Oh, and if you leave a comment here, it may be entered into a link bait competition Paul’s running. He’s giving away an iPod on March 2nd. If he picks you, I’ll email you with Paul’s email address. [...]
March 4, 2007 @ 6:47 am

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[...] Segala, a company involved in website accessability and trust. They have rather an interesting idea about content labeling. Paul Walsh, their CEO, “is Segala’s W3C advisory committee representative”. Keep an eye on them. You’ll be hearing more about them I’m sure! Oh, and if you leave a comment here, it may be entered into a link bait competition Paul’s running. He’s giving away an iPod on March 2nd. If he picks you, I’ll email you with Paul’s email address. [...]
April 19, 2007 @ 5:31 pm

The Equity Kicker » Blog Archive » More good stuff from OnStartUps

[...] These insights for entrepreneurs are a good read. They were apparently originally from OnStartUps - I found them via the entrepreneurs group on Facebook (thanks Paul for taking me there) but when I went looking I couldn’t find them on OnStartUps. Pithy Insights For Startup Founders 1. Seek transparency and understanding with your partners early. Issues get harder as time passes 2. Startup founders work long hours for a reason. There’s more work than there are people. If you’re seeking balance, seek it elsewhere. 3. Bad customers will drain you of passion. Really bad customers will drain you of both passion and profits. Unfortunately, most bad customers will degenerate into really bad customers if you don’t do something about it. 4. If you’re changing direction often, worry a little. If you’re changing people often, worry a lot. 5. It’s lonely at the top, but even lonelier at the bottom. In the early days of a startup, hardly anyone wants to talk to you (except some desperate vendors). 6. Eventually, your product will need to work and do something useful. No amount of marketing or strategy will get you around this. 7. At the end of each day, ask yourself: “Did the product get better for customers today?”. If you don’t have a good answer, stay up until you do. 8. Until you are profitable, time is working against you. Once you are profitable, time is on your side. 9. Learn to take calculated risks. The market rarely rewards safe bets. 10. To improve the quality of your output, improve the quality if your inputs. Read, converse and connect with the right people. 11. Force yourself to write, as it will force you to think. 12. At least once every year or so, your startup will almost die. 13. The problem you solve should be ugly. The solution you build should be beautiful. 14. Even the most successful startup ideas had 100 reasons not to pursue them. There is no perfect idea. 15. If the pain doesn’t kill you, it just hurts a lot. 16. You choose your destiny, because you choose your team. 17. Be who you are. Do what you love. Join people you like. [...]

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