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	<title>Simon O'Rourke - CEO and Founder of EIRCA Ltd</title>
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		<title>Goin&#8217; to the chapel (or guild hall)</title>
		<link>http://www.simonorourke.com/2008/07/11/goin-to-the-chapel-or-guild-hall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am sure many of you who are currently viewing simonorourke.com are doing so by way of the invitation sent to you recently. For those to whom the above does not apply, you may have figured out from the title of this post that myself and Amanda will be getting married. Very soon.
Amanda and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Albacore racing</title>
		<link>http://www.simonorourke.com/2008/07/09/albacore-racing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a couple of months of being a member of our local Yacht Club, I decided to give sailing a try after a friend of mine, Guy Tipton &#8212; an excellent and seasoned sailor, convinced me to take part in a race.
What a great rush that is, out on the water, back and forth with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monster Jam hits Nova Scotia</title>
		<link>http://www.simonorourke.com/2007/06/09/monster-jam-hits-nova-scotia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jun 2007 01:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A scorching hot saturday, a four year old son and wife in tow. What to do, what to do. OK, so it wasn&#8217;t quite a spur of the moment thing, we booked a couple of weeks ago; Monster Jam came to our neck of the woods and WOW, what a show.
 Liam, my son, is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DIYHosting status</title>
		<link>http://www.simonorourke.com/2006/12/11/diyhosting-status/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So if you&#8217;re at this site, you already know a little bit about the DIYHosting situation. For those who connect from an alternate source, DIYHosting is the company EIRCA founded and grew to be the most dominant reseller hosting provider available.In August of 2005 we sold DIYHosting to &#8220;The Internet Group Inc&#8221;. This was, at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>So, what&#8217;s next?</title>
		<link>http://www.simonorourke.com/2006/11/15/so-whats-next/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Nov 2006 03:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon O'Rourke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The short and not-so-simple answer (though rather sweet) is: A heck of a lot!
In the past few weeks I have undertaken my first real stand-alone project; PA Electronics. In the next three weeks comes my second, though I&#8217;ll have a lot of assistance from various sources on that one.
In addition to PA Electronics, the Sanfire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>HSP EIRCA introduces new hosting brand</title>
		<link>http://www.simonorourke.com/2006/08/18/hsp-eirca-introduces-new-hosting-brand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Aug 2006 01:10:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon O'Rourke</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[August 18th, 2006 (NEWS WIRE) Nova Scotia, Canada - Hosting service provider EIRCA Internet Solutions has introduced a new web hosting brand according to the company. The new subsidiary company, This Is Hosting (www.thisishosting.com) is to compliment the company&#8217;s reseller hosting and managed server solutions by offering multi-domain and application web hosting.
&#8220;We have been leading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expanding in to new markets - always fun</title>
		<link>http://www.simonorourke.com/2006/07/21/expanding-in-to-new-markets-always-fun/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jul 2006 16:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When expanding in to a new market it is always an eye-opener to see how other sub-markets tick and indeed if they even tick at all.
At EIRCA we have three upcoming projects: The H-Sphere expansion, A project named Sanfire and one named This Is Hosting. This Is Hosting and the H-Sphere expansion are fairly straightforward. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>H-Sphere, reseller hosting and EIRCA</title>
		<link>http://www.simonorourke.com/2006/06/12/h-sphere-reseller-hosting-and-eirca/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jun 2006 18:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[August 22nd, 2005, EIRCA signed a no-compete agreement with the new directors of DIYHosting that disallowed EIRCA from offering H-Sphere reseller accounts in the future. Circumstances change and per clearance from our solicitors, H-Sphere lovers rejoice; we&#8217;re back.
On Friday June 9th, 2006, due to several major contract breaches by the new DIYHosting directors all parts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Throttle or bust - how to save your hosting business</title>
		<link>http://www.simonorourke.com/2006/06/07/throttle-or-bust-how-to-save-your-hosting-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonorourke.com/2006/06/07/throttle-or-bust-how-to-save-your-hosting-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an all too common occurence in the web hosting industry these days; A new company expires within two years.
So why is this phenomenon even happening? Well, that&#8217;s a relatively open-ended question, but the answer can be real simple.
Growth: Every company strives for it, few companies actually plan for it.
An all too familiar scenario is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vertical VS Horizontal growth (part 2 of 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.simonorourke.com/2006/06/07/vertical-vs-horizontal-growth-part-2-of-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.simonorourke.com/2006/06/07/vertical-vs-horizontal-growth-part-2-of-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I introduced the concept of horizontal growth.
This post will introduce the concept of vertical growth. Contrary to the concept of horizontal growth, vertical growth is achieved without acquisitions or mergers.
This concept is one that many say will benefit your company the most, as opposed to growth through mergers.
A company that starts [...]]]></description>
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