Iain MacDonald (businessman)

Iain MacDonald is an Irish entrepreneur.[1] He founded Perlico in 2003, an Irish consumer telecommunications company, and later sold it to Vodafone Ireland in a 2007 deal reportedly worth €80 million contingent on subsequent earnings.[2][3] In its final year of independent operations, Perlico reported a loss of €7 million on revenues of €40 million.[4]

In 2009, MacDonald founded "Weeedle", later renamed SkillPages, a skills-based social network.[5]

References
  1. "Iain MacDonald". Irish Independent. 30 November 2012.
  2. "Doubts raised on Perlico worth". TechCentral.ie. ComputerScope. November 26, 2007. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
  3. "Perlico Communications has announced its intention to enter the Irish mobile market". RTÉ.ie. January 26, 2007. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
  4. Errity, Stephen (13 November 2012). "Vodafone acquires Perlico for EUR80m". ElectricNews.Net Ltd. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
  5. Arthur, Charles (24 November 2010). "Irish tech startups: Weedle won't wobble from cataloguing skills". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 December 2012.


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