It’s Startup Gathering all over Ireland this week, and Technology.ie went to Galway Startup Weekend. We spoke to Paul Killoran, founder of bootstrapped success story Ex Ordo (more about them next week). He was there to mentor others, and spoke about the Galway City Innovation District which is ambitiously targeting “20,000 jobs and Galway’s first billion dollar company!” Galway has unique […]
Tracy Keogh is our guest on today’s podcast. She’s been involved in startup events for many years and recently joined Bank of Ireland as Startup Community Manager for Galway. Click on the player above to listen to the show, or download it here: 07:18; 4MB; MP3. There’s more going on in Galway than we generally hear about, she […]
Startup Weekends are in full swing right now in Dublin, Cork and Limerick. Here’s a video we shot last week at Galway Startup Weekend! [youtube]http://youtu.be/RiR7LJj-Cr8[/youtube] Paul Killoran of Ex Ordo is co-organiser of Galway Startup Weekend. He explains that it’s less about launching a company in one weekend, more about a long term investment in startup culture: This […]
Global Entrepreneurship Week gets underway this weekend, and startup weekends are being held in four Irish cities as part of the Global Startup Battle. Galway Startup Weekend is kicking off in about an hour at NUI Galway. Participants with ideas will make 60 second pitches which then get whittled down to the top ideas. Teams will be formed […]
The first ever Startup Weekend Limerick will run from November 21 to 23. It’s one of just four such events taking place in Ireland this year and follows the same model as Startup Weekend Galway which is on the weekend before. Shane McCarthy of Bluechief is one of the organisers, and he writes: Having an event like […]
Galway’s first Startup Weekend will be held from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th November 2014. Co-organiser John Breslin of NUI Galway has been in touch with the details: Startup Weekend is a non-profit, community-building event that brings together entrepreneurs of different backgrounds, including software developers, marketers, designers, and other enthusiasts. They gather to to pitch ideas, form […]
