In the second of our Dell interviews recorded at the ITLG Silicon Valley Global Forum in Limerick, we spoke to Dell Entrepreneur in Residence, Ingrid Vanderveldt. [youtube]http://youtu.be/CI6_BOkNMG4[/youtube] Ingrid talked about the newly opened Dell Centre for Entrepreneurship in Ireland and explained the four pillars of the company’s startup support strategy: knowledge, expert advice, technology, […]
Startup Galway is “an emerging initiative to build an entrepreneurial ecosystem in Galway”, led by local entrepreneurs and technologists. Galway’s unique combination of education & research institutions, technology industry, heritage, creativity and amenities in a ‘small city’ should make it a fertile ground for startups, they say, and they believe it can be ‘Ireland’s Bay Area’. […]
Why can’t Ireland be more like Silicon Valley, is something we often hear. Well it turns out we’re the closest thing in Europe when it comes to VC investment, according to research published by the Wall Street Journal, which reveals that “high entrepreneurial activity” is most evident in the northwest of the continent, with Ireland […]
A topic came up in Podcast #3 the other day. Adrian Weckler of the Sunday Business Post lamented the lack of startup success in Ireland, compared to Silicon Valley. He mentioned the Collison brothers as a case in point. Stripe is their second startup, backed by serious investors and apparently on course for a direct […]
