Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

I wrote this on my flight home from f.ounders & web summit in Dublin, Ireland late last year. I recently returned from a 5-day visit to Ireland, my first time back in 10 years and the start of what I hope will be a more regular travel schedule there. I think I was too hung over to finish it, hit publish and move on. It will not.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 24, 2012

From [link] to the Silicon Taiga , these programs offer entrepreneurs funding, infrastructure and support in an effort to lure a critical mass of promising young companies and spawn the next Silicon Valley. Enterprise Ireland has a fund of €10 million to dole out. Ireland Can Help With Going Global. None has succeeded.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

See Why Are Revenue-Based Investors Investing in Women & Diverse Entrepreneurs? Zack Mueller, Attorney, Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC , points that almost “no one, from LPs to entrepreneurs to attorneys, has much experience with these instruments. Less established regulatory framework. . Emily Campbell, Esq.

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

While the economic news coming out of Ireland has been dour, to say the least, Dublin City University's Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship believe that this might not be all bad news for those looking to found tech startups in the country. A number of Ireland's leading companies will provide senior executives as mentors.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 21, 2017

But it’s rare that an entrepreneur or business owner doesn’t leverage their background in some way to launch their business. No one even “born entrepreneurs”aren’t born as CEOs. No one even “born entrepreneurs”aren’t born as CEOs. 9 – Developing an Entrepreneur Program.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

In most cases if you can’t get a prototype done you’re probably not an entrepreneur. Professional angels / former entrepreneurs / seed funds – In Silicon Valley there are people like Ron Conway, Jeff Clavier, Mike Maples and many more. Surround yourself with great advisors or other entrepreneurs.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

This past summer, the Lightspeed Summer Fellowships program invited selected guests to provide aspiring entrepreneurs a perspective into all aspects of starting a new company. The program provides entrepreneurs the resources and mentoring they need to build their companies and develop their skills. ” The Cost of Financing.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 17, 2013

Naming your startup can be one of the most difficult challenges for an entrepreneur. It’s like a TLD for techies with taste” says entrepreneur Russell Beattie. is a UK-based startup that has just launched globally , making its social fundraising platform available to charities to the US, Canada, Ireland and Australia.

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The Next Web

JUNE 1, 2013

Jordan Casey and Puck Meerburg show that age doesn’t have to be a factor when it comes to being a tech entrepreneur. In this video he talks us through the business he’s created from his home in Ireland. Design & Dev Entrepreneur Europe Video TNW2013 Videos' He has games like Alien Ball VS Humans on the App Store.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

However, there is actually much more to Gust than is apparent on the surface, or even from the viewpoint of a current user (either entrepreneur or investor). This is a completely insane and complex vision (but what the heck, we’re entrepreneurs!)

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Some entrepreneurs make the mistake of never devolving power. My first company was founded in Ireland, headquartered in England and had country operations in the UK, France & Germany. So you internalize much as a CEO, which is why groups like YPO are so important for super successful entrepreneurs.

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The Next Web

NOVEMBER 15, 2014

The movie “The Social Network” introduced the general public to how many entrepreneurs start young – building multi-billion-dollar businesses while still at university. But entrepreneurs are getting even younger; American kids as young as 9 are founding their own startups, like Moziah Bridges, who runs a $150,000 bowtie business.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

If you’re an entrepreneur planning to start a business outside of the United States, you might be looking for assistance and resources that are available in your specific country. There are plenty of local resources and services available to help entrepreneurs in their local areas around the globe. First, what’s your question?

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The Next Web

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Let’s take a look at Dublin and the Republic of Ireland as a whole, which is rightfully perceived by many entrepreneurs as a link between Europe and Silicon Valley. As a result, we know quite a bit about these cities but potentially miss out on up-and-coming ones, which could be no less exciting and worth our attention.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

John Dennehy is a serial entrepreneur based in Cork, Ireland. Despite the difficult economic conditions in Ireland, entrepreneurship is buoyant. The market opportunity in Ireland is simply too limited for Internet ventures like Zartis.com to succeed without looking overseas. An island population of 6.4

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 2, 2018

Here are the tactics we used to secure the cash to start our business so as to encourage other budding entrepreneurs to step out in confidence. . Incubator programmes (sometimes known as accelerators) give new entrepreneurs the skills and training they require to be successful. Both are based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

” We explained what we felt the core values of a firm of the future needed to uphold: Provide real operational insights to entrepreneurs (the days of being “money men” are gone). Give direct feedback to entrepreneurs on their businesses or if we’re not investing why it’s not a fit for us.

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 18, 2012

As you may have heard, we have also partnered with the European Commission to launch a prestigious event called Europioneers to identify and award Europe’s finest technology entrepreneurs. Says Patrick de Laive, co-founder of The Next Web: “Europe needs real entrepreneurs to put itself back on the map again.

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Hippoland

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

As an aside, the other SaaS conference you should attend is called SaaStock in Ireland.) My talk was focused on walking entrepreneurs through how investors think about their portfolios and how founders can use this information to his/her advantage to raise money.

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Gust

JANUARY 15, 2014

What Gust does is to greatly simplify the whole investment process, ensuring that investors have all the information they need to make smart decisions, and providing an integrated suite of powerful tools for collaboration, syndication, communication and diligence connecting entrepreneurs and investors.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 29, 2013

I have lived (England, France, Italy, Spain, Japan & the US) and worked (Ireland, Germany, India) around the world. I love foreign-born entrepreneurs precisely because many of them don’t grow up with the sense of entitlement that comes from winning the birth lottery. I adore accents. I welcome your accents. Your origins.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 17, 2014

Apparently, leading entrepreneurs and innovators like Ingvar Kamprad (founder of Ikea), Virgin’s Sir Richard Branson, and Emil “Jay” Freireich (who discovered major breakthroughs in curing childhood leukemia) belong to this category of misfits.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 6, 2019

We asked some entrepreneurs and business owners, why they started their businesses: #1- Out of necessity. I’ve been an entrepreneur for as long as I can remember. Following a stint in Australia, I came back to Ireland and noticed a gap in the market for actuarial recruitment within the Irish market.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

SEPTEMBER 3, 2012

There is a new breeze blowing in the once troubled land of Derry-Londonderry, Northern Ireland. All were business ideas thought up by young local entrepreneurs. It’s a wind bringing a refreshing sense of posibility, energy, good ideas, youth, art, music and entrepreneurial spirit. It might otherwise be called Hope.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Entrepreneurs and innovators, develop a Zen eye for insights. He’s spoken to audiences around the world, including: NASA, TEDxStormont (Ireland), ESOMAR, Cambridge, UCal Berkeley, Bosch, APDF (Association of Professional Design Firms) and others. Here’s the business point: We often give up when victory seems impossible.

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Gust

JANUARY 15, 2014

What Gust does is to greatly simplify the whole investment process, ensuring that investors have all the information they need to make smart decisions, and providing an integrated suite of powerful tools for collaboration, syndication, communication and diligence connecting entrepreneurs and investors.

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The Next Web

OCTOBER 10, 2012

We’ll be all over the place from Tuesday the 16th until Friday the 19th.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 22, 2018

This can be particularly important to startups and entrepreneurs financing their ventures. A study conducted by This is Money highlighted Northern Ireland, Wales and the West Midlands as places which had the highest levels of debts in the UK. Applicants who are deemed trustworthy and low-risk are far more likely to receive a loan.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

It was my first time back in the building for a while, and the energy of entrepreneurs in the cafe was palpable as usual. Yesterday I spent a few hours talking to startups at Campus London for “investor office hours”. years & more to come cc @ediggs pic.twitter.com/2O2saSBn2I. sarah drinkwater (@sarahdrinkwater) September 16, 2015.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

They're an impressive group, kind of an association of all of the angel groups in Ireland who work together to achieve results.  From an investors point of view, the ability to select and hire is a critical element in assessing the entrepreneur herself. Resources for startups. Angel Capital Association website.

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

He is a husband, a father, and an entrepreneur. Colm Doyle , a co-founder and the Chief Commercial Officer at Forethought is originally from Ireland. Deon was a competitive programmer and two time finalist for the ACM International Collegiate Programming Competition. Sami is an engineer’s engineer.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Unfortunately for the USA, it would see the prime early movers in research and commercialization are in the UK, Ireland, and Korea. Creating entrepreneurs is not easy, and, one way it might be done is by inspiring students with exciting visions of the future. It’s frustratingly hard to work with. But that’s the fun part. .

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K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

Besides I was a young, first-time entrepreneur at the age of 23. ’ Therefore, I fundamentally believe that true entrepreneurs will find a way regardless of how difficult or complex the system may be. Raising money in Pittsburgh was not going to be easy.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2016

See Also: Should Entrepreneurs Attend Business School? My study abroad stay in Ireland and my business stint in Japan opened my eyes to new ways of thinking, and constantly challenged me to think outside my comfort zone. See Also: 5 Things Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Traveling the World. Access to free advice and mentorship.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

JULY 26, 2017

A recent release from the European Committee of the Regions : With its new start-up and scale-up initiative the European Commission (EC) wants to give Europe’s innovative entrepreneurs every opportunity to grow and become successful worldwide, paying attention to the need for regionally interconnected EU-wide clusters and ecosystems.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 8, 2015

Techbikers started spreading its wings internationally (Germany and now Ireland have chapters), and I’m truly excited for others to join us in this journey! Founder advice - A friend once told me that one of his best sources for post ideas are emails with questions he gets from entrepreneurs.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 17, 2016

I was frequently traveling between my native Ireland and England to visit a sick relative, and I always had to transport cumbersome fixed booster seats back and forth on the plane due to the lack of car booster seats available from car rental desks. Our company is unique, as we created the first-ever inflatable car booster seat.

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