Ten things we probably knew and were reminded of during Startup Gathering Galway 2015

9th October Galway

Last Friday (9th October 2015) was spent meeting new business acquaintances and talking to almost every startup promoter and supporter that I know in Galway. I attended 6 events throughout the entire day from 8AM till 9PM. Here are ten things (as recorded on Twitter) that I probably knew already but was reminded of:

 

 

1. Startup Weekend Galway is Super

Read here my 2nd article about @galstartweekend (SW#2)! http://t.co/MwEQISkmQk#startupweekend #travel @SWWorldTour pic.twitter.com/Z6E4QSWJcp

— SW World Tour (@SWWorldTour) October 9, 2015

2. Galway has a vibrant cohort of ‘young’ entrepreneurs

Gene Murphy of BOI had a ‘fireside chat’ with Startup Galway weekend participants such as Ciaran, Nicola and Eimear at the 5pm event hosted in BOI WorkBench, Mainguard Street.

Fantastic end to a Fantastic week! Fireside chat about @galstartweekend @NickiOSullivan @BOIstartups #startupIRL https://t.co/kezmGOn65d

— Ciarán Walsh (@ciarandwalsh) October 9, 2015

3. There are superb Technology Based Startups in the City of The Tribes

The @galwaybeta winners are 3rd @C9Health 2nd @HabiApp 1st @birdleafio at the first @galwaybeta #startupirl pic.twitter.com/TVEIhU6av2

— John Breslin (@johnbreslin) October 9, 2015

Well done to Paul and Dorothy (and the team) on organising a great inaugural Galway Beta.

4. There are brilliant event organisors in Galway

Check out the round-up of events for Galway on final day of Startup Gathering – https://t.co/59hzc8fNcj #startupIRL pic.twitter.com/eYzpWpr6hC

— Startup Ireland (@StartupIreland) October 13, 2015

Almost every organisation that works with Startups ran an event – there was a great atmosphere around the city.

 

5. You have to start to be Amazing

‘You don’t need to be amazing to start, but you have to start to be amazing… is the first comment in the video of Startup Gathering 2015 – Galway Highlights. The rest of the video (9 minutes) is worth watching!

#startupirl #Galway http://t.co/ukYW2NakED @CURAMdevices @Aerogen @ei_westregion @BredaFox @1Hildegarde @genemurphy @Tracy_Keogh @Plannet21

— Startup Galway (@startupgalway) October 13, 2015

StartLab from Bank of Ireland looks very interesting. Well done and best of luck!

6. Build something that People want to buy

We seek to service the needs of the MNCS here Colm Feeney SSL Ireland with over 100 employees. #startupIRL #Galway pic.twitter.com/fvCFzOdvNw

— Startup Ireland (@StartupIreland) October 9, 2015

Colm expands on this point in the video (point 6 – 2 minutes) – don’t know if he has been reading Lean Startup books.

7. Startup Ireland has Vision

"This is a 5 year plan, for Ireland to become a global startup hub by 2020." –@eoinkcostello #startupIRL #startupIsland2020

— Startup Ireland (@StartupIreland) October 9, 2015

8. Social Enterprise is developing in Galway

Siobhan Carroll CEO @ACT4Meningitis providing free support and information for the past 4 years @MichaelSmyth123 pic.twitter.com/sLt6MPZ8LB

— SCCUL enterprises (@SCCULEnterprise) October 9, 2015

This was a really super morning of talks and Q&A with Olive of MediStori, Lorraine and Arlene of 100HappyDays4Kids, and Siobhan of ACT for Meningitis. Congrats to Arlene and Lorraine on winning prize in Social Entrepreneurs award.

@SEIreland @LorrLyncher @SCCULEnterprise Absolutely thrilled & humbled to be receiving an SEI award tonight! pic.twitter.com/Dgn2wAhugK

— Lorraine Lynch (@LorrLyncher) October 13, 2015

9. Pitch Competitions are Great Fun (& Benefit)

Thanks to the judges and pitchers at Fridays Pitches Competition in @GalwayTech & @MrWaffleGalway for a great lunch! pic.twitter.com/j3MV7ArXCh

— GalwayTechCentre (@GalwayTech) October 12, 2015

Galway Technology Centre is a great venue and startup location. Thanks to Judges and Sponsors (WestBIC, SNAP, and Flynn O’Driscoll) of our Meetup event.

 

10. Galway has great Role Models

Day 5 – Our entrepreneur keynote speaker Gerard Barry has arrived and is briefed by @johnbreslin #startupIRL pic.twitter.com/FqlHpymTZZ

— Startup Ireland (@StartupIreland) October 9, 2015

 

Gerard Barry of Fintrax gave a brilliant address at the official closing event in the Meyrick on how they built an international startup from rural Galway – and sold it for €180 million a few years ago. It can be done again. There were lots of serious points about creating an ecosystem for entrepreneurs in Galway at the All Island Forum event in the morning as per this post on the main Startup Gathering page. There is certainly great momentum for Galway to support Startups.

 

Overall, I had a great day as I predicted in my LinkedIn Pulse article – thanks to Startup Ireland team and locally to John Breslin. Leaving the last word to Startup Ireland who I know are already preparing for next year. They would like you to take the time to tell them how you benefited from this year’s Startup Gathering.

We want you to tell us your Startup Gathering stories! Fill in this short form http://t.co/ALBbidW8UF #startupIRL pic.twitter.com/Z9wvWJnWyR

— Startup Ireland (@StartupIreland) October 14, 2015

 

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