2. View of Ireland
•Martin Varsavsky
•Entrepreneur and Angel
•“Ireland shows that to thrive you don’t need
to have leading global companies. U just need for
them to like U.”
4. Entrepreneurs
• Chancer’s - Arthur Daly
• Tax-dodgers
• Life blood of the economy
• Build Stuff
• Take risks
• Create Value
• Age is not a factor
5. Startups
• Enterprise Ireland
• 200 by 2010
• No mention of web2.0, internet, etc.
• Web2Ireland startup’s ?
• Global
• Long Tail Business Model
• Capital Efficient
15. Success
• Creates Opportunity
• €1 billion worth of exits
• R+D facilities in Ireland
• Home run mentality
• U2/Ryanair of web2.0
• Israel as benchmark
16. People
• Top Coders - Geeks !!
• Entrepreneurs - Long tail !!
• Business Schools - Irish Stanford !!
• Academia - all that R+D spend from EI
• AGILEAMY - boredom !!
18. Angels
• An Irish Ron Conway
• Sells to CBT - Irish
• Invests in Google
• 100+ Angel Investments
• Friends of Web2Ireland
• Tim O’Reilly
• Guinness Drinkers....
19. Support
• Grass Roots
• Focus - co-ordination
• Top Down
• Leadership for Growth - Stanford
• Long Tail versus Service led biz
20. Summary
• Successful ecosystem
• Ireland - web2.0 centre of excellence
• European R+D smarts
• Global business leaders
• Investment Opportunities
• Value Creation