another bummer: "Please note applicants must be eligible to live and work in Ireland."
jesus, try "Please note applicants must be eligible to live and work in the U.S." for size
I completely don't get it.
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#12Dublin is a great place to live and good place for tech companies. I recently had to hire a developer and got plenty of good resumes and was really happy with the eventual hire. Google, PayPal, Facebook are here and loads of online gaming/gambling companies too. Plus you can't beat the Guiness. That being said, I'd say that if you aren't already in Ireland--the funding above would probably not be an option. Getting a…
Getting a visa is not a trivial matter
Remember Ireland is a member of the European Union, so any EU citizen can live & work in Ireland. If you parent or grandparent are Irish citizens/have an irish passport, then you can get Irish citizenship and live and work in Ireland forever.
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#13another bummer: "Please note applicants must be eligible to live and work in Ireland."
Any of the EU half a billion people can live and work in Ireland.
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#15Shocking to hear about this from Hacker News. I'm an Irish citizen living in Oz, with a startup (www.dealpinch.com), and this is the first I've heard about it. One thing strike me straight away. The only reason I would accept equity would be for contacts and expertise. This program does not offer it, but it is a start! Ireland is in a bad state right now, it's recovering from an inept government and crazy policy when…
I'm a CS student from Ireland, and although I would agree fully with the fact that we had an inept government, the number 1 priority for the new government is economic regrowth.
The company I work for, got a grant from Enterprise Ireland and I know they are desperate to get as many jobs as possible.
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#16Shocking to hear about this from Hacker News. I'm an Irish citizen living in Oz, with a startup (www.dealpinch.com), and this is the first I've heard about it. One thing strike me straight away. The only reason I would accept equity would be for contacts and expertise. This program does not offer it, but it is a start! Ireland is in a bad state right now, it's recovering from an inept government and crazy policy when…
You're hearing about it in the perfect place.
EI always had had funding if you want to help create jobs, from their perspective. My downfall is that I would only want to create one job: mine.
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#17Jesus, deadline for applications is March 11th. Interesting though.
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#18This seems like a weird requirement:
"The first tranche will be released when the company provides confirmation of an additional investment of €5,000 in the company"
So you have to get approval not only from them, but also some other funding organization (and one that invests such a small amount). I wonder if self-funding counts.
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#19Dublin is a great place to live and good place for tech companies. I recently had to hire a developer and got plenty of good resumes and was really happy with the eventual hire. Google, PayPal, Facebook are here and loads of online gaming/gambling companies too. Plus you can't beat the Guiness. That being said, I'd say that if you aren't already in Ireland--the funding above would probably not be an option. Getting a…
Getting a visa is not a trivial matter Remember Ireland is a member of the European Union, so any EU citizen can live & work in Ireland. If you parent or grandparent are Irish citizens/have an irish passport, then you can get Irish citizenship and live and work in Ireland forever.
Very true--was thinking more for the US-based readers.
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#20Might be of related interest: a recent podcast with David Smith of Enterprise Ireland. http://startupsuccesspodcast.com/2011/01/show-96-david-smith...