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Re: Why Ireland is the best place in the world for a start-up

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Post by philjr » Sat, Mar 17, 2012, 11:44 AM UTC

bbrian wrote: post #46

untog wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There's nothing like the talent in SF There is. Seriously. Travel outside of the west coast of the US a little- there are a ton of great developers that are either unwilling or unable (e.g. visas) to relocate to SF. And you sort of disprove your own point- there are no engineers available in SF because the big companies have hired them all. So surely that means that areas outside of SF have more engineers available,…

At first I thought he was referring to Ireland with the "Google/Facebook/Amazon/LinkedIn/Zynga" comment -- they're all here too. If you're at a tech event looking for a developer, the response is likely to be a chuckle and "good luck!"

I was. I'm Irish and I live in Dublin, that might change the perspective of my comment. Apologies for the ambiguity

Re: Why Ireland is the best place in the world for a start-up

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Post by fdr » Sun, Mar 18, 2012, 3:07 AM UTC

rickyconnolly wrote: post #66

swang wrote: post #52

Background: Spend most of my life in America, growing up mostly in So. California. Went to Dublin to work for 2 years between '06-'08. I came back right when the financial crisis hit in '08. Good things about Ireland. It is beautiful when it is not cloudy. The people here are very easy to talk to if you want to have a bit of a chat. If you want to go visit Europe, flights are cheap. Bad things Expensive, especially e…

"There isn't much to do besides drink. Food is terrible. I heard it's gotten better but if you've lived in SF or LA and you love food, don't work in Ireland. There were a nice row of Chinese places on Parnell that were pretty good though." I'd like to dispute this, there are some excellent fine restaurants in Dublin. They may be harder to find against the high background noise of fast food joints, but the same is tru…

I'd like to dispute your assessment of "all north American cities." Consider San Francisco:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=mcdonalds+san+francisco,+ca&#3...

This is not a large number of McDonalds for a city this size. Most of the establishments are singular or small, local chains (such as Philz Coffee).

Re: Why Ireland is the best place in the world for a start-up

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Post by michaelpinto » Sun, Mar 18, 2012, 7:03 PM UTC

pbiggar wrote: post #68

michaelpinto wrote: post #43

What I've learned from the valley is that there are three tests: 1. Do you embrace failure and those who fail? And are there local investors who think this way? 2. Can nerds bump into each other in a random manner in a central location on a regular basis? 3. Are nerds willing to travel there? So is a nerd from Scotland or Turkey thinking "I have to get to Ireland" I'm not sure that Ireland has those three things yet.…

As someone who left Dublin for SF recently: 1. Actually, Ireland isn't too bad for this. You're much much more likely to head "at least you tried" than anything else. 2. No. The tech community is tiny, though so is Dublin. But no, there are few meetups, and they're poorly attended. A well attended meetup might be 30 people, but that's rare. There are more conferences starting, and some cool ones too, like FunConf and…

Maybe the first place to start is to stop calling it the Irish tech scene and start to refer to it as the Dublin tech scene?

Re: Why Ireland is the best place in the world for a start-up

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Post by naghmeh » Tue, Mar 20, 2012, 3:31 PM UTC

There are many good reasons why startups should consider Ireland as their choice location: The World Bank, recently ranked Ireland as the top country in Europe for starting a company.

As well as hosting some of Europe’s top accelerator programs, Ireland has a high rate of seed and venture capital availability.

Ireland’s population is young, highly innovative, well-educated and multi-lingual.

Strategically located with easy access to the important markets in Europe, US and the middle east. Ireland is the only English speaking country in the Euro-zone.

Ireland is a great place to live and work. download the reasons why http://mammothdigital.tv/clients/enterpriseireland/startinir...

or check out www.startinireland.com