2015 Schedule
Interactive: March 13–17  •  Film: March 13–21  •  Music: March 17–22

Why Ireland Is Cranking Out Great Tech Companies

Saturday, March 14
3:30PM - 4:30PM

Hilton Austin Downtown
Room 400-402
500 E 4th St

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Ireland, the comeback kid. Fresh from a recovered financial and banking crisis, a look at why Ireland's indigenous tech scene is spitting out some of the most interesting tech companies in the world and why the ecosystem is great for entrepreneurs. Many people are unfamiliar with the technologies originating from Ireland. Ireland has one of the highest per capita female founder based tech company statistics in the world. Hear from a panel of entrepreneurs on building startups with for US market from a small country in Europe. The diversity, talent and creativity of the start up scene in Ireland is why multinationals from around the world are flocking to HQ there – and no it is not the tax breaks!

Presented by Enterprise Ireland.

Hashtags

#sxsw #IrelandSXSW

Presenters

Joe Mitchell

CEO

Tapastreet

Julie Sinnamon

CEO

Enterprise Ireland

Mike Butcher

European Editor

TechCrunch

Patrick Leddy

CEO

Pulsate

Details

Access
Interactive Badge, Gold Badge, Platinum Badge
Type
Solo / Dual / Panel
Theme
Startup Village and Business
Level
Advanced

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