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Startups in Ireland, Where do we go from Here? Joe Drumgoole http://twitter.com/jdrumgoole

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An overview of the current economic climate in Ireland and why startups are probably our best hope. An outline of where we want to be in 5 years time and some goals along the way.

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Startups in Ireland,Where do we go from Here?

Joe Drumgoolehttp://twitter.com/jdrumgoole

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Why Me?

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Where are we?

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Where do we want to go?

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How do we get there?

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Who remembers dotbomb?

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Who remembers 1986?

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Right Here, Right Now

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The Bad News

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Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.

Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina, Chapter 1, first line

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The Good News

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Starting

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The Lost Year

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Your First Paying Customer

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Where do we want to go?

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100 x 10mnot

10 x 100m

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70 < 300 < 1000

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How do we get there?

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More CORD

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Shorter Incubators

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“We want companies that will do better with us, not companies that

will fail without us”

Paul Graham, Y-Combinator

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100k

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The world is not endingIts harder than it looksMore startups will help

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It’

s up to You

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