BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260705T033745Z UID:d2iUNQ DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20150826 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20150827 CLASS:PUBLIC CREATED:20150704T081118 DESCRIPTION: The Student Startup programme are organising an inspiring even ing event which will see students mix with members of Dublin's startup sce ne during a number of intriguing keynote talks and panels from tech and st artups most interesting personalities and speakers\, including: \n\n Paul Adams - VP of Product @ Intercom \nWorking as Global Head of Brand Design at Facebook\, he worked with the worlds leading brands and ad agencies. Pr ior to Facebook\, Paul led social research at Google\, where his work was foundational in building Google+ including being a patent holder for Circl es.\nHis work has been widely published and cited\, and his talk on the fu ture of the web is one of the most viewed presentations online. Fortune ma gazine described Paul as "one of Silicon Valley's most wanted." \n\n Donal Cahalane - VP Growth &\; Marketing @ Teamwork \nA Cork native\, Donal began his career as a freelancer before joining Teamwork.com full-time. Hi s primary goal is to drive growth. His work has lead to the bootstrapped c ompany having over 1.7 million active users from 370\,000 companies inludi ng Disney\, Spotify\, Honda and eBay.\nHe recently founded @builtincork\, a networking group for early stage tech startups\, where established start ups share stories and warnings to the next generation of startups. \n\n Br ian Caulfield - Partner @ Draper Esprit \nA Computer Engineering graduate of Trinity College Dublin\, Brian is an entrepreneur and venture capitalis t. Prior to joining DFJ Esprit\, Brian was a partner at Trinity Venture Ca pital. Previously\, Brian co-founded both Exceptis Technologies - sold to Trintech Group (NASDAQ: TTPA) in November 2000 and Similarity Systems\, a business focused data quality management software company that was acquire d by Informatica (NASDAQ: INFA) in January 2006. Brian currently sits on t he boards of Datahug and the Irish Times. He is also a private investor/ad visor in a number of early stage technology companies.\nHe will be discuss ing the practicalities of growing a startup in Ireland\, the advantages of growing here and whether its worth moving elsewhere to do so. \n\n Jules Coleman - CPO and Co-founder @ Hassle.com\nAn escape from Ireland\, Jules has managed to work in 3 technology consultancies before realising her hea rt lay in product development. While trying to find a piano teacher in 201 1 she found that many of the listings were out of date and didn't provide much in terms of a rating. Thus the "Hailo for cleaners" was born. Fast-fo rward four years and the company had raised an impressive Series A of $6 m illion (lead by Accel Partners\, who've invested in companies like Faceboo k\, Groupon and Dropbox)\, before being acquired by a German rival Helplin g\, for a deal reportedly worth €32million. \n\n Mark Little - Former CE O of Storyful\nUnique hybrid of journalist and innovator. Former foreign c orrespondent for RTÉ News. Founder of the world’s first social news age ncy (Storyful). Built a 24/7 digital newsroom from scratch. Unique underst anding of emerging business model of digital journalism and challenges fac ing media companies\, young and old\, big and small. Now exploring new dig ital opportunities. \n\n More details \n\n Event will begin at 6pm and con clude before 8pm \n LAST-MODIFIED:20150918T184141 LOCATION:Science Gallery\,Dublin\, Ireland ORGANIZER:mailto:d.newell1@outlook.com SUMMARY:2015 Evening Event URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/student-startup/2015-evening-event URL;VALUE=URI:https://ti.to/student-startup/2015-evening-event END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR