In the modern workplace, ensuring a diverse and representative environment is of the utmost importance for forward thinking organisations. Both Dublin as a capital city, and Ireland as a nation are becoming more diverse, socially, culturally and economically. In acknowledgement of this trend, last month we hosted ‘Diversity Week’ which served as a platform for bringing together a plethora of Ireland’s most prominent tech start-ups and grassroots tech communities, and was held in conjunction with Ulster Bank and Google. The occasion of International Women’s Day (8th March) played a central role in the themes and perspectives…

NUMA, Paris invited the Google for Startups partners to their Startup Hub in the French capital for an exchange program and workshops which took place on March 10th & 11th. Dogpatch Labs was represented by myself, Community Manager; Liz, Events & Corporate Partnerships Manager and Suzanne, Financial Controller. The Google for Startups Partner Network is a community of tech hubs from around the world and as one of the partners, Dogpatch Labs members have access to over 20 of these hubs globally. We arrived at NUMA Thursday morning, entering off the street into a busy cafe. You could sense…