Lizzy Hayashida interviews SaaS founder of Zephr at first SaaStock Startup Day in Dogpatch Labs And just like that, the first of Q4’s big four European tech events is over. Anyone else want to rewind and do SaaStock 2024 again?! Hundreds of new connections, the first-ever SaaStock Startup Day at Dogpatch Labs, investor intros galore, dozens of mentoring sessions for women tech founders, and even two of our members reaching semi-finals of SaaStock’s Global Pitch Competition. What a whirlwind! And we’d do it all again. Keep reading… Founders Descend into Dogpatch for Startup Day on Steroids With big hitters…
Picture this… 11 teenagers brimming with nervous energy pace excitedly in the Urban Garden green room, practicing their pitch for the umpteenth time. Hundreds of invited guests pile into Dogpatch’s open event space, eager to nab that front-row spot. 36 young builders wait anxiously in the wings, hyping up their fellow Patchers they’ve spent 6 weeks building world-changing projects with.Welcome to the Patch Youth Accelerator Showcase 2024.From the moment 16-year-old Dubliner Rosheen Sharma, one of three teens who spent their summer in Patch creating a system to flag biodiversity endangerment, got a laugh for her first pun, “hedge our bets on…
Breaking down the dream that Hack Access Dublin represents: A society that’s inclusive to people of all abilities. The Hack Access Dublin machine has refueled and is ready to solve more challenges to make Dublin inclusive to people of all abilities. Hack Access Dublin is not just a hackathon; it is a sum of parts that keep functioning throughout the year. A machine fueled by purpose, operated by highly and diversely skilled professionals, determined to find ways to use technology and startup spirit to solve a societal challenge like the exclusion of people with a disability…
In January 2015, the Journal.ie published their 20 Under 20 list for the year, a selection of Ireland’s “most promising young talent,” from budding sportstars to young scientists to teenage entrepreneurs. I was over the moon after seeing myself on the list and got plenty of congratulations from people who knew me. However, there wasn’t much more in making the list and I quickly forgot about it.
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…
