This will be our last Digital Irish meetup before we take our Summer break – join us for a great night at WeWork Charging Bull for beer, pizza and great presenting companies!
We have a slight e-commerce theme tonight with three Irish companies and one keynote speaker.
Industry Speaker
Our keynote speaker is Colm Grealy – Colm is best known as the person who brought the internet to Ireland with Ireland On-Line (IOL) in 1994, which was acquired by British Telecom in 1999.
Colm was co-founder of Online.ie, Irishabroad.com and Dublin Daily newspaper and advised Telefonica O2 on new business models for the mobile sector. Most recently, Colm was president of Online and Mobile division at Spectra Data Group in the US. Colm was awarded Internet industry person of the year for 2 years in a row. He is now CEO of Adforce.com.
Startup Pitches
- Boxever is a “big data” platform for airlines.
- ChannelSight converts shoppers into buyers with buy it now services for brands
- Guide Central is a fun and visual way to create, discover and share how to projects, DIY ideas and handmade crafts.
- Legal Shine is a new way for organizations to manage and control legal spend.
We will also be announcing our new initiative the Digital Irish Career Development Program.