“And what happens when we cross the line and start to see ourselves in other creatures?” #PatriciaPiccinini’s weirdly compelling exhibition The Dean Galway gallery Galway International Arts Festival “We Travel Together” Care is visible in all the works, in how they are made + subjects they address

Super #TGIF Go Team Ireland Paris 2024 And team Kamala Harris

Goosebumps

Today’s bounty After leaving the biz I co-founded, I dug + planted this loooong flower bed Gift to myself, time to think, time to create something new, evergreen bounty

Deep respect Leslie Feinzaig Outstanding leadership on #vcsforkamala + #femalefunding Graham & Walker Congrats to volunteers, shout out to Naseem for sharing w. EU pals #TeamKamala for democracy, justice, equality, inclusion Link to sign in Leslie’s thread 👇🏽

Ding, ding round 2 - curious about being a founder? Now is a good time to throw your hat in the ring 👉🏼 #FoundersTalentAccelerator applications are open again Dogpatch Labs, full details below👇🏽 Exceptional opportunity for exceptional people to shape the future

Bravo Scale Ireland

Listening to Aine Kerr and Eleanor Mills (claiming Kinship alth’ not proven) 💕 queenager talk about 50+ women forged in fire, ageism, closing wealth gap, becoming the individual we always wanted to be - magical midlife chrysalis moments Tune in for this + more 2nd acts 💪🏽

Excellent piece by @jonihle highlighting the structural issues that make it tough for scaling companies to raise finance in Ireland. thetimes.com/world/ireland-…

Big Mo Election Moment? Taylor Swift post debate statement…

Women founders - want to fast track your tech build? As founding director of NDRC #PreAccelerator I saw how: 👉🏾non-technical founders struggled to iterate product fast in response to customer insights ..& Velocity of Progress matters! Check out TechFoundHer new program👇

Heading off to @wvce_tech Summit in Paris and in good company with Marcia Dawood’s book Curious for what’s to come #DoGoodWhileDoingWell #WomenInvesting

Great read Johncollins Ezenduka Plenty to work on to make Ireland’s Angel investing ecosystem stronger👇🏽 “However, if we’re serious about creating more globally successful Irish start-ups, everyone in the ecosystem should be doing more to encourage the practice.”

“As O’Brien wrote: “The emotion of performance supersedes truth or accuracy,” and just as at ringside, everyone’s along for the ride.” Markham Nolan ☘️ deftly compares McMahon + Trump’s ringside antics and their ripple effect. Worth the read 👇🏽

Thailand, the land of smiles and Buddhas Adventures to inspire and reflect on what comes next …

#Fierce Friday Dogpatch Labs Best of days👇🏽

Speaking personally: this is an unbelievably bad decision. NDRC ran well and was very positive for the Irish tech ecosystem. So much government enterprise support is ineffective, so killing one of the few things that was really working (+cost a pittance) is frankly tragic.

This is objectively a bad decision. NDRC was the only thing of its kind in the Irish ecosystem and did some great work for founders. Did anyone in gov stop to ask founders what they think?

Yes, we did this. This is us sending a message to the incoming government that we want Ireland to be a better place to build a technology company. We have a long way to go. Over 400 local founders, employing 8,000+ people, with €2.4 billion raised, want our government to

Please support this GoFundMe by donating or sharing—every bit of help makes a difference. Eamon Carey is an incredibly decent person who has offered his help to many entrepreneurs over the years. gofund.me/3dd5c5e1