The last 31 days of the year

Well November is over and we are into the last 31 days of the year. We aim to not let the last days go by without a big push to end 2011 on a high.

Here are some of the things we will focus on :-

1) The Silicon Ireland xmas Bash, a gathering in December to celebrate the end of the year and look to the 2012.

2) The class mates of 2012 Startup Academy will be meeting with mentors prior to the main year start.

3) The Top 50 list will be published of 'Silicon Irelands Most influential in Tech in Ireland 2012'

4) The E1 Million euro tech job list - looking to list over 1 million euros of jobs in Ireland for 2012. (over at the jobs board)

5) The c2c Film crew will be filming interviews with key people for the Silicon Ireland Documentary.

As you can see it is going to be a big end to the year,

Thanks again to all our readers, and we will keep you posted on upcoming news.

Startup Weekend Global battle winner announced

Congratulations Awesome Ship! Startup Weekend community would like to offer a huge congratulations to Awesome Ship. The team out of Startup Weekend Hong Kong was the winner of this year’s Global Startup Battle. But Global Startup Battle is so, so much more than just the team that ultimately wins. Here’s a look at the competition by the numbers: 2.7 million: estimated Global Startup Battle reach through Facebook campaign 32,000+: votes in Global Startup Battle 2011 21,481: visitors to globalstartupbattle.com 7,000+: total Startup Weekend Facebook likes (Nov 21-29) 5,164: votes Awesome Ship pulled in 4,500+: participants in GEW Startup Weekends 2,815: votes getfood.mk (SW Skopje) got 2,700: Startup Weekend Facebook likes on first day of GSB (Nov 21) 1,884: votes Weekly Eats (SW DC) received 68: Startup Weekends that took place during GEW 50: winning SW teams who participated in GSB 29: countries represented in GSB 9: industries/categories the winning ideas fell into Here are a few more numbers for you: the breakdown of the Top 20 GSB teams (ranked by number of votes) 1. Awesome Ship, Hong Kong 2. getfood.mk, Skopje 3. Weekly Eats, Washington DC 4. EduKoala, Warsaw 5. Le Soul Chef, Sao Paulo 6. MySollars, Geneva 7. CodeTagMe, Bogota DC 8. Comic Factori, La Paz 9. Peepp, Ulaanbaatar 10. MyBestHelper, Vancouver 11. Bookedd, Dallas 12. Football Star, Chisinau 13. Dropifi, Accra 14. SIFE, Startup Weekend Sfax 15. Green With Energy, Halifax 16. Tapja, Houston 17. FundShips, Bloomington 18. Stash Verify, Champaign 19. Vicube, Ho Chi Minh City 20. PrimerTrago, Buenos Aires The global scale of this competition is astounding and proves that entrepreneurship is a truly international language. Thank you to everyone who attended Startup Weekends around the world and who supported our Global Startup Battle teams.

StartupBootcamp Dublin accepting applications

The Dublin Startupbootcamp is run by Eoghan Jennings and is located in the heart of Dublin’s Startup Communitiy. Eoghan is a Partner with Parklane Capital.Where it’s locatedThe Startupbootcamp Dublin office is located in The Factory on Barrow Street, Dublin 2. Right beside Google’s European Headquarters and near the trendy Grand Canal Dock area, you’ll be based right in the heart of the start up scene in Dublin. Local transport services included the Dart rail and Dublin bus and you’re only 5-10 minutes walk from the city centre.

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Bring your Startup to Ireland

Enterprise Ireland Launch €10 million Fund to Attract Entrepreneurs and start-ups to Ireland

'Enterprise Ireland has launched a new €10 million Fund to attract entrepreneurs to set-up or relocate to Ireland. More information is available at €10m Fund for International Start-Ups.

Enterprise Ireland is the government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets. We actively support and invest in a range of technology-based companies locating in Ireland. These companies have new technology or service offerings capable of succeeding in the global marketplace.

Every year we support a growing number of international entrepreneurs who choose Ireland as the location to start their business.

If you are planning to set up or relocate an export business, choosing Ireland as your base, could be the best decision you ever made.'

So if you are a business in the non traditional areas of USA and UK, and have a startup idea from Australia, South Africa.

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