Comments on: Paddy’s Valley – To Do List. Contributions wanted. http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6 Irish Trip to Silicon Valley, December 2nd-9th 2007 Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:43:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: pumper http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-50 pumper Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:22:41 +0000 http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6#comment-50 Just one other thing, I doubt you will get into any of the VCs unless you have a pitch or Enteprise Ireland can organize something. I'd focus on the venture meets to scout out the angel investors good luck! Just one other thing, I doubt you will get into any of the VCs unless you have a pitch or Enteprise Ireland can organize something. I’d focus on the venture meets to scout out the angel investors

good luck!

]]> By: pumper http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-51 pumper Thu, 19 Jul 2007 23:20:47 +0000 http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6#comment-51 Lads, Stay in the city (aka SF). You can rent a car or get the train down to Palo Alto. Enterprise Ireland are definetly worth a call. They may be able to open some doors, especially in Palo Alto. Ask for Diane Roberts when you call them, i think she is still running the show down there. Also, you might be able to give some demos at some the local venture meets like sfbeta.com or http://newtech.meetup.com/15/. I havent been to either yet but they are supposed to be great events. You might even be able to take over one of their events and make it an Irish Entrpreneurs night. Fire me an email if you have any other specific questions ian: blog at pumperknickel.com Lads,

Stay in the city (aka SF). You can rent a car or get the train down to Palo Alto.

Enterprise Ireland are definetly worth a call. They may be able to open some doors, especially in Palo Alto. Ask for Diane Roberts when you call them, i think she is still running the show down there.

Also, you might be able to give some demos at some the local venture meets like sfbeta.com or http://newtech.meetup.com/15/. I havent been to either yet but they are supposed to be great events. You might even be able to take over one of their events and make it an Irish Entrpreneurs night.

Fire me an email if you have any other specific questions
ian: blog at pumperknickel.com

]]> By: Shane Mc Allister http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-53 Shane Mc Allister Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:15:32 +0000 http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6#comment-53 Good point Kevin re Myles Dungan - certainly worth chasing up. I have a contact in RTE - will tap them for his details. Myles is over in the US 'cos RTE caned "rattlebag"...and he's still on contract to them as far as I know.. Good point Kevin re Myles Dungan – certainly worth chasing up. I have a contact in RTE – will tap them for his details. Myles is over in the US ‘cos RTE caned “rattlebag”…and he’s still on contract to them as far as I know..

]]> By: Kevin Peyton http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-39 Kevin Peyton Sat, 07 Jul 2007 12:04:56 +0000 http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6#comment-39 Guys, you might consider making contact with Myles Dungan, who is out there on a Fulbright to Berkeley. He has a series of Radio programmes on Saturday mornings called Highway 101 (for the summer). He still plugs into RTE occasionally for radio pieces, so would imagine he might be interested (e.g. get a few of you into a studio in Berkeley, as part of 5-7 live, etc etc)... Guys,

you might consider making contact with Myles Dungan, who is out there on a Fulbright to Berkeley. He has a series of Radio programmes on Saturday mornings called Highway 101 (for the summer).

He still plugs into RTE occasionally for radio pieces, so would imagine he might be interested (e.g. get a few of you into a studio in Berkeley, as part of 5-7 live, etc etc)…

]]> By: James Corbett http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-38 James Corbett Sat, 07 Jul 2007 08:31:39 +0000 http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6#comment-38 Thanks Nicole, good advice. Thanks Nicole, good advice.

]]> By: Nicole Simon http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-52 Nicole Simon Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:12:04 +0000 http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6#comment-52 I am sure you can get anyone from the san fran peeps to help you throw a little get together, there was for example something like that for 'germans' as a webmonday during the expo, citizen agency was so nice to provide the space. as said above, you need to make your plan where to go and after this you map your hotel stays. once you know like "2 days in san jose, one here rest in sfo" it will fall into place. A tip from me: my flights always arrived in the early / later afternoon and I will physically crash in the early evening, no matter how much I slept during the flight. Of course I will get up early the next morning, but still. If you make up another posting thread for travel comments, I am sure other Europeans can offer some information as well, especially on flights and such. ;) I am sure you can get anyone from the san fran peeps to help you throw a little get together, there was for example something like that for ‘germans’ as a webmonday during the expo, citizen agency was so nice to provide the space.

as said above, you need to make your plan where to go and after this you map your hotel stays. once you know like “2 days in san jose, one here rest in sfo” it will fall into place.

A tip from me: my flights always arrived in the early / later afternoon and I will physically crash in the early evening, no matter how much I slept during the flight.

Of course I will get up early the next morning, but still. If you make up another posting thread for travel comments, I am sure other Europeans can offer some information as well, especially on flights and such. ;)

]]> By: James Corbett http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-49 James Corbett Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:34:17 +0000 http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6#comment-49 Great comment Shane, thanks for getting onboard. Karlin, I noticed that Scoble was talking Tom Foremski's new show on Podtech where he speaks with "Jamis MacNiven, the guy who owns Bucks, the famous (Jamis says infamous) eatery in Woodside where lots of deals are done (Netscape was incorporated there)." http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/03/a-fun-look-at-the-goofiness-in-silicon-valley/ Great comment Shane, thanks for getting onboard.

Karlin, I noticed that Scoble was talking Tom Foremski’s new show on Podtech where he speaks with “Jamis MacNiven, the guy who owns Bucks, the famous (Jamis says infamous) eatery in Woodside where lots of deals are done (Netscape was incorporated there).”

http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/03/a-fun-look-at-the-goofiness-in-silicon-valley/

]]> By: Shane Mc Allister http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-48 Shane Mc Allister Mon, 02 Jul 2007 15:09:39 +0000 http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6#comment-48 I'd like to throw my hat into the ring for helping out and glad to volunteer. Have been to Silicon Valley 3 times is last 8 months. My main focus has been on Investment firms (VCs) and mp3 device manufacturers (Apple, Creative, Palm) etc. so here's my tuppence worth - 1. Accomodation - each time I've visited Silicon Valley I have stayed in San Francisco. All the areas talked about in the above comments (SunnyVale, Palo Alto, Mountain View) in my view are exactly that - areas - with no real heart or central point. They are very distributed - think of San Francisco to San Jose as Dublin to PortLaoise on the N7 with all these ares as branches off it. Hence they can be quite deserted at night time and you get no real sense of the place. Personality Hotels around Union Square have a number of properties, with decent enough room rates and free WiFi - www.personalityhotels.com/. San Fracisco to anywhere else in Silicon Valley is about an hour drive - we could rent a "Paddy's Valley" bus... 2. VC's - The well know VC's in the area - Sequoia, BenchMark etc. tend to shy away from pure "seed" funding which I feel is most suitable for many of the Paddy's valley participants. Hence, focus should not be on the main players primarily, but on the community of what's known as the "Googleites and Ebayers" - high net worth individuals, usually very young, who were early into many companies, pre-IPO and have subsequently become very wealthy. The are a good source of seed funding, and indeed connections. These guys prefer to attend less formal "events" as opposed to official presentations etc.. 3. Enterprise Ireland - Enterprise Ireland can, and should, help us out here. They have nice offices in Palo Alto to use as a focal/meeting point perhaps and should be able to leverage their network to drum up some interest. A VC, or investor, or reporters indeed, would rather visit one venue to hear 12 business ideas of say 3 hours, than to have 12 companies take an hour each personally. Hence, some sort of showcase event would be ideal. Glad to help out (if i can/have) - more thoughts to come... I’d like to throw my hat into the ring for helping out and glad to volunteer.
Have been to Silicon Valley 3 times is last 8 months. My main focus has been on Investment firms (VCs) and mp3 device manufacturers (Apple, Creative, Palm) etc. so here’s my tuppence worth -
1. Accomodation – each time I’ve visited Silicon Valley I have stayed in San Francisco. All the areas talked about in the above comments (SunnyVale, Palo Alto, Mountain View) in my view are exactly that – areas – with no real heart or central point. They are very distributed – think of San Francisco to San Jose as Dublin to PortLaoise on the N7 with all these ares as branches off it. Hence they can be quite deserted at night time and you get no real sense of the place. Personality Hotels around Union Square have a number of properties, with decent enough room rates and free WiFi – http://www.personalityhotels.com/. San Fracisco to anywhere else in Silicon Valley is about an hour drive – we could rent a “Paddy’s Valley” bus…
2. VC’s – The well know VC’s in the area – Sequoia, BenchMark etc. tend to shy away from pure “seed” funding which I feel is most suitable for many of the Paddy’s valley participants. Hence, focus should not be on the main players primarily, but on the community of what’s known as the “Googleites and Ebayers” – high net worth individuals, usually very young, who were early into many companies, pre-IPO and have subsequently become very wealthy. The are a good source of seed funding, and indeed connections. These guys prefer to attend less formal “events” as opposed to official presentations etc..
3. Enterprise Ireland – Enterprise Ireland can, and should, help us out here. They have nice offices in Palo Alto to use as a focal/meeting point perhaps and should be able to leverage their network to drum up some interest. A VC, or investor, or reporters indeed, would rather visit one venue to hear 12 business ideas of say 3 hours, than to have 12 companies take an hour each personally. Hence, some sort of showcase event would be ideal.
Glad to help out (if i can/have) – more thoughts to come…

]]> By: James Corbett http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-47 James Corbett Mon, 02 Jul 2007 10:48:23 +0000 http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6#comment-47 I would be inclined to say go ahead Alan. I think I detect a certain amount of fear about "stepping on toes" from people who maybe haven't yet been involved much in the project but I don't think Conor and Damien would mind me calling PaddysValley an 'unproject' [recalling that "an unconference is a conference where the content of the sessions is driven and created by the participants, generally day-by-day during the course of the event, rather than by a single organizer, or small group of organizers". From Wikipedia] The thing we need to do most now though I think is actually put in the groundwork pf finding hotels, companies we want to visit etc. I would be inclined to say go ahead Alan. I think I detect a certain amount of fear about “stepping on toes” from people who maybe haven’t yet been involved much in the project but I don’t think Conor and Damien would mind me calling PaddysValley an ‘unproject’ [recalling that "an unconference is a conference where the content of the sessions is driven and created by the participants, generally day-by-day during the course of the event, rather than by a single organizer, or small group of organizers". From Wikipedia]

The thing we need to do most now though I think is actually put in the groundwork pf finding hotels, companies we want to visit etc.

]]> By: Alan O'Rourke http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6&cpage=1#comment-46 Alan O'Rourke Sun, 01 Jul 2007 16:22:20 +0000 http://paddysvalley.org/?p=6#comment-46 Guys, there are a few things I would like to get moving on but don't want to go into detail publicly. Can we bring some of this discussion off list? Any objections if I set up a Basecamp project for it? Or I am happy with other off list options. Guys, there are a few things I would like to get moving on but don’t want to go into detail publicly. Can we bring some of this discussion off list? Any objections if I set up a Basecamp project for it? Or I am happy with other off list options.

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