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Lovely piece in the Irish Independent about why Kerry is attracting remote workers. Great shout-out from Hrvoje Smolic 🔮 of Graphite Note about the RDI Hub and what he loves about living and working in #Kerry. Thanks Hrvoje! 👋 He describes the (RDI) hub as more than just a place to work, it's a community of like-minded innovators all working together: “In the RDI Hub, you get peer-to-peer conversations over coffee, and that fresh perspective helps you solve problems. That kind of network, plus access to mentorships, has been key to navigating challenges.” Take 5 minutes and check out the article. #LoveKerry #LivePlayThriveHere Killorglin Chamber Alliance Killorglin.ie WorkLiveKerry ( discoverkerry.com) #Community #Innovation #ChooseKerry https://lnkd.in/eAjFv_5X

Introducing #FounderInsights! Join RDI Hub Programme Associate and NDRC Regional Lead Christopher Barrett in conversation with #founders as they talk about their entrepreneurial learnings. ⚡ Date: Tuesday, December 10, ⚡ Time: 12:30 PM - 1:00 PM, 2024 ⚡ Location: Virtual via Zoom Discover the secrets to building a successful startup with Matthew Coffey, co-founder of SQUID. Drawing from his firsthand experience, Matthew will reveal valuable insights into the challenges, strategies, and opportunities that define the entrepreneurial journey. This event will not be recorded, so don’t miss your chance to gain exclusive, real-time insights! A must-attend event for aspiring or active founders. Register here: https://bit.ly/3ZqosOK #startups #founderstories #LunchandLearn #Bitesizesessions #entrepreneurs

CALLING STARTUPS AND SCALEUPS: Join us in the RDI Hub on December 12th for an exclusive event with Huawei Cloud and eir evo, where we will hear all about the Huawei Cloud #StartupProgramme: Unleash Digital with Everything as a service. Find out how Huawei Cloud provides a seamless global cloud experience in over 170 countries and regions worldwide and find out how it can help your business grow, scale and innovate. Huawei Cloud are actively scouting for startups and scale ups for their Startup programme, which offers an innovative cloud platform, technical support, Go To Market resources and opportunities for business growth. Join us either remotely or in person for this hybrid event on Thursday 12th of December for an incredible information and networking event with senior execs from Huawei Cloud and eir evo, including Fen Zhuang Director of Global Industry Development, Huawei Cloud, John King – Sales specialist for eir evo cloud and Karolis Margelis – Technical sales specialist for eir evo cloud. Agenda: ·      11.00am Huawei Cloud presentation ·      11.30am case sharing from Spain ·      12.00am – 1.00pm Q&A and Networking Interested? Please register using the link here: https://bit.ly/3VijiD5 #Startups #Scaleups #StartupProgramme #StartupSupports #GTMresources #SupportingBusinessGrowth #CloudPlatform #TechnicalSupport #NetworkingEvent #HybridEvent #BusinessOpportunity

Shoutout to our new Programme Associate Christopher Barrett 👋 kicking off the NDRC #startupsprint in University of Limerick, to over 50 students at Immersive Software Engineering. (Chris actually began his own entrepreneurial journey from a college event many years ago!) Expecting to see incredible ideas emerging from this! 🔥 🔥 🔥 Best of luck to all participants and thanks to all the fab NDRC folks from the other hubs who travelled down to support! Gearoid Kearney, André Balico, Dushyant Singh, Joe Gorman, Lizzy Hayashida, Menno Axt (Thanks to André Balico for the great photo!) #Innovation #StartupSprint #EntrepreneurialJourneys

#Congratulations to the McCarthy family on being awarded 'Tech Person of the Year' at the Tech Industry Alliance #LeaderAwards last Friday night. Brilliant speech by Ruth McCarthy on the importance of perseverance and endeavour. 👏 👏 👏

We are delighted to have been selected as a finalist for this event, looking forward to a fantastic night! #CelebratingInnovation #SouthWestTech

RDI hub is delighted to announce that we are one of the partners in the FoodCoP Project which was launched today in Fundão, Portugal. Ireland is one of 9 countries and 14 partners involved in the FoodCoP project which is building a community of Startup Villages across Europe. Partners include SMEs, Knowledge and Innovation Communities, clusters, startup villages, universities, regional innovation networks, and research organisations. By developing shared resources and creating learning opportunities, the FoodCoP project will help these villages adopt circular bioeconomy practices that prioritise resource efficiency and waste reduction. Munster Technological University IKC3 - Ireland's Knowledge Centre for Carbon, Climate and Community Action Circular Bioeconomy Cluster

Throwback to great Irish tech buzz in Finland! Last week #Helsinki hosted the world’s leading startup event Slush, with 13,000 visitors from around the world. 24 of Ireland's brightest start-ups and scale-ups travelled to Helsinki as part of the official Ireland @ Slush delegation, led by Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. The Embassy was delighted to host everyone who travelled at an networking evening at the Residence. Thank you to Hannah Fraser Charlie O'Donoghue and your teams for a great #TeamIreland collaboration! We were also proud to witness DevAlly, a startup that streamline the accessibility process for companies, to pitch on stage for the prestigious Slush 100 Competition. Congratulations to CEO Cormac Chisholm, Co-Founders Patrick Guiney-Fox Darren Britton and the whole team for reaching the Top 3! More on: https://lnkd.in/d7hGSMe7 Well done to all the Irish companies that travelled to snowy slushy Helsinki last week! It was inspiring to see the huge energy and ambition from everyone. Looking forward to Slush 2025 already! Photos by: Eino Ansio Equal1 l VRAI l Manna Drone Delivery l Coroflo l Lua Health l Chirp l Galvia AI l Vaultree l Numra l EVERYANGLE l W4 Games l Konree Innovation l Ardanis l Cytidel l Provizio l Binarii Labs l Tracworx l Outmin l Oblivious l CitySwift l Sonalake l Spanish Point Technologies l RDI Hub

For the past 4 years RDI Hub has been privileged to be a regional delivery partner that delivered a truly impactful national startup programme NDRC. For the first time ever it made no difference if you were building your company from "Killorglin or Stillorgan" alongside our partners Dogpatch Labs PorterShed Republic of Work the NDRC team spread across the hubs, delivered an incredible impactful nationwide programme of activities designed to support and empower the next generation of Irish Founder’s. The numbers In the year 3 impact report show the impact : €45M+ raised by the NDRC startups of the last 3 years, €170M+ raised by the entire portfolio during the same period, 650 jobs created in Ireland by NDRC startups in the last 3 years with 30% women-led or co-led investments. Thank you to all the entrepreneurs, mentors, volunteers and helpers that have worked tirelessly to help us in the delivery of coaching / mentoring through Office Hours, Pre-Accelerators, Founder Weekends, Masterclasses and so many other activities. The NDRC announcement last week, will not affect the NDRC programmes delivery in 2025. Our focus and our primary mission will remain the same as we continue to work alongside our partners and friends in the ecosystem to help resource startups and scaleups. The NDRC has been critical for ecosystem building in the South West of Ireland and sits alongside existing supports from the Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment (DETE) including programme, financial and soft supports provided by the Local Enterprise Office network and Enterprise Ireland. Every region in Ireland needs opportunity at a scale that can make a difference, regional-based technology ecosystem supports delivered by the NDRC help redistribute opportunity for all, so that people throughout Ireland can achieve financial stability, upward mobility, and economic prosperity – regardless of geography.  I hope this isn’t the end of the NDRC story, it’s just the beginning of a new chapter. FexcoRDI HubKerry MacConnell Karl Aherne Bertie M.

Some interesting #AItools listed here on #HubspotForStartups... 'Startup leaders take on a huge responsibility, from crafting business plans and pitch decks for investors to creating product and marketing materials to start making sales. This can take a lot of time and resources, whether it’s a startup of one founder or 50 employees. With #ArtificialIntelligence, startups can cut down on the time spent on things like administrative tasks or creative brainstorming, instead relying on AI tools for startups to handle everything from bookkeeping to managing client relationships. After all, AI seems to be here to stay—it’s time to use it to your startup’s advantage to not just save time but to also boost revenue.' #AIToolsForStartups https://lnkd.in/eBm_RTHA