It takes a village

12 weeks for NDRC and #Founders Accelerator startups wrapped:

🔥 Firesides with successful tech founders @Intercom, Manna Drone Delivery, Pointy from Google
💡 Invaluable mentoring from the best in the biz
🗣️ Insider tips from NDRC alum
📍 Ecosystem engagement OpenAI, @OrmeauBaths, and more

Not all hero’s wear capes
🎩 tip Ricky Gervais

Historic Vids The full moon looks amazing among the trees. 🌙 🌚

You spill 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico ONE TIME and you never hear the end of it … bp 🙄

Take a bow Andrew Henderson still my favourite tweet of all time ✨

you got a fast car
i got a plan to get us out of here

Ready to shape the angel investing ecosystem? We’re hiring:

🔹Director: Drive strategic growth, oversight on investments, key stakeholder mgt

🔹Operations Associate: Coordinate with Angels & Founders, optimise processes for dealflow mgt

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Let’s reach out, circle back and touch base in the New Year …

(Not sure who to credit as they were forwarded to me, but whoever designed them is a genius!)

#HappyChristmas

Historic Vids Restoration of a 17th-century painting, revealing the oil paint beneath the yellowed surface.

An Open Letter to Irish Senators Concerning the Hate Offences Bill

7 Dec 2023

Dear Senators,

It is now in your hands to either endorse or reject the most significant assault on free speech in the history of the Irish State, and indeed in the recent history of the West.

Before

In 1989 I randomly sat next to a cute girl at college orientation. I mustered the courage to say hi. I’ve been married to that girl for 26 years.

In 1999 a friend invited me to try rock climbing. I said yes and discovered a life-long passion.

In 2017 while sitting in a board

If you are an engineer or developer and looking to join a startup - why not add your details to our talent board!

I'll distribute this to our Women's Network every couple of weeks, and you'll have startups reach out to you, directly. Easy peasy!

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Today is a great day to become a SERI member! Join before December 31st 2023 while we are offering SERI membership at an even more affordable rate of €99 using the discount code SE23 at checkout. 👏

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Only 2 days left to get an application in for the next accelerator cohort. tally.so/r/wa4LJX

Buy Caio Benicio a pint 🍺
gofund.me/fea417fc

#Dublinattack

Let’s be under no illusion, what’s happening tonight in Dublin has ZEEO to do with the awful events earlier.

They are scumbags using a harrowing opportunity to commit crime.

My heart goes out to all the members and the families of those in emergency response teams ❤️‍🩹

Lights, camera, action .. oh wait ‘makeup and hair!’ …

Nice piece on what NDRC Accelerators are about from Ian Browne and Philip Reynolds 💥