This is captured by Vision2020 Startup Island

• Ireland to be a global startup hub by 2020

“It’s my belief that vibrant startup ecosystems will create

more successful startups, which lead to more startups. It has to

be in this order.

Helping startups plug into their local communities is key, if they’re

in a robust local network startups have a much greater

chance of success.”Scott Case, CEO of Startup America Partnership

Commercial Attaches at Embassies

Government

IncubatorsAccelerators

MNCInnovation Managers.

Accountants, Lawyers,

Patent Agents

Researchcentres

Investors

Universities

Professional Service

ProvidersMNCs

State

Agencies

NetworksGroups

Entrepreneurs& Startups

Diaspora

Mentors, Angel Investors

Tech Transfer Offices

Vision 2020 Dublin Dublin to be a global tech

startup hub by 2020

Startup Ireland bring you this forum in partnership with

Goals of #SG2015

1.More people entering the entrepreneur pipeline

across the country and talent being spotted early

2.Grow regional hubs around existing industry

strengths

3.To project internationally Ireland's city region

startup hubs in a differentiated and coordinated

way.

5 Days5 Cities

5 IndustriesStart Scale Succeed from

Ireland

• “No longer can entrepreneurship be limited to a small set of risk takers located in a few specific cities.”

• Brad Feld

• Startup Communities

• “When localities focused on fostering and stimulating startups, they could change their own economic futures in dramatic and fundamental ways.”

New technology is the great equaliser

Fintrax founder sells up for €170m to private equity firm, 'biggest deal in Gaeltacht history‘ out of Tully Business Park, Ballinahown, Galway

Stockbyte, the Co Kerry-based stock photographs company, bought out by multinational Getty Images for $135m.

• “It takes a community to • raise a child. Equally it • takes a community to raise • a successful startup and a

county to raise a successful scaleup.”

• Gillian Barry • Limerick Startup

Gathering • City Region Coordinator

Ireland North East as a pilot for the regions for next year

Unleashing the collective entrepreneurial power of communities across our

country.

Key mechanism in SISG2015 for the regions is the open city region

Crowdsourced events on the theme – Start, Scale, Succeed