It has now been confirmed that Ben Hammersley Editor at Large of Wired Magazine will join Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist, and Matt Mullenweg, founder of Wordpress, at the Dublin Web Summit 2.0 in Trinity College, Dublin on the evening of Thursday, February 4th, 2010. This is a non profit event organised by Lectures Ireland and you can book here . Chris Horn will also be speaking and the event will be hosted by Mark Little.

UPDATE FEB 1st: New speakers announced   Dylan Collins, CEO of JOLT, Fred Karlsson, CEO of DoneDeal.ie, Colm Lyon, CEO of Realex, and Ciaran Bollard, CEO of MUZU. Each of the four panelists are behind rapidly expanding businesses and bring a depth and variety of insight to the Summit. 

Update Feb 1st: THIS EVENT IS NOW SOLD OUT . However due to the unprecedented demand there is likely to be a live video link to another theatre in Trinity.  So add your name to the waiting list if interested.

There is a special invitation only special free breakfast meeting for selected invitees of TEN on the next morning. This will include 10 CEOs under 30 from European High tech startups.

We are pleased to announce that Marketing Consultant Paul Hayes from Beachhut PR will provide a free workshop on all aspects of building your brand in the international marketplace.  The workshop will start at 11.30am on Wednesday  27th Jan 2010 in Trinity Enterprise Campus on Pearse St, Dublin 2.  To register please reply below.

Paul is working with start-up companies in the digital media and green energy sector including Trinity campus company Kore the new vehicle of Hugh Reynolds and Dr. Steve Collins, the founders of Havok.  He is also working with: JoltOnline, Plastinum and CyanEnergy.

Paul was previously Marketing and Communications Director at Havok. For a full bio: Paul Hayes bio (2).

This event is now over but there is a very detailed blog on the event from one of the attendees  at:

http://www.toddle.com/stuff/save-180000-on-your-next-tradeshow-pr-tips/

Trinity Entrepreneurial Society is proud to welcome Peter Connor of Green Apple Media and Tom Farrell of Paddy Power in a one hour session on “Starting an Online Business”. The event will take place this Wednesday, 27th January at 7PM in room 4050B Arts Block, Trinity College main campus. Visit http://bit.ly/TESstartups for more information.

Peter Connor, Director, Green Apple Media
Rabobank Head of Infrastructure now turned web entrepreneur, Peter Connor, tells us about the highs, lows, tips and tricks of starting an online business; or in his case 4 online businesses.

• Moneyfish.ie – Simple Money Comparison
  “Very simple money comparison site to help you decide what financial product suits you best”
• SplitMyBill.ie – Polite Money Collection
  “A free tool to help you divide bills and collect money without losing friends, great for events, house sharing and clubs”
• SetMyCompanyUp.ie – Online Irish Business Registration Made Easy
  “A simple site what will give you all the documentation needed to register an Irish Company in 10 minutes. No obligations and the cheapest in Ireland. We’ll even give you a free website”
• Direct2Web.ie – Putting your business online
  “Need a simple site, Direct2Web.ie will give you one for free. Need anything else we’re here to do that too”

Tom Farrell, Customer Marketing Manager, Paddy Power
Customer marketing expert, previously of Iona Technologies, Microsoft, PolarLake and now of Paddy Power comes to tell TES how to market your new online business and take CRM to the next level. Tom also has xxtensive experience across the marketing mix in B2B and B2C environment.

Based in the Trinity College Enterprise & Technology Centre, Share Navigator is an innovative provider of software & education for self directed investors in the stock market.

We educate & support people to invest sensibly and profitably in the stock market by using risk management techniques.

If you are currently investing or about to invest in the stock market, Share Navigator will help you to make better investment decisions.

We would like to invite you to attend our Free Stock Market Master Class. In this Master Class you will receive unique insights into the stock market which will help you to save and make money.

Our next Master Class will take place at 1.00pm, Wednesday 3rd February in the board room of the Tower building.

Kind Regards,

The team at Share Navigator

‘Helping you to make better investment decisions’

+353 1 5143866

info@sharenavigator.ie

www.sharenavigator.ie

Although this event is in London it might be of interest to members:

There are a limited number of spaces still available for London Business School’s forthcoming ’Why Business Plans Don’t Deliver’ event, taking place on 27 January. Register now >>

Discover what it takes to make your business plan work

This complimentary event, led by John Mullins, Associate Professor of Management Practice in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, will address why most business plans have little impact in attracting customers or raising capital.

Drawing from his latest research with Randy Komisar, published in ‘Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model’, John will examine the processes and frameworks for getting to a business plan and a business model that will directly impact your businesses’ success.

Register now for this complimentary event >>

Event Schedule:

18.15 – registration opens
19.00 – faculty session followed by questions and answers
20.15 – networking drinks reception

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Frank Maguire  co-founder of Federal Express spoke at Trinity on December 1st. The event was recorded by Trinity Alumni Association so please enjoy.

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