Wild Atlantic Startup-WASUP

09/06/2016

Why the hell should I attend WASup? - Why the hell not??

“You keep saying this word “WASUP” What the hell are you talking about?” Good question, WASUP is a startup and innovation conference being…

03/06/2016

Check out our new speakers that have been added this week. Michael Lehane, co-founder of xOverTime. Oonagh McCutcheon of the IE Domain Registry, Dave Cunningham of Innovating West & Portershed. Jill Holtz, co-founder at Mykidstime. Gillian Barry of Startup Ireland & Limerick Institute Of Technology - LIT. To get 50% off tickets use the code 50OFF. Offer lasts until Monday at 6pm www.wasup.ie/limerick2016/

27/05/2016

We have that Friday feeling today at WASUP HQ and as a result, we are feeling very generous. If you would like to get yourself a free ticket to Limerick's premier startup event simply share this status and leave a comment below. Offer ends Saturday at mid-day. www.wasup.ie

23/05/2016

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23/05/2016

Speaker Focus: David Tighe has spent 14 years in Retail Banking in Ireland after graduating from Trinity College. David also holds an MBA from Manchester Business School. He has extensive experience across digital banking, the payments industry and innovation in financial products. He has been responsible for Credit Card and Current Account product strategies and has delivered multiple new retail products to the Irish market. His recent role in Bank of Ireland looks at long-term planning, consumer behaviour changes, market planning and incubation and the integration of fintech and innovative start-ups.

22/05/2016

Speaker Focus: Shane McCarthy is CEO of one Ireland’s leading Social Media Startups BlueChief Social. He has won various awards as a young entrepreneur and has lead BlueChief to Ireland’s top 150 startups in 2014 and the top 100 hot startups in 2016. He has and continues to play an integral role in building Limerick’s new startups ecosystem over the last 4 years, founding the Wild Atlantic Startup (WASup) Initiative, Young Innovators Limerick, Joining the board for Innovate Limerick and bringing 5 Startup Weekend events to Limerick. He is a lecturer on Social Media in the University of Limerick, he was recently the MC and a keynote speaker at Social Savvy - Ireland first specifically focused social media conference for higher education. He is addicted to social media and online marketing. Shane’s core strength are in 3 key areas: Creating impactful social media campaigns, launching strategies which enable brands to scale on social media and brand positioning of key messages online.

21/05/2016

Speaker Focus: Ian Lucey is founder and CEO of Lucey, a cloud computing and web development company with offices in Dublin, London & Milan. Ian is also an angel investor through the Lucey Fund, and has made investments in 18 startups since the funds foundation 26 months ago. Ian is currently a board member with the Irish Internet Association and was DIT Hothouse Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 Previously Ian has been Sales Director with Relate Software, a Deloitte Fast50 company, managed the Accountants Division in Sage Ireland and was Ireland's youngest National Student Union officer. Ian has experience building and selling SaaS, ERP, Accounting, Time & Billing, CRM and Payments systems around the world. Lucey is at the forefront of cloud technology for the SME sector, partnering with local and multinational companies to offer online portals, payments, collaboration tools, mobile platforms and much more.

21/05/2016

Speaker Focus: DC Cahalane is a full stack marketer who’s led marketing and growth at some amazing Irish companies like . He’s now working on a super secret project that’s coming later in 2016, don’t bother asking, if you don’t know already, you’ll have to wait like everyone else. A specialist in launching new brands and products, he’s worked with companies all over the world to launch new products into the market including Starwood, Motorola, XBOX, Red Bull, Nokia to name a few. With over ten years work as a product strategist, DC is obsessed with building products with key messages at their core that deliver on a promise to their customers. In his not so spare time, he’s helped over 65 startups across the globe get started, get funded and get noticed. He’s the co-founder of BUILTINCORK, a community initiative to help Cork technology, digital and e-commerce startups start locally but grow globally.

20/05/2016

Speaker Focus: Kieran Normoyle founded Ocean Survivor 2014, Award winning Ocean Survivor are currently developing a simple to use product that mitigates the effects of hypothermia, while promoting comfort and mental well-being in a cold water survival situation. Ocean Survivor possesses a proactive approach of donating heat to the user’s body in a survival situation. The design was shortlisted top 20 in the world in the James Dyson award. Most recently Ocean Survivor Limericks Best Start-up and won overall winner of IntertradeIreland prestigious Seedcorn competition securing €100,000 investment.

Kieran graduated Product Design & Technology at the University of Limerick with an Honours Degree.

20/05/2016

Speaker Focus: Emily Ross is Director of Marketing and Communications for global healthtech startup WhatClinic.com. She is a marketing strategist and senior inbound specialist with a diverse background, spanning telco, not for profit, agency and start-up. She cut her teeth at Esat supporting the rollout 3G, before setting up her own PR and Events firm, which she sold in 2008. She went on to join UNICEF Ireland as Head of Corporate Sponsorship, managing partnerships with Aer Lingus, IKEA and P&G. She lectures and writes about digital, PR and Social.

19/05/2016

We are delighted to announce Donal Cahalane (formely of Trustev and Teamwork.com), David Tighe (Head of Innovation at Bank of Ireland) Shane McCarthy (CEO at BlueChief Social), Kieran Normoyle (CEO at Ocean Survivor), Emily Ross (Marketing and Communications at whatclinic.com) Mary Shire (VP of Research at UL), Tony Treacy (Irrus Investments) as speakers at this Summers WASUP. Get your early bird tickets here: eventbrite.ie/e/wild-atlanti…

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13/05/2016

A startup and entrepreneurship conference shining a light on the incredible innovation and success taking place along the world’s longest tourist route, the Wild Atlantic Way, whilst highlighting the beautiful way of life and some local culture. WASUP returns on June 17th at the Kemmy Business School, UL. Tickets on Sale now. Early-Bird tickets available https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/wild-atlantic-startup-wasup-tickets-24620247824?aff=ebrowse

The Wild Atlantic Startup (WASup) is a vibrant new initiative and series of events taking place along the Wild Atlantic Way. Our goal is to shine a light on the incredible innovation and success taking place along the world’s longest tourist route, whilst highlighting the beautiful way of life and s...