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[Lucey Fund @LuceyFund]

Great news for Galway

[Dave Cunningham @davebarna]

Awesome to have @LeoVaradkar here to open our next building @portershed @gcid_ie - excited to be here after 3 years finding funding & getting this new building done
🔥👊board members @mauriceogorman @johnbreslin @StatesidePortal @niamhbarna @ConorODowd2 @KennethDeery @evincusack

[Lucey Fund @LuceyFund]

This is excellent

[Jaime Schmidt @jaimeschmidt]

Chasing investor money isn’t for everyone.

I bootstrapped my business to $25M in revenue and a $100M+ acquisition.

Here’s how you can build from nothing, too. A thread 🧵

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

From a young age, we are taught to view the world as black and white.

But many of life’s most important truths appear contradictory on the surface.

THREAD: 15 powerful paradoxes (on growth, business, careers, and life):

[Nicolas Cole 🚢👻 @Nicolascole77]

50% of succeeding on Twitter is how you format your tweets.

Want to know how the pros do it?

🧵👇✍️

[Kollect @KollectIE]

There are more and more BIGbins landing in Irish towns and cities every quarter and it’s great to see people using technology to deal with their waste problems. You can bring your rubbish to a BIGbin whenever you want and either use your online credit, tap a card or buy a ticket

[Ian Lucey @ianlucey]

Irish tech cos need to ensure we have appropriate levels of industry representation.

@ScaleIreland is best placed to represent us and give us a seat at the table.

The fees are not excessive so sign up now.

Legislation and policy are not decided on twitter. No fees = no voice

[Lucey Fund @LuceyFund]

Great news

[Charlie Taylor @ChasTaylor]

Positive news as female-founded Irish tech companies raise over €100m for the first time https://t.co/WM6FnpWxIB

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

In 1983, a 52-year-old senior executive at Texas Instruments was passed over for the company's top job.

He would go on to found and build the most strategically important company in the world.

Who's up for a story?

👇👇👇

[MIT Technology Review @techreview]

Here’s the signals President Biden has already given about how his administration might think about and treat artificial intelligence. https://t.co/WliwXB62rk

[Lucey Fund @LuceyFund]

A brilliant new song by the Marsh Family.....get the new jab https://t.co/pnWg0mQ1rB

[Nick Huber @sweatystartup]

Too many folks set the bar way too high with entrepreneurship. The next million dollar company. The next sexy startup.

Forget all that.

Build something that pays you $250k a year and requires only a few hours of your time per week to make it happen.

[Kollect @KollectIE]

As we come towards the end of this, turbulent year, we are delighted to give you this update from our C.E.O

[Lucey Fund @LuceyFund]

Take look at the Zurich Young Portrait Artist winner. Amazing

Also check out the other finalists. Incredible talent

[National Gallery of Ireland @NGIreland]

Overall winner:

Eva McParland (aged 14)
Is this Normal?
Pencil on paper

Eva says: "My name is Eva. I love creating art that reflects current events. I hope that through my art I can compel viewers to see these events from a different perspective."

https://t.co/rM6SPZilWI

[Lucey Fund @LuceyFund]

Good on the guys at @stripe

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

@RTE The @Stripe team just 5x'd the capacity for the RTE Toy Show Appeal. We aren't seeing any issues right now.

[Lucey Fund @LuceyFund]

😂

[Austen Allred @Austen]

Mark Zuckerberg didn’t found Facebook until he was 19.

Evan Spiegel didn’t found Snapchat until he was 23.

The Collison brothers didn’t found Stripe until they were 22 and 20.

It’s never too late to start a company.

[Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin @jasonlk]

So my first batch of venture investments hit 20x this week

I'd like to say the learnings are novel or different than others

But they aren't

Learnings:

1. All that matters are the winners

The #1 investment is 55% of the returns

The #2 and #3 are each 12%.

So Top 3 = 79%

[Altada Technology Solutions @AltadaSolutions]

We are delighted to announce Alsessor - our AI Accelerator programme kicking off in Jan 2021 in conjunction with @TCDTangent / @tcddublin & Oysterhaven Ventures. Check out https://t.co/t7yFTAPhdo & follow @alsessor for more information #AlsessorAI

[Sarah Evans 7️⃣7️⃣7️⃣ @prsarahevans]

I was scared to start a business. Leaving a safe job seemed insane.

It took:

-6 mo: to triple previous salary
-3 yrs to lose just as much
-4 yrs to find a stride
-5 yrs for continual profitability

11 years later, it’s the best decision I ever made.

I built a business. 💪🏽

[John Beckett @johnbeckett]

https://t.co/IZX39IumkC has had an incredible response on our first day - over 1,000 leads sent to local retailers & small businesses across Ireland. Let's keep this going and see what kind of difference we can make #shoplocal @HelenORahilly @conor_pope @IrishTimes @paulhayesman

[Lucey Fund @LuceyFund]

This is a good article by @FinnMurphy12 . Its important to get balance in your working life as your business won't always be a startup. Plan for a marathon and not a sprint.

[Adrian Weckler @adrianweckler]

An IPO may make you rich, but will it make you happy? Column from @FinnMurphy12 on the insanity of 130 hour weeks and not pushing yourself too hard in tech.

https://t.co/wS5lAalsVr