Our morning session featured guest speaker Stephen Dillon, who is an Irish entrepreneur with an interesting history. He actually went to school for French business but developed an interest in the wine and spirits industry through a part-time job. He emphasized the importance of finding your passion and exercising ways to explore it, which for…
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Day 24: #airbnb
Today, we started later in the day with our final guest speaker, Stephen Dillion. He is the founder of Startup.ie which is a not for profit website that connects entrepreneurs to the resources they need to help them succeed. It is the leading resource for startups and entrepreneurs in Ireland and gives out awards annually for…
Startups.ie and Airbnb
For our last day before our presentations, we had our final guest speaker. Stephen Dillion, founder of Startups.ie. Startups.ie is a forum based website where entrepreneurs can connect with all types of experts in certain fields to help start up or grow their business. Additionally, Mr. Dillion is an organizer for the Startup Awards, where…
Experiencing Airbnb
Our second to last day in Ireland was another eventful one. We started the day off with breakfast per usual, and then got to hear from a guest speaker, Stephen Dillion, the founder of Startups.ie, and finished off our day with a visit to the Airbnb EMEA headquarters. To start off the day, we were…
A Garden and a Feast
Today was another relaxed day in Ireland, similar to the ones we have had the past few days. After attending class, we only attended the National Gallary of Ireland and the Irish Botanical Gardens. One of the best things about today was being able to have another girls day. Since we are not in the…
The Blooms of Ireland
Today was another relaxing day here in Ireland. This morning, my group and I worked on our final presentations for about two hours. I researched more statistics about Ireland and how the economics of Ireland will affect our product: StageShare. I used the CIA World Factbook and other business websites to find general data and…
Gaelic Gardens
This morning was spent hard at work on our papers, trying to make final edits before the due date and presentations Friday. While this may seem intimidating, I found the process of research and writing to be very interesting, as I am learning even more about business in both the United States and Ireland. Specifically,…
Day 23: Plants
Today, we spent the morning working on our final report and presentations then went to the Botanical Gardens after lunch. This visit was something that was special to me because my grandparents would take me to see botanical and traditional Japanese gardens when I was little. Seeing another one reminded me of those times. It…
The Botanical Gardens & Dinner with Brad
After breakfast today, we were given time to finalize our complete business/external analyses papers and presentations for Friday. For our next endeavor, we voted on whether we would visit the National Botanical Gardens of Ireland or the Gallery and Gardens. The survey said… Gardens only. After the interesting bus ride across Dublin, we were able…
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