I lived in Dublin, Ireland for many years & am impressed with how the current government is supporting Irish startups. I did my bit for the cause & we interviewed a number of Irish startups @TechCrunch DISRUPT last week. You can view the video interviews above.
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Crowdfunding Panel and Advice to Entrepreneurs #startupconf
Crowdfunding panel @The Startup Conference, Mountain View with Danae Ringelmann, IndieGoGo; Chance Barnett, Crowdfunder; Sherwood Neiss, The Startup Exemption; Eric Jackson, CapLinked with moderator Anthony Ha, TechCrunch
Girls in Tech & KPCB “Net Effect: The Impact of Women on the Web – Start-up Edition”
Video interview with Laura Slezinger, Managing Director, San Francisco & Director of Corporate Development Girls in Tech. Laura received her J.D. from the University of San Diego, School of Law where she was Editor-in-Chief of the Motions, the law school newspaper, where she began highlighting a lot of tech-related Intellectual Property and Antitrust cases. She was the Fundraising Chair for the Women’s Law Caucus and hosted a charity auction to benefit a local women’s domestic violence shelter. She earned certificates in areas of international law in Florence, Barcelona, and Paris. During and following law school Laura worked in-house, setting up the Intellectual Property protection program for an environmental compliance company based in Carlsbad, California. Laura received her LL.M. from the University of San Francisco, School of Law where she was a staff editor on the Intellectual Property Law Bulletin and comment author. She worked on the Intellectual Property and Internet Justice Clinic where she advocated for students being sued by the RIAA for alleged illegal downloading of music. Currently Laura is an Intellectual Property & Startup Law attorney.