Boston Event - Scale in Europe for Early Stage High Growth Companies
Event Information
Description
Why do so many fast-growing companies like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Engine Yard and Marketo, choose Ireland as the springboard for their European Business?
Don't know?
Well maybe you should find out by networking with some of the companies that have done it.
Hear Gus Weber, Partner at Polaris Ventures, Ron Poore, Director of International Taxes at Kenexa Corporation, and Nicholas Malone, CFO of Wayfair, offer insights to their decision to locate in Ireland, and discuss the challenges and opportunities of choosing a strategic location for your business in Europe.
Brief overviews by KPMG, IDA Ireland and Silicon Valley Bank, will outline the hands-on supports associated with locating your European business in Ireland.
6.00-6.30pm Irish Coffee "meet and greet"
6.30-7.30pm Case Studies
7.30-9.00pm - Casual networking with speakers and other attendees
Speakers:
- Gus Weber, Partner, Polaris Ventures
- Ron Poore, Director of International Taxes, Kenexa Corporation
- Nicholas Malone, CFO, Wayfair
- Adrian Crawford, Partner, KPMG
- Mark Gallagher, SVP, Silicon Valley Bank
Who can you expect to meet ?
This is an open invitation event to emerging companies, the venture capital community, influencers and anyone else who is looking to Europe for their next phase of growth. (Feel free to invite your clients along if they have not seen the event post.)
We'll round it all up by enjoying some casual networking, with an Irish touch.
Venue: 1 Cambridge Centre, 6th Floor on Tuesday the 31st January
See details of our New York event here.
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