Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it’s not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won’t. it’s whether you let it harden or [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Eirepreneur is invigorated!
Posted by matt on February 22, 2010
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James Corbett is “Eirepreneur”. He runs several very readable blogs regarding entrepreneurship and co-working and I’ve always found reading them to be an absolute pleasure. It’s therefore doubly nice to see something about us in the pages. Apparently, we Smell Like Startup Spirit: There’s such a strong sense of community around the VI project in [...]
The VI Paint Party
Posted by matt on February 21, 2010
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We met at 10 am and we finished up pretty much eleven hours later. A heap of strangers brought together to change things, to make something new and exciting in Northern Ireland. Thanks to Tim Brundle, Andrea Clements, David Crozier, Jonathan Cusick, Richard Dale, Nick Fitzsimons, Leo Galway, Martin Gilchrist, Scott Kennedy from CFR, Patrick [...]
I HEART VI T?
Posted by matt on February 15, 2010
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Would you believe we’re planning to get some T-Shirts printed? We’ve had three mockups so far showing off ideas. Interested to read your opinions and if you have a better idea, post it as well!
VI on the Interwebs
Posted by matt on February 13, 2010
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Marty and Matt have put up thoughtful posts about VI: NoMoreArt blog: VI for Victory You Want To Start Something: A Room with a VI You can also check out more by searching Twitter for “startvi” (or click here and be directed to Twitterfall to see what’s being said. We’d love to see some more [...]
VI Paint Party – Sun 21st Feb – All day!
Posted by matt on February 10, 2010
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We’re having an all-day paint party at the VI incubator on Adelaide Street on Sunday 21st February. We’ll buy in paint, beer, maybe even pizza and paintbrushes. Don’t forget to wear old clothes – old shoes – and bring some elbow grease and good cheer! Comment below if you’re coming!
Follow us on Twitter
Posted by matt on February 10, 2010
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Follow the VI virtual incubator on Twitter. Why? Well, we’ll tweet when we have new content, new sponsors and new mentors. Twitter is the preferred communications medium for the types of people we’re talking to. You’ll also see who we’re following – people intimately involved in the startup community in Northern Ireland – whether that’s [...]
Help!
Posted by matt on February 10, 2010
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VI is operated by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. We fully hope that our ‘graduates’ will remain as part of the advisory group within VI and help new startups avoid their mistakes and benefit from their experience. While VI needs help, it’s much more important that our tenants, the startups and entrepreneurs get help. Time We need [...]
What is VI?
Posted by matt on February 7, 2010
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VI (pronounced ‘six’) is a Virtual Incubator for very early stage companies based in Northern Ireland which focuses heavily on mentoring and operational readiness. Our partners in this programme include successful entrepreneurs and business executives from international companies as well as local entrepreneurs who are at a slightly later stage than this programme. These individuals [...]
