Tag: ireland
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Apple’s biggest innovation isn’t gadgets. It’s dodging taxes
Most people probably think of Apple as a tech company, but equally important to its existence is its creative power to avoid taxation. Indeed, Apple may more aptly be described as a tax-dodging enterprise posing as a tech company. That’s because Apple’s business, soup to nuts, is the protection of their capital. It is their…
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Need to source R&D funding? There’s an app for that
Minister of State for Training and Skills John Halligan, TD, and KTI director Dr Alison Campbell. Image: Conor McCabe Photography Knowledge Transfer Ireland helps businesses to benefit from access to Irish expertise and technology. Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI) has created a new tool to find R&D funding and help organisations to get their research projects…
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Tap Into The 7 Secrets Of Silicon Valley’s Innovation Culture
Today, companies can create a culture of value creation, no matter where they’re based, Soren Kaplan writes. Here’s how. BY SOREN KAPLAN Silicon Valley isn’t just a spot on a map. It’s a brand–a global symbol of enduring innovation. Mark Zuckerberg moved Facebook from his Harvard dorm room to Silicon Valley. Steve Jobs grew up…
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$2.5m innovation fund supports use of data in poor countries
A new $2.5m innovation fund led by the World Bank will support ideas to improve the production, management and use of data in poor countries. The new initiative seeks to improve availability and use of data under two themes: “Leave No One Behind” and the environment. These topics cover people with disabilities, those living outside…
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Ireland provides Enterprise Programme to funding innovation. Sign up!
New Frontiers is an Enterprise Ireland programme aimed at supporting the establishment and growth of technology or knowledge intensive ventures that have the potential to trade internationally and create employment in Ireland. DIT Hothouse deliver the 3-phased programme in partnership with IADT. Phase 1 lasts approximately two months and is part-time in nature – typically entailing…
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The Yard coworking space picks up $15 million in credit from IDB Bank
Posted by Jordan Crook (@jordanrcrook) The entrepreneurial spirit has never been stronger, so it’s no surprise that co-working spaces are so hot right now. The Yard, for example, has recently secured a $15 million credit line to expand its coworking offering to startups in New York City. Founded by Morris Levy and Richard Beyda, The…
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Citi appoints new innovation head for Dublin lab
Citi has appointed a senior banker from its Turkey business to head up the bank’s innovation lab in Dublin. Sample the FT’s top stories for a week You select the topic, we deliver the news. Select topic Enter email addressInvalid email Sign up By signing up you confirm that you have read and agree to…
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