If the Valley won't come to Paddy, Paddy must go to the Valley

Following on from Conor's proposal to do a group tour of the Valley and Damien's extension of the idea to encompass some marketing it seems like it's really going to happen! Conor captured exactly what I think the aim of such a tour should be -

"The aim isn’t really to get VCs investing in us, it’s more to raise our profiles, learn from the culture and build our networks wider. As I said on web2ireland, we tend to focus on the short-term needs, this is more of a long-term strategic trip."

Right on. So, to keep things moving along I've setup Paddy's Valley - a wiki to help get us all on the same page. The password is silicon. Edit away!

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Comments

[Conor O'Neill]

Love it love it. And Ben from EI USA is interested in helping too.

[Alan O'Rourke]

Wow this is actually going to happen!?!
Must look at my finances and see how i can make this. Brilliant idea!

[David Copithorne]

Great idea lads. Is there a target date to commit and book tickets? The earlier the better as I'd imagine ticket prices will start going up over the next month or two.

[James Corbett]

Ben from EI USA? Excellent.

As regards a target date David the first thing for interested parties to do, I guess, is post their preferred travel dates to the wiki. Hofefully we could then converge on a few dates that suit the majority and have a vote or something. And then, yes, book the tickets as quickly as possible thereafter.