As today I fly back home from Ireland, there is so much to reflect back on.  This has been one of the best trips of my life for so many reasons, and I am not sure if it will ever be topped. It’s definitely sad to leave. To start off, Phil and Meade are two…

As the group leaves to Morrow, today was our last site visit.  We went to a company called Food Cloud which is essentially A connector that connects retail companies with charities to allow for less food waste and to help people in need.  They’ve made themselves part of the community by expanding their footprint and…

This morning Rob Cullen met with the group at Griffith college to give us a presentation on networking.  During his presentation, a lot of it was review to me as I am a Senior In college and have been networking for quite some time. Although, I did pick up a few things from rob that…

Ireland has continued to impress me over and over again. Today may stand out substantially amongst the rest of the days as we got to go to Microsoft and then also to the THINKHOUSE headquarters.  The way that I look at Microsoft will never be the same and that Is an extremely great thing. I…

Today may just have been the best site visit yet.  We took a long bus ride to the Cliffs of Mohar from Dublin.  During our bus ride, we were able to take a long scenic route through a portion of rural Ireland.  The entire way, there was a large number of sheep farms, cow farms,…

This morning’s adventure was to the EPIC Irish Immigration Museum. It is a very unique museum that’s so jam packed with new information on the inside that it would take a day or two just to read through everything and to learn everything that was inside of them. The EPIC museum was a self-guided format,…

First off, I would like to start off with saying that rural Ireland is unmatched to almost any place that I’ve ever been. Attached to below are some photos from our road trip today and be sure to take the opportunity to check them out before reading the rest of the blog.  Some of the…

Today we began the day back at the docklands area with Dr. Kelly to get context and background on the area.  As I mentioned in earlier blogs, understanding a company, country, and/or persons history is vital for understanding the businesses as a whole.  During Dr. Kelly’s presentation he went over how the area went from…

Today we had the amazing opportunity of visiting the GEC (Guinness Enterprise Center).  During the visit, it was jam packed full of information regarding what the GEC dollars as well as what their looking forward to in their upcoming pipeline.  The GEC is a very impressive non-profit organization that is at the forefront of connecting…

Today we begin our day with a tour led by Dr. Kelly.  As Dr. Kelly grew up in Ireland in poverty, he has seen the country go from a second or third world country the first world country that it is today.  During our tour around north Dublin where the majority of international companies are…

Today was jam packed with events! To start, we were given a great presentation from Ellie Doyle. Ellie is an extremely influential and inspiring person.  She is the founder of TalentHub which is a company that provides recruitment and talent management services to various companies across all sectors. During the presentation, there were many important…

After traveling over 3000 miles, the group has finally made it to Dublin and the fun began right away. Upon arrival in Dublin, some of my expectations were immediately surpassed.  We started Sunday morning at 7am by traveling to Howth and taking a breathtaking scenic walk as you can see in the featured image.  The…