Tag Archives: Irish start-up

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eM0Cn5VAw8

Pulstate is “end-to-end contextual engagement platform for the physical world”.

A What!?

Pulsate founder Patrick Leddy (top) writes:

In the last 24 hours Ireland has risen (for public votes) from 39th place to 4th in the Global Start-up Competition, which we’re heading to next week in Korea. There are now only 5 hours left of voting. Would Broadsheet be able to help us get the word out and maybe move Ireland into first place?
I’ll be pitching Pulsate against 40 of the world’s best tech start-ups for a prize fund of US$100,000 at the international final of the World Startup Competition in Seoul, South Korea.
We hope to build on the growing momentum in the Irish start-up sector to send a message out to the world that Ireland is the land of opportunity for start-ups that want to take on the world!

Vote here

Irish company to battle it out next week at World Start-up Competition (John Kennedy, SilconRepublic)

Pulsate

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It’s all about mobile these days – we’re spending up to 3 hours a day consumed by our slabs of intelligent glass.

For all that, we’re a fickle bunch and it’s hard to keep us engaged and happy with an app when it’s so easy to discard them like a used tissue.

That’s where Somaries Quintana from Converser comes in

“In a nutshell, we are all about helping mobile focused businesses create smarter marketing for their mobile apps. Instead of the going for ‘spray and pray’ method of sending everyone a one size fits all message, we focus on bringing the personal element back into mobile marketing by empowering you with the ability to send the right message to the right app user at the right time.

“…We give you valuable insights into your mobile app users to help you determine what gets them ticking so you can send targeted, interactive in-app notifications. These help you boost engagement, retention and loyalty so you can make a meaningful impact on your mobile app’s ROI. The reason we call them interactive in-app notifications is because instead of appearing like a banner ad on the screen, you can actually guide your mobile app users to complete any call to action you like with just the tap of a button.”

From a development perspective, it was easy for me to integrate it all into an upcoming version of the Broadsheet apps and support from the the guys was top notch.

Do you have an Irish start-up? Get in touch broadsheet@broadsheet.ie.

No cash, favours, etc. were given for this post. Full disclosure: Karl does an Apple-centric podcast with Oisin, one of the co-founders.

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These days the Internet of Things is getting closer all the time. Practically everything is wired and managing them all is somewhat a pain.

Liam Mac Namee writes:

As you know it is becoming increasingly difficult to keep track of what our children are accessing on-line and thus potentially leading to cyber bullying and exposure to content that is inappropriate for their age groups.

Our new product Skydog (we are exclusive Irish distributors) seeks to solve that problem by assisting parents to monitor their children’s on-line activity, prevent them from accessing undesirable websites and restrict the amount of time spent on-line on all of their devices.

Of course, there’s always the risk your kids will drug you to have more internet time.

Web Safe Ireland

No cash, favours, etc. were given for this post. Do you have an Irish start-up? Get in touch broadsheet@broadsheet.ie.

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Clinch is a new Irish recruitment jobs site.

Damien Glancy, their CTO says:

Born from the notion that “hiring shouldn’t suck,” Clinch offers a hiring experience that is more engaging, more honest, and basically more human – for both jobseeker and employer alike. Our in-house photographers and copywriters work alongside companies to create a profile on Clinch that provides unique insight into their workplace and culture. For the job seekers themselves,
Clinch provides a sort of “window on the workplace,” allowing them to get a real feel for the company and the people who work there. The more informed people are, the better choices they can make when it comes to submitting job applications.

Their robots.txt though shows their true feelings stripped of the marketing:

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#     ____ _ _            _       _
#    / ___| (_)_ __   ___| |__   (_) ___
#   | |   | | | '_ \ / __| '_ \  | |/ _ \
#   | |___| | | | | | (__| | | |_| | (_) |
#    \____|_|_|_| |_|\___|_| |_(_)_|\___/
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#                 -___________-
#                (/     _     \)
#                /_____(O)_____\
#                // / / | \ \ \\
#               =================
#               // / | | | | \ \\      "EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE! ALL RECRUITERS!"
#              ===================    /
#             //// || || || || \\\\
#             |||| || || || || ||||
#            /---___-----------,---\
#            |  /   \         -o-  |
#            /  \___/          '   \
#            +---------------------+
#           /_   __    ___    __   _\
#          (__) (__)  (___)  (__) (__)
#          |_    __    ___    __    _|
#         (__)  (__)  (___)  (__)  (__)
#         /_    ___    ___    ___    _\
#        (__)  (___)  (___)  (___)  (__)
#        |_     ___    ___    ___     _|
#       (__)   (___)  (___)  (___)   (__)
#       /_______________________________\
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They’re even running a competition for employers to use the service for free.

 

Clinch.io

No cash, favours, etc. were given for this post. Do you have an Irish start-up? Get in touch broadsheet@broadsheet.ie.