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At the recent GeekNRolla event in London there was a panel on how to get more women into IT. One of the (well made) points was women in IT typical don’t describe themselves in IT. Despite working exclusively with or for IT companies they are in marketing or sales or PR or design etc.

So I put this to the test with the four women from Merrion BD who ran an excellent marketing event for tech companies here in the Digital Hub today.

There answers, marketing, sales, PR, business development etc. Not one considered they were working in IT. At most they would grant they were working with IT companies.

If we want to encourage women to work in IT, we need the existing women in IT to start admitting it

Inma Martinez Stradbroke Advisors : Umm, move your startup to the US?

Andy McLoughlin, CEO Huddle: The people you start with may not be the people who you finish with.

Joe Drumgoole, CTO and Founder PutPlace.com: Watch the per transaction costs in cloud computing.

Joe Stepniewski, co-founder Skimlinks: With advertising plays, go direct to sponsors rather than through CPM/CPC vendors

Jof Arnold CEOGymfu.com: Lots of people have got rich on AppStore but you probably aren’t going to be one of them

Leisa Reichelt, User experience Disambiguity: Create a persona for your users, they are not the general public

William Reeve  Angel Investor Lovefilm.com: We created 4.2m in free cash by proper management of payment schedule for creditors and debtors

Lesley Eccles Co-founder Hubdub: If you are launching in the US, launch in the US and ignore the UK/European market

Ian Hogarth, Co-founder, CEO Songkick.com: here is a wiki full of tools for startups http://startuptools.pbwiki.com/

Nick Halstead CEO Favorit: Avoid agencies and helpers and make direct contact with potential angel investors

Reshma Sohoni Seedcamp: Advertising as a business model is dead

Fred Destin Atlas Venture: VC’s are people too

It definitely helped to have the sunniest day of the year to date, but Moore Hall is stunning enough to transcend the worst Irish weather.

It is surrounded by amazing old forest land (now managed by Coillte, the Irish Forestry agency)

Lough Carra is adjacent and you can rent boats or go for a paddle (just like we did today).

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