7 Days in the Valley
1st of December 2007 by conor
The Paddy's Valley tour of the Bay Area is finally here. Tomorrow morning, a mixture of great Irish start-ups and tech tourists will land in SFO for a week of networking, pitching, sparkling conversation and sparkling Calistoga 
The week's agenda has filled up incredibly well over the past week and all the travellers owe a major debt of gratitude to organisers Damien Mulley and James Corbett and to those of their peers who contributed to the arrangements.
- Sunday – Depart Ireland. Arrive Palo Alto
- Monday – Meet Robert Scoble, Maryam Scoble, Loic Le Meur, Halley Suitt and others.
- Tuesday – Visit Facebook and SocialText
- Tuesday Afternoon -Enterprise Ireland event, opened by the Irish Ambassador in Mountain View where some of the PV companies will pitch in front of invited VCs from the Valley. Those companies are Tourist Republic, Putplace, Nubiq, Spoiltchild and Pix.ie
- Wednesday – Visit the Microsoft Campus with some to Google for lunch
- Wednesday Afternoon – Computer History Museum
- Wednesday Evening – Possibly attend the WorkIT networking event and meet some people from Twitter
- Thursday – Meeting Meebo. Some may visit Sandbox Suites co-working facility and United Layer hosting facility
- Thursday Evening – Irish Network social event in San Francisco
If you are in the Valley and would like to hook up with the guys and gals, drop a line to paddysvalley AT gmail DOT com. Everyone is welcome to attend the Monday and Thursday social events and they are wide open on Friday and Saturday to hook up and talk business and tech.
The hope is that this will become a regular trip where new and upcoming Irish start-ups get a chance to see how SV operates and meet their international peers.
Have a blast y'all and let the rest of us know what you are up to on Twitter and the #paddysvalley channel on Jaiku.
Comment posted by Paul M. Watson
at 12/2/2007 7:00:29 AM
Have a good time guys and I hope you bring back some know-how to Ireland.
Comment posted by Walter Higgins
at 12/1/2007 8:00:12 AM
I'll be there in spirit. Have a great time.