Last week Raise Ventures were delighted to of host Jason Bell: ‘An Artificial Intelligence and High Volume Streaming Data Specialist’ who has spent over thirty years in software, data mining, customer loyalty and thinking about how startups and data can ultimately make better founders and more efficient startups here in Northern Ireland.
In February 2021 Raise Ventures hosted a Norther Irish startups focused Recruitment Roundtable. Our virtual Tech for Non Tech event pivoted from a ‘virtual stage’ to a conference style ’roundtable discussion’. We decided it was the time to focus on the recruitment challenge that many startups here in Northern Ireland are up against. One of…
So You Want To Write a Tech Book? By Jason Bell If there’s one question I get asked most of all, it’s not about what I actually do for a living or specific tools like Kafka and Hadoop, it’s this: “What’s it like writing a book?”. Well it’s certainly an experience, it has highs and…
One thing that the Covid-19 crisis has revealed is that commuting is a curse. The idea that it’s okay to pay to attend work, pay to store your car, pay more to eat, and spend two hours or more of YOUR UNPAID TIME to attend an office is quickly becoming untenable for knowledge workers. I’ve…
Thank you everyone who joined us last month for our Tech for Non Tech event on Automation, No-Code and Community. We had 4 amazing speakers including Niamh McAuley, Ellie McBride, David Shawe and Fajar Siddiq. Watch the recording of last months event. Slides We currently have slide decks from Ellie McBride and Fajar Siddiq. Davids and Niamh’s will be…
As we mentioned in our last newsletter, the University of Ulster are helping with the industry demand for programmers by releasing two new Postgraduate courses. These courses are free of charge. The first, 100 places in a PgCert in Artificial Intelligence, is designed to get a hold on the demand for AI across many industries.…
This week we are spoiled for choice. Two conferences which attract large numbers of people are happening for free (and recordings are made of both of them for those of us who can’t attend in person.). Both of them have content geared towards the IT and digital sector. Some of the content is complex and…
Hello! I got laid off today as a result of the COVID-19 financial fallout. Looking for a Jr front-end position. I have 6 months of experience and I was responsible for a project, worked mostly with React and several libraries. Based in Barcelona, willing to relocate. Please RT! — Alejandra (@signorinadev) March 25, 2020 I…
In the world of startups there is literally nothing better than equity. With equity, even a tiny bit, you will literally could one day become a millionaire. Colin Mitchell is the CEO of Sixty 5 Technologies and has expertise in tech, business, sales and marketing. Colin’s new blog series showcases the startup tech journey focusing…
So, what’s this Virtual Reality thing all about? That’s from Tomorrow’s World in 1990. It’s safe to say that things have moved on. Maybe a little. There are still dorky headsets but luckily the processing power to run them has started to come from the world of mobile phones as opposed to the world of…
