Why Northern Ireland for Silicon Valley Startups - Brian Glynn - InvestNI - Feb 4 2013
1. Why Northern Ireland?
Great People
• Young and educated: 55% of population under 40. Over 74% of school leavers go
on to higher education
Competitive Costs
• Operating costs average 20-30% cheaper than the rest of the UK & Europe
Track Record
• Concentrix – Multi-lingual 650 person sales team; 26 languages supported
• NYSE – European development HQ and customer support
• HP 3Par – European HQ (engineering and outbound sales/customer support)
• Seagate – Key R&D and manufacturing base; 1 in 5 computer drives globally has a
part created in NI.
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2. You’ll be in good company…
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