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successful?

he is an event organiser ffs.
the Tech sector equivalent of Franc that cunt from Cork who organises the weddings.

saying that i have admiration for him and how he has made a nice few bob out of this thing but the reality is a true business man would not have milked the living shit out of it like he did over a short period leaving it bone dry and burning bridges like he did. very naive and a sure sign that Paddy skimped on €250 and didnt take the opportunity to get a one page business plan. the know it all little bollox.

you cant help but think though that both Paddy and the Paddies have really mugged those Portugese fuckers off here, good and proper.

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This is the opposite of begrudgery.

The media were almost completely behind him up to now. People have turned against him because they’ve realised he’s been bullshitting, and loads of people who have been involved in the Web Summit and previous ventures he’s been involved in have stories that don’t paint him in a good light at all.

Coming across as a total dickhead helps a lot in turning people against you, too, but he’s been a total dickhead up to now and been supported by the media.

Cosgrave is as rapacious a capitalist as they come. That’s his right and he also has a right to move his event wherever he wants. Everyone else has a right to call him out on the bullshit spin he’s peddled about the reasons for his decision.

And as for getting nothing, he got €60,000 for free from businessman Hugh O’Regan to set up the Rock The Vote campaign in 2006.

Not to mention the €700,000 of public money that he considers “hush money”, an extremely ill-advised comment.

Cosgrave paints himself as anti-establishment when in reality he’s as establishment as they come.

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If it maintains its current size, and he learnsfrom the 20 euro lunch crap, they’ll be very pleased I’d imagine. There is so much anti Web summit propaganda now that you wouldn’t know what is true. Two things are certain, one, it will be cheaper to stay in Lisbon or wherever it’s going, and two, if it weren’t home, I’d rather goto a meeting in Lisbon than Dublin.
Woe betide anyone who makes the current govt look bad (or dob for that matter)
The backlash against it for daring to move somewhere more appropriate is petty and vindictive and begrudging. Imo.

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But that’s not what the backlash is about.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B48VZdVxyDM

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Web Summit Lisbon 2016
Preliminary programme of events

Tuesday November 8th:
CEO of Web Summit, Paddy Cosgrave, performs a ceremonial burning of the bridge across Lisbon harbour to open the event.

Former Portuguese dictator Antonio Salazar pops up from the grave (in a new window) to speak about how strong leadership is essential in the world of start-up web enterprises.

Wednesday November 9th:
CEO of Web Summit, and leader of the tech universe, Paddy Cosgrave, debates with Cristiano Ronaldo on how to develop the ego as part of a successful strategy for personal brand development.

A spokesman for the low-cost canned ham, Spam, speaks with Paddy about how nuisance e-mails being branded with the same name as the product he represents unexpectedly led to a boom in the canned ham world.

Thursday November 10th:
CEO of Web Summit, leader of the tech universe, and “the man who made the wireless microphone the must have fashion accessory of 2016”, Paddy Cosgrave, debates with Paris St. Germain manager Jose Mourinho about how making a fool of yourself in public can, counterintuitively, improve your marketability in the business world.

Former EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso agrees with Paddy that the Irish Government are a shower of amateur, incompetent cunts.

Closing ceremony: Paddy’s ego is ceremonially massaged and paraded through the streets of Lisbon, pending the Portuguese government widening the streets of the city in time.

Angel investors ascend into heaven and all bow at their feet.

Lunch available on all days from €30, extra olives (single) €1 each.

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Course it is. He was a local hero before this. It might not be what they say it is about, but it is.

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Play me the world’s smallest saxophone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pR1cVgk7Is

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You need to go out and get a ride this weekend Sid.

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Totes devo put down, mate.

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That’s shit, mate. Back to the drawing board please.

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Surely you mean the “Drawing Board” iPhone app?

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Anyone going to the Web Summit in Lisbon next week? CNBC are covering it.

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No . Utter cunt fest .

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Wifi problems at the web summit

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Ah lovely.

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Oh please let this be true.