Category Archives: Announcements

‘Discovery Zone’ for new business ideas

March 9, 2010 – 5:49 pm

This is an excellent opportunity for brand new business ideas. A new programme called ‘Discovery Zone’ has been set up in the Rubicon Centre, the host of many Cork Open Coffees.
If you are among the many that aspire to starting your own business but don’t know where to start, then the Discovery Zone could be [...]

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Cork Open Coffee Friday the 5th

March 4, 2010 – 1:23 pm

Hi Occers,
This weeks Cork Open Coffee is taking place this Friday the 5th at 10am in The Rubicon Centre in Bishopstown in Cork.
Phoebe Bright from Jumpstart Cork will be giving a quick talk and hoping for some feedback on the concept of profit-share as a payment method for work for businesses. There is time for [...]

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Email marketing Stats for the Cork Open Coffee “After Dark” email

March 4, 2010 – 12:16 am

I sent this email to Cork Open Coffee members last Wednesday at 7.50pm. This was an evening campaign so I was curious to see any differences in open rates and click rates compared to the last couple of campaigns sent earlier in the day.

Email sent to 167 email recipients. (+7 from last email)
Subject length: 5 [...]

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Cork Open Coffee “After Dark”

February 24, 2010 – 10:48 pm

Hi Occers,
Just before Christmas we experimented with an evening version of Open Coffee we affectionately called ‘After Dark’, the name seems to have stuck.
This coming Friday the 26th we’re having another After Dark at 8pm in The Bodega, Cornmarket Street in Cork (Map here).
It’s a great opportunity to attend Open Coffee and meet other members [...]

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Cork Open Coffee Friday 19th February

February 17, 2010 – 6:50 pm

Hi Occers,
This weeks Cork Open Coffee is taking place this Friday the 19th at 10am in The Bodega, Cornmarket street in Cork. No demos this week, just coffee and networking. The Bodega opens at 10am, they have free wifi and a map on their website for how to get there.
We have begun using MailChimp to [...]

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Cork Open Coffee Friday 5th February

February 3, 2010 – 12:50 pm

Hello all,
This weeks Cork Open Coffee will take place on Friday the 5th in The Rubicon Centre at 10am. If you need directions to the Rubicon, there is a map on their website.
There are no speakers lined up yet, if you have a new or interesting web product you’d like to show and get feedback [...]

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Cork Open Coffee Friday 22nd January

January 20, 2010 – 1:17 pm

Cork Open Coffee is back for the new year!
This weeks Open Coffee will be on in the new (and dry) UCC Western Gate building on Western Road. Friday the 22nd at 10am. We will be in Room 231/226 on level 2.
James Little from UCC, a regular at Open Coffee has arranged for a room for [...]

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Cork Open Coffee Friday 11th at 10am

December 10, 2009 – 9:33 am

This weeks Cork Open Coffee is in the Rubicon Centre, CIT Campus Bishopstown on Friday 11th from 10am – 12pm.This the last Cork Open Coffee of 2009.
There will be 2 demos on Friday. John Dennehy will be talking about his great time tracking application at http://www.assemblypoint.com and Paul Brugger will be talking about a new Twitter [...]

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Cork Open Coffee Friday the 13th

November 11, 2009 – 10:56 pm

Hi OCCers,
This weeks Cork Open Coffee is in the Rubicon Centre, CIT Campus Bishopstown on Friday 13th from 10am – 12pm.  It will be held downstairs in the lobby area as the Seminar Room is booked.
The demo slot will be taken up by one of our newest regulars, Israel Finnerty.  Israel & his partner Dawn [...]

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Cork Open Coffee Friday the 16th

October 14, 2009 – 1:36 pm

This weeks Cork Open Coffee is Friday the 16th at 10am, in the Rubicon Centre in Bishopstown in Cork.
If you havent been to the Rubicon Centre before, take a look at their new site which has some pics and a map http://www.rubiconcentre.ie/
This Week, Joe Scanlon will be demoing a new site that he dreamt up [...]

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