Having learned, enjoyed and been inspired by a marathon three days of #digital #Dublin #WebSummit I wanted to share some key lessons and soundbites.

2. 24,000
people attend
109
Countries

5. It’s been called “the best technology
conference on the planet”. But we just think it‘s
different. And that difference works for our
attendees, ranging from Fortune 500
companies to the most exciting startups in the
world. Our speakers may be world class, but
our networking is “simply legendary”

6. “
WHY DON’T YOU
WANT TO INVENT
SOMETHING!!?
19 YEAR OLD VC

8. PADDY
COSGRAVE

25. “
EUROPE IS A
SLACKER WITH
LOW
EXPECTATIONS
AND A BAD
WORK ETHIC…
LONDON IS OK
PETER THIEL - VC

26. “
WE HOPE TO
TOUCH EVERY
SINGLE PERSON
ON THE PLANET
ADAM BAIN OF TWITTER

28. “
COMMUNITY IS ONE OF
THE NEW MOST
IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF
A COMPANY. THERE USED
TO BE THIS ATTITUDE OF
MAKING SOMETHING IN
STEALTH. THAT DAY AND
AGE IS OVER AND WE’RE
IN THIS NEW ERA OF
COMMUNITY FOCUS
BRENDAN IRIBE, OCULUS

30. “
ALL IT WOULD TAKE
WOULD BE ONE
PERSON GETTING
EBOLA FROM A TEN
POUND NOTE FOR
PEOPLE TO RUSH
TO DITCH
PHYSICAL MONEY
GAVIN ANDRESEN - BITCOIN

31. “
BANKING IS
NECESSARY,
BANKS ARE NOT
BILL GATES
JC

32. “
THERE’S
SOMETHING WRONG
WITH THE IDEA
THAT ONLY PEOPLE
OVER A CERTAIN
AGE ARE WORTH
LISTENING TO
ADORA SVITAK

33. “
IMAGERY IS NOW
THE MOST SPOKEN
LANGUAGE IN
THE WORLD
JONANTHAN KLEIN - GETTY IMAGES

35. “
WE WANTED
FLYING CARS,
INSTEAD WE GOT
140 CHARACTERS
ELON MUSK - SPACEX

36. “
PEOPLE DON'T
LIKE BEING KILLED
BY ROBOTS THEY
WOULD PREFER
TO BE KILLED BY
DRUNKS
BRAD TEMPLETON

37. $800m
a year in the
US
40%
drinking
80%
attention
What c ar do I
need today?

38. Milton
keynes

41. “
WHAT CAREER IS NOT
GOING TO BE
IMPACTED MY TECH?
COMPUTER SCIENCE
EDUCATION IS NOT
ON THE RISE, IT'S
RECOVERING FROM
10YRS OF DECLINE
HADI PARVOTI OF CODE.ORG

43. “
WE ARE ONLY
DIMLY AWARE OF
WHAT’S GOING ON
ONLINE, AND THE
POTENTIAL IMPACT
ON OUR SAFETY
ROBERT MUGGAH

44. “
NOT FOR PROFIT
IS A
BULLSHIT TERM
ADAM GARONE - MOVEMBER

45. “
THE GLOBAL DIGITAL
MOVEMENT IS ACTUALLY
HAPPENING NOW. THERE
ARE MORE PEOPLE ONLINE
IN NIGERIA THAN IN THE
UK… WHATSAPP REACHED
419MILLION USERS IN SAME
TIME IT TOOK SKYPE TO
GET TO 52 MILLION
SAUL KLEIN

46. “
WE’RE SEEING THE
MOVE AWAY FROM
GOOGLE, AND
WE’RE SEEING THE
DEATH OF THE
HOMEPAGE
IAIN WHITE OF SAILTHRU

47. “
IT’S IMPORTANT
THAT PEOPLE
DIFFERENTIATE
BETWEEN A GREAT
INSTINCT AND A
GREAT IDEA
MARK PINCUS - ZYNGA

48. “
WHAT’S NOT
CHANGING - IT’S STILL
ABOUT CONTENT,
NARRATIVES, AND
QUALITY
STORYTELLING - THAT
WILL NEVER CHANGE
JIMMY MAYHANN - HOFFPO

49. YOU COULD
BE THERE
NEXT YEAR!