Tangent, Trinity's Ideas Workspace

Designed to support female entrepreneurship at Trinity by providing students with mentors who can help them advance both personally and professionally.

Each year, Women Who Wow pairs female students with experienced female mentors. These mentors share their knowledge and experience, and in turn help their mentees develop their business ideas, grow their early-stage startups, pursue opportunities in the startup industry, help them to network, or simply empower them to get where they want to go.

A selection of journeys from the Women Who Wow programme since it began in 2016 are included below.

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Christine & Aisling

Christine makes luxury marshmallows. This got her a place on LaunchBox, Tangent’s Student Accelerator. Her mentor Aisling is helping her to plan her career going forward.
Christine makes luxury marshmallows. This got her a place on LaunchBox, Tangent’s Student Accelerator. Her mentor Aisling is helping her to plan her career going forward. Instagram
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Briony

Briony founded a fashion magazine that sells internationally while studying History & Politics. Her mentor Deirdre guided her through LaunchBox, and helped her to turn it from side project to global brand.
Briony founded a fashion magazine that sells internationally while studying History & Politics. Her mentor Deirdre guided her through LaunchBox, and helped her to turn it from side project to global brand. Website
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Sarah

Sarah is the operations manager for SaaStock. She helped her mentees, Hannah and Deqa, plan their futures as founders by sharing her experience & knowledge.
Sarah is the operations manager for SaaStock. She helped her mentees, Hannah and Deqa, plan their futures as founders by sharing her experience & knowledge. Book Here
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Machaela

Machaela had an idea for a new way to learn languages. Her mentor Sarah helped her progress from the idea stage, grow her skillset and win a place on LaunchBox. Machaela’s business became a High Potential Start-Up backed by Enterprise Ireland. Machaela has since graduated, and is now working in the startup ecosystem; she has returned to Trinity as a Women Who Wow mentor.
Machaela had an idea for a new way to learn languages. Her mentor Sarah helped her progress from the idea stage, grow her skillset and win a place on LaunchBox. Machaela’s business became a High Potential Start-Up backed by Enterprise Ireland. Machaela has since graduated, and is now working in the startup ecosystem; she has returned to Trinity as a Women Who Wow mentor. Book Here