More Ways to Disrupt: New 2026 Side Events from KOTRA, WayFounder, Enterprise Ireland, SafetyWing + Descope
- ID
- 29949
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 30 Sep 2026, 2:48 AM
- Fetched
- 30 Sep 2026, 3:13 AM
- Provider
- TechCrunch
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/29/more-ways-to-disrupt-new-2026-side-events-from-kotra-wayfounder-enterprise-ireland-safetywing-descope/
- Source URL
- https://techcrunch.com/feed/
Summary
- Score
- 1.5
- Created
- 30 Sep 2026, 3:14 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- founders
What happened
TechCrunch published a roundup of 2026 Disrupt Week side events in San Francisco, including a Born2Global Founder Networking Night on October 13 (6-9 p.m. PT) hosted by WayFounder featuring 18 emerging startups from the Republic of Korea, a SafetyWing happy hour at Harrington's Irish Pub on October 13 (5-9 p.m. PT), and Enterprise Ireland's 'The Irish Shark Tank' on October 13 (5-8 p.m.). The page also carries promo deadlines: exhibit-table demos to 10,000+ tech leaders close October 2, and Disrupt ticket savings of up to $200 plus 50% off a second ticket ended September 25 at 11:59 p.m. PT. KOTRA and Descope appear in the headline as event hosts but no details about their sessions are given in the excerpt.
Why it matters
Almost nothing here changes what a builder ships or buys: it is an events listing with no product, pricing, API, or policy content. The only actionable items are calendar and money ones - if you are exhibiting at Disrupt, the demo/exhibit deadline is October 2, and the discounted ticket window already closed September 25, so budgeting at full price is the realistic assumption. There is no stated Malaysia or Southeast Asia angle; any relevance would come only from a founder choosing to fly to San Francisco for the week of October 13, which the text does not otherwise justify.
Discussion angle
Worth a two-minute mention at most: ask whether anyone in the group is actually attending Disrupt Week on October 13, and whether flying to SF for side events beats spending the same budget on regional meetups in KL or Singapore - then move on to items with real technical or policy substance.