Business Partners wanted!

Posted by Grace Labanyi on 26 February, 2010 in Research | Uncategorized - (2 Comments)

Enterprise Ireland is currently seeking new Business Partners to help us create start-up companies.  We want to hear from successful business people to partner with us to transform State funded research projects into profitable commercial ventures. Our Business Partners Programme is fast tracking the creation of new companies by giving you access to our portfolio of potential start-ups. It will be your job to lead them to the marketplace. We would like to hear from you if you have ;

  • a strong commercial track record
  • excellent business credentials
  • capacity to invest
  • ability to identify commercial opportunity
  •  vision to transform new technologies into solid businesses

Watch out for the adverts in the national press and click here to check out the details on our website.

Microsoft BizSparkCamp Dublin March 8th – Money, Markets, Motivation

Posted by Paul Browne on 25 February, 2010 in Event | Microsoft | Uncategorized - (2 Comments)

Microsoft BizSparkCamp with Enterprise Ireland and TechLudd

Where and When?

  • Monday, March 8th – 9am to 7pm (including PitchSlam & Networking)
  • Radisson SAS Royal Hotel, Golden Lane in Dublin’s city centre.

Registration Details

Event Overview

As part of the local BizSpark programme, Microsoft Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and TechLudd are delighted to announce BizSparkCamp 2010 featuring Innovate! PitchSlam – an event designed to help accelerate Irish Startups’ businesses and provide the opportunity to be identified as one of the world’s most promising technology start-ups. This day-long conference will run on Monday, March 8th (doors open 9am) in the Radisson SAS Royal Hotel in Dublin’s city centre. Entrance is free of charge.

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Innovate!100 in Dublin March 8th

Posted by Paul Browne on 24 February, 2010 in Event | Microsoft | Saas | Uncategorized - (Be the first to comment)

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Meet and engage with Innovate!100 finalists in Dublin March 8th

Produced by Guidewire Group, the Innovate!2010 Pitch Slam in Dublin will feature 10 to 15 Innovate!100 finalists selected from the local region who will give rapid-fire pitches about their startup.

Each startup will receive invaluable feedback from a panel of expert judges, and everyone in the audience will get a chance to select their favorite Pitch Slam presenter. Sign up today to meet and mingle with entrepreneurs, investors, press and other members of the innovation ecosystem at this special networking event!

The Innovate!2010 Program is being supported by a prestigious group of market-leading companies like Best Buy, HP, Motorola, O2 Litmus, RIM, SAP, Sun, SWIFT and Verizon, dozens of early-stage investors, and marquee media partners. Learn more about sponsorship and partnership opportunities, or how to serve as a Pitch Slam judge.

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Brilliant SM Case Study – Goshido (Coclarity)

Posted by David Scanlon on 22 January, 2010 in Uncategorized - (Be the first to comment)

From today’s Irish Times, great piece on how this Limerick-based company used LinkedIn to complete a private fundraising drive, raising €162,500 in just over a week, Obama-style. Goshido is delivered by Coclarity, an EI client who are also on iGAP.

Seven hundred e-mails were sent to potential investors through LinkedIn earlier this month, generating 200 replies by phone, e-mail and Twitter. The company raised €162,500 in just eight days.

Mr Hannigan, who joined the company in October and has taken one of the investment slots, called the response “an amazing result”.

He said it showed Irish businesses could exploit the potential of LinkedIn, which was about more than just contacts and recruitment.

“I’m blown away by it and it gives the lie to people who say social networking is just about Facebook.”

Full article is here http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0122/1224262838183.html

Update: This news story is getting attention outside of Ireland.

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Too many investors want to attend Big Ideas event!

Posted by Grace Labanyi on 7 October, 2009 in Uncategorized - (Be the first to comment)

Almost 400 potential investors wanted to attend the Big Ideas Showcase 2009 in Croke Park next Tuesday 13th October but we can only facilitate 250 as there are one-to-one meetings to schedule with the 21 inventors who will present their new technologies and business plans on the day. There simply isn’t enough time to fit everyone in.  Anyone that can’t attend but wants more info should contact Enterprise Ireland at bigideas@enterprise-ireland.com

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Enterprise Ireland Launches new Video Channel

Posted by Paul Browne on 18 September, 2009 in Event | Public | Uncategorized - (Be the first to comment)

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Jim Cuddy of Enterprise Ireland presents an Overview of the New Software Economy for Ireland and discusses this new Irish Strategy going forward. Jim talks about creating a network of contacts, a cluster or community of people and companies to partner together and create the value chain. Jim also talks about the massive growth in SaaS – Software as a Service and the roll-out of 10 new sample company product prototype case studies over the coming months. Also discussed is several new training initiatives in Internet Leadership Training for 25 companies and Marketing.

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Bizcamp Dublin is tomorrow … see you there

Posted by Paul Browne on in Event | Microsoft | startup | Uncategorized - (Be the first to comment)

Really looking forward to Bizcamp tomorrow in the Guinness Storehouse Dublin. 5 Streams of 8 Sessions each = 40 Top speakers, not to mention the buzz of meeting 500 people in the business and technology areas. And it’s free (thanks to a word from the sponsors … )

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Want to say a big thank you for the guys who did all the hard work in putting the camp together. Keith, Emily, Alan and Jason, do ye not have a business to run as well?!

Key people that I’m looking forward to hearing are the two EI guys (David is talking at 11.30 about Business plan mistakes and Gerard’s on at 15.30 about how your startup should approach EI for the first time). I’m also looking forward to seeing Ciara talk about personal productivity (10am), Ronan about Microsoft Bizspark (10.45), Justin talking about Service (14.45) and Steve talking about Software as a Service (16.15).

Talk to you there!

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A guide to open source software

Posted by Eoin O'Siochru on 15 September, 2009 in eMarketing - (Be the first to comment)

Worldwide revenue from open source software was USD2.9 billion in 2008, and even with Western economies in the midst of recession, IDC expects that figure to grow by 34 percent this year. A compound annual growth rate of 22.4 percent will take the figure to USD8.1 billion by 2013, according to IDC’s July report.

Meanwhile, the open source OpenOffice.org productivity suite has captured nearly 13 percent of the Windows PC market, according to real-world PC usage data from the Exo.performance.network published in September. In contrast, 35 percent of Windows PCs now run some variant of Microsoft’s Office 2007. (more…)

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What is Bizcamp Dublin and why you should go on the 7th March

Posted by Paul Browne on 7 February, 2009 in Uncategorized - (Be the first to comment)

Bizcamp is a conference (un-conference) for start-up companies and entrepreneurs. The conference will be held in Dublin, on 7 March with another event in Limerick on the 21st March.

BizCamp is an opportunity for entrepreneurs and innovators to come together, share experiences, and possibly create new value out of the day. It’ll be a chance to meet up with people who’ve been there, done that and bought the t-shirt – members of the business community, VCs and investors, and representatives from the relevant state agencies. Lost your job or finding current market conditions tough? Come along to BizCamp, who knows what new opportunities might turn up?

People tend to associate *Camps with the Web and the tech start-ups, but our aim is to try and embrace as much of the Irish business community as possible. We want to see people from all streams – finance, operations, HR, legal, delivery specialists, R&D, marketing – and yes, even tech! Ireland Inc. has a wealth of knowledge and acumen, more than enough to help us out of these troubled times. By attending (and, more importantly, contributing!) you can help make BizCamp the first “good news story” of the recession.

A full list of people already signed up to attend is available at

http://www.bizcamp.ie/whos-attending/

Eircom, Bank of Ireland and other key digital companies will be sponsoring the event. The Bizcamp is being organised by a number of entrepreneurs who have businesses in the Leinster region, along with people active in the web from business and public sectors.

While most of the speaking slots are informal we are looking key business speakers for two panels on the day; Speakers should be recognizable figures, all with a good story to share. Suggested panel topics are raising funding and supports available for your business. A list of people already speaking at the event is online at http://www.bizcamp.ie/2009/01/speakers-sessions/

Aside from the business networking available at the event, Speakers will have an opportunity to promote themselves and their business in a friendly Q&A type session. If you think you’d have something to contribute to the panel, please contact me (Paul) via the comment form on this blog.

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