Simon Coveney says he wants to help build a “new economy”. What does it look like, and where does Budget 2024 fit into the plan? The Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment sets out his case.
Ahead of this year’s Entrepreneur Experience, event co-captain Rena Maycock reflects on what she learned from participating in the event, explaining that what she found in Ballymaloe was a carefully curated collection of givers.
The Norwegian-headquartered investment firm is backing the Irish solar-as-a-service company to expand into Europe and provides a balance between debt and equity funding.
A lot goes into the make-up of our business pioneers. It’s often about being in the right place at the right time, but old-fashioned luck is also in the mix. And as I discovered with LEON, when luck runs out, you have a problem.
It feels like the state is placing the bulk of its bets way too early. Rebalancing towards later-stage supports could also encourage more angel investors to step in to support start-ups.
Alan Moore has been a tax official, a tax adviser, a tax educator, a tax writer, and now, at a time when most people of his age are retiring, an entrepreneur. He talks about tax scams, raising funds, and the future of accountancy.
Each year, 24 emerging businesses spend 24 hours with seasoned entrepreneurs at the Entrepreneur Experience. As the deadline for applications nears, co-captain Jim Barry talks about this year's event, learning from others and the future of his own eponymous retail business.
Dublin-headquartered Carbon Collect has a prototype to suck carbon out of the atmosphere, partners in Arizona and is short-listed for US government funding. Its Irish co-founder Pól Ó Móráin is seeking backing to scale up in 2026.
Twice this year, the state-backed accelerator programme run out of Dogpatch Labs has had just one female founder in a mass of men. What's going on and what is the NDRC doing to change it?
Eamon FitzGerald quit his job two years ago to start online wine venture WineSpark. Its sales grew 30 per cent last year after raising money from boutique vineyards.
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