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DRIVING BUSINESS FORWARD STARTUP GATHERING - 6TH OCTOBER 2015
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WELCOME
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CHALLENGE, VISION, ACTION ๏ Establish Ireland as the hub for Start-ups๏ Action Plan for Jobs - Create 93,000 new jobs in the next 5 years ๏ 67% of all new jobs generated by Startups < 5 Years old! ๏ Startup Gathering – 5 Cities, 5 Days, 5 Themes
๏ TSSG / South East BIC contribution is: Driving Business Forward
Funding & Innovative Supports for Start-Ups & SMEs
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EVENT SCHEDULE
๏ Part 1 - Supports๏ Part 2 – Entrepreneurs๏ Coffee/ Networking ๏ Part 3 - Key Note Address๏ Part 4 - The Panel
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SOUTH EAST BICSupports: 1. Early stage companies2. Existing SMEs3. Other State supported Development Agencies across the South East Region.
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SOUTH EAST BIC๏ Public Private Partnership,
established in 1995๏ Closely aligned to Enterprise
Ireland๏ Members of European Business
Network – 200+ membersMICHAEL MADDOCKCEO, South East BICChair, IrishBICsDirector EBN, Brussels
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SOUTH EAST BIC’S LANDSCAPE
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CALL TO ACTIONYOUR TASK ๏ Get to know the supports available to you ๏ Get to know your BIC๏ Get to know TSSG ๏ Network, network, network, network…
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CONTACT DETAILS
South East Business & Innovation Centre Ltd.Unit 1B, Industrial Park,Cork Rd, Waterford.
Tel: (051) 356300
Web: www.southeastbic.ie
MICHAEL [email protected] 9068449
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PART 1 -SUPPORTS๏ MicroFinance Ireland, Credit Review Office & SBCI๏ Halo Business Angels Network ๏ Intertrade Ireland ๏ Local Enterprise Office ๏ Enterprise Ireland
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PART 2 – ENTREPRENEURS ๏ VR
Education
๏ eDrive
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PANEL DISCUSSION FACILITATED BY NICHOLA BERESFORD
๏ TSSG – Barry Downes๏ South East BIC – Aidan Shine๏ Kernel Capital – Niall Olden๏ HBAN – John Phelan๏ Enterprise Ireland – Donnchadh Cullinan