The allaboutbusiness team met with Sarita Johnston, Senior Development Advisor inEnterpriseIrelandfor HPSUs (high potential start ups) specifically focusing on industrial products and female entrepreneurship. She explained the rationale behind the new €250k Competitive Feasibility Fund fromEnterpriseIrelandaimed at stimulating business start-ups by female entrepreneurs inIreland.   The new fund is the first initiative in a programme of initiatives designed to harness female entrepreneurship and foster new business ideas among women inIreland.   Sarita believes the reason so many women fail to act on their business ideas is due to a lack of confidence and a fear of risk taking which has been proven to be specifically evident among women.EnterpriseIrelandaims to assist in bridging this gap between ambition and fear of risk taking among female entrepreneurs and work with the  [...]
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Tags: Business Women, Irish Ambassadors, Small Business Advisory Group

A network of Ambassadors for Female Entrepreneurship has been launched in Ireland comprising of 10 leading business women from around the country. The aim of the Ambassadors is to boost the rate of female entrepreneurship activity in Ireland and encourage and inspire more women to set up their own business. The Ambassadors for Female Entrepreneurship are members of a wider EU network of Ambassadors who have been formally appointed by the European Commission. The Minister for Small Business, John Perry T.D., met with the Irish Ambassadors this week and has highlighted the importance of encouraging more women who have the motivation, skills and ability to start their own business. Following the meeting Minister Perry said: “The recently launched Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Report for Ireland for 2010, recognised that fewer women than men are active as entrepreneurs with the rate of early stage entrepreneurship among men at 9.5% compared to 3.9% for women. “It is  [...]
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