Tags: entrepreneurship, ooyo, OOYO11, Out On Your Own, RDS Conference, SMEs

At this years Out On Your Own conference, All About Business were part of the large audience of entrepreneurs, students and SMEs owners who gathered in the RDS to hear guest speakers, financial services experts and of course the Dragons talk about entrepreneurship and give advice about starting up and growing your own business. To see some video footage from the event you can click here and if you want to listen to the full panel discussions you can find them here in our podcast section. We here at allaboutbusiness.ie felt that Niall O' Farrell, Retail and Property Investor and RTE Dragon's Den Panellist gave a particularly good speech about how to build a brand at this year's conference and we thought we would share some of his tips with you. Click here to read a list of the AAB top 10 articles to bring yo  [...]
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Tags: City, Dublin, entrepreneurship, Events, Innovation Dublin, Innovative

Innovation Dublin - Monday October 17th - Friday 18th November For the third year running, the city of Dublin will host the annual festival, Innovation Dublin, showcasing the innovative spirit of the city. The festival will exhibit a wide range of creativity, innovation and design from a diverse range of speakers, whether it is researchers, students, entrepreneurs or large corporations, the event will promote and celebrate innovation in the city. The Innovation Dublin festival has continued to grow since its inception in 2009, where it attracted over 40,000 visitors to 465 events and was held over one week, the following year it ran for twelve days, while  this year it is runs for a month and features hundreds of events and conferences discussing and promoting innovation throughout the city. The event kicked off yesterday, Monday 17th October and runs until Friday 18th November. To help you keep up to date with the e  [...]
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Tags: entrepreneurship, self-employed, start a new business

An EU study on entrepreneurship has revealed that Ireland has an above average entrepreneurial spirit when compared with the rest of Europe. The EU Survey looks at entrepreneurship and employment preferences across Europe and some of the other major world economies. 31% of those surveyed in the Republic who are employees felt that they could become their own boss in the next five years. 23% of respondents said that they were taking steps to start a new business or had done so, while a further 13% were thinking realistically about it. (more...)  [...]
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