Start Ups
# start-ups - Sunday 7 April, 2013
The Irish start-up that went on a 3,000km road trip to success*
Meet the Soundwave guys whose photo travelogue shows how sometimes you have to take the road less travelled – literally – to get stuff done. *(fingers crossed)
# start-ups - Saturday 6 April, 2013
How do you stop your water bottle leaking onto your iPad?
Hundreds of secondary school students are creating businesses for national entrepreneurship final. This little invention is just one of the entries.
# start-ups - Sunday 10 February, 2013
Column: 3 steps to successfully starting your own business
It might seem risky to set up your first business in a recession – but it’s the height of madness to let you ideas and potential go to waste, writes Martin Critten.
# start-ups - Saturday 22 December, 2012
Over 13,000 new companies set up in 2012
It was a bad year for businesses set up in 2008 though as one third of them failed.
# start-ups - Friday 21 December, 2012
New legislation to reduce red tape and cut costs for start-ups
The Companies Bill, published today by Minister Richard Bruton, is the largest substantive piece of legislation in the history of the State.
# start-ups - Sunday 4 November, 2012
3D printing: this is what happens next
One US start-up finds that the potential to make any design come to life as a physical object is huge.
# start-ups - Monday 24 September, 2012
More than 2,000 entrepreneurs starting new businesses every month
More people started new businesses last year than ever before.
# start-ups - Tuesday 31 July, 2012
Five companies went bust each day of July, says Vision-net
Half of those stress-tested by the credit and risk analyst also showed signs of being on the brink of failure.
# start-ups - Tuesday 10 July, 2012
# start-ups - Saturday 9 June, 2012
Got an idea? A successful Irish entrepreneur is giving away €20k
Niall Harbison of Simply Zesty is running his own Dragon’s Den competition.
# start-ups - Friday 4 May, 2012
Column: Ireland should buy from start-ups, not just give them cash
The Government invests more than €100m in start-ups every year, writes Paul Quigley, but they should consider buying some of their goods and services if they really want to get them off the ground.
# start-ups - Tuesday 1 May, 2012
118 new start-ups underway each day last month
However, 55 per cent of the 11,156 companies surveyed by Vision-net last month were deemed as being at high risk of collapse.
# start-ups - Monday 16 April, 2012
Ten ‘stand out’ start-ups selected for business support programme
Each of the ten teams selected will be provided with mentoring from world-class industry experts and €15,000 seed funding.
# start-ups - Wednesday 27 July, 2011
20 Silicon Valley start-ups to watch
An instant Wikipedia page for everything you see, and a service which assigns digital lockers on the internet. They’re among the ones to watch…




























