Enterprise Ireland’s Founders Listening Tour comes to GreenTechHQ, Enniscorthy
Enterprise Ireland’s new Founders Listening Tour initiative will take place on the morning of May 27th, at GreenTech HQ. This is a key part of EI’s next phase of consultation, and it is a unique opportunity for start ups and founders to have their say on the needs of the startup ecosystem.
The Founders Listening Tour sees Enterprise Ireland (EI) travel to all the regions in Ireland to gather input and insights from the start-up community, in an initiative it says will inform the roadmap for its new strategy to support 1,000 start-ups in the next five years. It kicked off the tour in TU Dublin on Friday on 9th May, where a short panel discussion was followed by a roundtable consultation facilitated by David Bowles, managing partner at Yield Lab.
Conor O’Donovan, head of start-ups and entrepreneurship at EI, said:
The whole idea behind the Founders Listening Tour is to do what it says on the tin. It’s to go across the country, to listen to founders from all sizes of companies, from all sectors, from all regions, and to really understand what their needs are, how we can help them to start up and to scale their businesses globally. This is a really important process in terms of understanding how we can build out the roadmap to support those thousand new start-ups. It was really insightful to hear some of their challenges, and to hear the enthusiasm for the opportunities for their businesses going forward. We want to help them and that’s what today is all about.
Founders will discuss challenges, boundaries to success, supports that currently work well and their aspirations as regards what the perfect start-up ecosystem might look like. EI will gather this feedback to help inform its strategy in coming months and years.
Silicon Republic will travel with the EI team around Ireland, documenting the events.
Ann O’Dea, CEO and editor-in-chief at Silicon Republic, said:
We’re delighted to be partners on the Founders Listening Tour. We’re impressed to see EI out there listening to the honest and open views of those founders they aim to support.
Ed Murphy, CEO of GreenTechHQ, said:
We are delighted to invite you to join us at an important gathering we are hosting on behalf of Enterprise Ireland’s new Startup Ireland initiative on the morning of May 27th, here at GreenTech HQ. This is a key part of EI’s next phase of consultation, and it is a unique opportunity for start ups and founders to have their say on the needs of the startup ecosystem.
Light refreshments available at 12.30pm
Please note, places are very limited so please do register here before Wednesday, May 21st.
