Author Archives: Kelly

Business Advice Clinic – February 2014

Dayna Caceres from Distinctions Consulting comes back on the show this week for our monthly Business Advice Clinic. Dayna answers questions and provides advice to our listeners on challenges in business they have sent to UpStarts, and provides expert tips on dealing with the issues and day to day trials of running a business and…

PlayTank.net 21-02-14

Collaboration in entrepreneurship and the start up sector. Toby Farren from Playtime.net tells us about his collaborative project, a web app aimed at democratising innovation by providing a platform where anyone can contribute to large scale creative project development. Source: http://playtank.net/

WhatsWhat.ie 07-02-14

Whatswhat.ie on their supports for SMEs and a free upcoming Business Fair on 26th March. Barbara Gordon from Whatswhat.ie, an online website directory listing companies, sole traders, shops and other businesses across Ireland, tells us about the supports she provides to SMEs and the free upcoming Business Fair on the 26th March 2014. Image: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150591896206924&set=pb.139869526923.-2207520000.1393104086.&type=3&theater

Digital Skills Academy’s Industry Partner Programme.

Companies invited to develop their next digital innovation through the WebElevate Degree Programme. Digital Skills Academy has today launched its 2014 Industry Partner Programme, inviting companies to develop their next digital innovation through WebElevate, Digital Skills Academy’s innovative digital technology Degree programme. Since its inception two years ago, close to 100 companies including Ernst &…

Graduates Win NDRC’s GamePad Competition.

Congratulations to graduates of the WebElevate programme; Lorna Dawson, Cathy Murray and Kat Baker, founders of Sock Monster Media, have won the NDRC’s inaugural GamePad start-up competition. Sock Monster Media who make games and interactive storybooks for pre-schoolers, competed against four other start-up games companies to win this coveted prize. The companies were participating on…