Comments on: How can we foster start-ups and innovation in Ireland today? http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/ Mobile, Roaming and Social Media Sat, 19 May 2012 21:06:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: No Corporation Tax to be paid….yes you heard it, save yourself money as a startup | @stewarttownsend http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/comment-page-2/#comment-523403 No Corporation Tax to be paid….yes you heard it, save yourself money as a startup | @stewarttownsend Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:36:09 +0000 http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/#comment-523403 [...] us back to a popular subject of late which is what can be done to foster innovation started by Pat Phelan on his blog in the run up to our panel on the subject which had some more interesting feedback on the ranging [...] [...] us back to a popular subject of late which is what can be done to foster innovation started by Pat Phelan on his blog in the run up to our panel on the subject which had some more interesting feedback on the ranging [...]

]]> By: Fluffy, fluffy - Irish Times’ Lillington and her trends : Alexia Golez http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/comment-page-2/#comment-497269 Fluffy, fluffy - Irish Times’ Lillington and her trends : Alexia Golez Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:10:10 +0000 http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/#comment-497269 [...] government bodies aside, the country has virtually no VCs.  There is no green Y Combinator. The idea of handing over €10K or €15k and incorporate documents to someone with a good demo isn’t [...] [...] government bodies aside, the country has virtually no VCs.  There is no green Y Combinator. The idea of handing over €10K or €15k and incorporate documents to someone with a good demo isn’t [...]

]]> By: Some Start-up Problems | Dave Kelly :: Blog http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/comment-page-2/#comment-492772 Some Start-up Problems | Dave Kelly :: Blog Fri, 28 Nov 2008 15:16:24 +0000 http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/#comment-492772 [...] Pat Phelan’s blog, the question asked was How can we foster start-ups and innovation in Ireland today?. Weighing in with excellent ideas were a large number of people that have gone through, or are [...] [...] Pat Phelan’s blog, the question asked was How can we foster start-ups and innovation in Ireland today?. Weighing in with excellent ideas were a large number of people that have gone through, or are [...]

]]> By: Some Linkage | Dave Kelly :: Blog http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/comment-page-1/#comment-492667 Some Linkage | Dave Kelly :: Blog Thu, 27 Nov 2008 18:11:25 +0000 http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/#comment-492667 [...] something which was highlighted as being needed in the excellent discussion some time ago on how to foster innovation in Ireland on Pat Phelan’s [...] [...] something which was highlighted as being needed in the excellent discussion some time ago on how to foster innovation in Ireland on Pat Phelan’s [...]

]]> By: Digital Media Island » Blog Archive » Fostering Inovation: Budget 2009 Corporation Tax break for Startups http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/comment-page-1/#comment-492469 Digital Media Island » Blog Archive » Fostering Inovation: Budget 2009 Corporation Tax break for Startups Tue, 25 Nov 2008 00:43:50 +0000 http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/#comment-492469 [...] us back to a popular subject of late which is what can be done to foster innovation started by Pat Phelan on his blog in the run up to our panel on the subject which had some more interesting feedback on the ranging [...] [...] us back to a popular subject of late which is what can be done to foster innovation started by Pat Phelan on his blog in the run up to our panel on the subject which had some more interesting feedback on the ranging [...]

]]> By: haydn http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/comment-page-1/#comment-491125 haydn Wed, 12 Nov 2008 16:07:14 +0000 http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/#comment-491125 I'm a bit late here but a few things strike me: the HSE is ripe for the creativity and inventiveness of the Web 2.0 social media people in Ireland. I don't want them just to buy from Irish companies but to open up to ideas, to network with us and to launch 100 small projects that would change their culture and save them millions. Ditto lots of state bodies. The market for web 2.0 and social media in the public sector is huge, captive and in need. Now that Keynsian economics is back how about a Keynsian entrepreneurship programme? I also think Irish entreprenurs are sharper the more time they spend in places like San Francisco so without asking EI for free holidays is there a case for a few roundtables on "frictionless entrepreneurship" of the kind that has evolved there? Europe won't support more than one Silicon Valley and yet we expect to see mini valleys in every country - maybe there is a virtual frictionless entrepreneurship project that EI could support. I’m a bit late here but a few things strike me:

the HSE is ripe for the creativity and inventiveness of the Web 2.0 social media people in Ireland. I don’t want them just to buy from Irish companies but to open up to ideas, to network with us and to launch 100 small projects that would change their culture and save them millions. Ditto lots of state bodies. The market for web 2.0 and social media in the public sector is huge, captive and in need. Now that Keynsian economics is back how about a Keynsian entrepreneurship programme?

I also think Irish entreprenurs are sharper the more time they spend in places like San Francisco so without asking EI for free holidays is there a case for a few roundtables on “frictionless entrepreneurship” of the kind that has evolved there? Europe won’t support more than one Silicon Valley and yet we expect to see mini valleys in every country – maybe there is a virtual frictionless entrepreneurship project that EI could support.

]]> By: Niall Smart http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/comment-page-1/#comment-490809 Niall Smart Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:03:29 +0000 http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/#comment-490809 @dave. Thanks, I just registered. (is that new? I must have missed it on the last visit) The comment was meant in a more generic sense though - it seems that submitting an application online is only the first step in a long complicated process, which will involve dealing with Revenue, accountants, etc. I've applied to Seedcamp, AWS, and Y-C this year - and in all cases the process is as simple as a one-page online form and decision in <4 weeks. The questions are simple: what are you going to build? who needs it? how are you going to make money? Right now I'm looking at page 7 of the ten page feasibility study grant application, and it's asking me what kind of mileage I'm doing... Now that's not to say I won't be applying :) But it could be made a whole lot simpler... @dave. Thanks, I just registered. (is that new? I must have missed it on the last visit)

The comment was meant in a more generic sense though – it seems that submitting an application online is only the first step in a long complicated process, which will involve dealing with Revenue, accountants, etc. I’ve applied to Seedcamp, AWS, and Y-C this year – and in all cases the process is as simple as a one-page online form and decision in <4 weeks. The questions are simple: what are you going to build? who needs it? how are you going to make money? Right now I’m looking at page 7 of the ten page feasibility study grant application, and it’s asking me what kind of mileage I’m doing…

Now that’s not to say I won’t be applying :) But it could be made a whole lot simpler…

]]> By: dave http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/comment-page-1/#comment-490805 dave Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:12:58 +0000 http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/#comment-490805 @niall smart - try https://secure.enterprise-ireland.com @niall smart – try https://secure.enterprise-ireland.com

]]> By: Janet Cavanagh http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/comment-page-1/#comment-490780 Janet Cavanagh Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:17:22 +0000 http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/#comment-490780 Some great ideas in this blog, but I have heard most of them before. Lots of things are being done out there, but much of the money is going into ideas that will simply not fly when they go to market. I believe that more investment should be made in weeding out the non-flyers and focussing on the potential winners before the money is spent on grants, mentoring, start your own business courses, etc. etc. etc. (i.e. providing jobs for a large number of civil servants!) Detailed market research and a strong market entry strategy should be the number one priority, before the prototype is built, (and time and money wasted on delivering a product without a customer). Just imagine yourself in the Dragon's Den without a potential market ! Some great ideas in this blog, but I have heard most of them before. Lots of things are being done out there, but much of the money is going into ideas that will simply not fly when they go to market. I believe that more investment should be made in weeding out the non-flyers and focussing on the potential winners before the money is spent on grants, mentoring, start your own business courses, etc. etc. etc. (i.e. providing jobs for a large number of civil servants!) Detailed market research and a strong market entry strategy should be the number one priority, before the prototype is built, (and time and money wasted on delivering a product without a customer). Just imagine yourself in the Dragon’s Den without a potential market !

]]> By: Jack http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/comment-page-1/#comment-490778 Jack Fri, 07 Nov 2008 11:55:11 +0000 http://patphelan.net/how-can-we-foster-start-ups-and-innovation-in-ireland-today/#comment-490778 I think there needs to be a more active solicitation of new ideas. There needs to be more agency investment in TV/Press ads advising people with half-baked ideas what help is available and what they need to do to qualify to get that help. A lot of ideas never get out of the garden shed because people don't know what to do with them. Anyone working a day job and building a prototype in the evenings has very little time left to wade through the red tape to find out how to access any available help. There may be more help available than people realise. I think there needs to be a more active solicitation of new ideas.

There needs to be more agency investment in TV/Press ads advising people with half-baked ideas what help is available and what they need to do to qualify to get that help. A lot of ideas never get out of the garden shed because people don’t know what to do with them. Anyone working a day job and building a prototype in the evenings has very little time left to wade through the red tape to find out how to access any available help.

There may be more help available than people realise.

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