Description
This Guide identifies a series of websites of organisations, supports and resources that will assist potential & early stage entrepreneurs develop their business ideas from a Galway, Mayo or Roscommon location.
STARTUP Weblinks
A Guide for Entrepreneurs and
Early Stage Businesses in the West Region
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Introduction
This Guide identi?es a series of websites of organisations,
supports and resources that will assist potential & early
stage entrepreneurs develop their business ideas from a
Galway, Mayo or Roscommon location.
By carefully examining what is available locally and globally
you will…
• Get inspiration from entrepreneurs who have gone down
the road ahead of you
• Find templates and guides for designing your business
model and plan
• Find out who can help you and how
• Find a business idea if you don’t have one
• Be able to identify a wide range of sources of
- market intelligence
- funding
- incubation and enterprise space
- business networks and expertise
If you have any queries in relation to the development of
your idea or start up please contact, in con?dence, your
Local Enterprise Of?ce, Údarás na Gaeltachta or Enterprise
Ireland.
Best of luck in developing your business idea to the next
stage of development.
eMail [email protected] to request a
soft copy of this Guide or download it at www.enterprise-
ireland.com/startupweblinks
Contents
Organisations, Supports & Resources for Start Ups
Page
Organisations 3
Start Up Information & Supports for 4
Entrepreneurs & Companies
Market Information Sources 8
Finding & Developing Ideas & Technologies 10
Legal / Regulatory / Standards 14
Company Lists 15
Networks 16
Training & Mentoring for Entrepreneurs 19
Finance for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and SMEs 21
Space for New Enterprises 27
OnLine MarketPlaces 28
Useful Resources 29
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Bord Bia
www.bordbiavantage.ie
Enterprise Ireland
www.enterprise-ireland.com
Failte Ireland
www.failteireland.ie
Forum Connemara
www.forumconnemara.ie
Galway Rural Development Company
www.grd.ie
Inis Oírr Aran Islands
www.oileain.ie
Local Enterprise Of?ce - Galway
www.localenterprise.ie/galway
Local Enterprise Of?ce - Mayo
www.localenterprise.ie/mayo
Local Enterprise Of?ce - Roscommon
www.localenterprise.ie/roscommon
Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Company Teoranta
(trading as Mayo North East)
www.mayonortheast.com
Roscommon Leader Partnership Company
www.rosleaderpartnership.ie
South West Mayo Development Company
www.southmayo.com
Teagasc
www.teagasc.ie/ruraldev/startingyourownbusiness
Údarás na Gaeltachta
www.udaras.ie
WestBIC
www.westbic.ie
Western Development Commission
www.wdc.ie
Organisations
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AIB - Tools & Guides - for Start Ups & existing Businesseshttp://business.aib.ie/help#usefulbusinessguides
AIB Start UP Academyhttp://business.aib.ie/my-business-is/business-start-up-package/AIB-start-
up-academy
Allaboutbusiness.ie is dedicated to start-ups and SMEs in Ireland
www.allaboutbusiness.ie
Astia - Propelling female entrepreneurs in high-growth businesses
www.astia.org
Bank of Ireland-Business Start Up Guideshttp://businessbanking.banko?reland.com/banking/start-up-account/
start-up-guides-and-support/
Business Angels
www.businessangels.ie
Business Model Generation
www.businessmodelgeneration.com
Business Plan Template
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Start-a-Business-in-Ireland/Do-I-qualify-
as-a-HPSU-/Business-Plan-Template-.doc
Business Regulation Portal
www.businessregulation.ie
Business Start Up News & Advice
www.bizstartup.ie
Business Start Up.ie
www.business-startup.ie
Central Statistics Of?ce - Statistics Portal
www.statcentral.ie
Cloud-based platform for start-ups and high performing SMEs, with
information and tools to help you succeed in business.
www.nubie.ie
Database of Expert Articles on Starting and Growing a Business
www.bizinfolibrary.org
Start Up Information & Supports for
Entrepreneurs & Companies
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Dell Centre for Entrepreneurship in Ireland - helping emerging business
gain resources, expertise and solutions to get market quicker. Launched
Jan 2014. €10m Fund
www.dell.ie/entrepreneurs
Dublin Web Summit
www.websummit.net
Enterprise Ireland - Information Store for Start-Ups
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Start-a-Business-in-Ireland/Information-
Store-for-Start-Ups
Enterprise Nation
www.enterprisenation.com
Entrepreneur’s Help Page
www.tannedfeet.com
Ernst & Young - Resource for Entrepreneurs
www.eoy.tv
EU Portal for SMEshttp://ec.europa.eu/small-business/index_en.htm
Family Business Ireland - helping Family Businesses
www.familybusiness.ie
GEM - Global Entrepreneur Monitor
www.gemconsortium.org
Get a Free Website for Your Business
www.gettingbusinessonline.ie
Get Export Ready
www.enterprise-ireland.com/getexportready
Government portal for Entrepreneurs
www.basis.ie
Guidelines & advice on how to approach starting a business/UK
www.startups.co.uk
Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Resources
www.hbs.edu/entrepreneurship/resources
Start Up Information & Supports for
Entrepreneurs & Companies
6
Inc.com Magazine Website
www.inc.com
Irish Revenue Guide to Starting in Business - IT 48
www.revenue.ie/revsearch/search.jsp and search for Lea?et IT 48 in the
Site Search Box
Knowledge Transfer Ireland - Connecting Research & Business
www.knowledgetransferireland.com
The Irish Tech StartUp Guide to New York City
www.slideshare.net/FrontlineVC/new-york-tech-guide-for-irish-
startups?utm_content=bufferbd723&utm_medium=social&utm_
source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Learn how to set up an online business
www.ebizrepublic.com
Multilingual practical information and online government services for
companies looking for business in another EU country.http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/business/index_en.htm
Revenue Commissioners
www.revenue.ie
Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship @ DCU
www.ryanacademy.ie
ScaleFront - A Venture Lab in Dublin for High Growth Tech StartUps
www.scalefront.com
Silicon Republic Directory of Technology Start Upshttp://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/directory/companies/
Small Business Advice Programme - National Launch February 2014
www.smallbusinessadvice.ie
SmallBusinessCan.Com
www.smallbusinesscan.com
SME Guide for Credit Growth
www.deti.ie/publications/enterprise/2010/YourBusinessYourBank.pdf
Source of Entrepreneur Podcast Interviews
www.smallbizpod.co.uk
Start Up Information & Supports for
Entrepreneurs & Companies
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Source of Entrepreneur Podcast Interviews and more
www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/counseling-training/online-
small-business-training/starting-business
Source of new business ideas
www.springwise.com
Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner- Videos, Podcasts+http://ecorner.stanford.edu/popularVideos.html
Start Up & Business Articles
www.paulgraham.com/articles
Start Up Entrepreneur Programme - for Immigrants
www.emn.ie/index.jsp?p=100&n=105&a=211
Start Up in association with Vodafone
www.startups.ie
Start Up Information Portal
www.entrepreneur.com
Start Up Information Portal
www.kcsourcelink.com
Supports for Employers - Department of Social Protection
www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/employers_home.aspx
Taking Care of Business events 2014
www.takingcareofbusiness.ie
Top 10 ‘How to’ start up an SME articles from All About Business
www.allaboutbusiness.ie/blog/how-to-guides/top-10-%E2%80%98how-
to%E2%80%99-start-up-an-sme-%E2%80%93-articles-from-all-about-
business
US Small Business Administration support for start ups
www.sbaonline.sba.gov
Vodafone Smart StartUp Networkhttp://startups.vodafone.ie/
Start Up Information & Supports for
Entrepreneurs & Companies
8
CIA World Fact Book
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Directory of the Web
www.dmoz.org
Do Business in Northern Ireland
www.intertradeireland.com
EI Information
www.europa.eu
Encouraging enhanced use of publically available data
www.decisionmap.ie
Enterprise Ireland Market Research Centre
www.enterprise-ireland.ie/ResearchDatabases/search.aspx
EU Business in Japan
www.eubusinessinjapan.eu
Global Market Research Resource
www.researchandmarkets.com
Global Market Research Resource
www.marketresearch.com
GSA Advantage - Database of US Govt. approved Products & Services
www.gsaadvantage.gov
Information on Countries
www.eiu.com/index.asp?autologin=bulk&rf=0
International Fairs & Exhibitions Portal
www.expodatabase.com
International Market Information - Reference Library
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Publications/The-Market/
International Market Research Information
www.monitor.bbc.co.uk
International Market Research Information
www.oecd.org
Market Information Sources
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International Market Research Information
www.euromonitor.com
International Market Research Informationhttp://oxygen.mintel.com/
International Market Research Information
www.marketline.com
International Market Research Information
www.frost.com
International Market Research Information
www.forrester.com
International Market Research Library
www.buyusainfo.net
Statistical Information - Ireland
www.cso.ie
Statistical Information - UK
www.statistics.gov.uk
Statistical Information - USA
www.census.gov
Statistical Information Globally
www.offstats.auckland.ac.nz/about
Statistical Information Portal
www.stat.?/tup/maanum/index_en.html
The Market Magazine - Published by EI for Exporters
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Publications/The-Market
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org
Market Information Sources
10
21 Technology Start Up Ideas
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/events/ourevents/big-ideas-technology-
showcase/big-ideas-2013-programme.pdf
Bringing Ideas to Market
www.inventright.com
Browse through our database of over 900 business ideas
www.entrepreneur.com/businessideas/index.html
Business Opportunities Ireland
www.businessopportunitiesireland.com
Businesses for Sale in Ireland
www.businessesforsale.ie
Canadian Intellectual Property Of?ce
www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/Home
Commercial Patent Search Engine
www.delphion.com
Commercial Patent Search Engine
www.micropat.com
Consulting Opportunity Tracker - from Consulting Ireland
www.consultingireland.org/opportunities/opportunity-tracking
Copyright Association of Ireland
www.cai.ie
Database of Equipment in Ireland’s 3rd Level Colleges
www.hea.ie/lire
Enterprise Europe Network Find ideas, technologies and business
partners
www.een-ireland.ie
Espacenet – free access to 60m+ patent documentshttp://ie.espacenet.com
www.espacenet.comhttp://forum.espacenet.com
EU Public Procurement Opportunitieshttp://ted.europa.eu/
Finding & Developing Ideas & Technologies
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EU Registered Trademark & Design Database
www.oami.europa.eu/RCDOnline/RequestManager
European Patents Of?ce
www.european-patent-of?ce.org
Find a Researcher Partner
www.knowledgetransferireland.com/Find-a-Research-Partner
Franchises for Sale and Business Opportunities for Ireland
www.franchisedirect.ie
Galway Mayo Institute of Technology - Research Resources
www.gmit.ie/research
GreenExchange - Innovation through IP Sharing
www.greenxchange.com
How to Work with a Higher Education Institute in Ireland
www.knowledgetransferireland.com/How-to-Work-with-HEIs
Info. on Patents
www.delphion.com
InnovAccess
www.innovaccess.eu/home.html
Innovation Voucher for Companies
www.innovationvouchers.ie
IP Australia
www.ipaustralia.gov.au
Irish Association of Patent and Trade Mark Agents
www.aptma.ie
Irish Patents Of?ce
www.patentsof?ce.ie
Irish Public Procurement Opportunitieshttp://etenders.gov.ie/
KPMG Guide to Starting & Growing your Technology Business
www.kpmg.com/IE/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Pages/
start-up-success.aspx
Finding & Developing Ideas & Technologies
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Licensing Opportunities in Ireland
www.knowledgetransferireland.com/Find-a-Research-Partner/Browse-
Licensing-Opportunities
Licensing Opportunities available at DCU
www.dcu.ie/invent/licensing.shtml
Licensing Opportunities available at NUI Galwayhttp://tto.nuigalway.ie/en/future-technologies
Licensing Opportunities available at NUI Maynoothhttp://commercialisation.nuim.ie/industry/opportunities
Licensing Opportunities available at Royal College of Surgeons
www.rcsi.ie/index.jsp?p=399&n=625
Licensing Opportunities available at TCD
www.tcd.ie/research_innovation/technology/available-technologies.php
Licensing Opportunities available at UCC
www.ucc.ie/research/techtransfer/industry/technologies.html
Licensing Opportunities available at UCD
www.ucd.ie/nova/technologytransferindustry/licensingopportunities
Licensing Opportunities available at UL
www2.ul.ie/web/WWW/Services/Research/Technology_Transfer_Offce/
Commercial_Opportunities
Licensing Opportunities available at WIThttp://www2.wit.ie/Research/IndustryServicesampTechnologyTransfer/
CommercialisationofResearch/CommerciallyFocusedResearch
Life Science Technology Offers
www.biotechnologyireland.com/members/techmate/technologies
MatchPoint Network - Support for prospective franchisees
www.matchpointnetwork.com
Mayo Ideas Lab - Idea Evaluation Service
www.mayoideaslab.ie
Microsoft BizSpark - support for technology start ups
www.microsoft.com/BizSpark & www.microsoftstartupzone.com
O2 Ideas Roomhttp://webkit.o2online.ie/ideasroom/
Finding & Developing Ideas & Technologies
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Quote for Local Authority Business
www.laquotes.ie
Research & SMEs - EU Supportshttp://ec.europa.eu/research/sme-techweb/index_en.cfm
Science Foundation Ireland - Investing in Research
www.s?.ie/working-with-enterprise
Search over 7 million Patents
www.google.com/patents
Search US Trademark Database
www.trademarkia.com
Small Business Ideas for starting a business, marketing, ?nancing,
grants, work at home & internet ecommerce
www.businessownersideacafe.com
Source of new business ideas
www.springwise.com
The Trade Marks & Design Registration Of?ce of the EUhttp://oami.europa.eu/ows/rw/pages/index.en.do
UK Patents Of?ce
www.ipo.gov.uk
US Patent & Trademark Of?ce
www.uspto.gov
World Intellectual Property Organisation – IP Digital Library
www.wipo.int/ipdl
Finding & Developing Ideas & Technologies
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Access to 1 million+ global engineering standards & speci?cations
www.ili.co.uk
Communication Regulation in Ireland
www.comreg.ie
Database of EU Lawhttp://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm
Database of Irish Law
www.irishstatutebook.ie
Engineering Standards
www.ili-info.com
EU Standardisation
www.cen.eu/cen/pages/default.aspx
Exporting from the EU - Market Access Databasehttp://madb.europa.eu/madb/indexPubli.htm
Food & Drug Administration (USA)
www.fda.gov
Food Safety Authority Business Start Up Guide
www.fsai.ie/food_businesses/starting_business.html
International Standards Organisation
www.iso.org
Irish Financial Services Regulations
www.ifsra.ie
Irish Revenue
www.revenue.ie
National Employment Right Authority
www.employmentrights.ie
NSAI SME Portal
Bringing the bene?ts of Standardisation to SMEs
www.nsai.ie/Small-Business-Portal.aspx
Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
www.odce.ie
Legal / Regulatory / Standards
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Portal for searching for online legal publications
www.linexlegal.com
Register a Company in Ireland
www.cro.ie
Construction Industry Database
www.ciri.ie
Database of Companies & Industries
www.hoovers.com
Database of Companies in Ireland & Internationally
www.kompass.com
Database of Companies in Ireland & Internationally
www.dunandbradstreet.com
Database of Companies in the Creative Sector
www.mycreativeedge.eu/creative-showcase
Database of Manufacturers & Distributors in USA & Canada
www.thomasnet.com
Identify IDA Ireland clients in Ireland - 775 companies listed
www.idaireland.com
Search for a company or business name in Ireland
www.cro.ie/search
Source a Product or Service in Ireland
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Source-a-Product-or-Service-from-
Ireland
Legal / Regulatory / Standards
Company Lists
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Archipelago - Community of Young Entrepreneurs in Ireland
www.archipelago.ie
Ballina Chamber of Commerce
www.ballinachamber.com
Ballyhaunis Chamber of Commerce
www.ballyhaunischamber.ie
Boyle Chamber of Commerce
www.boylechamber.ie
Business & Professional Women Galway
www.bpwgalway.ie
Business Network International (BNI)
www.bni.eu/ireland
Castlebar Chamber of Commerce
www.castlebarchamber.ie
Charlestown & Bellaghy Chamber of Commercehttp://chamber-of-commerce.community.charlestown.comayo.tel/
Claremorris Chamber of Commerce
www.claremorrischamber.ie
Creative Industries Support Networkhttp://cisnetwork.eu/
Erris Chamber of Commerce
www.errischamber.com
Galway Chamber of Commerce
www.galwaychamber.com
Galway City Business Association
www.galwaycba.ie
Global Start Up Networkhttp://younoodle.com/
Inc60 at IiBC Castlebar
www.inc60.com
Networks
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Irish ExportNET
www.irishexporters.ie
Irish Small and Medium Enterprise Association
www.isme.ie
ITAG - Information Technology Association Galway
www.itag.ie
Junior Chamber International - Galwayhttp://jcigalway.org/
Mayo Network
www.networkmayo.ie
Network Chonomara
www.networkchonamara.com
Network Galway
www.networkgalway.com
Network of Irish Scientistshttp://wildgeesenetwork.org/
Online Marketing Galway
www.galwaymarketing.ie
RE:CONNECT Business (West of Ireland/Overseas) Network
www.lookwest.ie/reconnect
Roscommon Chamber of Commerce
www.irelandwide.com/chamcom/rcc/index.htm
Skillsnets In Ireland
www.skillnets.ie
Small Firms Association SMA
www.sfa.ie
Social Entrepreneurs Ireland
www.socialentrepreneurs.ie
Start Up Galwayhttp://startupgalway.org/
Networks
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The Institute of Engineers of Ireland
www.iei.ie
Women in Business
www.irishwomeninbusiness.ie
Women in Business in Ireland ‘On Line’ community – 2400+ users
www.irishbusinesswomen.com
Networks
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BioInnovate - Medical Device Training modelled on Sta+A193nford’s
BioDesign Programme
www.bioinnovate.ie
BusinessBalls.com - Business Learning & Development Resource
www.businessballs.com
Cleanroom Training Facillity : Galway : Operated by Solas &
Opened 2013http://www.solas.ie/press25112013.aspx
Dog Patch Labs (@ Barrow Street Dublin)http://dogpatchlabs.com/
Enterprise Ireland
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Management/Access-Strategic-Advice-
and-Expertise
Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Cross Border Exchange Programme
www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu
Female Entrepreneurs Mentoring Programme
www.mentoringforfemaleentrepreneurs.com
Food Works - Creating Global Food Entrepreneurs
www.foodworksireland.ie
Galway Local Enterprise Of?ce
www.localenterprise.ie/galway
HAXLR8R - Helping Entrepreneurs build hardware devices
www.haxlr8r.com
HealthXL - Start Up Bootcamp Acceleratorhttp://healthxl.co/
Independent Business Support Service - for BOI Customers only
www.enterprisebuilder.ie
Innovation and Business Centre GMIT Galway and Castlebar
www.gmit.ie/iibc
InterTradeIreland Regional Equity Advisory Clinics
www.intertradeireland.com/equity/education-and-awareness/equity-
advisory-service
Training & Mentoring for Entrepreneurs
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Launch Box - Trinity’s Student Incubator
www.launchbox.ie
Mayo Local Enterprise Of?ce
www.localenterprise.ie/mayo
Mentoring Company
www.mentors.ie
Mentoring Programme - for Small Food Businesses
Coordinated by Bord Bia in cooperation with Food & Drink Industry Ireland
NDRC Launch Pad - Digital Business Accelerator (Dublin Based)
www.ndrc.ie/launchpad
New Frontiers Entrepreneur Development Programme
www.gmit.ie/new-frontiers-programme
Of?ce Hours - Voluntary Peer Mentoring
Initiative for Irish StartUps Launch Jan 2014
www.of?cehours.ie
Roscommon Local Enterprise Of?ce
www.localenterprise.ie/roscommon
SCCUL Mentors - free Mentoring for Entrepreneurs in Galway
www.scculmentors.ie
Seedcamp - Micro Seed Investment & Mentoring Programme
www.seedcamp.com
SELR8R - Mentor driven Accelerator Programme
www.selr8r.com
Solas
www.solas.ie
Start Up Boot Camp - Accelerator for Start Ups
www.startupbootcamp.org
Wayra - Digital Business Accelerator Programme
www.wayra.org/joinus
Training & Mentoring for Entrepreneurs
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€450m Credit Guarantee Scheme
www.djei.ie/enterprise/smes/creditguarantee.htm
10 Point Tax Reform Plan - Budget 2013
www.budget.gov.ie/budgets/2013/Documents/Annex%20D%20-%20
SME’s.pdf
3rd Level Student Enterprise Competition
www.studententrepreneur.ie/about-the-awards
Accion - Provider of Micro Loans to the Poor
www.accion.org
Acumen - North-South Sales Development Options
www.intertradeireland.com/acumen/supportoptions
AIB Start Up Accelerator Fund
www.actventure.com/early-stage-fund
Angel List - Platform for connecting Entrepreneurs & Investorshttps://angel.co/
Angels Den - Connecting Entrepreneurs & Investors in the UK
www.angelsden.co.uk
Band of Angels - Expert Capital and Venture Counsel
www.bandangels.com
Bank of Ireland Seed & Early Stage Fund - Managed by Kernel
www.kernelcapital.ie
Bank of Ireland Start Up & Emerging Sectors - Managed by Delta
www.delta.ie/funds/_seedfund.htm
BDO €75m Development Capital Fund (Launched 4.3.14)
www.enterprise-ireland.com/EI_Corporate/en/News/PressReleases/2014-
Press-Releases/Minister-Bruton-announces-%E2%82%AC75million-second-
Development-Capital-Fund.html
Broadlake Capital - Open to all investment situations including growth
capital, buyouts & restructurings
www.broadlakecapital.com
Clann Credo - Social Investment Fund
www.clanncredo.ie
Finance for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and SMEs
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Clean Energy and Energy Ef?ciency Venture Funds
www.novusmodus.com
Competitive Start Fund
www.enterprise-ireland.com/csf
Credit Review Of?ce
www.creditreview.ie
Crowdfunding - Bloom VC
www.bloomvc.com
Crowdfunding - Crowdcube
www.crowdcube.ie
Crowdfunding - Crowdfunder
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
Crowdfunding - Eppela
www.eppela.com
Crowdfunding - Funding Circle
www.fundingcircle.com
Crowdfunding - Indiegogo
www.indiegogo.com
Crowdfunding - Kickstarter
www.kickstarter.com
Crowdfunding - Seedrs
www.seedrs.com
Crowdfunding Matching Engine - Investments up to €250,000
www.seedups.com
Development Capital Fund - €125m Fund announced 4.11.13
www.djei.ie/press/2013/20131104.htm
Digital Vouchers - Worth up to €2500 to enable small Irish
enterprises to trade online
www.localenterprise.ie/Discover-Business-Supports/Digital-Voucher-
Scheme-Launched-Nationally/
Dragon’s Den
www.rte.ie/dragonsden
Finance for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and SMEs
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eCommerce Website Development Fundhttps://why.ie/optimise/
Elevate - North-South Sales Development Programme
www.intertradeireland.com/elevate
Employment & Incentive Investment Scheme - IT 55
www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/lea?ets/it55.html
Enterprise Equity
www.enterpriseequity.ie
Enterprise Ireland
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/funding-supports/Company/HPSU-
Funding
EU Finance for SMEs
www.access2fnance.eu
Forum Connemara Ltd.
www.forumconnemara.ie
Frontline - Early Stage Venture Capital Firm
www.frontline.vc
Fusion - North-South Technology Transfer Programme
www.intertradeireland.com/fusion
Galway Local Enterprise Of?ce
www.localenterprise.ie/galway
Galway Rural Development Company
www.grd.ie
Gateway to EU Research & Developmenthttp://cordis.europa.eu/home_en.html
Gust - A Global Platform for Start Up Funding USA
www.gust.com
Halo Business Angel Network
www.hban.org
Halo Business Angel Partnership
www.businessangels.ie
Finance for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and SMEs
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Horizon 2020 - EU €70B+ Research & Innovation Funding
www.enterprise-ireland.com/horizon2020
Inis Oírr Aran Islands
www.oileain.ie
Innova - Strategic Innovation North-South Partnership Funding
www.intertradeireland.com/innova
InterTrade Ireland - Business Support Schemes
www.intertradeireland.com/businesssupport
InterTradeIreland - Seedcorn Competition - launching late April 2013
www.intertradeireland.com/seedcorn
Investment - through Crowd Sourcing
www.fundit.ie
Irish Technology Leadership Group
www.itlg.org
JCI Galway Young Entrepreneur Awards
www.jcigalway.org
Linked Finance - Irish Crowd Funding Option
www.linked?nance.com
Match Capital - ‘Helping entrepreneurs get the funding they need’
www.matchcapitaluk.com
Mayo Local Enterprise Of?ce
www.localenterprise.ie/mayo
Mayo North East Leader Partnership Company
www.mayonortheast.com
Micro Finance Ireland - Loans of up to €25,000
www.micro?nanceireland.ie
Micro Loan Fund : Creative Industries
www.wdc.ie/microfundci
Moy Valley Resources
www.moyvalley.ie
NPRF - SME Credit Fund
www.bluebayinvest.com/about-bluebay.aspx
Finance for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and SMEs
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NPRF - SME Equity Fund managed by Carlyle Cardinal Ireland
www.cardinalcapitalgroup.com
NPRF - SME Turnaround Fund
www.bettercapital.co.uk/news.cfm
NPRF €850m Investment Funds for SMEs - as per Budget 2013
www.nprf.ie/Publications/2013/NPRFAnnouncesNewSMEFunds.pdf
Nucleus Venture Partners
www.nucleusvp.com
PAVE - unlocking the potential of young careers through an innovative
social-?nancial agreement (USA based)
www.pave.com
Piggybackr - Funding Platform for Teams
www.piggybackr.com
R & D Tax Credit Scheme
www.enterprise-ireland.com/EI_Corporate/en/Research-Innovation/
Companies/R-D-Funding/R-and-D-Tax-Credit-Guide.pdf
Representative body of the Venture Capital industry in Ireland
www.ivca.ie
Roscommon Integrated Development Company
www.ridc.ie
Roscommon Local Enterprise Of?ce
www.localenterprise.ie/roscommon
SCCUL Enterprise Awards 2013 (Awards Ceremony at NUIG 27.1.14)
www.scculawards.ie
Seed & Venture Capital Schemes & Contacts
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Invest-in-Emerging-Companies/Source-
of-Private-Capital/Venture-Capital-Funds.html
Seed Capital Scheme - IT 15
www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/lea?ets/it15.html
Seedcamp - Micro Seed Investment & Mentoring Programme
www.seedcamp.com
Small Business Finance Portal
www.smallbusiness?nance.ie
Finance for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and SMEs
26
Social Entrepreneurs Ireland - Awards Programme (opens January 2014)http://socialentrepreneurs.ie/awards/apply-for-an-award/
Sources of Finance
www.enterprise-ireland.com/Grow/Finance/
Venturecapitalpartnershipfunds
South West Mayo Development Company
www.southmayo.com
Start in Ireland - €10m International Start Up Fund
www.startinireland.com
Supporting Job Creation & Other Enterprise Supports - a Revenue Guide
(Find using document name in website search box)
www.revenue.ie
Take Action Business Competition (Final Entry by 28 February 2014)
www.beechtreepark.com/takeaction.html
Talent Voucher - up to €5,000 - for North West Ireland
www.creativestatenorthwest.com
Tech Coast Angels USA
www.techcoastangels.com
The Ireland Funds University Business Plan Competition
www.theirelandfunds.org/grantees/id.200?_rewrite_sticky=bpc
Trade Accelerator Voucher - To access North-South Expertise
www.intertradeireland.com/?rststopshop
Western Investment Fund
www.wdc.ie/wdc-investment fund
Finance for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and SMEs
27 27
Space for New Enterprises
Action Tuam
www.beechtreepark.com
Arigna Enterprise Centre Carrick-on-Shannon
Email: [email protected]
Ballaghadereen Enterprise Centre
www.ballaghaderreen.com
Ballinasloe Enterprise & Technology Centre
www.ballinasloe-enterprise.com
Ballybane Enterprise Centre
www.bbec.ie
Boyle Enterprise Centre
www.boyleenterprise.com
Cairn International Trade Centre
www.cairnitc.com
Clar Community Projects Ltd.
www.clarird.com
Clonbeirne Enterprise Centre Ballinasloe
Connemara West Enterprise Centre
Email: [email protected]
Crossmolina Enterprise Centre
Email: [email protected]
Enterprise House Kiltimagh
www.ird-kiltimagh.ie
Foxford Enterprise Centre
Galway Technology Centre
www.gtc.ie
GMIT Incubation Centres in Castlebar & Galway
www.gmit.ie/iibc
NUIG Incubation Centre
www.nuigalway.ie/business-industry/business-innovation-centre
Roscommon Enterprise Centre
[email protected]
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The Enterprise Centre Ballyhaunis
www.ballyhaunischamber.ie
The Joe Gilmore Enterprise Centre Claremorris
[email protected]
Westport Enterprise Centre
[email protected]
Westside Enterprise Centre
[email protected]
Alibaba.com - online marketplace for buyers & sellers
www.alibaba.com
Directory of Electronic Market Places
www.emarketservices.com/start/eMarket-Directory/index.html
Etzy - For Handmade and Vintage Buyers & Sellers
www.etsy.com/sell?ref=so_sell
Set up a Store on eBayhttp://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/Building.html
Set up a Store on Facebook
www.facebook.com/aradium?id=256802727684766&sk=app_2580481942
33960&app_data=71ef7390-b435-11e1-afa6-0800200c9a66
OnLine MarketPlaces
Space for New Enterprises
29 29
Attract Talent for your IT Company
www.itshappeninghere.ie
Alison - A new World of Free Certi?ed Learninghttp://alison.com/free-training/About-ALISON
Bank of Ireland Enterprise Lounge No 2 Grafton Street,Dublin
www.allaboutbusiness.ie/enterprise-programme/enterprise-lounge
Business eNetworking
www.linkedin.com
Business eNetworking
www.facebook.com
Business Procurement Resource
www.sourcedogg.com
Computational Knowledge Engine
www.wolframalpha.com
Directory of Open Access Repositories
www.opendoar.org
Expand your capability by using external talent
www.bizreef.co.uk
Expand your capability by using external talent
www.guru.com
Expand your capability by using external talent
www.freelancer.com
Expand your capability by using external talent
www.odesk.com
Expand your capability by using external talent
www.crowdspring.com
Expand your capability by using external talent
www.elance.com
Expand your capability by using young talent
www.aiesec.ie
Find out Who Raised Funds
www.whogotfunded.com
Useful Resources
30
Global Market Finderhttp://translate.google.com/globalmarket?nder/index.html
Google will tell you how many searches there were that had your words
in the search query phrase, and for similar phraseshttps://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
Grow My Business - An Post Business Initiative
www.growmybusiness.ie
I Can Work For You
www.icanwork4u.com
Is your Start Up in Dif?culty - Manage Out Of The Crisis
www.djei.ie/publications/managingoutofthecrisis.pdf
Keep track of trends, customers, competitors
www.google.com/alerts
Quora - US based On Line Knowledge Source
www.quora.com
Search Google Effectively
www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=136861
Search through UK Open Access Repositories
www.sherpa.ac.uk/repositories/sherpasearchalluk.html
Skilled Up - Online Portal to 2,600 Online Courses
www.skilledup.com
US Market Entry Directory
www.techresources.us
Worklink - Connecting People, Creating Jobs
www.worklink.ie
World Trade Centre - Dublin
www.wtcdublin.ie
Useful Resources
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STARTUP Weblinks
A Guide for Entrepreneurs and
Early Stage Businesses in the West Region
1
Introduction
This Guide identi?es a series of websites of organisations,
supports and resources that will assist potential & early
stage entrepreneurs develop their business ideas from a
Galway, Mayo or Roscommon location.
By carefully examining what is available locally and globally
you will…
• Get inspiration from entrepreneurs who have gone down
the road ahead of you
• Find templates and guides for designing your business
model and plan
• Find out who can help you and how
• Find a business idea if you don’t have one
• Be able to identify a wide range of sources of
- market intelligence
- funding
- incubation and enterprise space
- business networks and expertise
If you have any queries in relation to the development of
your idea or start up please contact, in con?dence, your
Local Enterprise Of?ce, Údarás na Gaeltachta or Enterprise
Ireland.
Best of luck in developing your business idea to the next
stage of development.
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Contents
Organisations, Supports & Resources for Start Ups
Page
Organisations 3
Start Up Information & Supports for 4
Entrepreneurs & Companies
Market Information Sources 8
Finding & Developing Ideas & Technologies 10
Legal / Regulatory / Standards 14
Company Lists 15
Networks 16
Training & Mentoring for Entrepreneurs 19
Finance for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and SMEs 21
Space for New Enterprises 27
OnLine MarketPlaces 28
Useful Resources 29
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Bord Bia
www.bordbiavantage.ie
Enterprise Ireland
www.enterprise-ireland.com
Failte Ireland
www.failteireland.ie
Forum Connemara
www.forumconnemara.ie
Galway Rural Development Company
www.grd.ie
Inis Oírr Aran Islands
www.oileain.ie
Local Enterprise Of?ce - Galway
www.localenterprise.ie/galway
Local Enterprise Of?ce - Mayo
www.localenterprise.ie/mayo
Local Enterprise Of?ce - Roscommon
www.localenterprise.ie/roscommon
Mayo North East LEADER Partnership Company Teoranta
(trading as Mayo North East)
www.mayonortheast.com
Roscommon Leader Partnership Company
www.rosleaderpartnership.ie
South West Mayo Development Company
www.southmayo.com
Teagasc
www.teagasc.ie/ruraldev/startingyourownbusiness
Údarás na Gaeltachta
www.udaras.ie
WestBIC
www.westbic.ie
Western Development Commission
www.wdc.ie
Organisations
4
AIB - Tools & Guides - for Start Ups & existing Businesseshttp://business.aib.ie/help#usefulbusinessguides
AIB Start UP Academyhttp://business.aib.ie/my-business-is/business-start-up-package/AIB-start-
up-academy
Allaboutbusiness.ie is dedicated to start-ups and SMEs in Ireland
www.allaboutbusiness.ie
Astia - Propelling female entrepreneurs in high-growth businesses
www.astia.org
Bank of Ireland-Business Start Up Guideshttp://businessbanking.banko?reland.com/banking/start-up-account/
start-up-guides-and-support/
Business Angels
www.businessangels.ie
Business Model Generation
www.businessmodelgeneration.com
Business Plan Template
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Start-a-Business-in-Ireland/Do-I-qualify-
as-a-HPSU-/Business-Plan-Template-.doc
Business Regulation Portal
www.businessregulation.ie
Business Start Up News & Advice
www.bizstartup.ie
Business Start Up.ie
www.business-startup.ie
Central Statistics Of?ce - Statistics Portal
www.statcentral.ie
Cloud-based platform for start-ups and high performing SMEs, with
information and tools to help you succeed in business.
www.nubie.ie
Database of Expert Articles on Starting and Growing a Business
www.bizinfolibrary.org
Start Up Information & Supports for
Entrepreneurs & Companies
5
Dell Centre for Entrepreneurship in Ireland - helping emerging business
gain resources, expertise and solutions to get market quicker. Launched
Jan 2014. €10m Fund
www.dell.ie/entrepreneurs
Dublin Web Summit
www.websummit.net
Enterprise Ireland - Information Store for Start-Ups
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Start-a-Business-in-Ireland/Information-
Store-for-Start-Ups
Enterprise Nation
www.enterprisenation.com
Entrepreneur’s Help Page
www.tannedfeet.com
Ernst & Young - Resource for Entrepreneurs
www.eoy.tv
EU Portal for SMEshttp://ec.europa.eu/small-business/index_en.htm
Family Business Ireland - helping Family Businesses
www.familybusiness.ie
GEM - Global Entrepreneur Monitor
www.gemconsortium.org
Get a Free Website for Your Business
www.gettingbusinessonline.ie
Get Export Ready
www.enterprise-ireland.com/getexportready
Government portal for Entrepreneurs
www.basis.ie
Guidelines & advice on how to approach starting a business/UK
www.startups.co.uk
Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Resources
www.hbs.edu/entrepreneurship/resources
Start Up Information & Supports for
Entrepreneurs & Companies
6
Inc.com Magazine Website
www.inc.com
Irish Revenue Guide to Starting in Business - IT 48
www.revenue.ie/revsearch/search.jsp and search for Lea?et IT 48 in the
Site Search Box
Knowledge Transfer Ireland - Connecting Research & Business
www.knowledgetransferireland.com
The Irish Tech StartUp Guide to New York City
www.slideshare.net/FrontlineVC/new-york-tech-guide-for-irish-
startups?utm_content=bufferbd723&utm_medium=social&utm_
source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Learn how to set up an online business
www.ebizrepublic.com
Multilingual practical information and online government services for
companies looking for business in another EU country.http://ec.europa.eu/youreurope/business/index_en.htm
Revenue Commissioners
www.revenue.ie
Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurship @ DCU
www.ryanacademy.ie
ScaleFront - A Venture Lab in Dublin for High Growth Tech StartUps
www.scalefront.com
Silicon Republic Directory of Technology Start Upshttp://siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/directory/companies/
Small Business Advice Programme - National Launch February 2014
www.smallbusinessadvice.ie
SmallBusinessCan.Com
www.smallbusinesscan.com
SME Guide for Credit Growth
www.deti.ie/publications/enterprise/2010/YourBusinessYourBank.pdf
Source of Entrepreneur Podcast Interviews
www.smallbizpod.co.uk
Start Up Information & Supports for
Entrepreneurs & Companies
7
Source of Entrepreneur Podcast Interviews and more
www.sba.gov/category/navigation-structure/counseling-training/online-
small-business-training/starting-business
Source of new business ideas
www.springwise.com
Stanford University’s Entrepreneurship Corner- Videos, Podcasts+http://ecorner.stanford.edu/popularVideos.html
Start Up & Business Articles
www.paulgraham.com/articles
Start Up Entrepreneur Programme - for Immigrants
www.emn.ie/index.jsp?p=100&n=105&a=211
Start Up in association with Vodafone
www.startups.ie
Start Up Information Portal
www.entrepreneur.com
Start Up Information Portal
www.kcsourcelink.com
Supports for Employers - Department of Social Protection
www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/employers_home.aspx
Taking Care of Business events 2014
www.takingcareofbusiness.ie
Top 10 ‘How to’ start up an SME articles from All About Business
www.allaboutbusiness.ie/blog/how-to-guides/top-10-%E2%80%98how-
to%E2%80%99-start-up-an-sme-%E2%80%93-articles-from-all-about-
business
US Small Business Administration support for start ups
www.sbaonline.sba.gov
Vodafone Smart StartUp Networkhttp://startups.vodafone.ie/
Start Up Information & Supports for
Entrepreneurs & Companies
8
CIA World Fact Book
www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html
Directory of the Web
www.dmoz.org
Do Business in Northern Ireland
www.intertradeireland.com
EI Information
www.europa.eu
Encouraging enhanced use of publically available data
www.decisionmap.ie
Enterprise Ireland Market Research Centre
www.enterprise-ireland.ie/ResearchDatabases/search.aspx
EU Business in Japan
www.eubusinessinjapan.eu
Global Market Research Resource
www.researchandmarkets.com
Global Market Research Resource
www.marketresearch.com
GSA Advantage - Database of US Govt. approved Products & Services
www.gsaadvantage.gov
Information on Countries
www.eiu.com/index.asp?autologin=bulk&rf=0
International Fairs & Exhibitions Portal
www.expodatabase.com
International Market Information - Reference Library
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Publications/The-Market/
International Market Research Information
www.monitor.bbc.co.uk
International Market Research Information
www.oecd.org
Market Information Sources
9
International Market Research Information
www.euromonitor.com
International Market Research Informationhttp://oxygen.mintel.com/
International Market Research Information
www.marketline.com
International Market Research Information
www.frost.com
International Market Research Information
www.forrester.com
International Market Research Library
www.buyusainfo.net
Statistical Information - Ireland
www.cso.ie
Statistical Information - UK
www.statistics.gov.uk
Statistical Information - USA
www.census.gov
Statistical Information Globally
www.offstats.auckland.ac.nz/about
Statistical Information Portal
www.stat.?/tup/maanum/index_en.html
The Market Magazine - Published by EI for Exporters
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Publications/The-Market
Wikipediahttp://en.wikipedia.org
Market Information Sources
10
21 Technology Start Up Ideas
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/events/ourevents/big-ideas-technology-
showcase/big-ideas-2013-programme.pdf
Bringing Ideas to Market
www.inventright.com
Browse through our database of over 900 business ideas
www.entrepreneur.com/businessideas/index.html
Business Opportunities Ireland
www.businessopportunitiesireland.com
Businesses for Sale in Ireland
www.businessesforsale.ie
Canadian Intellectual Property Of?ce
www.cipo.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/cipointernet-internetopic.nsf/eng/Home
Commercial Patent Search Engine
www.delphion.com
Commercial Patent Search Engine
www.micropat.com
Consulting Opportunity Tracker - from Consulting Ireland
www.consultingireland.org/opportunities/opportunity-tracking
Copyright Association of Ireland
www.cai.ie
Database of Equipment in Ireland’s 3rd Level Colleges
www.hea.ie/lire
Enterprise Europe Network Find ideas, technologies and business
partners
www.een-ireland.ie
Espacenet – free access to 60m+ patent documentshttp://ie.espacenet.com
www.espacenet.comhttp://forum.espacenet.com
EU Public Procurement Opportunitieshttp://ted.europa.eu/
Finding & Developing Ideas & Technologies
11
EU Registered Trademark & Design Database
www.oami.europa.eu/RCDOnline/RequestManager
European Patents Of?ce
www.european-patent-of?ce.org
Find a Researcher Partner
www.knowledgetransferireland.com/Find-a-Research-Partner
Franchises for Sale and Business Opportunities for Ireland
www.franchisedirect.ie
Galway Mayo Institute of Technology - Research Resources
www.gmit.ie/research
GreenExchange - Innovation through IP Sharing
www.greenxchange.com
How to Work with a Higher Education Institute in Ireland
www.knowledgetransferireland.com/How-to-Work-with-HEIs
Info. on Patents
www.delphion.com
InnovAccess
www.innovaccess.eu/home.html
Innovation Voucher for Companies
www.innovationvouchers.ie
IP Australia
www.ipaustralia.gov.au
Irish Association of Patent and Trade Mark Agents
www.aptma.ie
Irish Patents Of?ce
www.patentsof?ce.ie
Irish Public Procurement Opportunitieshttp://etenders.gov.ie/
KPMG Guide to Starting & Growing your Technology Business
www.kpmg.com/IE/en/IssuesAndInsights/ArticlesPublications/Pages/
start-up-success.aspx
Finding & Developing Ideas & Technologies
12
Licensing Opportunities in Ireland
www.knowledgetransferireland.com/Find-a-Research-Partner/Browse-
Licensing-Opportunities
Licensing Opportunities available at DCU
www.dcu.ie/invent/licensing.shtml
Licensing Opportunities available at NUI Galwayhttp://tto.nuigalway.ie/en/future-technologies
Licensing Opportunities available at NUI Maynoothhttp://commercialisation.nuim.ie/industry/opportunities
Licensing Opportunities available at Royal College of Surgeons
www.rcsi.ie/index.jsp?p=399&n=625
Licensing Opportunities available at TCD
www.tcd.ie/research_innovation/technology/available-technologies.php
Licensing Opportunities available at UCC
www.ucc.ie/research/techtransfer/industry/technologies.html
Licensing Opportunities available at UCD
www.ucd.ie/nova/technologytransferindustry/licensingopportunities
Licensing Opportunities available at UL
www2.ul.ie/web/WWW/Services/Research/Technology_Transfer_Offce/
Commercial_Opportunities
Licensing Opportunities available at WIThttp://www2.wit.ie/Research/IndustryServicesampTechnologyTransfer/
CommercialisationofResearch/CommerciallyFocusedResearch
Life Science Technology Offers
www.biotechnologyireland.com/members/techmate/technologies
MatchPoint Network - Support for prospective franchisees
www.matchpointnetwork.com
Mayo Ideas Lab - Idea Evaluation Service
www.mayoideaslab.ie
Microsoft BizSpark - support for technology start ups
www.microsoft.com/BizSpark & www.microsoftstartupzone.com
O2 Ideas Roomhttp://webkit.o2online.ie/ideasroom/
Finding & Developing Ideas & Technologies
13
Quote for Local Authority Business
www.laquotes.ie
Research & SMEs - EU Supportshttp://ec.europa.eu/research/sme-techweb/index_en.cfm
Science Foundation Ireland - Investing in Research
www.s?.ie/working-with-enterprise
Search over 7 million Patents
www.google.com/patents
Search US Trademark Database
www.trademarkia.com
Small Business Ideas for starting a business, marketing, ?nancing,
grants, work at home & internet ecommerce
www.businessownersideacafe.com
Source of new business ideas
www.springwise.com
The Trade Marks & Design Registration Of?ce of the EUhttp://oami.europa.eu/ows/rw/pages/index.en.do
UK Patents Of?ce
www.ipo.gov.uk
US Patent & Trademark Of?ce
www.uspto.gov
World Intellectual Property Organisation – IP Digital Library
www.wipo.int/ipdl
Finding & Developing Ideas & Technologies
14
Access to 1 million+ global engineering standards & speci?cations
www.ili.co.uk
Communication Regulation in Ireland
www.comreg.ie
Database of EU Lawhttp://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/index.htm
Database of Irish Law
www.irishstatutebook.ie
Engineering Standards
www.ili-info.com
EU Standardisation
www.cen.eu/cen/pages/default.aspx
Exporting from the EU - Market Access Databasehttp://madb.europa.eu/madb/indexPubli.htm
Food & Drug Administration (USA)
www.fda.gov
Food Safety Authority Business Start Up Guide
www.fsai.ie/food_businesses/starting_business.html
International Standards Organisation
www.iso.org
Irish Financial Services Regulations
www.ifsra.ie
Irish Revenue
www.revenue.ie
National Employment Right Authority
www.employmentrights.ie
NSAI SME Portal
Bringing the bene?ts of Standardisation to SMEs
www.nsai.ie/Small-Business-Portal.aspx
Of?ce of the Director of Corporate Enforcement
www.odce.ie
Legal / Regulatory / Standards
15
Portal for searching for online legal publications
www.linexlegal.com
Register a Company in Ireland
www.cro.ie
Construction Industry Database
www.ciri.ie
Database of Companies & Industries
www.hoovers.com
Database of Companies in Ireland & Internationally
www.kompass.com
Database of Companies in Ireland & Internationally
www.dunandbradstreet.com
Database of Companies in the Creative Sector
www.mycreativeedge.eu/creative-showcase
Database of Manufacturers & Distributors in USA & Canada
www.thomasnet.com
Identify IDA Ireland clients in Ireland - 775 companies listed
www.idaireland.com
Search for a company or business name in Ireland
www.cro.ie/search
Source a Product or Service in Ireland
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Source-a-Product-or-Service-from-
Ireland
Legal / Regulatory / Standards
Company Lists
16
Archipelago - Community of Young Entrepreneurs in Ireland
www.archipelago.ie
Ballina Chamber of Commerce
www.ballinachamber.com
Ballyhaunis Chamber of Commerce
www.ballyhaunischamber.ie
Boyle Chamber of Commerce
www.boylechamber.ie
Business & Professional Women Galway
www.bpwgalway.ie
Business Network International (BNI)
www.bni.eu/ireland
Castlebar Chamber of Commerce
www.castlebarchamber.ie
Charlestown & Bellaghy Chamber of Commercehttp://chamber-of-commerce.community.charlestown.comayo.tel/
Claremorris Chamber of Commerce
www.claremorrischamber.ie
Creative Industries Support Networkhttp://cisnetwork.eu/
Erris Chamber of Commerce
www.errischamber.com
Galway Chamber of Commerce
www.galwaychamber.com
Galway City Business Association
www.galwaycba.ie
Global Start Up Networkhttp://younoodle.com/
Inc60 at IiBC Castlebar
www.inc60.com
Networks
17
Irish ExportNET
www.irishexporters.ie
Irish Small and Medium Enterprise Association
www.isme.ie
ITAG - Information Technology Association Galway
www.itag.ie
Junior Chamber International - Galwayhttp://jcigalway.org/
Mayo Network
www.networkmayo.ie
Network Chonomara
www.networkchonamara.com
Network Galway
www.networkgalway.com
Network of Irish Scientistshttp://wildgeesenetwork.org/
Online Marketing Galway
www.galwaymarketing.ie
RE:CONNECT Business (West of Ireland/Overseas) Network
www.lookwest.ie/reconnect
Roscommon Chamber of Commerce
www.irelandwide.com/chamcom/rcc/index.htm
Skillsnets In Ireland
www.skillnets.ie
Small Firms Association SMA
www.sfa.ie
Social Entrepreneurs Ireland
www.socialentrepreneurs.ie
Start Up Galwayhttp://startupgalway.org/
Networks
18
The Institute of Engineers of Ireland
www.iei.ie
Women in Business
www.irishwomeninbusiness.ie
Women in Business in Ireland ‘On Line’ community – 2400+ users
www.irishbusinesswomen.com
Networks
19
BioInnovate - Medical Device Training modelled on Sta+A193nford’s
BioDesign Programme
www.bioinnovate.ie
BusinessBalls.com - Business Learning & Development Resource
www.businessballs.com
Cleanroom Training Facillity : Galway : Operated by Solas &
Opened 2013http://www.solas.ie/press25112013.aspx
Dog Patch Labs (@ Barrow Street Dublin)http://dogpatchlabs.com/
Enterprise Ireland
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Management/Access-Strategic-Advice-
and-Expertise
Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs Cross Border Exchange Programme
www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu
Female Entrepreneurs Mentoring Programme
www.mentoringforfemaleentrepreneurs.com
Food Works - Creating Global Food Entrepreneurs
www.foodworksireland.ie
Galway Local Enterprise Of?ce
www.localenterprise.ie/galway
HAXLR8R - Helping Entrepreneurs build hardware devices
www.haxlr8r.com
HealthXL - Start Up Bootcamp Acceleratorhttp://healthxl.co/
Independent Business Support Service - for BOI Customers only
www.enterprisebuilder.ie
Innovation and Business Centre GMIT Galway and Castlebar
www.gmit.ie/iibc
InterTradeIreland Regional Equity Advisory Clinics
www.intertradeireland.com/equity/education-and-awareness/equity-
advisory-service
Training & Mentoring for Entrepreneurs
20
Launch Box - Trinity’s Student Incubator
www.launchbox.ie
Mayo Local Enterprise Of?ce
www.localenterprise.ie/mayo
Mentoring Company
www.mentors.ie
Mentoring Programme - for Small Food Businesses
Coordinated by Bord Bia in cooperation with Food & Drink Industry Ireland
NDRC Launch Pad - Digital Business Accelerator (Dublin Based)
www.ndrc.ie/launchpad
New Frontiers Entrepreneur Development Programme
www.gmit.ie/new-frontiers-programme
Of?ce Hours - Voluntary Peer Mentoring
Initiative for Irish StartUps Launch Jan 2014
www.of?cehours.ie
Roscommon Local Enterprise Of?ce
www.localenterprise.ie/roscommon
SCCUL Mentors - free Mentoring for Entrepreneurs in Galway
www.scculmentors.ie
Seedcamp - Micro Seed Investment & Mentoring Programme
www.seedcamp.com
SELR8R - Mentor driven Accelerator Programme
www.selr8r.com
Solas
www.solas.ie
Start Up Boot Camp - Accelerator for Start Ups
www.startupbootcamp.org
Wayra - Digital Business Accelerator Programme
www.wayra.org/joinus
Training & Mentoring for Entrepreneurs
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€450m Credit Guarantee Scheme
www.djei.ie/enterprise/smes/creditguarantee.htm
10 Point Tax Reform Plan - Budget 2013
www.budget.gov.ie/budgets/2013/Documents/Annex%20D%20-%20
SME’s.pdf
3rd Level Student Enterprise Competition
www.studententrepreneur.ie/about-the-awards
Accion - Provider of Micro Loans to the Poor
www.accion.org
Acumen - North-South Sales Development Options
www.intertradeireland.com/acumen/supportoptions
AIB Start Up Accelerator Fund
www.actventure.com/early-stage-fund
Angel List - Platform for connecting Entrepreneurs & Investorshttps://angel.co/
Angels Den - Connecting Entrepreneurs & Investors in the UK
www.angelsden.co.uk
Band of Angels - Expert Capital and Venture Counsel
www.bandangels.com
Bank of Ireland Seed & Early Stage Fund - Managed by Kernel
www.kernelcapital.ie
Bank of Ireland Start Up & Emerging Sectors - Managed by Delta
www.delta.ie/funds/_seedfund.htm
BDO €75m Development Capital Fund (Launched 4.3.14)
www.enterprise-ireland.com/EI_Corporate/en/News/PressReleases/2014-
Press-Releases/Minister-Bruton-announces-%E2%82%AC75million-second-
Development-Capital-Fund.html
Broadlake Capital - Open to all investment situations including growth
capital, buyouts & restructurings
www.broadlakecapital.com
Clann Credo - Social Investment Fund
www.clanncredo.ie
Finance for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and SMEs
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Clean Energy and Energy Ef?ciency Venture Funds
www.novusmodus.com
Competitive Start Fund
www.enterprise-ireland.com/csf
Credit Review Of?ce
www.creditreview.ie
Crowdfunding - Bloom VC
www.bloomvc.com
Crowdfunding - Crowdcube
www.crowdcube.ie
Crowdfunding - Crowdfunder
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
Crowdfunding - Eppela
www.eppela.com
Crowdfunding - Funding Circle
www.fundingcircle.com
Crowdfunding - Indiegogo
www.indiegogo.com
Crowdfunding - Kickstarter
www.kickstarter.com
Crowdfunding - Seedrs
www.seedrs.com
Crowdfunding Matching Engine - Investments up to €250,000
www.seedups.com
Development Capital Fund - €125m Fund announced 4.11.13
www.djei.ie/press/2013/20131104.htm
Digital Vouchers - Worth up to €2500 to enable small Irish
enterprises to trade online
www.localenterprise.ie/Discover-Business-Supports/Digital-Voucher-
Scheme-Launched-Nationally/
Dragon’s Den
www.rte.ie/dragonsden
Finance for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and SMEs
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eCommerce Website Development Fundhttps://why.ie/optimise/
Elevate - North-South Sales Development Programme
www.intertradeireland.com/elevate
Employment & Incentive Investment Scheme - IT 55
www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/lea?ets/it55.html
Enterprise Equity
www.enterpriseequity.ie
Enterprise Ireland
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/funding-supports/Company/HPSU-
Funding
EU Finance for SMEs
www.access2fnance.eu
Forum Connemara Ltd.
www.forumconnemara.ie
Frontline - Early Stage Venture Capital Firm
www.frontline.vc
Fusion - North-South Technology Transfer Programme
www.intertradeireland.com/fusion
Galway Local Enterprise Of?ce
www.localenterprise.ie/galway
Galway Rural Development Company
www.grd.ie
Gateway to EU Research & Developmenthttp://cordis.europa.eu/home_en.html
Gust - A Global Platform for Start Up Funding USA
www.gust.com
Halo Business Angel Network
www.hban.org
Halo Business Angel Partnership
www.businessangels.ie
Finance for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and SMEs
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Horizon 2020 - EU €70B+ Research & Innovation Funding
www.enterprise-ireland.com/horizon2020
Inis Oírr Aran Islands
www.oileain.ie
Innova - Strategic Innovation North-South Partnership Funding
www.intertradeireland.com/innova
InterTrade Ireland - Business Support Schemes
www.intertradeireland.com/businesssupport
InterTradeIreland - Seedcorn Competition - launching late April 2013
www.intertradeireland.com/seedcorn
Investment - through Crowd Sourcing
www.fundit.ie
Irish Technology Leadership Group
www.itlg.org
JCI Galway Young Entrepreneur Awards
www.jcigalway.org
Linked Finance - Irish Crowd Funding Option
www.linked?nance.com
Match Capital - ‘Helping entrepreneurs get the funding they need’
www.matchcapitaluk.com
Mayo Local Enterprise Of?ce
www.localenterprise.ie/mayo
Mayo North East Leader Partnership Company
www.mayonortheast.com
Micro Finance Ireland - Loans of up to €25,000
www.micro?nanceireland.ie
Micro Loan Fund : Creative Industries
www.wdc.ie/microfundci
Moy Valley Resources
www.moyvalley.ie
NPRF - SME Credit Fund
www.bluebayinvest.com/about-bluebay.aspx
Finance for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and SMEs
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NPRF - SME Equity Fund managed by Carlyle Cardinal Ireland
www.cardinalcapitalgroup.com
NPRF - SME Turnaround Fund
www.bettercapital.co.uk/news.cfm
NPRF €850m Investment Funds for SMEs - as per Budget 2013
www.nprf.ie/Publications/2013/NPRFAnnouncesNewSMEFunds.pdf
Nucleus Venture Partners
www.nucleusvp.com
PAVE - unlocking the potential of young careers through an innovative
social-?nancial agreement (USA based)
www.pave.com
Piggybackr - Funding Platform for Teams
www.piggybackr.com
R & D Tax Credit Scheme
www.enterprise-ireland.com/EI_Corporate/en/Research-Innovation/
Companies/R-D-Funding/R-and-D-Tax-Credit-Guide.pdf
Representative body of the Venture Capital industry in Ireland
www.ivca.ie
Roscommon Integrated Development Company
www.ridc.ie
Roscommon Local Enterprise Of?ce
www.localenterprise.ie/roscommon
SCCUL Enterprise Awards 2013 (Awards Ceremony at NUIG 27.1.14)
www.scculawards.ie
Seed & Venture Capital Schemes & Contacts
www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/Invest-in-Emerging-Companies/Source-
of-Private-Capital/Venture-Capital-Funds.html
Seed Capital Scheme - IT 15
www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/lea?ets/it15.html
Seedcamp - Micro Seed Investment & Mentoring Programme
www.seedcamp.com
Small Business Finance Portal
www.smallbusiness?nance.ie
Finance for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and SMEs
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Social Entrepreneurs Ireland - Awards Programme (opens January 2014)http://socialentrepreneurs.ie/awards/apply-for-an-award/
Sources of Finance
www.enterprise-ireland.com/Grow/Finance/
Venturecapitalpartnershipfunds
South West Mayo Development Company
www.southmayo.com
Start in Ireland - €10m International Start Up Fund
www.startinireland.com
Supporting Job Creation & Other Enterprise Supports - a Revenue Guide
(Find using document name in website search box)
www.revenue.ie
Take Action Business Competition (Final Entry by 28 February 2014)
www.beechtreepark.com/takeaction.html
Talent Voucher - up to €5,000 - for North West Ireland
www.creativestatenorthwest.com
Tech Coast Angels USA
www.techcoastangels.com
The Ireland Funds University Business Plan Competition
www.theirelandfunds.org/grantees/id.200?_rewrite_sticky=bpc
Trade Accelerator Voucher - To access North-South Expertise
www.intertradeireland.com/?rststopshop
Western Investment Fund
www.wdc.ie/wdc-investment fund
Finance for Entrepreneurs, Start Ups and SMEs
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Space for New Enterprises
Action Tuam
www.beechtreepark.com
Arigna Enterprise Centre Carrick-on-Shannon
Email: [email protected]
Ballaghadereen Enterprise Centre
www.ballaghaderreen.com
Ballinasloe Enterprise & Technology Centre
www.ballinasloe-enterprise.com
Ballybane Enterprise Centre
www.bbec.ie
Boyle Enterprise Centre
www.boyleenterprise.com
Cairn International Trade Centre
www.cairnitc.com
Clar Community Projects Ltd.
www.clarird.com
Clonbeirne Enterprise Centre Ballinasloe
Connemara West Enterprise Centre
Email: [email protected]
Crossmolina Enterprise Centre
Email: [email protected]
Enterprise House Kiltimagh
www.ird-kiltimagh.ie
Foxford Enterprise Centre
Galway Technology Centre
www.gtc.ie
GMIT Incubation Centres in Castlebar & Galway
www.gmit.ie/iibc
NUIG Incubation Centre
www.nuigalway.ie/business-industry/business-innovation-centre
Roscommon Enterprise Centre
[email protected]
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The Enterprise Centre Ballyhaunis
www.ballyhaunischamber.ie
The Joe Gilmore Enterprise Centre Claremorris
[email protected]
Westport Enterprise Centre
[email protected]
Westside Enterprise Centre
[email protected]
Alibaba.com - online marketplace for buyers & sellers
www.alibaba.com
Directory of Electronic Market Places
www.emarketservices.com/start/eMarket-Directory/index.html
Etzy - For Handmade and Vintage Buyers & Sellers
www.etsy.com/sell?ref=so_sell
Set up a Store on eBayhttp://pages.ebay.com/storefronts/Building.html
Set up a Store on Facebook
www.facebook.com/aradium?id=256802727684766&sk=app_2580481942
33960&app_data=71ef7390-b435-11e1-afa6-0800200c9a66
OnLine MarketPlaces
Space for New Enterprises
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Attract Talent for your IT Company
www.itshappeninghere.ie
Alison - A new World of Free Certi?ed Learninghttp://alison.com/free-training/About-ALISON
Bank of Ireland Enterprise Lounge No 2 Grafton Street,Dublin
www.allaboutbusiness.ie/enterprise-programme/enterprise-lounge
Business eNetworking
www.linkedin.com
Business eNetworking
www.facebook.com
Business Procurement Resource
www.sourcedogg.com
Computational Knowledge Engine
www.wolframalpha.com
Directory of Open Access Repositories
www.opendoar.org
Expand your capability by using external talent
www.bizreef.co.uk
Expand your capability by using external talent
www.guru.com
Expand your capability by using external talent
www.freelancer.com
Expand your capability by using external talent
www.odesk.com
Expand your capability by using external talent
www.crowdspring.com
Expand your capability by using external talent
www.elance.com
Expand your capability by using young talent
www.aiesec.ie
Find out Who Raised Funds
www.whogotfunded.com
Useful Resources
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Global Market Finderhttp://translate.google.com/globalmarket?nder/index.html
Google will tell you how many searches there were that had your words
in the search query phrase, and for similar phraseshttps://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
Grow My Business - An Post Business Initiative
www.growmybusiness.ie
I Can Work For You
www.icanwork4u.com
Is your Start Up in Dif?culty - Manage Out Of The Crisis
www.djei.ie/publications/managingoutofthecrisis.pdf
Keep track of trends, customers, competitors
www.google.com/alerts
Quora - US based On Line Knowledge Source
www.quora.com
Search Google Effectively
www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?answer=136861
Search through UK Open Access Repositories
www.sherpa.ac.uk/repositories/sherpasearchalluk.html
Skilled Up - Online Portal to 2,600 Online Courses
www.skilledup.com
US Market Entry Directory
www.techresources.us
Worklink - Connecting People, Creating Jobs
www.worklink.ie
World Trade Centre - Dublin
www.wtcdublin.ie
Useful Resources
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