Awards - Enterprise Role Models
An important role for the County & City Enterprise Boards is to promote Entrepreneurial role models. To stimulate latent entrepreneurial potential and encourage successful Entrepreneurs to share their experience and tips for success. Dublin City Enterprise Board do this in a number of ways by inviting guest speakers to address potential Entrepreneurs for example at the ‘Get Started’ free library talks in the Ilac Public Library Dublin City, at Dublin City schools and colleges and at the
National Enterprise Awards
Clients grant aided by Dublin City Enterprise Board can enter the competition and represent Dublin City at the National Enterprise Awards.
Six finalists compete for a prize fund of €20,000 in the upcoming National Enterprise Awards.
The National Enterprise Awards was introduced in 1997 by the County and City Enterprise Boards. The competition highlights the contribution that small enterprises make to Ireland’s economic development and acknowledges their role in building a vibrant and successful indigenous business sector.
The competition involves 2 stages, commencing with the County/ City final organised by the local County or City Enterprise Board and the County/City winner progressing to the national competition from which these 6 finalists were selected. The competition is independently adjudicated and the selection criteria involves employment potential, marketing strength, financial strength, innovation/technology and quality of business plan.
Mark Duckenfiled and Conor Mc Carthy of Emergent Events were winners of the 2007 Dublin City Enterprise Award Entrepreneur of the Year award. L -R Mark Duckenfield, Conor Mc Carthy, Eibhlin Curley ACEO DCEB, Pat Lynch Board Chairman DCEB, Greg Swift CEO DCEB.
Female Entrepreneur of Year Award
The competition is open to members of the Dublin City Enterprise Network for Women.
L-R Mary Ryan, Product Innovator, Winner of the Dublin City Female Entrepreneur Award 2008, Pauline Logan, Network Manager, Eibhlin Curley, Assistant CEO, DCEB and Alison Bell, Spa-Ireland.com Winner of the Rising Star Award 2008
Student Enterprise Awards
Through this County & City Enterprise Board competition students establish real life businesses and participate in enterprise competitions at school, county and national level. They experience at first hand the reality of a commercial environment and develop the skills and knowledge of taking a structured approach to running a business. They learn that running a business is challenging, exciting and rewarding. The experience they gain, the contacts and friendships they form are all invaluable in the years ahead.
We would like to congratulate 69 mini-companies from 26 counties who are the finalists at junior, intermediate and senior level this year. We would also like to acknowledge the support from link teachers in each participating school and to sincerely thank the judges for their significant input and the difficult task in selecting the winners.
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LORETO COLLEGE, ST. STEPHENS' GREEN REPRESENTED BY CIARA WALSH, EMILIE THORNTON AND KATE O'REGAN WERE DESERVING WINNERS IN THE INTERMEDIATE SECTION OF THE STUDENT ENTERPRISE AWARDS NATIONAL FINAL IN TULLAMORE ON 14TH MAY 2009 FOR THEIR PROJECT "PERSONALIZE ME".