A digital led comeback? What a time we live in! COVID-19 has brought challenges to all business owners in their enterprises and their personal lives. At Celtar business consultants we have experience of working through a few recessions (early 1990s, …
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Here for @Irish_TechNews – Every Smart Building should have a SPARK Innovation Space! thanks for tour @DolakFranziska
Read more →“Hi Guys, thanks for last night’s event it was excellent. It’s one of the best start-up events I’ve been at in a good while.” Welcome to StartUp Ballymun! Known for it’s friendly networking. Always an excellent panel of entrepreneurs sharing …
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Welcome to StartUp Ballymun! Known for it’s friendly networking.
Always an excellent panel of entrepreneurs sharing their warts and all business journeys.
Meet, make connections and do business with new friends and members of the start-up community.
here are many approaches to how business problems and challenges can be overcome.
Review the issues with your team, search the web for answers and ideas, buy a book off Amazon, talk to other business owners in your network.
One option is to discuss the issues with an independent business consultant or business mentor. Independence of advice is important, an external perspective adds something different. Objectivity in analysis is critical.
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Welcome to StartUp Ballymun – Winning! Dublin business owners tell their stories Wednesday 21 November 2018 Aimed at owners of startups, early stage and established businesses the event offers a unique flavour of practical advice and shared experience, featuring a business …
Read more →Generally enterprises are growing across all sectors and industries, and businesses are adapting to changes in technology and the competitive environment. Strains arising from family relationships gone sour, from business transfer decisions and subsequent disentanglements from the business, and from the lack of detailed succession planning to NextGen – are all evident.
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Performance reviews for CEOs Not surprisingly the above statement was written by a CEO. I picked up on an article where the CEO of Zillow, Spencer Rascoff, wrote about his recent performance review. It is a common challenge …
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To grow a business in Ireland exporting is a must. With an all-island population of 5 million plus, for most businesses there are better growth opportunities elsewhere.
With this event our aim is to encourage small and SME business owners in north Dublin (and in Ireland) to realise their potential for creating wealth by exporting.
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Every small business is interested in exporting? Why? Increased profitability, and sales. On average, businesses that export are more profitable than those who do not export Diversifying risks selling to a wider geographical spread that lessens the impact from local …
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ne-2-one meetings are powerful tools when applied effectively, and like riding a bike, there is much less effort when you get the hang of them. Why don’t you share your experiences in the Comment section below? Contact me to discuss how you utilise one-2-ones in your business?
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Great panel and business supports – to book click HERE
Our fourth event as @StartUpBallymun and we are delighted to have new partners with us along with our usual friends.
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I am delighted to have supported this new awards event organised by Irish Tech News.
And will be practically supporting the event by moderating the discussion on the IoT Acceleration/Incubation and Smarthome panels.
Read more →“We present a diverse group of business people all united under the theme of Sport and Fitness” says Liam Barry of DCC and StartUp Ballymun. “This is the third in the series of StartUp Ballymun seminars. These entrepreneurs will tell the audience how they realised their ambitions they and started and grew their companies.”
Read more →@StartUpBallymun is back and presents “The Business of Sport and Fitness” 26th April 2017 – Civic Centre Ballymun
Read more →It is a common challenge for MDs and CEOs of small companies to figure out whether they should have a performance review themselves? All their staff go through the review process, why not them?
In many companies, with or without formal board structures, the MD / CEO there is not a Review of his or her performance. They may ask themselves “who can do my Review as I am the owner, would they be objective, and even “will my sense of self-worth be challenged” – and what happens if I get a poor review?”
Read more →What emotions face the owner of a small business when a key member of staff tells them they are leaving?
Mixed emotions!
Many business owners, MDs and directors of companies have said to me “If only we could have done something to prevent that decision”? In a smaller business the chances are that little preparation or succession planning has taken place.
Read more →Up to 25% of Irish family-run companies do not have a plan in place to deal with conflict between family members according to a recent report
Read more →@StartupBallymun is holding a FREE digital business event on the 26th of October in the Civic Centre Ballymun, Dublin.
The objective of the event is to demonstrate the benefits of using a variety of cloud services and applications, which when combined, offer a competitive business model and a platform for future growth.
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Billy has gained experience of coaching methodologies, as an employee, a business coach and as a participant on change management programmes. The learning he offers can include commitment based management, feedback and consequence models as part of his work with individuals and groups.
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