January, a busy month for directors, owner managers and managers of all types of organisations Without giving too much detail away, we are assisting in a) Writing a business plan for one client – appears late I know but …
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Billy
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Business mentor and adviser to owners of SMEs, mostly. Contributor to Irish Tech News. Searching for truth in the news.
Nearly two thirds (62%) of UK SME owners often make difficult business decisions on their own with 9% having nobody to turn to for advice
Read more →The Business Clinic – Hugh Henry, Frank McCarthy, Pamela Newenham and Billy Linehan In association with LEO Dublin City When: Friday 13 November, from 9.00am – 10.15am Where: The Learning Studio, Digital Depot, The Digital Hub, Roe Lane, Dublin …
Read more →Owners of 16 great businesses share their personal experiences of growing a company in the Capital City. This event happening in Wood Quay will be one of the first to kickstart the week of the StartUp Gathering.
Read more →Tiago is one of the new breed of entrepreneurs in Dublin City, the college he co-founded now employs 60 full-time and part-time staff, brings over 2,ooo students a year to the capital and promotes Ireland as a wonderful place to visit and study.
Read more →Hi Events for growing businesses in Dublin, Spring 2015 A couple of events in February and March in Dublin which may be of interest? If you wish to meet, to discuss your business opportunities email me or tweet @billylinehan …
Read more →Our calendar is filling up with business mentoring sessions, quality management meetings, directors and management meetings, interview panels, strategic planning sessions and having conversations for action with new clients.
Read more →As well as attending the 2014 websummit in Dublin over the next 3 days, I will be offering free #guerillamentoring to any startups who are interested. Tweet me @billylinehan so we can connect and arrange to have a coffee …
Read more →Probably one of the most intelligent sources of research on entrepreneurship that I have come across in recent years emanates from the Kaufmann Foundation based in Kansas City, USA, says Billy Linehan of Celtar
Read more →Preparing a presentation on business planning I came across the idea of a One-Hour-Business-Plan. Achieving a quality result in a short time is great for those who have huffed and puffed about starting to write a plan, and find it a daunting prospect.
Read more →Details from Enterprise Ireland on Doing business in the UK, a comprehensive list of websites and information links is below.
Read more →a list of government funded schemes and incentives aimed at supporting small and medium sized business, published by the DEJI (Irish government Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation) in January 2014.
Read more →Pricing is a fascinating area for any business, are we charging too much or too little? What will the market “bear”? How can we stand out from our competitors?
Read more →It is always a good time to look at sales, and to identify and remove obstacles that hinder the achievement of sales targets. So this month in Incite we focus on a key influencer of the sales process, yes the sales executive.
Read more →Dublin has attracted a lot of attention for Tech StartUps, but is also a hub of activity for StartUps from a range of sectors. (See list of companies below).
Despite the focus on one sector, US research quoted by Finfact.ie shows that typically 75% of high growth firms are not in the high tech sector. *
Read more →Your Business Day 2013 We have a great line-up of client speakers sharing their experiences and knowledge, some recently advised by business mentors and others trading successfully for a few years. Many of them are business award winners, or have been on Dragon’s Den, Xposé and even the Apprentice TV show.
Read more →A thought provoking piece of research on CEOs/entrepreneurs and the traits they share in common.
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There are c. 200,000 family owned businesses in Ireland.
Recently I was contacted with a query on support for family businesses, and it led me to think about the many family owned companies we work with in Celtar. The high proportion of our family business clients is not surprising.
Family owned and managed businesses have their own unique characteristics, a shared history and experience, loyalty and deep commitment.
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