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  • #92
    allaboutclicks
    Registered Users Posts: 43 ✭allaboutclicks


    Great links and info - thank you. Wish I had found this thread earlier...


  • #93
    bget
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭bget


    Hi all, I have a (what I think) is a brilliant business idea and I have done research including a thorough investigation of competitors and an online survey of potential customers and Im feeling very positive that I could move this forward and make it into a viable business. The reason I am posting here (it is possibly is the wrong place for it) is to enquire if anyone knows of funding options available for start-up businesses for people who are currently unemployed. I have looked into the CEB's and Enterprise Ireland but the business I have in mind is not one that meets their criteria.

    Would appreciate any insights or info that any of you could offer me.


  • #94
    luketitz
    Registered Users Posts: 685 ✭✭✭luketitz


    Hey bget, great to see some innovation hopefully coming to fruition. If you haven't met the criteria of EI or any incubators, you may need to go down the route of angel investment, as the banks aren't giving diddly-squat, as we all know!

    Feel free to PM me a brief overview of the idea (without giving away any obvious bits you'd be rightfully fearful of being nicked!) i.e. the market and the approx amount required, and I might be able to guide you in the right direction.

    Best of luck with it, keep us posted.


  • #95
    bget
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭bget


    Thanks luketitz!! have jus send you a private message :)


  • #96
    scotwilson
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭scotwilson


    I think there is lots of value in marketing yourself and really there are people out their with amazing ideas but they don't get off their butts and TAKE action. A small bit of pain for a whole lotta gain' is what my coach use to say to me.


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  • #97
    markymark21
    Registered Users Posts: 595 ✭✭✭markymark21


    Don't know if anyone has reccommeded these books but If anyone is thinking up starting a restaurant should have a look at these two books:

    Setting the table by Danny Meyer. This is an auto biography by the man who runs (among others) the union Square cafe in
    New York- very inspirational!

    Another one i found good was 'restaurant owners uncorked' by wil brewley. This book is brilliant. It doesn't give you the steps or procedures in a restaurant but is simply the author interviewing 20 successful restaurateurs on how they did it etc.. This book is great as all the info is straight from Proven Individuals from the industry


  • #98
    arbitrage
    Registered Users Posts: 150 ✭✭arbitrage


    Brody Sweeney (founder of O'Briens sandwitch shops) - "Making Bread".

    No BS, straight to the point and full of practical advice.


  • #99
    saggycaggy
    Registered Users Posts: 814 ✭✭✭saggycaggy


    Hi, can anyone recommend an up to date book on setting up a business in Ireland? There are so many out there at the minute. I'm literally looking for an Idiots Guide to setting up a business/Guide to being a CEO in Ireland? (It's not for me!)

    Thanks.


  • #100
    Arthur Stocky Tightrope
    Posts: 0 ✭ Arthur Stocky Tightrope


    7 years since the last post!

    I'm looking for a workbook to aid me in the creation of a business plan.

    I've had a Google, and it seems like there's nothing like that that's been printed in the last 10 years or so.


  • #101
    myNewName
    Registered Users Posts: 190 ✭✭myNewName


    Arthur Stocky Tightrope wrote: »
    7 years since the last post!

    I'm looking for a workbook to aid me in the creation of a business plan.

    I've had a Google, and it seems like there's nothing like that that's been printed in the last 10 years or so.

    Get in touch with your local enterprise office. They’ve articles and sample templates online, do regular online sessions on it, and do one to one mentoring too where you can get help on it


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  • #102
    luckypenguin
    Registered Users Posts: 14 ✭luckypenguin


    Hi all! Are there anyone here who does business on Amazon? Lots of questions, need to ask someone who already has experience and can advise me on something. I am interested in gtin in amazon. I found an article on this, if you can explain a little more - what is gtin in amazon? I've worked with google ad campaigns and I understand what it means, but there are different nuances everywhere. I would also like to know a little more about what is organic sales in amazon, if it is real.

    Post edited by luckypenguin on


  • #103
    Jane_Not His Real Name
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭Jane_Not His Real Name


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/80563454#Comment_80563454

    I remember a book I picked up at a library called 'Anyone Can Do It'..


    https://www.wob.com/en-ie/books/sahar-hashemi/anyone-can-do-it/9781841127651/GOR001201069?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=Shopping&cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=20817825064&cq_con=&cq_med=pla&cq_plac=&cq_net=x&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIuMXun8WFhQMVApRQBh3pmQs_EAQYASABEgIQ-fD_BwE



  • #104
    Jane_Not His Real Name
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭Jane_Not His Real Name


    MJ De Marco...'Unscripted'...

    Brilliant stuff for Entrepreneurs..and anyone who has an interest in making something for themselves...in any area...

    I



  • #105
    Jane_Not His Real Name
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭Jane_Not His Real Name


    Anyone read De Marco's stuff...? what ye think?



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