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DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EXPORTS
DEVELOPMENT THROUGH EXPORTS: Ireland is a tiny market and if you want your company to continue on a growth path you need to look at the most attractive export markets in the EU and beyond. This paper highlights 9 fundamental export considerations, taken from a presentation; Development through Exports, by Frank Fitzpatrick. An experienced entrepreneur,…
6 BUSINESS BASICS
Every business deserves to be run efficiently, effectively, ethically, and profitability. And understanding the following 6 Business Basics is essential for managerial competence. 1] CONCEPT: With so many business; books, degrees, courses, professors, advisers, consultants, etc., it is easy to think that the business concept is very complicated. Well, thankfully, it’s not. Basically, the business…
A NEW DAWN: FEMALE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
When Julie Sinnamon, CEO of Enterprise Ireland, recently launched a €1m Female Entrepreneurship Fund I was reminded of when I lectured at Dublin City University(DCU) in New Enterprise Development and Marketing Management. The New Enterprise Development course had a fairly even split between male and female students, and the overriding memory I have of the female students is their limited…
TWO STEPS TO SUCCESS
TWO STEPS TO SUCCESS: If you even begin to answer the following two questions your business is on the path to becoming more; efficient, effective, and profitable. How many ways can we increase revenue without disproportionately increasing cost? How many ways can we reduce cost without reducing quality? The answer to the first question lies in…
WHY BREXIT IS HAPPENING
Recently I happened to be waiting for a colleague outside the British Parliament when three people carrying placards approached. The placards read:BRITANNIA GREATEST TRADING NATION: BREXIT MAKING BRITAIN GREAT AGAIN: and WE’RE TAKING OUR COUNTRY BACK. When they passed, to wherever they were going, the messages reverberated in my head and I felt I had just witnessed a microcosm…
HOW TO MINIMISE THE BREXIT GAMBLE
THE FOOD SECTOR: The other day I had a coffee with the marketing director of a long established Irish food exporter. We were chatting about Brexit and the decline in the value of Sterling and I was astonished when he said; “Ah, we’ve been here before, things will work out.” He was referring to the last…
HOW HARVARD PROFESSOR SAVED IRISH BUSINESS
Actually, the header should read; ‘How Harvard Professor Saved My Irish business?’ Or to be more precise; ‘The 8 Questions That Michael Porter Asked Me That Saved My Irish Business’. Let me explain; I was a few months into my Master’s Business Degree and surprisingly I still hadn’t come across Professor Michael Porter. Then one Saturday…