Here’s a great article by Michael Arrington in TechCrunch quoting Yossi Vardi, Theodore Roosevelt & Chris Dixon on Start up entrepreneurs. If you are that start up founder, contact Noone Casey so we can walk with you.

Original article here

I’ve written many times before about the difference between a true startup founder and, well, everyone else. Israeli investor Yossi Vardi often quotes Theodore Roosevelt in a 1910 speech about “The Man In The Arena“: Continue Reading

VHI have announced that they will be increasing the premiums on their Plans by up to 45%.

Increases on their Individual Plans will come into effect on 1st February 2011 Continue Reading

A new €7 million fund is encouraging academics to turn research into jobs by bringing new products and services to market.  Continue Reading

Irish companies are set to discard the UK accounting rules they have been moored to for decades and adopt an international accounting code – the IFRS – for small and medium sized businesses. Continue Reading

A new portal website, www.procurement.ie, is aiming to make it easier to find information on procurement opportunities in Ireland. Continue Reading

The government has launched a new scheme to help Irish SMEs take advantage of the growing civil security sector. Continue Reading

The European Payment Services Directive took effect on 1 November 2009. It removes many of the risks associated with paying by direct debit.

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Bank of Ireland has launched a new €26m fund to invest in start-up and early stage companies. In addition the fund will go to support patent and patent-pending projects within Irish universities.

This fund is part of a 5 year Enterprise Ireland seed and venture capital programme. The fund will focus on technology, food and financial services sectors, which are export based.