What Support is Available for

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What Support is Available for Start Up
Businesses
30 June 2009 Eibhlin Curley, Assistant Chief
Executive Officer, Dublin City Enterprise Board
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• Dream, Believe, Dare...Do
• The true secret of the Disney organisation is a
  4-tiered philosophy
• that Walt Disney embraced 75 years ago
• Dream, Believe, Dare, Do. 
• It has been said that Walt was once asked what
  made him
• successful. 
• He responded that before he began any venture,
• He dreamed of things that hadn't been attempted
  before
• He examined his beliefs and values to see if an
  idea had merit
• He dared to turn his idea into reality, and
  finally
• He developed a plan to make it all happen

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The County City Enterprise Boards were set up
to meet a need, which was identified for support
targeted specifically at the micro-enterprise
sector. Established in 1993 to support small
businesses with 10 employees or fewer Dublin
City Enterprise Board Ltd funded by Department
of Enterprise Trade Employment through the EU
Structural Funds
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• Dublin City Enterprise Board 1 of 35 County
  City Enterprise Boards www.enterpriseboards.ie
• Independent Evaluation Committee
• Board of Directors
• Key feature of the County City Enterprise
  Boards
• network is that it includes
• representatives from a range of
• local interests and it has a wholly
• localised city-based focus to
• its mission.

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DCEB Aim To support micro enterprise development
in Dublin city (1 -10 employees) thus
strengthening the sustainability of local
economies to provide employment opportunities
within Dublin city
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Promote an Enterprise Culture Provide a
First Point of Contact at local level for
new and established small businesses in Dublin
City Enterprise Guide

• Single Point of Contact
• Information and Advice
• Pre-Enterprise Support
• Mentoring
• Research

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Financial Assistance

• Manufacturing and Internationally Traded Services
  
• Feasibility study
• Employment (up to 7,500 per employee)
• Capital grants and repayable grants
• Equity finance of up to 75,000 for business
  development (Redeemable Preference Shares)
• Export marketing grant 50 of cost or up to
  5,000 max
• Website grant 50 of cost up to 2,500 max

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Services Available Early Stage

• Student Enterprise Awards Enterprise Encounter
• www.studententerprise.ie
  www.businessgame.ie
• Promote entrepreneurship in Universities
  Colleges
• Ideas Generation Workshops
• Public talks - Get Started series of talks in
  Ilac Library
• Start Your Own Business Courses
• Seed Capital Tax Relief Certification

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• Mentoring
• to provide individuals/ companies
• with temporary advisers to help
• identify and overcome obstacles
• in the development stages. 
• The panel of advisers is made up
• of mature, experienced business
• people.
• Apply online 35 fee

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National Womens Enterprise Day 19 November
09 Female Entrepreneur of the Year - Role
models
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• Dublin City Female Entrepreneur 2008 Mary Ryan
  Product Innovator

2008 Dublin City Female Entrepreneur Mary Ryan,
Product Innovator
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Dublin City Enterprise Board Tel 01 635
1144 Email info_at_dceb.ie Web www.dceb.ie