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Origin Bars chief executive Niall Harty Accelerator programme champions a strong media strategy and interpreting data analytics
  • March 7, 2017

Week four of the AIB Start-up Academy focused on the importance of formulating a media and PR strategy and measuring the online data analytics available to the 14 start-up finalists

I want the finalists to think about their customer first, and build their social activity on that basis so they can really make it relevant and engaging for their customer A masterclass in social media: making digital work for your company
  • February 20, 2017

Social media experts Roisin Glynn and Felicity McCarthy took a deep dive into social media for week two of the AIB Start-up Academy

AIB Start-up Summit winner Mark Rowe of Dynomed (centre) with the three business panalists: rubgy player, David Wallace; Gráinne Dwyer, CEO of the Ludgate Hub in Skibbereen and Tom Durcan of Durcan Meats in Cork’s English Market Start-up Summit Cork: know your market and learn to tell your story
  • February 1, 2017

The second leg of the AIB Start-up Academy Summits brought its focus to Cork to hear from pitchers and experts on how to make your business succeed

New contacts: Nobody is going to know what you do unless you tell them, so networking is key to getting the message of your business out there. Fine art of business networking for start-ups
  • January 27, 2017

The success of your enterprise depends on fostering a culture of making contacts

“A patent protects an invention and an invention is generally a technical solution to a technical problem.” Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto Patent protection for start-ups: what you need to know
  • January 6, 2017

Applications cost about €5,000 but will keep your idea protected for up to 20 years

Ciara Garvan of Workjuggle, MC Gráinne Seoige, and Emer Cooney of Hydrasure The Start-up Summit: Six smart ways to keep your business plan on track
  • January 24, 2017

The AIB Start-Up Summit kick-started its Irish tour in Galway with some great business thinking

Chupi Sweetman-Durney My start-up life: jewellery designer Chupi Sweetman-Durney
  • December 2, 2016

Award-winning designer says ‘from very early on I was doomed to run a creative company’

Your Leo may advise if you are eligible for the Trading Online Voucher Scheme with vouchers of up to €2,500 available. Where to go for funding and support for your start-up
  • October 28, 2016

There is a wealth of information and money available from State and private sources

Soundwave founders Brendan O’Driscoll, Craig Watson and Aidan Sliney: Their app tracks what songs people are listening to on their smartphones. Lesson plan: How we built the app Spotify bought
  • October 28, 2016

Brendan O’Driscoll tells us where the idea for music-sharing app Soundwave started

Lisa Hughes: Spending too much money is a really bad idea. Start small, and test. Photograph: Conor Mulhern Lesson plan: is it too early to think of marketing my start-up?
  • September 26, 2016

Business coach Lisa Hughes on why marketing has to stay at the very top of your agenda

(Left to right) Isolde Johnson and Sarah O’Connor: Our next goal was to grow as quickly as possible. Every business wants to be bigger, because with most businesses (food especially) you are chasing volume in order to hit profitability and ultimately be viable How to get your product on to supermarket shelves
  • June 5, 2015

Cools Beans founders Sarah and Isolde on developing relationships with buyers

“Pop-ups for gaining email subscribers are so important but remember to offer an actual incentive, such as a competition, and don’t ask for much information,” says Seth Smith, founder of Bachelor’s Box Five things we wish we had known before starting up
  • November 6, 2015

Entrepreneurs share their advice on how to avoid making the same mistakes they did

Ask your staff to take an online marketing topic and make themselves an expert within a month. You’ll soon find you have relevant information on key online marketing topics. Photograph: Sergey Nivens/Getty Images/iStockphoto Boosting the online presence of your start-up
  • September 4, 2015

Maximise your resources and stretch your budget in innovative ways to get noticed

Sarah O’Connor and Isolde Johnson, founders of the Cool Bean Company. Photograph: Dara Munnis Cool Beans cofounders on being overworked but loving it
  • October 2, 2015

Owners of successful start-up explain how to cope as you get your business off the ground

University of Texas Austin campus: students at the university and from Dublin are coming together later this month to take part in a unique international student-focused start-up event for social enterprises How to create a socially conscious start-up
  • June 11, 2015

An event in Dublin this month aims to help Irish and American students who are interested in setting up social enterprises based on the UN Millennium Development Goals

Academy News

Izzy Wheels founder Ailbhe Keane: start-up that creates a range of customised spoke guards for wheelchairs was the second runner-up at the AIB Start-up Academy AIB Start-up Academy: Frankman and Izzy Wheels named runners-up
Ostoform wins AIB Start-up Academy 2017 Ostoform wins AIB Start-up Academy 2017
Ostoform In their own words: the AIB Start-up Academy finalists
The AIB Start-up Academy in association with The Irish Times. Photograph: Conor Mulhern The business of success: seven finalists on their start-up journey
Oisin Hanrahan: One of the best pieces of advice I’ve received was ‘focus on the people’ My start-up: Handy – changing the way people buy services
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