Waterford City
Enterprise Board’s ‘Fresh Start’ seminar at the Tower Hotel last Thursday
attracted a large and enthusiastic audience of budding entrepreneurs.
Over 90
attendees listened to start up advice from Mary Doherty of Granny Maddox and
Sean Egan of Sean Egan Artglass, and information on how to best develop an idea
into a business from Liam Murphy of the Department of Social Protect and Ciaran
Cullen, CEO, Waterford City Enterprise Board.
An inspiring and
enlightening hour was provided by entrepreneur Sean Gallagher. Anecdotes,
advice and encouragement was the theme of his talk, explaining that positivity
and hard work is essential to success. “Surround yourself with like-minded
positive people and avoid those who will bring negative elements into your
life”, said the former Dragon.
Following a
morning of uplifting speeches Ciaran Cullen was delighted with the event,
“There was a great atmosphere in the room, principally supplied by Sean Gallagher’s
presence and encouragement. You could tell that the audience were taking it all
in. I was encouraged by both the number of attendees and the volume of
interaction, especially during the Q&A session, it was really heartening.”
“We are planning
a number of ‘Start your own business’ courses over the coming months and this
morning we filled at least one of these courses”, Ciaran added.
Waterford
City Enterprise Board offers support services for start-up and existing SME’s
in Waterford
city. If you have a new business idea or are running a business that requires
assistance you can contact the Enterprise Board by phoning Celia on 051-852883
or logging on to www.waterfordceb.com.
As part of the
National Student Enterprise Awards Waterford City Enterprise Board brought
entrepreneur Sean Gallagher to the Tower Hotel to speak to over 300 transition
year students on the topic of enterprise and starting your own business. 
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