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USEFUL ADVICE
FOR START-UPS

	Always have some business cards on hand when you are at events or workshops. It’s important also to show interest and ask questions about other peoples’ businesses because then they will be more likely to be curious about your own business

	Make sure you have a ‘pitch’ that will sell the benefits of your services and demonstrate how unique they can. Establish your unique selling point and decide what makes you stand out from the rest. Then tell everybody the benefits of your product or service

	It’s really important that you are organised when you start a new business. It is imperative to always keep on top of paper work, tax returns, meetings, and deadlines, and to ensure that you are in constant contact with clients and customers

	Take time out of your busy schedule to de-stress, relax, and exercise. Separate work life from your personal life. It can be hard to juggle the two but there needs to be strict time out from work to relax. Healthy life is a healthy business

NEW START-UPS: JUNE ISSUE

Irish Entrepreneur gives the lowdown on some innovative start–ups! See our fundamentals of entrepreneurship section on Creating Enterprise through Self Employment

TAKING ON BEBO

Only Irish social networking website goes up against Bebo.

Jer Jacobsson, Managing Director, nimble.ie

Launched in March, new Irish social networking website, nimble.ie, promises more entertaining features than any of its current competitors. Taking on the established website Bebo, nimble.ie originated as a student project from the Dublin Institute of Technology.

CONNECTING PEOPLE

The website connects people through networks of friends accompanied by online entertainment such as movie reviews, game reviews, links to other Internet sites, blogs, jokes, pictures, videos, and hot or not images. Nimble offers a way of creating and updating your own page on the website. In the coming months the start up hopes to establish itself as an innovative company where new ideas and concepts are at the centre of the organisation. To do this, nimble plans to continuously re-invent itself to keep a user base which constantly demands new and more exciting entertainment and communication functionality.

FUTURE GENERATION

As part of research carried out before the launch of the nimble website, hundreds of Bebo users were surveyed to find out what they thought about the Bebo website. They were asked what they liked about the website, what they didn’t like and what they would like to see on such a website in the future. This feedback effectively turned nimble into a second generation social networking website.

ELIMINATING BARRIERS AND BORDERS TO BUSINESS

One Stop Shop handles all import and export issues for companies

Crannagh & Co are an international trade and business servicing import and export markets. Advisors focus on trade issues in both International and European customs and trade. They will look after import and export taxes such as customs, excise duties and export licensing. The firm has expertise in compliance, risk-management and cost-savings and is based in Cavan and Dublin. They also have associate offices throughout Europe and the US. This network of advisors both at home and abroad helps them provide solutions to international trade and customs requirements. The firm liaise with your in-house or external attorneys, brokers and financial and tax personnel to offer a customised service to suit specific business needs.

Founders and directors of the firm, Michelle and Carol Lynch, have a wealth of experience tucked under their belts. Carol Lynch is former head of KPMG Ireland trade and custom practice, and Michelle Lynch has over 20 years experience in the field of US-Irish business and trade law.

So if your company is importing into, trading in or exporting out of the EU, Crannagh & Co could make the proccess a whole lot easier.

MEMORIES IN A BOX

A customised service for home movie lovers

Sample DVD box from Picturebox

Camcorders have become a common accessory in the household with families and friends recording moments now which they will look back on in the future. In order to get rid of the hassle of having to then plug a camcorder into a television or use adapters to view the movie through a VCR, start up company Picturebox have made this process easier and more enjoyable.

CUSTOMISED DVD

Picturebox take the highlights of your home movie footage, along with still photographs, completed with a soundtrack of your choice and compile it into a DVD presentation in a custom designed box. Each of the DVD’s can be organised into chapters and have customised menu screens making a unique montage from your most precious moments and memories.

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ABC Audited Circulation - 14,276 January to June 2005
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