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Jun 16, 2021 Here are some habits you can add to your routine to get you to a better place and make work a bit less miserable. Practice Gratitude.You don’t have to be “thankful just to have a job” like your mom keeps on telling you but you should be more grateful. Performance coach Keith Hodges says to try and simply “be thankful for the opportunity to perform at a high level every day.” This mindset will bring some much-needed positivity back into your life. Stay Competitive.Start ma...

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar launches Enterprise Ireland’s €1m Competitive Start Fund Deirdre Lyons, CEO of Examfly, a previous winner of the Competitive Start Fund Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar TD, has invited entrepreneurs to apply for Enterprise Ireland’s €1m Competitive Start Fund (CSF), which is now open for applications from ambitious founders of early-stage startups. Enterprise Ireland would l...

Una Kearns brings 30 years’ experience working in Silicon Valley to her e-health start-up based in Dublin 29th January, 2021 Una Kearns, founder and chief executive of myPatientSpace: ‘I’ve always been fascinated by the intersection of healthcare and technology.’ Picture: Fergal Phillips Tech executive Una Kearns is applying lessons learned over the course of a 30-year career in Silicon Valley to myPatientSpace, an e-health venture she has co-founded in Dublin. Kearns es...

22nd December 2020 - Damien English TD Fifteen women entrepreneurs supported by the Competitive Start Fund (CSF) have commenced an online business accelerator programme delivered by Dublin Business Innovation Centre. The CSF is managed by Enterprise Ireland, an agency of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The ambitious entrepreneurs are taking part in the 12-week ‘Innovate’ programme which is designed to mentor and help participants to get their start-ups investor-ready whi...

15 women-led start-ups awarded Competitive Start funding 11 Dec 20201.27k Views From left: Michael Culligan of Dublin BIC, Aisling Kirwan from Positive Carbon, Jenny Melia of Enterprise Ireland and Minister Damien English, TD. Image: Maxwell Photography As well as receiving funding from Enterprise Ireland, these start-ups will join a 12-week online accelerator programme led by Dublin BIC. Enterprise Ireland has awarded 15 women-led start-ups with up to €50,000 in funding each. The...