Last Tuesday I attended the BizSpark Innovation Accelerator in Dublin, an event organised by Microsoft Ireland in collaboration with Digital Media Forum.

The Event brought together over 200 attendees from different backgrounds but most of them  having a common goal for the day: gathering information about starting up a business.

In my opinion the event was a success as it covered everything from Licensing Agreements to HR, from Founding to PR, from research to product management to increase profitability. I firmly believe that even though the information was presented at a high level there wasn’t one person present that didn’t learn something new on the day. I know I returned with pages of notes.

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A 50% grant is available under this fund to Irish companies that wish to explore opportunities to internationalise their business. This Going Global Fund is available from Enterprise Ireland.

Who is fund available to?

The Going Global Fund is available to companies that meet the following conditions:

1. engage in an eligible service activity or manufacture in the Republic of Ireland.
2. have ten employees and/or annual turnover > €1m.

The maximum support is €50,000 grant at 50% of eligible costs. The next closing date for applications is Friday, 10th April 2009.

For more information.