A Bootstrapping entrepreneur and application developer
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A technical walk through on developing a facebook application for fun and profit. Using only open source tools Chris will take an idea through the steps involved in developing a working facebook application
Owner of Grow Sales Online - helping businesses promote themselves, develop new online product offerings and generally embrace technology.
Part of the team organising BizCamp Newry!
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How traditional businesses can cash in on the success and growth of the Tech sector
Video Production, Film editing, Commercial Video , Radio Voice Over Artist, M.C. Disco entertainment provider.
25 years experience in radio from Downtown Radio to Radio Ulster and BBC local radio inn England as well as 15 of those years in Southern Irish stations.
Donagh set up his production company two years ago
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The increasing use of video in business promotion and it's growing importance as providing perfect web content
Originally from Wales, Michael trained and worked as a mechanical engineer until 1999. During this time he studied cognitive psychology, clinical hypnotherapy and NLP. After which, he began working with business owners and their teams in order to implement strategies to improve their efficiency, motivation, productivity, add value, increase market share, profitability, etc. Michael now spends his time helping businesses maximise their potential and create exciting yet achievable future goals. He does this via: one-to-one business coaching sessions; guest speaking at key business events/seminars, and his range of online workbooks and programs.
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2010 New Year's Resolution: increase profits by 62%
In these time of economic doom, gloom and recession, everyone is saying that "flat" is the new "up" and therefore businesses maintaining sales are doing really well. However as it's more about profitability rather than turnover in the end, Mike Fountain will demonstrate how you can increase the profitability of your business by 62% - even in the current economic climate.
Co-Found of niftynosh.com, a website for ordering great food online from local takeaways and restaurants. Conceived in Newry, born in Belfast and taking its' first steps into England and Scotland.
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Customer profiling - the importance of really knowing who your customers are and how that knowledge shapes how you run your business. Plus any other interesting stuff that might happen between now and then...
Bafta nominated designer of almost 10 years, Alan O’Rourke founded and runs one of Irelands leading Digital Agencies Spoiltchild.com.
Specialising in web design and email marketing Alan runs two very successful online web services finetuna.com and Toddle.com.
Clients include Jet Blue, Virgin America, Eircom, RTE, safefood and National Galleries of Scotland.
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Landing Page Optimization.
Your marketing is great.
Visitor numbers are huge.
I show you how to convert those to sales when they land on your site.
Founder/Director Wee Man Studios and Owner McGarry Consulting. Know a little about funding, business plans, etc and learning a lot about iPhone, mobile games, and exciting world of NI creative industries
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Wee Man Studios - Growing a Business in NI and Competing in Global Mobile Apps
Co-founder of Media Lightbox, an award winning online file storage and sharing system. www.medialightbox.com is designed for companies and organizations that need to securely access images, documents, presentations, video, audio etc online 24/7.
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Building a business from scratch to compete internationally. The world's a big place so where do I start?
Run web content agency Own Brand Media and blog about innovation and new business ideas at Iddictive.com. Talk to me about digital publishing or interesting projects you've got on the go.
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Making money from online content - interesting business models for turning good ideas into profitable digital publishing projects
If there's free time, I can talk about the importance of collaborative networks in achieving business, export potential and marketing yourself on a global scale.
CEO & Founder of MatchMedia Ireland Ltd.A Sports technology company based in Belfast.As well as being a CEO i am also a Husband, Dad,a trainer,communicator,discontinuous innovator,tennis coach and 'Dragon Slayer'
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I have spent nearly two yrs in the 'Start Up' stage -but I am sick of being a 'start up' so I did something about it.I have just taken a round of private equity funding,fought with Invest NI,started a new company,got some fabulous offices,turned my crazy ideas into reality,got some punters to buy and use my products.I am keen to share this story and answer some questions Funding? Motivation? Innovation? Communication?
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Plse Call 0044 7860 196091
Founder of mobile loyalty startup, Datasentiment, and also one of the web dev team for Learning Pool. I've been involved in the software industry for the last twenty two years in development, supply chain and other little guises.
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The stories and theories of setting up a mobile startup in Northern Ireland.
Team Building Facilitator, Experiential Educator, Adventure Enthusiast and Managing Director of The Adventure Team - love social media for business!
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I think every business type should have some sort of presence on the internet; that's in addition to their website!
In one year of business we have generated over 100 direct and indirect bookings through social media sites! Not bad for a new SME!
Want to hear my thoughts and ideas?
Paul is a freelance developer, marketer and entreupreneur (in that order) and runs a small business called Webdistortion.
He has a passion for the web, internet marketing and all things digitial. He commonly writes bio's like this in the third person, as a way to distract from writing about himself.
He likes Tayto Crisps (Prawn and Cocktail) - and his lucky number is 22. Any other questions ask his twitter account.
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Simple steps to grow your website from 0 to 1000 a day.
Currently a partner in a highly creative studio based in belfast Called Paperjam, Specialising in Branding, Corporate Identity Advertising and Marketing. Carrying out work North and South of the Border
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What makes a good brand / Why is a brand more than a bit of clipart.
I am a girl who is passionate about good design, business and gadgets and would like meet others like me. Currently working in the Ulster Tatler magazine as a designer, I enjoy designing, writing and interested in the idea of blogging.
Marketing Mentor/Coach. Specialising in 'word of mouth marketing' for micro, small and medium businesses. As well as humanising business through brand communications.
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I can speak about how to 'become a credible/trusted business in the eyes of your target market by amplifying 'word of mouth into marketing that works and creates demand from the market for the long term'.
Karen specialises in providing motivational and career development coaching to entrepreneurs, executives, career changers and individuals coping with redundancy. She is a professionally accredited coach (Association for Coaching) with training and expertise in psychometric testing, emotional intelligence and cognitive behavioural psychology. Karen works with clients on personal and work-related issues to achieve meaningful goals and disolve blocks to change. She is a passionate coach and dynamic trainer and can deliver inspirational presentations on time management, building resilience and optimism, presentation skills and selling with emotional intelligence.
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Strategies for maintaining optimism in challenging times
I run Cube Online Marketing a Search Optimisation Company in Dublin.
I have been building my own network of holiday web sites for the last four years and offer SEO services to SME's in Ireland and the UK.
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I would like to speak about SEO for established web businesses and will use one web site as an example of increasing web traffic with only on site changes.
Or, up to the organisers, I would like to speak about starting to earn money online. This has been prompted by unemployment by so many people recently. How to put up a web site for less than €100 and then how to make a little money from it.
My plan is to do good things with good people and good technology. Done lots of stuff on big websites with Gerry McGovern. Currently looking to match good local web content with mobile application developers.
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Tradelinks programme - get your innovative idea some expert help for free!
An entrepreneurial sort that has started 5 businesses in the past 11 years, some succeeded, some didn't.
"I started out with nothing and still got most of it left".
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Musing about: 10 reasons why you shouldn't start a business.
A passion for food and culture led my husband, Sarajit Chanda and I to travel to many countries around the world before we met in Sydney in 1999.
I had lived and worked in Ireland, France, Italy and Spain, and travelled through South East Asia on her way to Australia. Sarajit had learned his trade in his native Bangladesh before moving to Calcutta, India where he learned North Indian cuisine. In Sydney he worked under a master of South Indian cuisine who taught him the alchemy of spices.
When we moved to Dublin in 2001, I managed an Italian restaurant while Sarajit worked as head chef at Tribeca in Ranelagh. Here his fascination with world food reached its peak. He spent many hours on- and off-duty with chefs from all over the globe, as well as with his textbooks, learning dishes from various countries. His repertoire extended to Lebanese Mezze, Spanish Paella, Italian rustic dishes, French seafood, Thai curries and many more besides.
In 2003, I managed Mint Restaurant in Ranelagh- a well-known restaurant in fine dining circles- from its opening stages to the attainment of great acclaim. In 2005, we decided we had enough experience under our belts to open our first restaurant.
Our research led us to Ardee, Co. Louth. There we saw a gap in the market for a mid-range, family restaurant that offered people the chance to taste flavours from around the world.
In July 2005, we opened Fuchsia House Restaurant on the Northern edge of the town.
We started off with a comparatively conservative menu and introduced new dishes through ouir specials board. Popular demand led us to incorporate many of these into our menu, which today includes Indonesian Chicken Satay, Lebanese Mezze, Thai Red Beef Curry, Indian Curries, Italian Stuffed Chicken rolled in Pancetta, gourmet New York-style Burgers and locally-produced Angus Steak.
In July 2006, Fuchsia House received a rave review from Tom Doorley, restaurant critic with The Irish Times, who included it is his gastro-tour of Ireland in August of the same year and in his favourite 20 restaurants outside Dublin in June 2008. Tom Doorley described it as “outstanding... service is utterly charming, and you will leave feeling better in every sense”.
Every year since that Tom Doorley has included Fuchsia House in his annual publication of his favourite restaurants in the Irish Times.
In 2006 it also received the Georgina Campbell Award and the Bridgestone Award, and many other favorable reviews.
Fuchsia House is an unexpected gem on the outskirts of a provincial town and one that the locals are proud to call their own.
The explosion in itspopularity of meant that we often found ourselves turning away business. Demand for our curries was becoming so great that the kitchen found itself under strain during peak times. We set about looking for premises where they could open an Indian takeaway. When the opportunity arose right on our doorstep in 2007, it was too good to turn down. In July 2007, we opened Indish Indian Takeaway. In our first week we sold out every night.
Indish is based on the simple principles of freshness and authenticity. The open kitchen allows the customers to see their food being cooked to order. The food is not compromised “to suit the Irish palette” as is often the case. Instead people who are new to Indian food are advised by well-trained, helpful staff to start with something mild and they progress through the spectrum on each visit. Advice is also available for allergies and special requirements.
Irish Times food writer Marie-Claire wrote in April 2008 that the food is so good it would merit the delivery fee to Dublin!
The fact that Indian food was becoming a staple in many homes led people to suggest that we should sell the sauces separately so that they could use it to make a quick family dinner.
The recession upped the ante somewhat on this idea. No only are people cooking at home more, they are also looking for nutritious products at fair prices. The word "foodie" has come to mean a keen shopper who is interested in culinary matters and nutrition, rather than gourmet or lavish.
We are now in the process of launching a range of sauces with the tag-line "real food for real foodies". We currently have 4 curry sauces in our range which is called Aruna. However we would see ourselves extending this to include other popular sauces such as pesto and our soy & ginger salad dressing in the next few years.
Our branded product will be ready for the commercial market in March. We are now looking at solutions for packaging such as cases and giftpack presentation. We are also deciding which route to choose with regard to distribution. We need to extend our shelflife while keeping this a totally natural product. We hope to begin to business with mutiples before the end of this year.
If anyone thinks that we can work together on any of these issues, please come and talk to me!
Business Coach and Chartered Accountant
Trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming related to business.
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Attracting your Ideal Client/Customer
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Bio
I am a songwriter and Music Publisher, Blue Piano Publishing. I have been working freelance in media education for over ten years. I recently established the Northern Irleand Music Foundation to inform songwriters and tradtitional muisicians about their rights. I have an interest in IP, copyright and music licensing.
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The digital revolution and how it will affect copyright.
With my sister Caroline having her M.L.M. Hub in New York, I saw how she grew it from 10 Independant Representatives to over 900 her business is now in 15 C0untries and growing so I started my M.L.M Hub in Newry in August 09 and the growth has been fantastic. We are in the Wellness and Net working Industry which as the famous Author Paul Zane Pilzer quoted over the next 10 years the U.S. economy will create 20 million New Millionaires.
Two of the strongest emerging industries where this growth will occur are wellness and Network Marketing
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Multi Level Marketing, how when the right product and company is in place any one with a will to succeed can with proper training and support, we show you how.
Originally from England, I am a qualified Chartered Surveyor by profession, but with over 20 years of experience with the internet (my dissertation was all about interactive training for surveyors using the forerunner to html). After graduation I worked in London as a surveyor and designed my first website in 1992 for a property company. In 1999 I took a career break to set up an online internet retail business selling "Inflated Balloons". I grew this business and then in 2006 I moved to Northern Ireland (family reasons) but had to stop selling the balloons as they would burst in the post.
So I looked for something else to do and set up Elevated Aspects (ElevatedAspects.com) - aerial photography and video from the ground.
I also still keep my hand in on the internet side of things, and have a couple of sites I am launching this year including NIOffers.com, TandrageeOnline.com and another offering a simple, cost effective method of selling online.
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My experiences and lessons I learnt from running an internet retail business for over 7 years.
How I built the business up BEFORE social networking was invented!
And a little bit about Elevated Aspects and NI Offers.
Director - Strand Business Solutions - A few examples of what we do - Assisting organisations to attain EHS and quality third party accreditation
Developing software user friendly audit and inspection systems
Carrying out assessments of the clients risk/threat management systems, loss mitigation methodology, accident/incident emergency (and recovery) procedures, fire fighting/management systems/procedures
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Would like to discuss our current developments with our software partners Sensible Networks on our software based intelligent, audits, risk assessment and method statements systems
Giving clients the option of carrying out these activities at the point/place of work - the system will automatically guide the users with intellectual/smart responses and if necessary generates documentation -Using tablet PC option-Using PDA on site and also with the option of separate barcode scanner, PDA With integrated barcode scanner or phone with barcode capabilities
A varied career of 30 years stirring the grey porridge of IT, including sales, marketing and business, the last 9 of which have been spent building the tech infrastructure of Ediets Europe, through its acquisition by Tesco to become Head of IT for Tescodiets. Now baking the unsavoury souffle of freelance consultancy.
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How to Stop Techies Taking Your New Business Idea and Beating it to Death with Clubs
Saving money saving the planet
if i can do this at 10am please as i have to leave by 11 - if not i totally understand
Talks
Talks will start at 10am in the morning and run right through to 4.30pm leaving us time to thank everyone involved on the day. Talks take the format of 20 minutes presentation and 10 minutes Q&A.
Talks
Talks
Talks will start at 10am in the morning and run right through to 4.30pm leaving us time to thank everyone involved on the day. Talks take the format of 20 minutes presentation and 10 minutes Q&A.