Enterprise Week is now in full flow.

Last night (2nd October) our ’Enterprise Exhibition’ event took place in the Rivercourt Hotel, and it really was an expo of all of the agencies that provide support to small business, along with a wide range of local business member and network organisations, exhibiting their wares under one roof.  

We thought it would be useful that in conjunction with having all of the agencies exhibiting, that we would also have some case studies presented by real life entrepreneurs who have recently set-up in business.

Each one of the hundreds of clients supported by the Kilkenny CEB over the past 14 years have their own interesting story to tell.  And the 2 entrepreneurs we invited - Joy Moore, Oldtown Hill Bakehouse based in Tullaroan and Tom Byrnes, Pack Publishing, based in Castlecomer – gave a very open and frank acount of why they went into business, how they got their idea, where they get their motivation, what obstacles they have encountered along the way and so on.

The large gathering attending the event (including the agency staff) certainly found their stories to be extremely interesting, with many of the issues raised by both entrepreneurs resonating with the many other current and budding entrepreneurs in the audience. And Joy and Tom received a lot of interest/comment/questions at their stands following their presentations.

Overall there was a great buzz at the event, with each of the exhibitors being kept busy with the level of interest generated by the attendees.

To get details of the rest of the programme for the week - www.spiritofenterprise.ie

Sean.

www.kceb.ie