Two leading entrepreneur businessmen, Jonathan Ruane from Eventovate and Leonard Moran from Ovagen, will address this year’s Enterprise Evening hosted by the Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC ) at Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology (GMIT ) Castlebar.
The event titled “Spirit of Entrepreneurship” takes place in the GMIT Castlebar campus on Thursday September 30 from 6pm to 8.30pm, during which the IiBC client companies will showcase their product offerings, allowing people to view the types of businesses formed since the opening of the centre.
Eventovate was listed on the 2010 Techcrunch Euro Top 100 (one of only three Irish companies ) and the 2010 Irish Times Tech Top 50 companies. In May 2009, Eventovate was awarded the BOI Bright Ideas Challenge Award for New Business Start Ups.
The second speaker, Leonard Moran, sold his former company BioLabs in 2002 to US group Charles River Laboratories for €25 million plus a €3 million earn out. Prior to this, Mr Moran spent eight years with the British Medical Research Council (MRC ) where he focused on clinical research and specifically breeding SPF animals. Ovagen has raised investment of €12m to date.
Both speakers will share their experiences of establishing and running a business, including the many challenges and lessons learned along the way.
“This event will give potential entrepreneurs a good understanding of what the innovation centre here offers,” said Maria Staunton, manager IiBC, GMIT Castlebar. “The purpose of the event is to provide inspiration to people which in turn will hopefully create more start-up companies in this region.”
Members of the public are invited to attend the event and admission is free. Booking is advisable as places are limited. Register your attendance either by e-mail [email protected] or telephone: 094-9043198.
