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“The economic downturn should not deter people from starting their own business”, that’s according to three of the top entrepreneurs in the country.

An opportunity is being offered to 60 enterprising women who are serious about extending their business to participate in Going for Growth — a unique support to women entrepreneurs.

Women are more likely to become entrepreneurs if they personally know other women entrepreneurs, according to new research from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. This fact is now being seized on by organisers of National Women’s Enterprise Day taking place in Limerick later this month which will showcase the stories of five female entrepreneurs in an effort to help boost the number of women setting up their own businesses in Ireland.

A €10,000 cash prize is on offer to local entrepreneurs in a new competition aimed at encouraging entrepreneurship and rewarding local enterprise.

Enterprise Ireland is calling for entrepreneurs with the vision and capability to build high-growth scalable businesses in the medical devices sector to take part in an exciting idea generation and networking event to be held in Castlebar at the end of September.

Supposedly a nation brimming with entrepreneurs, Ireland has for years enjoyed the benefits of clever original-thinkers who have succeeded in turning bright ideas into successful businesses both nationally and globally. The shifting sands of time however that has lobbed obstacles of all kinds into the paths of our go-ahead people from reduced credit access to upwards-only rent review policies is inspiring many borne down with the stresses and strains of keeping their companies alive to be more creative than ever. Thus it is that a new trend is emerging in entrepreneurship altering its very foundations, whereby instead of working for themselves, entrepreneurs are now working for others.

Entrepreneurs, innovators and people with ideas in the West region are invited to get involved as both speakers and learners for an upcoming conference with a difference.

Budding entrepreneurs have been benefiting from an enterprise-training programme at GMIT Castlebar which has been helping local business projects get off the ground and generate future employment potential.

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The 2010 Entrepreneurship Forum, aimed at new innovative companies and individuals with business ideas, will be held in the Galway Technology Centre on Tuesday May 25 from 4pm to 7pm.