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Last week, a significant milestone was reached for the startup communities of Galway and Gradignan, France, as Mayor Michel Labardin of Gradignan and Mary Rodgers, CEO of The PorterShed, signed an agreement establishing an innovative “Passport” system for tech startups.

The CEO of Galway Chamber, Kenny Deery, yesterday (Wednesday) morning declared his intention to run as an Independent candidate for Galway City Council in the upcoming local elections. Mr Deery will add his name to the ballot paper in the Galway City West constituency, bringing an end to weeks of speculation following his shock decision not to seek an extension to his current contract with the Chamber, when it ends in early summer.

The Small Firms Association (SFA) National Small Business Awards 2024 had been officially launched in September by Awards Patron, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD. 2024 marks the twentieth anniversary of this prestigious awards programme which celebrates the achievements of small businesses in Ireland and recognises the vital contribution of the SME community to the Irish economy.

PorterShed, a leading co-working space and innovation hub in Galway, has won the prestigious Enterprise and Start-up Hub Award at the 2023 All Ireland Community and Council Awards.

Galway’s PorterShed has supported the creation of 835 high-value sustainable jobs and hosted 1,200 events in only five years, a report to be unveiled this morning (Thursday) will declare.

We all like to do our bit for charity when we can, but how many of us would be willing to jump out of a plane to help a good cause?

With marts unable to operate as normal this year, technology is helping farmers to run their businesses while saving both time and money.

Galway and the west of Ireland have become a hotbed for entrepreneurial activity in recent years. In fact, you may not know it but the word “entrepreneur” was coined by an Irishman from the Wild Atlantic Way. Richard Cantillon, born in the coastal town of Ballyheigue, County Kerry, came up with the first known definition of an entrepreneur in the business sense in his French book “Essai”. He defined entrepreneurs as “non-fixed income earners who pay known costs of production but earn uncertain incomes, due to the speculative nature of pandering to an unknown demand for their product”. Would you believe that Cantillon’s definition is from 1730, nearly three hundred years ago? It could have been written just yesterday.

Gardeners are good at nurturing. I suppose it comes with having a great patience, a desire to believe in the capacity of the fruit and plants they tend, a gut feeling that with the proper conditions, they will deliver. The right amount of photosynthesis, the right amount of care, the right amount of gut feeling.

Hard to believe it’s been six months since Portershed opened — it is as if it has been there forever as it has delivered so much innovation and motivation to its users. It is home to some great motivational speakers.This week Portershed was thrilled to welcome back Professor Bob Rosenberg for an eagerly anticipated discussion on money — your fantasies and fears, what it’s worth, where it comes from, and why a pound of flesh can look like a bargain.