It is an attempt to establish recognized, open and regular meeting places where entrepreneurs can meet with investors (and anyone else who fancies coming along) in a totally informal setting. The key is a regular place and a regular time - it's not important who comes along, some days it might be no one - just that people know if they want to meet, this is the time and this is the place.
‘Marketing on a shoestring’ will be the topic of February’s Mayo Open Coffee Club meeting on Wednesday, February 8th, in the Harlequin Hotel, Castlebar, at 6pm – and a special invite has been extended to people already in business or planning to start a business.
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Happy New Year to you all from the MOCC Team. To get you all off to a new start, the January’s MOCC will take place on Wednesday 11th January at 11am in the Harlequin Hotel, Castlebar where the facilitator for the first month of the year will be Tracey Glacken from Glacken Accountants (http://www.glackenaccountants.com/) who will focus on the “Budget 2012 and the key implications for start ups and small businesses”.
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December’s Mayo Open Coffee Club Meeting will take place on Wednesday, December 7th, in the Harlequin Hotel, Castlebar, at 11am, and there will be a distinctly Christmas feel to the event.
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On Wednesday 2nd November at 11am Helena Deane talked about Opportunities in the Irish Public Sector.
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Please see some photo’s from our September MOCC Networking Event which was co-hosted by Network Mayo, Mayo Open Coffee Club and the CISNET Creative Industries Network, and was held as part of Mayo Ideas Week. They offer a series of idea generation and entrepreneurship events, hosted by business and enterprise support organisations in Co. Mayo.
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December’s MOCC Meeting will take place on Wednesday 7nd December at 11am in the HARLEQUIN HOTEL, CASTLEBAR and this month we will be focusing on Grant Aid and Finance.
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November’s MOCC Meeting will take place on Wednesday 2nd November at 11am in the HARLEQUIN HOTEL, CASTLEBAR and this month we will be focusing on the Public Procurement Process. Annually the market for public procurement in the EU amounts to approx €1800 billion. The opportunities in Ireland and the UK alone are worth approximately €190 billion a year. This represents a huge market potential. The public sector’s buying needs are wide ranging offering opportunities to all business sectors. Public contracts offer guaranteed payment. Public sector clients demand high standards giving companies a future competitive edge.
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This is to advise that the regularly scheduled MOCC Meeting for Wednesday 5th October has been CANCELLED due to the last meeting being so late in September.
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Several hundred people are expected to attend the GMIT “Spirit of Entrepreneurship” event in GMIT Castlebar on Monday 19th September to hear about funding sources and supports for start-ups.
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The next meeting of the Mayo Open Coffee Club will take place on Wednesday, July 7th, in GMIT’s Castlebar campus – and the topic for the meeting will be ‘the use of social media for business.’
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There was another excellent turn-out of over 20 people at July’s Mayo Open Coffee Club, held in the new location of the GMIT in Castlebar.
20.Jul.10 General Read more Comments (0)
Thank you to those who came to our August MOCC Meeting held in the TF Royal. Considering it was a big holiday season there was still a good attendance for it.
The next meeting of the MOCC Club is scheduled to take place in GMIT Campus, Wednesday 1st September at 11am where Lesley Emerson of PR West & Liam Horan of Sli Nua Communications will facilitate a discussion on the best ways to prepare and present press releases about your business.
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The yearly Spirit of Entrepreneurship Event organised by the Innovation in Business Centre (IiBC) will take place on Thurs 30th Sept from 6pm-8.30pm at GMIT Castlebar.
From 6pm the general public are invited to come and view a showcase of IiBC client companies. This will enable those companies to showcase their offerings and will allow you to speak directly to these new start up companies.
Two successful entrepreneurs, Johnathon Ruane and Leonard Moran will speak about their experiences of setting up a business. Both will share their experiences of establishing and running a business, including the many challenges and lessons learned along the way.
Members of the public are invited to attend the event. Admission is free. All are welcome.Light refreshments will be provided from 6pm. Booking is advisable as places are limited.
Register your attendance either by e-mail iibccastlebar {at} gmit(.)ie or telephone: 094-9043198.
NOTE:
SINCE OPENING THE IIBC AT GMIT CASTLEBAR AND GALWAY HAVE CREATED:
100+ JOBS
10 HIGH POTENTIAL START-UP COMPANIES
€9,000,000 FUNDING HAS BEEN RAISED BY IIBC CLIENTS.
€750,000 RESEARCH HAS BEEN AWARDED TO IIBC COMPANIES
11 SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES HAVE TRANSITIONED TO THE REGIONS.
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The next meeting of the Mayo Open Coffee Club will take place on Wednesday, October 6th, in GMIT’s Castlebar campus – and the theme for the meeting is a novel one: how hypnosis can help you in business.
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The next meeting of the Mayo Open Coffee Club will take place in our new venue of the Harlequin Hotel, Castlebar on Wednesday, 3rd November where Liam Horan from Sli Nua Communications & Careers (www.slinuacommunications.com ) and Mark Stephens from Mark Stephens Architects (www.markstephensarchitects.com) will facilitate the meeting on Social Media in Business.
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Job seekers in Co. Mayo will be given the opportunity to sharpen up on their interview skills, thanks to a forthcoming Mayo News Training Workshop.
“Feel the fear, and fly during the interview anyway” is the title of the Workshop which will take place in the Harlequin Hotel, Castlebar on Thursday, November 4th.
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“Starting Out in Business – Supports Available and Lessons Learnt” is the theme of the next meeting of the Mayo Open Coffee Club- the Mayo Business Network which will take place in the Harlequin Hotel, Castlebar on Wednesday, 1st December where Maria Staunton, Manager of the Innovation in Business Centre at GMIT (www.gmit.ie/iibc) and Robert Grealis, Consulting Partner at The Discovery Partnership and Deputy Chairman of Mayo North East LEADER Development Co. (www.thediscoverypartnership.com) , will facilitate a discussion on supports available for starting out in business and lessons learnt by new business owners.
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The next meeting of the Mayo Open Coffee Club will take place on Wednesday, May 4th, in the Harlequin Hotel, Castlebar – where Sheen Van Den Oosten, Director of Sheena Oosten Web Graphic & Identity Design (www.sheenaoosten.com) and Sarah Flood, Director at Snap Printing (www.snap.ie) will be facilitating the meeting on “Branding & Design for your Business”.
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A cancer survivor turned champion for womens’ involvement in the business world will lead a unique workshop encouraging female entrepreneurship in Breaffy House, Castlebar.
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Killian Scollan a Sales & Marketing Adviser & Trainer with over 20 years commercial experience has held various roles in Sales, Marketing & General Management in large & medium sized companies will be facilitating the March MOCC, this time on Market Research which will be held in the Harlequin Hotel, Castlebar on Wednesday 2nd March.
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Mayo Open Coffee Club in conjunction with Castlebar Chamber will be presenting a Speed Networking Event allowing opportunities to develop new business relationships, be it securing new clients, meeting a potential strategic business partner, or tapping into a new audience. This will take place in the Harlequin Hotel, Castlebar on Wednesday 1st June at 11am.
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Over 28 people turned up to the Speed Networking Event this month in association with the Castlebar Chamber of Commerce. Pictures of the Event can be seen on www.facebook.com/innovationinbusinesscentre ….. Please ‘like’ the page!
Next month’s topic is on Exporting where Tom Murphy from Pamex (www.pamex.com) will talk about how he started his company in a recession & will be giving us good insight into his experiences of exporting outside of Ireland. MOCC is taking place in the Harlequin Hotel, Castlebar on Wednesday 6th July @ 11am.
15.Jun.11 General Read more Comments (0)
This is to advise that the regularly scheduled MOCC Meeting for Wednesday 3rd August has been CANCELLED.
21.Jul.11 General Read more Comments (0)
September’s MOCC event offers a chance to meet representatives from the various business networks operating in Co. Mayo and to learn a bit about the benefits of business networking. The guest speaker is a previous winner of the Entrepreneur of the Year competition in Portugal, Sandra Correia of Pelcor www.percor.pt . Sandra will talk about how she grew her business and the importance of networking for business. MOCC is taking place in the Hotel Westport on Friday 23rd September at 11am.
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