Upcoming Events

CPL's Success..an Entrepreneurs Story
Date: 6th September 2007 6.30PM
Venue: The Morrison Hotel
Guest Speaker: Anne Heraty, CEO of CPL

Recent Events

Winning Tenders
Date: 16th August 2007 6.30PM
Venue: The Morgan Hotel
Guest Speaker: Derek Carter, Polaris HR

Employment Law & Director's Duties
Date: 12th July 2007 6.30PM
Venue: The Morgan Hotel
Guest Speaker: Dominic Wilkinson

My Story, by Nick Leeson
Date: 1st June 2007 2.30PM
Venue: The Morgan Hotel
Guest Speaker: Nick Leeson, on whom 'Rogue Trader' was based

Managing Time..Increasing Profits
Date: 24th May 2007 6.30PM
Venue: The Morgan Hotel
Guest Speaker: Caitlin O'Connor, Accelerated Performance

How to Write an Effective Press Release
Date: 19th April 2007 6.30PM
Venue: The Morgan Hotel
Guest Speaker: Mary Mulvihill

Stockbyte: From concept to exit within a decade
Date: 8th March 2007
Venue: The Burlington Hotel, Donnybrook
Guest Speaker: Jerry Kennelly

Tricks of the Rich
Date: 25th January 2007
Venue: The Burlington Hotel, Donnybrook
Guest Speaker: Paul Overy, Author of Tricks of the Rich, and Bus. Dev. Director of the Financial Engineers Network

Daft.ie-Building Ireland's Biggest Property Website
Date:22nd February 2007
Venue: Burlington Hotel, Donnybrook
Guest Speaker: Eamonn Fallon,CEO and Co-Founder of Daft.ie

Taxation For The Self-Employed
Date: 12th October 2006
Venue: The Burlington Hotel, Dublin
Guest Speaker: Eamonn Corcoran, Chairman of the Irish Payroll Association. October 12th

Making Bread....the story of an Irish Entrepreneur
Date: 30th November 2006
Speaker: Brody Sweeney, Chairman O' Briens Sandwich Bars
Location: The Burlington Hotel, Dublin

The Power of PR
Date: 14th September 2006
Venue: The Burlington Hotel, Dublin
Guest Speaker: Paddy Power - Head of Communications, Paddy Power

Developing a Sales Process
Date: 10th August 2006
Venue: The Burlington Hotel, Dublin
Guest Speaker: Terry Harmer

July Networking Evening
"Innovation Do Or Die..."
Date: Thursday July 13th
Venue: The Burlington Hotel
Time:1830 Reception
1845 Guest Speaker Ron Immink followed by a Q&A session

June 2006
Date: Thursday June 8th
Venue: Stillorgan Park Hotel, Dublin
Speaker-Michael Dwyer-CEO of Pigsback.com

Michael founded Empathy Marketing Limited, best known for Pigsback.com, which was launched in Ireland in July 2000 and in the UK in June 2005. Pigsback.com is the leading online marketing model in Ireland and is making fast inroads into the UK market, where it launched officially in October 2005. Pigsback.com expects to top 1 million active members by 2007. Michael is a recipient of major academic and professional awards. Most recently he won "Internet Hero" at the 2005 Golden Spiders for his significant contribution to the Irish Internet Industry.

May 2006
Date: Thursday, May 11th 2006
Venue: Stillorgan Park Hotel, Dublin
Speaker- James Lavan- MD of James Lavan and Associates

James has over 25 years experience in Advertising and is the former Managing Director of McConnells Recruitment Advertising. James provided tips and practical advice for advertising in todays marketplace, across the various media forms. James and his team have been working together since 1993 and have won over 60 Industry awards.

April 2006
Date : Thursday April 6th 2006
Venue : Bewleys Hotel, Sandyford, Dublin
Speaker- Pat Lynch

The topic was "Goal Setting" and the speaker was Pat Lynch from Cork. After several years in the multi-national sector (most recently as Finance Director), Pat set up his own business at the age of 40. He successfully grew this business until he sold it a few years later. Since then, Pat has started other business, and is an angel investor in others. Pat also runs TICN “ The Investment Club Network “ in Munster. Pat's experience is invaluable and only comes with experience. We had to call a halt to the Q&A session after Pat's talk as he could still be there now !

Launch of Hotbed 2006-07
Date: Thursday March 2nd 2006
Venue: The Clarence Hotel, Dublin
Guest Speaker-Derek Quinn, Founder and Director of NewAddress.ie

Members and guests enjoyed the launch of this years Hotbed programme in The Clarence Hotel. Guest speaker for the event was Derek Quinn, founder & director of NewAddress.ie. Derek spoke about how his company has grown from start-up phase through to MyHome.ie's investment of €1.5million. He also shared lessons learnt along the way.

If you are interested in speaking to our network of owner managers, please contact David Doran.