About
Back for Business is an initiative to foster and support entrepreneurial activity among recently returned emigrants or those planning to return to live in Ireland in the near future.
The five-month part time development programme is aimed at assisting them to start and develop a business. It addresses the challenges that all early stage entrepreneurs face, with a particular focus on the additional barriers and challenges faced by those who have been out of the country for some time.
This can often result in their local knowledge, contact base and professional and personal networks being less developed than those of typical entrepreneurs. Back for Business aims to bridge this gap.
Back for Business is based on a model of peer support, entrepreneurs supporting entrepreneurs. Volunteer Lead Entrepreneurs make their time available to facilitate round tables and to share their experience of starting and growing a business. This approach is well proven as being effective in bringing about increased motivation and confidence among entrepreneurs and in having a positive impact on their enterprise development.
Sponsor
This innovative initiative is funded by the Irish Abroad Unit of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Thanks to the support provided there ise no charge for those selected to participate in the initiative.
For more information about the initiative, please see the website here