Acorns 4 Group participants photo with Love Mo Chuisle

Acorns 4 Group participants photo with Love Mo Chuisle Irish Tweed Clothing Brand.

Women in Business – We stand together

ACORNS 4 LAUNCH PHOTOS 15th OCTOBER 2018 with participating Irish Tweed Brand Love Mo Chuisle.

Pictured at the launch of the ACORNS 4.  A six month part time development programme.

Funded through the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s Rural Development and Innovation Fund.

Group participants with Lead entrepreneur Mary B Walsh.

Picture namely from L to R: Mary B Walsh Group

Hazel Kinsella – The Pod Collection, Anna Dobson – Love Mo Chuisle, Deirdre Doyle – The Cool Food School, Jane Kennedy – Wexford Pilates Studio, Mary B Walsh – IWP Pallets, Lead Entrepreneur, Triona Spellman – Darcy Bow, AislingMcElwain –  Aisling McElwain Ceramics, Anne McGlynn – Brightlife yum, Vicki O’Donnell – Wilder Wander, Kay Lyng – kkajoux Jewellery

Bring a member of Acorns 4 is rather important and a select few are chosen.

Paula Fitzsimons, founder and managing director of Fitzsimons Consulting, is a recognised expert on entrepreneurship. Paula has been the national coordinator for GEM for Ireland since 2000. The annual GEM report is recognised as giving a unique insight into early stage entrepreneurial activity in Ireland. Paula is a former President of the consortium of GEM national teams, and a former Director of GERA, the governing body for the Global Entrepreneurship Research Association.

Recognising that fewer women start new businesses and, of those that start, fewer have significant growth ambitions than do men, Paula Fitzsimons designed and developed the Going for Growth programme. The initiative is focused on peer support as a means of nurturing ambition among established women entrepreneurs and providing support to achieve  growth aspirations. The Going for Growth initiative is funded by Enterprise Ireland and KPMG.