Jerry Kennelly, launching the NovaUCD "Entrepreneurs Live!" seminar series
“Entrepreneurs Live!” the seventh Enterprise Seminar Series organised by NovaUCD, the Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre at UCD in association with the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Board was launched recently by Jerry Kennelly, who recently sold his companies Stockbyte and Stockdisc for $135 million to Getty Images. “Entrepreneurs Live!” aims to promote a spirit of entrepreneurship among the academic, research and student population at UCD.
The “Entrepreneurs Live!” seminar series runs each Tuesday lunchtime until December 5, 2006 and features leading Irish entrepreneurs who will talk about their experiences of setting-up and running their businesses, emphasising the highs and lows encountered along their entrepreneurial journey along with the lessons they have learnt. A questions and answers session will follow each seminar.
Forthcoming Speakers include:
On 21 November Michael Johnson, CEO, Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Enterprise Board will discuss how the County Enterprise Board supports the development of start-up companies and enterprises.
Speaking at the launch of the seventh series, Dr Pat Frain, Director, NovaUCD said, “The “Entrepreneurs Live!” seminars have continued to attract a large and diverse audience and to stimulate lively and enthusiastic debate on issues relating to entrepreneurship and innovation and the establishment and development of technology-based companies.” He added, “The level of interest in these seminars is evidence of a growing culture of entrepreneurship on the UCD campus which augurs well for Ireland’s ability to generate new knowledge-intensive and innovative enterprises which are critical for the sustained development of Ireland’s knowledge-based economy.”
