Entrepreneurs wanted for New Frontiers 2013
Athlone Institute of Technology, NUI Maynooth and Enterprise Ireland are recruiting for the New Frontiers Enterprise Programme 2013, commencing in July.
New Frontiers is an Enterprise Ireland-funded programme that provides entrepreneurs with the skills, networks, facilities and supports necessary to navigate the business start-up process. Participants receive six-month €15,000 salary support from Enterprise Ireland.
Applicants for the programme should have an innovative business idea with growth and export potential.
RaiseYourIQ.com, a participant start-up on New Frontiers 2012, provides an online SMART intelligence training programme that’s proven to work. The revolutionary SMART programme was developed by Dr Bryan Roche and Dr Sarah Cassidy of NUI Maynooth and is based on the scientific discovery that relational skills underlie most forms of intelligence. The latest trials of the system were conducted with students from Rathmore National School in Athboy, resulting in an average IQ rise among students of 23 points.
According to John Chambers, chief technical officer of RaiseYourIQ, “As a start-up company, New Frontiers provided us with state of the art facilities and a comprehensive business support programme. In addition to mentoring, training and facilities, the networking opportunities are invaluable towards validating and growing the business value proposition.”
Michael Lonergan, manager of the Midlands Innovation and Research Centre at AIT, said: “If you are a prospective entrepreneur with an innovative business idea, New Frontiers will provide you with the skills and supports necessary to transform your idea into a successful business.”
For more information, please contact Programme Manager, Bert Farrell at 090-6483043 or see www.ait.ie/newfrontiers.