• Adrian Rush
• Nick McGivney
• Liz Fleming
• Dermot Casey
• Derek Andrews
• Marie Walsh
• Aidan Finn
• John Whelan
• Mike Fountain
• Chris McCabe

• We have 18 top class speakers
• Number of registered attendees is now 85
• The time table can be downloaded here.
• The event schedule with all talk details, times and other relevant information will be sent out via email this evening.
• The event will run until 5:30 rather than 5:00 pm
• Due to a lack of interest we have decided not to run the start-up pitching competition
• We will however be giving away some very interesting prizes!

Looking forward to seeing everybody on Saturday!

The Greenhouse is delighted to announce that Mark Little, presenter of RTE’s Prime Time program, will be speaking at Business Camp Dublin!

Mark has recently announced that he will be starting a new business venture in 2010. We have had discussions with Mark about the current need for a new approach in innovation, technology & entrepreneurship in Ireland and he agrees that there is a need for the services offered by the Greenhouse and for events such as Business Camp. As a show of support he has agreed to make time in his busy schedule to speak at this event.

Mark will be speaking on how a crisis is the best time to start a new business venture.

Location is the O’Reilly Building on the Trinity College Dublin campus. Starting time is 10 am and talks will end at 5pm.

I will be putting more details online over the next few days but in the meantine you can register here to attend or here to speak.

You can also contact me if you would like to exhibit at the event or if you are interested in supporting this event.

REMEMBER! The event is about sharing information, knowledge & experience in the first place. It is *not* a venue for people or companies who just want to sell themselves or their products/services. Business Camp is about supporting new businesses and creating a better ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship!

Following the success of Business Camp Limerick I am now planning an “Business Camp Dublin”.

The location will be the O’Reilly Institute building on the Trinity College Campus.

The programme is in development but it will be aimed at early stage business and the day will be crammed full of talks on how to fund, grow, market & expand your business.

For the date I am looking at a Saturday between the middle of November & middle of December, I would appreciate it if you could complete the following poll so I can get an idea what date is suitable to most people.

Business Camp Limerick Panel Discussion from Limerick Blogger on Vimeo.

Another big “Thank you” goes out to all our sponsors. As the event is free off charge we would be nowhere without sponsors support. So Thank you: Meteor, Microsoft, MacLachlan & Donaldson, SpinnakerPro, C-Infinity, Hosting365, Maxroam and the Limerick City Enterprise Board.

The third “thank you” goes out to all those who attended the event. There were some familiar faces but a lot of new faces also and I really appreciate every single one of them showing up on the event. I clearly indicates that there is a need for events like these and is also a great vote of support for what I am trying to achieve with the Greenhouse. Again; thank you very much for supporting me in my work.

While I enjoyed the whole day there are certain “highlights” that jump out:Roland Steinmetz saving me by bringing me a coffee and his boundless overall enthusiasm, Simon McGarr being slightly groggy due to being hit in the back off the head by a planet (his words, not mine) explaining his ideas for rejuvenating the Limerick shopfronts to me, mistaking Andrew Townley for Karl Deeter and vice-versa, Finally getting to meet @ubfid (Fergus O’Rourke) & @paraic (Paraic Hegarty) in person, Adrian Avandano repeatedly using the “f-word” to liven up the panel discussion, Bernard Chanliau making some very wise comments and lost more great moments.

Unfortunately due to someone calling in sick at the last moment I was chained to the reception desk all day preventing me from catching any of the talks. However going by the feedback received in person, via twitter, email & sms all talks where of a high caliber. I will be putting all presentations that I have online shortly. If you have attended a talk and would like to review it please feel free to contact me via email and I would be delighted to put your review on the website.

To round of all the talks we had a prize-draw with some great prizes. Andrew Townley went home with a shiny new Nokia N97 courtesy of Meteor, Roisin Bennet won a C-Infinity Live-Vault backup account, Mark Kearns will get a premium listing in Whatswhat.ie’s online directory, Adrian Avendano won the Hosting365 Cloudhosting account, Paraic Hegarty won the 1/2 page free advert in the new SiliconIreland Magazine and lastly Ellen Dudley won the “Maxroam Mystery prize”.

To compliment a great day I had a nice meal and a great evening with drinks in company of some great friends (@schregardus, @melaniedawn, @whatswhat_sian, @local_discount, @noel_discount and off course @mrs_Bopp). We also had a surprise visit from @tony_frattaroli!

I’m taking a week off from organising events and then it’s full steam ahead with #businesscamp events for Dublin, Galway, Cork & Belfast. Check back here for details!

Looks like it will be a great day and I’m looking forward to meeting everyone in person tomorrow.

For the twitterers amongst you the hashtag for tomorrow is: #businesscamp

Next thing on the agenda is the full programme with all details such as locations, wifi access details etc. etc. this will go out via email to everyone later today.

Looking forward to tomorrow!

Evert.

Make sure you listen or talk to Alex as he is an absolute expert in his field!