Government to set-up a number of semi-state companies (*hereinafter called the Company/ies) which offer an open online global platform for collaboration, problem solving & wealth creation. Staff actively help bring about real world business solutions for online users through joined-up thinking between users (online users/entrepreneurs/businesses) and the Company’s internal team and/or approved innovative/affordable Suppliers. The Company acts as a hands on ‘go between’ with online users and those who can help turn ideas into reality. Online users can also use the system to help each other and collaborate without necessarily requiring staff involvement. Groups of online users can also become approved Partners offering their services (e.g. specialist / group / open source software development).

ESF: Enterprise Support Framework Enterprise Support Framework is essentially a structure that will aid entrepreneurial spirit, business startups and all businesses who participate within it. This customizable framework defines how business can be nurtured and supported within the community and business environments. This framework is based on the called keiretsu system in Japan and has been utilized in a number of successful countries throughout the world. It supports individuals, families and businesses in all business related matters including financial, technical and management advice. This government led community support group will foster an entrepreneurial spirit within each parish in the country. This framework will be based on the shared experiences and the enthusiasm of like minded individuals who wish to achieve their goals. Local businesses will assist each other in an open manner to offer their services and expertise to each other. Businesses and individuals that oper More...

ESF: Enterprise Support Framework Enterprise Support Framework is essentially a structure that will aid entrepreneurial spirit, business startups and all businesses who participate within it. This customizable framework defines how business can be nurtured and supported within the community and business environments. This framework is based on the called keiretsu system in Japan and has been utilized in a number of successful countries throughout the world. It supports individuals, families and businesses in all business related matters including financial, technical and management advice. This government led community support group will foster an entrepreneurial spirit within each parish in the country. This framework will be based on the shared experiences and the enthusiasm of like minded individuals who wish to achieve their goals. Local businesses will assist each other in an open manner to offer their services and expertise to each other. Businesses and individuals that oper More...

My proposal is a website that combines e-commerce, business networking & social networking to create a location on the internet that is the first stop for people the world over looking for Irish products and services. Irish businesses will be able to create their own shopfront within a standard format, and recommend other business on their virtual street. Customers will be able to search for products from Irish businesses locally and nationally, give and receive recommendations from friends, link to established social networking interfaces, surf from one Irish business to another. It will be a friendly place with an Irish accent and a sense of humour, where people say 'thanks' to the virtual bus driver!

My proposal is to see how many of our talented entrepraneurs can come out of the woodwork, and rise up to the challenge of bringing Ireland online. If the funding is used to promote online start ups and improve current online business's through training, assistance and funding where successful opportunities arise, with the large number of innovative young determined people out there we may indeed find the next MArk Zuckerberg (founder of Facebook) lurking in the Irish shadows. Ireland lags behind other countries in online business at the moment. How many times have you looked/searched for a shop/product that you know exists in the country but appears not to have an online presence? This does not happen in the UK or America. We need to catch up and indeed overtake using the innovative ideas generated by young and old entrepreneurs that have so far been hindered by the large costs involved in getting private profiteering companies to give them an online presence. I propose the setting More...

This venture aims to transform the fundamentals of how business is done in Ireland, to enhance & streamline internal & intra-business procedures, to bring about a cultural sea-change in the world of business in Ireland; so that better, leaner, more sustainable businesses are established and run more efficiently and more transparently, to the benefit of all the stakeholders involved & of the Irish economy generally. Via a proprietary online interface based on the latest web design & development technologies, client businesses will keep their records and conduct much of their routine actions in a highly secure, private and backed-up system that will make easier the mundane, distracting tasks of running a business, while at the same time empowering the businesses through revealing analysis of how they are performing, compared to their needs, their targets and to comparable businesses (through aggregation of anonymised data); while at the same time receiving the ongoing support & utilisi More...

Make this the Comedy/Party/Retreat/Team Building Centre for Europe/U.S.

My idea aims to underpin and support Irish business as well as build a legacy that will see Ireland as a world leader in how business is done online in the future. It is to create a web based 'Virtual Island' where people come to do business in a secure and safe environment. The idea is based on three pillars; 1. That for a business to enter the virtual island, they must agree to a code of practice for their specific industry that is drawn up by a sectoral committee made up of industry representatives and experts. The chair of each sectoral committee sits on the oversight committee that is responsible for strategic direction of the virtual island. The public sector would also be included in this. 2. Users will be able to navigate through the virtual island using a 'filter engine' primarily and a search engine when necessary. As part of the entry process, each business must categorise all elements of their business so that users can navigate by filtering and therefore finding quickly More...

Turn Ireland into the most sought after country in the world in which to work and live by fixing all the elements that are not working and which are disrupting our society. We need to recognize that Ireland’s most unique feature is its landscape, people, location and reputation as a creative and unique country. We should model our growth and development on territories such as the island of Jersey. Like Jersey our focus should be on: Financial Services, Tourism, IT, Digital and Green Technologies and Agriculture. With this in mind we can sustain two main industries: Tourism & Arts based products and Ireland as a Tax-Haven / Corporate HQ / private Banking paradise for multinationals and wealthy individuals wanting a presence in an English speaking country. Furthermore green technologies, ecommerce, IT, education are areas we can grow and develop, plus agriculture should be restored to being a key industry on this island. Our unique position as an island protects us from GM crop More...

A unique immediate alternative for the provision of working capital overdraft facilities in light of the paucity of capability/willingness of bankers to do so notwithstanding the vast sums injected by the state into local banks