The closing date for Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) will be October 14th it was announced today.
Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) is an initiative of the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and Enterprise Ireland, and is run by the 31 LEOs across the country. Each LEO has an investment fund of up to €50,000 to award to young entrepreneurs across three categories locally - Best Business Idea, Best Start-Up Business and Best Established Business.
Four previous IBYE winners today met up with the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’ Connor T.D. and talked about the role IBYE has played in their business success stories.
They were also joined by representatives of Enterprise Ireland and the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs). Their message to aspiring young entrepreneurs between the ages of 18 and 35 is to grasp the opportunity and get their applications into www.ibye.ie by the 14th October deadline.
Speaking with the previous winners, Minister Mitchell O’Connor said, "It is so refreshing to hear the success stories from these inspiring and ambitious young entrepreneurs. I fully support Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur initiative, the aim of which, is to support a culture of entrepreneurship among young people at both national and local levels. I want to promote entrepreneurship as a career choice, and to encourage young people to set up new businesses which will ultimately create and sustain more jobs right across the country."
Source: www.businessworld.ie
