“AMBITION 2021” IS OPEN TO THE DIASPORA
An exciting programme to develop female entrepreneurship in Donegal is inviting applications from women all over the world, who have connections to Donegal. Launched in 2020, the AMBITION programme is open to female founders, entrepreneurs, or those with a strong start-up idea, who have links to Donegal.
“We launched the AMBITION programme last year and it’s been a great success” says Michael Tunney, Head of Enterprise, Donegal. “We want to encourage, develop and harness the power of female entrepreneurship in Donegal and for 2021, we are looking for smart new business ideas from women who live in Donegal, want to re-locate to Donegal, or have family links or connections to the county. The programme is open to any woman with a business start-up idea for a new technology product or service. AMBITION is about developing female entrepreneurship, but it’s really important to stress that we want to hear from women at all stages of their business journey; from those who are already established and want to grow their business, to women who dream of starting or growing their own business but don’t know where to begin. Once they have a business idea that has growth potential and global ambition, this programme is for them.”
The Ambition Pre-Accelerator Programme will provide participants with the start up tools and techniques, peer learning and mentoring to help them develop their business idea into something that is globally scalable. Access to role models is a key aspect of the course, and participants will learn from CEO’s like Gillian Doyle of Cerebreon and Larissa Feeney of Accountant Online, who will share their expertise of taking a business from the idea stage, to the start-up phase, to international expansion. The course will be delivered online; last year’s cohort included women from the United Kingdom and Spain and it’s envisaged that the 2021 programme will have even more international entries.
A maximum of twelve business ideas will be selected to receive mentoring and support from Local Enterprise Office Donegal through a series of workshops starting in September 2021. For further information on the AMBITION Pre-Accelerator programme visit https://www.localenterprise.ie/Donegal/Training-Events/ambition/Ambition.html