Harnessing opportunities in the New Economy!
The New Economy is about collaboration, building relationships and smart investment. It’s about thinking internationally and learning from the experiences of International Entrepreneurs. Come and meet Seasoned Entrepreneurs and Investors who bring leading edge decision making to harness new opportunities. This conference presents interactive sessions with some of the leading action based practitioners in Europe and further afield.
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This Conference concentrates on the following:
- Smart and Creative ways of Raising Finance
- Optimising returns for entrepreneurs and investors through global reach
- Listen to Entrepreneurs’ Experiences from across the globe
- Participate in Round Table discussions and workshops examining your questions, challenges and dilemmas
- Preparing for Exits – grooming, processes, orchestration and closure
- Investing to Create Global Success – Not just for Start-ups!
- The Venture Academy® – Listen to presentations from some of Ireland’s hottest and newest Entrepreneurs – and have your chance to vote on their presentation, contribution and proposition!
Keynote speakers include - (Read Speakers Bios):
- Gilles Bouchard, Harvard Business Angels
- Jack Lang, Serial entrepreneur, Entrepreneur in Residence, Fellow and Lecturer, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
- Dr Phil O'Donovan, Co-founder CRS plc, Entrepreneur in Residence and Chairman, Twelve Winds
- Dr Johnny Walker, Founder Global Diagnostics
Some comments from Going International 2011
In October 2011, the 1st Going International Conference welcomed over 130 delegates who listened and debated with some outstanding International Entrepreneurs. Following their participation in last year’s event seven start-ups received Enterprise Ireland investment funding; three secured private equity investment; one was invited to present to 130 investors at London Business School and one other was chosen to participate in the Cork County/Cook County trade mission to Chicago. Some quotes from attendees are as follows. To read more about the 2011 event Click HERE
- “It was inspirational and fantastic.”
- “Gathered much beneficial information from Seasoned Business people; Good networking event; Inspiring stories which are relevant & provide ideas for growth.”
- “It was a great opportunity to get to know some wonderful entrepreneurs”
- “Great insight to both investor and business start-up spaces”
- “It packed into one day the key insights that will enable the entrepreneur to deploy their time and treasure it in the best way.”
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“Some inspiration; some practical insights and some great new contacts”
Some quotes from some of the keynote speakers:
Speaking at the Conference Candace Johnson told Entrepreneurs that “In order to go global today, entrepreneurs need to have a big vision, a large addressable market and combine that with creativity, communication, aligned smart investors and very very hard work!”.
Serial Entrepreneur and European Venture Capital Partner with SOS Ventures Bill Liao, commented that “there are no local businesses anymore, there’s just local value creation in a global context.”
To view some of the photos from Going International 2011 Click HERE
The development of this International Finance Conference has stemmed from numerous successful events that AxisBIC has organised. These include:
Going International Conference – Building a High Growth Company with Smart Investment (Ballymaloe, Cork, Oct 2011) – This event welcomed keynote speakers from across the globe and 130 delegates for a day of exploration, discussion, networking, discovery, insights and experiences
The Venture Academy® (Cork, Nov 2010 and July 2011) – This event, organised in conjunction with the Business Angel Partnership in the South West, gave companies and entrepreneurs an opportunity to receive coaching on investor readiness from International Business Angels and Industry Experts.
The Entrepreneur Experience® (Kinsale 2012 and Garryvoe, Apr 2011) – These evenst were a unique opportunity for Emerging Entrepreneurs to gain exclusive access and coaching from some of Ireland’s most successful Entrepreneurs over 24 hours. Elements were broadcast live on national radio (George Lee – The Business, RTE Radio1)
Going International Conference (Sophia-Antipolis, France, Nov 2009) – This event which was organised in conjunction with Sophia Business Angels and focussed on the Internationalisation of Investment and Companies. The ‘winning’ company Radisens Diagnostics received seed angel funding from Sophia Business Angels and has gone on to raise a series A round of funding from business Angels and VCs.
