Former Dragons Den star breathes fire into entrepreneurial workshop in Limerick

FORMER Dragon's Den star and leading business broadcaster Richard Curran led an entrepreneurial workshop in Limerick this week.

Local Enterprise Office Limerick invited entrepreneurs and business owners to the event at the Castletroy Park Hotel on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.

Well-known for his role as the host of RTE Radio One's The Business and a former presenter of Ireland's Dragon's Den, Richard shared his insights into the world of entrepreneurship.

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Attendees learned from Mr Curran’s experience as he led a panel discussion featuring successful local business owners Gordon Shine of Shines Agri, Adare, Leonie Lynch of Juspy, based in the city centre and David Jeffreys, the former chief executive of technology firm Action Point, which was based in Plassey.

Pictured above: Helen Ryan, Lorraine Conway, Siobhan Quinn, Alyson Hannon, Aideen Corry and Mike Cantwell of LEO Limerick. 

The panel focused on topics such as export strategies, business development, and opportunities for expansion in Limerick and the Midwest region.

Mr Curran said the event "is all about encouraging small businesses to think about getting bigger."

"How they can get bigger and also to look at things like exporting and to look at sustainability? It's really an information-gathering exercise for client companies that want to come along. They can discover what supports are there from energy efficiency to help with building an export market and getting market information if you want to think about that," he added.