Dublin City’s best young entrepreneurs have been announced this week at the County Final of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition.
Run by the Local Enterprise Offices, IBYE is supported by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Enterprise Ireland. Now in its 4th year, this year attracted almost 1,500 applications nationwide.
The winners were:
James McElroy of House My Dog in Dublin City was named winner of the Best Established Business award and overall winner.
Aimee Madden of CliniShift in Dublin City was named winner of The Best Start Up category.
Flavia Wahl of iBreve in Dublin City was named winner of the Best Business Idea category.
The adjudicators in this year’s competition were Greg Swift of Local Enterprise Office Dublin City, Edel Flynn of Element 78 and Gavan Walsh of iCabbi. The awards ceremony was attended by other special guests including Owen Keegan, Chief Executive, Dublin City Council and Martin O’Connell guest speaker from Nasal Medical.
Each of the winners and runners-up will share in an investment fund of up to €50,000 from the Local Enterprise Office to help grow and develop their business. The 3 category winners go forward to the Regional Finals in Dublin in January. A further €100,000 investment fund will be available to invest in the winners of the three categories at the national final, one of which will also be named with the prestigious title of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur.
Source: www.businessworld.ie