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Alumni Member Launches Business at the Point! |
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 Michelle Coakley a member of the NFTE Alumni has just launched her business at The Point Village Market in Dublin. Michelle started her business in 2008 through the NFTE programme. Mishy K Productions is an earth friendly fashion company producing hand crafted jewellery made from recycled material. Michelle got involved through her school, St. Dominics in Ballyfermot.
After winning the prestigous NFTE International Student or the Year Award in 2009 (which included an all expenses paid trip to New York), Michelle decided to continue with her business through the NFTE Alumni programme as she studied for her leaving certificate this year. She has now expanded her trading beyond the school gates and her community in Ballyfermot and has secured a stall at the Point Market Village, which is already a huge hit, earning the young entrepreneur over €300 in just two days.
Michelle said; “the experience was fantastic! I’m really looking forward to keeping the stall going and plan to sell my handcrafted jewellery made from recycled materials as well as my new wire sculptures.”
Michelle will be trading this weekend Sat 14th and Sunday 15th at the Point Village Market . Her goods range in price from €5 to €15 and she intends to donate 15% of her profits to Our Lady’s Hospice in Harolds Cross.
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International Business Plan Competition 2010
3rd February 2010 - NFTE Ireland held the International Business Plan Competition in DCU where ten business battled it out to be crowned International Young Entrepreneur of the Year. The lucky winner received an all expenses paid trip to New York to be honoured at NFTE's Sixteenth Annual "Salute to the Entrepreneurial Spirit" Awards Dinner in April 2010.
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Youth Entrepreneurship Awards 2010
The NFTE All Ireland Youth Entrepreneurship Graduation & Awards 2010 Ceremony took place at The Helix, DCU, on Thursday 29th April 2010. Students have been competing over the last number of months in schools and youth centres throughout Dublin, Belfast, Limerick, Thurles and Donegal as part of the 2010 Youth Entrepreneurship Awards.
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Trinity's Got Talent in Ballymun
22nd December 2009 - Three Young Transition Year Student Entrepreneurs reject the doom and gloom of the current recession with a “YES WE CAN!” attitude by organising “Trinity’s Got Talent” which took place at their school, Trinity Comprehensive, Ballymun, Dublin 9 on Tuesday, 22nd of December. The young entrepreneurs showcased their exceptionally innovative and entrepreneurial business idea of hosting a talent contest in their school, and invited parents, students, local businesses and community members to attend.
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NFTE Alumni Launch Maths Game
28th January 2010 - Two NFTE Alumni students Andrew Gannon and Gavin Kenna held the official launch of their new product "Maths Craze" at Killenarden Community School, Tallaght. Maths Craze is a computerized maths game aimed at improving childrens maths skills. Andrew and Gavin set up their business, GA Learning in October 2008 as part of the NFTE programme and they won first place in the out of school category at the All Island Youth entrepreneurship Awards. The game uses rewards such as mini-games to encourage children to answer questions correctly.
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NFTE USA visits the White House
19th October 2009 - On Monday morning, Steve Mariotti (NFTE US founder) and Amy Rosen (CEO NFTE US) had the privilege of bringing three finalists from the 2009 OppenheimerFunds/NFTE National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge to the White House to be honored for their achievements by the President of the United States.
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E-Learning Session for Global Entrepreneurship Week
18th November 2009 - NFTE Ireland, together with NFTE Baltimore and McKeesport High School / Enterprising Youth in Pittsburgh hosted the first ever NFTE International E-Learning conference session, to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week (Nov 16th-22nd). Global Entrepreneurship Week is an initiative to inspire young people to embrace innovation, imagination and creativity in business. Click on the link below for more on GEW.
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NFTE Launches in Donegal
13th August 2009 - NFTE Ireland launched it's programme in Donegal at the Villa Rose Hotel, Ballybofey, Co Donegal. The launch coincided with a graduation ceremony of the newly trained Foróige youth workers who will deliver the programme.
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BizCamp 2009
15th June 2009 - BizCamp 2009 kicked off on Monday 8th June with 17 young students participating in this action packed week long programme.
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Bank of Ireland Enterprise Evening
15th May 2009 - NFTE Students impress successful entrepreneurs at the Bank of Ireland Enterprise Evening.
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NFTE Europe Competition
8th May 2009 - NFTE Europe a Flying Success for Two NFTE students!
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