Kinzen Co-Founder Talks Real News
Áine Kerr started her a career as a political correspondent writing for national papers before becoming head of content and then managing editor at Storyful. Up until 2017 she led global journalism partnerships at Facebook in New York.
Kerr’s dedication to improving how we consume news led her organically to her next venture as co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Kinzen, a start-up developing solutions to control your news experience. Along with her co-founders Paul Watson and Storyful founder and former Twitter Ireland boss Mark Little, Kerr sought to create a news experience that the user can control and tailor to suit their needs and tastes – a personalised, authentic experience amid an era of misinformation, mistrust and fake news.Read more
Gillian Horan: The Inside Story
by Gillian Horan, The Pudding Brand
The availability of talent is one of the biggest challenges facing businesses in Ireland and internationally. To attract the best, you need a strong employer brand. If they don’t know what it’s like to work for your company, you risk losing valuable candidates to other employers.
Companies such as Workday know this. It has featured on the Great Place to Work list for the past five years and this year was the second time it achieved the top spot. Last year’s winner, AbbVie, was ranked second, followed by Salesforce, Version 1 and HubSpot.
All of these organisations have strong employer brands. It is vital for businesses to invest in employer branding, particularly if they are growing globally or hiring from a younger demographic.
Transformation in Action
Chamber Partner profile
by Karen Ferris, Ervia
Ireland’s second largest semi-State body, Ervia is focussed on safeguarding and upgrading key national infrastructure to meet the challenges of a growing population and support Ireland’s transition to a low-carbon economy.
Responsible for operating the nation’s vital water and gas networks through its regulated businesses Irish Water and Gas Networks Ireland, it also provides dark fibre broadband infrastructure through Aurora Telecom.
Ervia is overseeing one of the most significant programmes of capital delivery in the State as it continues to invest significantly in a number of large-scale infrastructure projects across the country.Read more
Back for Business scheme supports returning Irish emigrants
The Irish government has launched a new initiative to support Irish emigrants who wish to develop a business in Ireland.
Venture capital funding falls by 50% in Q3
Venture capital funding for Irish tech firms fell by 47% to €170m in the third quarter of 2018.
Flexible working trends to watch for 2019
Co-working and flexible office spaces have grown extensively in recent years, becoming a global trend and changing the way people work.
Ireland Among World Leaders in Women Leadership
Ireland ranks 17th in the 2018 Women in Leadership index conducted by the IESE Business School, with very strong progress in the social leadership dimension and a leading position in the business leadership sphere.
PayPal hackathon helps six Irish charities solve digital challenges
PayPal held its third annual charity hackathon - Opportunity Hack – this week in Dublin.
Guinness Enterprise Centre invests €200k in CoConnect initiative
Guinness has invested €200,000 in a new initiative aimed at enriching the start-up ecosystem in Ireland by promoting more engagement and collaboration between regions.
Kildare Chamber discuss oil and gas exploration at business breakfast
The importance of oil and gas exploration was the main topic of discussion at Kildare Chamber’s final business breakfast of the year.