Ambitious Female Entrepreneurs Going for Growth

The 16th cycle of Going for Growth came to a close at a special celebration in Dublin on Tuesday, June 11th.

Supported by Enterprise Ireland and KPMG, Going for Growth is an award-winning programme for ambitious female entrepreneurs determined to grow their businesses.

A total of 55 female entrepreneurs completed the six-month Going for Growth programme this year. Another 30 female also competed the Starting Strong programme, which is for more recently established, ambitious businesses. They will be celebrated at a separate ceremony later this week.

At the beginning of the cycle, the Going for Growth participants had a turnover in excess of €93m, employed over 800 people and more than half of them were exporters. All set ambitious targets and built on these impressive numbers over the last six months.

Thanks to the continued support of Enterprise Ireland and KPMG, Going for Growth is free for participants who are supported on their growth journey by voluntary Lead Entrepreneurs.

This year’s voluntary Lead Entrepreneurs for Going for Growth were: Anne Cusack, formerly Critical Healthcare; Jeananne O’Brien, Artizan Food Co.; Louise Phelan, Phelan Energy Group; Monica Flood, formerly Olas IT; Oonagh O’Hagan, Meaghers Pharmacy Group, serial entrepreneur Hannah Wrixon, most recently co-founder of Kella Hannah Wrixon, and Tara Beattie, Prepsheets.com.

See www.goingforgrowth.com for more information.