EMPOWER II Closing Event - 8 Key Takeaways for Female Entrepreneurs

1. Your pitch should include who you are, what you do, who you serve, the benefits you bring them and what makes you unique. Next, practise this in as many situations as possible. Declan Droney

2. Consider when you feel the most in flow or energised to help you reflect on what’s currently working. What achievements do you most want to celebrate and honour? There is intel in these insights Nadine McCarthy posed to the audience.

3. You need to “let it go to let it come”, she said and “slow down to the pace of emergence” during her powerful session.

4. Sketch different solutions to problems for some different perspectives. Ask yourself “who would you like to work with and why?”. Reach out to collaborators and make thing happen. Ailbhe Keane from Izzy Wheels.

5. “It’s important to consider the problem solving nature of people with disabilities when recruiting”, says Isabel K. from Izzy Wheels. She encourages us to ask the simple question “what can we do to support you?” to get a better understanding of how to have a great working relationship. (This reminded me for a statistic Mark Magill shared at a Partnership with Purpose event I attended this week at Ulster University in Belfast. He pointed out that 3/5 people in the hidden workforce in Northern Ireland are those with disabilities.)

6. “Determine your level of risk, establish who has responsibility and make decisions based on the best information you have at the time. Don’t berate yourself based on things you learned after the decision.” Niamh Ryle HomeCheck

7. “Continuously update your customer profile. Be open to opportunity and build a business model that works for you”, Catherine O'Grady Powers Glen Keen Farm & Visitor Centre

8. Rosemary Gallagher from PorterShed Galway with NDRC pointed out the importance of charging appropriately for the sustainability of your business.

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