In 2002, the David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Awards were established to nurture Ireland’s entrepreneurial spirit in the Business, Arts and the Social spheres. Since then, the awards have provided over €1 million in support to high-potential emerging entrepreneurs. This has been in the form of cash supports and through the gift of time from the awards partners who are listed below. All of our partners are leaders in the area of their particular business activity and, through their wide experience and professional expertise, they are in a position to make lasting impacts on the businesses of our award winners.
The David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Awards are open to all Arts, Business and Social Enterprises that have been in operation for between 1 and 3 years.
9 Finalists
3 finalists from each of the Business, Arts and Social spheres will be short-listed from all the applications received. In addition to having the opportunity to be a Category Winner and the Overall winner, each of the 9 finalists will receive free payroll and accounts software from Thesaurus, mentoring support from Enterprise Ireland’s Mentor Network and will have access to a series of 3 dedicated support workshops with industry experts in areas such as business strategy, marketing, PR, legal and finance.
3 Categories
There will be 3 category winners; 1 for Arts, 1 for Business and 1 for Social. Each category winner will receive a €1,000 cash prize.
1 Overall winner
The overall winner of the David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Awards will receive €100,000 in professional mentoring and support from the award partners, plus a €10,000 cash prize.
Since 2002, the David Manley Emerging Entrepreneur Awards have provided over €1 million in support to high-potential emerging entrepreneurs in the Business, Arts and Social spheres. With eleven award winners to our name, we recently drew on their experience and expertise and asked: if there was one tip you would give a new entrepreneur, what would it be? See some of these tips below.