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StartupWeekend Startup Weekend’s Stance on Social Entrepreneurship: In recent months, there have been increasing requests for S... bit.ly/Ljy8Qy 2:21 PM May 25th via twitterfeed Retweeted by FirstStepNews and 7 others
@StartupsIreland well done on a great night! 3:09 PM May 25th via Twitter for iPad in reply to StartupsIreland
Well done to all the winners at startups awards! 3:03 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPad
event_junkies Big up all the winners. Sisters and brothers doing it for themselves @StartupsIreland #startupawards2012 2:52 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by FirstStepNews and 2 others
thepadraick “@StartupsIreland: A huge well done to The Handmade Soap Company @donaghq for winning the Grand Prix Prize at #startupawards2012” well done! 2:55 PM May 24th via Twitter for iPhone Retweeted by FirstStepNews and 1 other
StartupsIreland Congrats to @donaghq for Gold, @MotionFoxOnline for Silver and @Kooky_Dough for Bronze in Export Startup #startupawards2012 2:45 PM May 24th via web Retweeted by FirstStepNews and 3 others
Entrepreneur magazine May 2012 via @pinterest pinterest.com/pin/1367969074… 3:34 PM May 17th via Pinterest on iOS
Very well attended event tonight in Brooks Hotel. Minister John Perry made very positive comments to micro entrepreneurs present. 4:47 PM May 9th via Twitter for iPhone
onewildlife Really like what @GA are doing in NY. Entrepreneurship training and a funky hub style learning campus. Lots to learn from for here in Dublin 3:49 PM Apr 12th via web Retweeted by FirstStepNews and 1 other
At Clann Credo Common Cents social finance conference today. Inspirational. 5:39 AM Mar 28th via Twitter for iPhone
Great welcome from Network Mayo in Westport last night. Norma Smurfit's talk about Microfinance very well received. twitter.com/FirstStepNews/… 5:36 AM Mar 28th via Twitter for iPhone
tomdoorley I've always thought that Bass drinking is a strange and unnatural kind of thing to do... 3:21 PM Mar 22nd via web Retweeted by FirstStepNews and 3 others
AshokaIreland Power of ideas, power of people to make them happen: Ireland is ready --Tim O'Connor at #changenation 3:04 AM Mar 22nd via web Retweeted by FirstStepNews and 6 others
Wonderful to share best practice with Ashoka fellow Norbert Kuntz of IQ consult Germany. 8:50 AM Mar 22nd via Twitter for iPhone
Inspiring session today at the change nation event an initiative of Ashoka. 8:50 AM Mar 22nd via Twitter for iPhone
GreyGravy After the Guinness and the green bagels, all that's left to do is dance: twitvid.com/USIIZ Happy SPD. 10:25 AM Mar 16th via HootSuite Retweeted by FirstStepNews
DCULINK .@siliconireland Great line up for our start up event #GetStarted12 on 20 Mar sign up and find out more here - ow.ly/9yIQn 9:30 AM Mar 16th via HootSuite Retweeted by FirstStepNews and 3 others
IDAIRELAND RT @entirl: Celebrate Irish company success on St. Patrick's Day - pass on this video! bit.ly/wDKSTI 8:25 AM Mar 16th via TweetDeck Retweeted by FirstStepNews and 26 others
Eating Pizza with 200 young entrepreneurs at the Archie talks in the Sugar Club. 11:26 AM Mar 1st via Twitter for iPhone
Great buzz at Wicklow County Enterprise day 3:21 AM Feb 3rd via Twitter for iPhone

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Bio First-Step provides loans to people who want to create their own enterprise and who cannot access funding, or sufficient funding, from other sources.