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Local Entrepreneur visits LC Business

Published November 7, 2011 Business Leave a Comment
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Aaron McMahon speaking to LC Business

By Micheal Lavelle

On 7th of November, local entrepreneur Aaron Mc Mahon came to visit our Leaving Certificate Business class to tell us about his business Rua. Here is my review of how the visit went.

Aaron’s Mother set the business up 16 years ago and originally named it Café Rouge. Once Aaron and his sister took over they decided to change the name to Rua.

Aaron told us that dedication and hard work is essential to be a successful entrepreneur. He presented us with 12 essential points from his past experience which he found essential to help him succeed. The point I found most interesting and important was “that the customer is king”. Without customers the business will not function and ultimately fail. I found Aaron’s visit very helpful for helping me with my Leaving Cert Business and future predicaments.

Aaron McMahon and a student from LC Business


Business Boot Camp 2009

Published October 24, 2009 Business 1 Comment
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Twenty-seven Fifth Year Business  Students attended this year’s Small Business Boot Camp held on Tuesday October 20th in The TF Royal Theatre.

Small Business Boot CampThe students were divided up into three teams and competing against eight other groups from Davitt College, Castlebar and Sancta Maria College, Louisburgh.

The three St. Gerald’s teams were:

  • Express Yourself
  • Sticky Auto Brush
  • Drive On

The students showed great creativity and initiative and presented their products extremely well to the judging panel.

Team Sticky Auto Brush (a new innovative electronic toothbrush) were just beaten at the line and pushed into second place by a group from Davitt College with their product a beeping sensor for cups.

Teams were able to meet with local entrepreneurs like Tom Murphy from Pamex who was very impressed with the student’s Sticky Auto Brush.

Business Boot Camp 2009
Business Boot Camp 2009
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More photos from the Boot Camp

Published January 28, 2009 Business Leave a Comment
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More photos from the Small Business Boot Camp have been added to our Picasa page.

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Business Boot Camp Winners

Published December 2, 2008 Accounting , Business 7 Comments
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Mr. Hannon’s and Mr. Naughton’s Fifth Year Business classes attended a Small Business Boot Camp for Entrepreneurs at Breaffy House Hotel on Tuesday December 2nd.

The Boot Camp was organised by the Mayo County Enterprise Board.

Students were divided into groups and had to come up with a business idea, devise a good name for their business and write a business plan. Each group then had to present their idea to a panel of judges.

The iConvert team won first prize (a digital camera for each team member) for their business idea of converting old videos to DVD.

The 600.ie team were in second place. They missed out on first prize by just one point!

Well done to all the teams that took part. There were some excellent business ideas from all the teams. Here is a list of all the team members.

Some photos from the day.

Boot Camp 1

Boot Camp 2

Boot Camp 3

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Read Darragh’s report from the Boot Camp.

Business on the Web

Published October 29, 2008 Business , Business Studies Leave a Comment
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I have now set up our own Youtube channel for the SGC Business Blog. You will now see the Youtube logo on the right column of the blog. This channel will contain all videos we use in class for all the business subjects and other videos as well. You can post a comment on any of the videos on the Youtube channel and if you have any suggestions for some videos to be added, then let me know by email or post a comment on the Youtube page.

There are some great business resources on the web. You should take a look at the following and add them to your favourites:

There are more listed on the right column of the blog and remember all websites we use are on the blog’s Delicious page.

If you know of any other good websites or resources on the web then let use know by email or post a comment here.

businessonline.ie

Published September 3, 2008 Business Leave a Comment
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www.businessonline.ie provides free handouts, updates and other learning resources written specifically for students using Enda Connolly’s BUSINESS ON-LINE.

The website lists additional resources for each chapter on the Leaving Certificate Business course. It also has some news items on the homepage that are related to the subject.

Fifth Year Business 2008-2009

Published August 23, 2008 Business Leave a Comment
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Download and view the Leaving Certificate Business Syllabus . The syllabus outlines the different sections of the subject and what is required at the end of each section for the Leaving Certificate examination.

You should also view the 2008 examination papers.

LC Business HL 2008

LC Business OL 2008

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