OCC in Luigi’s tomorrow 20th February
Tomorrow’s open coffee will be in Luigi Malones, opposite the Opera House in Cork. There is no one scheduled for an official demo but with the Blog Awards being hosted in the Rebel County this weekend we will be delighted to hopefully welcome a few new blogger faces to Open Coffee.
See you all there!
Ciara Crossan
SOHO Solo Conference
Film producer and entrepreneur Lord Puttnam will deliver the keynote address at the SOHO Solo conference called “Reinventing Oneself in these Challenging Times” in Kinsale next Friday, 20th February 2009.
The half-day conference is aimed primarily at small business owners, entrepreneurs and those with a budding business idea. It takes places at the Kinsale Yacht Club between 10am and 2pm and is an absolute bargain to attend at only €25 including lunch.
Lord Puttnam will be joined by a wide range of speakers covering topics like transitioning one business into another, the importance of making and retaining connections and identifying your businesses strengths.
Other speakers include:
- Shemas Eivers, Client Solutions
- Dr E Alana James
- Bob McCarthy, Leadership Management Ireland
- John Prendergast, Aonach Consulting
- Pat Burke, The Auld Sod
- Kieran Murphy, Murphy’s Ice Cream
More details including how to register over on the blog.
Minehane Chartered Accountants at Open Coffee this Friday.
The next Open Coffee is on this Friday the 6th in the Rubicon at 10am. Michael Minehane from Minehane Chartered Accountants will talk about corporation tax and R&D rules for Irish businesses followed by Q & A.
Book Swap
If anyone would like to swap some business books or recommended reading, please bring them along. I will bring along “The mythical man month” and “Once you’re lucky, Twice you’re good” if anyone would like to borrow them for a while.
Mr Cotton Coffee
Coffee will be supplied by Mr Cotton this week at Open Coffee. There will be flasks of the good stuff for us to dig in to during the morning. There was plenty of change left over from the last Open Coffee in Luigi’s which pays for it. The Mr. Cotton van will also be outside from around 11.15 onwards for espressos, cappuccinos etc.
As always, Open Coffee is open to all so feel free to bring people along. If you are interested in presenting your product or service at Open Coffee, we’d love to hear from you at corkopencoffee@gmail.com
