Are you receiving a social welfare payment and interested in starting your own business, but haven’t yet come up with the right idea?

Monaghan Integrated Development is running one day Business Ideas Generation Workshops on 12^th May 2010, the following will be covered on the day;

1. 1. Personal suitability for self-employment

¨     The characteristics and traits of the entrepreneur

¨     Self-employment V’s PAYE employment

¨     Realities of running a business, what’s involved

1. 2. Generating New Business Ideas

¨     Where do business ideas come from;

¨     How to come up with new ideas for business; idea generation techniques

¨     Finding a profitable niche

¨     Opportunities; current trends and predicted future growth areas.

1. 3. A  Good Business Idea

¨     What makes a good business idea

¨     Case studies of successful businesses which started small, with minimal investment

¨     Exploration of existing business ideas among the participants

¨     Researching the idea; the next steps and supports available

The training will take place on in our main office at Monaghan Rd., Castleblayney from 9.30am – 4.30pm.

Participants who complete the training and generate a business idea which they wish to develop further can progress onto the Start Your Own Business Course commencing 26^th May 2010.

For an application form log onto www.midl.ie or contact; Julie Clarke, Community Economic Development Officer

E-mail@ jclarke@monaghanintegrateddevelopment.ie Tel:  (042) 9749500