LEAN LAUNCH, A NEW 'START UP BUSINESS MODEL' INITIATIVE FROM LOCAL ENTERPRISE OFFICE GALWAY

OUR NEXT LEAN LAUNCH PROGRAMME BEGINS ON FEBRUARY 27TH - APPLY HERE

Lean Launch is a ‘hands-on’ real world entrepreneurial start up situation where the individual has an idea and the purpose of this workshop is to immediately start testing the business model.

Research has shown that 49% of Irish people would like to start their own business; 50% fail in the first year and a staggering 80% fail within 3 years.

With the guidance of the mentor, the entrepreneurs are taken through actual steps and get out of the classroom / training situation and physically do the market research. Entrepreneurs analyse their business model and how to cost their business. Fundamental to the programme, entrepreneurs look at their potential customers and conduct a number of real world research interviews in the three month period.

Lean Launch will allow participants to establish whether there is a real businessin their idea. At the end of the programme participants should be in the strong position to start their own business.

Lean Launch will be facilitated by Declan Droney. Declan is an experienced Entrepreneur, business consultant and business mentor. He is founder of one of Ireland’s most distinctive, artisan food companies, Kinvara Smoked Salmon.  He is a business Mentor with Galway LEO, Mayo Leo, SCCUL and Enterprise Ireland and lecturer with UCD Innovation Academy and with GMIT New Frontiers. He also delivers lean start up courses to start-up and early stage entrepreneurs.

Download the Lean Launch brochure here.

There will be scheduled mentoring sessions ongoing throughout the course. 

This programme is heavily subsidised by the Local Enterprise Office Galway, and will cost only €75 to entrepreneurs and is limited to 12 places only. Entrepreneurs must have a business idea or be in a start-up business. Applications will be assessed for suitability for the programme.

OUR NEXT LEAN LAUNCH PROGRAMME BEGINS ON FEBRUARY 27TH - APPLY HERE

LEAN LAUNCH 2025 
           

Thursday  27.02.25 9.30 – 4.30pm 

Module 1.  In person at Galway City Council

Thursday  13.03.25  9.30am-4pm 

Mod.2  In person GCC

Thursday  27.03.25  9.30am-4pm 

Mod. 3 In person GCC 
Monday  28.04.25  9.30am-4pm  Mod.4 In person GCC 

Friday  23.05.25 9.30am-4pm 

Mod.5  In person GCC 

Wednesday  18.06.25 9.30am-4pm 

Mod.6  In person GCC

Wednesday 16.07.25  9.30am-4pm 

Mod.7 In person GCC

For any further information, you can contact us by e-mail amcostello@leo.galwaycoco.ie or call us at 091-509090.