Dragon's Den workshop in Donegal with BBC's Doug Richards

Serial Entrepreneur and BBC “Dragons' Den” star Doug Richard is coming to Letterkenny, County Donegal to host a one-day seminar for new and existing businesses on 15th October. The seminar will focus on how to start and grow a successful business, drawing on Doug’s huge experience both as a businessman and as a successful investor in other businesses. The one-day workshop is being organised by Donegal County Enterprise Board and will take place at the Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT).

“Doug hosted a ‘Dragons' Den’ workshop in March, as part of Enterprising Donegal Business Week, which was booked out, and the feedback from the attendees was incredible”, said Ursula Donnelly, Assistant CEO of Donegal County Enterprise Board. “Since then we’ve been trying to get him to return to Letterkenny and I’m delighted to confirm that he’ll be hosting our October event”.  See the flyer here.

“I look forward to an intense day in Letterkenny”, said Doug Richard. “I got to meet some great people in March and I’m expecting even better for the seminar. During the seminar we’ll look at the tools you can use to make your business a success and see how to avoid some common pitfalls, based on my own experience. My message is that you can improve a lot with very little.”

Doug Richard is a successful entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience in the development and leadership of technology and software ventures and is former Chairman of the UK’s Small Business Task Force. He featured in the first two series of the BBC’s “Dragons' Den”. Between 1996 and 2000 Doug was President and CEO of Micrografx, a US publicly-quoted software company. Prior to that he also founded and subsequently sold two other companies, Visual Software and ITAL Computers. He holds a degree in Psychology from the University of California at Berkeley and a Law degree from UCLA. A champion for start-ups and small business, Doug founded the School for Start Ups in 2008 in order to help people start better, more profitable businesses. Since 2008 he has taught thousands in face to face and online classes across the UK.
  Doug Richard’s ‘School for Start-Ups’ one day Seminar, hosted by Donegal County Enterprise Board, will take place on Friday 15th October from 8.30am to 4.30pm in Letterkenny Institute of Technology (LYIT), County Donegal.

For tickets, visit www.schoolforstartups.ie Additional information is available from Donegal County Enterprise Board on 074 9160735 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

To see a video interview with Doug Richard discussing the upcoming seminar, please visit the School for Startups website at www.schoolforstartups.ie.