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Hi All,

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the very best for the year ahead! 2011 was a bit of a howler for a lot of people so we can only hope that 2012 will be a little easier for us all.

I actually had quite a good year last year with deals done on 2 new shops and good progress made online, the highlight was the success of the beer club which had a fantastic year culminating in a really successful participation at the Taste of Christmas event in Dublin’s convention center in November. All of the above made it quite difficult for me to be as active on Startups as I would have liked however I have been very fortunate to have had great support from DCU, Graham @ Exist.ie. Dave @ Hiddendepth.ie, John @ Complex.ie and many other contributors so many many thanks to you all.

2012 has had a great start for me already with the birth of my first child Isabella on New Years day, I thought I was busy before….

I as ever remain positive about the year ahead (what is the alternative?) at Startups we have two major announcements coming which I am really excited about, both have been cooking for a while but it has taken me until now to get the right team together to make things happen..watch this space both initiatives will be launched in the next few weeks.

To those of you considering starting a business this year I would like to wish you the very best of luck, as ever I would urge you not to listen to the doom and gloom, a good business is a good business! if you have done your homework, are honest with yourself, and have protected the downside as much as possible then you will be ok. If you can survive in these times then you will thrive in the upswing. During the Celtic tiger businesses borrowed to plaster over the fundamental flaws in their business, throwing good money after bad. That will not be an option for businesses in the current climate – thank god. Your business will have to stand up to tough tests but look on this as a good thing…

As ever we are here to help if we can, if you are a new Startup and would like to be profiled on the site please get in touch. If you would like to contribute to the site we are always grateful of any help – as usual you can get us on info@startups.ie

I will leave you with three quotes at the start of the year and once again wish you all well,

Kind Regards,

Stephen

‘Feeling sorry for yourself and your present condition, is not only a waste of energy but the worst habit you could possibly have’ – Dale Carnegie

‘Many Intelligent adults are restrained in thoughts, actions and results. They never move further than the boundaries of their self-imposed limitations.’ – John C. Maxwell