Get Started as an Entrepreneur will consist of 6 sessions of speakers if you complete the series you get a JCI certificate. This is a great programme for anyone that is interested in starting up there own business or maybe already in it and needs that little bit more. 

The purpose of this course is to give you an insight into the skills and resources needed to become an entrepreneur.

You have the opportunity to ask these experts questions at the end of each talk as we will have a Q&A session which is really valuable. 

The 6th (last) session will be presented by Simon Haigh - 'Align for a Successful Business Journey'.

About the speaker

Simon Haigh - The Growth Strategist, CEO of GCM Consulting Limited & Simonhaigh.com

Through his Ireland, UK and Australia based company GCM Advisory, and operating as simonhaigh.com, Simon helps organisations and leaders unlock, build and sustain business, leadership, brand and mindset growth through his coaching, consulting, training, publications, speaking and e-learning programs. Simon’s clients include high performing leaders, companies, business schools such as Trinity College- Ireland, Smurfit, UCD, -Ireland, Southampton- UK, professional organizations & Government bodies globally.  His work is endorsed by world no. 1 leadership thinker, Marshall Goldsmith and featured in the LeaderHum Top 100 Thought Leader series for Mindful Negotiation. He has also been featured on the BBC, Australia’s ABC television and numerous radio and podcast channels, including with his own radio show on UK’s first wellbeing channel, Serenity Radio.

Simon started out as a tri-qualified (England & Wales, Australia, Ireland) commercial lawyer who, also as an entrepreneur, has built and sold out of technology, luxury items and travel companies. He has also been a C-suite (NANA Development Corporation, Dell, BHP, Xilinx) executive and has sat on five boards, across different industries, four continents over 27 years.

Simon’s work and two of his three Amazon 5 Star books – How to be a Better Dealcloser and Dealmaking for Corporate Growth are endorsed by Marshall Goldsmith and he is an associate member of the Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching Organisation.

Simon is an acclaimed Keynote Speaker, including in Australia, US, UK/Ireland, Canada & China: including World Forums; Ireland TechConnect 2019; Northern Ireland Small Business Conference 2019; Brand Forum London 2019; Start Up, Scale-up Summit - UK 2020; Bogu Investment Summit - China, 2021.