The WEN Wonderwomen of Business Awards took place on Friday 15th June at Lismore Hotel. Guest Speaker, Lauren Fisher of Simply Zesty flew in from London to join the local businesswomen in their celebrations. Having started her business from her bedroom, Lauren successfully grew the company and sold it to UTV for £2million. As part of the deal, she still works for the company and is currently growing the UK branch.
"Anything is possible ", says Lauren, "you just need to put the time ito building your dreams. There's always an extra hour in the day that you can use, whether that means getting up an hour earlier or staying at it an hour longer in the evening, if you want success you'll find the time."
County Manager and Chair of Waterford County Enterprise Board, Denis McCarthy, congratulated all the finalists and highlighted the importance of female entrepreneurship. Anike Tyrell, CEO of Waterford County Enterprise Board, who sponsored the top prize of €2500 worth of social media from Simply Zesty spoke about the impact of social media and about the female contribution to social media. This was the first time these awards have taken place in Co. Waterford and the standard of entries was extremely high.
The wonderwomen of business award winners were:-
The wonderwomen of business award winners were:-
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| Eunice Power; Businesswoman of the year |
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Tracy Quinlan;
Outstanding Professional Service
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| Jenny Beresford; Oustanding Employee |
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Olivere Lannen;
Outstanding Personal Service
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| Miranda Corcoran; Excellence in the Arts |
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| Imelda Walsh; Tourism & Leisure |
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| Breda Mackle;
New Business
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| Audrea Hassett; Food |
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| Emma Hall; Online |
Dungarvan Enterprise Centre was proud to be involved in the Waterford WEN and also host the WEN meetings once per month. It is a free network open to all women in business. The network offers skills development, guest speakers, networking and referrals. We look forward to starting meetings again in September. More details about the network can be found on www.facebook.com/waterfordwen
Wow,
ReplyDeleteLauren Fisher is such an inspiration.
She is right- it's so hard to look for excuses, but when you want to succeed, you will find the way.
It's also wonderful to see the women who won awards, gives every woman entrepreneur motivation to keep going.
Thanks for sharing!
Adi Nezer
women entrepreneurship