What's New? NED Semester 1 Notes are available. Check out DCU's own Business Idea Competition - information and applications can be gotten from the Enterprise Webpage Share your ideas... Discuss projects, ideas and course details on REDNED News, the online newsgroup for NED students. Win Prizes... Find out about the Irish Student Enterprise Awards. Be Inspired... Read about previous winners from DCU of the Student Enterprise Awards.   What is Entreprenurship? Entrepreneurs defy categorisation but the fundamental role of entrepreneurs is to instigate change. Most people associate entrepreneurial change with the new ideas and processes that drive technological and economic development. But entrepreneurs are not just to be found in the business word they are also the driving force behind social change in society. The key characteristic of the entrepreneur, is need to achieve. In sum entrepreneurs are people who believe that things could be better. The Graduate Entrepreneur Entrepreneurship is the key to innovation and growth in the modern global economy. In this competitive environment education is essential for successful venture initiation particular in the high tech sector. Increasingly graduate entrepreneurs are the driving force behind Ireland's most innovative new enterprises. The founding members of successful companies such as Iona Technologies, Nua and ESAT are all university graduates. DCU is committed to providing its graduates with the necessary skills and expertise to become successful entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. Each year over 400 students undertake modules in New Enterprise Development (NED) at DCU, many in interfaculty teams.

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