A government-sponsored seminar is taking place in Galway today.
'Building a Business on Your Ideas' is free of charge and aimed at small business owners, entrepreneurs, inventors and start-up companies.
Minister for Research and Innovation Sean Sherlock is urging businesses to attend.
Mr Sherlock said the seminar is something they plan on repeating all across the country: "This is being rolled out across other centres as well. Today you'll have the Galway seminar; in May it will take place in Kilkenny and then back to Dublin on June 20.