Your idea should ideally be knowledge based with some potential for intellectual property ownership.

Transforming your idea into a business is likely to result in a business which will operate

• not only on the island of Ireland but globally
• in one of the following sectors
  • added value food product serving retail, food service or food ingredient markets
  • internationally traded services such as
    • ICT & software technologies
    • digital media
    • financial services
    • international services
  • manufacturing based on a technological innovation in areas such as
    • medical technologies
    • pharmaceuticals & biotechnology
    • engineering
    • telecoms & electronics
• if your idea can lead to the development of an internationally focused company outside one of these sectors please contact startup@transformprogramme.com for further details

If your idea is unlikely to develop into an international business check out www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk (for Northern Ireland) or www.basis.ie (for Republic of Ireland)