Scale Cork is a Scaling Programme for SMEs supported by Cork County Council through its economic development fund and operated by the Rubicon Centre at MTU.

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About the course

This programme is open to companies who are willing to scale beyond their current capability and interested in increasing sales, developing exports and building relationship with FDIs in the region.

  • Employ more than 10 employees.
  • The business is profitable with the potential to increase profitability.
  • Has a turnover greater than €500,000.
  • Has some IP in the business or potential to exploit same.
  • Has the potential to grow sales by 20% per annum.

New Frontiers Phase 2 & 3

Course offerings

Programme details

Delivered at the Rubicon Centre with its team of business professionals, selected companies will be supported by:

  • Group training, one day a month on modules such as finance, strategy, marketing, sales and innovation.
  • Will devise a development plan and in-house innovation management assessment to evaluate the company’s innovation and competitiveness management processes.
  • Will develop a Virtual Incubator to facilitate distance learning and virtual networking.
  • Will participate in one-to-one mentoring provided by mentors from Irish, British and American industry professionals who will give a wider international perspective to the programme.

Scale Cork

How do I know this programme is for me?

1

Do you have a business idea?

Contact info@rubiconcentre.ie for details.

2

Need to test market fit

Contact info@rubiconcentre.ie for details.

3

Need advice on next steps

Contact info@rubiconcentre.ie for details.

1

Need to test market fit

Contact info@rubiconcentre.ie for details.

2

Need advice on next steps

Contact info@rubiconcentre.ie for details.

3

Do you have a business idea?

Contact info@rubiconcentre.ie for details.

Testimonials

It was really fun getting to know the team during the project. They were all helpful in answering my questions and made me feel at ease. The design ended up being better than I could have envisioned!

Eve CrawfordProduct Designer

By far the best team I've ever worked with. They truly understood the look I was going for and completely nailed it! I would highly recommend them as a company, you simply just won't find any better team!

Aura BrooksGraphic Designer

Salient is by far the most astonishing WP theme out there! I literally could not be happier that I chose to buy your theme! Your regular updates and superb attention to detail blows me away every time I visit my new site!

Zak ReidInstructor, Skate Nao

I'm wondering why I never contacted these guys sooner! Seriously, they all have commendable talent in their respective fields and knocked my concept out of the ballpark. Thanks for an amazing experience!

Jack GrahamCo Founder, Coffee Inc

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