Net Force thrives as lessons learned from earlier mistakes

Net Force, a thriving IT services company, is not Larry Doyle’s first foray into entrepreneurship.

The IT programmer from Wicklow is candid about his first start-up, launched when he was 22, which failed after three years.

With lessons from that experience behind him, Doyle set up Net Force in 2000 and began trading in 2001. The company had a turnover of more than €1 million last year.

After leaving school, Doyle did a ...