Talking Point: Start-ups - the brass tacks
Getting your own business off the ground is not a fantasy. It can be, and is, achieved by many courageous, ordinary people, writes Elaine O'Regan.
Every week in this newspaper, we profile start-up enterprises set up by people around the country with fresh, innovative and novel ideas.
These homegrown entrepreneurs are defying the nay-sayers who maintain that setting up a business is an impossible task - too complex, too time-consuming, too onerous, too difficult.
The reality is that there are hordes of ordinary people who are willing to learn the ropes and take the risk. If you think ...
