The new centre director at Innovation Factory (IF) in Belfast is using his tech skills and entrepreneurial experience to encourage new businesses to take their first steps forward.
Former Apple employee and rock band tour manager, Neil Allen, has taken up the top job at IF on the Springfield Road and he sees it as the team’s mission to encourage and support innovation leading to economic growth in his home city.
“Fear is one of the main reasons that people don’t start a new business. We want to give people the courage to make that leap by offering the sound advice and support that they need, whether that’s financing, sales and marketing, product development, networking or whatever is required. We have a genuine open-door policy,” he said.
Innovation Factory, which is owned by Belfast City Council and operated on their behalf by Oxford Innovation, has just launched a new series of videos titled What If. Each video focuses on the story of a successful business from the centre highlighting the challenges and how each team grew their companies.
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