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On February 10th SFA will host a Small Business Showcase featuring 38 finalist companies in the National Small Business Awards 2011. As a showcase of positivity this event will highlight the entrepreneurship, innovation and achievements of small enterprises in Ireland. As small business will be vital contributor to future employment and growth in our economy this is an opportunity to meet with award winning companies in a positive environment and hear how they are doing and what their hopes are for the future.

Tethras Technologies (www.tethras.com), the new app localisation company based at NovaUCD, has just launched in the US market at Macworld 2011 in San Francisco. The company was established in 2010 to assist mobile app developers with publishing their apps in multiple languages. The launch of Tethras and its specialised app localisation service is good news for US developers looking to take their apps global. The cost and time associated with localizing an app can now be substantially reduced using Tethras’ novel service. Developers can now reach lucrative foreign markets without leaving their desks.

The DCU Ryan Academy Propeller Accelerator has announced that it is now a member of the TechStars Network, a newly launched White House sponsored alliance of independently owned and operated startup accelerator programs from dozens of cities across the United States and around the world.

The next Startup Weekend Dublin takes place over the weekend of the 25th to 27th February at the NDRC in the Digital Hub in Dublin 8. Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets - primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people - to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.

Green Works, the free education programme for jobseekers, has announced dates for more than 50 new courses taking place across Ireland in 2011. The courses, which focus on opportunities within the emergent Green Economy, will take place in the Green Works Hubs in Dublin, Cork, Sligo and Tipperary between January and June of this year.

The next Startup Weekend Dublin takes place over the weekend of the 1st to 3rd October at the NDRC in the Digital Hub in Dublin 8. Startup Weekend is an intense 54 hour event which focuses on building a web or mobile application which could form the basis of a credible business over the course of a weekend. The weekend brings together people with different skillsets - primarily software developers, graphics designers and business people - to build applications and develop a commercial case around them.