The Sounding Board Sessions.

The sounding board sessions are aimed at all members. If you have any idea for a business, whether it is just a simple thought of a concept that might work, whether you are presently researching it, or whether you are ready to go to the market, the sounding board will provide you with a platform to get valuable feedback, in a non-critical way, to your idea.

We will set aside one WIN session, exclusively for the sounding board session (SBS – we have even given it a codename!). Members can pitch their idea or concept to the group and the group can then discuss the idea openly and in confidence. The objective will be to provide the members will any help we can on, for example; the market he/she is considering entering, potential pitfalls, observations from our own previous experience, unseen regulatory issues, competitors, suppliers, political considerations, technological barriers, or unseen costs.

There are a number of benefits for all members:

• The SBS may help the presenting member to decide whether the idea could be successful.

• It can save the presenting member time and money if the negatives are too great.

• It can persuade the member to alter the plan, product or target market.

• May help to augment a business plan in the future.

• The SBS may stimulate ideas for partnerships or joint efforts.

• It may stimulate other members to be creative in their own plans.


“To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.”

Contact Paul Mc Loughlin (pcmcl4@gmail.com) or Caroline Mc Donagh (mcdonaghcaroline@gmail.com) or via the linkedin mail system, if you have an idea you would like to bounce off the group or if you have any questions/comments on the process.