The closing date for receipt of online entry forms was midnight, Friday October 24, 2014.
Successful applicants may be invited to submit a Powerpoint/Slide Deck/Document outlining their business model by Sunday November 9, or such later date as may be subsequently notified by the promoters.
Twenty shortlisted entrants will be notified by The Irish Times that they have been shortlisted by Friday 14th of November or such later date as may subsequently be notified by the Promoters.
Shortlisted entrants will be invited to complete an elevator pitch to the Judging Panel on Wednesday, November 19th. Entrants must be available for all dates provided by the Judging Panel.
By the 21st November 2014, or such later date as may subsequently be notified by the Promoters, ten of the shortlisted entrants will be invited to participate as finalists (this number may be increased to twelve finalists solely at the discretion of the Judging Panel) in the Start Up Academy Programme.
By April 2015 or such later date as may subsequently be notified by the Promoters, the overall winner of the Start Up Academy Programme as adjudicated by the Judging Panel from the list of finalists will be notified.