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Start-ups: Ignore the figures at your peril

Researchers say entrepreneurs often ignore the early warning signs of failure as they cling to common myths about starting a business

Racing DNA helps scientist make strides with speed gene

Equinome founder Emmeline Hill has brought disruptive technology to horse racing

Irish start-up Nuritas aims to speed up drug development with big data

Artificial intelligence to have biggest impact in biological sciences, says start-up founder

Dublin data mining health start-up Nuritas raises $20m

Backers of the company include Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff and U2

Innovation awards: Coalface Capital does ‘a Kevin Costner’ with big-data analytics

A finalist in the fintech category, the company acts as an aggregator of independent trading results

Irish Times Innovation Awards finalists: original thinkers from all sectors

This year’s contenders range from small start-ups to big multinationals

Irish biotech firm Nuritas reports loss after costs rise in first full year of operation

Dublin-based company reportedly raised a further €2m in investor funding

Irish start-up Nuritas raises $3.2m to unlock food’s health secrets

Firm uses data mining to discover molecules with potential for life sciences

Irish traders in London set up ‘virtual hedge fund’

Online platform Coalface Capital rewards independent operators for performance

Finalists announced for UCD Startup Stars

Event includes four-week mentoring programme to work on start-up ideas

Believing that your innovation is so obviously superior that it will sell itself is common error

Innovators who think people are going to love their product are risking failure before the business even gets off the ground

New Innovator: Aficionado

Tap into talent and track workforce expertise with new online management solution

New innovator: Nuritas

Enbio blooms after relocation to NovaUCD

Enbio boss found once you got yourself into the right environment you can go forward with great energy and optimism