Managerial skills deficit ‘limit Irish startups’

A lack of business development expertise among Irish managerial teams is holding firms back and preventing them from reaching their full potential, according to a former senior Enterprise Ireland executive.

The agency’s former software division chief, Pat Byrne, believes many Irish managerial teams lack the skills necessary to scale a business, in contrast to their peers elsewhere.

Irish startups tend to be particularly strong on the technical aspects of their business but relatively weak in other areas, Mr Byrne said.