Derya Sousa: ‘It has been really helpful for me in growing our business’

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founder Derya Sousa who completed the programme in May 2018. “It has been really helpful for me in growing our business and I would recommend it to anyone who is starting a business,” she says.

“I founded the company with my husband Osvaldo in 2016,” says Sousa. “We both come from a technology background and had worked for companies in a variety of sectors on IT projects. We knew that there was a gap in the market for this and that people without technical knowledge should be involved in IT projects.

Three years on from the programme and Kianda Technologies is thriving. “Business is going really well,” she says. “We are offering what companies need now more than ever. We are helping to ease the digitalisation process and offering an easy route into the digital-first world with less resources. Growth has been a lot faster since January and we are planning to expand our team to 20 by the end of the year.

The programme is delivered in three phases, consisting of practical and interactive workshops, personalised one-to-one mentoring by seasoned business mentors from the Enterprise Ireland Mentor network, and financial support and co-working space.

 

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