ENTREPRENEUR BIZ TIPS: The Accidental Entrepreneur | Edel Browne | TEDxTallaght

Here’s Great Tip: The Accidental Entrepreneur | Edel Browne | TEDxTallaght

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20 year old Edel Browne (centre) is the founder of Free Feet Medical, which is developing a multi-award winning device designed to treat gait freezing for people with Parkinson’s disease. She is a past participant on the STEMette’s Outbox Incubator in London, a founding member of the Digital Youth Council of Ireland, a past ambassador for The AAT Project and Nissan Generation Next and Global Teen Leader for Three Dot Dash and the We Are Family Foundation. Edel is also an alumnus of the London International Youth Science Forum and has been named as one of 200 “Founders of The Future” at a reception in No. 10, Downing St. Edel is currently Entrepreneur in Residence at the NUI Galway Blackstone Launchpad and is also studying for a BSc in Biotechnology at NUI Galway. She was listed among the Top 38 Women in Tech by Technology Voice and named as Outstanding Young Person of the year by JCI Galway in 2016. She is also a past Best Individual winner of the BT Young Scientist and People’s choice winner on the NDRC Health Tech Pre Accelerator programme in association with eHealth Ireland. Edel has also been named in the ’30 under 30′ lists by the Sunday Business Post (2016 & 2017), and U Magazine as well as the ’20 under 20′ list by the journal.ie in 2017. She was also accepted to the prestigious Ignite Programme in Entrepreneurship & Management at the University of Cambridge in 2017. Edel Browne (centre) is the founder of Free Feet Medical, which is developing a multi-award winning device designed to treat gait freezing for people with Parkinson’s disease. She is a past participant on the STEMette’s Outbox Incubator in London, a founding member of the Digital Youth Council of Ireland, a past ambassador for The AAT Project and Nissan Generation Next and Global Teen Leader for Three Dot Dash and the We Are Family Foundation. Edel is also an alumnus of the London International Youth Science Forum and has been named as one of 200 “Founders of The Future” at a reception in No. 10, Downing St. Edel is currently Entrepreneur in Residence at the NUI Galway Blackstone Launchpad and is also studying for a BSc in Biotechnology at NUI Galway. She was listed among the Top 38 Women in Tech by Technology Voice and named as Outstanding Young Person of the year by JCI Galway in 2016. She is also a past Best Individual winner of the BT Young Scientist and People’s choice This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at