Irish Business Builders
58 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -A show about great Irish businesses, and the people who built them. Stay tuned for weekly conversations with an eclectic selection of guests covering their challenges, triumphs, inspirations and more. Hosted by me, Conor Kearney from Jetbooks.ie
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#050: Barry Wallace (Dash Burger)
May 02, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 100 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I had a chat with Barry Wallace, Managing Director of Dash Burger, a fast casual restaurant that specialises in something called a smash burger. Barry opened the first location on Kevin St just 18 months ago, and the concept has taken off like a rocket. There is already a second location on Capel St with imminent plans to expand nationwide. In this chat, we talk about Barry’s creative passion for food and his ea...
#049: Jim Breen (Pulse Learning)
April 25, 2022 05:00 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I caught up with Jim Breen, Founder and Executive Chairman of Pulse Learning. Jim set up the business in 1999, with start up capital of just 10 pounds. It’s now a global organisation with an enviable list of clients and revenues in the tens of the millions! In this interview, Jim talks about his early days as a civil engineer, the steps he took to start Pulse Learning, and how becoming RTE's Secret Millionaire ...
#048: Phillip McGlade (Thérapie Clinic)
April 18, 2022 06:00 - 50 minutes - 69.5 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I chatted to Phillip McGlade, CEO at Thérapie Clinic, with over 65 locations in Ireland, UK and India. Thérapie Clinic was founded in 2002 by his father and Phillip joined the clinic in his 20's and became CEO in 6 months. In this conversation Phillip talks about what he learnt growing up in the family business and how they've grown Thérapie Clinic from a single location to a multi-national business with even bigg...
#047: Brian Keegan (360 Group)
April 11, 2022 05:00 - 51 minutes - 71.2 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I caught up with Brian Keegan. Brian was founder and CEO of a global outsourced payroll company called 360 Group which he started from his one bed flat in London, and grew it to 6 offices in the UK and Ireland, a data-processing centre in India and a £60 million annual revenues. Brian sold 360 Group in 2018, and has started business coaching, helping entrepreneurs through the journey from the scale-up to stage, t...
#046: JD Buckley (Sky Ireland)
April 04, 2022 05:00 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I spoke to JD Buckley, CEO at Sky Ireland. Sky, as most of you will know, is a global broadcasting and telecommunications company. Since joining Sky in 2012, JD has overseen the growth of the Irish business from just 30 people to over one-thousand today. In this very enjoyable conversation, JD talks about what he learned while working for Digicel in the Caribbean, along with an early opportunity that came from ...
#045: Conall Ó'Móráin (That Great Business Show)
December 13, 2021 07:00 - 39 minutes - 53.8 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I had a great talk with Conall Ó'Móráin, founder and Managing Director of Corporate PR firm, The Media Group and host of Ireland’s (second best) business podcast, That Great Business Show! In this conversation we go right back to his days at UCD, where Conall started his very first media venture, a student magazine called Gob Shout. Since then, Conall has had a very successful business career across media, stock...
#044: Sarah Oullette (Kindora)
December 06, 2021 07:00 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I talked to Sarah Oullette, founder and CEO of Kindora, an online marketplace for buying, selling and renting premium children's goods. After failing to liquidate some expensive baby equipment online, Sarah realised that there was no secure online retail space for secondhand baby goods. So, Sarah launched the startup and two years later she has a co-founder, angel investment and has just finished the Techstars Acc...
#043: James McElroy (Oscar's Farm & Gudog)
November 29, 2021 07:00 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week we hear from James McElroy, Co-Founder of multiple businesses in the Pet Care Technology space, and along with his brother Timothy, finalists for EY’s 'Entrepreneur of the Year' programme in 2019. James’s most recent venture is the newly launched Oscars Farm, which delivers fresh pressed dog food to your door in a monthly subscription. James is also co-founder of Gudog, Europe’s largest peer-to-peer marketplace...
#042: Dan Hobbs (Protex)
November 22, 2021 07:00 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping I'm thrilled to welcome Dan Hobbs this week, Co-Founder and CEO of Protex, a software company using artificial intelligence to track safety for industrial employees. Dan and his Co-Founder Ciarán are recent graduates of Y-Combinator, a start-up incubator based in San Francisco, boasting an enviable track record of finding the next big companies in tech. Other notable alumni include Airbnb, Dropbox, Reddit, and Stripe! In...
#041: Mark Flood (Renatus)
November 15, 2021 07:00 - 38 minutes - 52.3 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I caught up with Mark Flood, Director at Renatus Capital Partners, a private equity fund manager focused on investing in Irish SMEs. In this conversation, we cover a wide range of topics from the early days of the business and how they raised their first fund, to their investment process at Renatus and what they look for when buying a business. Mark also brings me through an example of an investment they made in...
Season 5 is coming!
November 11, 2021 07:00 - 1 minute - 1.46 MBSeason 5 is kicking off on Monday 15/11! Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Make sure you subscribe to hear the first episode as soon as it's published! Irish Business Builders is brought to you by Jetbooks. Jetbooks provides online bookkeeping services for Irish Businesses. For a free 15 minute online consultation, visit www.jetbooks.ie
BONUS - Best of Season 4
July 26, 2021 04:00 - 4 minutes - 6.3 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Hey guys, this is just a quick heart to heart to say thank you for continuing to tune in to the show, and also for getting in touch and reviewing the podcast. I really appreciate all of your feedback, so please, if you haven’t already, feel free to email me with any suggestions or queries that you may have. For those of you who need it, my email address is [email protected] We’re going to take a short break to line up m...
#040: Hugh O’Morain (Flowte)
July 12, 2021 04:00 - 47 minutes - 65.1 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping For the grand finale of Season 4 of Irish Business Builders, I chatted to Hugh O’Morain, Founder and CEO of Flowte, a ticketing software company for Sports Stadiums around the globe. Hugh started out in business at the tender age of 21, his first venture was Ireland’s first Ice Skating rink in the IFSC back in 2002. In this conversation, Hugh talks about how he gained credibility as a young entrepreneur, using the Sunday ...
#039: Conor Kearney (Jetbooks & Irish Business Builders)
July 05, 2021 04:00 - 54 minutes - 74.8 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Well today, we have a slightly different episode of the podcast! Brenton Ward, who was interviewed in episode 2, becomes the host of Irish Business Builders, and interviews me! We talk about how the podcast came about and the lessons I’ve learned interviewing some of Ireland’s most successful business people over the past year. We also talk about my own business journey with Jetbooks, alongside topics such as bootstrappin...
#038: Elaine Carroll (All Ireland Business Foundation)
June 28, 2021 04:00 - 38 minutes - 53.5 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week we're hearing from Elaine Carroll, co-founder of the All Ireland Business Foundation. The AIBF is the organisation behind the Business All-Star award, a coveted accreditation given only to Best-In-Class Irish businesses. The Foundation also hosts the annual All-Ireland Business Summit and monthly gatherings to promote collaboration among its members In this conversation, Elaine talks about studying neuro lingui...
#037: Anne Heraty (CPL Resources PLC)
June 21, 2021 04:00 - 32 minutes - 44.2 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Welcome back to another exciting chat, this time with Anne Heraty, CEO of CPL Resources PLC, a global talent and recruitment company that she started in 1989. Anne took CPL public 10 years later, and has since grown the company to 570 million euro in annual revenues. In this conversation, Anne talks about starting a business in a recession, the positives and negatives of focusing on a niche, and the importance of making ...
#036: Pat Moran (PwC)
June 14, 2021 04:00 - 44 minutes - 61.2 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping On this episode, I chat with Pat Moran, Partner, and Head of Cyber Crime and IT Forensics at PwC. Pat started his career at AIB, before moving to Arthur Anderson, where he was a Director of IT Risk and Security, right up until the global collapse of the firm, subsequent to the Enron scandal. Pat found himself in a new home over at EY, where he became a partner and eventually moved to PwC in 2016. This interview will be p...
#035: Helen Normoyle (My Menopause Centre)
June 07, 2021 04:00 - 56 minutes - 77.4 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping In this episode, I chat with Helen Normoyle, co-founder of My Menopause Centre. My Menopause Centre is an online clinic with a mission is to empower women to take control of their menopause and thrive. Helen previously held coveted positions as Director of Marketing for the BBC, CMO at DFS and most recently, Chief Marketing Officer at Boots. In this conversation, we talk about Helen’s journey from an uncertain student ...
#034: Brian & Rachel Nolan (Nobó)
May 31, 2021 04:00 - 42 minutes - 59 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Today's episode is very special, because I caught up with Brian and Rachel from Nobó, an Irish food company creating delicious treats such as dairy-free ice cream and chocolate, with as little as 5 ingredients. The couple started the business in 2012 and have since grown Nobó into an international brand, with even bigger future ambitions! Rachel and Brian talk to me about what it was like to leave their secure jobs in New...
#033: Pat Caslin (Exit/Entry)
May 24, 2021 04:00 - 52 minutes - 72.3 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I caught up with Pat Caslin. Pat is currently CFO of Exit/Entry and serves as Chairman of Capventus. In this conversation, we do talk about Pat’s career in business, but I think more importantly, Pat tells us about how a devastating diagnosis led him to discovering Stoic Philosophy and how this diagnosis has ultimately been a gift that has changed his values. Pat talks about dealing with adversity in life and ho...
#032: Gary Purcell (Allgo)
May 17, 2021 00:00 - 44 minutes - 61.6 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I had a chat to Gary Purcell, founder of Allgo. Allgo is an employee incentives and rewards platform, serving some of the best known and largest companies globally. In this conversation, Gary talks about Getting his hands dirty and how this can be an advantage against larger competitors, working other jobs to support the business in the early days and how to use incentives to scale a business. Find out more abou...
#031: Suzie McAdam (Suzie McAdam Design)
May 09, 2021 00:00 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Welcome back to Season 4 of Irish Business Builders! I'm excited to be back, and share more inspiring conversations with entrepreneurs, creators and thinkers this season. Kicking things off is this wonderful conversation I had with Suzie McAdam. In this conversation, Suzie talks about failing as an architect before discovering her true passion - Interior Design. We also talk about Suzie’s journey from start-up designer ...
BONUS - Best of Season 3
March 01, 2021 05:00 - 3 minutes - 4.47 MBHey listeners, Firstly I hope everyone listening locally in Ireland is safe and managing okay with further lockdowns. Thank you for continuing to tune in to the podcast and get in touch. Your support really means the world to an independent podcaster like me! I hope you have enjoyed Season Three of Irish Business Builders. We’ve had some amazing guests on the show this season. I’m going to take a couple of weeks off to line up more great conversations with Irish entrepreneurs and busin...
#030: Jake Browne (The Go House)
February 22, 2021 05:00 - 59 minutes - 82.2 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I caught up with Jake Browne, Founder and CEO of The Go House. Jake and his business partner Tom, opened Ireland’s first and only TikTok house only a few short months ago. They gathered Ireland’s top social media influencers and gave them a place to live, and produce video content which is then published Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and many other platforms. In this conversation, Jake covers a wide range of top...
#029: Rónán Ó Dálaigh (Thriftify)
February 15, 2021 05:00 - 50 minutes - 69.3 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I had a chat to Rónán Ó Dálaigh, Founder and CEO of Thriftify, a social enterprise on a mission to bring the world’s charity shops online. Thriftify’s software platform enables charity shops to accurately value the donations they receive such as books, clothing, jewellery and everything in between. Charity shops can then use Thriftify to sell these goods online; thereby increasing their sales volumes and ultima...
#028: Paul McClatchie (Engage People)
February 08, 2021 05:00 - 41 minutes - 56.5 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I interview Paul McClatchie, Founder of Engage People, a specialist recruitment firm, aligning Businesses in Ireland with Financial Talent. Paul was a director in CPL recruitment up until 2016, when he left to set up his own firm. In the short period since starting Engage People, Paul has built the business to a team of 8 and over €1 million in annual revenue. In this conversation, Paul talks about why he lef...
#027: Niall Wall (Ardagh Group, Enva)
February 01, 2021 05:00 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I chatted to Niall Wall, Executive Chairman of Enva – a leading provider of waste management and recycling solutions, operating across 30 facilities in the United Kingdom and Ireland, employing over 15 hundred people. Between 2006 to 2016, Niall was the CEO of the The Ardagh Group, an Irish packaging PLC listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Over that ten year period as CEO, Niall and the team grew the busines...
#026: Brian Hogan (Kylemore Services Group)
January 25, 2021 05:00 - 53 minutes - 74.1 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I had a chat to Brian Hogan, owner and former CEO of Kylemore Services Group, a restaurant and hospitality business operating in over 100 locations nation-wide in both retail and commercial catering. Brian’s grand parents opened the very first Kylemore Bakery in Dublin in 1920 which eventually became the largest fresh bakery in Ireland under Brian’s management. In this conversation, Brian talks about starting ou...
#025: Rhona Blake (FleishmanHillard)
January 18, 2021 05:00 - 48 minutes - 66.3 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping FleishmanHillard, if you haven't heard of it, is one of the world's largest PR & communications agencies. This week I talked to Rhona Blake, Managing Director of FleishmanHillard, who works with clients from large multinational corporations to start ups. In this conversation, Rhona talks about her early days in Public Relations, what it takes to build a successful PR agency and how an early opportunity led to gaining a c...
#024: Bart Kane (The FD Centre)
January 11, 2021 05:00 - 39 minutes - 54.3 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping For our second episode of 2021, I had a chat with Bart Kane, who is the Regional Director of The FD Centre, a provider of part-time CFOs and Financial Directors with a passion for growing businesses. With over 25 years experience as a key Finance Executive, Bart has a strong understanding of how to manage a growing business to ensure success. Surprisingly, this isn't always a straightforward strategy and growth can someti...
#023: Andrea Reynolds (Swoop Funding)
January 04, 2021 06:00 - 50 minutes - 69.6 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I had a chat to Andrea Reynolds, whose time spent in the finance industry allowed her to start Swoop Funding, which provides assistance to small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) to be linked with funding providers. Starting her career at KPMG, Andrea later became a corporate finance advisor to smaller businesses in the UK, which is where she saw how difficult it was for these SMEs to navigate the funding world...
#022: Chris Burge (Spark Crowdfunding)
December 28, 2020 00:00 - 36 minutes - 50.4 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I had a chat to Chris Burge, founder and CEO of Spark Crowdfunding, a platform that allows companies to raise new funds from accredited investors who are interested in growing businesses with high potential. Chris's journey from engineer to entrepreneur is very interesting, and he shares the challenges of growing a marketplace platform and what is daily life as a startup CEO looks like. Find out more about Spark...
#021: Peaches Kemp (Itsa Bagel, Hatch and Sons, Joe's Coffee, Alchemy and Feast Catering)
December 21, 2020 03:00 - 37 minutes - 52.1 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping You'll notice that I've talked to a lot of entrepreneurs in the hospitality industry. That's mainly because I love food, but it's also a fascinating area of business with people doing exciting things. Peaches Kemp is no exception. Peaches and her sister Domini started Itsa Bagel in 1999, and haven't slowed down since then, as you can tell by the impressive list in the title of this episode. Peaches talks to me about the...
BONUS - Best of Season 2
December 14, 2020 05:00 - 5 minutes - 6.91 MBA big heartfelt thank-you to all of the listeners who have tuned in this year. It's been a tough one for many businesses, but having conversations about highs and lows with all of my guests on the podcast has definitely helped me to get through. Enjoy these highlights from this season's conversations and join me for the first episode of Season 3, coming next week! Irish Business Builders is brought to you by Jetbooks. Jetbooks provides online bookkeeping services for Irish Businesses. Fo...
#020: Maurice Pratt (Quinnsworth, Tesco Ireland and C&C)
November 23, 2020 09:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Maurice Pratt's life in business is exactly the conversation I'd wanted for the finale of Irish Business Builders Season 2! He has been at the head of 10 companies, including Quinnsworth, Tesco Ireland and C&C. More recently, Maurice acts as Chairman of Uniphar Group, as well as holding numerous positions as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman for organisations across tourism, non-profit and healthcare sectors. Maurice ...
#019: Brian Crowley (Broadlake, TTM Healthcare and Resilience Care)
November 16, 2020 05:00 - 56 minutes - 39 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I sat down with Brian Crowley and talked about all things entrepreneurship, challenges and growth. Brian is a former international Irish boxer, who now has a played a part in the forming and managing of several companies. He founded TTM group, a specialist healthcare and recruitment company in 2002. After receiving an investment from Broadlake, Brian felt the need for a change and became a partner at Broadlake. ...
#018: Darragh Fanning (Zambrero)
November 09, 2020 05:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping I had a great chat with former professional rugby player and now general manager of Zambrero, Darragh Fanning. Zambrero is a Mexican food franchise which started in Australia, with a focus on healthy and affordable food, which also helps to save world hunger. Every burrito or bowl purchased means a meal donated to someone in need with Plate 4 Plate, a charity partnering with Rise Against Hunger. To date they've donated ov...
#017: Norman Crowley (The Cool Planet Group)
November 02, 2020 00:00 - 43 minutes - 30.2 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I caught up with Norman Crowley, a successful serial entrepreneur who is doing remarkable things in business and in environmental awareness. Norman Crowley founded and sold 3 businesses with a total worth of $750million before the age of 40. Norman actually retired at the age of 28, but as you'll hear in our conversation, that was short lived. Under the Cool Planet Group, Norman has several businesses that all s...
#016: Lory Kehoe (Blockchain Ireland)
October 26, 2020 05:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Lory Kehoe is an adjunct associate professor at Trinity College Dublin and Founder of BlockChain Ireland. Being an accountant, I thought I knew a little about blockchain and cryptocurrency before my chat with Lory, but as you’ll hear for yourself, his depth of knowledge about the subject is fantastic. He is also very excited about the possibilities of this emerging tool. We talk about Blockchain and its real-world applic...
#015: Barbara Turley (The Virtual Hub)
October 19, 2020 02:00 - 49 minutes - 33.9 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I had an inspiring chat with Barbara Turley, Founder and CEO at The Virtual Hub. The Virtual Hub provides virtual, remote assistants to businesses all over the world. Barbara has an astounding work ethic and draws a hard line between work and life. She doesn’t let work get in the way of being a fantastic mother to her children and living the lifestyle she wants. Having started the business 5 years ago, she has...
#014 (Part Two): Vincent Carton (Manor Farm)
October 12, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutes - 22.4 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Vincent Carton’s story reaches back into the 18th Century, where the Carton family began a poultry business involving breeding, feeding and selling in the Dublin area. This is one of Ireland’s oldest surviving companies! With so much experience and wisdom to share, we’ve brought this conversation to you in two parts. Following on from Part One, where you heard how Vincent came to own the business and how he nearly lost it,...
#014 (Part One): Vincent Carton (Manor Farm)
October 05, 2020 04:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Vincent Carton’s story reaches back into the 18th Century, where the Carton family began a poultry business involving breeding, feeding and selling in the Dublin area. This is one of Ireland’s oldest surviving companies! Family businesses can be slow to evolve, as decision making can span several generations. Vincent and his brother Justin saw this and bought out all of the shareholders. They focused on understanding new ...
#013: Jack Pierse (Wayflyer)
September 28, 2020 03:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Jack Pierse is the co-founder and CFO of Wayflyer, a revenue-based financing service for ecommerce companies. Wayflyer’s business is a simple one, they lend money to businesses, so that they can buy more online advertising to grow their sales In under 24 hours, businesses can connect with Wayflyer, connect their online marketing platforms and receive funds towards their online marketing campaigns. Unlike a bank who woul...
#012: Mick Kearney (Snap Printing, Irish Rugby & Home Instead Senior Care)
September 21, 2020 01:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Welcome to Season 2 of Irish Business Builders! On today's episode I chat with Mick Kearney, whose life in business has taken him down many paths since he started out in the early 1980's. Mick brought Snap Printing to Ireland in 1984, which quickly grew to be the largest Print and Design group in the country. A position it still holds today. Then in 2005, Mick and his business partner Ed Murphy, launched another Franc...
#011 - Season 1 End
September 07, 2020 04:00 - 1 minute - 1.1 MBHello dear listeners, Thank you for tuning in to Season One of Irish Business Builders. I'm very excited to return with Season Two on Monday the 21st of September! You can use this time to catch up on any episodes you've missed, and if you know an Irish Business Builder you'd like to hear from on the show, email me at [email protected] If you’re spending too much time on your business bookkeeping, Jetbooks can help. For a free, instant quote visit www.jetbooks.ie. My deepest thanks on...
#010: The business of rugby - with Mick Dawson (Leinster Rugby)
August 31, 2020 04:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I sat down with Mick Dawson, ex-stockbroker with Davy and Chief Executive of Leinster Rugby since 2001. I've never been a huge rugby fan and so in this chat, I was interested to hear what goes on behind the scenes at a world-class sports franchise; What are the main revenue drivers? How do they think about marketing? Does the executive HQ influence the outcomes on the pitch and what are the key dynamics that driv...
#009: Seeing challenges as opportunities - with Peter Burke (Crossfit 353 & Hush Restaurant)
August 23, 2020 23:00 - 33 minutes - 23 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Peter Burke is the kind of person who sees challenges as opportunities. His first business venture was a small gym called Crossfit 353, as an affiliate of the well-known fitness brand. Starting an affiliate business is a great way to get a head-start on building a business from the ground up. Peter Burke is also the founder of Hush Restaurant in Rathmines, a new spot for mouthwatering burgers, sandwiches and coffee. Covid-...
#008: Ice cream done differently - with Xavier Vidal (Amorino)
August 17, 2020 04:00 - 40 minutes - 27.5 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I sat down with Xavier Vidal, somewhat of a retail genius, which is probably why he is involved now in something that makes so many people happy - ice cream. We haven’t spoken about franchises in the show yet, and I think it’s important to discuss because it’s a bit different than building a new business from the ground up. After several impressive corporate retail positions, Xavier was looking for a change. W...
#007: The Modular Construction Revolution - with Conor Hanratty (Extraspace Solutions)
August 09, 2020 23:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I caught up with Conor Hanratty, whose story is a little different than our other business builders so far. Conor was the managing director of Extraspace Solutions, a leading specialist in construction of modular buildings, which he sold in 2016. Originally working at Cambridge Finance, a public leasing company that owned Extraspace, Conor bought the business out of receivership and grew the company in Ireland an...
#006: If you’re going to do it, do it well! - with Gary Fox (Host Butlers & The Entrepreneur Experience podcast)
August 03, 2020 03:00 - 42 minutes - 29.2 MBFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I had a great chat to Gary Fox, founder of Host Butlers, which is a property concierge service for short-term lettings. What is that, you might ask? Well, picture comprehensive, professional management of your property through Airbnb, offering everything from check-in, all the way to cleaning. Gary is a passionate believer in doing things well, striving for quality and excellent service in whatever it is you’re d...