Latest Irish entrepreneur Podcast Episodes
#023: Andrea Reynolds (Swoop Funding)
Irish Business Builders - January 04, 2021 06:00 - 50 minutesFree 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. ...
#022: Chris Burge (Spark Crowdfunding)
Irish Business Builders - December 28, 2020 00:00 - 36 minutesFree 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 ...
#021: Peaches Kemp (Itsa Bagel, Hatch and Sons, Joe's Coffee, Alchemy and Feast Catering)
Irish Business Builders - December 21, 2020 03:00 - 37 minutesFree 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 excepti...
BONUS - Best of Season 2
Irish Business Builders - December 14, 2020 05:00 - 5 minutesA 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 conve...
#020: Maurice Pratt (Quinnsworth, Tesco Ireland and C&C)
Irish Business Builders - November 23, 2020 09:00 - 53 minutesFree 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, ...
#019: Brian Crowley (Broadlake, TTM Healthcare and Resilience Care)
Irish Business Builders - November 16, 2020 05:00 - 56 minutesFree 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 comp...
#018: Darragh Fanning (Zambrero)
Irish Business Builders - November 09, 2020 05:00 - 52 minutesFree 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, whic...
#017: Norman Crowley (The Cool Planet Group)
Irish Business Builders - November 02, 2020 00:00 - 43 minutesFree 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 $750mil...
#016: Lory Kehoe (Blockchain Ireland)
Irish Business Builders - October 26, 2020 05:00 - 53 minutesFree 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’...
#015: Barbara Turley (The Virtual Hub)
Irish Business Builders - October 19, 2020 02:00 - 49 minutesFree 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...
#014 (Part Two): Vincent Carton (Manor Farm)
Irish Business Builders - October 12, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutesFree 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 ...
#014 (Part One): Vincent Carton (Manor Farm)
Irish Business Builders - October 05, 2020 04:00 - 47 minutesFree 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! Famil...
#013: Jack Pierse (Wayflyer)
Irish Business Builders - September 28, 2020 03:00 - 50 minutesFree 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 ...
#012: Mick Kearney (Snap Printing, Irish Rugby & Home Instead Senior Care)
Irish Business Builders - September 21, 2020 01:00 - 41 minutesFree 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 Irelan...
#011 - Season 1 End
Irish Business Builders - September 07, 2020 04:00 - 1 minuteHello 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 fr...
#010: The business of rugby - with Mick Dawson (Leinster Rugby)
Irish Business Builders - August 31, 2020 04:00 - 34 minutesFree 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...
#009: Seeing challenges as opportunities - with Peter Burke (Crossfit 353 & Hush Restaurant)
Irish Business Builders - August 23, 2020 23:00 - 33 minutesFree 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 ...
#008: Ice cream done differently - with Xavier Vidal (Amorino)
Irish Business Builders - August 17, 2020 04:00 - 40 minutesFree 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...
#007: The Modular Construction Revolution - with Conor Hanratty (Extraspace Solutions)
Irish Business Builders - August 09, 2020 23:00 - 44 minutesFree 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 bui...
#006: If you’re going to do it, do it well! - with Gary Fox (Host Butlers & The Entrepreneur Experience podcast)
Irish Business Builders - August 03, 2020 03:00 - 42 minutesFree 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 propert...
#006: If you’re going to do it, do it well! - with Gary Fox (The Entrepreneur Experiment podcast)
Irish Business Builders - August 03, 2020 03:00 - 42 minutesFree 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 propert...
#005: Investing in life - with Will Sparks (SparksWealth)
Irish Business Builders - July 20, 2020 03:00 - 37 minutesFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I spoke to Will Sparks, whose journey towards becoming a successful financial planner contained big hurdles. While at college in UCD, Will overcame immense challenges posed by Dyslexia. Having previously been an adm...
#004: Starting Big - with Tom Fox (Fifty-Three Six)
Irish Business Builders - July 12, 2020 23:00 - 38 minutesFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping This week I chatted to Tom Fox from Fifty-Three Six, a digital strategy agency for sport, with a focus on video. Tom shares his career story from working with Twitter, all the way to learning how to run campaigns on Facebook f...
#003: ‘You are more than your goal’ - with Molly McKeever (Sweaty Soul Living)
Irish Business Builders - July 06, 2020 04:00 - 39 minutesFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Attention: There’s a twist at the end of this episode, so stay tuned! This week I spoke to Molly McKeever, yoga teacher and founder of Sweaty Soul Studio, a slice of calm in Dublin’s busy IFSC. Throughout our conversation, M...
#002: Junior's, Paulie's, Lotts, Unify - What will Barry do next? - with Barry McNerney (UnifyOrdering)
Irish Business Builders - June 29, 2020 04:00 - 46 minutesFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Junior’s Deli & Cafe. Paulie’s Pizza. Lotts & Co. Can you see a pattern? Barry McNerney and his brother Paul have built all of these iconic Irish businesses, and I loved hearing Barry’s tales of determination and passion in th...
#001: Fighter Pilot or Financial Planner? - with Brenton Ward (WIZE Mentoring)
Irish Business Builders - June 28, 2020 23:00 - 52 minutesBrenton is a young entrepreneur and founder of WIZE Mentoring, an online business coaching platform. Initially intended for accounting firms only, Brenton tells me how his model revealed strategies that all business owners can find useful. That’s probably why he’s achieved a substantial, inter...
#001: Zero to 150 monthly subscribers in 12 months - Brenton Ward (WIZE Mentoring)
Irish Business Builders - June 28, 2020 23:00 - 52 minutesFree for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping Brenton is a young entrepreneur and founder of WIZE Mentoring, an online business coaching platform. Initially intended for accounting firms only, Brenton tells me how his model revealed strategies that all business owners can...
Introducing Irish Business Builders
Irish Business Builders - June 22, 2020 05:00 - 40 secondsWelcome to Irish Business Builders! I'm Conor Kearney, the one in the picture, and also the founder of Jetbooks, an online accounting firm for Irish businesses. In this show, I'll be chatting with the people who built Ireland's most loved businesses, from CEO's to restauranteurs, small business...
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