Free 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...

Free 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 led...

Free 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...

Free 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, to...

Free 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...

Free 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,...

Free 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...

Free 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...

Free 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...

Free 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...

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Free 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 more...

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic Bookkeeping For the grand finale of Season 3 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...

Free 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 bootstrapping,...

Free 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 linguistic...

Free 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 the...

Free 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 Arthur Anderson, subsequent to the Enron scandal. Pat found himself in a new home over at EY, were he became partner and eventually moved to PwC in 2016. This interview will be...

Free 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 in...

Free 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...

Free 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 how...

Free 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 about...

Hey 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...

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...