The Guardian Irish Business Podcast

For this week's guest we have Prof Michael Ryan of OCE Technology, who has been integral to the development of education in the computer industry for the past 40 years, has been involved with several tech start ups and has competed in the Olympics for IrelandIn this episode Michael talks us through the importance of educating the youth in Ireland about computing, how important people are in the software development process and how 40 years at DCU has impacted his life.–The Guardian Irish Business Podcast is a tour around the entrepreneurial industry here in Dublin and across the country. We have the great privilege here at Guardian Accountants of working with some of the most inspiring and influential small businesses in Ireland and the people who run them who are forming and shaping many different sectors of the Irish economy. I thought it was interesting to talk and learn from these people which we do every day but memorialise it in a podcast which then could be shared with our friends and clients and you the listener.If you want to learn a little more about Guardian you can go to www.guarianaccountants.ie where you will learn about everything that we do. If you are enjoying The Guardian Irish Business Podcast please do share it with your friends and colleagues and please don't forget to subscribe like and review wherever you are listening. Thanks for listening and until next time.–Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guardianaccountantsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/guardianaccountantsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guardian-management-accountingTwitter: https://twitter.com/guardian_accWebsite: https://www.guardianaccountants.ieProduced by: Alan Taylor

For this week's guest we have John Patten, a serial entrepreneur who has not only worked for such powerhouses like Channel 4 and is a board member of TAM but has set up several of his own companies like Digitize and On Converge.In the episode we talk about the importance (or unimportance) of having a masters, retaining your staff, the change over from old to new media and going from a McDonalds worker to founder of several companies–The Guardian Irish Business Podcast is a tour around the entrepreneurial industry here in Dublin and across the country. We have the great privilege here at Guardian Accountants of working with some of the most inspiring and influential small businesses in Ireland and the people who run them who are forming and shaping many different sectors of the Irish economy. I thought it was interesting to talk and learn from these people which we do every day but memorialise it in a podcast which then could be shared with our friends and clients and you the listener.If you want to learn a little more about Guardian you can go to www.guarianaccountants.ie where you will learn about everything that we do. If you are enjoying The Guardian Irish Business Podcast please do share it with your friends and colleagues and please don't forget to subscribe like and review wherever you are listening. Thanks for listening and until next time.–Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guardianaccountantsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/guardianaccountantsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guardian-management-accountingTwitter: https://twitter.com/guardian_accWebsite: https://www.guardianaccountants.ieProduced by: Alan Taylor

Paul Breen founder of both The Lovely Food Company and Bread and Butter based in Drumcondra is with us today to talk about his inspirational journey through the Irish food and entrepreneurial scene.In this episode he takes us through the genesis of his idea to start the business from an unlikely source, the community development which helped him survive the COVID lockdowns and why he never wants to work in tech!–The Guardian Irish Business Podcast is a tour around the entrepreneurial industry here in Dublin and across the country. We have the great privilege here at Guardian Accountants of working with some of the most inspiring and influential small businesses in Ireland and the people who run them who are forming and shaping many different sectors of the Irish economy. I thought it was interesting to talk and learn from these people which we do every day but memorialise it in a podcast which then could be shared with our friends and clients and you the listener.If you want to learn a little more about Guardian you can go to www.guarianaccountants.ie where you will learn about everything that we do. If you are enjoying The Guardian Irish Business Podcast please do share it with your friends and colleagues and please don't forget to subscribe like and review wherever you are listening. Thanks for listening and until next time.–Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guardianaccountantsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/guardianaccountantsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guardian-management-accountingTwitter: https://twitter.com/guardian_accWebsite: https://www.guardianaccountants.ieProduced by: Alan Taylor

Our next guest on the Guardian Irish Business Podcast is Andy Pepper, a man who has spent his entire career in the pharma sector working his way up to Managing Director, and then forming his own company, which he successfully sold in 2020 - despite being in the depths of Covid.In this episode we discuss the reasons big pharma made the move to Ireland, defining your business in its own niche and the adjustment in going from an owner of a company, selling said company and then reporting to someone else for essentially doing the same job.–The Guardian Irish Business Podcast is a tour around the entrepreneurial industry here in Dublin and across the country. We have the great privilege here at Guardian Accountants of working with some of the most inspiring and influential small businesses in Ireland and the people who run them who are forming and shaping many different sectors of the Irish economy. I thought it was interesting to talk and learn from these people which we do every day but memorialise it in a podcast which then could be shared with our friends and clients and you the listener.If you want to learn a little more about Guardian you can go to www.guarianaccountants.ie where you will learn about everything that we do. If you are enjoying The Guardian Irish Business Podcast please do share it with your friends and colleagues and please don't forget to subscribe like and review wherever you are listening. Thanks for listening and until next time.–Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guardianacc...Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/guardianacco...LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guar...Twitter: https://twitter.com/guardian_accWebsite: https://www.guardianaccountants.ieProduced by: Alan Taylor

For this week's episode we have Stephanie Davies, founder of Pimbrook, an award winning Irish technology company. She takes us through her journey, starting the business with her partner, the long term benefits of not trying to sell people what they don't need and why you should always follow your gut.–The Guardian Irish Business Podcast is a tour around the entrepreneurial industry here in Dublin and across the country. We have the great privilege here at Guardian Accountants of working with some of the most inspiring and influential small businesses in Ireland and the people who run them who are forming and shaping many different sectors of the Irish economy. I thought it was interesting to talk and learn from these people which we do every day but memorialise it in a podcast which then could be shared with our friends and clients and you the listener.If you want to learn a little more about Guardian you can go to www.guarianaccountants.ie where you will learn about everything that we do. If you are enjoying The Guardian Irish Business Podcast please do share it with your friends and colleagues and please don't forget to subscribe like and review wherever you are listening. Thanks for listening and until next time.–Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guardianaccountantsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/guardianaccountantsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guardian-management-accountingTwitter: https://twitter.com/guardian_accWebsite: https://www.guardianaccountants.ieProduced by: Alan Taylor

For this episode of the Guardian Irish Business Podcast we have Bob Murray, a man that has been a part of and shaping the Irish IT industry for the past 40 years. He takes us on a journey through his career from studying to be a radio officer for ships, his hiring techniques to get the best team from the most unlikely places right through to starting his company in 1990, growing it and eventually selling it to Eir in 2021.–The Guardian Irish Business Podcast is a tour around the entrepreneurial industry here in Dublin and across the country. We have the great privilege here at Guardian Accountants of working with some of the most inspiring and influential small businesses in Ireland and the people who run them who are forming and shaping many different sectors of the Irish economy. I thought it was interesting to talk and learn from these people which we do every day but memorialise it in a podcast which then could be shared with our friends and clients and you the listener.If you want to learn a little more about Guardian you can go to www.guarianaccountants.ie where you will learn about everything that we do. If you are enjoying The Guardian Irish Business Podcast please do share it with your friends and colleagues and please don't forget to subscribe like and review wherever you are listening. Thanks for listening and until next time.–Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guardianaccountantsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/guardianaccountantsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guardian-management-accountingTwitter: https://twitter.com/guardian_accWebsite: https://www.guardianaccountants.ieProduced by: Alan Taylor

Today's guest of the Guardian Irish Business Podcast is a fourth generation butcher that has over 140 years experience through his family’s business 'Higgins Butchers', with award-winning dried meats and co-author of the incredible cook book ‘And For Mains”, Rick Higgins.In the podcast we get to hear about being in the butchers from an early age, having to sign a contract with the Japanese government to be the only official seller of wagyu beef in Ireland and what he is doing to bring the family business into the future. –The Guardian Irish Business Podcast is a tour around the entrepreneurial industry here in Dublin and across the country. We have the great privilege here at Guardian Accountants of working with some of the most inspiring and influential small businesses in Ireland and the people who run them who are forming and shaping many different sectors of the Irish economy. I thought it was interesting to talk and learn from these people which we do every day but memorialise it in a podcast which then could be shared with our friends and clients and you the listener.If you want to learn a little more about Guardian you can go to www.guarianaccountants.ie where you will learn about everything that we do. If you are enjoying The Guardian Irish Business Podcast please do share it with your friends and colleagues and please don't forget to subscribe like and review wherever you are listening. Thanks for listening and until next time.–Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guardianaccountantsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/guardianaccountantsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guardian-management-accountingTwitter: https://twitter.com/guardian_accWebsite: https://www.guardianaccountants.ieProduced by: Alan Taylor

For the first episode of Guardians Irish Business Podcast we have Gaz Smith, founder of Michael’s and restaurateur extraordinaire! He takes us through his career from his humble beginnings as a kitchen porter through his time in Vienna and right through the success of his two restaurants, with his third opening this week in Blackrock.–The Guardian Irish Business Podcast is a tour around the entrepreneurial industry here in Dublin and across the country. We have the great privilege here at Guardian Accountants of working with some of the most inspiring and influential small businesses in Ireland and the people who run them who are forming and shaping many different sectors of the Irish economy. I thought it was interesting to talk and learn from these people which we do every day but memorialise it in a podcast which then could be shared with our friends and clients and you the listener.If you want to learn a little more about Guardian you can go to www.guarianaccountants.ie where you will learn about everything that we do. If you are enjoying The Guardian Irish Business Podcast please do share it with your friends and colleagues and please don't forget to subscribe like and review wherever you are listening. Thanks for listening and until next time.–Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guardianaccountantsFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/guardianaccountantsLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/guardian-management-accountingTwitter: https://twitter.com/guardian_accWebsite: https://www.guardianaccountants.ieProduced by: Alan Taylor

The Guardian Irish Business Podcast is a tour around the entrepreneurial industry here in Dublin and across the country. We have the great privilege here at Guardian Accountants of working with some of the most inspiring and influential small businesses in Ireland and the people who run them who are forming and shaping many different sectors of the Irish economy. I thought it was interesting to talk and learn from these people which we do every day but memorialise it in a podcast which then could be shared with our friends and clients and you the listener.If you want to learn a little more about Guardian you can go to www.guarianaccountants.ie where you will learn about everything that we do. If you are enjoying The Guardian Irish Business Podcast please do share it with your friends and colleagues and please don't forget to subscribe like and review wherever you are listening. Thanks for listening and until next time.