Irish Business Builders

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingThis 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 eagerness to constantly improve on his ideas… through what he calls, marginal gains.We also talk about Barry’s journey in business, from humble beginnings in food trucks, to franchising in Europe and finally creating Dash Burger, his proverbial secret sauce.Find out more about Dash Burger here: https://www.dashburger.ie/Join Barry for an ‘eat and meet’ with the burger legend himself; George Motz, on Thursday 19th May: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/dash-burger-presents-the-george-motz-pop-up-world-tour-tickets-327968401317

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingThis 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 to Jim Founding the Cycle Against Suicide an organisation set up to raise awareness of the supports available for anyone battling depression or self-harm.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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingThis 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 bigger ambitions.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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingThis 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 ultimately selling their business.Brian has embraced the Scaling Up methodology, created by Verne Harnish and the Entrepreneurs Organisation, having used it so successfully in growing and selling the 360 Group.Attend the Harvard Business School and Scaling Up joint event:  https://scalingupglobal.com/scaling-up-2022/More about Scaling Up https://www.scalingupglobal.com/2 day Scaling Up Masterclass May 11th 2022 ,  Shannon Chamber event  https://www.shannonchamber.ie/events/scaling-up-the-business-2-day-interactive-workshop-with-verne-harnish/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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingThis 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 failing an exam in UCD, and he gives some really clear and honest advice for anyone who aspires to one day, becoming a CEO. 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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingThis 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-broking, and public relations. We cover all of this, as well as drawing some interesting contrasts between Conall, and Richard Branson.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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingThis 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 Accelerator program in London. Sarah talks about how she founded the business, her passion for supporting women in business and how to start and scale a global company.  Visit Kindora: https://kindora.shop/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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingThis 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 and mobile app for dog owners in need of local vetted dog sitters and walkers. Gudog operates in over 75 cities, and has over 30,000 sitters and walkers earning a living on the platform.  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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingI'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 this conversation, we cover a host of topics, from Dan’s experience applying to and going through the Y-Combinator programme, raising money from some of the world’s most successful and best-known entrepreneurs, to Dan’s first start-up, which he started at the tender age of 22, and sold a few years later in 2019!Find out more about Protex: https://www.protex.ai/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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingThis 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 the burrito chain Boojum – and his thoughts on why the CEO is the most important factor in determining the value of any business. Every Sunday, Renatus issue a newsletter synopsising the latest deal activity, company performance and people moves.They also include their top macroeconomic-related tweets, thought for the week and other topics of interest to our stakeholders. Sign up to the Renatus weekly newsletter here: https://renatus.ie/newsletter/Renatus also have an excellent podcast showcasing some of Ireland’s best SMEs which you can listen to here: https://renatus.ie/newsletter/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

Season 5 is kicking off on Monday 15/11!Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingMake 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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingHey 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 conor@jetbooks.ie We’re going to take a short break to line up more great conversations with Irish entrepreneurs and business builders!Make sure you’ve hit ‘Subscribe’ wherever you’re listening to this and I’ll be back soon!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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingFor 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 Times Rich List as a way to raising money, pivoting to ticketing software from Ice Skating and of course the 18 year journey with Flowte. Find out more about Flowte here: https://flowtesport.com/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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingWell 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, strengths, weaknesses, books and bits of advice I’ve picked up along the way.Find out more about Jetbooks here: www.jetbooks.ieIrish 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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingThis 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 membersIn this conversation, Elaine talks about studying neuro linguistic programming in Las Vegas and why she decided to never-again pursue something, for the sake money alone. Find out more about Elaine and the AIBF here: https://aibf.ie/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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingWelcome 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 customer of your business, as successful as they can be.Anne also talks about the recent sale of CPL, to the Japanese group, Outsourcing, for 318 million euro!Find out more about Anne and CPL Resources here: https://www.cpl.com/ieIrish 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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingOn 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 particularly interesting to anyone who owns their own business, as Pat talks us through what it’s like, running a large client-services business, as part of a global organisation.We also talk about IT Security and the steps that business owners can take to protect themselves against cyber attacks.Pat was asked to speak at the international Ted conference in Monte Carlo, and you can watch his talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbF-z7btahgConnect with Pat via LinkedIn here: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/patmoran2 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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingIn 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 UL, to C-Suite Executive.We also talk about what it was like leaving a behind a successful corporate career and steady salary to start an online business, and why they are giving away most of the intellectual property of My Menopause Centre free of charge!!Find out more about My Menopause Centre here: https://www.mymenopausecentre.com/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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingToday'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 York to come back home to Ireland and sell ice-cream at farmers markets.We chat about the ups, the downs, and the many challenges they’ve encountered along their journey.Find out more about Nobó here: https://www.nobo.ie/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

Free for all listeners: The Ultimate Guide to Automatic BookkeepingThis 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 to use it to your advantage, and the big question of what is actually important in the end?Find out more and connect with Pat here: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/1patcaslinIrish 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