Irish Business Builders

Produced by JetbooksIn Series 7, Episode #051 of the Irish Business Builders podcast, host Conor Kearney interviews Sir Michael Smurfit. Sir Michael recounts his journey from joining his father's cardboard box company at 16 to transforming it into Ireland's first multinational corporation, Smurfit Westrock. Highlighting key moments and tough decisions, Sir Michael shares valuable i

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 im

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 day

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 b

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 201

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 wha

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 stu

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

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 you

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 f