Noreen Doyle established The Irish Biltong Company in 2015 with her husband John. Previously, the pair launched a wholesale meat company together in Kildare and after coming across biltong, they felt the air dried meat snack would be a good fit for their skill set and believed there was a gap in the Irish market for their product. Noreen spoke to Peter about the challenges of launching an unconventional product and getting their brand in front of a wider audience by partnering with Irish rugby stars.

Chupi Sweetman is the founder of jewellery company Chupi. She began her career in fashion and was scouted at the age of 21 by Topshop, becoming their youngest ever designer. She soon decided the world of fast fashion was not for her and instead wanted to use her design skills to make jewellery that would last a lifetime. Chupi sat down with Peter to talk about her 'quarter life crisis' and the huge step she made in swapping a high-powered career in fashion for something much, much closer to her heart.

Derval O‘Rourke is the founder of Derval.ie and a former champion hurdler. With two cookbooks and a stint with Munster rugby under her belt after her retirement from athletics in 2014, Derval set up digital health resource Derval.ie and brought former marketing director at the Kilkenny Group, Greg O’Gorman on board. Derval talked about the business model at the heart of Derval.ie, the stars from the world of athletics she’s now working with and the sense of freedom leaving her old career behind gav

Swap Options is the brand new entrepreneurs podcast from the Business Post. Over five episodes, host Peter O’Dwyer learns about the power of change as leaders from the worlds of elite sport, hospitality, retail and design tell him why they traded one successful career for another and what it was really like setting up their own business. You’ll hear their origin stories, the successes and failures of being a first-time business owner and what’s next for some of the country’s most exciting SM