We talk to Alan Donegan, co-founder of the Rebel Business School. Since 2011, Alan and his team have been travelling the UK and other parts of the world delivering Rebel Business Schools, which consist of 5 or 10 full-day sessions supporting people in to self-employment and teaching them how to set up a business for free. Over the past decade, The Rebel School have been able to support over 17,000 people. Donegan shares his ethos on starting a business and his plans for Ireland.
Mar 7, 2023
30 min
Conor Carmody from the Innovation Exchange talks about his mission to connect large multinational companies with digital challenges with smaller Irish tech companies in a move that raises all boats.
Mar 2, 2023
31 min
The future of advertising in Ireland.Businesswoman Vaunnie McDermott, managing director of advertising agency Connelly Partners Dublin, talks about how the ads industry has changed and how a more human-centric approach merging traditional advertising with digital technology is the way forward. She also talks about her colourful career as an entrepreneur.
Feb 28, 2023
31 min
Combining behavioural psychology with academic research, the Peptalk platform led by cousins James and Bernard Brogan is now used by 50,000 employees in blue chip businesses on four continents. James Brogan talks about the Irish company’s move into the US market after raising close to four million dollars.
Feb 21, 2023
27 min
Brian Murphy, Deloitte’s partner in charge of the Best Managed Companies programme talks about what it takes to be a Best Managed Company. He also talks about the economic outlook for 2023, the war for talent and how successful businesses adapt strategies based on their external environment.
Feb 17, 2023
27 min
The current economic climate and tech slowdown may prove to be an opportunity for Irish SMEs and start-ups says Ruth Lyndon, the co-CEO of up-and-coming recruitment business Phoenix. She talks about leaving the life of a big 5 funds lawyer behind for entrepreneurship and offers her perspective on the recruitment landscape in 2023.
Feb 9, 2023
32 min
Having lit up the internet in recent weeks, ChatGPT signals a new chapter in the artificial intelligence arms race in tech but also portends new challenges for how we work, how we study and more. Bank of Ireland’s head of Tech, Media and Telecoms Paul Swift explains what ChatGPT is and how businesses should be organising themselves around this new epoch for technology.
Feb 7, 2023
30 min
The ongoing tech wreck may sound like bad news for the tech sector but the reality, according to Kevin O’Loughlin from Nostra, is that tech is ingrained in every business. If anything the recalibration of global tech giants spells good news for growing and scaling indigenous Irish tech firms on the talent front.
Feb 2, 2023
30 min
What began as a local initiative to keep business in the town of Letterkennyhas spiralled into a success that is the envy of towns across Ireland. ShopLK,Letterkenny’s shop local initiative has achieved more than four million eurosworth of local spending. We talk to the CEO of Letterkenny Chamber ToniForrester and board member Jimmy Stafford about how this local spendcould potentially be leveraged up to millions more for the town’s traders.
Jan 31, 2023
30 min
At the dawn of a new working year, productivity expert Moira Dunne talks about how to hit the ground running, especially if you are in a hybrid working situation between the home and the office. She talks about how to focus and get into a perfect flow and how to be realistic about managing your time.
Jan 4, 2023
26 min
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