Best Conall O Podcasts (2025)

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That Great Business Show Special - A tribute to David Horgan, RIP 15:59

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In Memory of David Horgan — Energy, Insight and Integrity This is a special re-release of That Great Business Show, Episode 79 (March 2022), in tribute to the late David Horgan, Chairman of Petrel Resources — a man of rare clarity, courage and intellect. Recorded in the early days of the war in Ukraine, this conversation captures David at his most …

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E268 That Great Business Show - The Barcode Is Dead — Irish Innovation, Fintech for Doctors & Packaging That Talks Back 52:31

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“Goodbye barcodes. Hello QR codes.” Once upon a time, the packaging just sat there. Now it talks back. On Episode 268 of That Great Business Show — officially UCD Smurfit Business School Podcast of the Year — I meet: • Donald Douglas of Scanfinity / Return2Sender, turning butter wrappers and Guinness cans into interactive billboards, • Graham Byrne…

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E267 That Great Business Show - Oil prices heading down, electricity prices heading up, Phil Byrne, Cantor FitzGerald & Beyond Borders, Carmen del Rosso 51:03

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Falling Oil Prices, Rising Power Bills — and the AI Boom You Didn’t See Coming Oil prices are heading down. Electricity prices are heading up. Wait… what? In this episode of That Great Business Show with Conall O Móráin, Phil Byrne, Chief Investment Officer at Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management, explains why — even if gas prices fall to zero — our …

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E266 That Great Business Show - When a 'thumbs up' emoji forms a legal contract, Wendy Hederman, Mason Hayes & Curran 33:45

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E266 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit Business School, 'Podcast of the Year' Can a thumbs-up cost you thousands? It can. Partner Wendy Hederman (Mason Hayes & Curran) lays out, in plain English, how a quick WhatsApp, email or text can lock in a binding contract, why “subject to contract” won’t always save your skin, and how your employee’s casu…

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E265 That Great Business Show - Rugby's Brian O'Driscoll, Caelan Doris go back to grind school & Poachers Drinks, about facing rough competition 54:18

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EP265 — Cheaper grinds at scale + how a Wexford mixer takes on Coke & Fever-Tree Part 1:Brendan Kavanagh (Grinds360) explains how a hybrid learning model can undercut traditional grinds: where €2,000 per subject becomes ~€1,000 for all 20 subjects, with live nightly classes, a huge on-demand library and student tracking. He shares year-one results …

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E264 That Great Business Show - 'Invest like a pro' - JoinShuttle.com & Business opportunities in Pittsburgh, PA - Matt Smith, Allegheny Conference 50:18

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Episode 264 That Great Business Show with Conall Ó Moráin Now on video — watch this episode on YouTube. Invest like the pros: JoinShuttle.com founders Rob Halligan & Scott Ashmore say they only list deals where a top fund is also investing — and they run their own multi-stage checks before anything goes live. A €250-a-year subscription opens the do…

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E263 That Great Business Show - 'Huge Surge in US applications to TCD' - Linda Doyle, Provost, TCD 40:03

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Episode 263 That Great Business Show with Conall O Móráin Why Everyone Wants In to TCD - '...because there's no future for libraries in Florida'. TCD Provost, Linda Doyle, on 'huge' U.S. Student Surge, Global Competition & The Future of Higher Ed That Great Business Show — winner of the UCD Smurfit Business School ‘Podcast of the Year’ — takes a ma…

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E262 That Great Business Show - No. The pub is not finished. Feargal Chambers knows how to fix it. 44:43

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E262 That Great Business Show With thanks to De Facto Shaving Oil Pubs are closing at record rates (150 a year since Covid), but Feargal Chambers of the Four Provinces Pub & Brewery is doing the opposite — expanding. From zoology teacher to publican and brewer, his story is a masterclass in resilience, local loyalty, and turning community into a bu…

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Podcast 436, Dr. Conall Ó Breacháin on Teacher Agency and Curriculum Change (15-9-25) 56:25

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My guest on this podcast is Dr. Conall Ó Breacháin from the School of Language, Literacy and Early Childhood Education in Dublin City University. Among the topics we discuss in this episode are: Differences between 1999 language curricula and the 2016 language curriculum in Ireland (e.g. focus on plurilingualism and the transfer of skills is a noti…

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E261 That Great Business Show - Sensors for sport, science for cycles, Eoin Tuohy, Sports Impact Technology, Jennie Haire, GiGi Supplements 53:18

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This week on That Great Business Show Episode 261 (with thanks to our brilliant sponsor De Facto Shaving Oil): Every weekend in Ireland, players are getting knocked about—whether it’s the crunch of a rugby scrum, the thump of a GAA tackle, or a soccer header that rattles the skull. Concussions happen. Too many go unseen, unreported, untreated—and t…

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E260 That Great Business Show - Wild! An AI chatbot remembers your sick dog & Grow your business 42% in 3 months! 41:29

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E260 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit 'Podcast of the Year' Brian Kenny, CEO, Momntum Laila is her name. She is 'owned' by very early stage startup Momntum. She's an AI chatbot. She remembers you, your foibles and your troubles. She brings chatbots to an absolutely different level. Clever lady she is, she even remembers that you may have mentio…

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E259 That Great Business Show - The end of newspapers? - Alan English former editor, Sunday Independent 44:17

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E259 That Great Business Show With thanks to De Facto Shaving Oil, the world's finest. The newspaper industry is 'existentially challenged'. So says Alan English, former editor of the Sunday Independent, Ireland's biggest selling newspaper. Though he says that 'end of print is some way off', he does hint that newspaper may end up as a weekend leisu…

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E258 That Great Business Show - Lend money to yourself, borrow from a Credit Union & US Morrison Visa holder? Say Thanks! 53:56

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E258 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit, 'Podcast of the Year'. David Malone, CEO, Irish League of Credit Unions, new SME loans from your Credit Union. New rules mean Credit Unions can treble the amount they lend to businesses. You could end up lending money to yourself, as every borrower must become a CU member (but David is very, very keen to b…

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E257 That Great Business Show - Why Business Post bought a Business School & When Computer Says 'No', where else can you get funds 59:18

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Episode 257 That Great Business Show with Conall O Morain UCD Smurfit Business School, 'Podcast of the Year' 'Moving away from media' In the 1970s and 1980s, the Irish Management Institute, the IMI, annual conference was THE BIG business event in Ireland. Think Tech Summit, before tech. Held in Killarney every year it would attract 800 top executiv…

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E256 That Great Business Show - €20 cup of coffee, Alan Andrews, Old Barracks Roastery & 'Brutal' examinership, Kieran Daly, HealthBeacon 1:11:57

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E256 That Great Business Show Everything you ever wanted to know about a coffee business but were afraid to ask, including how to sell a cup of coffee for €20. Alan Andrews, Founder, Old Barracks Coffee Company explains all. This is absolute essential listening for anyone going into any kind of business, but particularly if you see yourself, or a s…

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E255 That Great Business Show - "Sewage Treatment isn't a vocation" - Seamus Butler, Butler Manufacturing Services 42:46

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E255 That Great Business Show Longford based Butler Manufacturing Services serves customers in 60plus countries across the world. They manufacture clever sewage systems that has won them business across the world, in Iraq during war, Alaska and most recently in Monserrat. And how do they do it? By being the best. Seamus Butler who runs the business…

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E254 That Great Business Show - Commute from Dun Laoire to Dublin City, by boat??, Eugene Garrihy - 'Bankers, they haven't gone way you know', Mary O'Dea - Horse soap, yet you read right, Janni Sjostrand ... 1:13:28

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Episode 254 Eugene Garrihy spent more than a quarter of a century in construction, but the Great Crash saw that come to an end. He took to the sea, as founder of Dublin Bay Cruises, a business that brings tens of thousands of visitors around Dublin Bay. You can also commute from Dun Laoghaire to downtown Dublin, if you have the time. Eugene believe…

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E253 That Great Business Show - Which businessman is 'An odious little sh*t'? - The CEO: The Rise and Fall of Britain’s Captains of Industry 36:42

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Title: Episode 253 – What CEO was referred to as an 'odious little shit'? No, it's not who you think it is. What makes a CEO? Vision, charisma, brilliance… or just a thick skin and a knack for corporate politics? On That Great Business Show, Episode 253, Conall O Móráin sits down with the authors of The CEO: The Rise and Fall of Britain’s Captains …

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E252 That Great Business Show - Enterprise Ireland money for musicians? - Victor Finn, IMRO & You've left cash on the table. Darren Costello knows how you can get your hands on it. 55:33

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That Great Business Show – Episode 252 Brought to you by De Facto Shaving Oil – the world’s best shaving oil (and we’ve tried them all). On this episode; Victor Finn, CEO of IMRO, wants Ireland to give musicians a break – tax breaks, grants, the lot. He’s got a new report and a big ask for government to back the people who make the music we all liv…

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E251 That Great Business Show - The Irish working with Elon, Ruairi McLoughlin, Anaula -'Sell, Sell, Sell', Alan Whelan, 'The Sales Professional's Handbook' 52:53

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E251 That Great Business Show We do business differently. UCD Smurfit Business School, 'Podcast of the Year'. Ruairi McLoughlin, Anaula, raising cash to replace carbon fuels. He's on Twitter first name terms with Elon, that he met when he was pitching his project at Space X. 'An awkward person'. Ruairi says that we could replace ALL diesel with mic…

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E250 That Great Business Show - What's our brilliant beauty product idea? - The Smooth Company, Aine and Billy Kennedy - Back to the office businesses say, but what do the courts say? Peter Leonard BL ... 50:18

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E250 UCD Smurfit Business School Podcast of the Year Aine Kennedy and Billy Kennedy, of the Smooth Company. Aine is a Tik Tok queen, with millions and millions of views, with help from GRANDAD Billy. Aine doesn't hold back, she discusses her business journey, warts and all on her journey to 'world domination'. She's stocked in Brown Thomas having e…

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E249 That Great Business Show - So many SMEs being hit by ransom hackers, Ian Power, UNITEC - 57:24

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Episode 249 That Great Business Show Bad news. Thousands of ordinary businesses are being hit for small, but significant ransoms, via online hackers. Yes, they're targetting your small business. Every invoice, every payment, every piece of your business information is now in the hands of the Bad Actors. Once they have your invoices, they're out to …

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E248 That Great Business Show - A four fold rise in Americans exiting Trump's USA for Ireland, David Dowling 56:08

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E248 That Great Business Show with Conall O Móráin David Dowling, Cronin Group & Eilis Quinlan, Eilis Quinlan Accountants Quadrupling' of Americans leaving Trump's USA for Ireland - according to David Dowling, Commercial Director at The Cronin Group, one of Ireland's largest moving specialists. One of a number of subsidiaries specialises in moving …

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E247 That Great Business Show - Can hiring a GOAT guarantee success? - John Hyland, Clubspot & You're an alum of something. Use it -Dr. Maria Gallo. 51:02

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Can you herd cats? Of course you can't, unless of course you're John Hyland, founder of Clubspot. John's business is an overnight success after five years. He has raised €2 million raised and he says a further €2m could be on the way. He has a team of 31, and that will grow to 40-50 by the end of the year. He's targeting, amongst many/any other clu…

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E246 That Great Business Show - Checking furniture for listening devices, Ciaran Finane, Finline - Getting the staff back to work, Mary Finn, Connect4Work 55:49

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E246 That Great Business Show Take a seat. Here's Ciaran Finane, one half of the Finline Furniture team. They are one of Ireland's finest furniture manufacturers, shipping to 65 countries worldwide, including diplomatic residences. That's not straightforward. Every piece of furniture has to be vetted for listening devices and other James Bond like …

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E245 That Great Business Show - Police Special, Stewart Copeland on a Sting reunion and hiring David Grohl plus Paul McGuinness 34:00

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E245 That Great Business Show Police drummer, Stewart Copeland on the need for creative industries to embrace AI. His 'Secret Mission' project, his new book on how to be a rockstar, when he realised he would be famous, working again with Sting, hiring David Grohl as well as Paul McGuinness, the vain futility of awards, how to spot a musical prodigy…

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E244 That Great Business Show - Plastic that eats itself, TPS Plastics - Jason McLaughlin & Crap Ads, Sam Moorhead, Mikey Fleming - Connelly Partners 58:42

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E244 That Great Business Show with Conall O Morain UCD Smurfit Business School 'Podcast of the Year' Jason McLaughlin. TPS Plastics. Based in Drumcollegher, Limerick, TPS is one of those fascinating companies we love to feature. Hidden in plain sight, they are producing high-precision components for the medical, automotive, and aerospace sectors AN…

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E243 That Great Business Show - Hosted Kitchens, the future of food, Sean Murray & Boxes that save lives in search of a backer, Darren Forde 50:49

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E243 That Great Business Show The role of delivery in the food business - "I like horses but I'm not going to ride a horse to work every day" - that's Sean Murray, founder of Hosted Kitchens, explaining that he loves food, but he doesn't love cooking for himself. He says his 'dark kitchen' business is only going one way - up, up and up. When he has…

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E242 That Great Business Show - We bring you the 'Absolute Truth' - Partsol CTO, John Callahan - Wales wants your business, Mark John, founder Tramshed Tech 55:48

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E242 That Great Business Show We bring you the 'Absolute Truth', as Florida HQ'd Partsol announce they've moved their operational HQ to Ireland. John Callahan, CTO Partsol has just landed in Ireland with a very, very interesting twist on AI - they search for information in a very different way, hoping to expunge mistakes (some error rates with othe…

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E241 That Great Business Show - How many ways can you use digital spatial data - Alan Browne, CEO, Soarvo - the answer will surprise you 29:18

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Episode 241 That Great Business Show with Conall Ó Móráin featuring Alan Browne, CEO of Soarvo, a company born from nerd rage! Too much juicy 3D data, not enough ways to actually use it? Soarvo has fixed that. Think less head-scratching, more wow-factor maps. KOREC Group’s New BFF, they've teamed up to spread their geospatial gospel across the #UK …

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E240 That Great Business Show - A VR world-leader, based in Ireland, needs cash to go mega & How to gain operational efficiencies of 40% 59:28

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Episode 240 That Great Business Show Geoff Allen, co-founder Mersus Technologies - a VR company (not a training company!) that is changing how we do business in so many sectors. What they do is truly amazing. We know. We've seen their work. Having recently won a place on the Meta app store they're only one click away from 24,000,000 headsets (a num…

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E239 That Great Business Show - Why Big Engineering Projects are under priced 33:25

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Episode 239 That Great Business Show Laurent Germain, CEO, Egis Worldwide Steven Preece, CEO, Egis Ireland. Egis, the engineering company, the largest engineering company in Ireland, and they gave you The Port Tunnel, the Jack Lynch Tunnel, the Limerick Tunnel...and so, so much more. They're also making sure the Adare bypass happens before the Ryde…

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E238 That Great Business Show - Problems importing Polish coated steel and a Slovakian champion body builder grows a business 47:24

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E238 That Great Business Show Thanks to De Facto Shaving Oil Lithuanians William and Anthony explain how they ended up in Longford, set up a business called Tolvita together, importing and selling coated steel cladding that is ideal for home construction. Originally they came to 'collect a few bob' but a chat with MicroFinance Ireland led them to t…

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E237 That Great Business Show - AI bots sounding more human than humans - Cognistream & 100s of video hours diced up to make something people will watch - Giyst 50:41

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E237 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit School, 'Podcast of the Year' With thanks to De Facto Shaving Oil, the world's best shaving oil. Alex Harris, co-founder, CogniStream Turning market research on its head, using AI bots that sound more human than humans, creating campaigns in hours not weeks or months, cutting the cost by 90%, affordable for…

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E236 That Great Business Show - Why wellness is great for business, The Ffrench twins, Jackie and Bernie 44:19

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E236 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit Business School 'Podcast of the Year' Jacqueline and Bernie Ffrench Investing in employee wellness isn’t just a trend—it’s a business advantage. A healthier, more engaged workforce drives productivity, innovation, and success. Here’s why: When employees feel physically and mentally well, they bring higher e…

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E235 That Great Business Show - Switching business success from 30% to 70%, Martin Duffy, Hibernia-Lab & Food, one tough, tough business, Margaret Dineen, Blue Sky Food 57:34

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Episode 235 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit Business School, 'Podcast of the Year' An investment company that says they’re aiming to defy the "accepted norm", by flipping 70% failure, to a 70% success rate MARTIN DUFFY is General Partner with Hibernia-Lab, at Dublin based early stage venture labs ecosystem that, inter alia, conducts 'thorough …

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Podcast 435, Dr. Claire Dunne on Teaching Irish (10-3-25) 59:45

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Presented and produced by Seán Delaney. My guest on the podcast today is my colleague, Dr. Claire Dunne, from the Marino Institute of Education. Among the topics we discussed were: Why learning another language gives you another window on the world. Why literacy is crucial for those who speak minoritised languages so that they can have widespread a…

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E234 That Great Business Show - A cure for Scope Creep, Jenna Farrell, Scopey - Totally Nuts, Uche Chiemeka, UC Nuts 43:50

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E234 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit Business School, 'Podcast of the Year' A special episode recorded in Longford, thanks to the Longford Local Enterprise Office that is keen to highlight the international diversity of businesses being set up in Longford, with budding entrepreneurs from all over the world being drawn to the county. On this ep…

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E233 That Great Business Show - €3m raise to create world beating lenses, Simon Forsyth, Lir Optic & Stop SaaS Sprawl!, Niall O'Gorman, Marketsizer 49:07

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E233 That Great Business Show A banker who wanted to run a car sharing business but turned to lens making instead. Simon Forsyth is part of the Lir Optic team at UCD Nova, the UCD spin out lab. They've come up with a 'world beating lens' they believe. It shifts shape by applying an electric current to it. That means no little motors to drive lenses…

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E232 That Great Business Show - The Mary Poppins of Business, Ilaria Eugenia Ferri & Money for Jam, Felix Oster, Mór Taste 54:18

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That Great Business Show with Conall Ó Móráin – Episode 232 Ireland’s Best Business Podcast - UCD Smurfit Business School 'Podcast of the Year' brings you two incredible stories of entrepreneurship and innovation! 💼 From Milan’s Theatres to Dublin’s Boardrooms Meet Ilaria Eugenia Ferri, the ‘Mary Poppins’ of business—a Virtual Assistant who helps c…

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E231 That Great Business Show - Become your own Hollywood director. Michael Guerin, Imvizar - How to raise €4m in 8 weeks. Ciaran Doherty, Loadar 49:02

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E231 That Great Business Show Michael Guerin, founder Imvizar, making tourist attractions eh, more attractive. And, his second business, Lureo, will make anyone a Hollywood director. It's Canva for 3D videos. He travels. A lot. But that's business. And he expects his team to rock up to the office. Even the ones who live in Lisbon and Marseille. And…

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E230 That Great Business Show - Secret Nordic Sauce (IKEA, Jysk) how do they do it. Tanya Cawley, Ireland head AJ Products (Sweden) - How make smarter decisions, Nuala Walsh 50:18

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E230 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit 'Podcast of the Year' IKEA? Check. Jysk? Check. AJ Products. ??? Yes, it's another hugely successful Nordic brand, available across 19 countries, including Ireland. Tanya Cawley is the Ireland country boss and she tells us what's in the secret sauce. Not surprisingly, attention to detail is very, very impor…

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E229 That Great Business Show - €80k for a two day month? Become a NED -Carol Bolger - RDS going in circles? Rebecca Markey 41:11

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E229 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit Business School, 'Podcast of the Year' A 'handy number'? Some Non-Executive Directors, NED, can earn €80k for a monthly board meeting...some can earn twice that. Carol Bolger, formerly senior executive at Ulster Bank and Faculty member at Institute of Directors Ireland, teaches how to become a director at t…

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E228 That Great Business Show - The end of the EU, Alan McQuaid & Recycle Bicycle, Willo King 53:30

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E228 That Great Business Show Economist Alan McQuaid sees the end of the EU...and what's happening to the UK economy??? He wants our Government to spend some of the Apple billions on a massive airlift of SMEs on trade missions worldwide. He says SMEs should get more grants, rent rebates and insurance subsidies. 'No Dáil politician should be a a mul…

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E227 That Great Business Show - 50X your business, Damien O'Brien - how to find your unique product/service, Ciarán Seoighe, 55:06

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E227 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit Business School, 'Podcast of the Year' We know about XXX businesses, the ones that sell the dodgy stuff, but how about 50X businesses??? The 50X Programme from SME Matters connects you and your business with like-minded business owners in a peer-to-peer learning environment that’s transformative. Damien O'B…

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E226 That Great Business Show - The man who DIDN'T pivot, Jim Campion & She came Back for Business, Shemaine Doyle 59:32

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E226 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit Business School, 'Podcast of the Year' Jim Campion, the man who didn't pivot, but who made a fortune (allegedly) by selling his eponymous insurance business to UK insurance consolidator PIB. Jim served a very, very short time in the Civil Service, but then got into the insurance business - a business from w…

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E225 That Great Business Show - Sport in business, business of sport - Ronan Dunne, board member Chair Six Nations Rugby, Marks & Spencer 33:17

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E225 That Great Business Show UCD Smurfit Business School 'Podcast of the Year'. Ronan Dunne, former boss of Verizon in the US, current board member Marks and Spencer (who he says are in the 'experience business'), Chair of Six Nations Rugby (and much, much more), on $10,000 sports tickets, introducing Irish businesses to his network, being a mento…

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E224 That Great Business Show - How to lead a team of 120,000 - Ronan Dunne, ex-VP Verizon, US 34:25

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E224 That Great Business Show Ireland's TOP Business Podcast, winner UCD Smurfit's Podcast of the Year How to get the top job in corporate USA. Ronan Dunne on how and why he moved from head of O2 in the UK, to head of Verizon Wireless in the US, heading a team of 120,000 people. Plenty of candid insights on the big differences between US and Europe…