TenderScout's Tony Corrigan's Ready Business Success Tips
TenderScout's Tony Corrigan gives his Ready Business Success Tips for Irish SMEs to win some of the €9bn government tenders market.
View Article'I tell my kids at night, when the going gets tough, you never, ever give up'
Nicole Dunne of Howth Cuisine talks about her journey as a business woman and entrepreneur with Howth Cuisine, managing her debt issues during the recession and how she came out the other side. Also...
View ArticleNicole Dunne's Ready Business Success Tips
Nicole Dunne of Howth Cuisine gives her Ready Business Success Tips including the importance of time management, having time off with the family and for yourself, and importantly, have no fear.
View ArticleCybercrime is the world's fastest growing crime - what's your plan if your...
It's the world's fastest growing crime but how prepared are Irish businesses against cybercrime? Two experts, Daragh O'Brien, founder and CEO of Castlebridge, and Len McAuliffe, Director, PwC...
View ArticleMake your pitch & presentation stand out with humour says FunnyBizz David Nihill
David Nihill of FunnyBizz is on a mission: to bring more humour to the dry pitches and presentations that dominate the business world. The San Francisco-based Irishman set up FunnyBizz to do just that...
View ArticleDavid Nihill's Tips for the Killer Pitch/Presentation
David Nihill of FunnyBizz gives his three tips for turning your business presentation/pitch into one that succeeds. For more tips and information go to: http://www.independent.ie/podcasts/ready-business/
View Article'We’re a global company based in Carrick - it’s no different than being a...
In 1999, Philip Martin and his friend Pat Henry started a software company from a rented room in an old Convent school in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Roscommon’s version of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak...
View ArticleReady Business Success Tips from Cora Systems' Philip Martin
Cora Systems is the biggest software company in Ireland's North-West, and it's co-founder and CEO, Philip Martin, gives his Ready Business Success Tips.
View ArticleReady Business Social Media Success Tips from Jamie White of Leading Social
Jamie White of Leading Social gives his Ready Business Success Tips for social media.
View Article'Don’t assume you know your audience, you can learn a lot about them from...
On this week's Ready Business podcast, Brian Purcell speaks to Jamie White, the young entrepreneur who dropped out of college to pursue his dreams of business success. Having sold CollegeTimes.com and...
View ArticleFrom connected cows and cars to fridges and farms, welcome to the Internet of...
On this week's show, we find out what the exploding Internet of Things will mean for your business and your life. From cows and cars to fridges and farms, our lives and our businesses are all being...
View ArticleHow to start your business career with a franchise solution
Is franchising right for you? On this week's show, Brian Purcell speaks to three experts about what it takes to start a business career with a franchise. Caroline Wallace of The Zip Yard and David...
View ArticleThe Ready Business Franchise Success Tips
Caroline Wallace of The Zip Yard, David McKone of RightatHome.ie, and David Killeen from the Irish Franchise Association give their Ready Business Success Tips for anyone interested in setting up a...
View ArticleNo more commuting - why remote working is the future
91% of workers are more productive when working remotely and by 2020 it is estimated that 60% of the global workforce will be working remotely for part of the week. On this week's show, Brian Purcell...
View Article'It's a scary time for retailers' how tech is changing the retail experience
On this week's show, Brian Purcell finds out about the future of retail in Ireland and why tech and the 'experience' are vital in ensuring customers keep coming back. Ahead of the Retail Ireland...
View ArticleSuccess for Ireland's thriving farm businesses - Ready Business @ the Ploughing
Recorded live from the 2017 Ploughing Championships, this week's Ready Business podcast profiles three very different but successful farming businesses. From Ed O'Donnell of O'Donnell's Crisps to...
View ArticleHow to hack a human: Your staff are the weakest - and strongest - link...
On this week's show, Brian Purcell finds out why your staff can be the weakest - and strongest - link against cyber crime. Ahead of INM's Dublin InfoSec 2017 conference in the RDS on Nov 1st, Brian...
View ArticleThe business opportunities to stopping cyber crime
The business opportunities to stopping cyber crime by
View ArticlePost-budget, is the government doing enough to help Irish business?
On this week's show, Brian Purcell is joined by economist Jim Power and tax and financial advisor, Pat Sutton, as they discuss whether the government is doing enough for Irish business owners. In the...
View Article'If you have an hour to solve a problem, spend 55 minutes understanding it...
On this week's show, Brian Purcell speaks to the Amazon employee who is also pursuing a second successful career with his own company, UniBrowse. Alan O'Beirne tells Brian why he came to set up the...
View ArticleAlan O'Beirne's Ready Business Success Tips
Alan O'Beirne of UniBrowse gives his tips for Ready Business success.
View ArticleHow Dublin City Council and Vodafone are transforming Dublin into a ‘Smart City’
On this week's show, Brian Purcell finds out how Dublin is embracing smart technology that will open up a world of IoT devices from our waste to our water, promising to improve city life.
View ArticleFrom delivering pizzas to pay the rent to having a staff of 40, meet Wolfgang...
On this week's show, Brian Purcell meets the man who, because he failed to get his dream job at Google, went from delivering pizzas at night to pay the rent to doing it himself by setting up his...
View Article'Pay attention and listen to people - one conversation can change the...
It’s not often you get name-checked in an All-Ireland winning speech but FeedThePulse has grown rapidly in the last few years, thanks in no small part, to their work with Galway’s hurlers. However,...
View ArticleReady Business Success Tips from Helen McArdle of Feed the Pulse
Helen McArdle of Feed the Pulse gives her top three tips for Ready Business Success. For more: independent.ie/podcasts/ready-business
View Article‘Step away from the Powerpoint’ learn the top tips to successful presenting
On this week's show, Brian Purcell gets a masterclass in public speaking and presenting from Barbara Moynihan of OnYourFeet.ie. Barbara gives the top tips on keeping your audience engaged and how to...
View ArticleReady Business Success Tips from Barbara Moynihan of OnYourFeet.ie
Barbara Moynihan of OnYourFeet.ie gives her top three tips for Ready Business Success. For more: independent.ie/podcasts/ready-business
View ArticleHow Gigabit Broadband is transforming Cavan
On this week's show, Brian Purcell was in Cavan for the launch of Cavan Innovation & Technology Centre (CITC)as the next location to be part of Vodafone and SIRO’s national Gigabit Hub Initiative,...
View Article'One thing I learned from my father? Make your decision and move on' Teeling...
After only five years with Teeling Whiskey, Jack Teeling, the founder and chief executive has already ‘got one over’ his famous serial entrepreneur father, John Teeling, of Cooley Distillery fame. Son...
View ArticleReady Business Success Tips from Jack Teeling of Teeling Whiskey
Jack Teeling of Teeling Whiskey gives his top three tips for Ready Business Success: 1. Be a sponge to opportunities 2. Don't over-engineer things, get out there and do it 3. Be decisive. Make your...
View ArticleThe 2017 Ready Business Year in Review and what Irish businesses really want...
For the final Ready Business of 2017, Brian Purcell looks back on the business year that was and looks ahead to 2018 a year that could see more uncertainty and headwinds for Irish business owners....
View ArticleMaintain your Founder's Mentality if you want your business to succeed
On this week's show, Brian Purcell speaks to Chris Zook, author of the Founder's Mentality which asks why is profitable growth so hard to achieve and sustain? Chris explains how three key elements make...
View Article'I don’t feel like an entrepreneur, I haven’t invested any financial risk in...
'Students live in an online world,' explains surf-loving, secondary school teacher Luke Saunders on this week's show. 'When I started teaching, I was shocked that nothing had changed since my time as a...
View ArticleReady Business Success Tips from Luke Saunders of Studyclix
Luke Saunders, co-founder of Studyclix with his top tips for Ready Business success.
View Article'Real businesses put their name above the door' Ian Lucey on what start-ups...
On this week's show, Ian Lucey, founder of Lucey Technology and angel investor with the Lucey Fund talks to Brian Purcell about some of the most common mistakes start-ups make, and why there are so...
View ArticleReady Business Success Tips from Ian Lucey of Lucey Technology
Ian Lucey, founder and CEO of Lucey Technology with his top tips for Ready Business success.
View Article'The key to success is naivety & stubbornness' Jules Coleman on building and...
'One night when I struggled to find a piano teacher in London I had a business idea for an Amazon of local services. But I was a management consultant and all I knew was how to make Powerpoint slides....
View ArticleJules Coleman's Ready Business Success Tips
Jules Coleman of Resi and former co-founder of Hassle, gives her top tips for Ready Business success. For more: independent.ie/podcasts/ready-business
View ArticleDublin Airport and the future of air travel
On this week’s show, Brian Purcell finds out about the future of air travel and how your experience at Dublin airport is changing. We all have our gripes about queues, security and check-in when flying...
View Article‘There’s nothing you can spend money on to create a great place to work’
What is the secret to creating a great work environment and running a profitable business? It’s about developing strong, high-trust relationships and great businesses are built around this, says Bob...
View Article'The amount of times you fail is the key to being a successful entrepreneur'
On this week's show, Brian Purcell is joined by Mark Elliott, co-founder of Voyager IP which specialises in IT for yachts and cruise ships. Mark has some great insights into the ups and downs of...
View Article'Businesses get celebrated in the light for what they do in the dark'
On this week’s show, we find out about the future of online supermarket shopping and how one Irish entrepreneur has developed a platform that promises to deliver your shopping in one hour. Devan Hughes...
View Article'Why not transform a 100 year old medical device into a piece of self...
On this week's show, Ailbhe Keane of Izzy Wheels, talks about how her sister's spina bifida led to the creation of their company that combines disability and fashion and got them a spot on the...
View Article'Realise the crossroads between must and should and you always have to go...
On this week's show, Brian Kenny of MiniCorp, joins Brian Purcell to discuss entrepreneurship, millennials, business passion and standing out from the crowd. "There's a reason I go around town on an...
View ArticleKeep the fire in your belly, it's a tough, tough road
This week we hear the inspiring story of the doctor, Johnny Walker, who, for a quarter of a century, has combined his medical practice as a radiologist along with the setting up of numerous, very...
View ArticleMeet the Dubliner helping to shape the future of your home
On this week's show, we speak to the Dubliner who has made two 30 Under 30 Lists and for two different industries. Simon Phelan's latest venture, Hometree, in the UK, is looking to disrupt the home...
View ArticleFrom the Leaving Cert to Silicon Valley, this 17 year old is set to become...
On this week's show, Brian Purcell meets the seventeen-year old tech prodigy who, despite facing his Leaving Cert in the next few months, has one eye already on a multi-million euro fund for his...
View ArticleDon't take no for an answer. A no will eventually become yes if you don't...
Luke Mackey of the mobile ordering app, Bamboo, explains how his app is taking advantage of the time-poor 25-35 year old office workers who don't want to wait in line for their coffee and lunch. 'Why...
View ArticleRemoving Isis from its business name was the first obstacle this Irish...
On this week’s show, Ciaran Donlon explains how her medical devices company has gone global in just three years and all from a difficult start when their original company name had Isis in its title!...
View ArticleHealthy frozen food? This is the new food revolution being led by an Irish...
On this week’s show, Brian Purcell meets the Dublin entrepreneur who is revolutionising frozen foods and bringing it back from the dead. Sam Dennigan is a grandson of the founder of Sam Dennigan and...
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