Irish Business Builders

*This episode was originally aired in November 2021* Hire world-class accountants and in The Philippines. Visit Outsource Direct [https://tinyurl.com/59pjcjfr] to scale your operations with higher flexibility, maximum efficiency and much lower costs. Subscribe to the Business Builders Newsletter [https://conorkearney.substack.com/?r=2aygpm&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist] for the very best ideas I've discovered on business and personal growth. I'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 finding the next big companies in tech. Other notable alumni include Airbnb, Dropbox, Reddit, and Stripe! In this conversation, we cover a host of topics, from Dan’s experience applying to and going through the Y-Combinator programme, raising money from some of the world’s most successful and best-known entrepreneurs, to Dan’s first start-up, which he started at the tender age of 22, and sold a few years later in 2019! Find out more about Protex: https://www.protex.ai/ [https://www.protex.ai/] CONNECT WITH CONOR: LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kearneyconor/] Discover EO Ireland—part of an international network designed specifically for entrepreneurs. EO Ireland connects business owners for networking, mentorship, and shared learning experiences. Take your business to the next level and join a community of like-minded leaders today at eoireland.org [http://eoireland.org/]. Empower your entrepreneurial journey! Produced by Jetbooks [https://tinyurl.com/mubejmn4], Chartered Accountants Ireland.

*This episode was originally aired in May 2021* Hire world-class accountants and in The Philippines. Visit Outsource Direct [https://tinyurl.com/59pjcjfr] to scale your operations with higher flexibility, maximum efficiency and much lower costs. Subscribe to the Business Builders Newsletter [https://conorkearney.substack.com/?r=2aygpm&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist] for the very best ideas I've discovered on business and personal growth. This week I caught up with Pat Caslin. Pat is currently CFO of Exit/Entry and serves as Chairman of Capventus. In this conversation, we do talk about Pat’s career in business, but I think more importantly, Pat tells us about how a devastating diagnosis led him to discovering Stoic Philosophy and how this diagnosis has ultimately been a gift that has changed his values. Pat talks about dealing with adversity in life and how to use it to your advantage, and the big question of what is actually important in the end? Find out more and connect with Pat here: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/1patcaslin [https://ie.linkedin.com/in/1patcaslin] CONNECT WITH CONOR: LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kearneyconor/] Discover EO Ireland—part of an international network designed specifically for entrepreneurs. EO Ireland connects business owners for networking, mentorship, and shared learning experiences. Take your business to the next level and join a community of like-minded leaders today at eoireland.org [http://eoireland.org/]. Empower your entrepreneurial journey! Produced by Jetbooks [https://tinyurl.com/mubejmn4], Chartered Accountants Ireland.

*This episode was originally aired in May 2021* Hire world-class accountants and in The Philippines. Visit Outsource Direct [https://tinyurl.com/59pjcjfr] to scale your operations with higher flexibility, maximum efficiency and much lower costs. Subscribe to the Business Builders Newsletter [https://conorkearney.substack.com/?r=2aygpm&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist] for the very best ideas I've discovered on business and personal growth. Welcome back to Season 4 of Irish Business Builders! I'm excited to be back, and share more inspiring conversations with entrepreneurs, creators and thinkers this season.  Kicking things off is this wonderful conversation I had with Suzie McAdam. In this conversation, Suzie talks about failing as an architect before discovering her true passion - Interior Design. We also talk about Suzie’s journey from start-up designer to managing director of a now, much larger business, and the impact of appearing on Home of the Year and becoming a household name in Irish design. Find out more about Suzie McAdam Design here: https://www.suziemcadam.com/ [https://www.suziemcadam.com/] CONNECT WITH CONOR: LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kearneyconor/] Discover EO Ireland—part of an international network designed specifically for entrepreneurs. EO Ireland connects business owners for networking, mentorship, and shared learning experiences. Take your business to the next level and join a community of like-minded leaders today at eoireland.org [http://eoireland.org/]. Empower your entrepreneurial journey! Produced by Jetbooks [https://tinyurl.com/mubejmn4], Chartered Accountants Ireland.

*This episode was originally aired in February 2021* Hire world-class accountants and in The Philippines. Visit Outsource Direct [https://tinyurl.com/59pjcjfr] to scale your operations with higher flexibility, maximum efficiency and much lower costs. Subscribe to the Business Builders Newsletter [https://conorkearney.substack.com/?r=2aygpm&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist] for the very best ideas I've discovered on business and personal growth. This week I chatted to Niall Wall, Executive Chairman of Enva – a leading provider of waste management and recycling solutions, operating across 30 facilities in the United Kingdom and Ireland, employing over 15 hundred people. Between 2006 to 2016, Niall was the CEO of the The Ardagh Group, an Irish packaging PLC listed on the New York Stock Exchange.  Over that ten year period as CEO, Niall and the team grew the business from €650 million to €8 billion in annual revenues. In this conversation, Niall talks about investing in large public companies, what the key strategies were when growing Ardagh, and the learnings he gained running his very first start-up – a quail farm, in his early 20’s. Find out more about Enva here: https://enva.com/ [https://enva.com/] CONNECT WITH CONOR: LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kearneyconor/] Discover EO Ireland—part of an international network designed specifically for entrepreneurs. EO Ireland connects business owners for networking, mentorship, and shared learning experiences. Take your business to the next level and join a community of like-minded leaders today at eoireland.org [http://eoireland.org/]. Empower your entrepreneurial journey! Produced by Jetbooks [https://tinyurl.com/mubejmn4], Chartered Accountants Ireland.

Hire world-class accountants and in The Philippines. Visit Outsource Direct [https://tinyurl.com/59pjcjfr] to scale your operations with higher flexibility, maximum efficiency and much lower costs. Subscribe to the Business Builders Newsletter [https://conorkearney.substack.com/?r=2aygpm&utm_campaign=pub-share-checklist] for the very best ideas I've discovered on business and personal growth. In Series 9, Episode #84, I talk to Shay Lally, the man behind the successful social media channel 'Houses to Restore.' Starting the channel during the pandemic, Shay has amassed over 67,000 followers by sharing insights into home renovations and property sales in Ireland. Shay's remarkable journey involves founding The Mobile Music School in 2011, which teaches music to students across 150 primary schools in Ireland, and rebranding his contracting business to 'Renew,' focusing on house renovations and commercial refurbishments. Shay's diverse career spans from playing percussion with the RTE Concert Orchestra to working as a qualified quantity surveyor and managing family businesses. This wide-ranging conversation explores Shay's early start, the challenges of running multiple businesses, and his ultimate aim of moving into property development. CONNECT WITH CONOR: LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/kearneyconor/] CONNECT WITH SHAY: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/houses_to_restore/?hl=en] LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/shay-lally-50858047/] Discover EO Ireland—part of an international network designed specifically for entrepreneurs. EO Ireland connects business owners for networking, mentorship, and shared learning experiences. Take your business to the next level and join a community of like-minded leaders today at eoireland.org [http://eoireland.org/]. Empower your entrepreneurial journey! Produced by Jetbooks [https://tinyurl.com/mubejmn4], Chartered Accountants Ireland.