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The Architects of Business is a bi-weekly podcast that dissects and discusses the inspirational stories behind Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs. Join Sonya Lennon as she speaks to the people behind the businesses as they tell their story. Available every second Sunday. Made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur of the Year.
We catch up with the founder of Life Scientific, Nicola Mitchell, the newly-crowned EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020!
She talks about the strong women and scientific background that has underpinned her success and led to her becoming the 2nd only female Irish entrepreneur of the year.
Brody Sweeney is the founder of the Camile Thai restaurant chain and is making big plans for his company's thriving home deliveries.
He told Sonya Lennon, host of The Architects of Business, made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, that trials to deliver Camile Thai food via drone in Oranmore, Co. Galway were going well and he expected to roll out nationwide usage "fairly soon".
He's working with another Irish entrepreneur, Bobby Healy, and his Manna Aero drone-delivery business, in the west to refine the delivery process for his food.
"We load the food into the drone, it takes off to 400 feet, flies directly to your house.
"When it gets to your house, it hovers over the square, sends you a text message, asking you are are you ready to receive it.
"You say, 'yes', the drone comes down to 40 feet and a little door opens underneath it and the food comes down on a string, which is biodegradable.
"The string then unravels from the drone and just falls down on top of the food, and the drone goes back up to 400 feet and it flies back to base.
"So it's extraordinary, it's working."
Listen to Brody (a 2001 finalist in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year™ programme) explain how the thinks drones will become part and parcel of home delivery for all sorts of goods once the regulatory details have been sorted out.
Pat Rigney is the founder of The Shed Distillery, the creators of Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin.
The drinks industry, like most other sectors, has been undergoing huge change since COVID changed our lives in March, with supermarkets focussing on what he describes as a smaller selection of 'winning brands' to stock their shelves.
Despite the challenges presented by the virus, Rigney has recently opened The Shed Distillery Visitor Experience in Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim, the home of the gin.
He also recently released the first batch of Drumshanbo Single Pot Still Irish whiskey, the first whiskey distilled in Connacht for 101 years.
Rigney told Sonya Lennon, host of The Architects of Business, made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, that whilst gin has become more popular than ever with Irish consumers, the huge selection of gins available makes the business very competitive.
Sonya Lennon: What happened with gin in the public psyche? How come, one minute none of us were talking about gin, and the next minute, everybody was talking about it, and all of a sudden every bar had 15 gins on offer. How did that happen?
Pat Rigney: Gin is a very interesting way of having a really interesting experience and maybe trying a number of different brands.
What we're seeing now is that consumers are beginning to settle into a smaller selection of brands and staying with them...
I was in one retailer in Italy recently. Now, it was a speciality store and you had 620 gins. So how do you survive on that? So, we have massive competition. So there's local gins, regional gins, international gins, and everywhere you go there's intense competition.
Mary McKenna is the Founder and CEO of Irish travel company, Tour America.
She has witnessed her industry undergo seismic change since she closed the doors on her physical office on 18 March and moved all their business online.
She told Sonya Lennon, host of The Architects of Business, made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, about how she wrote off 2020 very early on but is now focussed on breaking even in 2021, before seeing a travel boom in 2022.
But one of her biggest fears for her business is who will be sitting in the White House next year.
"Sonya Lennon: I suppose we cannot not address the fact that the name of the company is Tour America. And America is in a very fragile state at the moment. Are you concerned about the political state and social state of the States at the moment?"
Mary McKenna: I am, I'm very concerned...
I think a lot of people think about him [Trump] as the leader and it makes them think about going to that country. I hate saying it because this is my business but that's a fact of the matter."
Keywords Studios employs over 8,500 people in 61 studios across the world.
The Dublin-based gaming company creates, adapts, and supports some of the biggest video games in the world like Halo, Assassin’s Creed, and Fortnite.
CEO Andrew Day, who bought Keywords Studios with 50 staff in 2009, says that his company is heading into a period of exponential growth at a time when the industry, in general, is growing as more people are at home.
Day told Sonya Lennon, host of The Architects of Business, made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, about their projected figures;
"From where I sit today I don't think there's anything going to hold us back, other than ourselves, in getting to be about a $1billion in revenue in about five years' time.
I think we're quite close on a run-rate basis, or we will be exiting this year at around $500million, I hope."
He goes onto talk about the company's meteoric stock market valuation which recently passed a gigantic milestone having floated at $75million in 2013.
Listen to the full interview with the 2019 finalist in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year™ programme below.
Aalto Bio is amongst a number of companies working on a vaccine for COVID-19.
The Dublin-based biotech company researches and develops proteins and reagents that are provided to pharmaceutical companies that in turn develop diagnostic tests for viruses.
CEO of Aalto Bio, Philip Noone who has been working in the virus diagnostics space for twenty-five years, says his company has been working on the clinical trials with a couple of companies who are developing vaccines. They include the American pharma giant, Moderna.
Noone told Sonya Lennon, host of The Architects of Business, made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, about the pace at which the vaccine development is happening:
"Moderna have done their phase two clinical trials. You do three phases of clinical trials before you bring the product to market.
"They're in their third phase and they're probably moving at a speed faster than anybody else.
"So, we've been working hand in hand with them, helping them with their clinical trials in order to get a vaccine on the market faster. "
He goes onto explain on the podcast why he thinks a vaccine will be available before the end of the year.
John Mullins has made a successful habit of being able to spot emerging trends in energy production in Ireland, and across the world. Having worked with ESB and Bord Gais, the Cork native set up Amarenco Solar, with his business partners, and is at the forefront of a dramatic shift to renewable energy, here and abroad.
Mullins told Sonya Lennon, host of The Architects of Business, made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, about a solar power project that is set to proceed in Cobh, Co. Cork, from 2021.
"Cobh is now qualified. We won 40 megawatts through eight projects this week. We'll be building, next year, in Ireland for the first time, which we're delighted to say is a big plus for us. I was one of the first to go out and meet the farmers, five years ago, and they've stayed with me, and I'm thankful for that. But we have a number of other projects on the way."
Mullins notes that solar power and energy sourced and produced through on- and off-shore wind will transform the way Ireland gets its energy in the coming decades.
Sonia Deasy founded her skincare company Pestle and Mortar in 2014, selling just one product.
The bold move turned heads and caught the attention of several parties including QVC USA, the biggest home shopping network in the world.
Deasy told Sonya Lennon, host of The Architects of Business, made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, that her product was the first Irish brand to appear on the main QVC USA channel and it was a smash hit for her Pure Hyaluronic Serum.
"I went on for seven minutes and we sold out. They're all screaming, like Americans, they were high fiving, screaming, going, 'Oh my God, this girl is a superstar.' And we were like... we couldn't believe it."
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Diona is a tech solutions company for Health and Human Services agencies around the world which was co-founded by Dubliner, Graham Stubbs in 2012.
He told The Architects of Business show, made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, details of the second US city now using their solutions for social services engagements.
The company has been working with New York City since 2016.
Stubbs told host Sonya Lennon about how the relationship came about in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic and had to be turned around in a very short period of time.
"It was a five-week project to get them up and running, literally every single resident of Washington DC now can apply for benefits through our mobile solution that's on their phone."
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On the first episode in a brand new season of the show, made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, host, Sonya Lennon, chats to Corkman Sean Sheehan, a finalist in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year™ Program in 2013 and the CEO of Wisetek, about how his IT recycling company has made a big change to help out during the COVID-19 emergency.
Wisetek, which employs 450 staff globally, normally upgrades and reuses e-waste assets like laptops, desktops and disk drives but over the past 5 weeks, the company has transformed the production lines in their Cork plant into making ventilators for usage in Irish hospitals.
The staff members have come together in an incredible way to ensure these machines are getting to where they are needed, including some senior managers picking up old carpentry skills to make units to transport the ventilators.
This week on The Architects of Business, Sonya talks to Pat McDonagh, founder of the popular fast food chain, Supermacs, and recently crowned EY’s Industry Entrepreneur of the Year 2019.
On this week's episode of The Architects of Business Sonya speaks to Triona Mullane, Founder and CEO of mAdme Technologies who was recently crowned EY’s Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year, 2019.
On this week's episode of The Architects of Business Sonya speaks to Richard Kennedy, CEO of Devenish and recently crowned EY Entrepreneur of the Year, 2019.
On this week's episode of The Architects of Business Sonya speaks to Jack Dobson, founder of Dunbia - a red meat processor that sources and manufactures beef, lamb and pork products and one of Europe’s leading food companies.
On this week's episode of The Architects of Business Sonya speaks to Ciaran Mulligan, managing director of the multi award winning insurance provider, Blue Insurance.
On this week's episode of The Architects of Business Sonya speaks to Anne Heraty, CEO of Cpl Resources plc, and a recognised leader in business and the workforce. Anne is also the first female CEO of a listed Irish company.
This week's episode of The Architects of Business features a special edition panel discussion on Brexit and what it means for business in Northern Ireland and across the border. Joining Sonya on the couch is Eleanor Chambers, CEO of Next Gen Power and Neil Gibson, Chief Economist at EY.
On this week's episode of The Architects of Business Patrick speaks to Gillian Maxwell and Niall Stringer, the power couple behind the Irish branch of the popular retail store, Tiger.
On this week's episode of The Architects of Business Sonya speaks to Jim Barry; managing director of Barry Group.
Founded in 1955 by Jim’s father, the company has grown at a rapid pace to become one of the leading wholesale groups in Ireland trading both nationally and internationally.
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This week Sonya talks to Gavan Walsh; founder and CEO of iCabbi.
Founded in 2010, Gavan set up his business to bring technology and innovation to traditional taxi businesses.
This week Sonya talks to David Walsh; CEO of the Carlow based security monitoring company Netwatch.
Set up in 2003, Netwatch introduced the first real time remote visual monitoring security system to the Irish market and David has managed to turn the Carlow based company into a global phenomenon in crime prevention.
With a turnover of over €20 million, the company, which was set up in her living room 23 years ago, is now Ireland’s number one tour operator to the USA.
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On this week's episode of The Architects of Business Sonya speaks to David Maxwell, managing director of popular burrito bar, Boojum. The award winning burrito bar was set up in 2007 and after buying the company in 2015, David has turned what started as a small burrito bar in Belfast into Ireland’s leading burrito brand.
On this week's episode of The Architects of Business Sonya speaks to Sammy Leslie, Irish hotelier and trustee of the Castle Leslie estate in County Monaghan.
On this week's episode of The Architects of Business Sonya speaks to Paul Young, co-founder and CEO of Irish-based animation studio, Cartoon Saloon.
This week's episode of The Architects of Business features a special edition panel discussion on diversity and inclusion in business with Christines Barrett of Microsoft and Olivia McEvoy of EY. The Architects of Business; hosted by Sonya Lennon and made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™.
DoneDeal founder Fred Karlsson is this week's guest in a brand new episode of The Architects of Business hosted by Sonya Lennon and made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™.
Founder of the Healy Group Maurice Healy is this week's guest in a brand new season of The Architects of Business hosted by Sonya Lennon and made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™.
Chosen as world’s best gin at the ‘Gin Oscars’ in New York, Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin founder, Pat Rigney is the guest in the first episode of a brand new season of The Architects of Business hosted by Sonya Lennon and made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™.
Much of the time, successful business ideas revolve around simple problem solving and opportunism. If your idea solves someone else's problem and fills your own coffers in the process, you're on the right path.
Niall McGarry, Founder of JOE.ie and Maximum Media, was talking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™. When the original idea for JOE.ie came to him, much of it was borne from helping local businesses in Galway.
In the hustle and bustle of running a business, it can be surprisingly easy to put family matters on the back burner. When Marian O'Gorman, CEO of the Kilkenny Group, looks back on the earlier stages of her career, she wishes that she hadn't been so focused on business.
Marian was speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, in partnership with JOE.ie. "When I look back, and everyone looks back, and all mothers feel this, you look back and I was really a workaholic. I was addicted to work a bit," she said.
As CEO of pharmaceutical company APC, Mark Barrett is an Irishman who ran with his own idea. In his opinion, more could be done to encourage other Irish people to back themselves and do the same.
Mark was talking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, in partnership with JOE.ie. In his opinion, Irish businesses would flourish if there was more focus on our own local entrepreneurs.
Despite being the Co-Founder of renowned IT company Ergo, John Purdy is a firm believer in not being overly-reliant on email. As he said himself, there is a lot to be said for good old-fashioned face-to-face conversation.
John was speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, in partnership with JOE.ie. While he does stay focused on keeping up with the latest tech advances, there are some things that never change.
Having been the driving force behind the world's first inflatable car seat for children, Grainne Kelly believes that simplicity and problem-solving go hand in hand. The company she founded, Bubblebum, solved the problem of car rental companies over-charging for car seats
Grainne was speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™. Making life easier is a key part of what her company does, and she feels there's a need for the business world to try and do the same.
Having successfully led Wexford to win the All-Ireland in 1996, Liam Griffin is a man who knows how to succeed in the world of sport. His experience at the helm of a senior hurling team is what helped his transition into the world of business.
Liam was spoke to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, in partnership with JOE.ie. Already a household name, Liam said there were times when people were shocked to see him running a spa.
Mick Kearney, a successful businessman and the former team manager of Ireland’s rugby team, has revealed the lessons other people in business could take from Joe Schmidt and co.
Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, the man who brought Snap Printing to Ireland in 1984 spoke about the attention to detail needed to run a company successfully.
He gives an in-depth overview of his successful business career, and his current work in healthcare.
Martin McVicar is one of Ireland's most accomplished entrepreneurs, and his Combilift business has come through some tough times to become a market leader across the world.
Who says you need to have gone to university to become successful in business? Martin McVicar is proof that you can succeed regardless of your qualifications.
The Monaghan businessman is our guest this week on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, and he has driven his forklift-manufacturing business Combilift to new heights following the devastation of the economic downturn of a decade ago.
The biggest night in Irish business ended in a massive victory for Daniel Mackey and Peter Coppinger of Teamwork.com, who scooped the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ prize for 2018.
The Cork duo speak to Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business about their humble beginnings, the mistakes they had to correct to succeed and how it feels to win such a prestigious honour.
Tadhg also asks some of Ireland's most audacious entrepreneurs about what it takes to succeed in business, while Kevin McLaughlin and Frank O'Keeffe of EY talk about making Ireland a better place for people looking to start their business.
If you routinely stay back in the office long after everyone else has gone home, businessman Kevin O’Loughlin has this advice: Stop.
Better to be an early bird than someone who works long into the night, insists the founder of Nostra.
O’Loughlin has built a massively successful IT company that deals with a number of organisations across many industries and sectors – including Microsoft, HP, Apple, Fujitsu and DELL - and he’s done it all before 5.30 in the evening.
Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, Kevin explains how his strict adherence to downtime is crucial when it comes to being switched on when it matters.
One of the brothers behind Teeling Whiskey, Jack Teeling, explains why he decided to leave the world of finance and get involved in the family business.
Jack Teeling has revealed why he decided to leave the world of finance behind and get involved in the whiskey business.
Teeling, along with his brother Stephen, is behind the massive whiskey brand that bears his family's name, with the company's headquarters in Dublin's Liberties one of the city's prime tourist destinations since it opened in 2015.
Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, Jack explained how he was initially reluctant to work with his father John at the Cooley Distillery.
"If we could bottle that and put into an intravenous infusion, we'd kill cancer!"
Dr. Johnny Walker is no ordinary entrepreneur, and no ordinary doctor.
The Founder of Jinga Life - a company that keeps health records for patients digitally - balances his work in business with his role as an interventional radiologist at the Hermitage Medical Clinic in Dublin.
Johnny's career has taken him all over the world, from the back of a truck treating pregnant aboriginal women in isolated Western Australia to setting up Global Diagnostics and, more recently, Jinga Life, and he has plenty of stories to tell along the way.
Dr. Johnny Walker is our guest this week on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™.
While it's true that dogs and cats in Ireland are generally being treated better than before, that doesn't come without consequences. Integrating your dog or cat into the family does improve their standard of life, but also means they are more susceptible to the same diseases as their owners.
Before TriviumVet, a company founded by Tom Brennan and Louise Grubb, animals' medicine came from vets simply compounding the human equivalent. The idea for the company came to them on a plane home from Philadelphia, and they haven't looked back since. Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business podcast, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, Louise and Tom spoke about how Ireland can change the way we treat our pets.
Louise and Tom are both veterans of the pharmaceutical world, who turned their attention to helping veterinarians treat small animals. They both have already had several successful business ventures, including Louise's founding of 2016 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Finalist Q1 Scientific.
We're no longer prepared to just clock in, do our eight hours, zone out and go home, insist two of the McArdle siblings behind Height For Hire.
One of Ireland's most well-respected family businesses, Height For Hire has been operating its machine rental business out of Ashbourne for the last 40 years.
Frances and Fergus McArdle are the daughter and son of founder Harry McArdle.
Appearing on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, the McArdle siblings discuss current workplace culture with host Tadhg Enright.
Primary school. Secondary school. College. Possible post-graduate qualification. Workforce. Mortgage. Etc. It’s a well-worn path for many, many Irish people but Sean Brett – the man who founded Steeltech Sheds – believes there are other ways to build a successful life and career.
Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, Brett insisted that learning a trade can be more valuable to post-Leaving Cert students if they’re not academically inclined.
“In Ireland right now, and Britain the same, there is this focus on sending all children to third level schools, whereas the rest of Europe don’t have that focus,” says Sean, who also believes Irish people can save as much as €7,000-a-year by working from home.
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With the world heading for a massive food shortage in less than 35 years, Samuel Dennigan believes we need to rethink our attitude to vegetables.
We're snobs, and the resulting food waste is going to cause massive problems.
Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, Strong Roots Founder Samuel Dennigan was clear about Irish attitudes to misshapen, 'wonky' vegetables and believes we need to change our ways.
Ciara Clancy is no ordinary entrepreneur, with her company Beats Medical far less concerned with making money than it is with helping people to live with various neurological conditions.
At the age of just 29, Ciara Clancy's work in helping people to live with the likes of Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's, dyspraxia and the effects of stroke are unparalleled on the island of Ireland.
Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on this week's The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, Ciara reveals the reason why she left behind her career as a physiotherapist.
If anyone knows the secrets of the hotel business, it's Pat McCann.
Pat McCann is the founder and CEO of the Dalata Hotel Group, Ireland's biggest of its kind, and has revealed how online booking sites don't give a true reflection of how many rooms are available in a hotel at any one time.
Speaking to host Tadhg Enright on JOE's The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, McCann revealed customers often feel pressured into making a booking when, in reality, plenty of rooms remain available.
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One in ten people in Ireland are living with dyslexia, but Caroline Keeling is proof that it need not stop you building a massively successful career in business.
As CEO of Keelings, arguably Ireland's largest fruit company, Caroline Keeling is at the forefront of Ireland's drive towards healthy eating.
What many people don't know, however, is that the woman who has taken the company built by her grandparents on to the global stage was diagnosed with dyslexia at a young age.
Caroline is this week's guest on The Architects of Business.
If you enjoy a caramel latté, look away now; the man who founded Java Republic believes you're not doing yourself any favours.
If anyone knows their coffee, it's David McKernan.
Having founded Java Republic in 1999, McKernan has been in the coffee world for almost 30 years, starting his career with the famous Bewley's brand.
He tells us about his career, and how he can't quite grasp the popularity of various sugar-boosted coffee drinks.
Liam LaHart has opened up on the skullduggery that he faced after opening up his first brewery.
The founder of the Porterhouse Brewing Company with his late cousin and business partner Oliver Hughes, LaHart has revealed the lengths bigger breweries would go to in order to kill off their first venture together, Harty's Brewery.
LaHart - who, along with Hughes, is credited with starting the popular craft beer movement in Ireland - revealed how his beer lines would be cut and bar owners would accept bribes in order to turn away his range of beers in the early days.
Liam LaHart is our guest on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™.
Peaches Kemp is our guest this week on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™.
Peaches and Domini Kemp's itsa has grown from humble beginnings to become one of Ireland's most popular lunchtime options, with its popular bagels as the cornerstone of the business.
Speaking to host Tadhg Enright, Peaches feels that the only thing that could kill off Ireland's blossoming food industry is complacency.
If you're hoping to start a business, Peaches' story is a must-listen.
Norman Crowley has quite a tale to tell about the time he almost sold his gaming company for $1bn, only to see everything fall through at the very last moment.
Norman is our guest this week on The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™.
"We were waiting in our office, car idling outside a door waiting to take us to the lawyer’s office and sign a deal for $1bn and we got a phone call saying, ‘it’s over,'" he tells host Tadhg Enright.
His story is fascinating...
Brian Lee, the Co-Founder of Chopped, has seen his empire stretch from three to 50 outlets in the space of just three years, and is our guest this week on The Architects of Business.
Still just 32-years-old, Lee tells host Tadhg Enright how he had his first business card at the age of 11 and ultimately set up Chopped with his friend Andy Chen, whom he had met when working in a Spar as a teenager.
With chicken fillet rolls at their most popular, Brian and Andy set out to do something different and bring good, wholesome food to the masses.
Anyone can start a business, according to the man who used to own the iconic Jacob's biscuit brand and has recently set up East Coast Bakehouse, Michael Carey.
Michael talks about his career in some of Europe's biggest food companies; about the time he was fired as Managing Director at Kellogg's; about taking over at Jacob's in 2004 and ultimately setting up East Coast Bakehouse.
Michael was the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™ Industry prize winner in 2005 and is this week's guest on The Architects of Business, hosted by Tadhg Enright.
Ray Coyle is the man behind Mr. Tayto and Tayto Park, and is our guest this week on The Architects of Business, our new show in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™.
Ray Coyle is one of Ireland's most iconic businessmen.
The former Meath farmer started out by growing the potatoes that would become Tayto crisps in 1980.
A year later, when he lost that contract and got into a situation where he owed the bank £1.2m, he came up with an ingenious solution to claw back the money and have enough left over to start his own business.
He would raffle off his farm.
This is his story...
“A harmless messer, always with that little bit of wanting to get on, have a go, and win.”
In terms of sheer determination to start his own business, few can match Cathal O’Connell’s single-mindedness.
The Paddywagon Founder chats to Tadhg Enright on this week’s The Architects of Business, in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™.
When Colette Twomey and her husband Eddie took over a butcher's shop in Clonakilty, County Cork in the 1970s, little did they realise that one secret recipe would change their lives forever.
Colette talks to Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, JOE's new show in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™.
Stephen Smith of Kitman Labs talks to Tadhg Enright on The Architects of Business, a new show from JOE in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, about building his massive sports analytics company and working with some of the world's biggest teams.
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