Leadership Episodes

Peter Geoghegan joins us on the show to talk about his new book 'Democracy for Sale: Dark Money and Dirty Politics', his love of cricket and a remarkable story about Longford/Argentina emigration!

In another crossover episode, this time with Your Pursuit of Happiness, Paul Smyth and Pete Townsend talk through how to keep things running in your work life and your home life, two things that have become one since the world caught fire. They dig into VC funding, hiring, startup decisions, transformational projects and more....with a guest appearance in the intro from Pete's kids!

Dermot Walsh from Each & Other talks with Pete Townsend about delivering delightful user experiences, leading through people, putting yourself into the shoes of the customer...and his moonlighting gig as a community radio DJ!

We get back into the interview format this week as Paul Smyth returns to the show to talk about his new coaching venture (Possible.ie), getting to the lightbulb moments, the importance of trust and fairness in business relationships....and channeling Wendy Rhodes from Billions!

Bo Brustkern from Lendit Fintech joins Pete Townsend to talk about finding creativity in finance, leading teams...and finding his Irish roots!

Paul Nunan from Link Asset Services joins us on the show to talk about entrepreneurial tendencies...and his love of juggling!

The second part of our interview with Mihai Alisie of AKASHA Foundation as he talks about future plans and his skill at poker!

Mihai Alisie, Founder of the AKASHA Foundation, joins Pete Townsend on stage at Dublin Tech Summit to talk about collected vs collective intelligence, blockchain and humanity.

A bumper episode this week with Pete Townsend joined by Paul Smyth, Laura Smyth, Lisa White and Vessy Tasheva to discuss all things diversity in the workplace and life.

Jennifer Hourihane from Oathello joins us to talk about bringing technology to the execution of legal documents....and her love of farming!

Martin Cass from Barclays joins us on the show to talk about banking, working with startups...and his one foray into the boxing ring!

Helen Fullen from NDRC joins us on the show to talk about supporting entrepreneurs of all sizes and stages...and breaking the mould in London!

Ann O'Dea from Silicon Republic joins us on the show to talk about journalism, inspiring people....and bird-watching!

Elaine Deehan from Pocketwire joins us on the show this week to talk about her soon-to-be launched money management product, her journey from banker to entrepreneur...and being fluent in Spanish!

Pete Rose from TEKenable joins us to talk about becoming an entrepreneur out of necessity...and being a trained midwife!!

Aine Mulloy from GirlCrew joins us this week to talk about empowering women, building communities, her journey as a co-founder...and unfortunate injuries!

Greg Chew, founder and CEO of QPQ, joins us on the show this week to talk about blockchain, smart contracts...and trading bananas!

Kris Koik from Flender joins us on the show, fresh from raising €10m in debt funding to support SME's through its platform. and also shares his story on how tennis helped him as an entrepreneur!

Lisa Smith from EngageSmith joins us on the show this week to talk about becoming an entrepreneur and to how to speak the language of Millennials!

Lisa White joins us this week to talk about transforming organizations and mental health challenges.

Karen Malone from Centaur Fund Services joins us to talk about constantly trying to stay like a start-up while building a large global business....and the challenge of hiring the right people.

Mai Santamaria joins us this week to talk about how she fell into accounting and used it as a stepping stone to drive change across many organisations....as well as sharing an unfortunate translation mistake!

Brian Norton, co-founder and CEO of Supply Finance, joins our first episode of MoneyNeverSleeps to talk about what drives him, how he has had the entrepreneur 'bug' since college, going again with start-up number two....and his love of Lego!