Entrepreneurship Episodes

June 12, 2020

089: All In a Day's Work: Garrett Cassidy & Trezeo

Garrett Cassidy, co-founder and CEO of Trezeo, joins the show to talk about making financial services accessible to independent workers, the snowball effect of impacting people's lives, mental health perspectives in the startup community....and the impact of scuba diving on …

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May 29, 2020

087: Ultra Violet: Conor McGinn & Akara

Conor McGinn from Akara joins the show to talk about the human side of robotics, drawing motivation from skeptics, having all of the ingredients to scale a robotics and artificial intelligence business in Ireland....and how Akara are like a prize …

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May 15, 2020

085: Money Talks #13: Finn Murphy - Seed Investing in Ireland

Finn Murphy from Frontline Ventures joins the show to talk about a people-centric view to investing in early stage startups, what it takes to scale Irish startups to nine-figure revenue levels, what typically lures Irish startups to the UK, US …

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May 1, 2020

083: The Search: Ash Quinn and VideoRankMe

Ash Quinn from VideoRankMe joins the show to talk about her journey from a law degree to digital startups, the benefits of overcommunication when you have distributed teams around the world....and being a Gaeilgeoir! (go ahead, google it!)

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April 24, 2020

082: Money Talks #11: Startup Support, Marc Andreessen's Build & Surv…

In another edition of our Money Talks segment, Pete Townsend and Eoin Fitzgerald air their thoughts on the startup support plan announced in the UK, Marc Andreessen's 'Build' essay, and NFX's recent post on how startups can survive a downturn.

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April 17, 2020

081: [REPLAY] Work From Home - Vanessa Tierney and Abodoo

In a special replay episode from Season 1 that we just couldn't resist bringing back with everyone around the world working from home of late, we talk to Vanessa Tierney, co-founder and CEO of Abodoo, the fastest growing SaaS platform …

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April 3, 2020

080: Money Talks #10: Your Pursuit of Happiness While the World’s on…

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 …

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Feb. 28, 2020

077: I Might Need Security (v2) - Luke Sully and Custody Digital Group

Luke Sully, founder and CEO of Custody Digital Group joins the show to talk about his path into digital assets from an IT security background, building a business through aligning the interests of talented people, why he's basing his operations …

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Feb. 21, 2020

076: [Replay] Money Made Me Do It - Elaine Deehan

In a special replay of one of the best episodes of 2018, Pete Townsend talks to Elaine Deehan about her entry into fintech, her startup ambitions....and her love of the Spanish language!

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Feb. 14, 2020

075: Spiritual - Erin Grover

Erin Grover joins Pete Townsend to talk about her journey into crypto and digital assets, opening up the niche space of crypto hedge funds to professional investors, being guided by her own human nature of wanting to help others...and the …

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Dec. 19, 2019

069: Technologic - Lambert Despaux and Schema Capital

Lambert Despaux, partner at Schema Capital, talks to Pete Townsend about empowering entrepreneurs building in the distributed ledger technology space, the startup ecosystem in Israel, societal impacts of DLT....and his love of electronic music!

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Dec. 8, 2019

067: Startup Insights #2: The Unexpected

In this special segment, we feature four founders sharing how they dealt with one thing they didn't expect to face as a founder - Martin Brown from Unitek, Lizzy Hayashida from Change Donations, Andrew Mullaney from Premind and Paul Smyth …

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Nov. 12, 2019

064: I Can Transform Ya - Eddie Dillon and CreditLogic

Eddie Dillon from CreditLogic joins us on the show to talk digital transformation, making the move from corporate to entrepreneur...and his love of skiing!

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Oct. 11, 2019

061: Anything is Possible - Paul Smyth from Possible.ie

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 …

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Sept. 9, 2019

057: The Prediction - Andrew Mullaney and Premind

Andrew Mullaney joins us on the show to talk stock markets, perception, the entrepreneurial bug...and living an unassuming life!

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