Conall O Morain Podcasts

Simple. On Business Bites Mark Greene, Parcel Planet, explains how to make more money by concentrating on selling while he'll (literally) do the heavy lifting of packing and shipping your orders. That Great Business Show is kindly supported by DoneDeal.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

#BusinessBites #8 Marie Murphy, Homelink.ie, explains how to save thousands of Euro on your next holiday. With thanks to DoneDeal.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Deal of the Year winner, Jason Bradshaw, Partner JPA Brenson Lawlor, can maximise the value of your business. With thanks to DoneDeal.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

E124 That Great Business Show Marie Murphy, founder Homelink.ie explains how to use your home for a free holiday, and a great cost cutter for retirees. Her 'hire in a heartbeat'? Padraig O Ceidigh Mark Greene of Parcel Planet shifts your parcels while you shift your products. His 'hire in a heartbeat'? Steve Bartlett (and David McWilliams!) Jason B…

Business Bites #6 John Ryan, founder of Healthy Place to Work, seeks international partners for multi-million Euro opportunities. SHARE with those in widest-health sector. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Naylor, Beauty Business in a Box, tells TeamGBS how one of her 14 year old clients makes €800 a week, in between going to school! Her best client, in her early twenties, is making €2,500 a week. Find out how. SHARE the link with young people looking for their own business. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

With thanks to DoneDeal.ie Sarah Naylor, founder of Beauty Business in a Box, shows young people how to make hundreds, or thousands (!) of Euro, from the comfort of their own home. She is also the recently appointed President of the Dublin branch of Network Ireland, helping women in business. Drop shipping is the hot topic for solopreneurs and luck…

Adam Ferguson, Chief Commercial Officer at Distilled Media talks about their plans for property website Daft.ie - listen for business opportunities. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Top actuary Colm Fagan has a devised a revolutionary new approach to pensions for those about to be enrolled in the Government proposed auto-enrollment scheme. His scheme, he says, will give much higher returns for much lower costs. Win. Win. We say. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

E122 That Great Business Show Adam Ferguson, Chief Commercial Officer, Daft.ie tells us about Daft's expansion plans in the real estate business. He's also a man of many pivots as he explains how studying Ag. Science led to selling houses! Daft.ie has...300,000 people viewing online (in Ireland only) every day!!! He wants more transparency in onlin…

Business Bites #2 - #TeamGBS creators of That Great Business Show - bring you business opportunities in bite sized pieces. Malachy Ryan wants his Bear Robotics robots to take over your restaurant. Supported by DoneDeal.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

BUSINESS BITES - TeamGBS, the team that brings you That Great Business Show - brings you some great business opportunities #1 Sarah Murphy, newly minted CEO of family fashion business Jack Murphy, wants help to become a world brand. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two great interviews on Ireland's best business show, brought to you thanks to our new sponsor, DoneDeal.ie Sarah Murphy announces that she has been made CEO of her third-generation clothing brand, Jack Murphy. She discusses some bumps in the road in the past, and how she means to make her small Irish brand a world player. Her 'hire in a heartbeat'…

The Easy Money Edition. TAKE PROFESSIONAL ADVICE! Aidan Donnelly explains how to make easy money. But not crypto. Or any other nonsense investment options. He discusses The Greater Fool Theory...and how to avoid being That Fool. He explains in great detail what ETF's are and why they are a great way of investing if you're too busy to try to pick in…

Anthuan Xavier arrived in Ireland aged 19. He had three weeks rent in his pocket and absolutely nothing else. No job, no training, no connections. Learn how, along with colleague Dave Simpson, he built a professional firm, BDO Simpson Xavier, to a team of 550 people. In 45 minutes we bring you the distillation of over 4 decades of business knowledg…

E118 - Lorraine Marren, Head of e-Commerce at Irish owned success story McSport and Steve Mangan, co-founder of creative agency Ringers. 45 minute masterclass in how to use TikTok for your business for free. Every tip you ever wanted from both the creative and the practitioner sides (one McSport TikTok video has been seen by one million people so f…

On this episode we're joined by superstar business broadcaster Vincent Wall Could Sandra Healy's Inclusio become Ireland's next unicorn? #TeamGBS thinks so. Find out why KPMG Canada think they're amazing ("Sandra, there's nothing in the world like your solution, and we've looked") and learn where Sandra and her team will bring her software solution…

3.00" Henrik Wetter Sanchez, Principal at UK based Playfair Capital VC tells us about the Irish companies they have invested in, the types and sizes of the companies they will invest in, and those that they definitely will not. Cheque sizes start at €100,000 but can run to millions, they receive 2,000 website applications a year. He says that they …

More brilliant business insights brought to you thanks to De Facto Shaving Oil - the world's best shaving oil. Paul Ryan CEO of The Auxilia Group runs a 'dating agency' for businesses and he wants more professional women on his books. Listen to find out what he's actually looking for, and how you can earn up to €2,000 a day. He also has a hypnotist…

E114 That Great Business Show 3.00" Where else would you get a former Davy stockbroker discussing the phoenix-like rise of of avocado coloured toilet suites? Only on That Great Business Show. Harry Maharaj gave up a very lucrative career in equity sales with Davy to join, along with his brothers, his family run business, Kilkenny Architectural Salv…

3.00" Ex-Google employee Síne Dunne couldn't sleep. She was stressed. She was living on 5 hours sleep or less. She did what all great entrepreneurs do. She made a business out of it. She worked with Enterprise Ireland and Trinity College to develop her product and now SiestSleep.com is a patented sleep 'pillow' manufactured in Ireland, sold directl…

2.00" How to save €5,000 when selling a home. Need we say more? You'll love this 'newish' (2018) business, Auctioneera that says it has sold, to date, €350m worth of property in Ireland and saved vendors €4.4m in fees to date. Great news for sellers, not so great maybe for the Sherry FitzGerald, Lisneys and DNGs of the world. The business continues…

Alyssa Stevens, Social Media Director at Boston based Connelly Partners, talks to us about why your business must use TikTok, how best to use TikTok and about the 3 million (not a typo) 'influencers' they have on the Connelly database. BTW, an influencer can cost you anything from a bottle of shampoo to $300,000 plus, plus, plus. Alyssa tells all. …

EPISODE 110 posting21st October 2022 Ciaran O'Mara and Dan Hobbs, founders of Limerick based Protex AI, have completed the Y-Combinator programme (though they'll explain why they didn't make it to San Francisco) and have gone on to raise $18 million for their 18 month old (yes, fewer than 600 days!) company. They're going BIG in Canada and now head…

Episode 109 features three great women, three great entrepreneurs. Tracey Moran talks about her family business, the oh, so famous Red Cow Morans Hotel (she even suggests where the name came from...), she talks about the new Wren Urban Nest hotel situated near Dublin's Grafton Street (and she says she welcomes pitches from local businesses with sus…

Everything you need to know about Intertrade Ireland's Innovation Boost programme that includes mentorship, money and more, much more. Your business needs to know about it, as it will help you go global. We have the programme co-ordinator Dominic Mullan with us, along with Liam Holton, co-founder of Offaly based Future Ticketing now selling to a ma…

2.30" Colin Saunders and Dave Geraghty explain how Open for Vintage is taking on the world of 2nd hand luxury goods. The secret is in the platform they developed themselves (Dave is ex-Facebook, ex-Wish, ex-Google...) that gives buyers, worldwide, dynamic pricing which means you see the price and that's it, in includes currency conversion, all rele…

Brian McGeough is adviser to some of Ireland's top business leaders. A masterclass on how to create a top-class corporate culture. How to empower employees by having a chat, dealing with moaners, in-office work or not, why others will still have to 'go to work', getting out of bed....and so much more. His 'hire in a heartbeat'? Socrates (No, not th…

1.00" Shout out for AdvanceCT, the right people to talk to if your business is thinking of setting up in the US. Talk to us if you'd like to know more. 2.30" Tom Murphy is looking for distributors for his world-beating Mayo made shaving oil, De Facto, sponsor of our podcast. No matter where in the world you are, and if you know the grooming market …

1.00" A shout out for AdvanceCT, Connecticut's version of Enterprise Ireland, where we'll be directing the Fantastic Five companies featured on Episode 103, helping them on their commercial journey through the USA. 3.30" Nicola Kearns, founder of Niks Tea, tells us about her journey from happy flight attendant to delighted tea entrepreneur, growing…

Host Conall O Morain is joined by co-host Professor Martin Curley, head of digital transformation at Ireland's Health Service Executive, HSE, along with five companies leading the digital transformation of the the country's ailing health system. Companies and their leaders include leading radiologists Dr. John Sheehan of MMD (mobile medical devices…

3.00" We look at whether credit unions can replace departing banks, Ulster Bank and KBC Bank? SAVVI Credit Union, that emerged from the ESB Credit Union, but that now serves its entire local community, is set to take on the world. Savvi's CEO Mark Beirne and Head of Business Growth, Conall O'Callaghan, join TeamGBS to tell us that they have loans u…

This episode is made for sharing, with everyone. Dr. Brian Pennie, PhD, (Neuroscience) gives us his 101 - simple tips and hacks (all evidence based) on how to live life (including your business) better. But he's no ordinary PhD. He has an incredible back story, like no other. You could say, 'he has lived it'. He starts with the five second rule....…

On our 100th edition who better to have on as a guest but the man whose support via one of his companies, De Facto Shaving Oil, has made the podcast (Best Business Podcast nominated) possible. Tom Murphy has been in business 'for longer than he cares to remember'. He set up his main company Pamex, a pharmacy distributor having been made redundant (…

That Great Business Show - nominated for 'Best Business Podcast' - Ireland Podcast Awards. If your business is heading for the US, we have a very special offer from Meathman Tony Sheridan who wants you to use his new Chamber of Commerce led business centre, based in New London, Connecticut - and if you say 'That Great Business Show', your business …

That Great Business Show has been nominated for Irish Podcast Awards, Best Business Podcast 2022. Thank you. 3.00 David Scrivens, co-founder with his wife Carmelia, of Willows Ingredients, an international food ingredients distributor. We like keeping it real. David says the original vision for the company was 'just to survive', an aspiration every…

3.00" Larry Bass founder of Shinawil, the TV production company that gave us 'Dancing with the Stars', 'Last Singer Standing' and 'Home of the Year' explains all you need to know about how to make a fortune from creating a world-winning TV format. Did you know that TV series 'Masterchef' makes its makers €1 billion a year. And that's every year! So…

1.30" Mike McGrath co-founder of Kwayga - matching suppliers and buyers in the food industry. They have 50,000 suppliers on the platform, they have 1,000 active users, heading for 2,000 which Mike says is a tipping point on a platform. They're raising money and heading to grow big in the US. The good news is that small businesses can join for free.…

2.30" The future is now. Mechanic, pilot, barrister, founder Julie Garland (yes, we did ask) explains how her company Avtrain is leading Europe in training drone pilots. She says that, for sure, Ryder Cup players will travel by vertical take off and landing machines when next playing in Ireland. Julie explains how anyone can become a fully licensed…

2.00" Monaghan man Sean McCleary explains how his company, Streat School, can have you up and running with your own street food business for just €10k and why his Monaghan made carts don't need a license. He also gives a glimpse into how much money those innocent looking food trucks can make and how to hustle the best pitches in town. His 'hire in …

2.00" Dr. Andrea C. Johnson, director at Workhuman, one of Ireland's unicorns (valued above $1 billion) talks about how Workhuman, 'founded' in the Bleeding Horse pub in Dublin, became internationally successful, hiring their 1,000th employee, sharing the love every quarter with their 6 million users. Her hire(s) in a heartbeat? Ciara Garvan, Work …

2.00 Laura McCarthy, founder, Drink Botanicals Ireland. Laura was selling since the age of 8. She founded her business, Drinks Botanicals, whilst still in college in 2017. Whilst her pals were heading overseas on holidays, Laura stayed at home to mind the shop. Literally. Botanicals is the fancy name for flavours, used in drinks like gin. Since get…

Host Conall O Móráin is joined by business broadcasting legend Vincent Wall on Episode 91 We start with a tribute to the late Ray Coyle, former owner of the Tayto and Hunky Dory brands, a larger that life business figure and a man who who always wanted to have a bit of fun 2.00" Evelyn Moynihan, CEO Kilkenny Design, goes on safari ahead of Christma…

Medical knowledge is doubling every 79 days! Martin Curley, former Intel Vice President, now in charge of the digital transformation of Ireland's health service says we will have the best health service in Europe by 2025. Yes, you read that right. In under 36 months Ireland could go from 80th in the world for its health service to 1st in Europe. He…

Any business, no matter what size or how old it is, should always be ready for sale. If your business is 'sale ready' you're on the right track for making your business even more successful. Take a cold, clinical and hard look at your business and ask, are we doing the best that we can? If not, what could we do better. Why would someone want to buy…

Sarah and Tomás Kenny, of the iconic bookshop (it's really much, much more than that) talk about how they're winning against Jeff Bezos's Amazon through personal, expert service (Jeff doesn't answer the phone, the Kenny's do!) and giving a specialist service to many of the world's best known libraries. It's fascinating business, trying to keep trac…

3.00" Colette Twomey, founder of Clonakilty Black Pudding talks about her new project, her own golf club. As you do. She was trained as a brain technician but married a butcher which led to what is now a worldwide Irish food brand, known from Clonakilty to Sydney, Australia. She explains how a Dunnes Stores tea lady led to their hugely successful '…

John Jordan, CEO, Ornua - the co-op owned co-op behind the Kerrygold brand. He predicts some further, VERY chunky price increases coming the consumer's way. He reveals his hard earned secrets of successfully selling a pretty basic product (butter) in the US. He confirms that Tony O'Reilly was the man behind the Kerrygold name and concept. but also …

1.00" IMPORTANT ADVICE to TeamGBS about the urgent need to switch from Ulster Bank and KBC Bank now, as each switch takes at least an hour and there are hundreds of thousands of accounts to be transferred as both banks exit the Irish market. 3.00" Dr. Ken Germaine, Funding Master, on who/what/how to apply for some of the €150 billion (over seven ye…

On Episode 84 we start by highlighting a US initiative - open to Irish people (we've checked!) - that is trying to improve the PPE experience (personal protective equipment) firstly for the US market, but then presumably, worldwide. The US authorities have posted a competition, in conjunction with crowdsourcing platform HeroX.com and it's well wort…