Networking Works……. Here’s the Evidence!
The Futurum looks bright! The essence of the IIBN is to connect Irish business professionals globally, and that’s exactly what it did for Francis Fitzpatrick and Niall Watters. The pair first met at an IIBN networking event in London a few years back, and since then have ended up working together. Francis, the CEO of […]
The hidden cost that Covid has on your Network – Kingsley Aikins
According to IIBN Dublin member and leading authority on diaspora networks, Kingsley Aikins, there is a hidden cost of COVID that has not been much talked about and that is the extent to which our networks have shrunk. Kingsley shares his thoughts with us here. You see, normally networks don’t shrink – they churn. We […]
Interview with Barbara Moynihan, MD of On Your Feet
Dublin-based Barbara Moynihan founded the presentations training company ‘On Your Feet’ in 2010. Ireland was in the depths of a recession at the time and this made the first few years very challenging. Fast forward 11 years, the company now has a small but highly experienced team of 5 and delivers training both virtually and […]
Three Startups Later John Stapleton is Helping the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs
A farmer’s son from the west of Ireland, I dreamed of combining my hobby at the time (track and field athletics) with a basic need to develop a career which would pay the bills (graduating from university in the mid-eighties in Ireland presented limited opportunities). For me, food is much more “nature” than “science” as […]
Interview with New York based Tony Cheevers of Researchscape
New York-based Tony Cheevers traces his family back to Co Waterford. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and is Customer Success Officer with Researchscape International: https://iibn.com/UniverseOfMembers/TonyCheevers Here, he shares with us his thoughts on founding the business. 1. What vision/lightbulb moment prompted you to start in business? Looking at the market research industry in […]
“The Brand they think they have created is ultimately going to let them down” – Barbara Monahan Cube Design
Graphic design is all I have ever known. After graduating in Visual Communications in what was then the DIT College of Marketing and Design and working for a very brief time in Dublin, I emigrated as most of my generation did. My move was to London, where I got a job as the in-house graphic […]
The 2021 National Startup Awards are celebrating 10 years and are open for entry
Closing date Wednesday November 10th 2021 at 23.59 Enter Now on www.startupawards.ie The National Startup Awards, now in their Tenth year, have become a pivotal event in the Irish startup calendar where the best and brightest startup companies are recognised at a national level. Over 5,000 companies have entered the awards since their inception and the awards are even […]
Need a University Intern? High Calibre Low Cost Interns at Covid Interns
Could your Business need a high-caliber, low-cost University Intern? Recent Trinity graduates, Rob Muldowney and Paddy Ryder, have a vast database on offer at Covid Interns. Covid Interns is a social enterprise recruitment platform for SMEs, charities, and startups looking to attract great student and graduate talent on attractive terms. Covid Interns recruits skilled candidates […]
Design Partners CEO Trevor O’Reilly Explains Why It’s One of Ireland’s Best Kept Secrets
Trevor O’Reilly, CEO Design Partners, the Dublin-based product design and innovation agency, talks about his past experiences across a variety of industry sectors and how he feels having a people strategy is key to unlocking sustainable growth. Having joined Design Partners a few weeks before the pandemic hit, he describes the business as one of […]
Galway-based Mother and Daughter duo Launch new Slow Fashion Brand Mise Tusa
Meritta Gorman-Geoghegan (right) and Bridget Geoghegan (left) Designer and creative director Meritta Gorman-Geoghegan and her daughter, creative marketer, and human rights advocate Bridget, have re-emerged from the pandemic launching an exciting new, slow fashion brand to the market, Mise Tusa. The brand, formerly known as Ail Ruin Design Centre, with a design centre based in […]
