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 […]
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 […]
Talk to Customers and Perfect the Product – Philip Brophy, Founder of PushMe
The Idea of PushMe was born in 2015. Dublin-based Philip Brophy was struggling in his sales role, he was behind target and he didn’t know how he was going to turn it around. Luckily though, at the time he was in the middle of completing his business and executive coaching qualification. He had access to […]
Success is leaving your clients in a better place than when you first meet them – Bobby Byrne
Name: Bobby Byrne Business Name: Ringers Creative Position Held: Co – Founder Business Location: Dublin City Website: www.ringerscreative.com In your own words what does your company / business do? We work with leadership teams to solve the problems that are holding them back from reaching their true potential. We like to solve the sticky, persistent […]
Interview with Shane O’Neill – President at Audeohost Inc.
In 2011, Audeohost went from an idea in my head to a firm way forward. I had recently finished running IT for a Hitachi company in Canada and full-time corporate IT and I went on a path of divergence. My background is in tech and spent years in media in the UK with organisations including […]
Interview with Kieran Hynes CEO of KMCO Group and MapAll Holdings
KMCO Group Formed with a solid foundation of experienced network engineers, in Hertfordshire, England, where the company’s head office still resides today. The core technologies provided by KMCO Group include Intelligent Infrastructure & Management Solutions in cable installation, that delivers full visibility and management capability to our clients. KMCO Group solutions are delivered to market […]
Interview with Marc O’Dwyer, CEO of Big Red Cloud
IIBN Marc O’Dwyer, talks about his entrepreneurial journey. After completing a Graduate program in Marketing, Marc’s impressive sales career began at Allied Irish Banks, Pitney Bowes and Panasonic where he received numerous Irish and European sales performance awards and consistently exceeded targets and expectations. In 1992, Marc’s entrepreneurial spirit led him to set up his […]
