MoneyNeverSleeps

Matthew LeMerle from Blockchain Coinvestors joins Pete Townsend for a two-part series on his predictions for how blockchain will impact the world in 2020, with Part I focusing on central bank-issued digital currencies, embracing bitcoin in developing nations, and institutional adoption of digital assets. This episode is kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services recruitment speci...

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! This episode is kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services recruitment specialists, Top Tier Recruitment . If you would like an intro to the team at Top...

Lambert Despaux 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! This episode is kindly sponsored by Ireland’s fintech and financial services recruitment specialists, Top Tier Recruitment .  If you would like an intro to the team at Top Tier R...

"Pete Townsend goes solo" would have been a better headline in the '70's, but our Pete takes the mic in this episode to unpack the realities and economics of funding pre-seed and seed-stage startups through the lens of Finn Murphy from Frontline Ventures . This episode is kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services recruitment specialists, Top Tier Recruitment . 'Round about the s...

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 from Top Tier Recruitment. This episode is kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services recruitment specialists, Top Tier Recruitment . As a star...

This episode is kindly sponsored by Ireland’s fintech and financial services recruitment specialists, Top Tier Recruitment. If you would like an intro to the team at Top Tier Recruitment, please click here. Sorcha Mulligan is an expert in driving business development strategies from a blank canvas, raising the profiles of the brands she works with in new markets by building reciprocal relationship...

We once again get inside the minds of entrepreneurs by diving deep into a recent piece of content that struck a chord, and Chris Skinner's recent blog post on Starling's Anne Boden and her recent talk on the myths of fintech. This episode is kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services recruitment specialists, Top Tier Recruitment . If you would like an intro to the team at Top Tie...

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! This episode is kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services recruitment specialists, Top Tier Recruitment . If you would like an intro to the team at Top Tier Recruitment, please click here . Eddie Dillon is the founder and CEO...

Recorded live in Dublin at the BFC EU 2019 conference on DLT and emerging tech, Zeeshan Feroz from Coinbase and Pete Townsend took the stage for a fireside chat on Coinbase's institutional presence, custody as a building block of the crypto economy and crypto regulation. This episode is kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services recruitment specialists, Top Tier Recruitment . If...

Kindly sponsored by Ireland’s fintech and financial services recruitment specialists, Top Tier Recruitment . If you would like an intro to the team at Top Tier Recruitment, please click here . Ciaran Walshe joined Fund Recs in early 2016 after 8 years in the investment funds industry, taking his leap into fintech with a business that many refer to as a startup.  But after 6 years of operations...

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! Kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services recruitment specialists, Top Tier Recruitment . If you wou...

We continue this week with our second edition of Money Talks - Rachel Kenny from HubSpot covers the basics of startup marketing and Bernadette Wijnings from Blanco tells her story about digital asset management and raising capital from VCs. Kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services recruitment specialists, Top Tier Recruitment . If you would like an intro to the team at Top Tier...

In a new format we're trying with MoneyNeverSleeps, we try to get inside the minds of three entrepreneurs by riffing on recent tech news and venture stories. This episode includes a look at central bank ambitions of the sovereigns pushing back on Mark Zuckerberg's crypto project, Adam Neumann's WeWork legacy, and Uber's London problem. Kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services r...

In an excerpt from Flagship Marketing's webinar "How to Survive and Thrive with Your Investor", Jo van de Velde from Euroclear and our own Pete Townsend talk about how important it is to communicate with your investor to maximize the value they can add. Kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services recruitment specialists: Top Tier Recruitment In this episode, our friends Ian Dalton...

Kindly sponsored by Ireland’s fintech and financial services recruitment specialists: Top Tier Recruitment. Andrew Mullaney is the CTO and co-founder of Premind.ai, a stealth mode start-up focused on 'predicting the mind of the markets'. You can follow Andrew on Twitter @AndrewMull.

Lizzy Hayashida from Change Donations joins us on the show to talk how small change can lead to big impact...and her new-found love of Tipp hurling!! Kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services recruitment specialists: Top Tier Recruitment Lizzy Hayashida is CEO of Change Donations . You can follow Lizzy on Twitter @LizzyH and keep track of what she's up to with @ChangeDonations....

Martin Brown from Unitek AI joins the show to talk about moving from analogue to digital, eliminating paperwork...and his love of Man United!! Kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services recruitment specialists: Top Tier Recruitment Martin Brown is the founder & CEO of Unitek AI . You can follow Martin on Twitter @MartinBrown_AI and keep track of what he's up to with @AIUnitek...

The MoneyNeverSleeps crew picked out six founders from past episodes talking about the hard decisions they've made along the way, including taking the leap, operating without a playbook, building teams, penetrating new markets, and finding your way home from the middle of Cambodia! Kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services recruitment specialists: Top Tier Recruitment In this sp...

Claus Christensen, CEO of Know Your Customer , joins us to talk about racing cars, airplane engines, regulatory technology...and his love of marathons! Kindly sponsored by Ireland’s fintech and financial services recruitment specialists: Top Tier Recruitment You can follow Claus on Twitter @RoamingFounder and keep track of what he's up to with @KYC_Ltd Know Your Customer provides end-to-end digi...

Ollie Walsh, CEO and co-founder of PiPiT, joins us to talk about enabling migrants to support their families back home cheaper and safer, prioritizing your pipeline, social impact....and his love of Tai Chi! Ollie Walsh has 20 years' experience of developing strategies for startups and SMEs to target new markets and to grow. He specilaizes in building teams and implementing plans and making them w...

Bo Brustkern is co-founder and CEO of LendIt Fintech , the world’s largest event series that provides context to the rapidly-changing universe of technology’s impact on financial services.  You can follow Bo on Twitter @brustkern . For over 20 years, Bo has set himself apart as a leader in understanding, funding, and leading cutting-edge developments in fintech and financial services.  H...

Pascal Bouvier, Managing Partner of MiddleGame Ventures sat down with Eoin Fitzgerald this week in front of a full house at a Nadifin Accelerator event. We set up our mobile sound desk at the event in the brand new offices of the Banking & Payments Federation in Ireland on Molesworth Street in Dublin, which is also the home of the Fintech & Payments Association of Ireland , and recorded Pa...

Paul Nunan from Link Asset Services joins us on the show to talk about entrepreneurial tendencies...and his love of juggling! Kindly sponsored by Ireland's fintech and financial services recruitment specialists: Top Tier Recruitment Link Asset Services is part of Link Group's Asset Services division and works in partnership internationally with almost 7,000 clients including asset managers and inv...

Matthew Le Merle joins us on the show to talk about angel investing, venture investing and why he's written a few books! Kindly sponsored by Ireland’s fintech and financial services recruitment specialists: Top Tier Recruitment Matthew Le Merle is a superangel investor, board director, author, and advisor to leading companies including Alphabet, Google, PayPal, Shanshan and Talkweb. He is managing...

Dean Klatt, founder and CEO of Irish startup Seed Golf joins us on the show to discuss building the next great golf brand from Ireland. Kindly sponsored by Ireland’s fintech and financial services recruitment specialists: Top Tier Recruitment Dean Klatt is the Founder and CEO of Seed Golf . Seed Golf Balls - Precision engineered tour-grade golf balls are usually expensive. Seed delivers tour-grade...