SharkPod Podcast

What is up SharkNation! Luke and Mark are back after an 18 month hiatus and this time they are coming at you Live from the Las Vegas Strip. Luke surprised Mark with a trip to see U2 @Sphere in Las Vegas and they guys recorded their thoughts on Vegas, the American Dream, and all things U2. All with a selection U2 backing tracks.   Brought you you by Artists Against Apartheid .     For feedback: Luk...

What is up SharkNation! On this episode Luke and Mark chat to Founder of "6 Figure Accelerator Program" and Co-Founder of Engagency, Adam Walsh.  Adam has a mission - he wants to help students & 9-5ers create a second income stream through their own semi-automated social media marketing agency" He has been a digital Nomad for the past few years - spending most of his time in Bulgaria and Spain and...

What is up SharkNation! Emmet is co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of MyWallStreet, a Dublin based, leading investment education and execution app (4,000,000 downloads). Luke and Mark talk to Emmet about how he got started - his love for teaching and what it takes to build an app that will impact a billion people (even if he runs out of heart beats before that happens).  Before you go on wit...

What is up SharkNation!   This is a follow up episode on episode #107 on "Becoming a key person of influence" launched in March 2022.    Orla has helped people self publish books in 30+ genres and is now focused on helping people self-publish business books in their area of expertise.   See a cool testimonial here: https://youtu.be/CxX37QcP2Y4   Key takeaways:    1. Publishing a book gives you leg...

What is up SharkNation!    Want to be excited about the work you do? Want to have a job with unlimited upside? Tired of having a fixed income career?   Luke is launching a course on how to break into tech sales and earn your first €100,000   Luke pitches the idea to mark for the first time...   To get invited to the beta - reach-out to Luke@shark.ie     

What is up SharkNation! In this episode Luke and Mark breakdown Daniel Priestley's book "Key Person of Influence". Mark's rating 8/10 fins. Luke's rating 9/10 fins. On this episode you'll learn how to become a valuable thought leader in your industry - how to become the go to person and a sought after expert in your filed. You'll learn the steps in becoming a KPI: 1. The pitch: Who are you and wha...

What is Up SharkNation!  On this episode the guys chatted to Co-Founder of Pitchedit - Rob Halligan.  PitchedIt provide tech founders with a platform to validate ideas, raise capital and connect with service providers who can help execute their vision, so they can launch better products, faster. Rob left his job in SFDC to concentrate on the business full time just one month ago. On the SharkPod w...

What is up SharkNation!    This is a special cross over episode from the DubSpot Partner Podcast with special guest Nathan Paris - founder of On the Fuze - a company providing white labelling services for HubSpot marketing agencies so they can focus on winning business rather than hiring and scaling for their team.  Nathan is based in Brisbane Australia, but serves clients all over the world.  Key...

What is up SharkNation! On this episode Luke and Mark chat to to Lisa O'Reilly - Founder of LOR Property Solutions - about the great opportunities we all have to invest in property in Ireland. We discuss how Lisa transitioned from a Financial Controller working in the corporate world to launching her own business.  She now builds property deals for investors to invest into and has raised more than...

What is up SharkNation! Luke and Mark are back and they are breaking down the popular book from controversial Canadian clinical psychologist, psychology professor, and author - Jordan Peterson - "12 Rules for Life".  Luke and Mark go through each rule laid out in the book and give their take. Key takeaways:     1. Act like a person who is responsible for helping you. Take responsibility for ensuri...

What is up SharkNation!   After a short hiatus Luke and Mark are back. On this episode Luke and Mark talk about their shared love of Irish band - U2. Listeners had emailed asking us why Mark's art (markbakerart.com) has been so heavily influenced by U2.  The guys discuss their favourite albums, songs, performances and rants. And why they think the young people are missing out by not getting into t...

What is up SharkNation!   On this episode Luke and Mark break down 2021 and chat about their biggest wins and losses as well as lessons learned along the way.   Key Takeaways: 1. Hindsight is 20-20: The guys reflect on their biggest wins of the year and some of the best decisions they made. At the time it's hard to see how small decisions will impact you.    2. Be careful how you spend your time -...

What is up SharkNation! In this episode Luke is starting to worry about his weight gain and sets up a 10 week challenge to get back to his sub 100kg - optimal weight. Final weigh in will be 7th March 2022.  Luke and Mark chat about the plan, the tools, and the method Luke has used in the past to achieve a 10kg weight loss in under 10 weeks.  The goal is to achieve body fat reduction and even if Lu...

What is up SharkNation! We made it to 100 episodes! Thanks to all our listeners and guests over the past 2 years, it's been a great experience and we hope to continue to deliver content that helps our audience to "Keep Moving Forward". On this special episode Luke and Mark sit down with Mark's business partner - Niall O'Kelly,Partner in Darwin Hawkins.  Mark and Niall started their finance recruit...

What is up SharkNation! On this episode Luke and Mark chat to Ruaidhri (Rory) Prendergast, Entrepreneur, Coach, and Author - The Game Changer Formula.  The book is not just a look back on Ruaidhri's entrepreneurial journey, but also his experience sailing across olthe Atlantic Ocean and developing an "Operating System" for living a full and effective life.  Key takeaways from the Game Changer Form...

What is up SharkNation! Today on the podcast Luke and Mark chat to Paddy Finn, CEO - VIOTAS.  VIOTAS was born from a desire and drive to lead the development of smart grid technology and accelerate the use of renewable energy worldwide. In order for green energy (like wind or solar) to work effectively, there must be a system in place to manage down time and ensure balanced output of energy to the...

What is Up SharkNation!    In this episode Luke and Mark break down the Ryan Holiday best seller - The Obstacle is the Way. 'The Obstacle is the Way' is a book about being ruthlessly optimistic and rational in life. We tend to get easily dejected, disappointed, and frustrated by our failures and eventually give up too easily. The author argues that with a simple change in our perspective and attit...

What is up SharkNation! On this episode, Luke and Mark go deep on the business of YouTube with veteran Irish Youtuber and Entrepreneur, Paddy Galloway. Paddy has built a business around not only growing his own YouTube channels, but also consulting for some of the world's biggest YouTubers like Mr. Beast.  Paddy shares the basics of the Youtube business and explains why some people succeed but als...

What is Up SharkNation! In this episode Luke and Mark chat with Ireland's Premier Caricaturist - Niall O'Loughlin (caricatures.ie). Widely regarded as one of the ‘best in the business’ and the most well-known caricaturist in Ireland, Niall enjoys sell-out exhibitions and has appeared on numerous Radio and TV shows including the Saturday night and Late Late show and completed commissions for many w...

What is up SharkNation! Today on the SharkPod Luke and Mark chat to Alan Coleman - Founder and CEO of Wolfgang Digital.  In 2007,  Alan fell in love with AdWords and applied for a job in Google. He believed then, as he does now, that Google was the best marketing opportunity the world had ever seen. So, when he didn’t get the job, he decided “fekkit I’m going to do this for myself”, and he started...

What is SharkNation! This episode is from a recording of Luke's other podcast " The DubSpot Partner Podcast" where he interviews HubSpot Partners all over Europe.  HubSpot is a Customer Relationship Management software.   Luke and Mark were both on this recording and we thought it would be a great fit for the SharkPod listeners as it covers the start up journey as well as how to achieve scale with...

What is up SharkNation!  On this episode, Luke and Mark dig into Frederick Niche's philosophy on becoming the Übermensch. Niche's practical approach to self improvement should be interesting to any listerer who is striving to be the best version of themselves.  Luke and Mark cover the three metamorphoses described by Niche in his book Thus spoke Zarathustra.  Metamorphosis 1: The Camal. The Camel...

What is Up SharkNation!   On this episode Luke and Mark sit down with Artist (and NFT advocate), IrishNFTgal. What is an NFT?  Simply put "A non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital asset that represents ownership of real-world items like art, video clips, music, and more".  Niamh breaks down the NFT world for Luke and Mark describing her journey and the future of art sales.  Key takeaways: 1....

What is up SharkNation! On this episode Luke and Mark catchup with the Samantha Kelly, Social Media Strategist, International Speaker, Author and Trainer, AKA the "Tweeting Goddess". Samantha is also the founder of Women's Inspire Network (a global network for female entrepreneurs). Samantha is also a Tedx and public speaker and has been building her online presence since she launched her first bu...

What is Up SharkNation!  On this episode Luke and Mark chat to the 3 guys behind Receipt Relay - a tech startup based out of Galway Ireland.  Receipt Relay is a mobile app developed by three forward thinking young entrepreneurs. Each of them saw the limitations of paper-based receipts in the current world and wanted to build something to solve for the wasteful production of paper based receipts at...