SharkPod Podcast

What is Up SharkNation!    Luke and Mark are skipping Sober-October this year, there just isn't a lot of drinking going on in their lives this year, but they wanted to take October to try better themselves anyway.   Mark thought about it and pitched KOCH-TOBER to Luke...   Here's the Plan/Challenge:   1. Read Four books by Business Strategy Guru Richard Koch. - The Star Principle -The 80/20 Princi...

What is Up SharkNation!  If you are looking to start your own eComm business this episode is for you.  Dan is the co-founder of Ambr Eyewear, a company selling primarily through their online store (ambreyewear.com), as well as, through Ireland's premier department store Brown Thomas.    Dan started the business out of his apartment with his co-founder and they have grown the brand both in Ireland...

What is Up SharkNation!   This week Luke and Mark chat to Co-Founder and CTO of one of Ireland's most promising  Startups - WorkVivo based in Cork.   "Workvivo provides a social experience that creates a true sense of community, culture alignment and employee recognition".   They cover:   1. How the two founders got started and and how their experience of working in CoreHR led them to want to star...

What is Up SharkNation!   This week, Luke and Mark chat to Founder and CEO of Animis Labs - a software platform that helps modern sales teams collaborate on, and close more deals.   We cover:   1. Danny's background and his time in the Dell sales org.   2. How his experience designing training for Sales people in Dell helped to form the basis for his idea.   3.  Great advice he received on where t...

What is Up SharkNation!   This week Luke and Mark continue chat to the Co-Founder of Qwilr - Mark Tanner (@marketanner)- a sales proposal software solution that Luke first came across while working at Hubspot.  Qwilr is Based in Sydney Australia and Mark joined us from there.  Qwilr is modernising the bottom of funnel for sales teams by providing them with the tools they need to close more new bus...

What is up SharkNation!    Today the guys sit down with Hannah Kathleen, Entrepreneur, Fashion Blogger, International Speaker and property investor.   We cover:   1. How Hannah Kathleen started fashion blogging at the age of 13.   2. How an illness forced her to cut her education short but led to amazing business opportunities as she got started on her career immediately after leaving school.   3....

What is up SharkNation!   Just a quick followup on Luke's 4 month Ironman challenge!   The actual event was cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions in Nice, so Luke and Aleks decided to go ahead with the race anyway and do the "SharkMan 70.3 - Greystones  Edition" instead.   In this bonus, Luke and Aleks discuss finishing the race and the journey that Luke took to get into 'Iron Shape'.    They giv...

What is Up SharkNation!   Today Luke and Mark chat to Eric, CEO of Foxter. Foxter provide CRM and MarTech Services in Spain from their headquarters in Barcelona.   Luke works with Eric on a daily basis to make sure Hubspot customers are successful in Spain.    We cover:   1. Eric's early days being a Spanish student in Ireland, being impressed with out grass pitches if not our level of soccer abil...

What is Up SharkNation!   This week Luke and Mark dig into a book that was hugely influential on their life and career - The 4-hour work Week - by Tim Ferriss.   They cover:   1. Defining the life you want and how much that would cost in monthly income.   2. How to make your life goals actionable through the process of "Dreamlining"   3. Fear-setting rather than goal setting   4.  The 80/20 rule  ...

What is Up SharkNation!    This week, Luke and Mark chat to the Founder of Mad Egg, a chain of delicious restaurants in Dublin - Conor Sheridan.   Conor is also the founder of tech startup Skueeze that helps restaurants  manage profitability and will be aiming to be in 1000 locations by 2021.    We cover:   1. How Conor went from a career in financial services to opening his first restaurant.   2....

What Is Up Shark Nation!   Today Luke sits downs with serial Entrepreneur Conor Duggan.   Conor has just launched his new wine subscription business and we wanted to get him on now to take a snapshot of someone in the trenches of starting a new business.   They cover:   1. College experience: Is it worth it?   2. Running a desert delivery business and the struggles of scalability    3. Running an...

What Is Up Shark Nation!   Thanks to everyone who Entered our recent Instagram competition  - "Win a Mark Barker Print"   We wanted to show the live picking of the winner so everyone knows it was fair!   Who will it be?     Audible Link here for your free audio book! : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Audible-Free-Trial-Digital-Membership/dp/B00OPA2XFG?tag=sharkpod-21.    For feedback you can reach us on:...

What is Up Shark Nation!   This week we sat down with Co-founder and director of Renatus Capital Partners- Mark Flood.    Renatus is a Private Equity Fund, founded 5 years ago and is focused on the SME sector in Ireland.    In this episode we cover:   1. How coming form a Horse farming background helped shaped his early views on business.   2. How he became MD of the Racing post after being involv...

What is up SharkNation!   This week Luke and Mark Break down Schwarzenegger's Rules for success.  Loads of value from his speeches for those aspiring to do more!   We cover:   1.  Having a vision   2. Time management - getting the most out of your day   3. There is no plan B...Burn the boats   4. How to deal with naysayers    5. Fear of failure, and how to overcome this fear This podcast is brough...

What is Up SharkNation!  This we week we sit down to chat to CEO and founder of Oathello - Jennifer Hourihane about her journey from a promising career in law to building a software company aiming to modernise the legal industry and help them work more effectively while making the whole process greener. We cover: 1. How Jennifer started her career as a solicitor and what that was like working in t...

What is up SharkNation! For episode 27 we reached out to online advertising expert Ogie Hollywood from Google to help us learn more about expanding ecommerce businesses using paid ads. Along the way we touched on important topics around mental health and how to better manage your mental health in an increasingly pressurised world. We cover: 1. How a clerical error led to Ogie being excluded from U...

What is up SharkNation! This week we sat down with You-Tuber and Entrepreneur Thomas Arnold (@thomasarnoldfilms). Thomas is best known for vlogging about his college experience in UCD to his 15k+ subscribers but we were also interested in how he is turning his passion of film making into a career by making professional videos for companies like Microsoft. In this episode we cover: 1. How he got st...

What is up SharkNation!  This week were lucky to sit down with one of the originals of the Irish tech scene. Brian Caulfield is an entrepreneur, ex-CEO, Board Member of a huge amount of companies and a Venture Capitalist.  He was at the forefront of the technology startup scene in Ireland back in the 80's and was the leader of one of the first companies to raise VC money in Ireland in the mid-90s....

What is up SharkNation! Today we have very a special guest - Co-Founder of Tribetactics - Kareem Mostafa. Kareem runs his own content repurposing business and works with companies to serialize their content so maximise the marketing potential of their creative work.   We cover: 1. Leaving a secure job in Hubspot to strike out on his own 2. The potential in video marketing for every business  3. Ho...

What is up SharkNation! Today the guys are joined by Graham Kenny (Principal at Kenny Solicitors) who shares his incredible story. We cover: 1. Starting off in Law as an apprentice to one of Ireland's best known lawyers. 2. Passing the New York bar exam while living in a squat in manhattan.  3. Building the Celtic Tiger dream and being involved with the highest profile cases in Ireland (Moriarty t...

What is up SharkNation! This episode is brought to you by Audible.  Support the Podcast by signing up and get one audio book absolutely free!  Sign up >>> Here  Today we have one of Ireland's biggest names in the tech startup scene. Devan Hughes founded Buymie in 2014 and it has grown to become one of Ireland's fastest growing startups. We cover: 1. Coming up with the idea for a grocery delivery a...

What is up SharkNation! Things are tough out there. This was recorded on May 10 when Ireland was still in lockdown and the news cycle was super negative.  Luke and Mark are raging against the negativity. In this extra long podcast, the guys discuss the HUGE opportunities that will exist in business during and after the pandemic.  They talk about business ideas and discuss different types of busine...

What is up SharkNation! Today the Guys sit down with one of Ireland's up and coming tech founders -Shane Monahan.  After playing professional rugby in Ireland and the UK, Shane had the idea to build Ireland's next start-up unicorn.  Limor  is a social audio platform for voice creators to engage with their audience more directly and reimagines the relationship with podcasters and their listeners.  ...

What is Up SharkNation! Today the guys sit down with one of Ireland's best known and best loved artists - Al Maser.  Maser has made a huge contribution to the Irish graffiti and street art scene in Dublin And elsewhere over the last 20 years. If you are unaware of Maser you have definitely seen his work around Dublin city or seen his work connected with some of Ireland's most important cultural mo...

What is Up SharkNation! This week Luke takes on a new challenge and signs up for the IronMan 70.3 in Nice live on the podcast! Luke cannot take on the challenge without guidance - so he has enrolled the help of his Friend and IronMan 70.3 veteran - Aleks (Coach Aleks). In this episode Luke and Mark pick Alek's brain on how to complete the challenge and what drives his to complete in endurance race...