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Kwayga, an online matching platform for B2B buyers and suppliers in the food industry has launched into the European market. We talk to co-founder Martin Fitzgerald who says the platform will connect smaller businesses with larger enterprises, enabling them to scale and grow their business to greater heights. Visit www.thinkbusiness.ie for more news and supports for start-ups and SMEs in Ireland....

Highly-skilled professional contractors play an essential role in supporting innovation and entrepreneurship. Jimmy Sheehan from Contracting Plus reveals how workers in the project economy are earning more than their salaried counterparts. Visit www.thinkbusiness.ie for more news and supports for start-ups and SMEs in Ireland. If you want to start and grow a business, ThinkBusiness .

Carlow-based HaloCare is a digital solution supporting remote healthcare and ‘ageing in place’ for older people, as well as care in the community for those with long term illnesses. CEO Sarah Jane O’Dwyer talks about how discrete digital devices in the home will be a game-changer for people and care-givers. Visit www.thinkbusiness.ie for more news and supports for start-ups and SMEs in Ireland. If...

Dublin start-up Bounce Insights is transforming market research as we know it, enabling researchers to get answers directly from their target market. I talk to co-founder Charlie Butler about how the magic happens and his ambitions for the company. Visit www.thinkbusiness.ie for more news and supports for start-ups and SMEs in Ireland. If you want to start and grow a business, ThinkBusiness .

Ronan and Conor Burke co-founded Inscribe after graduating from university in 2017. Inscribe is an automated document fraud detection system that allows businesses to instantly verify their customers when they request proof of income, proof of address, or proof of expense information. In 2020 they were listed in Forbes 30 under 30 list and revealed plans to create 30 Dublin jobs earlier this year...

Irish business software company Intact is creating 180 new jobs in Ireland and the UK over the next three years. The company, led by two brothers, has been growing slowly and steadily for the past 20 or more years, but following an acquisition in the UK has accelerated its growth rapidly. I talk to CEO Justin Lawless about how he plans to scale Intact into a global software brand. Visit www.thinkb...

Founded by John Goulding and Joe Lennon three years ago, the Douglas-based company has developed an internal communications platform to increase employee engagement. The company has since won the backing of Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan and is creating 100 new jobs in Cork. Joe Lennon talks about the highs and lows of entrepreneurial life and how starting Workvivo with his former colleague was a...

After recently securing a partnership with UK retail giant Asda to offer a big-basket, same-day grocery delivery service to Bristol and Leeds residents in the UK, Irish grocery e-commerce platform Buymie is opening its next chapter and is primed for international expansion. We talk to co-founder and CEO Devan Hughes about the business’s trajectory as well as his own thoughts on entrepreneurship. V...

Louth-based regtech player GECKO Governance is on a mission to change this. Led by Michelle McGuire, the business is part of a regional effort to develop a Fintech Corridor in the North East of Ireland. She talks about the changing fintech landscape in Ireland and addressing the gender divide in the industry. Visit www.thinkbusiness.ie for more news and supports for start-ups and SMEs in Ireland....

 The founders of Clare-based ClubZap Declan Murphy and Aidan Quilligan have turned their passion for sport into a business and in doing so they have made social media and e-commerce effortless and less stressful for sports clubs around the world. We talk to Aidan Quilligan about how the business grew from their local club to now supporting sports teams all over the world. Visit www.thinkbusiness.i...

When most founders sell companies, it’s easy to imagine them jetting off into the sun. But it’s not all wine and roses and motivated founders often like to keep going. Former Irish Defence Forces officer Fintan McGovern successfully sold his business Firmwave to Taoglas and talks about what life is like after you successfully exit a business. He also talks about vital lessons in leadership that he...

Already hit by shortages of semiconductor chips, the motor industry’s supply chain woes are likely to be exacerbated by the conflict in Ukraine. Bank of Ireland head of Motor Sector Stephen Healy looks at how the local sector in Ireland has been performing so far this year but also outlines how automotive manufacturers will need to adapt to the supply chain challenges ahead. Visit www.thinkbusines...

Across the world people are returning to the office with the majority of offices proclaiming they are hybrid workplaces. However, there are many different takes on what hybrid actually means and many employees are fiercely protecting the remote working routines they embraced during the pandemic. We talk to Welltel chief people officer Denise Hayes and the company’s CTO Kevin Page about putting a w...

Fast-growing Irish athleisure brand Powercut clothing has grown from zero to more revenues of in excess of €2.5m within just three years. Founded in 2019 by Irish entrepreneurs Craig Mulhall and Brónagh McKay as they worked 8am to 6pm in their day jobs before working on their passion project Powercut until 2am. As the brand flourished they focused 100% and grew the business into a global-focused p...

Best-selling Irish social media strategist, Louise McDonnell’s ‘2022 Social Media Planner & Guide’, is in high demand for advice and is an inspiration on how to stay fresh and relevant on social media. She talks to ThinkBusiness about building a business from the west of Ireland and why so many businesses get it wrong when it comes to social media. Visit www.thinkbusiness.ie for more news and...

Dublin firm All Human, previously known as Strata3, is behind the digital experience of many of Ireland’s biggest brands including An Post, Discover Ireland,  LetsGetChecked, Energia, Irish Rail as well as Bank of Ireland. We talk to All Human’s CEO John Mitchell about how most digital transformation strategies are doomed to failure because they don’t focus enough on what consumers actually want....

San Francisco company Sendoso recently established its European headquarters in Dublin with the creation of 100 jobs. From the get-go the company said it intends to source Irish products as part of its corporate gifting catalogue and one of the first Irish businesses to transform its European scale is Rob Kearney-backed Snack Farm. I talk to Sendoso’s country manager in Ireland David Ryan, a seaso...

A mover and shaker in the Irish start-up ecosystem, DC Cahalane drank the Kool-Aid, walked the miles and wears the t-shirt. What he doesn’t know about Irish start-ups isn’t worth knowing. Part of the Trustev growth journey that saw the company sell for $44m, he established Republic of Work in Cork and today leads Dogpatch Labs’ latest First Friday partnership series with Google, Hupbspot, Microsof...

Bank of Ireland head of Motor Sector Stephen Healy looks at the prospects for the sector in 2022 and answers key questions such as why are second-hand cars holding onto their residual values. He says 2022 will be a crucial year when it comes to electric vehicles and forecasts an eventual end to the supply chain issues that have slowed down new car deliveries.  Visit www.thinkbusiness.ie for more n...

I talk to Cork entrepreneur Pat Phelan co-founder of the rapidly growing SISU chain of wellness outlets which has just begun its expansion into the United States with outlets in New York, Miami and Texas not to mention a growing empire here in Ireland and the UK. Pat famously founded Cubic Telecom followed by Trustev which he sold for $44m. He talks about his plans to IPO SISU and grow the empire...

Andrew Lynch co-founded the Huckletree empire with Gabriela Hersham, building it into a major hub for scaling tech companies in hyper growth sectors. He talks about Dublin’s future as a European Capital of tech, Huckletree’s development plans for the year ahead and the role of co-working spaces as we move towards a hybrid work future. Visit www.thinkbusiness.ie for more news and supports for start...

Founded by Lisa Geoghegan in 2019, Sonalife is the first female-led Irish business to create community experiences in property developments. Already involved in managing community programmes in more than 2m square feet of real estate in Dublin, she talks about improving the connection between tenants and landlords and how the current generation of renters and home buyers value the experiential asp...

Corporate Governance Institute co-founder Anthony Quigley already had a long career in the tech industry after leaving Microsoft to become an entrepreneur. Through various failures and successes, he kept going and struck gold with the Digital Marketing Institute and Code Academy. Now 61, he and his co-founder who is aged 71, have just raised €2m for their latest venture The Corporate Governance In...

This year Dublin-born company DataSolutions will reach the €100m revenue milestone after 30 years in business. Founder and CEO Michael O’Hara talks about his tech predictions for 2022, the journey beyond Brexit and his ambitions for the company for the future. He also talks about the Techies Go Green movement of 100 Irish tech businesses focused on decarbonising their businesses. Visit www.thinkbu...

Bank of Ireland head of Motor Sector Stephen Healy looks back on 2021 and forecasts how electric vehicle uptake may pan out in Ireland in 2022, especially in light of the recent VRT changes in the Budget and the COP26 climate decisions. Visit www.thinkbusiness.ie for more news and supports for start-ups and SMEs in Ireland. If you want to start and grow a business, ThinkBusiness .