Conall Laverty, founder of Wia joins Gary on this week's pod. A natural experimenter & entrepreneur, Conall can spot an opportunity where others can't. After his bike was stolen, he began building devices to make dumb objects smart. Fast forward to today, and his company, WIA, has developed a revolutionary piece of tech that companies can fit into their factories & warehouses. It will not only monitor energy use but see where millions of euros are being wasted or even stolen!   --- My Season Partners Local Enterprise Offices: https://bit.ly/4bgUdPv Iconic Offices: https ..read more

Welcome to the launch episode of season 18 of the pod. John Beckett built the first Ryanair website when he was still in school. He built it for £20k and later discovered the next closest quote was £3.5 million! It began his founder journey, and he has built multiple companies, including ChannelSight. In his spare time, he has the ambitious plan to reforest large parts of Ireland with Forest Partners, his non-for-profit to combat climate change. --- My Season Partners Local Enterprise Offices: https://bit.ly/4bgUdPv Iconic Offices: https://bit.ly/3vPQAzF ..read more

Back by semi-popular demand is our full nerdy planning guide for Q2. In this episode, I recap your 2024 Masterplan and help you review Q1 and set goals you can hit in Q2. Goal setting and planning are often overcomplicated so I take you through a simple, clear and actionable plan that you can do in 30 minutes.  We look at goals, systems and review guides to help you break down the months into bite sized chunks to make hitting your goals easier than ever. Join my free weekly email newsletter here: https://bit.ly/40TgDkq --- My Season Partners Local Enterprise Offices: https://bit ..read more

Your mentor today is Eoin Hinchy, the co-founder of Tines. Tines has raised over $100 million since being founded in 2018. It has been valued at over $1 billion. The lesson is not about finance or fundraising. Our lesson today is about the power of simplicity. Founders and aspiring founders overcomplicate the process which leads to delays and self-doubt. Eoin gives us a simple plan to get started and build momentum. To listen to the full interview with Eoin go back to episode 232. --- My Season Partners Local Enterprise Offices: https://bit.ly/4bgUdPv Ethos - Resilience: https://bit ..read more

John is a professional poker player turned e-commerce genius. After 10 years of pro poker, he flipped into the e-commerce world.  During a Covid lockdown, he spent €30,000 trying to make the perfect bar of soap for men! The Black Stuff Soap company was born. In the 3 years since, he's turned that €30,000 into a business that will hit sales of €5 million this year. We talk how he uses poker strategy to win at business and how he's dominating in the world of e-commerce. Visit John's company, The Black Stuff: https://bit.ly/3TJlhjE --- My Season Partners Local Enterprise Offices: https ..read more

This is a powerful episode with Dan Nugent, an ecommerce entrepreneur with a huge story to tell. Alongside his wife Sacha, they built their eyewear company from the kitchen table to a €100k a month business. Post-Covid this came crashing down as online shopping collapsed and shoppers returned to retail stores. He paused to rebuild the business and has been relentlessly learning from the biggest e-commerce and DTC brands worldwide. Today he shares everything in this episode. Their unique pivot has seen them rebound and move into performance and recovery eyewear with customers such as Leeds Unit ..read more

Today's guest is Sinead Crowther, the founder of Soothing Solutions. This is a story of superhuman resilence and the power of logic. Sinead is without question one of the most inspirational and resourceful entrepreneurs that I've ever had the pleasure of sharing a conversation with. Her journey is a masterclass in innovation, revealing the meticulous steps from conception to execution of a product that fills a significant gap in the market. Sinead's narrative is a testament to the unwavering spirit of female entrepreneurs who challenge industry norms and overcome skepticism. From securing subs ..read more

I first met Luke Mackey back in September 2019 when he appeared on episode 29 of this podcast. Fast forward 4.5 years and 300 episodes later, he's back to tell me about his latest venture Kota. Prediction time - Luke & Kota will be one of the hottest startups in Europe in the next 12 months. We break down the process of building a venture backed startup & the lessons he's bringing into his journey as a second-time founder. In 2023, Wired magazine picked Kota as one of their hottest startups in Europe. --- My Season Partners Local Enterprise Offices: https://bit.ly/4bgUdPv Ethos ..read more

Feargal Brady is the co-founder of NoFrixion and joined us back on episode 230. Today, he teaches us about the triple bottom line. A serial entrepreneur, he sold his most recent venture, Blueface, to US giant Comcast for an undisclosed sum believed to be €20 million+ in 2020. He is the definition of a modern, mobile entrepreneur. He divides his time between Ireland, Portugal, and Spain while working across multiple different projects including NoFrixion, and his private equity group, VentureWave Capital.  --- My Season Partners Local Enterprise Offices: https://bit.ly/4bgUdPv Ethos ..read more

Today's guest is Eoin Bara, the founder of Tipple, the e-commerce infrastructure company for alcohol brands. Eoin's entrepreneurial journey began by flying to South Africa to learn how to make gin to now building a company that could completely change how people buy and sell alcohol across the world.  He raised €400k in just 30 days back in 2022 to get his venture off the ground. From the personal anecdotes of distilling in South Africa to the formidable obstacles of navigating international taxes and logistics, our discussion takes you behind the scenes of what it truly means to run a di ..read more