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Full coverage: Entrepreneurship

“What we started was kind of a social cause, a movement – but it can’t operate for no money”

In 2018, recent graduate Niamh Tallon started a website to write about women’s sports. Little did she know that her hobby would turn into one of Ireland’s fastest-growing sports media brands. She talks about monetising her platform and where Her Sport is headed.

Devin Seán Martin
7th Jan, 2022 - 8 min read

“I put a freezer in my living room. It was pretty noisy at night when my family were watching TV”

When Giselle Makinde left Brazil, she knew she would find work anywhere as a trained chef. However, she didn’t expect to own an Irish business turning surplus ingredients into high-end ice cream.

Ruth O'Connor
4th Oct, 2021 - 6 min read

A life in a day and a day in the life: Behind the scenes at The Currency’s first day in business

Exactly two years ago, the team arrived early to our temporary office to launch The Currency. Within hours, Stripe thought we were money launderers and Communicorp had banned us from their radio stations. Still, we ended the day sipping champagne and planning the next story.

Ian Kehoe
27th Sep, 2021 - 10 min read

CGT has long been the bête noire for Irish business. Will the next budget finally fix it?

Ireland’s CGT rate has been increased four times in 12 years, is among the highest in the world, and is an ongoing flashpoint between business and policymakers. With budget negotiations underway, will the government reduce the 33% rate? Or will they tinker with reliefs?

Ian Kehoe
22nd Sep, 2021 - 9 min read

“It can be a lonely place when you are an emerging entrepreneur. You are trying to do everything”

Each year, 24 emerging businesses spend 24 hours with seasoned entrepreneurs at the Entrepreneur Experience. As the deadline for applications nears, Pete Smyth, the founder of investment firm Broadlake and the captain of the event, explains how it benefits both fledgling and established company founders.

Tom Lyons
2nd Sep, 2021 - 5 min read

A Lynchpin in a shifting world: Paul Lynch on scaling and selling tech businesses, raising funds and the secrets of SaaS

Paul Lynch sold whiskey in Africa, worked for Denis O’Brien in the Caribbean and has established and backed a string of businesses. Still just 45 and now based in Texas, the Dubliner leads Chargify, a hotly-tipped billing software firm.

Tom Lyons
20th Jan, 2021 - 24 min read

It’s about jobs: Having landed the €17m contract, the new operators of the NDRC set out their stall

A network of four regional start-up support hubs will take over the State-sponsored accelerator programme. From geographic reach to extended timelines, they promise to do more with less and target one key metric for the indigenous tech scene: jobs.

Thomas Hubert
16th Dec, 2020 - 5 min read

Eoghan McCabe helped build a billion-dollar business. How did the 36-year-old do it, and what will he do next?

Eoghan McCabe has just moved back to Dublin from San Francisco. Having transitioned from CEO to chairman of Intercom, the entrepreneur talks about winning customers like Amazon, Trump’s America, wealth, investing and the future.

Tom Lyons
11th Aug, 2020 - 21 min read

Rena Maycock: The only sure thing about forecasts these days is that they are sure to be inaccurate

While it’s a necessary part of business planning, forecasting has become abnormally challenging of late as we are at the mercy of consumer confidence. And that is becoming increasingly more volatile.

Rena Maycock
27th Jan, 2020 - 4 min read

People who don’t believe in protecting intellectual property are the business equivalent of climate-change deniers

Experience has thought me that IP is an asset worth protecting for every entrepreneur – not just tech giants or songwriters.

Rena Maycock
14th Oct, 2019 - 4 min read
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