From Dublin to Dubai – Part 5: After opening her second premium dessert bar in the UAE, Irish entrepreneur Saifa Kajani has just decided to pull the plug on her original Dublin business The Drunken Cookie. She explains why.
Values aren’t just a collection of hackneyed phrases filling up space on a website, they are the foundation of culture, cohesion and clarity in a growing business. The first step in writing them out is to call out the bullshit.
Artificial intelligence is lowering barriers to entry for entrepreneurs, especially in software start-ups. It is also making the field more competitive, pushing founders to try more business ideas and build their own distribution channels.
Having spent most of the past 20 years in China, furniture designer Frank Carroll saw his company Alfrank Designs face insolvency last year. Aged 71, he was asked: “Do you still want to do it?”
Ireland’s start-up and scaling ecosystem has never been more vibrant but for founders, choosing the correct funding at the optimum time can often prove difficult. There are many options out there.
Over the past year, we have published hundreds of interviews with business leaders, entrepreneurs, politicians and policymakers. Here is a selection of 24.
Investor Eamonn Carey is battling serious illness. As he begins his recovery in Portugal, a host of leading figures in the tech community pay tribute to a generous and empathetic man who has helped countless people.
There are several very straightforward ways in which company owners can fully exploit the post-tax value of their asset. However, they must be carefully planned and executed to make use of the available tax structures.
Echelon Data Centres founder Niall Molloy says global tech giants are making decisions now on the location of the computing power needed for the AI revolution – it is a big opportunity if Ireland can overcome "extreme zealotry" in policymaking.
Dragons' Den contestant Noelle O’Connor is breaking into the American beauty market with a range of products that are ultra green and guilt-free.
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