At the Ready Set Go Furthr Programme in November 2023, Furthr's Dr. Rosalind Beere sat down with Darren O'Reilly, Co-Founder of WholeSupp, to discuss his entrepreneurship journey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Live Episode - Sonia Neary of Wellola

Nov 26th, 2023 28m 16s

At the Ready Set Go Furthr Programme in October 2023, Furthr's Dr. Rosalind Beere sat down with Sonia Neary, CEO and Co-Founder of Wellola, to discuss her entrepreneurship journey. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Bonus Episode - Investment panel (Event audio)

Oct 10th, 2023 17m 46s

In this bonus episode, we bring you the audio from the Investor Panel at our Funding & Scaling event on September 13th.This segment explored the issue of 'Funding opportunities in a down cycle' and how founders can increase their chances of rai

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Bonus Episode - Sinead Crowther of Soothing Solutions & Tonstix (Event audio)

Oct 10th, 2023 16m 52s

In this bonus episode, we bring you the audio from the interview with Sinead Crowther at our Funding & Scaling event on September 13th.Sinead talks about the support she received from Furthr in the early days of Soothing Solutions, battling sex

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Bonus Episode - Charlie Gleeson of Zipp Mobility (Event audio)

Oct 10th, 2023 24m 7s

In this bonus episode, we bring you the audio from the interview with Charlie Gleeson at our Funding & Scaling event on September 13th.Charlie talks about the support he received from Furthr in the early days of Zipp Mobility, navigating city a

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Bonus Episode - Craig Lancaster of Pilot Path (Event audio)

Oct 10th, 2023 50m 38s

In this bonus episode, we bring you audio from our Ready, Set, Go Furthr early-stage founder workshop.The programme participants heard from Craig Lancaster, CEO of Pilot Path, and a more experienced founder. Craig shares what led to the incepti

S3, Ep. 7 - Oli Cavanagh of Strikepay

Jul 10th, 2023 32m 25s

Tune in to listen to Oli Cavanagh as he shares his inspiring journey of establishing Strikepay. With the goal of addressing the challenges arising from the decline of cash and the increasing digitalization of payments, Oli and his team have bui

S3, Ep. 6 - Derek Corcoran of Scorebuddy

Jun 27th, 2023 31m 44s

This week, Dr Rosalind catches up with Scorebuddy founder, Derek Corcoran to hear all about how he went from a successful corporate career to taking a leap of faith and launching his startup. He provides valuable lessons and insights on scaling

S3, Ep. 5 - Eoin Cambay of Swan

Jun 14th, 2023 27m 45s

This week, our host Dr Rosalind Beere sits down with Swan founder, Eoin Cambay, to discuss his remarkable business that uses AI to create a fitting room experience. Swan lets customers measure their body size from any phone camera and know prec

S3, Ep. 4 - Aonghus Shortt of FoodMarble

May 29th, 2023 35m 32s

This week, our host Dr Rosalind Beere sat down with FoodMarble founder and CEO, Aonghus Shortt, to hear about the incredible journey of creating his medical device solution inspired to help IBS sufferers, a common condition that Aonghus’s wife

S3, Ep. 3 - Deirdre Lyons of Examfly

May 15th, 2023 24m 15s

Deirdre Lyons Founder and CEO of Examfly shares her exciting journey, where she moved from the corporate world into bootstrapping her business idea, getting it to market and raising funding along the way. Dee talks about the challenges she face

S3, Ep. 2 - Feargal Brady of NoFrixion

Apr 30th, 2023 29m 51s

Feargal Brady joins us for a chat about his inspiring entrepreneurial journey - from his early years in the successful Blueface to his newest venture, NoFrixion. NoFrixion aims to revolutionise and build on the future of the instant economy in

S3, Ep. 1 - Julie Garland of Avtrain

Apr 17th, 2023 32m 13s

Welcome to a new season of Furthr with Founders! (formerly Startup Nation.)Our host, Dr Rosalind Beere sits down with Julie Garland, CEO and Founder of Avtrain. From aircraft engineer, to pilot and a barrister in between, Julie Garland tells he

S2, Ep. 11 - Reach for the stars with Frank Salzgeber of ESA

Jun 10th, 2022 25m 15s

In this episode, we are talking about Space - the opportunities and issues as we look to explore the final frontier.The opportunities and challenges are endless and as we think about mankind's desire to expand to the Moon, to Mars and beyond.

S2, Ep. 10 - Living in a virtual world with VRAI

May 24th, 2022 32m 21s

In this episode, we are talking about a new virtual world and what it means.David Palmer, author of a new book called Reality+ makes a very interesting case that virtual realities are genuine realities, and have as much meaning as anything that

S2, Ep. 9 - Innovation in healthcare with Wellola & EIT Health

May 10th, 2022 30m 28s

In this episode, we are delving into innovations in healthcare and specifically talking about The Innovation Exchange Programme and their new open call which is for Transformative Solutions in Healthcare.The Innovation Exchange connects large

S2, Ep. 8 - A planned divorce - venture & angel funding with HBAN & DBIC Ventures

Mar 25th, 2022 41m 24s

In this episode, we are diving into the world of venture and angel investment. We'll look at global trends, investment opportunities in Ireland, the process from the investors perspective and explore what founders need to do to successfully rai

S2, Ep. 7 - The Innovation Exchange Special

Feb 24th, 2022 45m 45s

In this episode, we are discussing The Innovation Exchange and it's national launch last week. The Innovation Exchange, a partnership between Dublin BIC and Skillnet Ireland, finds solutions to industry’s digital transformation challenges and a

S2, Ep. 6 - The Connected Factory with PlantQuest

Feb 2nd, 2022 27m 42s

In this episode, we are chatting about asset management, specifically in large industrial sites and facilities.Take for example, a large pharmaceutical factory. Typically, it would have around 30,000 – 40,000 fixed assets, including motors, tra

S2, Ep. 5 - The 'no-code' future with Kianda Technologies

Jan 21st, 2022 29m 16s

In this episode, we are chatting about 'no-code' - what it is and what it can do for businesses.It's essentially programming without coding. It’s using no-code tools that empower users to build a fully functioning, responsive web application or

S2, Ep. 4 - Content is the future of retail with Content Llama

Dec 10th, 2021 35m 24s

In this episode, we are chatting about retail and in particular, e-commerce.For some retailers , it can take at least 24 to 48 hours, or more, to respond to the latest trends or viral occurrences online, which means, they will have simply misse

S2, Ep. 3 - Automation: Evolution or Revolution?

Nov 2nd, 2021 36m 52s

In this episode, we delve into automation.Work, including the processes that have fared us well previously, are undergoing the most dramatic changes in recent history. Contributing factors include the pandemic of course, but also, technical ad

S2, Ep. 2 - We are what we eat

Oct 15th, 2021 56m 58s

This week on the show, we're talking about food and drink; two things that many of us associate with positivity. However, the research shows we are seeing an ever-increasing burden of chronic disease, driven by how the food industry, and by ext

S2, Ep. 1 - Female Founders

Oct 1st, 2021 1h 8m

We're back with Season 2 of Startup Nation!Diversity in business, and particularly at leadership level is a topic that’s been more prevalently discussed over the last number of years. But what is it like for women founding and scaling their own

S1, Ep. 13 - Challenges

Jul 6th, 2021 56m 16s

This week on the show, we explore challenges - the big breakthroughs in major challenges in health, climate and many more aspects of society. What major medical breakthroughs will save lives? Or surgeries that can be done more successfully due