Businesses and social innovation for people over the age of 50. Rodd Bond from the NetWell centre talks to us about the challenges and opportunities for NGO’s, businesses and individuals who provide services, infrastructure and products for older people. He tells us about the Social Innovation in Aging European Award which recognizes individuals, organisations and…
Suzanne Carpenter from An Lár TV talks to us about the new online TV channel which has around 120 countries each month viewing Irish content both in English and Irish. She discusses the progress in the last few years in online broadcasting, and how to get your content up to be viewed. Edwina Neilan tells…
Retailing to e-tailing and online stores. Addrianna Doyle from Barry Doyle Design Jewellers comes into the studio to talk about their husband and wife team dedicated to hand making high quality jewellery. She talks about their business over the last 14 years where they have hand made all their jewellery in their shop/studio which is…
Careers in the games industry. Jason and Shane from app and game company Pump Station Studios talking about their journey, successes and their upcoming mobile game ‘Zombert’. We visit Pulse College and interview some of the students on the Fás and Momentum funded Game Development course. Image: www.shutterstock.com
Singer songwriter Kiera Dignam, daughter of Aslan’s Christy Dignam who talks about growing up with a famous father, breaking away and trying to make it on her own in the music business. Jonathan Creasy talks about moving from the US to Ireland to found New Dublin Press which aims to bring vital creative work to…
Dublin rapper Mikey Lennon and well known song writer and music trainer Mick Garry. Both will talk about their journeys as musicians, their influences, and the challenges they face in the music business today. We discuss the importance of perseverance in the face of difficulties, and the other opportunities available for musicians other than performance.
Damien Mulhall and Eoin Mulvihill from BizByMedia talk about their own career journeys and their drive to do something for themselves. We discuss their business BizByMedia, a digital media agency specifically built to solve the unique problems that businesses are experiencing in the 2013-2018 technological environment. Image: www.bizbymedia.com
Entrepreneurship in the context of charity and fundraising. Joined in the studio by Fiona Foley from Siel Bleu, Aoife Clarke from the Order of Malta and Alan Coyne from iDonate tell us about the goals of the charitable organisations they are involved with.
On the show this afternoon Dayna Caceres, business coach from Distinctions Consulting talks about start-ups who wish to create winning business growth strategies, and the best way to turn a hobby into a business. Artist Hulda (Huldyful) shares her experiences of moving from a passion and a past time, to becoming a business.
Serena Bryans from the Student Enterprise Programme, Justin Sinnott from Spring Board and Anton from Dundalk Institute of Technology about the successes they have had from the Spring Board training programmes, and on the phone from the UK, Marketing expert Paul Smith talks about his SOSTAC planning model. Image: www.shutterstock.com
