Business Matters with Karl Fitzpatrick is a weekly business podcast that has featured over 2,000 interviews with entrepreneurs from Ireland, UK and the United States. Business Matters is a compelling podcast that delves into all aspects of entrepreneurship and business development. Hosted by successful Irish entrepreneur and investor, Karl Fitzpatrick, the show features insightful interviews with industry leaders, entrepreneurs, and experts, who share their experiences and strategies for suc ...
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Peter Lantry from Equinix outlines why Ireland needs to change its stance on data centre development
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Peter Lantry from Equinix joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss its operations in Ireland, to highlight the integral role which data centres place in the Irish economy and why the country needs to change its approach to data centre development. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatri…
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Rena Weld from Matrix Recruitment discusses the prevalence of discrimination in the workplace
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Rena Weld from Matrix Recruitment joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the key findings of its recent survey regarding discrimination in the workplace, the different types of discrimination which are prevalent in Irish organisations and how this problem can be addressed. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews…
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Anne Abberton from FiXX Coffee reveals how drinking coffee has become a key socialising activity
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Anne Abberton from FiXX Coffee joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how she identified an opportunity for a new coffee business in Ireland over 20 years ago, how the coffee culture has changed here over that period and the latest trends in the industry. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur kar…
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Vala Afshar from Salesforce joins Karl Fitzpatrick to outline the key findings of Salesforce’s State of AI Connected Consumer Research, how AI agents are restoring consumer trust levels and the different generational interactions with AI agents. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitz…
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Dr. Ryne Sherman from Hogan Assessment Systems on how to deliver difficult feedback to employees
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Dr. Ryne Sherman from Hogan Assessment Systems joins Karl Fitzpatrick to outline how managers should approach delivering negative feedback to employees, the importance of providing a pathway for improving an employee’s work performance and how employees should react when receiving feedback about their performance. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters …
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Emma Duffy from My Forever Tooth Fairy explains how her business is bringing the tooth fairy to life
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Emma Duffy from My Forever Tooth Fairy joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss why she decided to create a business around the Tooth Fairy, the international markets for this business and future product development plans. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. Se…
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John Dwyer from The Institute of Wow explains how businesses can take customers’ eyes off the price
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John Dwyer from The Institute of Wow joins Karl Fitzpatrick to outline why businesses need to keep their customers’ eyes off the price, the effectiveness of incentive- based marketing and why he believes that Facebook is the best social media channel for businesses. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #…
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Adrienne Stewart from Hotel and Spa Resorts.com discusses the concept behind the start-up business
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Adrienne Stewart from Hotel and Spa Resorts.com joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss her career in the hospitality sector, why she decided to establish a business selling gift vouchers for luxury resorts in Ireland and potential expansion plans. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpat…
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Gillian Whelan, Managing Director and Country Manager for the emagine Group’s operations in Ireland, joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the growth which the business has enjoyed in Ireland, how its clients are focusing on using AI in their business, the challenges which she overcame to pursue her career in executive leadership and what needs to chan…
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John Cronin from Sea Point Insights explains how digitalisation is transforming the banking industry
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John Cronin from Sea Point Insights joins Karl Fitzpatrick to analyse the impact of digitalisation on the traditional banking industry, the opportunities and challenges of Open Banking technology and how the presence of new digital and neobanks is changing the industry. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessne…
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Nirmal Saverimuttu, CEO of Virgin Voyages, joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss what he learned from working with Sir Richard Branson, how its offering is differentiating itself from traditional cruise lines and the new global itineraries which it will be offering next year. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #business…
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Donal Daly from Future Planet reveals how it helps businesses to meet their sustainability goals
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Donal Daly from Future Planet joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how its platform helps businesses to meet their sustainability requirements, the factors which are causing businesses to prioritise sustainability and his contribution to the handbook, The Customer is the Planet. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #busi…
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Dave Smallwood, Managing Director of Mollie, joins Karl Fitzpatrick, to discuss how the organisation has become one of Europe’s fastest growing financial service providers, its ability to adapt to technological advancements in the world of payment solutions and how retailers can protect themselves from friendly fraud during the busiest shopping per…
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Jim Dowdall from Level Health reveals how Ireland’s newest health insurer aims to disrupt the market
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Jim Dowdall, CEO of Level Health, joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how the first new health insurer to enter the Irish market since 1996 aims to provide more choice to customers, its approach to removing the confusion surrounding health insurance and why this market needs more competition. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbus…
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Dervla McCabe from Enterprise Ireland outlines how Food Works gets businesses investment ready
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Dervla McCabe from Enterprise Ireland joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the Food Works programme, how it helps Irish food and drink start-ups to get investment ready and the latest trends within the food and drink markets. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Ac…
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Dave Quinn, Managing Director of Investwise Financial Planning, joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how businesspeople should navigate the investment world, the importance of tax efficient investments and the most popular investments for business people. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur k…
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Fionnuala McAuley from The Institute of Flowers reveals its plans to support professional florists
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Fionnuala McAuley, Acting Chair of The Institute of Flowers, joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the reasons for creating a membership organisation for professional florists, the supports which it will provide to its members and the challenges facing the floristry industry in Ireland. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnew…
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Alan Vallely, the newly appointed General Manager of Druids Glen Hotel and Golf Resort, joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss his plans for the five-star hotel, how the hotel approaches innovation and his leadership and management style. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie H…
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Neil Twa from Voltage Holdings joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how he has helped over 1000 entrepreneurs to build businesses on Amazon, how he uses data and the RISE algorithm to increase sales and how multi-channel businesses will increase the sale valuation for entrepreneurs when exiting the business #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusi…
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Bianca Zwart from bunq joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the Dutch neobank’s success in the Irish market, how it can compete with the pillar banks from a deposits perspective and its approach to developing new products for its customers. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.…
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Mediator, Michael Bready discusses the benefits of Alternative Dispute Resolutions for businesses
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Mediator, Michael Bready joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the benefit of mediation when resolving business disputes, his approach to mediation and why he believes that mediation will become more popular in the years to come. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on…
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Eoin McArdle from BILD Tents and Structures joins Karl Fitzpatrick to speak about its growth in the outdoor events space and the type of events which it provides structures for. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informati…
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Ciaran Marron from Activ8 Solar Energies reveals how they built Ireland's largest Solar installation business.
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Ciaran Marron from Activ8 Solar Energies joins Karl Fitzpatrick to outline how it has grown to having 270 staff and 18,500 customers, what the government needs to do to incentivise solar installations and how its participation in Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies programme has helped the business. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #i…
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Larissa Feeney from Kinore reveals the secrets to building a highly successful remote accountancy firm
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Larissa Feeney from Kinore joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the growth of the fully remote accountancy firm, its extensive service offering and challenges which its clients are facing. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more i…
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Tony Delaney from SYS Financial outlines the implications of the 2024 Finance Bill on pensions
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Tony Delaney from SYS Financial joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the Finance Bill, the changes which it will make to pensions and how entrepreneurs need to plan their pensions to maximise tax efficiencies. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.c…
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Kent Lim from Knightbridge outlines their growth plans for both Freshly Chopped and Scrumdiddly's
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Kent Lim from Knightbridge joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the key areas of focus for the private equity firm, why it has purchased established brands, Freshly Chopped and Scrumdiddlys and its expansion plans for both businesses. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hos…
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Jack Murray from MediaHQ joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how AI can be used in the world of PR, the technological advancements that are impacting PR professionals and what the future of PR might look like. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.…
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Robert Mac Ghiolla Phádraig from SkillStack discusses their skills development streaming platform
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Robert Mac Ghiolla Phádraig from SkillStack joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss his previous success with Sigmar Recruitment, the concept behind SkillStack and how the business aims to develop the skillsets of early career professionals through storytelling. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entreprene…
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John Cronin from Seapoint Insights joins Karl Fitzpatrick to provide an overview of the Irish banking landscape, to assess the competitive threat posed by emerging digital banks and to discuss the increasing emphasis which banks are placing on technology. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneu…
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Paul Murphy from Climeaction joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how its helps businesses to reduce their carbon footprint, the details of its FAST methodology and Climeaction’s expansion into the North American market. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. …
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The new 2023-2027 LEADER Programme has almost €2.5 million in grant aid available for the enterprise and social enterprise sectors in County Wexford between now and 2027. The grant aid of <60% of eligible costs is now available for niche new and expanding businesses involved in tourism, food and the circular economy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/…
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StoryToys is an award winning company that creates apps that help children learn, play and grow for world-renowned children's brands such as Disney, LEGO, Pixar, Marvel, Penguin, Hasbro, Warner Bros and Nickelodeon. To date, they have achieved over 200 million downloads. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…
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Barry Guiney from Odgers Berndtson outlines why companies are now recruiting Chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) Officers
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Barry Guiney from Odgers Berndtson joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the emerging role of Chief AI Officer, why companies may need to recruit for this role and his take on the big tech firms’ decisions to mandate a return to the office for their employees #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneu…
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Stephen Conmy of Contenseo joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss their content licensing platform. By connecting buyers and sellers of copyrighted content, Contenseo makes licensing simple and transactional, unlocking new revenue for sellers and great content for buyers. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews …
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Liz Morris from DampDoctor previews Wexford LEO’s event to celebrate National Women’s Enterprise Day
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Liz Morris from DampDoctor joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss her role as Ambassador for Wexford LEO’s National Women’s Enterprise Day event, the speakers at this event and the realities of being a female entrepreneur. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. …
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Brian O'Malley, Senior Tax Manager with EY joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the range of business supports in Budget 2025, including the Power Up Grant for hospitality and retail businesses, increases to the Start-Up Relief for Entrepreneurs, the Start-Up Capital Incentive, increases to the R&D Tax Credit, increases to the relief available under t…
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Adrian Cummins from the Restaurants Association of Ireland explains why 1000 more restaurants will close if the VAT rate is not reduced
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Adrian Cummins, Chief Executive of the Restaurants Association of Ireland, joins Karl Fitzpatrick, to explain how there has been 600 closures of food-led businesses since the reintroduction of the 13% VAT rate for hospitality businesses, the eroding margins which restaurants are faced with and why the failure to reduce the VAT rate to 9% and increa…
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Kim Mackenzie-Doyle from The B!G Idea talks about the importance of developing teenagers’ creative thinking skills
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Kim Mackenzie-Doyle from The B!G Idea joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss her success in the product design world, how a childhood accident caused her to develop her own problem-solving skills in order to progress in school and how The B!G Idea teaches teenagers the creative thinking skills that they will need for the future world of work. #KarlFitzp…
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Melissa Fenlon, Director in PwC’s South East practice, joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss why Budget 2025 is the most important budget of this government’s tenure, the need to pause the expected increases to the minimum wage and statutory sick leave entitlements and how Budget 2025 should incentivise FDI investment. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters…
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Kate O’Driscoll and Hayden Smith discuss the benefits of Lidl’s ‘Kickstart’ Supplier Development Programme
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Kate O’Driscoll from Lidl Ireland and Hayden Smith from Pup Pup Dental Chews join Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss Lidl’s ‘Kickstart’ initiative, how the initiative helps local suppliers to get a place on its supermarket shelves and how businesses can apply for Kickstart 2025. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #business…
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Brian Murphy from Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies Programme outlines why these 129 businesses excel
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Brian Murphy from Deloitte’s Best Managed Companies Programme joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss what sets these companies apart, the eligibility criteria for the programme and why AI and sustainability remain at the top of the agenda for these organisations. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepre…
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David O’Connor from Sheil Kinnear explains how the Xeinadin merger will extend its service offering
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David O’Connor from Sheil Kinnear joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss its merger with Xeinadin, how the Wexford-based accountancy firm will now be able to offer additional services to its clients and the current sentiment amongst SME companies. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpat…
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Brian O’Farrell from O’Farrell Recruitment highlights business opportunities in the German market
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Brian O’Farrell from O’Farrell Recruitment joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how he helped to place German speakers in tech companies that are based in Ireland, why the mass tech lay-offs have impacted his business and the commercial opportunities in Germany for Irish-based businesses. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusiness…
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Fionn Rogers from Ingadi discusses the development of the 3D design and manufacturing company
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Fionn Rogers from Ingadi joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the sustainable products which are made by the 3D design and manufacturing company, how it has created an international customer base for its pots and how Fionn’s participation on SETU’s New Frontiers programme benefited the business. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishb…
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Minister Emer Higgins joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how the upcoming Budget may impact businesses, the changes to employment permits legislation in Ireland and why employers might recruit staff from outside of the EEA. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Ac…
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Dave McCormack from Fluent joins Karl Fitzpatrick to explain why businesses are now using video to attract new employees, the importance of creating authentic videos and its plans to gain traction with Irish and international clients. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie …
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Louise O’Connor from Strong Roots joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss the benefits of B Corp certification, Strong Roots’ journey to becoming a B Corp organisation and the growing B Corp movement in Ireland. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.co…
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Joseph Scott-Lennon from the Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss being a part of a famous Irish hotel dynasty, its recent acquisition of the Woodenbridge Hotel and Lodge and future plans for the Fitzpatrick Hotel Collection. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfi…
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Jason Lynch from Equal1 outlines the opportunities for Ireland in the quantum computing space
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Jason Lynch from Equal1 joins Karl Fitzpatrick to highlight the benefits of quantum computing, why Equal1 is the only Irish company operating in this space and the opportunities for Ireland to achieve growth in this industry. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur karlfitzpatrick.ie Hosted on…
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Norman Wolfe from Quantum Leaders reveals how the Living Organisation System delivers better results
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Norman Wolfe from Quantum Leaders joins Karl Fitzpatrick to discuss how organisations can achieve extraordinary results, the concept behind the Living Organisation System and how organisations and the people within them can adapt to unexpected events. #KarlFitzpatrick #businessmatters #irishbusiness #irishbusinessnews #businessnews #entrepreneur ka…
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