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   Number 1: How ‘Rory’s Travel Club’ Got 100k Customers

   Rory King is the owner of Rory’s Travel Club. In this episode, we talk about: Leaving Northern Ireland to work in Fiji Starting his travel club in an Indian restaurant in Brooklyn Scaling to 100,000 customers Running a business where “everyone wins” And his plan to grow to 1 million customers Check it out. https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/rory-king-rorys-travel-club Join Rory’s Travel Club Here: https://rorystravelclub.com/

   August 18, 2024·50min
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   Number 2: Patrick Treacy on Pioneering Aesthetic Medicine, Treating Michael Jackson & Witnessing History

   Patrick Treacy is a pioneer in Aesthetic Medicine. Throughout his incredible career, he’s won countless awards, trained thousands of doctors and trail-blazed new protocols used around the world today. In this episode, we talk about: Smuggling cars across the German border to pay for med school Being arrested in Iraq under suspected espionage How being from Ireland quite literally saved his life His phone call with Nelson Mandela Treating Michael Jackson and the subsequent friendship that ensued How he wants to spend the next few decades And advice he’d give to his 18-year-old self Check it out! https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/patrick-treacy-aesthetic-medicine

   March 25, 2024·49min
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   Number 3: Meat Merchant Peter Hannan on Quality, Attention To Detail & “Chance Encounters”

   Peter Hannan is a Meat Merchant who supplies 400+ restaurants throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe, including some of the biggest names in the industry. In this episode, we talk about: How he started out in the meat business (Aka, butchering lambs for his mum's mate's freezer as a boy) Moving to America at 19-years-old to learn from the masters of his industry Becoming the highest-paid executive in Ireland by the age of 22 Setting up his own business The decision to focus on quality rather than quantity Why attention to detail is the most crucial thing in business Buying 5 tonnes of salt from Pakistan How one smoke break changed his business forever And advice he'd give to his 18-year-old self Check it out. https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/peter-hannan-meat-merchant Hannan Meats: https://www.hannanmeats.com/

   March 18, 2024·49min
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   Number 4: Baroness May Blood: Integrated Education Fund

   [Rebroadcast: this episode first aired October 16th 2020] Baroness May Blood grew up in a working-class area of Belfast. In today’s episode, we talk all about what it was like growing up in Belfast in the ’40s, her time in the House Of Lords and why Integrated Education is essential to overcoming the pain of our past. // To see a 'treasure trove' of all things related to May (including a photo) please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/baroness-may-blood-ief Best Of Belfast is Northern Ireland's #1 Interview Podcast. We've shared 100+ hour-long conversations with incredible people from Northern Ireland. To find out more, or join 'The Producers Club' please visit https://bestofbelfast.org/ Cheers! — Matt

   January 01, 2024·54min
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   Number 5: “EVERYTHING You Know About Networking is WRONG!” — Kingsley Aikins

   Kingsley Aikins is one of the world’s leading experts on networking, relationship-building and diaspora engagement. In this episode, we caught up with Kingsley in his home for a rare conversation about: How the old way of networking is dead (And why it probably never worked in the first place) A surprising hack to turn cold calls into hot coffees Incredible tips and tricks to “wow” new relationships in the digital age Building a network from scratch in Australia when he knew no one How the Ireland Funds raised $700+ million His experience with billionaire Chuck Feeney And meeting Nelson Mandela Check it out! https://bestofbelfast.org/stories/kingsley-aikins-networking-institute Links: Networking Course: https://thenetworkinginstitute.com/networking/ Connect with Kingsley on LinkedIn: https://ie.linkedin.com/in/kingsleyaikins Diaspora Engagement Course: https://www.thenetworkinginstituteonline.com/courses/dm-diaspora-engagement-training-programme

   December 12, 2023·55min
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