Furthr with Founders

Furthr with Founders

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Furthr with Founders episodes

  • S3, Ep. 3 - Deirdre Lyons of Examfly
    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 faced and the many lessons she learnt. Examfly is an education technology start-up that transforms the learning model for professional exams and continuous professional development. The company is now scaling and diversifying, and we get a great insight into what's next for Examfly. Dee and our host, Dr Rosalind Beere are joined by Niamh Sterling, an investment expert and Partner at Furthr VC.

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    25 min
  • S3, Ep. 2 - Feargal Brady of NoFrixion
    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 online payments. Feargal and our host, Dr Rosalind Beere, are also joined by John Phelan, an experienced investment expert.

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    30 min
  • S3, Ep. 1 - Julie Garland of Avtrain

    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 her story of breaking through barriers and glass ceilings in a male-dominated industry as well as leading and pacing the way for the future of Drone training. Richard Watson of Furthr VC also joins them for an investors perspective. 


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    33 min
  • S2, Ep. 11 - Reach for the stars with Frank Salzgeber of ESA
    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. The Space race opens up questions about political and military considerations and commercial opportunities. There is also the opportunity to address some of the key issues, such as climate change, that face us here on earth. 

    We are joined by:

    • Frank Salzgeber of The European Space Agency

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    26 min
  • S2, Ep. 10 - Living in a virtual world with VRAI
    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 happens in the physical world. As more and more of our lives play out in the virtual space, or the “metaverse,” this is becoming more than an abstract debate. 

    We are joined by:

    • Pat O'Connor and Niall Campion of VRAI

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    33 min
  • S2, Ep. 9 - Innovation in healthcare with Wellola & EIT Health
    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 organisations facing innovation challenges with ambitious SMEs that fast-track solutions. Innovation challenges facing the healthcare sector are numerous and range from the clinical to the digital, from front-end delivery to back-end structures and processes that are fundamental to efficiencies and performance. 

    We are joined by:

    • Sonia Neary, Founder of Wellola
    • Lucy Campbell, Entrepreneurship & Marketing Lead at EIT Health

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

    We are joined by:

    • John Phelan, All-island Director at HBAN (Halo Business Angel Network)
    • Richard Watson, Managing Partner at DBIC Ventures 

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    42 min
  • S2, Ep. 7 - The Innovation Exchange Special
    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 accelerates corporate innovation adoption. In doing so it creates business opportunities for scaling SMEs in Ireland. It does this by connecting businesses facing innovation challenges with ambitious SMEs that can fast-track the solutions. 

    We are joined by:

    • Paul Healy, CEO of Skillnet Ireland
    • Noel Crawford, IBM Cloud Sales Leader
    • Niamh Kelly, CEO & founder of Tigim

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    46 min
  • S2, Ep. 6 - The Connected Factory with PlantQuest

    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, transmitters, and other fixed equipment. Locating required parts can be extremely time-consuming, and not to mention expensive as it requires extensive personnel. Locating assets faster and with ease could bring these facilities into the future through the use of intelligent mapping.

     We are joined by:

    • Gerard Carton - CEO & co-founder of PlantQuest

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

    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 website, without code .So in simple terms, it refers to the means in which non-tech folk can build websites, web apps, mobile apps and indeed process automations.

     We are joined by:

    • Derya Sousa - COO & co-founder of Kianda Technologies.

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    30 min

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Furthr with Founders podcast (previously Startup Nation) - where we celebrate innovation and entrepreneurship and delve into the journeys of exciting founders. In each episode, founders discuss the…