INC60 - Irish Business Podcasts

There are so many things to consider when opening a restaurant in Ireland. Like starting any new business though, it is good to get as much information as you can from people with experience of the industry you’re investing your time and money into. Many experts in the restaurant industry come from different perspectives and you can always leverage something from their advice. James McCarty co-founder of Flipdish has experience of talking and working with literally 1000s of restaurant owners over the last few years.

For flipdish contact details and the full article check out Inc60.com

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In this podcast, we chat to Barry Crushell, Employment Law Solicitor with Tully Rinckey International Law Services firm with offices in Dublin. Barry answers important questions for businesses in Ireland pertaining to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Barry gives us a clear introduction to the fundamentals of GDPR and also more in-depth detail on customer mailing lists and employee information. We ask him some of the following questions:

• What is GDPR?
• Who does it apply to?
• What information does it apply to?
• How explicit does an opt-in for correspondence need to be?
• Where is the best place to start with GDPR compliance?
• What are the consequences of non-compliance?
• What policies do employers need for storing employee information?
• What are the other considerations for business and GDPR compliance? i.e. BREXIT, CCTV etc.

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As an employer in Ireland, you may have lots of questions about employees retirement age.  We chat to Barry Crushell, Employment Law Solicitor, from Tully Rinckey International Legal Services Firm with offices in Dublin. We ask him lots of questions including:

• Can you have a set retirement age in employees contracts?
• Can you force someone to retire?
• How can you protect yourself against unfair dismissal?
• What’s the best approach to take when it is coming up to an employees retirement age?

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As an employer, it is difficult to know exactly what you can and can’t do when you suspect an employee is intoxicated at work. We asked the following questions from Barry Crushell an Employment Law expert at Tully Rinckey in Ireland.

• What process should you follow?
• Can you ask your employee straight out if they have been drinking?
• Are you allowed to discipline them in some way?
• Can you force them to take a drug test?
• Are you allowed to have random drug tests?
• What disciplinary action can you take?
• What are the other things to look out for?

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We know that it’s tough to grow your business. That’s why we’re talking to InterTradeIreland’s Aidan Gough. He has advice and ideas about how to build your business through innovation and exporting, using the cross-border market on the island of Ireland.

Aidan Gough

IntertradeIreland has multiple supports for companies looking to export and innovate. Whatever your maturity as a business whether it is only something you are thinking about or whether you are ready to put a sales person on the ground there is support for your business.

Brexit is on the tip of every business person's tongue these days: How will it affect my business? With so many unknowns is there anything really we can do?. Aiden answers all these questions and more in this Inc60 Business Podcast.

For the full article and links to InterTradeIreland contact details please see the full article.

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In this podcast, Donncha Hughes, business consultant, introduces the concepts and to do's, for people who want to develop an idea into a business in Ireland.

Donncha Hughes

He talks about Lean Canvas, a great tool to clearly get to know all the aspects of your business without spending lots of time on a business plan. He shares a wealth of knowledge having mentored businesses in Ireland, he knows the system, supports, and pitfalls intimately.

He gives really practical advice on how to proceed if you have an idea and you are not sure of what to do next.

Link to FULL Article and References 

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Helena Deane from Westbic gives us a great overview of the European grants available to Start-ups & SMEs in Ireland. She particularly talks about Eurostars Eureka & Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Feasibility assessment (PHASE 1), Innovation project (PHASE 2) and Fast Track to Innovation grants.

The funding starts at 50K and can go up to multi-million euro grants. Helena uses her vast experience as an Advisor and Project Support Executive at WestBIC has great insights into the process, criteria and eligibility. So if you’re asking yourself any of the following questions, she answers them and more in this podcast:

• Is my company eligible to apply?
• Does it matter if we got Irish Government funding before?
• Is it match funded?
• Will it take part of our companies equity?
• What are the biggest mistakes companies make in their application?
• What costs are eligible whats not?
• What are the ingredients of a good application?
• What are the application success rates?

Please note as part of the Horizon 2020 SME Instrument Innovation project (PHASE 2) for the process and application evaluation, It has 2 stages of approval (the written stage and the pitches).

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In this business podcast, Alastair Mc Dermott (Website Doctor) takes us through all the things we can do to increase our website conversations rates.

What does “website conversion” mean? Well, it means getting people to take an action you want them to take on your website. From email sign-up to watching a video or buying your product or service.

The conversion rate is the percentage of website visitors that take that action.

For example, if you have 100 website visitors and two people bought a product then your website conversion rate would be 2%. In this case, buying a product is the action we want them to take and our definition of a conversion.

So why don't more people take the action we want them to take? Alastair highlights these most common mistakes calling them the 7 Deadly Website Sins that leads to low conversion rates.

After listening to this podcast you will have a practical list of things you can do to help increase your conversion rates on your business website.

For downloads and references in this podcast, or to contact the Website Doctor or Inc60™ read our Inc60 Podcast Notes.

If you found this podcast useful please share and tell your colleagues or friends. All feedback welcome at Inc60.com/contact

We're all guilty of doing things just to get the box checked so we can move on with other pressing business matters. Paying insurance premiums for your business is usually one of those things. "That's done, now what next". It's not until something goes wrong that you wish you paid a little more attention.

This podcasts really makes you think about your Insurance Policies and the discussions you need to have with your Insurance Agent to make sure your business is adequately covered e.g. Business Interruption Insurance, Property Insurance etc.

So take 20 minutes and pop out for a walk with headphones or just put this insurance podcast on in the car when your commuting from the office today.

This podcast has a particular focus on property & business interruption insurance.

If you found this podcast useful for your business please share it on twitter @incsixty or facebook.com/inc60. We welcome any feedback directly on Inc60.com

View Pat's details and the full article on 5 Tips on Insurance Business Policies & Claims on Inc60.com

In this podcast, Alastair from the Website Doctor takes us through all the ways to increase the traffic on your website.

Another great way of getting referral traffic is writing a guest post for someone.

- Alastair McDermott

He talks about content marketing as a way of getting traffic to your website and expands on it by and telling us how to decide what channel is good for you to focus on to get traffic relevant to your business.

If writing is your thing Alastair gives invaluable tips when creating a blog including ways to borrow an audience and be more effective with your time.

If you found this podcast useful for your business please share it on twitter @incsixty or facebook.com/inc60. We welcome any feedback directly on Inc60.com

View Alastair's details and the full article on Getting more traffic to your website in Ireland on Inc60.com