In our inaugural episode, Gary O'Toole and Andrew Turner talk to us about turning their passion for 5-a-side football and the problems they had with finding players into a successful mobile app.

They went from tiling and teaching to tech startup and are here to tell us how they did it and how you can too.

 

Key Takeaways

[01:45] How they got the idea and the problems they want to solve

[02:46] What to do if you want to develop an app without having coding knowledge yourself

[03:38] On making the transition to entrepreneur "I tiled during the day and read business books at night"

[06:45] Dealing with the lows and how to keep the faith "we love proving people wrong"  "take every little win you can"  

[13:00] The importance of recognising and celebrating the victories and wins

[16:55] Focus on sales, marketing and the actual product, not just funding, when starting out

[18:05] Find the right mentors

[19:30] The advice they have for anyone wanting to become an entrepreneur

[20:20] On worries about competition "don't worry about competition, it's healthy, it means there's a market, and there's a lot you can learn from it"

Tweetables

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Links to things mentioned in this episode

Enterprise Ireland

New Frontiers Programme

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