MoneyNeverSleeps

MoneyNeverSleeps

By Eoin Fitzgerald | Pete TownsendBusinessEntrepreneurship
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MoneyNeverSleeps episodes

  • 026: Birds of a Feather | Ann O'Dea and Silicon Republic

    Ann O'Dea from Silicon Republic joins us on the show to talk about journalism, inspiring people....and bird-watching!

    Since going online in 2001, Siliconrepublic.com has gone from being Ireland’s No 1 resource for technology news, with countless awards to its name, to one of the leading online publications in Europe with over half-a-million pageviews each month and growing. We have become the ‘go to’ destination for those seeking to be informed on all things tech and innovation in Ireland, Europe and further afield.


    Our award-winning team of journalists have always chronicled the technology landscape in Ireland and abroad diligently as it grew apace and, today, thousands of readers from Ireland, Europe, Silicon Valley and the rest of the world come to Siliconrepublic.com every day to stay informed on vital issues impacting STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths).

    Be it the latest gadgets, hottest start-ups, cutting-edge scientific research or the tech trends shaping the world – you’ll find it here on Siliconrepublic.com. We cover entrepreneurs, academia, infosec, IT strategy, consumer tech, online trends, space exploration, comms, earth sciences, renewable energy, the internet of things and all things STEM because this is what we love to do.

    As well as news and video reports on the shifting technology landscape, we also provide our audience with information on jobs and careers in STEM. We are long-time champions of diversity in STEM with initiatives like our Women Invent campaign and Inspirefest 2015, our major international sci-tech event with over 70pc women leaders on-stage.

    When we began, the internet was a desktop experience, Facebook didn’t exist and Google had only embarked on its commercial model. Today, we are in a world where more than 2bn people are online and the majority of their browsing is set to take place on mobile devices.

    The revolution began in 2001. Stick with Siliconrepublic.com as we guide you through the choppy waters of change and the incredible years ahead in what is truly the century of innovation, collaboration and communication.

    If it happens, you will find it on Siliconrepublic.com, keeping you up-to-date with the fast-moving and ever changing world of technology, business, science, innovation and new thinking.

    Visit our Subscribe page to find out all the different ways you can connect with us, or Advertise if you want to discuss partnerships. Or simply find out how you can drop us a line on our Contact page.

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    31 min
  • 025: Thrift Shop | Eoin Fitzgerald's Story

    Eoin Fitzgerald is a Senior Development Adviser – Fintech for Enterprise Ireland. Enterprise Ireland is the Irish Government agency responsible for helping Irish companies scale and internationalize and invests in 200+ companies per year. Eoin works with a portfolio of Fintech clients across areas such as Blockchain, KYC, Payments, P2P Lending, Trade Finance, etc. Eoin previously worked as Fintech Lead and Product Manager in Deutsche Bank.

    Prior to that, he worked as Head of Underwriting for Future Finance, a large Irish Fintech start-up which raised over €100m for its online lending platform Eoin is also co-host of the popular podcast ‘MoneyNeverSleeps’ which aims to go inside the mind of entrepreneurs and figure out what makes them do what they do.

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    37 min
  • 024: My Block | Shane Brett and Gecko Governance

    Shane Brett, CEO and founder of Gecko Governance, joins us on the show this week to talk about using blockchain to put the 'fun' into funds management...and his love of death metal music!

    GECKO Governance is a RegTech fund management regulatory solution that allows users to schedule, manage and monitor a large portfolio of investment fund’s regulatory & compliance requirements in real-time.

    GECKO Governance gives users the “Big Picture” by providing them with a live Birds Eye view across all their funds compliance requirements from one central dashboard.

    GECKO Governance has built the first solution for managing fund compliance. Clients uses our multi award winning technology to manage the full end-to-end fund compliance process ànd operational workflow.

    Fund companies use GECKO to manage AML/KYC, Operational Due Diligence (ODD), Fund Launches and Investor On-Boarding.

    GECKO Governance offers a suite of unique integrated products which hugely improves our client’s operational efficiency, cost effectiveness and compliance security.

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    35 min
  • 023: Money Made Me Do It | Elaine Deehan and Pocketwire

    Elaine Deehan from Pocketwire joins us on the show this week to talk about her soon-to-be launched money management product, her journey from banker to entrepreneur...and being fluent in Spanish!

    Pocketwire is a money management app for parents and children aimed at promoting responsible money management to kids through an app that allows parents top-up and monitor the spending.


    Elaine has previously worked for Citi and Currencyfair (Irish Fintech start-up).

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    32 min
  • 022: Special Delivery | Pete Rose and TEKenable

    Pete Rose from TEKenable joins us to talk about becoming an entrepreneur out of necessity...and being a trained midwife!!

    TEKenable is an Irish technology company, focused on custom software solutions, mobile application development and IT consulting. Headquartered in Dublin, we also operate from regional offices in the UAE and Pakistan.


    We commenced business in 2002 and we now have a strong market presence, with particular focus on four areas, Financial Services, Agribusiness and Retail, Health Care, and Government.

    Reflecting the growing importance of smartphones and tablet devices, we are regularly engaged by clients to deliver mobile solutions. Vodafone Ireland recognise our expertise in this area and have appointed TEKenable as a mobile enterprise applications development partner.

    Here at TEKenable, we pride ourselves on the quality of our work and our software developers and business change consultants are among the best in the market, with deep technical skills. Our place at the leading edge of software design is confirmed annually by our short-listing for the Tech Excellence Awards and our ISO9001 and ISO27001 certifications.

    We face the future with confidence. We continue to add clients in both the Private and Public Sector, and look forward to finding creative new technology solutions for our customers' most pressing business needs.

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    34 min
  • 021: Independent Women | Aine Mulloy and GirlCrew

    Aine Mulloy from GirlCrew joins us this week to talk about empowering women, building communities, her journey as a co-founder...and unfortunate injuries!

    What is GirlCrew?


    GirlCrew is a platform for women to make new friends. Not keen on going to a concert solo?

    Find a crew with us. Want to book a vacation but your friends are all coupled up? Find a group of girls to travel with. Whatever you can dream up, you can do with the crew. Members can participate in online group chat and offline events, and many friendships have formed.

    How did GirlCrew start?

    GirlCrew began one Friday night, when Elva Carri really wanted to go out dancing, but had no one to go with. All her friends were either busy or tired. Believing there had to be other women in the same position, she put a call out for some platonic dancing buddies on Tinder. She had no idea she would quickly garner more than 100 enthusiastic matches. She added everyone to a secret Facebook group in Dublin, where she was based, and GirlCrew was born. Having gained lots of new friends, and a jam-packed social calendar, Elva was going to need help. She teamed up with Aine Mulloy and Pamela Newenham, and the three co-founders began growing

    GirlCrew groups in cities all over the world, launching an app in the summer of 2017.

    How does GirlCrew work?

    GirlCrew operates through an app available on iOS and Android, and on desktop. Women simply join the group for their area such as Dublin, Melbourne, Austin or London, and there they can see what events are happening, read posts and comments from other members, write posts themselves and create events. They can also join international GirlCrew groups such as Trips & Travel, Careers, Entrepreneurs, Fashion & Beauty, Fitness & Wellness, Bloggers, Dating Advice and Staying In. In the groups, members share tips, advice and knowledge on everything from getting a new job to finding a good restaurant for a first date.

    How big is GirlCrew and what's next?

    GirlCrew has more than 100,000 members in over 50 cities worldwide, including Dublin, London, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Edinburgh and Melbourne. In the summer of 2017, the company launched an app. The app is
    available on iOS and Android, and will be rolled out worldwide on a city by city basis

    The summer of 2018 will see the app expand across 14 cities in the US including San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Philadelphia, San Antonio and Oklahoma.

    [Unfortunately, GirlCrew closed down in October 2020]

    www.girlcrew.com | Facebook.com/GirlCrewHQ | Twitter & Instagram: @GirlCrewHQ | Pinterest: GirlCrewHQ

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    29 min
  • 020: The Crusader | Greg Chew and QPQ

    Greg Chew, founder and CEO of QPQ, joins us on the show this week to talk about blockchain, smart contracts...and trading bananas!

    QPQ is uniquely positioned to be the key enabler of digitalisation. As such, the development of our technology and platforms will have enormous financial, social, and commercial impacts.

    Backing up our unique technological and business proposition, we have assembled a core team of highly experienced professionals who straddle the digital and traditional divide. This underpins our ability to translate fluently between the new digital frontier and traditional enterprise.

    The architecture of our technology and business planning are fully developed, customers are ready to utilise our platform and services. We are now seeking the necessary investment and partnerships to rapidly develop and deploy our platforms and services.

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    39 min
  • 019: Walk It Like I Talk It | Des O'Donohoe and Fund Recs

    Des O'Donohoe from FundRecs joins us this week to talk about learning to be an entrepreneur...and his love of gaming!

    Fund Recs was founded in 2013 when the company founders were approached by a large bank to develop a new reconciliation platform for it's Fund Administration unit. With over 25 years of operational and technology experience between them, the team are building a platform to transform how data is managed, processed and leveraged by the Funds Industry.


    Fund Recs recently launched VELOCITY platform for Fund Administrators empowers Administrators to process valuations faster and with increased oversight.

    Taking the latest technology and approaches from the best-loved consumer software applications, the Fund Recs team are combining consumer user experience and interfaces with enterprise accuracy, security and availability.

    The team at Fund Recs believes that the software we use in day-to-day business activities should be as well designed and easy to use as the consumer applications we enjoy every day in our personal life.

    By combining ease of use with powerful processing, flexible data import and key Industry knowledge we have set out on our mission towards developing the most efficient, powerful and cost-effective reconciliation software available.

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    37 min
  • 018: Lending Song | Kris Koik and Flender

    Kris Koik from Flender joins us on the show, fresh from raising €10m in debt funding to support SME's through its platform. and also shares his story on how tennis helped him as an entrepreneur!

    Flender is a peer to peer lending platform aimed in particular at social lending - people looking for a loan from friends and family or a local business looking for a loan from the local community who may be anxious to support the business.

    The company believes there is a niche in supporting and putting some structure on lending in social circles. Flender provides an alternative source of finance to SME’s.

    It aims to solve the problems associated with dealing with traditional lenders such as: length of time to get approved, poor experience, no understanding of the business, etc.

    By allowing companies to approach family, friends, customers, etc, Flender also increases the connection with the customer as the customer has a chance in supporting the growth of the business.

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    34 min
  • 017: In My Feelings | Laura Smyth and Paul Smyth from Top Tier Recruitment

    Husband and wife team, Paul & Laura Smyth, join us this week to talk about their journey as partners in life and business, and why entrepreneurship was the natural fit for both!

    Top Tier Recruitment is a specialist Recruitment Consultancy servicing a blue-chip domestic and international client base across Finance and FinTech.​

    -Funds, Operations, Middle & Back Office

    -Developers, DBAs, Architects, Engineers, Testers
    -Corporate & Leveraged Finance, Private Equity
    -Front Office, Trading, Research & Investments
    -Project Managers, & Business Analysts (IT & Ops)
    -Compliance & Risk
    -Banking & Treasury
    -Quants, BI, Research & Analytics

    Founded in 2016, Top Tier Recruitment has quickly established itself as a key recruitment partner to several clients across Finance & Fintech. Their success hinges on their ability to quickly understand requirements and use their deep and active candidate networks to match the right candidate with the right role. The team's commitment to developing long term relationships with both candidates and clients drives them to deliver in a consistent and timely manner and operate with honesty and integrity without exception.

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    31 min

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A weekly podcast that looks inside the minds of entrepreneurs and at the crossover of startups, enterprise, finance, technology and life as we know it. Co-hosts Pete Townsend and Eoin Fitzgerald.…