Alan Costello is a venture investment leader with the NDRC and has mentored over 100 startups and leadership teams. Ciaran sits down with Alan and gets practical by inventing a fictional business app to discuss exactly how Alan would go about validating and commercialising the idea.  Alan gives great insights into how to know if your business needs investment and what you should have before making an approach to investors.

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