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John Randles, CEO of Galway cybersecurity business Siren, talks about how a business that began life as a PhD research project has blossomed into a business that recently reported 162% revenue growth as well as its first patent. Irish cybersecurity business Siren has raised €12m in backing from the European Investment Back to fight cybercrime. Randles talks about his career at the helm of indigenous Irish tech firms and why he believes the sector’s best days lie ahead.

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Wayleadr CEO Garret Flower talks about his entrepreneurial path and his belief that car parks are the greatest misuse of land since golf was invented. He says that if car parks were optimised for their actual usage, land could be given back to the public for housing and entertainment. Counting businesses like Uber, ESB, eBay and L’Oreal as customers, he talks about his scaling journey into the US.

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Viatel CTO Eilish O’Connor has played a leading role in completing several acquisitions in the past two years, identifying, closing and integrating these businesses. She talks about how a love of science, technology, engineering and maths, and in particular applied physics, led to her rise in the tech industry and her position as one of the most influential people in cloud in Ireland.

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Bank of Ireland’s head of Agriculture Eoin Lowry says Irish farmers are coming into 2023 in a strong state, with solid margins, positive cashflows and strengthened balance sheets. But it won’t be all smooth as price volatility continues to be a spectre haunting commodities.

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Medb Riordan’s can-do attitude has carried her far. She left Dublin for London to make it in the TV and movie business and seized the first opportunity she could get to work at Academy Films. She worked her way from the reception desk to eventually becoming Academy’s managing director and co-owner and working alongside the industry’s top directors. As well as winning multiple awards, including the Gold Cannes Lions, Medb last year produced her first feature film Earth Mama with director Savanah Leaf

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We talk to Alan Donegan, co-founder of the Rebel Business School. Since 2011, Alan and his team have been travelling the UK and other parts of the world delivering Rebel Business Schools, which consist of 5 or 10 full-day sessions supporting people in to self-employment and teaching them how to set up a business for free. Over the past decade, The Rebel School have been able to support over 17,000 people. Donegan shares his ethos on starting a business and his plans for Ireland.

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Conor Carmody from the Innovation Exchange talks about his mission to connect large multinational companies with digital challenges with smaller Irish tech companies in a move that raises all boats.

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The future of advertising in Ireland.

Businesswoman Vaunnie McDermott, managing director of advertising agency Connelly Partners Dublin, talks about how the ads industry has changed and how a more human-centric approach merging traditional advertising with digital technology is the way forward. She also talks about her colourful career as an entrepreneur.

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Combining behavioural psychology with academic research, the Peptalk platform led by cousins James and Bernard Brogan is now used by 50,000 employees in blue chip businesses on four continents. James Brogan talks about the Irish company’s move into the US market after raising close to four million dollars.

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Brian Murphy, Deloitte’s partner in charge of the Best Managed Companies programme talks about what it takes to be a Best Managed Company. He also talks about the economic outlook for 2023, the war for talent and how successful businesses adapt strategies based on their external environment.

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