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ThinkBusiness reports from the ploughing where we talked to farmers,farming experts as well as innovative young agri and agritech businesses.

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Founded in Athlone in 2013, Sidero currently employs 150 people and buildsmission critical software for some of the most successful Irish and globalcompanies. Co-founder and CEO Carmel Owens talks about her vision forthe company, narrowing the tech skills gap and enabling businesses todigitally transform.

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Cork native Robert Fenton’s decision to move his Dublin tech start-up Qualio to San Francisco was pivotal in the company’s acceleration and more than 260% year-on-year revenue growth. Backed to the tune of $50m by Tiger Global, Fenton reflects on how the company has grown to 300 customers across the globe, spanning the medical device, pharmaceutical and biotech industries. 

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Founded by Irish entrepreneurs, Intercom is one of Ireland’s greatest indigenous tech success stories and is one of several Irish unicorns worth more than $1bn each. The business is focused on growing its revenues from $200m to more than $1bn in the coming years. Leading this endeavour is software industry veteran Sanj Bhayro who talks about how to scale to revenues of more than $1bn and what Irish tech firms can learn from this. 

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Having recently raised €514,000 via a crowdfunding campaign, emerging Irish whiskey brand Foxes Bow is on a mission to disrupt the traditional world of Irish whiskey. We talk to co-founder Alice Carroll about why Irish whiskey is the world’s fastest-growing spirit, the realities of crowdfunding and building a brand from her native Limerick. 

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€5.5m has been invested in the Future Mobility Campus Ireland in Shannon, the country’s first full-scale development centre and test-bed for mobility technologies. CEO Russell Vickers talks about how the research at the campus will put Ireland in the driving seat for the next revolution in mobility. 

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Started by childhood friends and having recently raised €2m from Terry Clune’s Clune Technologies, Gradguide CEO Mark Hughes talks about how it figured out that through mentorship, there is a better way for more students to follow that path and for tech companies to hire young talent.

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Ed Rossiter, founder and co-CEO of Phoenix Search, talks about the young recruitment firm’s rapid scale-up journey by redefining how recruitment is executed. The business was established in 2018 and will grow to 250 employees by 2025. 

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Andrew Fleury from Luna talks about the future of transport and how the company’s technology will make the arrival of e-scooters safer on our streets by combining artificial intelligence with computer vision. 

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Aislinn Mahon, general manager of Huckletree D2, talks about how the switch to more home working following the pandemic will cause an increase in inclusivity issues within the workplace and reveals how employers will be challenged to make sure everyone’s performance is recognised whether they are in the office or not. 

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