Win Happy Podcast

In this episode we tell the story of the 2018 IBYE (Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur) Final, which is run by the Local Enterprise Office Network (LEO) and funded by Enterprise Ireland.

In the podcast Greg chats with Sheelagh Daly (Project Coordinator and Manager of LEO Wicklow), some of the finalists including Brendan Boland (Loci Orthapedics), Jessica Kavanagh (Olann), Conor Leyden (Trustap), Nicola Reddy (Celtic Adventures), Alan Hickey and Sean Murray (We Bringg), Kate Dempsey (Irish Mussel Seed Company), Conor O'Loughlin (Glofox) and Sean O'Sullivan, manager of the LEO South Cork office.

We hear all about the journey the finalists have taken, their very varied stories, the supports and mentoring they have enjoyed and of course we need to hear who is crowned Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur 2018!!

The Entrepreneurship bug is catching....be careful

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In this episode Greg chats to Eamon Curtin, Director of the UCC IGNITE Graduate Entrepreneurship Programme about everything from character forming summer jobs, working next to an Amish Community in the United States, the difference between work cultures in different countries and the characteristics of an entrepreneur.

We chat in detail about the IGNITE programme, some of the many successful stories and the process of starting a new business.

Do you need the perfect product before you launch or do you need to have a concept that allows you to talk to potential customers to learn how you can really help them and then develop the product?

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In this episode Greg from Fuzion Communications chats with Dan Mackey the co-founder of the global successful tech company, Teamwork.com.

We chat about the hardworking journey, the different mistakes along the way, the challenges of building a global success from Cork city and the secret ingredients that have led to this success, including a powerful partnership with the other co-founder Peter Coppinger.

And as always we chat about what it takes to WinHappy!

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In this episode Greg chats with Gillian Keating, Partner of RDJ Solicitors, former President of Cork Chamber (the first female President) and co-founder of the I Wish diversity programme.

We chat about the value of hard work, coping with disappointments, pushing yourself outside your comfort zone, gender equality, diversity and "Cracking the Cork Code"

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In this episode of the Fuzion Win Happy podcast, Greg chats with legendary Irish DJ, and passionate Corkman Stevie G about the important role of music to your identity and to our culture.

We learn how important it is to be proactive about the things you want in your life, about running a large venue during the recession and coping with its closure, why you should work and support young people and Stevie also tells us all about what it was like to be a resident DJ at the iconic Sir Henry's in Cork.

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In this Social Media Series episode of the Fuzion Win Happy Podcast, Greg chats with Alma Brosnan, one of the social media team about the phenomenon of "Tweetdecking" and how Twitter will no longer permit syndicated posting to more than one Twitter account.

We discuss Tweetdeck and Hootsuite, two popular platforms that heavy duty social media users are often using to syndicate and schedule posts, to track mentions of their brand/business and to perform searches.

The podcast isn't for everyone but anyone who is using social media for their business may be interested.

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In this episode of the Fuzion Win Happy podcast, Greg chats with one of Ireland's most experienced HR specialists, Frank Scott-Lennon.

Frank has had a colourful life and career with many twists and turns including the early passing of his father, working in the family pub, studying to nearly become a priest, having a wonderful family and then becoming one of Ireland's most respected HR experts.

There are a few other twists and turns - tune in to hear more!

Frank is the Managing Director of HR for SMEs and Well Being For Work helping to create and advocate for great work environments, but there to advise if issues do need resolving.

In this podcast Greg chats to legendary menswear retailer, Louis Copeland about the family business, succession, marketing, customer service and surviving a recession.

We also chat about celebrity customers and yes, Greg did get Dan Aykroyd and Bill Murray totally mixed up!

What do you have to do to win an All Ireland Medal? What do you have to do to win seven!

In this podcast Greg chats with Tommy Doyle, Kerry GAA legend about life as an amateur footballer and the challenges of running a successful food business

Frustrated with Facebook - in this episode some of the Fuzion social media team (Greg and Alma Brosnan) discuss the recent changes with the Facebook algorithms that are affecting business pages.

The recent changes are killing the reach of posts on Facebook business pages, which means you may have to change your tactics.

Tune in to this episode to see how the Fuzion team feel about these changes and some tactics that we might use to deal with them.