E170 That Great Business Show - Conor Kelly, Taxbot.ie - Maria Dickenson, Dubray Books - Feargal O'Sullivan, USAM

That Great Business Show

Episode 170 That Great Business Show with Conall O Móráin

Highly Commended Award, Irish Podcast Awards

Conor Kelly has been working, working, working since he was...very young. A milk round made him the wealthiest of his young teen peers. DJ'ing and Ikea sent him through college in Dublin. A natty Covid invention got him to his Masters in London. He created a Gmail extension but (wisely?) cut it when he realised no one would pay for it. A chance meeting with the founder of Humanloop landed him a job in twenty minutes...Meanwhile he has created Taxbot.ie, an AI bot that will help pay your taxes. BTW, Conor is still only 25. What a story!

Maria Dickenson has been boss at 'dedicated' book chain Dubray for seven years. In that time she has doubled the size of her Eason owned business, despite the challenges from Amazon, Kindle, Audiobooks, Covid...(is there anything else out there to throw at her??). She's convinced the Irish love affair with the printed word, on paper, will continue. The enthusiasm of her staff for books is integral to Dubray's books, but it's not always easy to find the right team member.

And continuing are BeachHeadUSA series, the ultimate crib sheet for doing business in the US, Feargal O'Sullivan of USAM advises if you're in fintech or insuretech to use London or Frankfurt as your testing ground before heading to the States. You need to have every wrinkle ironed out before you start selling there. Plus, he gives more great selling tips.

With thanks to Daft.ie

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