Best Paul T Murphy Podcasts (2024)

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32: Episode 32. Alan Lewis, Managing Director at LHW Financial Planning Ltd. 53:55

12d ago53:55

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Alan Lewis, ex-rugby player, who when his rugby career was cut short at an early stage with injury, turned to refereeing with notable success, and has now refereed at international level, at the 2003 and 2007 Rugby World Cups. But he is even better known as the third most capped player in the history of Irish Cricket playing 121 times for his count…

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31: Episode 31. Barry and Fergal Doyle co-owners of Arboretum Home & Garden Heaven 55:30

26d ago55:30

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Well summer is definitely upon us, so the timing of this chat couldn’t be better. On this episode we have brothers Barry and Fergal Doyle who are co-owners of Arboretum. Barry is CEO and Fergal is chief commercial officer. Arboretum Home & Garden Heaven is a second generation, family-owned garden and lifestyle retailer. The multi award-winning busi…

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30: Episode 30. Next Step Event – Sell it, Scale it, IPO it! 58:04

1M ago58:04

58:04

The 30th episode of ‘Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly’ is a little different to the norm! We recently staged the first in our ‘Next Step’ series of events in the magnificent surroundings of the old trading floor of The Irish Stock Exchange (Euronext) Building in Dublin, to an audience of business owners and entrepreneurs. Every entrepreneur re…

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29: Episode 29. Jody Fanagan, Director at Fanagans Funeral Directors 46:42

2M ago46:42

46:42

Jody Fanagan joined the family business in 1987 as one of three in the 5th generation to run the company – the 6th generation is now also working there. He was made a director in 1994 and then became the Managing Director in 2013. Fanagan’s is truly a family business established in 1819 and so has been providing excellence in funeral care to famili…

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Dirk & Kelly - The Future of Shopping 48:01

2M ago48:01

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Imagine a world where everyone uses AR enabled by AI—what will shopping look like? Will we all have our own AI shopping assistants? Back again by popular demand, Dirk and Kelly find time in between their travels to explore "The Future of Shopping." With AI rapidly evolving into mainstream use, they discuss its significant impact on digital commerce…

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28: Episode 28. Paul McCann, CEO at Ergo 41:01

2M ago41:01

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Paul McCann first joined Grant Thornton in 2001, and over the next 11 years amassed extensive financial advisory experience. From 2012 -2017 he served two terms as Managing Partner navigating the firm through an accelerated growth period, expanding from 417 to 1,144 people, and growing revenues from €41m to €115.7m. Paul took over as CEO of Ergo in…

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Making Composable Even Easier 33:02

3M ago33:02

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Back by popular demand, we are back with another 1:1 episode where we're going deep on the topic of simplification. Dirk starts by talking through the founding of the commercetools product and original architecture goals, why MACH is mistakenly labeled as "complex" (hint: selection bias at play), how the buyers of commercetools have changed over th…

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27: Episode 27. Brid O’Connell, CEO at Guaranteed Irish 47:45

3M ago47:45

47:45

There cant be too many people listening to this that have never heard of the Guaranteed Irish mark. This year Guaranteed Irish celebrates 50 years supporting businesses in Ireland. Since it was first established in 1974 as a national symbol of trust and provenance for business in Ireland, Guaranteed Irish has welcomed over 2000 members. With that m…

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26: Episode 26. Niall Norton, Advisor and Mentor 54:51

3M ago54:51

54:51

Niall Norton began his career training as an accountant and once qualified, followed this up with a stint in Deloitte Corporate Finance before taking up the reigns as CFO with Irish operations of O2, where he was responsible for financial control functions, business process re-design, strategy planning and wholesale. In Feb 2004 he joined Openet as…

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Andy Hoar, Leading Authority on B2B eCommerce Business & Strategy 44:07

3M ago44:07

44:07

Dirk and Kelly dive into all things B2B commerce with Andy Hoar, one of the world’s foremost experts in B2B commerce. From a modern definition of B2B, to the state of B2B commerce, this episode covers composability in the B2B context, what’s next from Paradigm B2B and a sneak peek into an upcoming digital maturity report from commercetools and Mast…

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25: Episode 25. Tom Murphy, Founder / Chairman Pamex Limited 46:29

4M ago46:29

46:29

For nearly 30 years Pamex has blazed a trail in the Irish Pharmaceutical industry. Its founder Tom Murphy was a leading figure in the pharma industry in the 1980’s and early 1990’s before being made redundant in 1994. Still in his early 40’s and with a young family he found himself on the dole at a time when unemployment in Ireland was at a record …

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Paul Hornby on The Very Group's Composable Commerce Journey 22:56

4M ago22:56

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Recorded live and in-person from commercetools’ Elevate - The Global Commerce Summit in Miami Beach, FL, we welcome Paul Hornby, Director of Digital Commerce Experience at The Very Group which boasts a heritage dating back to the late 1800s. Paul speaks of his journey towards composable commerce.By CommerceTomorrow

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24: Episode 24. Derek Murray, Owner & Master Club Fitter at ForeGolf 54:47

4M ago54:47

54:47

Derek Murray is one of the World’s leading independent experts on golf club technology and the true art of custom fitting and club making – a passion ignited over 25 years ago, following a visit to the custom fitting tour trucks at the Czech Open. Throughout his career Derek has worked with a ‘who’s who’ list of professional golfers like the late, …

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23: Episode 23. Harry Maharaj, Director at Kilkenny Architectural Salvage & Antiques 48:21

5M ago48:21

48:21

When Harry Maharaj completed his Mechanical Engineering degree he got a ‘lucky’ call – his words, not mine – from a recruiter who found my CV online and asked would he consider moving away from engineering and going for an institutional equity sales role in Davy. Eight years later, having built strong client relations in Europe and US, he quit the …

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22: Episode 22. Mark and Joseph Scott Lennon, Fitzpatrick Castle Hotel. 51:45

5M ago51:45

51:45

There can’t be too many people, certainly in Dublin, who haven’t heard of Fitzpatrick’s Castle Hotel in Killiney. And while the building itself has a very long history dating all the way back to 1740, its current incarnation began in 1970 when Paddy and Eithne Fitzpatrick fulfilled a lifetime ambition by buying Killiney Castle and its grounds. They…

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The ABC's of SaaS Finance with commercetools CFO Dan Murphy 39:59

5M ago39:59

39:59

Step inside commercetools with Dirk and Kelly as they sit down with commercetools’ own CFO, Dan Murphy. This is an enlightening discussion around company efficiencies, key metrics to judge the health of a SaaS business, and what metrics to look for at various stages of company growth. Are your customers renewing? What does it cost to acquire a cust…

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21: Episode 21. Mike Tonery, CEO at Trinity Care 41:39

6M ago41:39

41:39

Having spent 5 years as an Audit and Risk Senior with Deloitte Ireland, Mike Tonery moved to the role of CFO for the Aryzta/Wendy’s joint venture, before beginning his healthcare odyssey. In 2006 he became Senior Financial Controller for the Mater Private Hospital, transforming the finance function to meet the new requirements of the board, syndica…

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20: Episode 20. Declan Doyle, CEO at Bidvest Noonan 39:48

6M ago39:48

39:48

Much to his parents’ horror Declan Doyle dropped out of Trinity after one year and went full time managing 10 quick service retail stores in Dublin city centre, going to college by night to get a business degree. Realising accountancy might be a good skill to have, he trained with Grant Sugrue as a forensic accountant, before going into the facilit…

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19: Episode 19. Gráinne Mullins, Founder & CEO of Grá Chocolates 36:41

6M ago36:41

36:41

While food has always been focal to her life, stepping into a commercial kitchen as a teenager really ignited her passion about the industry, and Gráinne Mullins began working part time in the pastry section of some 5 Star hotels. Interrupting a science degree to move to France, she spent two years working in a Michelin-starred restaurant in Aix-en…

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Simplifying Commercial-side of MACH 38:09

7M ago38:09

38:09

From a technology-standpoint, MACH is fantastic. However, the commercial-side of MACH can be cumbersome. Live from MACH Haus in New York, Kelly and Piyush Patel (Chief Strategic Business Development Officer of Algolia) go deep on the various industry initiatives to simplify the commercial-side of MACH. We discuss white labeling, BPO, cloud marketpl…

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18: Episode 18. Michael Dwyer, Enterpreneur & Founder of Pigsback.com 48:23

7M ago48:23

48:23

The idea of an entrepreneur giving up ‘a good job’ in order to pursue their own venture is hardly an isolated one, but few entrepreneurs would believe their journey could take 20 years, seeing off a dot-com crash, two terrorist attacks on either side of the Atlantic, and a global financial crisis – any one of which probably brought down many SME’s.…

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17: Episode 17. Bobby Healy, Founder of Manna Drone Delivery 42:22

7M ago42:22

42:22

Bobby began his career building video games for Nintendo. After that, he founded Eland (an airline tech company) which he sold to SITA before going on to build CarTrawler over 15 years, and led two successful LBOs for the business. For the last 4 years, he’s been building ‘Manna Drone Delivery’ - a business whose mission is to improve the world by …

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2023 End of Year Recap / Looking Forward to 2024 1:03:19

8M ago1:03:19

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That’s a wrap for 2023! In this jam packed episode, Dirk & Kelly discuss their recent trips, recap Black Friday / Cyber Monday, AI innovations at commercetools and across the industry, the changing competitive landscape, the economy and its impact to the tech ecosystem, when someone is going to do a PE roll-up of MACH Alliance ISV members, strategi…

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16: Episode 16. Leona Maguire & Mark McDonnell 47:55

8M ago47:55

47:55

About Leona Maguire Leona entered the professional game in 2018 off the back of a record-breaking collegiate career with Duke University. The proud Irishwoman has been a serial winner ever since she took up the sport in Co. Cavan but it was her decision to move to America, inspired by her life-long ambition to play on the LPGA Tour, that catapulted…

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15: Episode 15. Greg Hayden, CEO of Ethos Engineering 33:41

8M ago33:41

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Having qualified as a chartered engineer, Greg held jobs in the UK and Ireland with various engineering companies before returning to the role of managing director of RPS’s Engineering business in Ireland. During his 3-year tenure as MD, he guided the business from €16m to €24m turnover and helped grow the staff numbers to 300 people. Then in 2005 …

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Maia Benson, MD of Forum Ventures, on Order Management 31:54

9M ago31:54

31:54

Hosts Dirk Hoerig and Kelly Goetsch welcome Maia Benson, Managing Director of Forum Ventures. The discussion traces Maia's e-commerce and logistics journey, spotlighting her pivotal role at Shopify and the challenges of building the self-embedded shipping network. They cover the Flexport acquisition, challenges in fulfillment systems, and the indus…

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14: Episode 14. Rosy Temple, CEO of Magee Clothing at Magee 1866 37:34

9M ago37:34

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This week’s guest: Rosy Temple Magee 1866 is a fifth-generation Irish family business with over 150 years’ experience in designing, weaving and tailoring luxurious fabrics and clothing in Donegal. It was founded on handwoven tweed when John Magee first established a small drapers shop in Donegal, Ireland. In 1900, Robert Temple – John Magee’s cousi…

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Greg Alvo, Founder/CEO of Ordergroove on Subscriptions 26:30

9M ago26:30

26:30

Greg Alvo, Founder/CEO of Ordergroove on Subscriptions by CommerceTomorrowBy CommerceTomorrow

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13: Episode 13. David McKernan, Founder of Java Republic 37:35

9M ago37:35

37:35

This week’s guest: David McKernan David McKernan joined Bewley’s straight out of school in 1987 as a sales rep. Through a combination of hard work and an equally hard neck, he worked his way up to the role of Sales and Marketing manager. In 1997, David convinced Bewley’s to make a radical experiment in espresso-based beverages - launching the Caffè…

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12: Episode 12. Aongus Hegarty, Independent Director & Advisor 36:46

10M ago36:46

36:46

This week’s guest: Aongus Hegarty While I can’t describe him as unique, I can definitely say that Aongus Hegarty is an uncommon species – not because his last twenty four years was spent in the technology sector but because that tenure was with a single company and covered periods where the company was publicly quoted, then taken off the stock mark…

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11: Episode 11. Aisling Hurley, CEO Breast Cancer Ireland 41:24

10M ago41:24

41:24

This is the 11th episode with guest Aisling Hurley, CEO of Breast Cancer Ireland in the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, …

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Episode 5: An interview with David Menconi, author of “Oh, Didn’t They Ramble: Rounder Records and the Transformation of American Roots Music" 42:56

11M ago42:56

42:56

Third of Never/Electric Forgiveness founder Jon Dawson talks to author David Menconi, whose new book Oh Didn't They Ramble details the history of the legendary Rounder Records label. As a man of few words, just let me say, Rounder Records made me. . and vicey-versey. — George Thorogood, Rounder Records artist Long one of my favorite music writers, …

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Phillip Jackson & Brian Lange of Future Commerce 42:43

11M ago42:43

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In this episode, Kelly Goetsch and Dirk Hoerig speak with Phillip Jackson and Brian Lange, founders of the media company, Future Commerce. Tune is as this roundtable provides cultural insight on the future of commerce. Is commerce simply technology that we adopt or is the future of commerce a bigger, more abstract idea - and, what does human nature…

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10: Episode 10. Mick O’Keeffe, Teneo 48:16

11M ago48:16

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This is the 10th episode with guest Mick O’Keeffe from Teneo in the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe.…

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Episode 4: An interview with Tangerine Dream's Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane and Paul Frick 34:51

11M ago34:51

34:51

Jon Dawson (Third of Never/Electric Forgiveness) and his friend Prozac interview Thorsten Quaeschning, Hoshiko Yamane and Paul Frick of Tangerine Dream. The conversation took place backstage at the Orange Peel in Asheville, NC, on Sept. 11, 2023. Topics covered include the new Tangerine Dream studio album, the 'Sessions' live album series, Tangerin…

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9: Episode 9. Jacqueline O’Donovan OBE, O’Donovan Waste Disposal Limited 42:46

11M ago42:46

42:46

This is the 9th episode with guest Jacqueline O’Donovan OBE, Managing Director at O’Donovan Waste Disposal Limited in the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you…

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8: Episode 8. Brian Thornes, Founder & CEO X-Bolt Trauma and Inventor of ‘Tightrope’ 36:55

12M ago36:55

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This is the 8th episode with guest Brian Thornes, Founder & CEO X-Bolt Trauma & Inventor of Tightrope in the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what yo…

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Seed-stage Investing with Mu Ventures' GP, Gary Benerofe 31:48

12M ago31:48

31:48

Mu Ventures runs a $10m fund focused on seed and pre-seed rounds. In this episode, we discuss the role of venture capital(VC) in tech, key terms in the VC space, the value VC offers to startups and to end-consumers, and the mechanics of how fundraises work. We also get Mu's investment thesis, Gary's outlook on the fundraising market, and what Gary …

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7: Episode 7. Rena Maycock & Feargal Harrington, Intro Matchmaking & Cilter Technologies Part II 34:11

12M ago34:11

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The is the 7th episode and part 2 with Rena Maycock and Feargal Harrington from Intro Matchmaking and Cilter Technologies. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. Rena Mayc…

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6: Episode 6. Rena Maycock & Feargal Harrington, Intro Matchmaking & Cilter Technologies Part I 32:19

1y ago32:19

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The is the 6th episode with Rena Maycock and Feargal Harrington from Intro Matchmaking and Cilter Technologies. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. Rena Maycock is the …

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Tercera's Bill Petty & Michelle Swan + Orium's Jason Cottrell on SIs 38:06

1y ago38:06

38:06

Tercera is the leading growth private equity firm in the composable space, providing growth capital to systems integrators (including Orium). Think of Tercera as a VC but exclusively for growing SIs. In this episode, Bill and Michelle explain what they look for when making investments in SIs, how investment banking differs from private equity, cons…

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Dirk & Kelly Discuss the Intersection of AI + Commerce 40:30

1y ago40:30

40:30

In this episode, Kelly and Dirk go deep on everyone's new favorite topic - AI. They discuss why this moment in AI is fundamentally different than what we've seen in the past, explain the underlying technology that powers AI, discuss whether AI is actually "self-aware" (and what that means), where we are in the tech adoption hype cycle, how we at co…

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5: Episode 5. Aine Kilkenny, Riley 35:08

1y ago35:08

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The is the 5th episode with Aine Kilkenny from Riley. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. I often tell people that the share tips they get in a bar late in the evening …

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4: Episode 4. Niall Sabongi, Sustainable Seafood Ireland 40:03

1y ago40:03

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This is the 4th episode with guest Niall Sabongi from Sustainable Seafood Ireland. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscribe. Sustainable Seafood Ireland was first set up in 2…

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3: Episode 3. Ciaran Finane, Finline Furniture 36:03

1y ago36:03

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This is the 3rd episode with guest Ciaran Finane from Finline Furniture of the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and…

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2: Episode 2. Gary McGann, Flutter Entertainment Part II 40:03

1y ago40:03

40:03

This is part 2 with guest Gary McGann from Flutter Entertainment of the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly'. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. If you like what you hear, please like, share and subscr…

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1: Episode 1. Gary McGann, Flutter Entertainment Part I 38:25

1y ago38:25

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This is the first episode of the new Davy podcast series 'Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly' with guest, Gary McGann from Flutter Entertainment. This podcast brings you insightful conversation between Aidan Donnelly and entrepreneurs and business owners/management with their own unique story to tell. A new episode of the series will be released…

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Dirk & Kelly Discuss the Economy, Commerce Vendor Landscape, the Future of commercetools, and More 48:50

1y ago48:50

48:50

By popular demand - Dirk and Kelly are back with another 1:1 episode! As they wrap a commercetools-offsite, they talk about the overall economy, what's happening with other commerce vendors, deep dive on the recent Shopify news, recap Shoptalk and look forward to MACH TWO, recap Algolia's news, discuss the future of AI + commerce, and provide some …

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Trailer - Everyday Business with Aidan Donnelly 1:07

1y ago1:07

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Aidan Donnelly, Head of Equities at Davy, has been working in, analysing, and investing in companies for decades. He has 27 years’ investment management experience. He joined Davy in 2005 and has worked as an analyst/fund manager for a range of global equity funds and is now responsible for the direct equity offering at Davy. While much of his time…

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Sebastian Hamann, CEO & Co-Founder of Shopware 38:48

1+ y ago38:48

38:48

What drives a teenager to build a commerce platform? While many software vendors went bankrupt at the time of the dotcom bubble burst, brothers Sebastian and Stefan Hamann built Shopware and have gone to on to thrive in a very competitive market. From early beginnings to a hundred million in funding, the importance of remembering the shopper ALWAYS…

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