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Since an early age, I’ve always had an extreme passion for creating products. Now, I run a product agency called MiniCorp where we build profitable products & businesses from concepts & ideas. I’m also an advisor to some pretty great companies. I love speaking about all things product and encouraging young entrepreneurs to take their leap. I love creating content on my journey. It offers transparency and helps me to see how I've progressed closer to my goals. It also to help inspire other cr ...
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How to test your business idea for free | Ep 69
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I've witnessed many new companies jump straight into building their business infrastructure without truly validating their product or service which can lead to constant iteration and costly changing of tactics. In this episode, we run through how to test and refine your business idea so that you can go to market with a proven recipe without spendin…
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A quick update on what my attention is currently focused on as I prepare for my first marathon, get prepared for a business development trip to New York and learn about the story of Jack Ma and Alibaba.By Brian Kenny
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Owning a product agency can seem like a perfect conduit to launch my own ideas but it can often end in frustrations. In this episode, I jump into why I'm struggling to find the right allocation of time within MiniCorp to launch my own concepts and ideas. I hope you enjoy the episode and please let me know your thoughts on it. The feedback is invalu…
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Over the past year, I've become stronger, happier and healthier and I owe a lot to focusing on competing against myself rather than against others. Through this episode, I break down my physical, mental and business development that I've achieved by focusing my attention inward rather than measuring against what others have accomplished. I hope you…
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During a recent business development trip to New York, I stumbled across lots of challenges on how to manage my time and be effective with my team in Dublin. In this episode, I break down the main stumbling blocks and some easy solutions I've already identified to keep them in check! Show links: Twitter: https://twitter.com/bkenny Instagram: https:…
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This week I had the honor to sit down with Robbie Skuse. He is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Kollect, the first real pay-as-you-go waste collection solution. Since I’ve known Robbie, he’s always provided huge inspiration and motivation to my journey. He’s always on the hunt for improvement and devours more books than any other human I know. I h…
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I’ve started the process of growing MiniCorp outside of Europe and into New York. In this episode, I break down my strategy on how I’m approaching the growth by building a solid plan to execute on. I hope you enjoy the episode and please let me know your thoughts on it. The feedback is invaluable to me and helps me create even better content. Show …
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In this weeks episode I sat down with the serial technology entrepreneur turned venture capital investor, Brian Caufield. Brian has started, sold and invested into a huge number of businesses over the years and is a venture partner at the renowned Draper Esprit. He currently describes himself as a VC investor on a sabbatical and I was fortunate eno…
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It can be extremely challenging to understand what you or things are worth and what should be charged. I’ve been researching some of the mechanics and thinking that goes into pricing, purchasing and how people develop their price and run through these in this episode. From people to investments and fixed assets to talent agents, this one is a good …
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I believe in a world where you can build anything from nothing. It’s an amazing, beautiful and unrestricted world that the vast majority of people don’t see, but I do. I love the limitless potential of it but it comes with a dark side that it’s time to talk about. In this episode, I talk through one of the darkest moments I’ve lived through and how…
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Recently I was lucky enough to be asked to come at speak at Startup Grind in Dublin at Google’s EMEA headquarters. Startup Grind is a global startup community designed to educate, inspire, and connect entrepreneurs. Aishlinn Mahon, the general manager at Huckletree, ran through an interview style format where I got to speak about my entrepreneurshi…
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I’m only a week into 2019 but have already felt a huge impact from taking the time to understand and set goals for myself. SMART goals. Breaking down my goals into small, medium and long-term tasks has allowed me to see small tasks accumulate into bigger, strategic achievements. In this episode, I walk through how I’ve introduced strong goal settin…
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In order to make the best decisions for the future, I often review my past. It’s never a great idea to dwell on it but it can be really productive to take some time and understand what’s happened and why. To use this reflection to help make great decisions, stay focused and keep challenging myself. In 2018, I ran 1,300 kilometers, read some really …
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In this episode of the Building a Product series, I talk about the person behind the idea. Why it is so important to understand yourself, how to motivate yourself and what impact your body and mind have on the outcome of the product or business. Episode Links My Instagram, Twitter & LinkedIn (Say hi)…
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Sean Judge — Recruitment, Building Teams and Startups
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Sean Judge is the entrepreneur in residence at Accenture where he helps facilitate the connection between young startups and Accenture. He also is a director at Upstarter, Ireland's only startup and technology-focused recruitment event where they bring startups, technology companies and job seekers together. Sean and I have previously worked togeth…
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After a relaxing break with the family 👨👩👧👧, we’re back to regularly scheduled podcasts 🎧! July has been a pretty extreme month between launching our event, our new branding and pushing into a big business development drive. It’s been a lot of fun to have such a productive and fruit baring month but it’s also had a tole on me emotionally. In thi…
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Donal Cahalane — Creating an innovative space for creatives
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In this episode, I sit down with Donal Cahalane. DC most recently founded Republic of Work. A co-working office in Cork, Ireland where you can get your most productive, innovative and forward-thinking work done. It’s home to a wide range of businesses from the startups to multinationals. Previous to Republic of Work, DC has held roles like the VP o…
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Eoin Bara — Building a handcrafted gin distillery
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In this episode, I sit down with Eoin Bara. Eoin most recently founded Mór Irish Gin. A handcrafted wild berry gin that is exported across 15 countries. Before Mór Irish Gin, Eoin founded a design agency named V7 in 2011 with offices in Switzerland, UK, and the Netherlands. V7’s client portfolio included Are Lingus, Vodafone, Intel and Goldman Sach…
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In this episode, I talk through product iterations and how I build, measure and react. I’ve also been spending a lot of time thinking in depth about our client's needs are. Getting to understand what is helpful for them, their products and talking through what a product cycle looks like for both corporates and startups. During this podcast, I’m goi…
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In this episode, I sit down with Adrian Slattery, the co-founder of DC Motor Company. Both Adrian and I chat about the importance of building strong relationships with clients and how playing the long game leads to building big businesses. This podcast is a medium where I talk about all areas of building a sustainable business. Adrian has built a s…
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Starting an event and expanding internationally
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It’s time for the month in review. I talk through the challenges, failures, and successes that have hit me over the past month. What I’ve learned from them and the plan moving forward. I run through how the podcast is progressing, MiniCorp's international expansion and starting our monthly event in Dublin, Ireland. Show notes: https://bkenny.com/st…
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In this episode, I interview Colin Harmon, the founder of 3FE coffee. We talk about where it all began for Colin, how he discovered his passion and his journey to building 3FE Coffee and ensuring every customer has an exceptional experience at any of his shops. Show notes: https://bkenny.com/colin-harmon-finding-your-passion/…
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Dan Nugent — Product marketing and influencers
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Dan Nudget is the co-founder of Ambr Eyewear. A company that creates beautifully crafted glasses that fight digital eye strain by blocking blue light. Dan has worked at agencies like CKSK in New York and In The Company of Huskies here in Dublin. He’s an exceptional digital marketer and we jump into many areas of product marketing including SEO, Goo…
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Keeping track and managing inbound requests can be difficult. If they accumulate, it can often feel like quicksand. Here's how I deal with tasks, requests and make sure I'm still getting things done. Show notes: https://bkenny.com/organising-tasks-to-get-things-done-episode-39/By Brian Kenny
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Time is my most precious resource that cannot be renewed. I’ve also become more aware of the dept or quality of the time I spent versus it just ticking on by. In this episode, I wanted to talk about where and what I'm spending my time on at the moment. What’s really important to me and why? Show notes: https://bkenny.com/organising-my-time-episode/…
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It’s a great honor to have our next guest, Pat Divilly, on the show. Pat is a best selling author, corporate speaker, world traveler and high-performance coach. He’s scaled some of the highest mountains, helped others to discover their crazies dreams and most importantly to me, helped others discover their passion. I often say you should surround y…
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It’s time for my second month in review. This month has been focused on progress. I set some new goals last month both personally and commercially and it’s time to see how I performed. I’ve learned a lot and grown as a person by reducing office hours, being focused and tracking growth. It all adds to more happier Brian. Show notes: https://bkenny.c…
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I’ve created a short list of my top 5 most inspirational people. People I follow and consume their content to fire me up, get motivated and challenge myself. I often say you should play tennis with people who are better than you, well here are five people I draw from different areas of these people in order to get to a stronger self. Show notes: ht…
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Louise is the CEO and founder of Glissed.com. Glissed is platform connecting mobile beauty professionals and salon suite owners with customers while enabling them with the tools to manage and grow their business. Louise and I have known each other for a number of years, she has been a huge inspiration for me. I’m extremely humbled and proud to have…
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When I thought about starting a product agency 3 years ago, I spent little to no time on branding. Branding plays a crucial role in the success of a business. In its recognition and conveyance of its message. MiniCorp’s branding hasn’t evolved in 3 years, until now. This is the story of how we are rebranding. Show notes:…
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At MiniCorp, we recently moved from our own private office into the new WeWork in Dublin. We rent a private office within WeWork but also have access to a whole range of amenities and the community. In this episode, I walk through the benefits of the building, the services and their effect on our business. How they have helped to speed up our growt…
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Big elements of my life are a strong sense adventure and the achievement or progression towards my lifelong goals. What do I strive to achieve and why it means so much to me? How I see failure and how it’s an integral part of my journey towards the achievement of my goals. Show notes: https://bkenny.com/my-lifelong-adventure-episode-31/…
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Luke Mackey — The Entrepreneurial Journey
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Luke is an entrepreneur and a co-founder of Bamboo, a mobile app that allows you to order and pay in advance for great cafés and restaurants relieving the need to wait. Bamboo is only one year old and already accomplishing some pretty big milestones. It’s life in over 100 restaurants and cafe’s in two cities and monthly average order growth on thei…
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It seems like a no-brainer, but there are huge upsides to really focusing on treating people right. In this episode, I focus on the benefits of paying people on time, how you operate as an employer and generally treating people as adults. It’s about doing the right thing. Show notes: https://bkenny.com/treating-people-right-episode-29/…
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Products and Industries I'm watching — Episode 28
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I’m infatuated with products. Everything about them from how they are formed from ideas to how they are accelerated forward with venture capital. In this episode, I talk about the products and industries that I’ve become recently interested in. Where I see gaps and different ideas I’m thinking about rolling out. A product state of the union in my h…
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Tools we use to run MiniCorp — Episode 27
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Clawing back time by making your processes as streamlined and efficient as possible is something we’re always looking to accomplish at MiniCorp. We want to focus on building great products and not on the monotonous tasks in business. In this episode, I talk through some of the best tools we’ve discovered and how they help us. Show notes: https://bk…
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A month in review: Forming new habits — Episode 26
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Over the past month, I’ve spent a lot of time tracking and reflecting on my growth as a husband, father, and entrepreneur. I’ve learned that reducing office hours, being focused and tracking growth all adds to more happier Brian. In this episode, I run through what’s changed and the impact of these changes in my overall lifestyle. Show notes: https…
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In my experience, the CEO has many different roles to play including articulating the vision, recruiting, letting others take ownership and many more. In this episode, I talk through my experiences and also the key difference between a founder and a CEO. Show notes: https://bkenny.com/what-does-the-ceo-do-episode-25/…
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Signing new clients at an agency — Episode 24
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Sometimes, signing new clients can seem like a dark art. I’ve always formed open and honest relationships with potential new clients which have really benefitted me over the years. Here are a few tips I’ve picked up along the way. Hopefully, there are some nuggets of experience you can benefit from too. Show notes: https://bkenny.com/signing-new-cl…
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In this episode, I talk about how I was a hardcore hustler and have now done a complete 180 to take time in my life to understand what is happening and make better-educated decisions on my future. Meditation, reading and operating at 80% has helped my business to grow, my relationships to prosper and better self. Show notes: https://bkenny.com/an-a…
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I try to carry as few items as I can on a daily basis. I minimize clutter but also try to stay as productive as possible. Items like my iPhone, Supr Slim wallet, and others help me to stay on top of my game and keep as minimal as I can. In this episode, I talk through the items I carry and use on a daily basis. Show notes: https://bkenny.com/what-t…
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How to start building a tech business (Pt2) — Episode 21
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Making the decision to start a business can often be daunting and challenging. In this episode, I talk about my own experiences of starting a business. In part two, I talk about my experiences with managing cash flow, understanding your burn rate and what to look out for when searching for a really good marketer for your company. Show notes: https:…
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Dealing with my growing business — Episode 20
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When I started MiniCorp I spent about 7 minutes coming up with the name and 30 seconds finding a logo on Iconfinder. Three years later, we’ve gone through a lot of growing pains and I could not be more proud of the company. We’ve just started a rebrand and identity change, we’re moving offices to WeWork and deploying two new products to our clients…
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