• The Architects Of Business

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The Architects Of Business

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  • The Architects of Business is a bi-weekly podcast that dissects and discusses the inspirational stories behind Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs. Join Sonya Lennon as she speaks to the people behind the businesses as they tell their story. Available every second Sunday. Made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur of the Year.
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  • "It doesn't get bigger than this for me" - Irish scientist wins EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020

    "It doesn't get bigger than this for me" - Irish scientist wins EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020
    Nov 18 2020
    We catch up with the founder of Life Scientific, Nicola Mitchell, the newly-crowned EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2020! She talks about the strong women and scientific background that has underpinned her success and led to her becoming the 2nd only female Irish entrepreneur of the year.
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    32 mins
  • Camile Thai founder Brody Sweeney on losing one restaurant empire and building another

    Camile Thai founder Brody Sweeney on losing one restaurant empire and building another
    Oct 19 2020
    Brody Sweeney is the founder of the Camile Thai restaurant chain and is making big plans for his company's thriving home deliveries. He told Sonya Lennon, host of The Architects of Business, made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, that trials to deliver Camile Thai food via drone in Oranmore, Co. Galway were going well and he expected to roll out nationwide usage "fairly soon". He's working with another Irish entrepreneur, Bobby Healy, and his Manna Aero drone-delivery business, in the west to refine the delivery process for his food. "We load the food into the drone, it takes off to 400 feet, flies directly to your house. "When it gets to your house, it hovers over the square, sends you a text message, asking you are are you ready to receive it. "You say, 'yes', the drone comes down to 40 feet and a little door opens underneath it and the food comes down on a string, which is biodegradable. "The string then unravels from the drone and just falls down on top of the food, and the drone goes back up to 400 feet and it flies back to base. "So it's extraordinary, it's working." Listen to Brody (a 2001 finalist in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year™ programme) explain how the thinks drones will become part and parcel of home delivery for all sorts of goods once the regulatory details have been sorted out.
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    33 mins
  • What happened with gin in the public psyche?: Pat Rigney on Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin's global growth

    What happened with gin in the public psyche?: Pat Rigney on Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin's global growth
    Oct 5 2020
    Pat Rigney is the founder of The Shed Distillery, the creators of Drumshanbo Gunpowder Gin. The drinks industry, like most other sectors, has been undergoing huge change since COVID changed our lives in March, with supermarkets focussing on what he describes as a smaller selection of 'winning brands' to stock their shelves. Despite the challenges presented by the virus, Rigney has recently opened The Shed Distillery Visitor Experience in Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim, the home of the gin. He also recently released the first batch of Drumshanbo Single Pot Still Irish whiskey, the first whiskey distilled in Connacht for 101 years. Rigney told Sonya Lennon, host of The Architects of Business, made in partnership with EY Entrepreneur Of The Year™, that whilst gin has become more popular than ever with Irish consumers, the huge selection of gins available makes the business very competitive. Sonya Lennon: What happened with gin in the public psyche? How come, one minute none of us were talking about gin, and the next minute, everybody was talking about it, and all of a sudden every bar had 15 gins on offer. How did that happen? Pat Rigney: Gin is a very interesting way of having a really interesting experience and maybe trying a number of different brands. What we're seeing now is that consumers are beginning to settle into a smaller selection of brands and staying with them... I was in one retailer in Italy recently. Now, it was a speciality store and you had 620 gins. So how do you survive on that? So, we have massive competition. So there's local gins, regional gins, international gins, and everywhere you go there's intense competition.
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    33 mins

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