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# Entrepreneur

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Billionaire Galen Weston, the businessman behind Penneys, Brown Thomas and Arnotts, dies aged 80
Galen Weston bought the bankrupt department store that would become Penneys in the 1960s, when he moved to Dublin.
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Apr 13th 2021, 10:31 PM
'Being a woman in business is an advantage: Moxi Loves' founder on handling curveballs in the beauty industry
Plus, why she wants to keep skincare simple.
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Nov 24th 2018, 8:00 AM
'Now's the best time to start a company because everyone else is scared s**tless'
Irish founder Dylan Collins thinks Brexit will be a godsend for any entrepreneur with guts.
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May 13th 2017, 6:00 PM
How a 22 year old turned a crazy idea into a company seeking $2 million
He realised the enormous potential that social media held in the area of freestyle rap.
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Jun 1st 2015, 8:00 PM
These are the startups Ireland's newest business leaders have been coming up with
Complicated tech ones for the most part…
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Feb 19th 2015, 8:40 AM
This 8-year-old makes $1.3 million a year by posting YouTube videos
8! $1.3 million!
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Sep 28th 2014, 4:30 PM
Men 'twice as likely' as women to set up their own business
Women made up more than 55 per cent of people who took up training on how to set up their own business last year.
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Aug 24th 2013, 8:15 AM
Court says Google's auto-complete 'can be defamatory'
An entrepreneur said the words ‘Scientology’ and ‘fraud’ came up when he typed his name into the search box of the German version of Google.
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May 14th 2013, 5:21 PM
The 13-year-old who will make you feel like an underachiever
A junior version of Dragon’s Den will hear from Jordan Casey who has his own gaming company and started coding at age 9.
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Apr 28th 2013, 5:00 PM
Column: Why am I made to feel like a scrounger?
Lisa Domican is an award-winning entrepreneur, and also a carer to two autistic teenagers. It’s clear which the Government values more, she writes.
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Dec 14th 2012, 7:00 AM
Dublin entrepreneur gets Twitter shout-out from Peaches Geldof for baby invention
Bob Geldof’s daughter tweeted a photograph of her son using the baby-weaning device.
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Sep 18th 2012, 7:15 AM
Mark Zuckerberg turns 28 today: Here are 8 things you may not know about him
Some life titbits about the man at the helm of Facebook.
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May 14th 2012, 3:45 PM
Billionaire inventor of Red Bull dies aged 80
Chaleo Yoovidhya was ranked as the 205th richest person in the world with an estimated fortune of €3.7 billion.
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Mar 17th 2012, 4:46 PM
Readers' panel: Small business owner
Con Traas owns a small business in south Tipperary and is concerned about the effect of the rise in VAT rate.
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Dec 6th 2011, 9:53 PM
Presidential candidate Gay Mitchell is for the birds...
Enterprising designer finds new use for old election posters – he builds a little birdhouse with them…
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Nov 14th 2011, 2:47 PM
Irish company buys shares in social media site for "geeks"
Shout For It – a network site for tech heads – gets boost from Walsh Doherty Capital.
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Aug 21st 2011, 10:12 AM
Irish among the most entrepreneurial in Europe
Report explains Ireland that economic necessity is driving entrepreneurship.
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Jun 30th 2011, 4:21 PM