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# insights and opinion

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'I learned my first business lesson making stuffed toys at 11 - not even my mother bought one'
Hannah Wrixon
14 Sep 2018
709
0
'You'll find rumours spread during bad times. I've heard people say my business is in receivership'
Paul Walsh
13 Sep 2018
1.3k
0
'I'd always be answering the phone in the middle of the night. I wasn't getting much sleep'
11 Sep 2018
4.0k
0
Poll: Should Airbnb hosts be blocked from renting out homes they don't live in?
10 Sep 2018
1.3k
0
'You'll find rumours spread during bad times. I've heard people say my business is in receivership'
Paul Walsh
7 Sep 2018
4.2k
0
'Money dried up and I was about to lose my apartment. I hit a really low point'
Fora Staff
6 Sep 2018
4.2k
3
'I've never had a bad job - I was always afraid of having to work for a living'
4 Sep 2018
901
0
'Ireland's eggs are invested in the foreign multinational basket - and problems lie ahead'
Neil McDonnell
2 Sep 2018
990
0
'Money dried up and I was about to lose my apartment. I hit a really low point'
Aisling Burke
31 Aug 2018
2.8k
0
'On my first day, I turned on the computer and went, "Oh my God, what am I doing?"'
30 Aug 2018
994
0
'On my first day, I turned on the computer and went, "Oh my God, what am I doing?"'
28 Aug 2018
4.9k
0
Poll: Do you think 'Ireland's Hidden Heartlands' is a good name?
27 Aug 2018
581
0
Want to plug the skills and gender gaps? Then double childcare subsidies
Aebhric McGibney
26 Aug 2018
403
0
'A car crash nearly ended our business on day one. I was worried we'd be a laughing stock of Galway'
Eugene Greaney
23 Aug 2018
2.7k
1
'The best advice? You can't keep both feet on the ground and kick ass at the same time'
21 Aug 2018
1.3k
0
Poll: Do you think secondary school set you up well for your working life?
20 Aug 2018
913
0
'Wake up, Leo: The housing crisis has made recruitment almost impossible'
Paul Hackett
19 Aug 2018
3.7k
0
Why the Leaving Cert is hurting Ireland's economy
Claire McGee
18 Aug 2018
876
0
'A car crash nearly ended our business on day one. I was worried we'd be a laughing stock of Galway'
Eugene Greaney
17 Aug 2018
8.0k
0
'I was an oyster farmer, a bouncer, a milkman, a janitor - it all helped get me to where I am today'
16 Aug 2018
1.3k
0
'I was an oyster farmer, a bouncer, a milkman, a janitor - it all helped get me to where I am today'
14 Aug 2018
2.5k
0
Poll: Do you check work emails while on holiday?
13 Aug 2018
769
0
With Brexit looming, it's time for small firms to start making some hard decisions
Gerard Brady
12 Aug 2018
635
0
7 reasons why startups struggle to raise venture finance
Steve Collins
11 Aug 2018
1.7k
0
'I woke up one morning and thought: I don't want to be a barman when I'm 40'
Jimmy Sheehan
9 Aug 2018
4.0k
0
'Dealing with family members on work issues is very tricky because it gets emotive'
7 Aug 2018
1.3k
0
Why anyone worried about insurance prices in Ireland should care about the 'blue book'
Neil McDonnell
6 Aug 2018
758
0
Poll: Should the lower VAT rate be axed for hotels?
6 Aug 2018
1.0k
1
It's vital that small businesses look after staff health - here's how to do it
Orla Moran
5 Aug 2018
631
0
'Changing the relationships between banks and customers will take a lot more than slick PR'
Dermot Ryan
4 Aug 2018
388
0
'I woke up one morning and thought: I don't want to be a barman when I'm 40'
Jimmy Sheehan
3 Aug 2018
2.7k
0
'I got a call saying the warehouse was on fire. All my stock was gone, it was turned to ash'
Simon Evans
2 Aug 2018
1.3k
0
Poll: Do you think restaurants should charge customers who fail to show for a booking?
30 Jul 2018
1.7k
0
'Dublin is not a low-rise city - it's even lower than that'
Aidan Sweeney
29 Jul 2018
3.4k
0
'I got a call saying the warehouse was on fire. All my stock was gone, it was turned to ash'
Simon Evans
27 Jul 2018
1.9k
0
'People think it's great when you're in 60 shops - but I'm not pulling a massive salary'
26 Jul 2018
1.2k
0
'For half of my working life, I hid behind the name of my shop'
Martina Hamilton
26 Jul 2018
1.4k
1
'People think it's great when you're in 60 shops - but I'm not pulling a massive salary'
24 Jul 2018
2.6k
0
Poll: Do you think there will be a no-deal Brexit?
23 Jul 2018
1.1k
0
'We learned at Voxpro that if you don't scale fast enough, someone else gets to enjoy your idea'
Dan Kiely
22 Jul 2018
2.0k
0
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