The SME Community Podcast
From the manufacturing industries to tech and finance, innovation in business is revolutionising every area of our lives. Meet the extraordinary business men and women from the Premier County who are leading the charge.Hosted by Tipperary Local Enterprise Office and presented by Aisling Hurley (The Business Fairy), The SME Community is a series of candid, inspiring and sometimes funny conversations with entrepreneurs, founders, and business people from all industries. These are stories of successes and failures, passions and ideas, which will inspire and guide you as you grow and scale your business. You are not on your own, we are all in this together. Forget the theory, these are real conversations from real business people. The SME Community is a podcast from the Tipperary Local Enterprise Office (LEO). For the latest in business news, training and mentoring available for businesses located in County Tipperary visit: https://www.localenterprise.ie/Tipperary/Ask your Google Assistant or Alexa for the news from Tipperary Local Enterprise Office.Twitter: @leotipperaryFacebook: Facebook.com/localenterpriseofficetipperaryProduced by TBF Digital Marketing Agency (https://thebusinessfairy.ie)
Episodes
38 episodes
Succession Planning for SMEs; Pass the baton, not the drama
As the holidays bring families together, it's the perfect time to reflect on the future—both personal and professional. In this episode of The SME Community Podcast, we dive into succession planning for small businesse...
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Cora Barnes - Customer Relationships; Turning One-Time Buyers into Lifelong Customers
In this episode of The SME Community Podcast, Aisling dives into the art of building lasting customer relationships with Cora Barnes, founder and M.D. of 3Q Recruitment Agency. Discover practical strategies to keep your customers coming back...
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55:12
AI Strategies for SMEs Pamela Campagna
In this episode from Boston, USA, Aisling sits down with Pamela Campagna, where they discuss the practical, actionable strategies on using AI tools and how to begin integrating them into your business.Pamela Campagna has...
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44:55
National Womens Enterprise Day Special: WITH CLARE BRETT, DUBLIN HERBALIST
In this episode of The SME Community Podcast, Aisling sits down with Clare Brett, the founder of natural skincare specialist manufacturer, Dublin Herbalist. Clare is a guest at the upcoming NWED event on the 17th of October. Dublin ...
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45:00
Intellectual Property Strategy for SMEs - with Dr. Nadav Ben Haim of SETU
In this episode of The SME Community Podcast, Aisling sits down with Dr. Nadav Ben Haim, the recently appointed Life Sciences Commercialisation Case Manager at the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) of South East Technological University (SETU...
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51:08
MASTERING MARKETING FOR RETAIL SUCCESS WITH EIMEAR DWAN
The retail landscape and customer behaviours, both online and in stores, have dramatically shifted over the past few years, placing significant demands upon retailers. They are having to innovate faster and increase buyer engagement while also ...
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50:34
Small Business, Significant Skills; Strategies to Attract and Magnetise Talent (With Sinead Heneghan)
2023 has been designated European Year of Skills by the EU Commission. In advance of the LEO Tipperary event on Thursday the 15th of November - How to Grow Local Talent, Aisling speaks with Sinead Heneghan of Landdi.ie about a huge issue amongs...
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48:35
From Solo to Soaring: How AI is Empowering the Small Business Landscape - with Geraldine Magnier
If you are wondering where to start with AI, or what it’s all about, this is the episode for you. Aisling talks to Geraldine Magnier of Idiro Analytics, pioneers of AI and analytics for over 20 years. From crafting an AI policy, ethic...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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36:51
Intertrade Ireland - Business Support for cross border collaboration North and South Ireland
Imagine if you were considering exporting and could do it without the hassle of customs, flights or ferries? A whole export market is available to Southern based businesses via Northern Ireland - and you may even be eligible to get hel...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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39:13
Financial Fluency for SMEs - with Sir Steven Wilkinson
You may have read the title of this podcast and wondered whether it was the pod for you, or even groaned. Let’s face it none of us really enjoy pouring over the book-keeping but trust us, by the end of this episode you will look at fin...
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48:26
How to introduce Irish into your business (Conas an Ghaeilge a thabhairt isteach i do ghnó) - with Grainne Moore
In this episode Aisling talks to gaeilgeoir Grainne Moore. The Irish government has been actively trying to promote the Irish language. The objective of Government policy in relation to theIrish language is to increase, on an inc...
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56:49
HOW TO AUTOMATE AND DIGITISE PROCESSES FOR YOUR BUSINESS - with Dermot Freeman
Learn how to start with ensuring your business processes are run as efficiently as possible. Find out what the 4 steps are to look at before automating any process, no matter what type of business you have. Lear how Japanese busines...
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44:26
Liam Birkett - Intellectual Property made Easy (Really!)
Did you know you could be sitting on a goldmine within your business in the form of unregistered Intellectual Property? It’s not as hard as you think to register IP (yes, really). In this episode Aisling talks to t...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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50:31
Episode 23: Lean and Digitisation- Becoming a Lean Business Machine - with Audrey McDonnell & Allyson English
Are you looking at your business wondering how you can increase efficiencies, productivity or cut costs? Then this is the podcast for you. There is a programme that can help you identify where any time savings - and as ...
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53:33
Episode 22: Green for Micro - The Path to a Greener Business - with John Butler
There is a growing awareness and demand driven by consumers globally to engage with businesses who are climate conscious and stand for more than just their product or service. But if you are a small business how do you make a change and w...
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45:44
Episode 21: Enterprise Ireland Innovation Voucher - with Richard Whyte, Lynne Whelan & Kylie Magner
If you are wondering whether innovation is relevant to your business remember that plenty of companies running the world today started as small enterprises. The visionaries behind these companies were innovators. They hit on a winning ...
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Episode 20: Trading Online Voucher - The Ultimate Guide - with Alan O’Meara
In this episode Aisling discusses the Trading Online Voucher (TOV) with Alan O’Meara of Al Media. With €2500 funding available to jumpstart your business online, what’s the best use of the voucher, how do you get it and the questions you ...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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55:46
Episode 19: Tipperary Food Producers - The Gastropod episode
There has been an explosion in quality food production in the Tipperary region in recent years. This is due to the availability of excellent raw materials that thrive across the rolling hills and greenery of the premier County. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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49:38
Episode 18: The PR Game with Conall O'Morain
In this episode Aisling talks to Conall O’Morain about the PR game, his work at the Media Group and his journey to becoming an Irish national broadcasting legend and advocate for small businesses. Conall was RTE’s first ever Busin...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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53:05
Episode 17: What is the circular economy and how can you pivot towards it - with Noel Heffernan & Michael McEniry
Learn how some businesses are focusing on sustainability, turning their business environmentally friendly and even venturing into the circular economy.This episode Aisling is joined by Noel Heffernan, EaPI & Chai...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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39:18
Episode 16: BREXIT, the episode you don't want to miss
BREXIT …... less than 50 days to go and counting….. Boris Johnson is self isolating so we have another added wrinkle. The main issues outstanding seem to be Fisheries, governance and ensuring a level playing field according to Minister...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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38:50
Episode 15: How one Transition Year Student Enterprise turned into a real business
How did a lady from Capetown end up in Tipperary and how did a transition year student enterprise turn into a real business that ended up doing business with one of the biggest farming conglomerates in the world?
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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37:29
Episode 14: The Legal Eagle for SMEs - Wendy Doyle
Meet the real life Harvey Specter (yes it’s a woman - and if you haven’t seen the Netflix series Suits, where have you been? Grab the nearest sofa). Wendy Doyle is the founder of a firm of solicitors that specialises in the SME...
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55:15
Episode 13: Rosemary Kearney - Making GDPR Accessible
Rosemary Kearney - making GDPR accessibleA ruling in the European Court of Justice last week means the companies could now be liable for passing information to Facebook via the Facebook like button on their website (yes really)...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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52:29
Episode 12: Robin Challis - Qualitative Market Research & The Food Industry
Ever wondered what is Qualitative research and how it works to inform companies such as Kellogs, Cadburys and Yakult? Meet Robin Challis, the man who has conducted research for each of these companies. Robin is a speciali...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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50:15