3.00" Ex-Google employee Síne Dunne couldn't sleep. She was stressed. She was living on 5 hours sleep or less. She did what all great entrepreneurs do. She made a business out of it. She worked with Enterprise Ireland and Trinity College to develop her product and now SiestSleep.com is a patented sleep 'pillow' manufactured in Ireland, sold directly to the consumer. She's solving a BIG problem. There is a 100,000 person waiting list for sleep consultants in Ireland alone. After Ireland he focus is on the EU - bypassing the UK for Brexit reasons.Her 'hire in a heartbeat'? Peachlyean founder and TeamGBS favourite (she's already been on the podcast twice) Sharon Keegan. Find out why.22.00" Marc O'Dwyer, Darren Costello launch The Big Red Web on That Great Business Show. It's a first for the country they say, a website and ecommerce builder that has an integrated accounts software package. Darren runs a hygiene products company and explains how using Big Red Web that 'overnight' a third of his sales moved online, allowing him to watch his sales click in while lying in bed!Marc O'Dwyer's 'hire in a heartbeat in entrepreneur Tommy Kelly formerly of eShopWorld, before he sold it for quite some money.Darren's 'hire in a heartbeat' is Louisa Flanagan of Nsi Hair, Nail and Beauty.42.00" Sinead O'Sullivan, Prof of Aerospace Engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology. She's a 'space economist' - as in an economist who specialises in the business of space, as in the space over our heads, and nothing to do with property or architecture. She talks about the shift from government to private funding for the space industry. Sinead explains who is using space to develop businesses and products, including biomedical testing. Incredibly she says that there are some companies trying to 'mine' asteroids...though it's not clear why and she says it's a complete nonsense. But Google co-founder Larry Page has invested!That Great Business Show is probably the only place that you'll learn how to buy 'an orbit'.Her 'hire in a heartbeat', - definitely not Elon Musk, but she does want is one of her former students, who seemingly has a brain beyond belief, Craig Sinclair That Great Business Show is brought to you thanks to De Facto Shaving Oil - the world's best shaving oil. Find all episodes at www.ThatGreatBusinessShow.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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