The weekly podcast from Luke Curry and Mark Baker, discussing all things business, tech, creative, health, and general lifestyle advice. Each Wednesday join the brothers in-law, as they interview an eclectic range of guests from blue collar grafters to multi-millionaire investors, each with their own stories to tell, and lessons learned along the way. If you have a side hustle, want to start a passion project, or just want to hear some great career and life advice, this is the podcast for you.
Episodes
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
Wednesday Mar 31, 2021
What is up SharkNation!
This week Luke and Mark sit down with David Kindlon CEO and co-founder of Eppione and Screenin.me to chat about the changing ways companies are rewarding staff in 2021 and beyond.
Eppione provides software to manage all HR needs including benefit management for employees.
The way we all work is in flux at the moment. Nobody knows what's around the corner, but we do know that we are living and working in a new environment post 2020. Managing distributed teams will become a competitive advantage and products like Epionne with help you manage this new and complicated landscape.
Main takeaways:
1. Benefits as a competitive advantage. How do you retain staff without working in an office? How can you build loyalty and a team mindset working remotely?
2. Building a successful startup in Ireland requires an international mindset. Eppione's two co-founders are based in NYC and London.
3. There is real value in the office environment for some roles. You lose a lot of the shared experience that a lot of companies have invested heavily in. We speak about ways to replace this.
4. We speak about the future of employee benefits and how companies will have to adjust if they are going to compete.
And much more...
If you would like to reach David or learn more about Eppione (https://eppione.com/contact/)
For feedback: Luke@shark.ie
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
Wednesday Mar 24, 2021
What is Up SharkNation!
This week Luke and Mark chat to Entrepreneur and Business Mentor Joe Costello.
Joe Costello is a global expert in high performance, both on a personal and professional level. As a successful business mentor in Ireland and international speaker, Joseph devotes his life to helping others ‘waken up’ and live enriched, fulfilled lives by thinking into results, one thought at a time.
Joe Started off working for the local counsel in Ireland but became depressed and over time became self destructive.
After turning his life around and building several million euro business', Joe is dedicated to helping other realise their potential through coaching.
Biggest takeaways:
1. It is possible to come back from a low point in life with the right intention and the right guidance.
2. There is real power in visualising the future you are trying to create. Joe's life reflects that and his mentees testimonials reflect this also.
3. If you are going to think, you might as well think big. Joe has planning permission pending for a residential development for more than 1100 apartments in West Dublin.
4. If you are directionless, there are people out there who can help and it is possible to be impacted by coaches/mentors without meeting them personally.
5. When you change the inside narrative, you can change the outside world.
And much more
For more information on Joe: https://josephcostellomentor.com/
Joe's Insta: https://www.instagram.com/josephcostellomentor/
For feedback: Luke@shark.com.
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
What is Up SharkNation!
Today Luke and Mark sit down with Chris McGale, Author of "Million Dollar Irishman", to chat about his amazing life story, from orphan and boxing champion to star financial player in Merrill Lynch.
Biggest takeaways from this episode:
1. It doesn't matter where you start in life or the hand you are dealt, a mixture of determination and luck will often determine where you end up.
2. Work in an industry that has tremendous upside. Chris says financial services is still a great industry to earn big money.
3. Gamble if you have an information edge, if you know more about horses than anyone else but if you don't back yourself, the knowledge is useless.
4. Take action, don't just read about a subject. Chris got his first job in investment banking because he was trading shares before it was poplar, the bosses in UIB were surprised Chris had real experience before he even started.
5. Look for an "angle". Chris built his book of clients in London from Ireland, and this proved to be a real advantage.
6. Aim for big wins, "I wouldn't pick up the phone for less than $1,000,000" was something Chris talks about in his book. Don't waste your time chasing small outcomes. Every day counts.
Chris' book is out now, here is a link to the audio version: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Million-Dollar-Irishman-Audiobook/B08YFGVNJG?qid=1615797062&sr=1-1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=c6e316b8-14da-418d-8f91-b3cad83c5183&pf_rd_r=TST421SX23K5HSV2SKKF
If you would like to learn more about Chris you can read more about him here:https://www.milliondollaririshman.com/
For feedback:Luke@shark.ie
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
What is Up SharkNation!
This week the guys sit down in with Tom Dalton - Owner - TD Performance.
TD Performance has been leading the way in workplace wellness in Ireland, creating evidence-based employee wellness programs for multiple companies across a number of industries.
The guys discuss:
1. How Tom got started in the industry and how the atmosphere in Ireland at the time was not conducive to growth which led him to look to the UK for guidance and networking opportunities.
2. They chat about the opportunity for wellness solutions at big firms and how they can utilise their benefits packages around wellness as a competitive advantage.
3. They talk about the difficulties in the industry that COVID-19 presented and the importance of being able to knock on doors and use sales skills to keep moving forward.
4. How TD fitness has pivoted in the ZOOM era of fitness and grown it's customer base during this challenging time.
And much more...
You can find Tom at https://tdperformance.ie/#contact
Or @td_performance on insta.
For feedback: Luke@Shark.ie
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
What is Up SharkNation!
This week on the SharkPod Luke and Mark continue their investing education and sit down to chat to Joe Doyle, Business Mentor and Property Investor (https://joedoyle.ie/).
Joe tells his incredible story of how he is building a €100m property portfolio (€12m at the moment).
With coaching programs and mentorship, Joe also helps tradesmen in Ireland get paid what they're worth.
You'll learn:
1. How Joe got started at 18 as a property investor.
2. How the property crash of 2008 set him back but gave him an education you couldn't buy.
3. Making a comeback. From negotiating with banks to re-building his portfolio.
4. How Joe uses visualisation to help achieve his goals.
5. How Joe met Grant Cardone and the story of getting to the 10x Growth Conference (great story).
And much More.
You can follow Joe on Insta: @joedoyleentrepreneur
For feedback: Luke@shark.ie
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
Wednesday Feb 24, 2021
What is up SharkNation!
This week on the SharkPod, Luke and Mark sit down with the CEO of delivery giant DPD (https://dpd.ie/About-DPD/The-Company) to chat about an incredible year in the parcel delivery industry.
DPD Ireland have been around under different names for about 35 years but during the Global Pandemic they have grown massively and it's a company that has probably delivered something to almost everyone in country in the past year.
They cover:
1. Des's journey to becoming the CEO at DPD. Including what he learned working for Fedex in the 90's about efficiency and professionalism.
2. How DPD were planning for a down turn in business due to the pandemic but quickly had to pivot to meet demand.
3. Des tells us about hiring 800 people in the last year and the difficulty in maintaining quality of service when you are growing that quickly.
4. Des gives the guys a peak under the hood of the business to see how the industry works from Sales to when a package gets delivered to your door.
5. How delivering 235,000 parcels in a day is managed and DPD's plans for the next few years.
and much more...
For feedback: Luke@shark.ie
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
Wednesday Feb 17, 2021
What is up SharkNation!
This week on the podcast, Luke and Mark sit down with Conor Lynch - Founder - SelfMakers, to chat about his new venture.
Conor is a Digital Business Designer, Educator, Self Maker and Connector. He has started ventures in a wide range of industries (from t-shirts to Digital Marketing) and has recently launched his education company - SelfMakers - after selling his Digital Marketing Agency Connector (connector.ie) in April of last year.
The guys cover:
1. The background of Conor's new venture and why he is passionate about solo-preneurs getting their ideas off the ground.
2. Conor's t-shirt business "ConMan" that he started in Australia while travelling.
3. What is takes to start and run a successful Digital Marketing Agency and how 'outside the box' thinking allowed Conor's business to punch above their weight and land large international client's
4. How education is often years behind the current trends in business and how you can use this to your advantage building courses to fill the gap.
and much more!
For feedback: Luke@shark.ie
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
Wednesday Feb 10, 2021
What is Up SharkNation!
If any of you have attended a Bingo Loco event in any of the many countries they operate in, you'll know the level of creativity and execution that goes into the events they put on.
Luke and Mark caught up with Will Meara, Co-Founder of Bingo Loco, to chat business, travel and getting out of your comfort zone.
Will, currently in Mexico, is an adventurer, entrepreneur and a heck of a story teller.
They cover:
1 . How Will got into the nightlife industry in Dublin during college and how he was frustrated with the usual offerings from the nightclubs there.
2. The genesis story of Bingo Loco and how it has grown as a global business during a pandemic.
3. Travelling in Pakistan and how he ended up on the frontlines of the ISIS conflict, hanging out with the Kurds, as well as the career implications that followed.
4. Travelling in North Korea and his impressions of the country based on his personal experience.
5. They also take a lot of time to talk about how to design a life that you are loving living, whether thats nudist hostels in Mexico or pursuing Psychedelic journey's.
And much more:
You can follow Will's Insta here: https://www.instagram.com/willmeara.loco/
For feedback: Luke@shark.ie
KEEP MOVING FORWARD
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
Wednesday Feb 03, 2021
What Is Up SharkNation!
Luke and Mark sat down with Norman Crowley, CEO - Crowley Carbon (revenue in the hundreds of millions) to talk about how he built a business from the foothills of Co. Wicklow that manages the energy of the worlds biggest buildings.
They cover:
1. Building and selling his gaming business for $500m and how they missed out on a billion dollar payday.
2. Selling a WiFi business to Rupert Murdock for $80m.
3. Tackling climate change by solving financial problems for businesses.
4. Building a grown-up business where all of the sales objections are removed from the outset. Making the deal a 'No brainer for your clients'.
5. Building the world's next big electric car company, right here in Co.Wicklow. His venture called AVA (an acronym from the Latin Ad Vitam Aeternam - Forever, for eternity, for life). AVA’s plan is to build a “hyperclassic” - a new family of electric cars, with very high performance, but with styling inspired by some of the greats of motoring’s past!
And much more...
If you'd like to learn more about Norman check out Crowley Carbon: https://www.crowleycarbon.com
And AVA: https://www.studioava.com
For feedback: Luke@shark.ie
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
Wednesday Jan 27, 2021
What is Up SharkNation!
It's seemed strange to have a podcast based in Greystones on business and lifestyle design and not have Stephen from the Happy Pear on!
Stephen and his brother Dave have build a great business in their home town of Greystones, they have build international notoriety with their message of positive eating/living and have appeared on some of the biggest podcasts in the world.
The guys dig into the life and business of Stephen and cover:
1. Stephen's own food/business journey, and how moving to Canada and detaching from his life in Ireland led to long term mindset changes on which he built his business.
2. How him and his brother got started with a 100k loan for their first shop.
3. How designing the community around them was the most important thing from the beginning and being able to enjoy what they do everyday was paramount to the success of their business.
4. The realities of business and how they have learned to design their business in a simpler way to suit the life they wanted to lead.
5. Always keeping things fresh and chasing new dreams and ideas for the business.
and much more...
If you have feedback on this pod you can give us feedback on: Luke@shark.ie
KEEP MOVING FORWARD!