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 Sep 02, 2020
Wednesday Sep 02, 2020
What is up SharkNation!
Today the guys sit down with Hannah Kathleen, Entrepreneur, Fashion Blogger, International Speaker and property investor.
We cover:
1. How Hannah Kathleen started fashion blogging at the age of 13.
2. How an illness forced her to cut her education short but led to amazing business opportunities as she got started on her career immediately after leaving school.
3. How personal branding is something everyone should be focused on.
4. How her international speaking career started, and how she over came insecurities to become a confident pro speaker.
5. How Hannah Kathleen ended up hanging out with Sir Richard Branson on necker island ...twice!
And much more!
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Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
What is up SharkNation!
Just a quick followup on Luke's 4 month Ironman challenge!
The actual event was cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions in Nice, so Luke and Aleks decided to go ahead with the race anyway and do the "SharkMan 70.3 - Greystones Edition" instead.
In this bonus, Luke and Aleks discuss finishing the race and the journey that Luke took to get into 'Iron Shape'.
They give you all the stats on the training as well as an invite for next year to join the guys for the SharkMan 70.3 second edition in Greystones 2021!
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Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
Wednesday Aug 26, 2020
What is Up SharkNation!
Today Luke and Mark chat to Eric, CEO of Foxter.
Foxter provide CRM and MarTech Services in Spain from their headquarters in Barcelona.
Luke works with Eric on a daily basis to make sure Hubspot customers are successful in Spain.
We cover:
1. Eric's early days being a Spanish student in Ireland, being impressed with out grass pitches if not our level of soccer ability.
2. Setting up his first business in Spain (vending machines with healthy operations.
3. We talk about how after selling this business to a larger competitor, he transitioned into tech and how he cut his teeth in his first tech jobs.
4. We talk about the founding of Foxter and the vision they have for their customers.
5. Gratitude over money, the importance of being grateful for the life you have. And much more! Like every week, we are brought to you by audible.
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Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
Wednesday Aug 19, 2020
What is Up SharkNation!
This week Luke and Mark dig into a book that was hugely influential on their life and career - The 4-hour work Week - by Tim Ferriss.
They cover:
1. Defining the life you want and how much that would cost in monthly income.
2. How to make your life goals actionable through the process of "Dreamlining"
3. Fear-setting rather than goal setting
4. The 80/20 rule
5. 3 steps to income automation
6. Liberation - how to escape the rat race.
... And much more!
You can get this great book on Audible below but we recommend getting the real one on amazon - best 14 euro you'll ever spend!
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Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
Wednesday Aug 12, 2020
What is Up SharkNation!
This week, Luke and Mark chat to the Founder of Mad Egg, a chain of delicious restaurants in Dublin - Conor Sheridan.
Conor is also the founder of tech startup Skueeze that helps restaurants manage profitability and will be aiming to be in 1000 locations by 2021.
We cover:
1. How Conor went from a career in financial services to opening his first restaurant.
2. How his financial modeling skills helped set up the business for success.
3. How they built the brand of Mad Egg and how they ensure the experience of customers is always improving.
4. How Conor's experience managing the chain of restaurants has led him to develop Skueeze (a SaaS product).
5. How to develop a new tech start up, what is needed - who do you need on your team and how to get the ball rolling on a new idea.
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Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
Wednesday Aug 05, 2020
What Is Up Shark Nation!
Today Luke sits downs with serial Entrepreneur Conor Duggan.
Conor has just launched his new wine subscription business and we wanted to get him on now to take a snapshot of someone in the trenches of starting a new business.
They cover:
1. College experience: Is it worth it?
2. Running a desert delivery business and the struggles of scalability
3. Running an events business and juggling multiple start ups at once.
4. They discuss franchising technology and his experience with Slikr, an Australian franchise he brought to Ireland.
5. They discuss the opportunity for his new venture and how he plans to roll it out in the UK as well as Ireland.
Bonus: Conor was kind enough to provide a 10% off voucher exclusively for our listeners: Sharkpod10
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Friday Jul 31, 2020
Friday Jul 31, 2020
What Is Up Shark Nation!
Thanks to everyone who Entered our recent Instagram competition - "Win a Mark Barker Print"
We wanted to show the live picking of the winner so everyone knows it was fair!
Who will it be?
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Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
Wednesday Jul 29, 2020
What is Up Shark Nation!
This week we sat down with Co-founder and director of Renatus Capital Partners- Mark Flood.
Renatus is a Private Equity Fund, founded 5 years ago and is focused on the SME sector in Ireland.
In this episode we cover:
1. How coming form a Horse farming background helped shaped his early views on business.
2. How he became MD of the Racing post after being involved in the £170M take over there.
3. How he started Renatus Capital Partners and how they raised their first €11 million from investors. (We also touch on a recent round of funding for an additional €35 Million)
4. We discuss their first investments. Specifically their first (Boojum) and second (Simtech Aviation).
5. We also talk a lot about the entrepreneurial spirit of the Irish people and how different forms of capital are necessary at different stages of the business.
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Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
Wednesday Jul 22, 2020
What is up SharkNation!
This week Luke and Mark Break down Schwarzenegger's Rules for success. Loads of value from his speeches for those aspiring to do more!
We cover:
1. Having a vision
2. Time management - getting the most out of your day
3. There is no plan B...Burn the boats
4. How to deal with naysayers
5. Fear of failure, and how to overcome this fear This podcast is brought to you by Audible. Sign up for your free audio book through our link below - cancel anytime and keep your book!
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Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
Wednesday Jul 15, 2020
What is Up SharkNation!
This we week we sit down to chat to CEO and founder of Oathello - Jennifer Hourihane about her journey from a promising career in law to building a software company aiming to modernise the legal industry and help them work more effectively while making the whole process greener.
We cover:
1. How Jennifer started her career as a solicitor and what that was like working in that industry.
2. Where the idea came from for her software business.
3. How she got her idea off the ground.
4. How Jennifer got a prototype of her app built and the importance of finding a technical co-founder.
5. We spoke about her experience at Barclays TechStars startup program and how living in London for 18 months added to the success of the business.
6. We talk about the size of the opportunity in the legal industry for tech disruption.
Thanks to Jennifer for joining us!
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