Igniting the Irish Entrepreneurial Spirit: A Discussion with Professor Thomas Cooney

'Igniting the Irish Entrepreneurial Spirit: A Discussion with Professor Thomas Cooney': In this episode, we explore the landscape of entrepreneurship in Ireland with our distinguished guest, Professor Thomas Cooney from the Dublin Institute of Technology.

Drawing from his vast experience as an educator, policy advisor, and researcher, Professor Cooney shares invaluable insights and advice to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs.

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Guest:

Thomas Cooney is Professor in Entrepreneurship at the Dublin Institute of Technology, Academic Director of the DIT Institute for Minority Entrepreneurship and Adjunct Professor at the University of Turku (Finland). He is a former President of the International Council for Small Business (2012-13) and of the European Council for Small Business (2009-11), and was Chair of the ICSB 2014 World Entrepreneurship Conference. He was a member of the Department of Enterprise, Jobs and Innovation ‘Entrepreneurship Forum‘ (2013-14) and has been a policy advisor to the Irish Government, European Commission, OECD and other international organizations. He is currently a Director of Start-up Ireland and works in various capacities with a range of businesses. He has researched and published widely on the topic of entrepreneurship.

Hosts:

Professor Gary Palin is an entrepreneur and senior lecturer of entrepreneurship with a combination of 40+ years experience in academic & entrepreneurial settings. He has been recognized as a top 25 entrepreneurship education thought leader and was a founding member of the MIT Global Startup Workshop Board of Advisors. Palin founded the Entrepreneurship Education Initiative at NC State University in 1993 and served as the executive director until 2008. Palin was a faculty member of the NC State College of Management for 17 years. He also guided the Doherty Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership at Elon University as the executive director from 2008 through 2012 leading it to a #19 ranking. Palin is currently a faculty member at the University of Southern Maine.

Serial entrepreneur Ryan Budden has participated in all aspects of business as a founding team member in five startups. He consults dozens of startups in a Chief Technology Officer capacity. Budden started in the technology industry by teaching himself to code while developing a mobile application that became one of the early movers in the geo-fencing industry with an innovative approach to social host liability. From there he consulted startups all the way to fortune 100 companies specializing in using native mobile apps to solve difficult problems. He has developed his own applications, built teams from the ground up, and managed large remote teams.

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