InspiredStartups.com : Entrepreneurs Talks with Founders Sharing Their Real Startup Stories

Kevin's Startup Story (Interview Highlights): Several factors to success: A startup Journey from CityHook to Indigo Kevin's insights on how founders run a business in geographical diversity Kevin's current corporate venture backing from Wayra Kevin's view on securing funding from Angel Investors Kevin's tips on how to create a great product and scale a market - Graphic design and software development key skills in Kevin's role Kevin highlights the importance in learning other disciplines languages - Kevin touches on the world of product market fit Kevin's summary of trends in the start-up community Kevin's own experience on being an entrepreneur

Ian Lucey's Startup Story (Interview Highlights): What Lucey Technology and The Lucey Fund do - the types of startups they are investing in right now. The 'learning curve of doing'- Ian's experience of building an IT system for a charity and what he was surprised to learn. Ian's recommendations for raising finance; using the government supports, tax refund schemes and knowing what's available. The startup mindset vs. the reality of business; Ian tells us some pitfalls to watch out for once you're in business. Smoke test your business!! This is critical for a startup and cannot be underestimated! And investors want to know if you've done it! Knowing when to fold! Ian gives us an example of how he sees this as a success. Ian tells us his experience of micro investments and what types of small businesses he is currently investing in. Cloud computing - Ian shares his thoughts on why cloud computing has the capacity to revolutionise any kind of business. Ways to get in contact with Lucey Technology and The Lucey Fund, maybe they can help your startup!

Niall's Startup Story (Interview Highlights): - Niall shares his past experience with Dragons' Den and all the lessons learned from his past startup iFoods. - Tips for startups on how to raise awareness using social media. - How to go about building first customers when you're starting out. - Executing startup idea, from the idea in the pub to making it happen! - Niall's experience with and perceived importance of failing at a startup. - How Niall started Lovin' Dublin and how he moved it on to a business. - Story behind Simply Zesty - identifying the moment when he realised it's time to sell and pursue new startup passions. - "Get Sh*t Done" - what motivated Niall to write his own guide book for other entrepreneurs. - Niall's next big startup dream. - Niall's tips on pitching to investors or customers.

Conor's Startup Story (Interview Highlights): - Conor's startup ShotClip: social movie making at an event & cloud based video editing - Conor explains ShotClip's pivots and revamps to get the correct product/market fit to attract investors - His content marketing strategy of building relationships with bloggers in South America that lead to 1000's of users in one day - Tips on resources necessary to back up a product patent and intellectual property - Conor's early experience with technical sales and pitching to giants Samsung and Ericsson - Conor's wide experience of the corporate environment, completing an MBA and now as a fully fledged Founder - Seed Funds, the Angel Community and the opportunities Accelerator Programmes give to startups in Ireland to get investment

Lari's Startup Story (Interview Highlights): - Intertwined startup project keeping the Finnish entrepreneur busy in Finland, London and Dublin  - Lari utilising his Google ad skills helping other startups advance while working on his own startup baby Zilta.co - The Zilta Smartphone (inspired by baby boomers) meeting the target audiences feature request through innovative approaches - Using landing page pre-order model as the first point of contact with the customer for market validation for Zilta phones - Lari compares Dublin's Silicon Quay and Digital Hub centres to the Shoreditch London startup tech centre scene. - Lari discusses the culture of dealing with Chinese manufacturers and shares his unique insights on global outsourcing - Lari's view on the internet of everything, wearable technology and Zilta's support from the NDRC Launchpad Accelerator

Jason's Startup Story (Interview Highlights): - Where things started. What motivated Jason to become an entrepreneur - Jason’s view on startup ecosystem and entrepreneur community in Dublin and Ireland  - Jason’s observation of startup accelerators in Ireland - Jason’s tips on networking and startup events in Ireland - Things Jason has learned along his startup journey - Jason’s current startup projects: Parkya and Predict Insights - Jason’s recent growth hacking meetup initiative: Growth Hackers Dublin - Jason’s role with the Irish Internet Association - Jason’s prediction of the hottest industries for start-ups