Entrepreneurship: 30 Years of Learning

Entrepreneurs struggle to find the balance between aggressive business growth and their own essential wellbeing, often overlooking the psychological health of their teams. This challenge can lead to burnout, poor decision-making, and limits on long-term, sustainable success.This episode explores the strategies that prove compassion and a focus on human performance are not luxuries, but commercial necessities for building an enduring enterprise. You will hear key learnings from 30 years of entrepreneurship, the power of delegation, and innovative ways to listen to your customer to shape and expand your business.Our guest is Jenni Timony, founder of the hugely successful Irish athleisure brand FitPink Fitness. She is also the Managing Director for I Am Here, leading the movement for psychological safety in the workplace. Jenni shares her diverse experience, from starting her first business at 19 to becoming a national finalist in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.THINGS WE SPOKE ABOUTStarting an entrepreneurial career youngKey financial lessons from business failureLaunching an athleisure brand successfullyHow crowdfunding provides fast investmentThe essential nature of true delegationGUEST DETAILSJenni Timony is an entrepreneur with 30 years’ experience in commercial and social entrepreneurship projects. As Managing Director for I Am Here in the UK and Ireland, she partners with employers across sectors to embed psychological safety and build cultures where wellbeing and performance go hand in hand. She is also the founder of FitPink, an athleisure brand for women. Jenni has lectured extensively in Digital Marketing and was a national finalist in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Awards in 2007.Connect with Jenni:Website: https://iamheretribe.com/  https://fitpinkfitness.com/Social Media: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennitimony/ABOUT KINORE - AWARD WINNING ONLINE CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTSKinore is an award winning and innovative online Chartered Accountancy service that takes away the worry and headache of running your own finance and related business services functions. Kinore’s services include:Accountancy ServicesAnnual Compliance & Year-EndOnline Bookkeeping ServicesVAT ReturnsPayroll ServicesManagement AccountingXero Conversion & TrainingCompany Secretarial ServicesCompany Formation IrelandCompany SecretarialVirtual OfficeBond for Non-EEA resident DirectorsRegistration Of Beneficial Ownershiphttps://kinore.com/ ABOUT YOUR HOSTThe host of this podcast is Larissa Feeney, CEO and Founder of Kinore, an award-winning online accountancy and business services firm based in Ireland. Lasissa’s journey is notable, starting in hospitality before transitioning to accounting, where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Driven by a vision to challenge traditional accountancy and leverage technology, Larissa founded Kinore in 2015, establishing Ireland's first online, remote-first Finance and Business Services company. Under her leadership, Kinore has received numerous accolades, and Larissa herself has been recognised with awards like 'Accountant of the Year'.QUOTES  I make mistakes, ultimately my team will make mistakes. And you know, they need to know that it's okay to make mistakes, because if you're not making mistakes, you're not trying hard enough. - Jenni Timony I would have probably capitalised the business better from an earlier stage. I would have got investors. - Jenni Timony I would say, don't be in love with your business, because your business isn't going to love you back when you're 80.  - Jenni Timony I always tried to think, you know, what got me here, won't get me there, so you have got to change your approach to things, I think, in business, over time." - Jenni Timony Keywords: #Entrepreneurship #PsychologicalSafety #BusinessGrowth #FitPink #Delegation