Built in Kilkenny

Anne Healy turns genuine worn Irish horseshoes into good luck gifts sent all over the world.In this episode of Built in Kilkenny, Anne tells the story of leaving her job at AXA in 2019 to chase an idea people told her was mad, the 30-second COVID video that turned the business around, and what it's like being trusted with pieces that carry huge personal meaning. We get into the Irish tradition behind the lucky horseshoe, building a family business, winning Businesswoman of the Year three times, and her advice for anyone too scared to start.Find Anne / Biddy's Good Luck Horseshoes:Website: https://www.biddysgoodluckhorseshoes.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/goodluckhorsesshoe/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/biddysgoodluckhorseshoes/TikTok:https://www.tiktok.com/@biddysgoodluckhorseshoesBuilt in Kilkenny is a series where I sit down with local founders and tell the story of how they built their business. New episodes weekly.Charlie Cook Live, Kilkenny, Ireland

Decky Casey has spent nearly two decades helping people through job interviews. A year ago he turned it into a business, Ace That Interview, while still working full-time in the HSE and raising his daughter.In this episode of Built in Kilkenny we get into his story, from bars and social care to senior healthcare roles in Ireland and Australia, to building a side business in the evenings. We also cover the biggest mistakes people make in interviews, why how you perform on the day beats your qualifications, the STAR method, cleaning up your social media, and what AI is doing to the job market.His mantra: preparation plus confidence equals results.Find Decky / Ace That Interview:Website: https://www.acethatinterview.euInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/acethatinterviewirl/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/declan-casey-570879120/Built in Kilkenny is a series where I sit down with local founders and tell the story of how they built their business. New episodes weekly.Charlie Cook Live, Kilkenny, Ireland

Zero fillers in the product. Zero outside funding. Zero salary since September.In this episode of Built in Kilkenny, Charlie Cook sits down with Odhrán, co-founder of Second Self Life, a premium protein brand built from scratch in Kilkenny with his partner Amy-Leigh.They had enough money saved to go to Australia. They put it into a business instead. Manufacturers laughed them out of the room. Their Belgian partner told them their formula wasn't ambitious enough. They made three sales in January. And they kept going.The conversation covers how the idea started, leaving the 9 to 5, the Belgian manufacturer who pushed them harder, the Eton Mess flavour, the Wild Tales partnership, bootstrapping with no funding, working together as a couple, and what they'd say to anyone thinking of starting.Second Self Life: secondselflife.comBuilt in Kilkenny is a series of honest conversations with the founders and builders behind Kilkenny. A Charlie Cook Live series.charliecooklive.comTikTok: @charliecooklive

For more than two centuries, two brewing families called Kilkenny home. Then it all disappeared.In this first episode of Built in Kilkenny, Charlie Cook sits down with Dan Smithwick, descendant of one of Ireland's most famous brewing families, to talk about how he brought brewing back to a city that had lost it.The conversation covers the history of Sullivan's and Smithwick's, the horse bet in France that cost a family their brewery, the closure of the last brewery in Kilkenny in 2013, and the revival of Sullivan's into a beer now sold around the world.A Charlie Cook Live series.