Episode 257 That Great Business Show with Conall O Morain

UCD Smurfit Business School, 'Podcast of the Year'

'Moving away from media'

In the 1970s and 1980s, the Irish Management Institute, the IMI, annual conference was THE BIG business event in Ireland. Think Tech Summit, before tech. Held in Killarney every year it would attract 800 top executives who strutted their brilliance there. If you were invited to speak at the IMI conference, you HAD ARRIVED.

However, the Financial Crisis along with Covid, did for the Big Conference, when 800 attendees became more like 80. Things were financially tight, accumulating losses in the order of €5million. Owned by University College Dublin, it was sold not so long ago to the Business Post Group, owner of the eponymous newspaper, as well as a polling company and an events company.

There are plenty of options for business education, anywhere from UCD Smurfit (our favourite since they gave us that award!) to 'in person' or online at world renowned business schools like Harvard or INSEAD. So, why the Business Post, and why the IMI? 

Who better to answer than Colm O’Reilly, COO of the Business Post, and Shane O’Sullivan, CEO of the IMI.

Regular listeners know what we think of bankers. If you haven't heard us on the subject, do listen back to Episode 254 when we had a chat with Mary O’Dea of the IOB, formerly the Institute of Bankers. Spoiler alert. At least we kept it civil!

Our 2nd guest is Gary Grimes doesn’t run a bank — and that’s the point. He’s founder of Simplí Finance.

In a world where SMEs are ghosted by the pillar banks, where it’s too often ‘computer says no’,  Gary and his team can step in with non-bank finance — stock loans, working capital, the lot — particularly when you don’t even know such options exist. However, that finance can come at a price.

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