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Hosted by Marie Donnellan · 🇺🇸 US · EN-IE · 16 episodes
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Join Marie Donnellan, CEO of Platform94, as she navigates the exciting but complex world of international business scaling. Featuring real-world stories, insights, and advice from entrepreneurs, experts, and industry leaders, Smooth Scaling delves into the highs, lows, and lessons of growing an international business.Whether you’re scaling your own business, supporting others, or simply curious about the journey, this podcast is your go-to resource for inspiration and actionable strategies.Tune in to explore the opportunities, challenges and innovations shaping the future of scaling.
Marie Donnellan hosts Smooth Scaling, a business show with 16 episodes published.
In this episode of Smooth Scaling, Marie Donnellan sits down with Brian Hanly, co-founder of Brightbeam, one of Ireland’s fastest-growing AI companies. Brian shares the story behind Brightbeam’s rapid growth, its expansi
In this episode of Smooth Scaling, Marie sits down with Brenda Dooley, Founder and CEO of AXIS The Reimbursement Experts, to explore the scaling journey behind one of Ireland and the UK’s leading reimbursement strategy f
In this episode, Marie is joined by Nancy Costello, Founder & CEO of The Belle Brush and the driving force behind Belle Hair and Invisibelle. Named Image Young Business Woman of the Year 2025, Nancy has built a standout
In this episode of Smooth Scaling, Marie sits down with Eoghan Finneran, co-founder of Senus, formerly FarmEye, a company that has grown from rural roots in Roscommon into a leading player in agri-tech and environmental
Season Two of Smooth Scaling opens by setting the scene for the year ahead. In this short episode, host Marie Donnellan outlines what scaling businesses are facing for the year ahead. Drawing on insights from the 2026 Bu
In this special wrap-up episode of Smooth Scaling, Marie Donnellan reflects on the biggest insights, standout stories, and hard-won lessons from Season One. From global entrepreneurs to regional innovators, our guests ha
In this episode of Smooth Scaling, we’re delighted to welcome Joe O’Donovan, our newly appointed Fractional Chief Financial Officer at Platform94 and the latest leader to join our pioneering Fractional C-Suite initiative
In this episode of Smooth Scaling, we’re thrilled to welcome Sue Gannon our newly appointed Fractional Chief People Officer at Platform94 and the first leader to join our fractional C-Suite initiative. Sue brings over 25
In this episode of Smooth Scaling, we dive into what it really takes to engage and retain great people in a fast-scaling business. As the competition for talent intensifies, culture is no longer a nice-to-have; it’s a st
In this episode of Smooth Scaling, Marie sits down with Evelyn O’Toole, Founder and CEO of CLS (Complete Laboratory Solutions), to explore the remarkable journey of building one of Ireland’s leading scientific services c
In this extended episode of Smooth Scaling, we dive deep into scaling your business into the UK market with insights from leading experts on the ground. Join us as we explore routes to market, funding supports, sector op
In this episode of Smooth Scaling, we dive into the reality of securing US investment as an Irish business. To help us navigate the complexity of this journey, we're joined by the brilliant Máire P Walsh, Venture Partner
Over 85% of our scaling business called out ‘Talent Acquisition & Retention’ as a critical challenge and key hurdle to growth. Scaling companies find themselves competing with larger organisations and multinationals. So
In this episode of Smooth Scaling, Marie sits down with John Concannon, Founder & CEO of JFC Group. From humble farm beginnings in Tuam, Co. Galway, JFC Group has grown to become a global leader in innovative solutions f
In this episode of Smooth Scaling, host Marie Donnellan sits down with John Purdy, Founder & Chairman of tech giant Ergo, to explore what it really takes to scale a business internationally. With over 30 years of experie
Welcome to the very first episode of Smooth Scaling. In this debut, we dive into the high-level findings of our 2025 Business Leaders Survey, uncovering key trends and insights shaping the scaling journey. Plus, we sit d
Patrick McMahon
Vice President of Services · Enterprise Ireland UK
1 appearance on this show
David Ryan
therapist and life coach · Gray Matters Group
1 appearance on this show
John Clancy
Founder & CEO · Galvia AI
1 appearance on this show
Brenda Dooley
AXIS The Reimbursement Experts
1 appearance on this show
Nancy Costello
The Belle Brush
1 appearance on this show
Eoghan Finneran
Senus
1 appearance on this show
Joe O’Donovan
Platform94
1 appearance on this show
Sue Gannon
Platform94
1 appearance on this show
Pamela Treacy
VHI
1 appearance on this show
David Mackey
Mbryonics
1 appearance on this show
Paul Conneally
Slick+
1 appearance on this show
Evelyn O'Toole
Complete Laboratory Solutions
1 appearance on this show
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