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Irish businesses have lost over €160k each due to criminal activities over the past three years
Your crash course in... The company gearing up to send life to Mars
A 40-year-old technology still beats Facebook for getting people to visit websites
Your crash course in... How a referendum in Italy could wreck the EU
Times are changing even though dark suits and shoes still dominate the finance sector
Sara Farrelly
'Tech startups looking for funding nowadays have little excuse for not having a working product'
Shane Lynn
Your crash course in...How a referendum in Italy could wreck the EU
A 40-year-old technology still beats Facebook for getting people to visit websites
'The business was going really well, but I wasn't making money. I had to rethink'
Siobhan Berry
'I was the poster boy for dot-com failure and found myself unemployed and unemployable'
Fora Staff
'I was the poster boy for dot-com failure and found myself unemployed and unemployable'
Barry O'Neill
'It was an easy decision to set up my own business because I had no choice - I needed a job'
Kate Purcell
Most small businesses in Ireland still don't bother with social media
'Starting a business young, it's hard not to be taken in by opinionated experts-of-everything'
Hannah O'Reilly
'When you start a business like ours, you think you'll be a millionaire in six months'
Mike Morrissey
Better share-based rewards for staff could be on the way - here's what you need to know
Stephen Gillick
'I thought it'd be great to be in Dublin, but there's a lot of noise. Everyone's selling something'
Robbie Skuse
'I wish I had worked out sooner that it's not that hard to start a business'
Conor Wilson
Your crash course in... The Irish connections to the secretive Dark Web
Your crash course in... The Irish connections to the secretive Dark Web
'As an athlete, I tried to take a win-or-learn approach. Business is no different'
Barry Murphy
'I make YouTube videos for a living. My parents have a difficult time understanding what I do'
Fora Staff
'I was stone broke. I sold my car and couldn't afford to fix the heating'
Jim Urell
Your crash course in... Bond yields, or why Ireland can borrow money for next to nothing
Your crash course in... Bond yields, or why Ireland can borrow money for next to nothing
'I make YouTube videos for a living. My parents have a difficult time understanding what I do'
Melanie Murphy
Want to do business in the USA? Prepare to be sued
Peter Casey
'We weathered the carnage of the dot-com crash and it made us more chastened in our approach'
Pat Larkin
Your crash course in... How the Bank of England's stimulus package could hurt Ireland
Your crash course in... How the Bank of England's stimulus package could hurt Ireland
What bosses can learn from a worker's unfair dismissal over his Facebook posts
Orla O'Leary
'I thought I wasn't up to it. I was fresh out of college and I'm not a big fashionista'
Malindi Demery
'The day-to-day reality of turning your interest into your job can make you disillusioned'
Elaine Lavery
Your crash course in... How banks have been shafting customers on tracker mortgages
'Basically, the Luas shut my restaurant. I was left with ever-dwindling cash supplies'
Matt Spalding
Your crash course in... How banks have been shafting customers on tracker mortgages
'Owning a gym is living the dream, but it's a tough physical job'
Tom King
'I thought people wouldn't take me seriously because I was a nurse starting a business'
Fora Staff
'Trust is as important as ever, but it's now a product of digital technology more than faith'
Peter Casey
Your crash course in... The tech billionaire who took down Gawker and is now backing Trump