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Business Builders

Conor Kearney

Booking Overview

Weekly interview series focused on entrepreneurship, business growth, and leadership, featuring accomplished business owners, founders, and investors discussing their companies, setbacks, and scaling journeys. Credible pitches include founders and senior executives with substantial company-building experience, especially those who can share lessons on scaling, transformation, resilience, or leadership; booking difficulty is high.

Metrics

Episodes: 150

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: Ireland

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

conor@jetbooks.ie

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Host

Conor Kearney - Business builder and interviewer who explores the journeys, successes, setbacks, and lessons of entrepreneurs, business owners, and investors.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high
Typical Credentials:  
Founders, owners, investors, and senior executives with substantial experience building, scaling, transforming, or leading companies. Strong candidates typically bring demonstrable commercial results, significant operational responsibility, or hard-won lessons from failure and growth.
Required Achievements:  
Building companies with substantial revenue and international operations, Founding, selling, or transforming established businesses, Leading major organisational growth or business-model reinvention, Developing recognised expertise in entrepreneurship, leadership, scaling, or industry transformation

Recent Guest Discussions

Liam Kearney - Entrepreneurship, Manufacturing, Leadership, Resilience, Scaling, Industrial Technology, Team Building, Business Failure, And Building A Global Company.

Shane Leahy - Entrepreneurship, Professional Sport, Leadership, International Growth, Team Building, Organisational Structure, Failure, And Applying Business Principles To Humanitarian Aid.

Pat Byrne - Entrepreneurship, Aviation, Resilience, Business Transformation, Customer Relationships, Leadership, Sales, Innovation, And Managing Uncertainty.

Oltian Dervishi - Entrepreneurship, Manufacturing, Scaling, Hiring, Leadership, Private Equity, Risk-taking, Business Reinvention, And Company Culture.

John Corley - Software, Entrepreneurship, Artificial Intelligence, Product Strategy, Bootstrapping, Leadership, Company Culture, Commercialisation, And Scaling.

Recent Topics

Business, Entrepreneurship, Scaling, Leadership, Business Transformation

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Business Builders
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€50m Turnover in 5 Years | Liam Kearney, Revive Group

August 17, 2026

THE ROOM | 23 OCTOBER 2026Theme: BeliefApplications are now open for a limited number of places at the first gathering of The Room. Attendance is limited to experienced business owners and investors and is subject to approval.Join me for a private morning of live interviews with Vincent Carton, former CEO of Manor Farm, and Nick Keegan, Founder & CEO of Mail Metrics, exploring the role belief has played in their businesses and lives, followed by audience Q&A.Nothing is recorded.Friday...

From Professional Rugby To Building A €100m+ Business | Shane Leahy, Oxygen8

August 10, 2026

Shane Leahy explains why rapid growth can become one of a business's biggest challenges, why great leaders build teams around their own weaknesses, and how the lessons he learned building Oxygen8 into a €100m+ global technology group are now helping him scale humanitarian aid in some of the world's most dangerous conflict zones.Shane Leahy joins Business Builders to share his journey from professional rugby into telecoms and entrepreneurship, eventually helping grow Oxygen8 from a €...

How To Build A Business That Survives Anything | Pat Byrne, CityJet

August 03, 2026

Pat Byrne explains why great businesses fail when leaders stop challenging themselves, why resilience matters more than avoiding failure, and how CityJet evolved from a small challenger airline into one of Europe's leading regional aviation operators.Pat Byrne joins Business Builders to share the story of founding CityJet, transforming it from a startup airline challenging the Dublin–London monopoly into an international aviation business that grew to operate almost 50 aircraft across Eu...

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Frequently asked questions

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Business Builders
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How do I get in touch with Business Builders?

Business Builders is hosted by Conor Kearney. Its publicly listed email is conor@jetbooks.ie. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Business Builders?

The publicly listed email for Business Builders: conor@jetbooks.ie.

How many listeners does Business Builders have?

Podseeker estimates Business Builders reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Business Builders?

Business Builders typically books industry leaders. Typical guest background: Founders, owners, investors, and senior executives with substantial experience building, scaling, transforming, or leading companies. Strong candidates typically bring demonstrable commercial results, significant operational responsibility, or hard-won lessons from failure and growth. Common among recent guests: Building companies with substantial revenue and international operations; Founding, selling, or transforming established businesses; Leading major organisational growth or business-model reinvention. Recent guests include Liam Kearney, Shane Leahy, and Pat Byrne.

How hard is it to get booked on Business Builders?

High. It mostly books established leaders in its field.

What topics does Business Builders cover?

Recent episodes cover Business, Entrepreneurship, Scaling, Leadership, and Business Transformation. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

conor@jetbooks.ie

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