James Isilay Of Cognism: Moving Company Culture To The US
James Isilay is the CEO and Founder of Cognism, a B2B platform that helps companies find new markets. He shares the story of how investors found them and helped them expand to America.
Alex Klein, CEO at Kano: Computer Design As Simple As Lego
Alex Klein, the co-founder and CEO of Kano Computing, shares why Kano's coding kits appeal to kids and beginners of all ages, and how the products caught on in the United States.
Alan Donegan: Ins and Outs of a Nomadic Business
Alan Donegan, the founder of PopUp Business School, tells us how he helps starting businesses, and how it is to run a nomadic business across numerous different countries.
Maeve Kneafsey of CloudKPI: A Female Tech Founder in the US
Running a business in both Ireland and the US isn’t easy. But Maeve Kneafsey has been extremely successful in moving her company CloudKPI to America, and thriving in a very male dominated sector.
Murali Akella of TransferWise: Not a Job, But a Revolution
Murali Akella is revolutionising money transfers through his work with TransferWise, a company that has grown very quickly in short time, and expanded both in US and worldwide.
Husayn Kassai: Onfido Sets New Identity Standards for the US
Originally operating in London, the identity standard testing company Onfido soon opened offices in San Francisco and New York. CEO Husayn Kassai shares what he’s learnt expanding into America.
Joe Blake of Artomatix: Empowering 3D Artists
Joe Blake, CEO of Artomatix, has a unique perspective on doing business in the United States, and emphasises how your relationship with your clients and knowing the market is much more important than actually having a physical office in America.
Ashleigh Hinde: How Waldo Contact Lenses Cracked the US
Ashleigh Hinde, founder and CEO of Waldo contact lenses, explains the in and outs of how her business works and what it was like expanding into America.
Aneesh Varma: Changing Credit Perception in the US
Aneesh Varma, Founder and CEO of credit assessment service Aire, talks about the different attitudes to credit in America, and how Aire came to terms with operating in such a large area.
Luke Pearce: Radical Tea Towels in American Homes
Our guest Luke Pearce is the co-founder of Radical Tea Towel, a UK company that makes political and social statements for the home, and that successfully expanded its business to the US.
Eoin Bara: Getting Americans to Drink Mór Irish Gin
As we taste Mór Irish Gin, founder Eoin Bara shares his journey of getting Americans to drink gin, and why they expanded to the U.S. one state at the time.
Róisín Callaghan: Lessons From Across The Pond
Róisín Callaghan, Co-founder and CEO at Cogs & Marvel, shares lessons learnt over the past 3 years since she moved her business to San Francisco.
Vishal Marria: It's Always About The People
Vishal Marria, the CEO and Founder of Quantexa, talks about the different challenges that come up when operating in the American culture.
Season 2 Coming Up!
There’s a new season coming up, and this time we’ll be talking to the companies who have expanded to the United States to get their tips and insights and to learn any dos and don’ts.
Season Finale: Looking back over the season with Sebastian and Emmett
On their return from SXSW, Sebastian and Emmett are back in Europe in their Dublin office on a sunny summer's day to reflect on the first ‘Move Your Business to the United States Podcast’ season. They marvel that it has been almost a year since they embarked on this podcasting venture. In this season finale, they are recapping some memorable moments
SXSW Part 4: Enterprise Ireland/Hypersciences
It’s day 4 at SXSW and the Mount Bonnell team visit the Enterprise Ireland Stand, which dwarfs its British neighbour in size.
SXSW Part 3: South By New Zealand
The Mount Bonnell team catch up with Ray Salter, CEO of WLG X, to talk about his impressions of South by South West. He summed up this year’s SXSW in one word, ‘buzz’. Then Ray reveals how inspired by global festivals such as SXSW, WLG X will be a blend of tech, design, film, music, and gaming, albeit with a uniquely New Zealand touch
SXSW Part 2: Berlin Saloon
It’s our second day at South by Southwest, Austin’s international festival of media and tech. While enjoying the free food and drink, we meet up with Stefan Franzke and Kerry Quintiliani, who both work for Berlin Partner, a company that offers business and technology support for investors and entrepreneurs in Berlin.
SXSW Part 1: Access to Asia
Today we’re back at South by Southwest, Austin’s international festival of media and tech. There’s so much going on we decide to split up so we can meet, and interview, as many people as possible. Emmet Glynn, our sound producer, takes the lead in this episode interviewing Sharon Schweitzer, founder of Access to Culture and best-selling author of Access to Asia.
Ethan Mayers
Today we are in South by Southwest, Austin’s international festival of media and tech. There we meet Ethan Mayers, CEO of TILT innovations, successful serial entrepreneur and mentor. He talks with us about how he how he helps other entrepreneurs in moving to the US and how the move isn’t for everyone. He tells us the risks involved, and the things that people need to be careful about