Not Now Cato

On this weeks Not Now Cato, Adrian meets with the founders of The Start-Up Van, Graham Hussey and Mark McDonagh.

Episode 32 - Paul Hyes

On today's Not Now Cato, Adrian talks with the founder and director of The Digital Marketing Institute. Anthony Quigley. Anthony is a seasoned entrepreneur with over 30 years' experience developing, managing and leading successful businesses. He is a senior board-level advisor to venture companies and start-ups and is a mentor with Enterprise Ireland. Anthony and Adrian go in to great detail about digital marketing, advancements in technology, communication and media, the impact of social media and e-commerce in business and day to day life and how education is changing and developing in the on-line world.

On today's Not Now, Cato Adrian is talking with hometown design and marketing superstar, hero, Ciaran Walsh. Ciaran would be best known as one of the Founders of Le Cool Dublin, an incredibly successful and inspiring weekly online magazine that was started in 2009. Ciaran left Le Cool in 2014 to set up his own digital media company, Sweatshop that specialise in cross platform creative content, working with agencies, brands and individuals. He's done some great work with Second captains, Waterford Whispers, Broadsheet and many others. Ciaran would be very well known in design and media circles here in Ireland and indeed his work and reputation has reached a global audience so it was a pleasure to sit and talk with him for an hour about design, marketing, advertising, branding and digital media content. You can follow Ciaran on Twitter @kowalski or @sweatshop_ie and log on to sweatshop.ie for even more.

On this weeks Not Now Cato, Adrian is talking with the Festival Director of the Dublin International Film Festival, Grainne Humphreys. Grainne has been working in film programming for over twenty years, starting with the Junior Dublin Film Festival in 1994. She has worked with the IFI, the Stranger Than Fiction Festival, the French Film Festival and has been Festival Director of the Dublin International Film Festival for almost a decade. For film fans, the hour that Adrian and Grainne spent together will be a joy to listen to as they go through Grainne's career, the history of the Dublin Film Festivals, balancing the programming of the festival, trying to stay a step ahead of your audience, the changing face of cinema, some of her favourite films and memories, and does she reveal this year's surprise film? The Audi Dublin International Film Festival runs from February 18th - 28th. Log on to www.diff.ie for tickets and further details

On today's Not Now, Cato Adrian is talking with Damien Mulley. Damien runs his own communications company where he trains, educates and teaches companies and organisations how to communicate with each other and their audiences. He's a master of social, digital media and marketing. Damien also runs training courses, seminars and workshops across the country along with being the organiser of the Web Awards, the Social Media Awards and more. An outspoken, intelligent, passionate and affecting presence on line, make sure to seek him out on social media. Damien and Adrian talk about what makes a good social media campaign, what are the mistakes, the successes, what part digital plays in companies nowadays, how the upcoming election will feature on social, start-ups, job creation, the economy, so much going on in this episode. It's a great one. Follow Damien on Twitter @damienmulley or visit mulley.ie

On this weeks Not Now Cato, Adrian is talking with Greg McWilliams, the former assistant coach to the Irish women's rugby squad who made the semi finals of the 2014 Rugby World Cup and who is currently the director of rugby at Yale University in Connecticut and coach with the USA Collegiate All American's Greg has quite the story, going from a sports mad teenager to wanting to pursue his passion and become a rugby coach. A well known and decorated player in his youth, Greg maintained and implemented incredible focus, discipline and determination to rise the coaching ladder. Adrian talk's to Greg about his career, his thoughts on the current state of Irish rugby, the drive and ambition needed to succeed in the professional rugby era, the psychology of sport, leadership, the sacrifices involved in in the pursuance of excellence and what its like to leave home to reach your goals. You can follow Greg on Twitter @gregmcwilliams1

On this week's Not Now Cato, Adrian is talking with multi-award winning writer/director Mark Noonan. Mark's first feature, 'You're Ugly Too', starring Aiden Gillen premiered at last year's Galway Film Fleadh where it won Best Irish Feature. From there, Mark travelled the world with his film picking up numerous accolades along the way and secured an agent and representation. Mark now lives in Paris and is currently working on several projects including his next feature film. Adrian talks to Mark about his love of film, his inspirations and influences, the art of writing, working with actors, slow cinema, editorial decisions and comparing Lethal Weapon to You're Ugly Too.

On this weeks Not Now Cato, Adrian is talking with journalist, writer, contributor and editor-in-chief of The Malcontent, Mic Wright. Mic is a prolific and ubiquitous writer, having written for such well known and respected publications as The Telegraph, Wired, GQ, Stuff, The Sunday Times and online for The Next Web. In 2012, he was named 'Independent Blogger of the Year' by the prestigious Editorial Intelligence Awards has received numerous other awards for his fiction and non-fiction work in sectors ranging from finance to music and pop culture. Mic and Adrian talk about Mic's career, his journalistic instincts, his recent trip to Paris in the immediate after-math of the Paris terrorist attacks, his take on social media, publications, multimedia, news outlets and lots more. So much going on in this episode. Mic also gives us an exclusive as he details a brand new event which will be on in Dublin at the end of October, start of November in 2016. Guests, speakers and bands will be announced in the new year. It sounds incredible.

This week on Not Now Cato, Adrian talks with entrepreneur, journalist and broadcaster, Margaret E Ward. Margaret E. Ward is a CEO of global brand communications agency Clear Ink and managing director of the public speaking consultancy Broadly Speaking. For 25 years she worked as a financial and investigative journalist mainly for The Irish Times, The Sunday Times and Newstalk. Today, she serves on the Boards of RTÉ and European Movement Ireland. Margaret and Adrian talk about the Women On Air & Waking The Feminists movements, her career, what took her from New York to Ireland, why she decided to stay, social media, the skills needed to be a CEO, the need to be a disrupter and lots more. You can follow Margaret on Twitter @margareteward

On this week's Not Now Cato, Adrian talks with Ireland rugby international, Leinster player, tech enthusiast and investor, Jamie Heaslip. Jamie and Adrian talk about everything from Jamie's life, career, content creation, technology, investment opportunities, amateur & professional sporting leagues, sport on television, radio, the passing of Jonah Lomu, leadership and the odd bit of rugby. It's a great conversation that covers a lot of ground. You can follow Jamie on Twitter @jamieheaslip or visit his official website.

On this week's Not Now Cato, Adrian attended the Web Summit 2015 in Dublin. The Web Summit is the premier international annual tech event where speakers from around the globe, start-ups and investors convene for this anticipated 3 day event every November since 2010. During today's show, Adrian talk's with several different people including speakers, journalists, investors, start-ups, personalities, content creators and even someone from Game Of Thrones. Follow @catocastaway or visit castaway.media/notnowcato

On this week's Not Now, Cato Adrian talks to the CEO of NewsWhip, Paul Quigley. NewsWhip tracks and predicts the spread of stories and social content, utilising their own custom built content discovery platform, Spike. Some of NewsWhip's clients include BBC, The Guardian and Buzzfeed. Paul, who was a successful commercial lawyer in New York for many years, gave up his life in law to return to Ireland in 2010, after seeing a major opportunity following the radical changes in media consumption and distribution. Adrian & Paul talk about a wide range of topics including social velocity, measuring content, changing technology, listicles, start-ups, funding and lots more. NewsWhip is yet another successful Irish start-up that has gone global attracting high profile clients and admirers alike.

On this week's Not Now Cato, Adrian talks with the Global CEO of the Coder Dojo Foundation, Mary Dunphy Moloney. James Whelton started Coder Dojo in 2011 while still at school, and since then it has grown in to a world wide phenomenon. There are now at 800 coding clubs in over 60 countries with around 40,000 children from the ages of 7-17 attending every week. Prior to Coder Dojo, Mary was with Accenture for over 20 years where she held several senior positions such as Managing Director and CEO. Adrian and Mary talk about her career, the growth of coding, women in business, education, encouraging children in to STEM occupations, industry conferences, start up culture, building a business and lots more. You can find out more about Coder Dojo by going to coderdojo.com And you can follow Mary on Twitter @marydunph

On this week's 'Not Now, Cato' Adrian talks with producer, director and documentarian, Ross Whitaker. Ross and Adrian talk about funding, distribution, developing your idea, sticking with your subject or abandoning it if needs be, some of Ross' favourite factual works, what moves him and inspires him. They also discuss the difficulties and opportunities of life as a freelancer and Ross goes in to great detail about one of his most recent works, the critical and commercial hit, 'Unbreakable: The Mark Pollack Story' – @rosswhitakertv www.rosswhitaker.tv

On this week's Not Now, Cato Adrian talks with film & TV editor, Nathan Nugent. Nathan may not be a name you're familiar with you've probably seen his work and it will have certainly resonated with you, even if you didn't know it. He has worked on some of the best Irish films & TV productions over the last decade including, What Richard Did, Glassland, Frank, and Lenny Abrahamson's hugely anticipated adaption of Emma Donoghue's 'Room'. Room had it's world premiere in Telluride earlier this month, was the audience winner at Toronto and according to Variety, The Hollywood Reporter and many other film outlets, it's one of the front runners in this year's Academy Awards. Nathan & Adrian talk about 'Room', the structure of a scene, how technology has changed film editing, managing tone, pacing, editorial choices good and bad, assembling rushes and so much more.

On this week's Not Now, Cato Adrian talks with the founder and chief ladder holder of 3FE Coffee, Colin Harmon. Colin started his professional life working in financial services after gaining a degree in Business & Legal studies. With his career seemingly mapped out for him, Colin couldn't shake the passion, enthusiasm and fascination he had for coffee that was stirred up in him as a 17 year old working in Dublin's hippest and well known coffee shops, Lemon. Colin quit his banking role and followed his dream, competing at the Barista World Champions, working for various coffee shops and providers around the city and eventually with the loan of €5,000 from his father, set up the first 3FE. Colin & Adrian talk about taking chances, making opportunities , perfecting your craft, becoming your own boss to becoming a boss, marketing, customer services, startups, growing your business and coffee, lots of coffee and how to make the perfect cup of coffee in your very own home.

Bonus Episode! On Tuesday September 8th, the first Mediacon took place in Dublin's Mansion House. Mediacon is a one day event that brings together a comprehensive line up of some of the biggest names in international TV & Tech. Several talks, panels and fire side chats took place in the serene and historical Mansion House in Ireland's capital, Dublin. Funding, distribution, platforms, film, TV, storytelling and creativity were just some of the topics covered throughout this one day event. On this episode you'll hear just a sample of some off the speakers who did presentations at Mediacon, this will give you an idea of the creativity and industry on show at the event.

On this weeks Not Now, Cato Adrian talks to the founder, CEO & Director of Lucey Technology, Ian Lucey. Lucey Technology invest in entrepreneurs who understand their industry, but who may have not done technology before. They fund the acceleration of these startups by funding the research and development of their first scalable, secure, fully-viable product. Ian talks about the opportunities and pitfalls of starting your own business, how to fund your startup, how to efficiently use your resources, how to deal with banks, VC's, government agencies, where you can save money, how to run the tax gauntlet and how you can hopefully build a sustainable business. Follow @catocastaway

On today's episode of Not Now, Cato Adrian talks to film producer, co-founder and company director of Element Pictures, Ed Guiney. Ed is one of Ireland's most successful and proficient film producers having produced several commercial and critical hits such as Adam & Paul, Garage, The Guard, What Richard Did, and Frank. Ed's latest film 'Room' had its world premiere this weekend at the Telluride Film Festival and it's already generating incredible word of mouth as award season begins. Adrian talks to Ed about his career, his life in film, his friendship with Lenny Abrahamson, the making of 'Room' and the challenges and rewards of being a film producer. If you're interested in film production or want to work in film, Ed gives indispensable advice and guidance on how to develop your talent, skills and how best to progress. Follow @edguiney @elementpictures @lennyabrahamson