S7 Bonus: From Post-Berlin Wall Business Architecture to Scaling Irish Tech Culture with Conor Carmody of Furthr Festival

Conor Carmody lives just outside of Dublin with his wife and has 3 lads - aka boys. Professionally, he worked in Eastern Europe around the time of the Berlin Wall, through some dramatic change in society. He learned a ton about setting up businesses in a society that was rebuilding itself. Today, he does a lot of advising and consulting around establishing and growing a business. Outside of his current venture, he likes to garden - and claims he is the guy that counts down the minutes until he can cut the grass again.

Conor joined his current organization is helping to build the Ireland entrepreneur and startup culture. With the arrival of big tech companies helping to accelerate that, his group is ensuring that entrepreneurs are being strategic in forming their businesses, meeting the right people, raising money, and... building community.

This is the creation story of the Furthr Festival.