LEO Dublin City Women in Business Network 'Wednesday Webinar' Series

MEET THE ENTREPRENEURS: Meet three of our Award Winners

11.00-12.15  Wednesday 4th November 2020

As we get to the point of the year where we run our Awards competition, I'm delighted to welcome three previous winners, Maeve O'Malley of Meltdown, Kate O'Moore of MAKER and Yinka Martin of HairWeavon to talk about their businesses, how they have responded to the pandemic and any tips that they can share with other entrepreneurs.   Please see profiles of all three below.   

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Maeve O’Malley, Meltdown - Winner of 2019 Entrepreneur of the Year Award 

I started my entrepreneural career as soon as I finished studying Biochemistry in NUIG in 2009. 

After many failed attempts at starting a business over 10 years, in 2018 I started my first successful venture. A pop up cafe specialising in toasties called Meltdown.

Meltdown has evolved from a temporary pop up, to a hole in the wall cafe, to a takeaway and now this Friday I will be opening up a 40 seater cafe/restaurant on Montague Street. Meltdown by Day, Winedown by Night. I have also a product which is available in many stores around Ireland - Meltdown Hot Stuff

The last few months have been unprecedented and very difficult... I spent the first few weeks stressing out and focusing on what everyone else was doing. After a few weeks I felt awful and I was so stressed. I decided to outsource my social media and reduce the amount of time I spent reading the news and social media. I instead focused on what was right in front of me and it really paid off for me.

 Kate O'Moore, MAKER - Winner of 2019 Rising Star Award

Kate O’Moore, the award winning Creative Director of MAKER, helps businesses and their brands to thrive, through the graphic design and branding services MAKER provides. Beginning her career in creative advertising, Kate set up MAKER in 2016 with the ambition to help businesses to succeed through a strong visual brand and presence. Kate began her business in 2016 aged only 25 and has gained a wealth of experience and recognition for her efforts in her business mindset in these 5 years of business.

MAKER, has grown from strength to strength since it was established in 2016. Having been recognised as award worthy and shortlisted by the DEASP in the Dublin Region Enterprise Awards 2018, IMAGE Business Awards in 2019 and of course award winning by the Local Enterprise Office Dublin City in 2019, MAKER has been recognised for its growth mindset & ambitious resilience to keep innovating within the business. 

Yinka Martin, HairWeavon - Winner of 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year Award           

Yinka Martin is Owner and Founder of HairWeavon. Yinka started HairWeavon 10 years ago providing Wigs and Hair Pieces for women and men experiencing medical hair loss. Located in Rathmines, Dublin with a successful Internationally trading online store. 

As well as doing a very rewarding job, helping and supporting her clients during hair loss. Yinka is also passionate about Ecommerce and encouraging others to embrace online selling and technology.