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Stephen Mullan

Stephen Mullan

Hi, I'm Stephen Mullan. I moved to Australia in 2018 and now call Sydney home. I founded Irish Insights and Market Entry Secrets. Irish Insights shares the stories of Irish people, startups and businesses building abroad. Market Entry Secrets gives startups coming into the Australian market, startups already scaling here and the people helping them the intelligence, networks and providers to grow in Australia. Away from the desk you'll usually find me at the beach with a good coffee, or a beer.

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💡MuskLingus

Oct 29, 2026

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5 min read

💡MuskLingus

PLUS: John Collison joins Microsoft's board, a 24-year-old raises $5m in New York & Whatnot doubles in Dublin

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💡An Irishman tops the Guinness table

Oct 22, 2026

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💡An Irishman tops the Guinness table

PLUS: Mary McKenna joins Europe's angel board, Centric Health is sold & an Offaly invention makes TIME's list

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💡Zuckerberg brought his own Guinness

Oct 15, 2026

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5 min read

💡Zuckerberg brought his own Guinness

PLUS: OpenAI adds 200 Dublin jobs, Granite buys its third US agency & Dubsof comes home

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💡The Irish are coming to Nasdaq

Oct 8, 2026

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4 min read

💡The Irish are coming to Nasdaq

PLUS: Manna's boss moves to Tulsa, Budget 2027's €1bn scale-up fund & Irish Mist comes home

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💡The Irish AI 50, 2026: our number one

Sep 17, 2026

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6 min read

💡The Irish AI 50, 2026: our number one

The finale: numbers 10 to 1, and the Belfast man at the top of the list.

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💡The Irish AI 50, 2026: the top 20 (20 to 11)

Sep 3, 2026

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6 min read

💡The Irish AI 50, 2026: the top 20 (20 to 11)

A €425m exit, a TIME100 AI researcher, and the woman taking brain theory to market.

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💡The Irish AI 50, 2026: numbers 30 to 21

Aug 25, 2026

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7 min read

💡The Irish AI 50, 2026: numbers 30 to 21

The explainable AI pioneer, the feature store inventor, and a $180m AI security exit.

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💡The Irish AI 50, 2026: numbers 40 to 31

Aug 20, 2026

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7 min read

💡The Irish AI 50, 2026: numbers 40 to 31

The professors arrive, a Shutterstock AI chief, and the ML answer to running restaurants.

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💡The Irish AI 50, 2026: the countdown begins

Aug 12, 2026

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6 min read

💡The Irish AI 50, 2026: the countdown begins

Fifty Irish minds shaping AI worldwide, ranked. We start at the bottom and climb.

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💡Uncle Sam came second

Aug 6, 2026

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4 min read

💡Uncle Sam came second

PLUS: 9fin staff cash out, a 256-qubit machine lands in Dublin & Wayflyer's $1.5bn

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💡Coming soon: The Irish AI 50

Jul 31, 2026

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💡Coming soon: The Irish AI 50

Mapping the Irish minds building the AI frontier, counting down ten a week from next week.

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💡"Notions": Learnosity's one billion assessments

Jul 13, 2026

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4 min read

💡"Notions": Learnosity's one billion assessments

PLUS: Kenny Jacobs joins Manna's US push, Druid and Viatel go shopping abroad, and WrxFlo banks €3m for Limerick.

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💡The exit Ireland was waiting for

Jun 19, 2026

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4 min read

💡The exit Ireland was waiting for

PLUS: AMCS hits a $2bn valuation, KKR's €6.6bn move on DCC, CameraMatics raises €49m, and two new founders on the map.

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💡Stephen got hitched (and what we missed)

Jun 5, 2026

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💡Stephen got hitched (and what we missed)

PLUS: A French wedding, three weeks off, and a serious backlog of Irish tech wins to work through.

Chris Mullan, +2

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💡Galway Y Combinator

Apr 9, 2026

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3 min read

💡Galway Y Combinator

PLUS: A Kerry man builds AI risk in Washington DC, Vertigenius lands in 20 US clinics and Ireland registers 7,263 new startups in Q1.

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💡 Meet Rachel, the AI agent that called 3,000 pubs

Mar 27, 2026

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4 min read

💡 Meet Rachel, the AI agent that called 3,000 pubs

PLUS: Stripe's former CTO sells AI startup to Meta, Spectrum.Life lands in Australia, Horizon Quantum lists on Nasdaq & fresh funding rounds.

Founder Focus

Ken King - Founder of Freespace Operations

Feb 13, 2026

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12 min read

Ken King - Founder of Freespace Operations

Solving the drone industry's "holy grail" from Celbridge to Melbourne

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James Flanagan - Fancart

Jan 14, 2026

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10 min read

James Flanagan - Fancart

An Irish founder, a Manchester United legend, and a fan-first startup

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💡 Podcast Debut

Dec 11, 2025

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11 min read

💡 Podcast Debut

PLUS: Wild drones, creator marketplaces, AI for food security and Ireland’s unexpected dominance in Microsoft Excel.

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💡 Ian Casey - 2x Silicon Valley Exits

Nov 7, 2025

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11 min read

💡 Ian Casey - 2x Silicon Valley Exits

Two exits, zero funding, and a lifetime of lessons for Irish founders abroad

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💡 Jack Collins - Develop Health

Sep 25, 2025

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11 min read

💡 Jack Collins - Develop Health

Scaling to $7M ARR in 14 months with 5 employees

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💡 Transfer day deadline

Aug 28, 2025

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12 min read

💡 Transfer day deadline

PLUS: Ralco push, Stripe crypto play, Imprint = $1B, Overhaul’s $105M unicorn raise & the Irish tech wage war

Stephen Mullan, +3

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💡 The Next Step

Aug 14, 2025

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12 min read

💡 The Next Step

PLUS: Donegal founder joins $100K “startup nation” project in Singapore, Dawn Meats’ €128M New Zealand play & Veliu’s stealth-mode €3.4M raise

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💡 How a holiday ended up with €1.2M

Aug 7, 2025

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10 min read

💡 How a holiday ended up with €1.2M

PLUS: Liam Fuller incredible Oz story, Stripe snaps up Orum for instant rails & Konversational stakes its claim on 5th Ave

Chris Mullan, +2

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💡 The Third Musketeer

Jul 10, 2025

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11 min read

💡 The Third Musketeer

PLUS: The Irishman who taught Tim Cook how to scale, Milk Video into Oktopost, $180+ in funding and more...

Chris Mullan, +2