The Art of Flexibly Working from Anywhere with Co-Founder at spacebands, Ronan Finnegan #56
Why settle for working from home - Ronan Finnegan is the award-winning entrepreneur proving that you can run a business from just about anywhere on Earth.
The growing wearables brand which he Co-Founded, ‘spacebands’, is proof of the entrepreneurial pedigree on show in Ronan’s work, driven by his desire for flexibility.
Joining Lee Cooper on Extrology this week, Ronan shares how to overcome the outdated reliance on presenteeism, the inspiration behind the future of workplace wearables, and much more.
Lee and Ronan discuss:
Early entrepreneurship with crowdfunding and being invited to speak at a TEDxYouth event
The freedom and flexibility that drives Ronan
Outcome-based work taking over from the presenteeism of old
The innovative technology solving tangible pain points with ‘spacebands’
Links & references
Lee Cooper: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leecooperrecruiter/
Ronan Finnegan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronanfinnegan/
spacebands: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spacebands/
https://www.instagram.com/spacebandsuk/
Get in touch: lee@extrology.com
Episode highlights:
“My parents were great in letting us know at a very young age that we were able to somewhat choose our own path. There weren’t those family pressures that some people have on them. ” - 6:45 - Ronan Finnegan
“The barrier to entry for starting your own business is a lot lower than most people perceive. If you believe in an idea enough, everything will fall in around it.” - 12:20 - Ronan Finnegan
“I've had the day-to-day of working in an office, albeit in short spells of time. But the reason I'm doing this is so that I do have the freedom and flexibility to choose when I work, how I work, who I work with. It’s not money-motivated.” - 18:20 - Ronan Finnegan
“We launched the original concept in June 2020, and sold that product for about a year. We realised pretty quickly, in the first couple of months, that business didn't have longevity, it was only alive as long as the pandemic existed.” - 27:40 - Ronan Finnegan
“We were confident in the concept quite early on, because the concept was, of course, led by our customers' voices. So we listened to what the market wanted and started to build it.” - 31:25 - Ronan Finnegan
“The ultimate goal is to have flexibility where I don't have to work, but day-to-day, I love what I do. I choose who I meet, I choose what projects I'm working on, I choose what parts of the business I'm working with.” - 35:20 - Ronan Finnegan
Extrology is sponsored by Progresso Talent Partners who for more than 25 years have successfully delivered interim and permanent leadership talent to transform businesses and to hire the talent you need to enable your business to thrive: https://www.progressotalent.com/