From property deals to AI: Oisín Hanrahan’s €60m startup bet on food

About this episode

Oisín Hanrahan discusses his journey from student property deals to launching successful startups in the home services and food industries.

How did an Irish student end up building one of the biggest home-services startups in the US? Irish entrepreneur Oisín Hanrahan joins Adrian Weckler on The Big Tech Show to discuss his path from buying property in Budapest as a student to dropping out of Harvard Business School to launch Handy. He also talks about startup co-founder dynamics and his latest venture, Keychain, which connects food brands with manufacturers. Listen on the Irish Independent website or wherever you get your podcasts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Adrian Weckler

Guest: Oisín Hanrahan

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• startups
• AI
• food industry
• property investment
• co-founder dynamics

Keywords

• Oisín Hanrahan
• Handy
• Keychain
• startups
• AI
• food brands
• entrepreneurship
• Harvard Business School

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harvard Business School, Handy, Keychain, Irish Independent

Places: Ireland, Budapest

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