Your Business: Negotiate the risks and reap the rewards

Leanna Byrne talks to entrepreneur Chanelle McCoy, and six Irish SMEs which have taken the path less travelled are profiled

Niamh Sterling, founder of Recipe Guru Pic: Clodagh Kilcoyne

Chanelle McCoy was recently ranked 23rd in a list of ‘50 incredible people shaping modern Ireland’. She co-founded Chanelle Medical, part of the multimillion pound global company Chanelle Pharmaceutical Group based in Galway. McCoy is the newest dragon on the RTÉ television series Dragons’ Den in Ireland, and is also married to horseracing legend AP McCoy.

McCoy is a popular business, leadership and motivational speaker, due to her experience of co-heading up Ireland’s ...