What you’re in today might not be what you’re doing in five years

For Nicola Byrne, founder of 11890 directory enquiries, any business setback is nothing more than a reason to clamber back up on the horse again

Nicola Byrne Pic: Fergal Phillips

CV: Nicola Byrne

Role: chief executive and founder of 11890 and Cloud90

Age:46

Family: three children, and partnered with Conor

Hobbies: singing

Favourite film: Independence Day, directed by Roland Emmerich

‘You don’t realise how much you’ve done until you’ve done it,” says Nicola Byrne, in a tone of complete conviction.

The chief executive and founder of 11890 directory enquiries and Cloud90, a social media analytics company, is sitting in a dimly-lit basement on ...