The Big Interview

Big Interview: Parcel Motel founder John Tuohy on going back into business after a €30m sale

The 55-year-old second-time founder tells Charlie Taylor about why OOHPod can be his next big success

John Tuohy: ‘The feedback we’ve gotten is that what we’re doing is a win-win for everyone concerned so I’m convinced we can go far with it.’

You could forgive anyone for wanting to rest on their laurels after successfully exiting the business they’ve built up over many years.

But for some entrepreneurs, there’s only so long on the couch before the urge to do something again takes over.

John Tuohy, who founded Nightline and its parcel locker arm, Parcel Motel, is one of them.

“What else was I going to do?,” he says when asked why he is back in action again after selling his former business in a €30 million deal to delivery giant UPS back in 2017.