Julian Keenaghan – Co-founder of Tastebuds.fm
Tastebuds.fm Co-Founder Julian Keenaghan grew up in a small town in Ireland. He graduated from University College Dublin with a 1st class BSc in Mathematical Physics and Computer Science in…
Founders don’t come with instruction manuals. Neither do these interviews. What you’ll find here are real conversations with people who’ve built things. Some massive, some modest, all meaningful. They talk about what worked, what didn’t, and the stuff nobody warns you about. No highlight reels. No curated origin stories designed to make you feel bad about your Tuesday.
The founders featured here come from every industry imaginable. Tech, food, fashion, healthcare, education. Some raised millions. Others bootstrapped with pocket change and a stubborn refusal to quit. The common thread isn’t money or fame. It’s the willingness to start something when the outcome was far from guaranteed.
These interviews cover the practical stuff too. Daily routines. Biggest mistakes. The advice they’d give their younger selves. How they handle the days when nothing seems to work. Because those days happen to everyone, even the people who look like they’ve got it all figured out.
If you’re starting something, thinking about starting something, or just curious about what makes founders tick, this is a good place to spend some time. Not because every answer will apply to your situation. But because somewhere in here, someone said the thing you needed to hear.
Tastebuds.fm Co-Founder Julian Keenaghan grew up in a small town in Ireland. He graduated from University College Dublin with a 1st class BSc in Mathematical Physics and Computer Science in…
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