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Entrepreneur and CEO, Theya Healthcare

It has been a rollercoaster three years for Ciara Donlon. The 40 year old former marketing executive and lingerie boutique owner founded Theya Healthcare in 2014, after she identified an issue facing some of her customers.

"Women would come into the shop looking for a bra they could wear while recovering from breast cancer or surgery, and there really wasn't anything that met their needs. They might have scarring, or have had lymph nodes removed, or be undergoing radiotherapy treatment or hormone treatment, which makes them sweat a lot.

"If you put that into a synthetic bra that you have to wear 24 hours a day, every day for six weeks,cartier rings replica for women, it can be very uncomfortable," Donlon says.

So her solution was to create one herself. With no previous manufacturing experience, she found a designer, and established Theya to manufacture a new range of bras made from bamboo, which has antibacterial properties. Comfort and femininity were top priorities, along with features such as modesty pads and front zip closures. "We come at it from the woman's point of view from the very get go," she says.

In 2015, then barely a year in business, Donlon's fledgling company won armfuls of awards,diamond ring replica cartier, including the gong for Best Innovative Start Up 2015 by the DCU Ryan Academy, and a Bank of Ireland Startup award. The following year, Theya became an approved supplier to the British NHS, covering more than 1,200 NHS trusts in the UK, and was awarded two worldwide quality standards.

Even so, she says: "I had dark days where I didn't know if I could continue, between the stress of trying to find funding, while trying to keep everything running and grow our market. When that happened, I wouldn't even let myself think negatively. I had to keep focused on my vision."

Donlon also found herself turning for support to her network of other female entrepreneurs. "I did the DCU Ryan Academy Female High Fliers Accelerator programme two years ago, and met a network of women. When you're having those dark days, it is really important to be able to see other women who are out there doing it."

Donlon now divides her time between Ireland, where Theya is headquartered, and the family home in France she shares with her husband Laurent, and young son Senan.

She'll be spending International Women's Day in Paris, at the Cartier Headquarters, which just announced her as a finalist in its Women's Initiative Awards. It looks like 2017 is going to be another busy year. JOCEnterprise Ireland CEO

is one of a number of women using her influence to bring more gender balance into the Irish entrepreneurial landscape.

Sinnamon, who is chief executive of Enterprise Ireland, points out that in 2011, just seven female entrepreneurs out of a total 100 were supported by the agency. "Last year we supported 230 entrepreneurs in total, and 63 were women. Within high potential start ups, women accounted for 17 percent, so although we still have a bit to go, globally only 8 per cent of tech entrepreneurs are female. So we are doing much better than that."

Encouraging more women to become entrepreneurs "is mission critical for Enterprise Ireland and for me personally as a woman," she says.

Part of the challenge is putting a spotlight on the women who are succeeding as entrepreneurs. "If you don't see it, you won't want to be it."

But it is also about creating better support networks, especially at times in women's lives when it can be challenging for them to lean in to work. "Coming back after maternity leave can be a real pressure point. It was for me personally.

"Everyone who has been there will tell you that it gets better, but when you're in the middle of that tough merry go round of constant juggling, it doesn't feel like it. So it's at times like that it's really important for females to have those support networks, in addition to mixed support networks."

The entrepreneurial landscape in Ireland has already changed significantly for women over the past few years, Sinnamon says. "Ten years ago women were less willing to come forward to those networks, but today it's much more acceptable and women really see the benefits of being able to network with people who have had similar experiences."

Before becoming chief executive of Enterprise Ireland in 2013, Sinnamon was head of global business development, and also worked in senior roles in the IDA and banking. She has an MBA in International Business from New York's Fordham University and is an alumni of the Stanford Executive Program. The Derry native says admiration for entrepreneurship runs deep in her veins.

"My grandmother on my mother's side was a businesswoman, long before it was common. My father had a business, and my mother was very involved in it. So I think the influence of what we see as kids is key. To me, one of the really important things for female entrepreneurs isn't the impact they're bringing today,cartier men replica ring, it is that they will be the role models inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs." JO'CChair of the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland

"Where did you get that?" "This? It's only Penneys." might not be a household name, but the brand that she presided over for 37 years most certainly is. Few things are as Irish as the Penneys humblebrag. O'Donoghue was a long standing member of the board of Primark better known here as Penneys and part of a team (known in retailing as the gang of four) that oversaw the brand's growth from 17 stores, when she joined in the mid 1970s,cartier white gold love replica ring, to more than 300 in 10 countries, most recently the US. She moved on from Primark last year, leaving her role as head of new markets, although she remains an ambassador for the brand. She took some time out to do her own thing, teaching herself how to code and trying her hand at her own business. Despite some scary moments a lack of a regular wage when you are living in an expensive city will do that to you it turned out to be a good move. The sale of the on demand cleaning company netted Coleman and her cofounders Alex Depledge and Tom Nimmo 32 million in cash and stock. It also put Coleman on a different path.

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