PODCAST: The Small Business Show (30/04 - 06/05/14)

This week’s Small Business Show looks at Camara, the charity which takes old technology from businesses and puts it back to work helping disadvantaged children around the world. Oscar nominated animation company, Cartoon Saloon, talk about what it takes to create great animation and how publishers are now getting in on the animation industries. Temptster talks about filling to those empty tables and chairs as well as cinema seats. In the final part of the show we meet video analytics company Vidiro Analytics.

Part 1: Camara is an International organisation dedicated to using technology to improve education and livelihood skills in disadvantaged communities around the world. With better education they expect these communities to break the cycle of poverty they find themselves in. Founded nine years ago in Dublin, Ireland the organisation has built a proven model of ‘education delivery’ that is both sustainable and highly scalable. Maureen O’Donnell talks about delivering on their promise and their new three year plan to encompass two million children.

Part 2: Cartoon Saloon is an Irish Animation Studio based in Kilkenny. It was recently nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature film. It began as an informal partnership between a group of animators brought together by Paul Young and Tomm Moore in 1999. Cartoon Saloon has since grown into a multi-award winning animation and illustration design studio. Paul talks with Kehlan about their creations and the business model behind animation.