Colm O’Brien is one of Ireland’s leading business people. He has known and continues to know great business success. He has worked with some of Ireland’s leading business people and his work continues to make a difference in thousands of people’s lives.
But, Colm O’Brien has also known the great trails that come with a failed business. At the height of his first career, Colm was one of the key decision makers in the renowned Bewley’s brand. He was general manager of Bewley’s flagship café in Grafton Street, Dublin, where he was instrumental in founding Bewley’s Café Theatre and he was the instigator and creator of the well-known Bewley’s Hotel at Newlands Cross in Co. Dublin. In 1998, Colm and his wife made a brave decision and took a Bewley’s franchise in Limerick city. 8 years later the business failed with the loss of 35 jobs and a crippling personal business related debt of €250,000.
A chance meeting with a stranger on the Limerick to Dublin train in 2003, a successful tender to supply 27 lunches to one school every day and an ability to work hard and succeed led to Colm’s current very successful business, Carambola. Following years of hard work and vision, Colm’s business today supports 180 jobs and directly employs 100 people. Based in Annacotty in Co. Limerick, Carambola supplies over 22,000 individual lunches every single morning to schools all over the country, each lunch individually selected by the student and designed to suit their individual dietary requirements.
In 2015 Colm penned his first book: Feeding Johnny – How to Build a Business Despite the Roadblocks (more about Feeding Johnny here) which received national and local media attention. The book has received such a tremendous reception by readers wanting to work with Colm and help them grown their business that Colm has developed a unique programme and business to support the demand – Colm O’Brien Motivation.
The new business was launched on Saturday March 5th at The Savoy Hotel, Limerick at Colm’s inaugural seminar ‘The Life You Really Want’.
Colm O’Brien Motivation offers unique programmes to both business people and those who are inspired to change their everyday path to one of action and prosperity. Learn more about how you can empower change in your life through The Twelve Steps to Create the Life You’ve Always Wanted Send enquiry here
Yours truly
A FEW WAYS I CAN HELP
ONE DAY EVENT
WITH COLM
“Create The Life You Really Want” was Colm’s inaugural seminar aimed at people who are passionate about empowering change and building the life they really want to live.
MY BOOK
FEEDING JOHNNY
Colm O’Brien’s story of success could be your story. His first business failed spectacularly and yet today the business he founded from the ashes of that failure delivers over 22,500 school lunches to children all over Ireland every single morning. Follow his story.
90-DAY
ONLINE PROGRAMME
“12 Steps to Create the Life You Really Want.” Create the personal and professional life you want to live by learning the key strategies Colm used in regaining control of his own and empowering yourself to make the changes you know are possible.