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EP. 6 - Avalanche Designs - Aidan O Carroll

Ep. 6
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Aidan O Carroll tells the story of how he set up Avalanche Designs. (literally from his bedroom floor) going from many cold emails & Facebook messages to growing his business to 10 staff including himself. 


“A kid with a dream” - Aidan speaks of the love he has for supporting his local GAA club and community and also tells us about a client from HELL 🔥🍓


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