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Karen Clince: “Put it in your engine and let it drive you forward”
· 53 min · S6 E8
Episode Karen Clince: “Put it in your engine and let it drive you forward”
Karen Clince became a mum at just 21. Around the same time, she began building what would eventually become one of Ireland's largest childcare businesses.
More than two decades later, Tigers Childcare cares for thousands of children and employs hundreds of people, and this year Karen sold a majority stake in the business in a deal reported to be worth up to €75 million.
Behind that extraordinary business story is a deeply personal one.
In this episode of IMAGE The Motherload, Karen joins Dominique to talk about growing up with a father experiencing addiction and serious mental health difficulties, the mother who became the constant in her life, becoming a young mum herself, and raising two children while building a business from the ground up.
They talk about being underestimated, navigating misogyny in business, the reality of Ireland's childcare crisis and Karen's belief in the extraordinary difference one good adult can make in a child's life.
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