
Eric Howey
Founder and Owner Operator of EMH Technical Services Ltd, an electrical and data installation contractor in Cork, Ireland; named Business All-Star Cork Entrepreneur of the Year 2025.
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Sep 22, 2026
You Can't Build It Alone: Growing from Self-Employed to Business Owner | Eric Howey
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1:48DanHOST
the decision to start your own business? What was happening in your life and your career at the time and was starting a business something you always wanted to

Eric HoweyGUEST
do? If you go right back to the early 2000s, I did set up my own business in 2005 and we were tipping away fine and there was a few mistakes made along the way and in my last employment I was a contract manager for a large electrical installation company and I got to a point where you always have that itch where I always had that itch where I wanted to be self-employed.

Eric HoweyGUEST
I couldn't really put my finger on it, but I think I wanted to create somewhere where people wanted to work.

Eric HoweyGUEST
And I suppose if people want to work for you, it's a lot easier to steer the ship when they want to be there, not have to be there.

Eric HoweyGUEST
So in December 2019, I decided I was going to leave my very secure job with a very secure company and made up my decision over Christmas with my wife.
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12:17BillHOST
And how do you manage that? Or do you make them realize that? Or do you choose well enough that they know this stuff anyway?