In the Lab today, I share what it's like to move from Ireland to Spain, how I discovered the niche industry that ships supercars all around Europe for wealthy owners and why fitness villages will be the next mega-trend in health. --- Join my free weekly email newsletter here: https://bit.ly/40TgDkq --- Visit My Partners for Season 15 Sponsored by Square - Power your Business with Square Visit Square: https://squ.re/3x8oiOo - Location Partner: Iconic Offices - Claim your exclusive pod offer: http...
Sep 13, 2023•22 min•Season 15Ep. 287
Meet Alice Carroll, the spirited founder of Foxes Bow Irish Whiskey, as she spills the secret to her success in the traditional whiskey industry. She has blended the old with the new to create a disruptive brand identity. Alice shares her journey right from her roots in Limerick to shaking up the Irish Whiskey landscape. The conversation with Alice uncovers the hurdles she overcame and the innovative strategies that she employed to make whiskey appealing to a new generation of whiskey drinkers. ...
Sep 07, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Season 15Ep. 286
As someone who's navigated the unpredictable waters of professional sports, Jeff Hopkins understands the importance of mental agility. Whether it's being on trial with Europe's biggest football clubs or calculating the perfect golf swing, Jeff's journey to entrepreneurship has been flavoured with a unique mix of sports discipline and business acumen. In our chat, he sheds light on the lessons learned during his transition from professional sports to the world of business and entrepreneurship. A ...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 14Ep. 285
It's the weekend, that means it's time for a new mentor. This week, we have a special friend of mine to teach us about the unlimited power of mindset. Andy Mackin served in the Irish Navy for 21 years before embarking on a second career as an entrepreneur. Mackin Talent is now a commercial powerhouse with offices all over the world and turning over millons each month. His growth since then has been spectacular but why I really clicked with Andy was his outlook on life and the power of mindset. T...
Aug 19, 2023•14 min•Season 14Ep. 284
I speak from personal experience when I tell you property management is tough. Today's guest is solving the complex problems faced by property owners & managers. Paul McCarthy, the founder of Snapfix, joins me in the studio. His simple system based on the universal traffic light system aims to make managing your hotel, office or building as simple as using Whatsapp. The award winning software has received funding from prominent US investors and is now poised to break into the lucrative globa...
Aug 17, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 14Ep. 282
Today in the Lab, I give you your complete summer reading list. I give you recommendations across all our key areas of business, brain and body. 12 books that will make perfect companions for your summer travels and preparing your mind for the second half of 2023. --- Join my free weekly newsletter here: https://bit.ly/40TgDkq --- Visit My Partners Location Partner: Iconic Offices Claim your free office for a day: https://bit.ly/iconicEE23...
Aug 15, 2023•18 min•Season 14Ep. 282
Each week, I give you a world class mentor to prepare you to win the week ahead. Today, Lisa Creaven, co-founder of Spotlight Oral Care gives us a masterclass in customer psychology and product testing. You must know everything about your product and how it will be used before you can hope to build a market leading product. Lisa breaks down for us her product testing process and the strategies used. --- Visit My Partners Location Partner: Iconic Offices Claim your free office for a day: https://...
Aug 13, 2023•11 min•Season 14Ep. 281
Eamon Fitzgerald has transformed his lifelong passion for wine into a booming business in under 2 years. So how has it done it so fast? He has applied over 10 years experience in the UK wine market & decades of passion poured into the last 24 months. This is no overnight success story. Instead, Eamon shares the hard fought lessons of WineSpark. We hear about: His unusual funding model which traces back to Japan! How a public speaking nightmare transformed him as a leader & person The one...
Aug 10, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 14Ep. 280
In the Lab today, I reveal the results of the experiments I did in July to improve my business, body and brain. For my brain, I donated almost my entire wardrobe to charity and now only own 50 items. To improve my body, I completed the ultimate fitness test, a VO2 Max Test and a Metabolic test. Finally for my business, I built a content flywheel to supercharge our downloads and growth. Listen to the full episode to hear the results and how I rate each experiment for you to try. --- Visit My Part...
Aug 09, 2023•15 min•Season 14Ep. 279
Aspiring entrepreneurs always ask when is the right time. How will I know it's the right decision? Today, Pat Divilly shares his insights into the toughest choice of all. Walk away from your current life for the opportunity to build your dream life. Right or Wrong - You Must Make a Decision - That is today's theme and we'll help you work through your tough choices with today's mentor. --- Visit My Partners Location Partner: Iconic Offices Claim your free office for a day: https://bit.ly/iconicEE...
Aug 06, 2023•11 min•Season 14Ep. 278
He walked away from life as a barrister to disrupt the entire legal industry. Dan Fox, founder & CEO of Johnson Hanna joins Gary Fox on the podcast. The slow and expensive legal system is about to be transformed by today's guest. His firm is trimming the fat and speeding up the complex world of law. By applying a layer of tech & leverage, Johnson Hanna are forging an entirely new career path for legal professionals all over the world. Dan tells his story of leaving the life of disillusio...
Aug 03, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 14Ep. 277
Been a while since we did one of these so time for a rapid pod & life update. We've had a record breaking month on the podcast & I share the lessons & secrets I've been using to grow our downloads. On the learnings side, I've made some big decisions on the future of a few business ventures & why they all came from working on my mental fitness. --- Visit My Partners Location Partner: Iconic Offices Claim your free office for a day: https://bit.ly/iconicEE23...
Aug 01, 2023•26 min•Season 14Ep. 276
Shoot for the Moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars. Norman Veale said it first and said it best. That is the theme of today's Mentor Moment. Realistic people don't change the world. Irish people and Irish entrepreneurs in particular can often be guilty of being too humble and afraid to truly express their grand plan. John Ryan is not one of those people. When we spoke back in 2019, he clearly outlined his plans for his business. Guess what? 4 years on, he is making those dreams ha...
Jul 30, 2023•13 min•Season 14Ep. 275
Today's guest has built a business on the back of sheer graft and passion. David Hartigan, the founder & CEO of Hemp Heroes joins Gary on the pod. While rising through the ranks at PWC, he pursued his passion of building a company in the health space that would help people & pets live longer & better. Since 2018, he has been building Hemp Heroes, producing human food supplements, pet supplements and cosmetics. David is one of Europe's leading experts on Hemp and CBD but his entrepren...
Jul 27, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 14Ep. 274
For almost 10 years, Nick Keegan has been working to uncover the billion euro opportunity hiding in your letterbox & email inbox. He's now cracked that puzzle and powers the communications for the world's biggest companies. As he prepares to go on a massive growth spree, I hear how Nick discovered his playbook of powering phenomenal success through acquistions and clever product positioning. Nick Keegan, the CEO & co-founder of MailMetrics joins Gary Fox on the pod this week. --- Visit M...
Jul 21, 2023•1 hr 9 min•Season 14Ep. 273
Our Mentor today is Fiona Parfrey, the co-founder of Riley. Fiona gives us a masterclass on how to get your startup covered by the media and how to create a cohesive working relationship with your co-founders. In under 3 years, Fiona & her co-founders have taken Riley from an idea over a glass of wine to becoming EY Entrepreneur of the Year Finalists. Their early growth & customer traction has been phenomenal so sit back & learn from one of Ireland's most promising entrepreneurs. ---...
Jul 16, 2023•13 min•Season 14Ep. 272
Cathal Friel joins Gary Fox on this week's podcast. He tells the story of leaving school to save his family business & how this sliding doors moment sparked his life as an entrepreneur & business builder. Cathal helped set up Merrion Stockbrokers before establishing his own highly specialised niche of building high-growth companies in-house before rapidly listing them on stock markets. He has created companies worth multiple billions including Amryt Pharma plc which IPO’d on the London S...
Jul 14, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 14Ep. 271
In the Lab today I share the master plan I am using to plan the next 10 years of my life. This is your cheat code to achieve all your goals for the next 6 months. We are halfway through the year so this is the review session you need to plan what you are going to achieve in the second half of the year. I share how I review my year and how I plan my goals. If you need a template to smash your goals in 2023, this episode is for you. --- Visit My Partners Location Partner: Iconic Offices Claim your...
Jul 11, 2023•15 min•Season 14Ep. 270
Today's guest is going to change the course of human lifespan and healthspan. He is going to get you healthier, fitter and help you look younger while living to 120! Pat is one of the most passionate and successful entrepreneurs in Ireland. He calls his shot and stands over his beliefs and predictions. He sold Trustev, his tech startup back in 2015 for $44 million. This was not the end but merely the start for Pat. He has become one of the most prolific startup founders and funders in Ireland. H...
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 14Ep. 269
We are back for a brand new season of The Entrepreneur Experiment podcast. Between now and the end of 2023, I am going all in on making this podcast, the number 1 choice for people who want to improve their business, body and brain. In this episode, I bring you up to speed on what's happened since June, the plans for the rest of the year and reveal my 3 experiments I am doing on my business, body and brain in July. Visit My Partners Location Partner: Iconic Offices Claim your free office for a d...
Jul 04, 2023•15 min•Season 14Ep. 268
Ann Hunt took her decade of experience on Wall Street to build a platform to improve the psychology of professional stock traders. Now for the first time since selling her company, she tells the full story. We learn the psychological traits that can make both a great entrepreneur and stock picker. She reveals why she eventually sold her company in a successful exit and why she might just go again in a new venture! --- Visit My Partners Sponsored by Square - Power your Business with Square Visit ...
Jun 10, 2023•46 min•Season 13Ep. 267
Michael Dwyer, the founder of Pigsback.com joins Gary Fox on the pod. In 2019, Michael sold Pigsback for €25 million in cash. For almost 20 years he survived dot-com crashes and economic turmoil making Pigsback a true Irish e-commerce story. Michael's career has spanned the international food industry, dotcom entrepreneurship, a book, and now investment and advisory in start-ups, tech and blockchain and, in between, taking on the poker pros. In this episode you will learn: The grit & tenacit...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 13Ep. 266
Our mentor today is serial entrepreneur and investor, Brian Caulfield. Brian started his career with multiple exits in the tech space and is now one of Ireland's best-known venture capital investors. Today, he teaches us what he looks for in an exceptional entrepreneur and how he spots world-changing startup ideas. Brian's episode is number 202 if you want to go back and listen to the full conversation. --- Visit My Partners Sponsored by Square - Power your Business with Square Visit Square: htt...
May 28, 2023•13 min•Season 13Ep. 265
Joining Gary Fox on the podcast this week is Ian Browne, the MD of the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC) which invests in high-growth companies across Ireland as well as supporting entrepreneurs from the idea stage right up to Series A. Originally, Ian founded My Surgery Website, a MedTech SAAS business which grew to almost 5000 customers and millions of users before being acquired by NASDAQ-listed Stericycle. Post-acquisition he helped establish IgniteNI, focused on revitalising the North...
May 25, 2023•1 hr 14 min•Season 13Ep. 264
In 2018, Ciaran Mulligan sold his company, Blue Insurance for a reported €70 million. The entrepreneur is now a serial investor & adventurer! As our mentor today, he teaches us the value and power of following your gut and being true to your convictions. Ciaran taught me so much about the power of being open to change & adapting rapidly in the ever-shifting landscape of business. --- Visit My Partners Sponsored by Square - Power your Business with Square Visit Square: https://squ.re/3x8o...
May 21, 2023•12 min•Season 12Ep. 263
Andy Noonan is festival director, curator and owner of Big Grill, Me Auld Flower and Baste (soon to be Scorchio). He started out life in events as a DJ and nightclub promoter at the age of 16. Since then he has successfully organised Europe's Biggest BBQ & Food Festival, Big Grill, Baste a BBQ catering & events company In this episode, we explore a huge variety of topics including: The complete guide to developing a festival The harsh reality of why most food businesses flop Is it possib...
May 18, 2023•1 hr•Season 13Ep. 262
In the Lab today, I share my experience of speaking at The Wealth Summit last week and give you a breakdown of the talk I delivered. I've studied and identified the 4 traits that all top-level entrepreneurs have and the dark passengers they carry as a result of having those traits. Essential listening for founders who want to improve their self-awareness. --- Visit My Partners Sponsored by Square - Power your Business with Square Visit Square: https://squ.re/3x8oiOo Location Partner: Iconic Offi...
May 17, 2023•17 min•Season 13Ep. 261
Don't build a CV, build a portfolio. Today's mentor is Barry Lunn, serial entrepreneur and founder of Provizio. He teaches us today there is no single path to becoming an entrepreneur. Pursue your passions, work hard and just keep going. --- Visit My Partners Sponsored by Square - Power your Business with Square Visit Square: https://squ.re/3x8oiOo Location Partner: Iconic Offices Claim your free office for a day: https://bit.ly/iconicEE23 Learning Partner: MentorsWork - Get a free mentor https:...
May 14, 2023•12 min•Season 13Ep. 260
Aidan is a self-confessed accidental entrepreneur. He led Voxpro, the highly successful outsourcing company founded by well-known entrepreneurial husband and wife duo, Dan & Linda Kiely, until their sale for $150 million in 2019. Aidan was taking a well-deserved sabbatical when the world changed. Covid happened and inspiration struck. His former business model of filling offices with customer service agents could be reimaged for the remote world. His company Otonomee, has never had an office...
May 11, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 13Ep. 259
In the Lab today, I reveal the results of my latest experiment. In April, I took 23 entrepreneurs & set them a challenge. They must exercise for 30 minutes for the 30 days of April. To hold each other accountable, they must update a Whatsapp group each day. The winner who did it without fail, would win €500 and develop a new core habit. So how many people completed the challenge and rebuilt their relationship with exercise? Find out on today's pod/ --- Visit My Partners Sponsored by Square -...
May 10, 2023•17 min•Season 13Ep. 258
