The Entrepreneur Experiment

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...

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 l...

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...

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,...

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 a...

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...

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 bee...

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 cre...

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 go...

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 merel...

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...

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...

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 blockcha...

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 convers...

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...

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 Pa...

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 g...

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...

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 f...

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 serv...

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...

Serial entrepreneur John Tuohy, gives us a masterclass today in finding & executing brilliant business ideas. Ideas are worth nothing without execution and your mentor today gives you the blueprint on both finding new ideas & then putting a rapid plan in place to make them happen. If you've been struggling to come up with your first idea or you have the idea but no plan on how to make it a reality...

Started in 1876, the Musgrave retail empire is one of Ireland's best examples of a family business that has become a dynasty. The Musgrave group owns brands such as Centra, Supervalu, and Daybreak. I am joined by author and former Musgraves Director, Philip Mackeown to talk about family business and why it's so hard for the next generation to succeed. Philip has just published his book, The Succes...

Our mentor today is Jayne Ronayne, the co-founder of Talivest which was recently acquired by Go1. Jayne teaches us how to act as early-stage founders & entrepreneurs and how often your early supporters and investors are backing you and not the product. As an entrepreneur, you need to be able to shape the vision of how you are going to make things happen & Jayne tells us exactly how to do that. ---...

EY of the Year finalist, Tony Richardson floated two companies on the stock exchange before selling his business, Venn Life Sciences, and buying two football clubs. In this fascinating episode, Tony gives us a no holds barred insight into the tough business of life sciences and what it takes to float not one but two companies. We delve deep into the business of sport and why Tony believes buying a...