The Entrepreneur Experiment

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 lear...

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 be...

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...

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...

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 use...

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...

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 t...

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...