The Entrepreneur Experiment
Discover how world-class entrepreneurs, elite thinkers, and peak performers master success in business, body, and brain.Every week, I sit down with extraordinary people to explore how they build thriving businesses, maintain peak physical health, and cultivate sharp, resilient minds.Together, we’ll discover the habits, systems, and experiments they use to create their unique formulas for success.Join me as you learn how to build like a founder, train like an athlete, and think like an artist—so we can all find our formula for success.This isn’t just a podcast; it’s a blueprint for a new kind of...
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EE487 - Mentor Moment - Gerry Hussey - A 5-Minute Visualisation Exercise for Founders
<p >In this Mentor Moment, Gerry Hussey shares a simple but powerful way to visualise success that founders can actually put into practice. Instead of vague “future goals,” Gerry breaks it down into outcomes, daily process enablers, and identity — becoming the person who already lives the life you’re working towards.</p><p >You’ll hear his step-by-step exercise to map what you want, identify the habits that get you there, and close the gap between who you are today and who you need to become.</p><p >For the full conversation with Gerry Hussey, listen to Episode 413 of The Entreprene...
EE486 - From Bakery to Cult Favourite: Eoin Cluskey on Scaling Bread 41
<p >In this episode of The Entrepreneur Experiment, Gary Fox sits down with Eoin Cluskey, founder and head baker of Bread 41, the Dublin bakery business built on craft, care, and real food. From leaving school early and training as a carpenter to finding his calling in kitchens abroad, Eoin shares the winding road that led him back to Ireland to build one of the country’s most loved bakery brands. Bread 41 launched in 2018 and has since expanded across multiple locations while staying fiercely committed to quality and values.</p><p >This is a conversation about much more than bread. Eoin op...
EE485 - Mentor Moment: Lorraine Heskin - Building Gourmet Food Parlour in the Celtic Tiger
<p >In this Mentor Moment, Lorraine Heskin — founder of Gourmet Food Parlour — takes us back to 2006, right in the heart of the Celtic Tiger, when she made the leap from a stable job into the unknown to build her own café brand.</p><p >Lorraine shares how she approached brand-building from day one, why finding a location was the hardest part (and why she refused to pay key money), and the magic of opening the doors to a queue down the street — proving the idea wasn’t just in her head, the community wanted it.</p><p >For the full conversat...
EE484 - The Cash Flow Playbook with Andrea Reynolds: Grants, Debt, VC & Profitability
<p >Andrea Reynolds, Founder & CEO of Swoop, joins Gary to break down what founders actually need to know about funding, cash flow and building a business that lasts.</p><p >Andrea started Swoop after becoming deeply frustrated by how hard it was for business owners to access grants, loans and funding quickly. What began as anger at a broken system became a fintech platform helping businesses access cash faster, automate funding applications and identify savings across essential services.</p><p >In this conversation, Andrea shares the real-world funding lessons most founders only learn the hard way: why you should raise...
EE483 - Mentor Moment: Anthony Gallagher — Building Petstop Through People & Innovation
<p >In this Mentor Moment, Anthony Gallagher, founder of Petstop, Ireland’s leading Independent Pet Retailer, shares what he’s proudest of after decades in business: the people who stayed. From team members who have been with him for nearly 30 years to multi-generational families now working across the business, Anthony reflects on why great companies are built by investing in people, staying close to customers, and never losing touch with what’s happening on the ground.</p><p >He also shares why he still visits stores every week, how innovation helped Petstop scale through major change, and why the basics — listenin...
EE482 - €0 Funding, €7.5m Profit, 2000 Events a Year: The Bingo Loco Blueprint with Will Meara
<p >Will Meara is the founder behind Bingo Loco — the 3-hour bingo rave that sells chaos as an experience and somehow turns strangers into mates in the space of one night.</p><p >In this episode, Will breaks down how Bingo Loco went from a scrappy experiment in Dublin to a global live-experience machine — running roughly 2,000 events a year, active in around 270+ cities, with a team of ~276 people and ~200+ performers (MCs, DJs and talent) powering the shows.</p><p >We get into the real mechanics most people miss:</p><p >why Bingo Loco works as “competitive socialising” (a focal point that rem...
EE481: Mentor Moment - Rory King - The Content Machine Behind Rory’s Travel Club
<p >In this Mentor Moment, Rory King - founder of Rory’s Travel Club - breaks down the content engine behind building a simple, low-cost membership business at scale. He shares how they publish across multiple platforms every day, the split between posts that convert (offers), posts that build trust (reviews/testimonials), and posts that drive engagement (questions, entertainment), plus why “value first” is the only strategy that lasts.</p><p >If you’re trying to grow an audience, build a personal brand, or turn attention into recurring revenue, this is packed with practical takeaways you can apply immediately.</p><p >For t...
EE480: Dr Caitriona Ryan & Dr Niki Ralph: 40,000 Patients a Year at the Institute of Dermatologists
<p >In this episode, Gary sits down with Dr Caitriona Ryan and Dr Niki Ralph, co-founders of the Institute of Dermatologists in Dublin, to unpack how they built a modern “centre of excellence” model in Irish private care - combining medical dermatology, cosmetic dermatology, skincare, and a growing surgical pathway under one roof.</p><p >They share the realities of scaling a high-trust healthcare business (systems, hiring, standards, and culture), how COVID sparked a major pivot into new services, and why Ireland needs to shift from reactive healthcare to preventative, longevity-led thinking. Plus: the story behind ID Formulas, their new data...
EE479: Mentor Moment - Seán Brett - Why ‘Not Fitting In’ Can Be Your Advantage
<p >In this bite-sized Mentor Moment, Seán Brett shares the raw, real start of his entrepreneurial journey - leaving school at 14 after being misunderstood for dyslexia and ADHD, and turning that experience into creativity, resilience, and a relentless drive to build a better life.</p><p >Seán breaks down why “non-traditional” beginnings can become an advantage, how early selling teaches you more than any classroom, and why understanding people - not just products - is at the heart of business.</p><p >For the full conversation with Seán (and why it became a listener favourite), listen to Episode...
EE478 - AI Is Changing Business Fast: Here's What Actually Matters with Ray Ryan, Noledge Group
<p >What doesn’t disappear in a recession? Money. What disappears is confidence — and that’s where opportunity lives.</p><p >In this episode of The Entrepreneur Experiment, Gary sits down with Ray Ryan, founder of The Noledge Group, for a wide-ranging, founder-first conversation on staying relevant through decades of tech change — from mainframes, to PCs, to cloud… and now AI, agents, and wearables.</p><p >Ray shares how he’s built and evolved a business by spotting shifts early, testing relentlessly, and focusing on what actually creates productivity (hint: it’s not hype — it’s time saved). They get into why voice + v...
