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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EE473 - Spencer Matthews: The Identity Shift That Built CleanCo (and Changed Everything)
<p >In this episode of The Entrepreneur Experiment, Gary Fox sits down with Spencer Matthews - founder of CleanCo, endurance adventurer, and the definition of a modern founder operating across business, body and brain.</p><p >Spencer shares the real story behind his identity shift: from heavy drinking and coasting, to building extreme discipline through endurance challenges, and channeling that same intensity into building CleanCo. He opens up about raising big money, moving too fast, the U.S. expansion that didn’t land, stepping back from the day-to-day, and what he’d do differently if he was starting again.</p><p >I...
AMA: Breakout Founders for 2026 + My Boldest Predictions
<p >Welcome back to The Entrepreneur Experiment for 2026 - and Season 28 kicks off with a special format: an Ask Me Anything Q&A. Gary answers the most “juicy” questions sent in over Christmas (LinkedIn, Instagram, and the newsletter), covering everything from taking the podcast global, to the tools and team behind the scenes, to why he’s doubling down on founder-led brands in the age of AI.</p><p >You’ll also hear Gary’s hot takes for 2026 (see: remote vs. hybrid: pick a lane), the founders he believes will have breakout years, what he’d do differently if he started agai...
EE471 - Live Podcast Special: Aine Kennedy, Nadia Adan, and Jack Pierse: Building Brands in Public
<p >Recorded live at The Sugar Club, this special edition of The Entrepreneur Experiment brings three standout Irish founders on stage for an honest, high-energy conversation about building modern businesses in public.<br><br>Aine Kennedy, founder of The Smooth Company and newly crowned EY Entrepreneur of the Year, shares how she launched her first product with no budget, built everything herself, with the help of her family, and turned documenting the journey on TikTok into 150 million organic views, now shipping to 70 countries worldwide.<br><br>Nadia Adan, founder of Ashford Motors, breaks down how she went from a small...
EE470 - Mentor Moment: Trevor McFarlane — Building an Elite Network from Scratch
<p >How do you build a powerful business network when you’re starting with no members, no brand, and no shortcuts?</p><p >In this Mentor Moment, Trevor McFarlane, founder and CEO of EMIR, shares how he built one of the Middle East’s most influential private CEO networks — starting with a single event, a lot of nerve, and an obsession with trust and curation.</p><p >Trevor explains why optics matter, how credibility compounds over time, and why protecting the integrity of a network is far more valuable than short-term revenue.</p><p >🎙️ To hear the full story — including how EMIR scal...
EE469 - Air Miles for the High Street: How Squid Is Rewiring Local Loyalty
<p >In this episode of The Entrepreneur Experiment, Gary Fox welcomes back Matthew Coffey, co-founder of Squid, Ireland and the UK’s largest local loyalty network with 550,000+ users and nearly 2,000 independent businesses.</p><p >What began as a simple tap-for-coffee reward app has evolved into a powerful loyalty and payments infrastructure - and now Squid has launched Wave, a universal points currency described as “air miles for the high street.” You can now earn points in one brand and redeem them in another, all by linking your everyday spending cards.</p><p >Matthew breaks down how Squid integrated with global giants...
EE468 - Mentor Moment: Opening the Books - How Eoin Cantwell Built a Transparent Food Empire
<p >What happens when a founder opens the company’s books to every single staff member — salaries, P&L, everything?<br>In this episode, Eoin Cantwell, founder of Fitt Meals, shares the bold move that transformed his culture, boosted performance, and created true ownership across his team.</p><p >Eoin opens up about:</p><p >why he embraced full financial transparency with staff</p><p >how he teaches the “why” behind decisions, not just the “what”</p><p >building accountability and KPIs in a growing food business</p><p >scaling a bootstrap company while protecting quality</p><p >the mindset shifts he ha...
How Jac Dunne Reinvented Her Career and Stepped into Fintech Leadership
<p >In this episode of The Entrepreneur Experiment, Gary Fox sits down with Jac Dunne, CEO of Dimply, an AI-powered financial experience platform that’s quietly reshaping how banks, insurers and wealth managers serve their customers.<br>After almost three decades in legacy finance, Jac made a bold move in her mid-50s into regtech and then fintech, “bookending” her career by building the kind of technology she always wished existed inside the big institutions. She breaks down what Dimply actually does in plain English, how it powers hyper-personalised journeys inside apps like AIB’s, and why the future of money wi...
EE466 - Mentor Moment: Building a Personal Brand & Authentic Entrepreneurship With Conor McHugh
<p >Forget the corporate polished front - authenticity wins every time.<br>Conor McHugh, founder of Alchemy Search, shares why building a personal brand has been key to his success in Dubai, how honesty drives relationships, and why you should never pretend to be bigger than you are.</p><p >🎙️ For the full episode (412) of The Entrepreneur Experiment, listen to Conor’s full story on reputation, relationships, and building trust in business.<br>💡 New here? Hit follow or subscribe for weekly Mentor Moments and full founder interviews.<br><br>—— <br></p><p >Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly inspiration on Business, Brain...
EE465 - From Pharmacy Counter to 1,500 Stores: How Laura Dowling Built Fabu Wellness
<p >In this episode of The Entrepreneur Experiment, Gary sits down with Laura Dowling — “The Fabulous Pharmacist” — a pharmacist, founder, educator, entertainer, and one of Ireland’s most recognisable health voices.</p><p >From 20 years behind the pharmacy counter to running a fast-growing wellness brand stocked in 1,500+ stores, Laura shares the real story behind Fabu Wellness: the failures, the stolen idea, the long nights in labs with breastfeeding babies, the near-quit moments — and the explosive online launch that changed everything.</p><p >She reveals how she built a deeply engaged audience during COVID, why simplifying health information is her superpower, the truth ab...
EE464 - Mentor Moment: Pádraig Ó Céidigh — From Teaching to Buying an Airline
<p >How does a schoolteacher from Connemara end up buying his own airline?<br>In this Mentor Moment, Pádraig Ó Céidigh, former owner of Aer Arann, shares how instinct and courage led him to take one of the boldest entrepreneurial leaps in Irish business — remortgaging his home to keep a vital island service alive.</p><p >🎙️ Listen to the full conversation in Episode 408 of The Entrepreneur Experiment to hear Pádraig’s full story of risk, resilience, and leadership.<br>💡 If you haven’t already, hit follow or subscribe for more weekly founder insights and Mentor Moments.</p><p >—— </p><p >Subscribe to our...
