In this episode of The Entrepreneur Experiment, Gary Fox sits down with Fran Quilty, co-founder and CEO of Conjura, the analytics platform powering the world’s fastest-growing e-commerce brands. From spinning out Wayflyer to building one of Ireland’s most exciting SaaS companies, Fran shares the unfiltered reality of transitioning from a services business to a scalable product, raising venture capital, and staying ahead in a rapidly evolving e-commerce landscape.
Fran breaks down how AI is fundamentally changing the way brands operate, why marketplaces like Amazon, TikTok, and Walmart are driving revenue shifts, and the lessons he learned building two companies simultaneously. If you want to understand where e-commerce is headed, and how data and automation will define the next decade - this is an episode you can’t miss.
In this episode, we cover:
📈 How Fran and his co-founder spun Conjura out of consulting and discovered the e-commerce goldmine
🚀 The split that created Wayflyer—and how it became one of Ireland’s biggest startup success stories
🔄 Lessons from moving from services to SaaS: why focus beats feature creep
🛒 E-commerce in 2025: the rise of marketplaces, social selling, and channel fragmentation
🤖 The AI revolution in analytics—why agent-based AI will change how brands operate
💡 The 80/20 rule for e-commerce: why 20% of your products drive 90% of your profit
🇪🇺 Why Europe is the fastest-growing e-commerce market right now
⚡ Fran’s advice for founders building in fast-moving industries
💬 “AI won’t just give you insights—it will execute for you. That’s the future.” – Fran Quilty
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