The Entrepreneur Experiment

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, he clearly outlined his plans for his business. Guess what? 4 years on, he is making those dreams happen. Today's mentor teaches us how to set a grand vision and then how to begin to execute on it because goals without action are simply dreams.    --- Visit My Partners Location Partner: Iconic Offices  Claim your free office for a day: https://bit.ly/iconicEE23

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 and cosmetics. David is one of Europe's leading experts on Hemp and CBD but his entrepreneur genes run deep and we hear how he started building his empire while still in school. It is impossible to not be energised and motivated by David and his attitude.  --- Visit My Partners Location Partner: Iconic Offices  Claim your free office for a day: https://bit.ly/iconicEE23

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 Keegan, the CEO & co-founder of MailMetrics joins Gary Fox on the pod this week. --- Visit My Partners Location Partner: Iconic Offices  Claim your free office for a day: https://bit.ly/iconicEE23

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 been phenomenal so sit back & learn from one of Ireland's most promising entrepreneurs.  --- Visit My Partners Location Partner: Iconic Offices  Claim your free office for a day: https://bit.ly/iconicEE23

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 created companies worth multiple billions including Amryt Pharma plc which IPO’d on the London Stock Exchange in 2016 and was successfully sold to Chiesi Farmaceutici for $1.48bn in April 2023 --- Visit My Partners Location Partner: Iconic Offices  Claim your free office for a day: https://bit.ly/iconicEE23

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 goals in 2023, this episode is for you.  --- Visit My Partners Location Partner: Iconic Offices  Claim your free office for a day: https://bit.ly/iconicEE23

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 merely the start for Pat. He has become one of the most prolific startup founders and funders in Ireland. His latest company Sisu, has clinics in Ireland, and the UK and is rapidly expanding in the USA. He is also the chairman of Limbo, a revolutionary blood monitoring device which is backed by superstar investors such as US basketball legend, Shaq.  This episode is one of the most impactful conversations I have ever released. Enjoy. --- Visit My Partners Location Partner: Iconic Offices  Claim your free office for a day: https://bit.ly/iconicEE23

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 and brain in July.   Visit My Partners Location Partner: Iconic Offices  Claim your free office for a day: https://bit.ly/iconicEE23

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 in a new venture!  --- Visit My Partners Sponsored by Square - Power your Business with Square Visit Square: https://squ.re/3x8oiOo  Location Partner: Iconic Offices  Claim your free office for a day: https://bit.ly/iconicEE23  Learning Partner: MentorsWork - Get a free mentor https://bit.ly/eementorswork

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 blockchain and, in between, taking on the poker pros. In this episode you will learn: The grit & tenacity it takes to survive in business How he battled & beat companies such as Groupon & Grab One Why adaptability is the critical skill for success in the online world Being early can be fatal if you can't ride out the storm until your time arrives How he ended up at the final table of the World Series of Poker!    --- Visit My Partners Sponsored by Square - Power your Business with Square Visit Square: https://squ.re/3x8oiOo  Location Partner: Iconic Offices  Claim your free office for a day: https://bit.ly/iconicEE23  Learning Partner: MentorsWork - Get a free mentor https://bit.ly/eementorswork