Coder. Pharmacist. Disruptor. Shane O'Sullivan is a man that defies labels and refuses to accept the status quo. This is his story of how he quit pharmacy to become a computer coder only to discover a way to combine both passions. In 2013, Shane founded Healthwave, a membership-based pharmacy that shattered the traditional model of pharmacies in Ireland. By utilizing technology and a customer-first model, Shane slashed the cost of healthcare in Ireland.     

If you are taking part in the September Idea challenge you should now realize how ideas are relatively easy to generate. The real trick is deciding which ones are worth pursuing. In today's episode, I share my formula to stress test the ideas and see if they are worth pursuing in more detail.

For the deep dive interview this week, Gary Fox is joined by Pat Stephenson, founder of the Boys + Girls agency. In this week's episode, you will hear Pat's incredible journey through the world of advertising and marketing. You will also learn 3 key lessons: 1. Why creating great work is difficult. 2. A step-by-step guide to starting your own business or agency. 3. How they clinched the deal of a lifetime with Chelsea football club.

In this week's Lab, I share stories of people who are earning over €100k per year teaching niche courses online.  We explore the massive growth in online learning and how you can become an online expert to leverage your existing skills. 

This week, I am joined by Brody Sweeney, founder of O'Briens Sandwich Bars and Camile Thai Kitchen. In a brutally honest and revealing chat, Brody explains how he lost control of the global empire he built and the chaos it brought to his life. His story was only beginning in 2009 and he bounced back rapidly to start Camile Thai. Brody reveals how he found the strength to start again and how he's plotting the global expansion of his latest venture.  

Today, I am challenging you to come up with a business idea every day for the month of September. 30 Days, 30 Ideas. It can be an idea for a new business or a way to improve your current business. I share with you my template for generating ideas & reveal the prize for the winner of the best idea. 

Do you need to be in Silicon Valley or Dublin to build a major technology company? Not according the Rory O'Connor and his team who are building Scurri into a global e-commerce player from their HQ in Wexford. In this episode you learn: - The proven playbook Rory used to raise over €8m - Being based outside major cities gives you huge advantages - How to pivot drastically when things are failing

In this week's Idea Lab, I am going to show you how to launch any business idea for less than €500. This episode gives you everything you need to go from an idea to business launch in a few weeks and less than 20 hours of work. 

Seamus Fahy is naturally curious. His curiosity propelled him into a career as an oil trader before a random conversation at a wedding changed his life. In today's episode, you will learn how to start a business in an industry you have zero experience in. We'll uncover the secrets of building a huge waitlist of customers before launching and finally, Seamus reveals how being curious can be a business superpower. 

In the Idea Lab today, we find out which sportswear brand only founded in 2012 hit a £1bn valuation. We also look at which challenger bank lost €119m but gained 10 million new subscribers. Finally, I set our listeners a challenge to reimagine the events industry after the news that we may see no live events until 2022.