The Entrepreneur Experiment
Gary Fox
Every week, I sit down with extraordinary founders to explore how they build thriving businesses, maintain peak physical health, and cultivate sharp, resilient minds.
This is your journey to learn from the best—world-class entrepreneurs, elite thinkers, and peak performers who have mastered success in business, body, and brain.
This isn’t just a podcast; it’s a blueprint for a new kind of founder—one who balances ambition with wellness, hard work with mental fitness, and success with purpose.
Together, we’ll discover the habits, systems, and strategies 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 is your journey to learn from the best—world-class entrepreneurs, elite thinkers, and peak performers who have mastered success in business, body, and brain.
This isn’t just a podcast; it’s a blueprint for a new kind of founder—one who balances ambition with wellness, hard work with mental fitness, and success with purpose.
Together, we’ll discover the habits, systems, and strategies 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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Sep 3, 2020 • 1h 2min
EE 67 - Brody Sweeney - Founder Camile Thai
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.
Aug 31, 2020 • 10min
EE 66 - Idea Lab - 30 Day Challenge
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.
Aug 27, 2020 • 56min
EE 65 - Rory O'Connor - Founder Scurri
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
Aug 24, 2020 • 11min
EE 64 - Idea Lab - How to launch any business for €500
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.
Aug 20, 2020 • 55min
EE 63 - Seamus Fahy - Founder Voltaire Diamonds, Merrion Vaults & Gold
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.
Aug 17, 2020 • 11min
EE 62 - Idea Lab - The Billy Shark, bank Revolut-ion & no events till 2022?
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.
Aug 13, 2020 • 29min
EE 61 - July Book Club - Bezonomics Book Review with Fabio Molle
Welcome to the first book club review with special guest Fabio Molle. In July, we read Bezonomics, a fantastic book looking at Amazon's unstoppable rise and where they are going next. Fabio and I break down the book, analyse Amazon's business model and potential opportunities for entrepreneurs.
Aug 10, 2020 • 10min
EE 60 - Idea Lab - Why does it have to be so hard?
I’ve spent the last week traveling around our wonderful island. While it was great fun, parts of it were really stressful. That stress was entirely down to the friction created by Covid. Wherever friction exists in a consumer journey, there are lots of opportunities for smart entrepreneurs. I break down 5 areas you can get ideas from this week.
Aug 3, 2020 • 10min
EE 59 - Idea Lab - 15 Minute Cities & 100 Covid Business Ideas
In this week's Idea Lab, I explore the idea of 15-minute cities and how that will offer opportunities for entrepreneurs. We also go deep on the idea of second-order effects and the hundreds of business opportunities Covid has opened up for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Jul 27, 2020 • 10min
EE 58 - Idea Lab - Who earns $13m with just 13 employees?
In this week's episode, we learn what company is making $13m from just 13 employees. We also discover which GAA star is under fire for becoming an entrepreneur.
