The Entrepreneur Experiment

In the Lab this week, I reveal my plans for reopening and the mindset tools I'm using to reimagine my business & way of life.

I also discuss the results of my experiment to reduce my phone screen time to less than 60 minutes from a high of 4 hours and 20 minutes! This was a tough one.  Refer A Friend: https://refer.fm/experiment

The co-founder of FoodMarble joins me on the pod today. The device has transformed the lives of thousands of people living with food intolerances & is one of the coolest products developed in Ireland in the last 10 years. I predict FoodMarble are set to explode in popularity in the next couple of years. 

In this episode we discuss:

- How spending 6 months in China rapidly advanced the company.

- The important of speed & taking action - the first prototype of the device was in a cardboard box!

- Their latest funding round & big plans for US expansion. Refer the pod: https://refer.fm/experiment

In the lab this week, we celebrate the reopening of businesses and I launch the new Entrepreneur Experiment Ambassador programme. You get free gifts when you refer the podcast to friends.

I also breakdown how I used the money I normally spend on my daily coffee and invested in it cryptocurrency instead. I reveal the results and profits!

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This week on EE, Gary chats with Donnacha Neary, founder of Sonica.

The time for messing around is over. This episode will inspire you to take action. Donnacha shares his journey from starting at zero in 2013 to already booking revenue of €70 million for 2021.

Sonica are one of Ireland’s leading fit-out and construction specialists. When the biggest brands in the world want work done, they call Sonica. They have worked with Intercom, Hubspot, Diageo, and many others. I guarantee you will be motivated and inspired after this episode.

In the Lab today, we are talking about the May Momentum challenge which the community are doing. We also dig into the explosive growth of YouTube and I reveal how I'm swapping my daily coffee for crypto. If you aren't already subscribed, please hit the button as it really helps the pod to grow. 

100 Million. That is how many meals our entrepreneur today has redistributed since starting her business back in 2012.

Iseult & her co-founder Aoibheann run FoodCloud. They connect businesses who have surplus food with charities and partners that need it.  A simple model that is incredibly powerful for both the environment and people at risk of otherwise going hungry.

I learned so much from today's guest and you will too.

What is the biggest challenge you have right now? I want to know and help you with it. 

The EE Community is growing and I want to leverage that power to help you with your business or business ideas.

We also chat about Conor McGregor and how to surf the wave of trends.

Today's guest runs a famous family business that is 121 years old! 

In this episode, I find out how Louis creates an environment of high performance within a family business that has sustained throughout generations.

Louis also reveals how they rapidly pivoted their offering from retail to ecommerce within weeks of the first lockdown. They are now one of the pioneers of innovative online shopping in Ireland with virtual wedding fairs & virtual personal shoppers.

The time for messing around is over. The world that we knew is never coming back. The time to process that is now and begin moving towards a new future. 

We kick off this season of  pod looking back at what has happened since season 5 ended and our plans for season 6.

Welcome to season 6 of The Entrepreneur Experiment.

This is going to be our biggest season yet & we are starting with an incredible entrepreneur, Cillian Barry, co -founder of SportCaller.  In January 2021, SportCaller was sold to US company Ballys for €40 million. We breakdown how they built the company and what is feels like to sell a company for that amount.  This is a refreshing and surprising story full of honesty and incredible insights.