The Entrepreneur Experiment

Former Irish & Leinster captain, Jamie Heaslip lived an action-packed life even before his second career began as a business owner, investor & high-performance coach.

His investment portfolio includes companies such as Kitman Labs & Pointy along with his ownership stakes in bars such as The Bridge. 

Now I reveal Jamie's life as an entrepreneur, owner and investor. 

Hear how he selects his investments, why he plans in 10-year cycles, and just what a day in the life of Jamie Heaslip looks like.

This week in the Lab, we're revealing the launch of the EE community. Coming in Jan 2021, you can become part of a group of entrepreneurs coming together to build fantastic businesses. 

We also discuss the value of documenting your journey, riches in niches and my new favourite YouTube channel.

Food trailers are one of my tips for the biggest opportunities in 2021. I'm joined this week by an entrepreneur who is a veteran of the food trailer game & now teaches people how to set up their own business.

Seany was inspired by his travels across the globe to bring the idea of street food back to Ireland & make it accessible to all.

We hear how he started selling tacos at country music festivals to becoming one of the biggest suppliers of food trailers in Ireland.

In a special edition of the Idea Lab, we are joined by Kymann Power, the new resident of Daly's Bar in Ennistymon, Co Clare.

Kymann has captured many people's imagination with his decision to leave Dublin and set up home in a pub in the West of Ireland.  We discover where the idea came from, his plans for the project, and what it's really like to live in a pub. 

This week's guest left behind a lucrative career in technology with one of the world's most promising companies, to start her own brewery in Waterford. 

With just an idea & a rough plan, Grainne set out on an adventure to brew her own beer.

She shares how it all started with a few kegs in a single Dublin pub to building her own craft brewery on the south coast of Ireland. 

In this week's Lab, we discuss how one person got so sick of buying €9 meals to have a pint that he has moved into his own pub in County Clare.

This sparks a search for Ireland's most interesting properties that you can turn into a business opportunity. All for under €300k.

Former professional footballer Mark O'Reilly takes me on his journey from sports star to entrepreneur.

Mark's company, FitVision, is the go-to coaching resource for Ireland's leading CEO's, entrepreneurs, and elite performers. 

We chat about developing a winning mindset, how he completely pivoted his business during Covid and his fitness routine during lockdown.

If you are seeking motivation, this is the episode you need to hear. 

In the Lab this week, I find out how many companies have been started in Ireland in the last 30 days.

We also look at companies attending to solve the problem of attending live events and global travel restrictions in a Covid world. 

Evelyn & Luke from Simply Fit Food are back this week to announce a major milestone & share a good news story.

One of my earliest guests in 2020, they return to tell their story of thriving despite the global pandemic and how they managed to sell their business, Simply Fit Food in the toughest market in history.

They share the tips and tricks that have helped them in the last 6 months and explain how to negotiate selling your business. 

This week on the Idea Lab, we breakdown two new ideas in detail.

In the aviation world, Qantas launched their flight to nowhere which sold out in 10 minutes. 

We do a deep dive into the business of vending machines. How much they make and how you can get started. (hint - 30-80% margin levels)