The Entrepreneur Experiment

After a short break, I'm back with big news and a new project is revealed. In this episode, I share why I've been away, news of my live show and reveal a new project that is launching next week.   

Everyone has an idea for a product or how they wish they could perfect their favourite one. In this week's episode, I chat with Sean Toomey who spends his days imaging new ideas and reimagining old ones!  In his Tony Stark style workshop, alongside his co-founder Rob, they design, test and build brand new products, right here in Dublin. Sean breaks down exactly what it took to start his own business and how he helps other entrepreneurs create their dreams every day. 

Micheál Dyer and his co-founder Conor McCallion have built Ireland's largest meal prep company with zero outside funding from their HQ in Galway. In this episode, Micheál breaks down the exact strategies they used to expand from just 23 customers in their first week, to now being Ireland's number 1 provider. We chat about how to effectively leverage influencers, how digital strategies have changed since they started and explore the biggest challenge any entrepreneur faces in the food industry. 

Luke's idea for his business is as simple as it is brilliant. He hated queuing for his morning coffee so he simply starting hacking the system.  That was his lightbulb moment and he set out to create an app that would let him skip queues whenever he wanted!  We chat about how Luke took his idea from simply an idea to a full-fledged app, the importance of finding a co-founder that shares your vision and how to attract clients and users in the crowded app space. 

A true entrepreneur can take a concept that has been around for hundreds of years, completely reimagine it from the ground up and improve it 1000x. This is what Chris Lauder is done with his school. This week's guest started a hugely successful grind school that he has transformed into full-time school. Learn how Chris started in a local parish hall and has transformed that into a campus that now serves over 3,500 students per week.

Running one business is tough. So how do you run two simultaneously while continuing to have a balanced, happy life?  This week I chat with James Brogan who is managing to do it all through well-executed planning and a huge amount of self-awareness.  James is the founder of PepTalk and Legacy Communications and also played sport at the highest level, winning an All-Ireland with the Dublin footballers.  

In just 7 years, Jack Teeling made Teeling Whiskey a global brand and built one of Dublin's best tourist attractions at his distillery in the Liberties. In this episode, we uncover Jack's path from the trading desks of one of Ireland's biggest banks to building the first new distillery in Dublin in over 125 years & establishing Teeling Whiskey as a global brand.

After his rugby career was ended by a serious injury, Gary Lavin jumped straight into his entrepreneurial journey. Fast forward to 2019, and his drinks brand VITHIT sells 25 million units across the globe. In the middle, he faced every challenge imaginable and almost lost everything. Gary is a no-nonsense entrepreneur who shares the real reasons why his brand become a global success. 

Millions of people have consumed Garret's products but you would never know! This is because Garret started one of Ireland's largest commercial bakeries from very humble beginnings in his apartment kitchen. He has since launched Krüst Bakery and is now embarking on his biggest adventure so far, moving to New York to launch his latest venture, Parkpnp in the US.  

Dan Nugent symbolizes everything that The Entrepreneur Experiment stands for. He started his business with his partner, Sacha, for less than €1000, bootstrapped it from day 1 and has scaled it globally in less than 2 years. The duo started Ambr Eyewear in 2017 from their kitchen table. The company began with just 3 frames and two years later have over 35 styles.  Ambr started selling blue light glasses to help with problems caused by spending so much time staring at phone and laptop screens. It has since morphed into an eyewear brand that covers everything from blue light to prescription glasses.  In this episode we chat about: - How there is never a perfect time to start a business - Why limits and restraints can actually help an entrepreneur - How to source and select manufacturers and partners - The unsexy side of e-commerce success, SEO & content - Why the influencer business is imploding