{"podcast":{"title":"The Entrepreneur Experiment","slug":"the-entrepreneur-experiment-1063847","podcast_index_feed_id":1063847,"rss_url":"https://rss2.flightcast.com/c8dpmebk7t0wsq5smmuujaae.xml","website_url":"https://www.mrgaryfox.com","image_url":"https://files.flightcast.com/workspaces/uk80796vx6e49fg917i69l2v/01KSNH5619BS2FB92078P8QBK8/gary-cover-2-closer-together.jpg","author":"Gary Fox","episode_count":505,"summary":"Discover how world-class entrepreneurs, elite thinkers, and peak performers master success in business, body, and brain. Every week, I sit down with extraordinary people to explore how they build thriving businesses, maintain peak physical health, and cultivate sharp, resilient minds. Together, we’ll discover the habits, systems, and experiments 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 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.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-21T06:21:13.147120+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-entrepreneur-experiment-1063847"},"episode":{"title":"EE482 - €0 Funding, €7.5m Profit, 2000 Events a Year: The Bingo Loco Blueprint with Will Meara","slug":"ee482-0-funding-7-5m-profit-2000-events-a-year-the-bingo-loco-blueprint-with-will-meara","published_at":"2026-02-26T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-entrepreneur-experiment-1063847/ee482-0-funding-7-5m-profit-2000-events-a-year-the-bingo-loco-blueprint-with-will-meara","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-entrepreneur-experiment-1063847","url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/01KJ8F6HH1KPE650V54JB7S3R0.mp3","audio_url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/01KJ8F6HH1KPE650V54JB7S3R0.mp3","summary":"Will Meara is the founder behind Bingo Loco — the 3-hour bingo rave that sells chaos as an experience and somehow turns strangers into mates in the space of one night. In this episode, Will breaks down how Bingo Loco went from a scrappy experiment in Dublin to a global live-experience machine — running roughly 2,000 events a year, active in around 270+ cities, with a team of ~276 people and ~200+ performers (MCs, DJs and talent) powering the shows. We get into the real mechanics most people miss: why Bingo Loco works as “competitive socialising” (a focal point that removes the awkwardness of meeting up) the win-win commercial model that makes venues want you back how they localise every show so it feels native (Texas ≠ New York ≠ Melbourne) how you keep quality when you’re doing 40–60 shows at the same time on peak weekends the experimentation framework Will uses to launch new concepts: design → test variables → stress-test scalability → rollout We also flip the mic: Gary shares why the new studio is built around hospitality — making every step of the guest experience feel effortless — and Will shares the belief most founders won’t like: sometimes you need to smash your own structures before bureaucracy kills growth. If you’re building in events, community, hospitality, or any experience-led business — this is a masterclass in distribution, localisation, and disciplined creativity. In this episode Why Bingo Loco works as competitive socialising (a focal point that removes the awkwardness of meeting up) The “win-win” model: how to structure deals so venues genuinely want you back How to scale globally without losing the magic: localise everything (music, humour, pacing, crowd expectations) Why “you can’t multiply chaos without discipline” (and what discipline looks like…","meta_description":"Will Meara is the founder behind Bingo Loco — the 3-hour bingo rave that sells chaos as an experience and somehow turns strangers into mates in the space…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6168,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-entrepreneur-experiment-1063847/episodes/ee482-0-funding-7-5m-profit-2000-events-a-year-the-bingo-loco-blueprint-with-will-meara/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-entrepreneur-experiment-1063847/ee482-0-funding-7-5m-profit-2000-events-a-year-the-bingo-loco-blueprint-with-will-meara.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}