{"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":"EE502 - How He Turned 173 Salon Conversations Into a Startup That Raised €4.9M | Conor Moules","slug":"ee502-how-he-turned-173-salon-conversations-into-a-startup-that-raised-4-9m-conor-moules","published_at":"2026-05-28T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-entrepreneur-experiment-1063847/ee502-how-he-turned-173-salon-conversations-into-a-startup-that-raised-4-9m-conor-moules","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-entrepreneur-experiment-1063847","url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/01KSFVXX41R82EK24WW2TRY834.mp3","audio_url":"https://episode.flightcast.com/01KSFVXX41R82EK24WW2TRY834.mp3","summary":"In this episode of The Entrepreneur Experiment, Gary Fox sits down with Conor Moules, founder and CEO of Barespace, the company building a true operating system for hair and beauty salons. Conor’s journey is anything but traditional. He left school at 16 to become a hairdresser, moved to Australia during the recession, found his way into door-to-door sales, then business intelligence, location intelligence, and eventually the Irish startup world through Bamboo. After helping turn Bamboo around during Covid, Conor used that hard-earned reputation to unlock the next chapter: Barespace. What started as a deep understanding of salon life has become a fast-growing software company solving one of the industry’s biggest problems: salon owners are expected to be creative experts, managers, marketers, employers, finance teams and operators - all while still working on the floor. Barespace was built to change that. In this conversation, Conor shares how he and co-founder Glenn Baker profiled 173 salons, raised €750,000 from the very customers they wanted to serve, and went on to raise almost €4.9 million in total. This is a story about resilience, customer obsession, reputation, and what happens when you build with the industry, not just for it. Show Notes In this episode, we cover: 🔥 Why Conor left school at 16 and started out as a hairdresser in Peter Mark 💬 The unexpected lessons hairdressing taught him about listening, trust and human connection 🇦🇺 Moving to Australia during the recession and finding his feet in door-to-door sales 📊 How business intelligence and location data opened his eyes to the power of systems 🚀 The chance meeting with Luke Mackey that brought Conor into Bamboo 🧱 Why rebuilding Bamboo during Covid became the proving ground for Barespace 💡 The problem Co…","meta_description":"In this episode of The Entrepreneur Experiment, Gary Fox sits down with Conor Moules, founder and CEO of Barespace, the company building a true operating…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5598,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-entrepreneur-experiment-1063847/episodes/ee502-how-he-turned-173-salon-conversations-into-a-startup-that-raised-4-9m-conor-moules/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/ee502-how-he-turned-173-salon-conversations-into-a-startup-that-raised-4-9m-conor-moules.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}