Gary Fox

I think it's a very important answer first.

This started as an experiment.

So back in 2019, I was running a property company called HostBullers and we did Airbnb management.

So we had nearly 70 properties under management back at various points throughout the journey.

And I was thinking I wanted a new network, but I also thought, you know, I could launch another business.

I thought, you know, Host Futures is going well.

I can now launch a second business.

So the podcast actually started as I was going to start multiple businesses, test them and then launch another business on top of the one I was already running.

This was a terrible idea on so many levels.

So the podcast was never intended to be this like main career, this main business, which is interesting in itself.

It was just literally an experiment within an experiment.

So I started HostBullers as an experiment.

So I started HostBullers just by testing the idea.

I put up a website.

I had the idea a while back and then I was like, right, I'm going to test it.

I was doing various other bits and pieces at the time.

I was like, right, I'm going to test this and see if it gets traction.

Then I'll put more focus on it.

So I put up a website and then I put up targeted ads.

It was around the time that the Web Summit was coming to Ireland.