#197 David Dunne – CEO and co-founder of Hexis Performance, Performance Nutritionist and Tech Startup Entrepreneur

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Today we spoke with David Dunne – CEO and co-founder of Hexis Performance, Performance Nutritionist, and Tech Startup Entrepreneur.

David has a stunning CV in relation to performance nutrition. He has worked with the European Tour, ORRECO, British Canoeing, Bradford Bulls, Ryder Cup Team Europe, Harlequins rugby, and the Italian Rugby Federation. He has a Ph.D. in Nutrition, Behaviour Change, and Technology. David is the co-founder of Hexis Performance, a predictive, personalised and periodised app for nutrition, which is backed by cutting-edge science based on the premise of carb coding to meet the demands of recovery and training schedules.

We spoke about the life of a caddy in pro golf - we had caught up with David during the Irish Open when he was caddying for Paul Dunne. David discussed the nutritional and hydration requirements for going round a golf course, and other key pieces that could improve performance during a round of 18. We unpacked the journey of Hexis, the mission of Hexis - and how it has changed with customer input, scaling, and the team. David explained live energy and carb coding from the innovative app - and behavioural change.

Highlights:

• 🔑 The core concept behind Hexis
• 🛣️ Becoming an entrepreneur
• 🧪 Behavioural change science
• ⛳Caddying on the PGA tour
• 🫲 Helping people realise their full potential

Timestamps:

• (0:41) - Caddying for Paul Dunne on the PGA tour
• (2:39) - What to eat on course for a round of golf
• (5:32) - Thought processes going on in a golfer's mind
• (7:02) - What's the fall down of behavioural change science
• (10:26) - What's at the core of Hexis app
• (12:41) - Strange feeling becoming an entrepreneur
• (13:23) - Helping people realise their full potential
• (15:23) - Being a CEO and maximising talent in the team
• (17:25) - The growing team and scale at Hexis
• (19:25) - Live energy a game changing feature on Hexis
• (21:53) - Moving from science to practice and the current gap
• (27:23) - Not being there to replace nutritionists
• (34:25) - What does high performance mean to you?

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Previous guests include Cal Newport, Dr Michael Gervais, Joy Neville, Rich Froning, BJ Fogg, Sonia O'Sullivan, Rich Diviney, Keith Earls, Caelan Doris, Chanelle McCoy, PJ Nestler, Jack Butcher, Shane O'Sullivan, Louise Galvin, Chris Burkard, Brian Keane, Steve Magness, Lindsay Peat, Owen Eastwood, Steven Kotler, Daniel Davey, Ray Goggins, Shane O'Donnell, Jonny Cooper, Capt. Emily Bassett, George Kruis, Brett Bartholomew, Aoife McDermott, Lisa Jacob and many more.