Fresh off a flight from his new home in Los Angeles, tech entrepreneur Sebastian Langton reflects on the bold strategies that make his small team and their pet tracking GPS device good enough to outcompete global giants and win in the US market. His insights - from the night sleeping on a park bench to building an international presence - will inspire small businesses looking to do more with less.  

<p class="m_-2415789018738727138gmail-m_-6788774636538917994gmail-p1">Fresh&nbsp;off&nbsp;a flight from his new home in Los Angeles, tech entrepreneur Sebastian Langton reflects on the bold strategies that make his small team and their pet tracking GPS device good enough to outcompete global giants and win in the US market. His insights - from the night sleeping on a park bench to building an international presence - will inspire small businesses looking to do more with less.&nbsp;</p>
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No matter what size business you’re in, it’s no longer business as usual. To deliver sustained growth or even survival, businesses are encouraged to boldly embrace new technologies, business models, new ideas and markets.

In Bold Businesses we hear the inspirational stories of people driving the changing face of business in Australia.  From David vs Goliath battles to a Goliath behaving like David; you’ll hear first hand from small business owners, entrepreneurs and disrupters about their struggles, wins and lessons. 

Each episode is an inspiring, informative, interesting story marked by triumphs, tribulations and insights — from some of the countries most interesting companies. 

If building your own business is something you are doing or even dreaming about, download now. 

Hosted by Fairfax Media editor Cara Waters and powered by Vodafone.

Bold Businesses

S1 Ep 03: Doing more with less - Podtrackers

How do you turn your passion into a successful business? And once you do, how can you make sure you’re staying true to your values? We hear the story of how Andrew Weiss turned his love of sports into his livelihood through his online streaming and sports promotion business, My Sport Live. We’ll also learn about keeping data safe with cyber security consultant, Dr Omaru Maruatona.

<p>How do you turn your passion into a successful business? And once you do, how can you make sure you&rsquo;re staying true to your values? We hear the story of how Andrew Weiss turned his love of sports into his livelihood through his online streaming and sports promotion business, My Sport Live. We&rsquo;ll also learn about keeping data safe with cyber security consultant, Dr Omaru Maruatona.</p>

S2 Ep 06: When passion meets opportunity - My Sport Live

Going global is a big dream for many Australian businesses. How do you get things right from the beginning and make sure your business doesn’t suffer if things go wrong? In this episode, we hear how Soul Fresh CEO Didi Lo turned a small idea formed in a Byron Bay nightclub into a business with a turnover just shy of $100 million, and we get some advice from international business expert, Alan Moore.

<p>Going global is a big dream for many Australian businesses. How do you get things right from the beginning and make sure your business doesn&rsquo;t suffer if things go wrong? In this episode, we hear how Soul Fresh CEO Didi Lo turned a small idea formed in a Byron Bay nightclub into a business with a turnover just shy of $100 million, and we get some advice from international business expert, Alan Moore.</p>

S2 Ep 05: Growing a healthy global business - Soul Fresh

It doesn’t matter where you’re operating your business or at what scale, relationships are everything - especially when you move your business to China, like Kellie Lam has recently done with Abacus Finance. In this episode, Kellie tells us how she turned from a career in fashion to finance, and Monash University’s Giovanni de Lieto weighs in on what businesses should be considering when moving into China.

<p>It doesn&rsquo;t matter where you&rsquo;re operating your business or at what scale, relationships are everything - especially when you move your business to China, like Kellie Lam has recently done with Abacus Finance. In this episode, Kellie tells us how she turned from a career in fashion to finance, and Monash University&rsquo;s Giovanni de Lieto weighs in on what businesses should be considering when moving into China.</p>

S1 Ep 03: Doing more with less - Podtrackers

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