S2 Ep 06: When passion meets opportunity - My Sport Live
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 al…
S2 Ep 05: Growing a healthy global business - Soul Fresh
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 tu…
S2 Ep 04: It’s all about the people - Abacus Finance
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 Mo…
S2 Ep 03: Bricks and mortar vs. online - Urban Attitude
Are bricks and mortar stores dead or do they just need to evolve? And with the ever increasing landscape of online retail and e-commerce giants, how can a small retail business survive online? Steven Lewin shares his experience of buying into a Melbourne-based gift store, Urban Attitude, and PR exp…
S2 Ep 02: Pushing past the naysayers - Bookmarc
The excitement, passion and successes of starting a small business rarely come without some setbacks and sleepless nights. In this episode, Helen Awali shares the story of Bookmarc and how she filled a gap in the market with an idea people told her would never work. We also get some advice from ent…
S2 Ep 01: Love Your Work - Pana Chocolate
After many years in the hospitality industry, Pana Barbounis decided to start his own business, making chocolate by hand and delivering the bars himself to his local suppliers on the back of his Vespa. In this episode, we hear how he turned Pana Chocolate into a global business that turns over $10 …
S1 Ep 06: Prepare for anything - Rosebery Service Station
It’s not every day that you come across a full driveway service petrol station these days and it’s what George Carayannis and three generations of his family have built their reputation on. This episode we talk with George and business advisor Craig West about how best to plan for the unknown and m…
S1 Ep 05: Work Here, There or Anywhere - Good Manors
When Matt Ashwin started his outdoors career as a landscape gardener he never thought he'd end up behind a desk running a multi-million dollar business. Tune in to hear how Matt and organisational psychologist Dr Ben Searle work through the best ways to build a strong company culture and how to kee…
S1 Ep 04: Doing what you love not paperwork - Tribe
Jess Polaschek hated maths during school. So much so, she avoided it completely and studied art and design. But now as founder of her own retail brand, she’s changed her mind about maths. Tune in to hear Jess, and business expert Annie Flannagan talk about how learning to read the story that number…
S1 Ep 03: Doing more with less - Podtrackers
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 benc…