Australian Financial Review's Julie-anne Sprague takes you inside the world of the country’s top entrepreneurs. They'll share insights on what makes them tick, their business advice and how they overcame the odds to grace one of the AFR's Rich Lists.

If you want to know how business empires are made, listen to How I Made It. Season two premieres Monday July 18. 

Subscribe to the Australian Financial Review here.

Australian Financial Review's Julie-anne Sprague takes you inside the world of the country’s top entrepreneurs. They'll share insights on what makes them tick, their business advice and how they overcame the odds to grace one of the AFR's Rich Lists.
If you want to know how business empires are made, listen to How I Made It. Season two premieres Monday July 18. 
Subscribe to the Australian Financial Review <a href="https://subscribe.afr.com/">here.</a>

Building wealth from the ground up: How I Made It is a fortnightly podcast featuring stories from inside the Australian Financial Review's Rich List.

Building wealth from the ground up: How I Made It is a fortnightly podcast featuring stories from inside the Australian Financial Review's Rich List.

How I Made It

Coming soon: How I Made It season two

How I Made It is back for a 4th season and this time we're giving you can chance to ask a Rich Lister a question yourself. 

Are you building a company and want to scale up, do you want advice on funding your growth or have you just got an idea and you want to know what to do next, well here is your opportunity. Send a question to howimadeit@afr.com and we’ll get a Rich Lister to help you. 

Episodes drop fortnightly starting with our first episode on April 22.

This podcast is sponsored by Commbank.

How I Made It is back for a 4th season and this time we're giving you can chance to ask a Rich Lister a question yourself. 
Are you building a company and want to scale up, do you want advice on funding your growth or have you just got an idea and you want to know what to do next, well here is your opportunity. Send a question to <a href="mailto:howimadeit@afr.com">howimadeit@afr.com</a> and we’ll get a Rich Lister to help you. 
Episodes drop fortnightly starting with our first episode on April 22.
This podcast is sponsored by <a href="https://www.commbank.com.au/">Commbank</a>.

Coming soon: How I Made It season 4

His parents moved to Australia with just $90 to their name, raising their young family in a housing commission flat in Melbourne. It was there Ruslan Kogan honed his selling skills, making a buck selling golf balls and washing cars. He’s now worth about $300 million after creating online retailer Kogan.com.

His parents moved to Australia with just $90 to their name, raising their young family in a housing commission flat in Melbourne. It was there Ruslan Kogan honed his selling skills, making a buck selling golf balls and washing cars. He’s now worth about $300 million after creating online retailer Kogan.com.

Summer Series: From golf balls to 1c TVs - how Ruslan Kogan built a $300m empire from $0

The How I Made it team is on a summer break but have curated a special summer series featuring some of our favourite episodes. 

In this third episode, Simon Beard joined Julie-anne Sprague in 2022 to chat how he and his wife Tah-nee started Culture Kings as a market stall on the Gold Coast. They’d go on to cut a deal that valued their retailer at $600 million. In this episode, Simon shares his routine - from getting up at 4am to taking ice baths. 

The How I Made it team is on a summer break but have curated a special summer series featuring some of our favourite episodes. 
In this third episode, Simon Beard joined Julie-anne Sprague in 2022 to chat how he and his wife Tah-nee started Culture Kings as a market stall on the Gold Coast. They’d go on to cut a deal that valued their retailer at $600 million. In this episode, Simon shares his routine - from getting up at 4am to taking ice baths.

Coming soon: How I Made It season two

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