When the co-founder and former chief executive of The Big Group was 21, he had just $500 in his pocket.

Not afraid of risk, Bruce Keebaugh and his wife, Chyka Keebaugh, used it to champion the competitive world of catering and events.

This week on How I Made it, The Australian Financial Review’s Lauren Sams finds out how this hospitality guru came to dominate an industry.

This podcast was sponsored by Telstra.

When the co-founder and former chief executive of The Big Group was 21, he had just $500 in his pocket.
Not afraid of risk, Bruce Keebaugh and his wife, Chyka Keebaugh, used it to champion the competitive world of catering and events.
This week on How I Made it, The Australian Financial Review&rsquo;s Lauren Sams finds out how this hospitality guru came to dominate an industry.
This podcast was sponsored by <a href="https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/trackclk/N7535.4814803NINE-RADIO/B33992250.427401135;dc[%E2%80%A6]gdpr=$%7BGDPR%7D;gdpr_consent=$%7BGDPR_CONSENT_755%7D;ltd=;dc_tdv=1">Telstra</a>.

How I Made It is back with new hosts Lauren Sams & Yolanda Redrup. Join us to learn how Australia’s top entrepreneurs built their fortunes and what they learnt along the way.

How I Made It is back with new hosts Lauren Sams &amp; Yolanda Redrup. Join us to learn how Australia&rsquo;s top entrepreneurs built their fortunes and what they learnt along the way.

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How Bruce Keebaugh turned $500 into a global events company

Growing up, Janine Allis never thought about starting her own business. “I didn’t even know what an entrepreneur was,” she says.

But after spotting a gap in the market, there was no stopping the founder of a now-global smoothie company that’s worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

On the final episode of season five of How I Made It, Rich List editor Yolanda Redrup finds out how the Boost Juice owner became one of Australia’s top business leaders.

This episode was sponsored by Telstra.

Growing up, Janine Allis never thought about starting her own business. &ldquo;I didn&rsquo;t even know what an entrepreneur was,&rdquo; she says.
But after spotting a gap in the market, there was no stopping the founder of a now-global smoothie company that&rsquo;s worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
On the final episode of season five of How I Made It, Rich List editor Yolanda Redrup finds out how the Boost Juice owner became one of Australia&rsquo;s top business leaders.
This episode was sponsored by <a href="https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/trackclk/N7535.4814803NINE-RADIO/B33992250.427401135;dc[%E2%80%A6]gdpr=$%7BGDPR%7D;gdpr_consent=$%7BGDPR_CONSENT_755%7D;ltd=;dc_tdv=1">Telstra</a>.

What working on David Bowie’s yacht taught Boost founder Janine Allis

Since she was a little girl, Flavia Tata Nardini was obsessed with space.

The Italian-born rocket scientist began her career at the European Space Agency but moved to Adelaide in her 20s, where she found herself confronted with a lack of industry.

Left with no other choice, she started her own business.

On this week's episode of How I Made It, Rich List editor Yolanda Redrup finds out how the CEO of Fleet Space Technologies reignited Australia’s space industry – and built an $800 million company.

This podcast was sponsored by Telstra.

Since she was a little girl, Flavia Tata Nardini was obsessed with space.
The Italian-born rocket scientist began her career at the European Space Agency but moved to Adelaide in her 20s, where she found herself confronted with a lack of industry.
Left with no other choice, she started her own business.
On this week's episode of How I Made It, Rich List editor Yolanda Redrup finds out how the CEO of Fleet Space Technologies reignited Australia&rsquo;s space industry &ndash; and built an $800 million company.
This podcast was sponsored by <a href="https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/trackclk/N7535.4814803NINE-RADIO/B33992250.427401135;dc[%E2%80%A6]gdpr=$%7BGDPR%7D;gdpr_consent=$%7BGDPR_CONSENT_755%7D;ltd=;dc_tdv=1">Telstra</a>.

‘It's the Mount Everest of careers’: How Fleet’s CEO built an $800m company

Vikas Rambal came to Australia from India on a prospective business trip in 2000. But the project he was looking into was not what it seemed.

It was a moment on his five-day trip that would prove to be pivotal.

On this week’s episode of How I Made It, Rich List editor Yolanda Redrup finds out how a scam and a chance encounter set about the Perdaman Group founder’s dream to build the country’s largest fertiliser plant.

This podcast was sponsored by Telstra.

Vikas Rambal came to Australia from India on a prospective business trip in 2000. But the project he was looking into was not what it seemed.
It was a moment on his five-day trip that would prove to be pivotal.
On this week&rsquo;s episode of How I Made It, Rich List editor Yolanda Redrup finds out how a scam and a chance encounter set about the Perdaman Group founder&rsquo;s dream to build the country&rsquo;s largest fertiliser plant.
This podcast was sponsored by <a href="https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/trackclk/N7535.4814803NINE-RADIO/B33992250.427401135;dc[%E2%80%A6]gdpr=$%7BGDPR%7D;gdpr_consent=$%7BGDPR_CONSENT_755%7D;ltd=;dc_tdv=1">Telstra</a>.

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