Disrupting a billion-dollar industry can prove to be a … traumatic experience. At least, that’s what DJ Dikic discovered when building Palette and Tint — two really exciting start-ups — with the mission to change the century-old industry of paint.

Helping DJ on his path is Adam Lewis, an established businessman with a mentoring style that is pretty unconventional. And as you'll hear, DJ's reaction to being confronted is quite striking!

On this episode, you’ll learn about growing through discomfort as we follow DJ’s journey through adversity and personal growth.

Disrupting a billion-dollar industry can prove to be a &hellip; traumatic experience. At least, that&rsquo;s what DJ Dikic discovered when building Palette and Tint &mdash; two really exciting start-ups &mdash; with the mission to change the century-old industry of paint.
Helping DJ on his path is Adam Lewis, an established businessman with a mentoring style that is pretty unconventional. And as you'll hear, DJ's reaction to being confronted is quite striking!
On this episode, you&rsquo;ll learn about growing through discomfort as we follow DJ&rsquo;s journey through adversity and personal growth.

You've definitely heard the stories about visionary entrepreneurs and how they built their companies to incredible heights. But behind these icons of business, there's a story which often goes untold ... the story of the mentorship that helped them get there.

Level Up is a show about the personal growth of some great Australian entrepreneurs and start-ups, and the mentors who've helped them along the way.

You've definitely heard the stories about visionary entrepreneurs and how they built their companies to incredible heights. But behind these icons of business, there's a story which often goes untold ... the story of the mentorship that helped them get there.
Level Up is a show about the personal growth of some great Australian entrepreneurs and start-ups, and the mentors who've helped them along the way.

Level Up is a show about the personal growth of some great Australian entrepreneurs and start-ups, and the mentors who’ve helped them along the way.

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Growing through discomfort

What makes a good mentor? And what should you do to be a good mentee? In our final episode of Level Up, we'll answer these questions and talk about how to get started with your own mentorship relationship.

We're joined by Lucy Lloyd, Co-founder of Mentorloop, which is an online matchmaking site for mentoring relationships. She shares the lessons she's learned from observing hundreds of mentorship relationships in action.

In an interesting twist, however, we learn that Lucy's own relationship with her mentor isn't the formal relationship you might expect from someone who runs a business focused on mentoring. Sure, Lucy and her mentor Aaron Wallis guide each other through some tricky business challenges, but they also like to enjoy a few cheeky wines along the way.

What makes a good mentor? And what should you do to be a good mentee? In our final episode of Level Up, we'll answer these questions and talk about how to get started with your own mentorship relationship.
We're joined by Lucy Lloyd, Co-founder of Mentorloop, which is an online matchmaking site for mentoring relationships. She shares the lessons she's learned from observing hundreds of mentorship relationships in action.
In an interesting twist, however, we learn that Lucy's own relationship with her mentor isn't the formal relationship you might expect from someone who runs a business focused on mentoring. Sure, Lucy and her mentor Aaron Wallis guide each other through some tricky business challenges, but they also like to enjoy a few cheeky wines along the way.

Celebrate your successes

Katy Stevens had already built a career working in Customer Success (with experience in huge corporations like Microsoft) when she met her future mentor, Didier Elzinga. Little did she know, Didier was about to make her question everything …

She took a role working at Culture Amp; a homegrown, Melbourne-based, high-growth technology start-up. But Katy ended up getting more than she bargained for.

Some might find Didier's mentoring methods a little challenging. But Katy credits her success to those moments, and she's thankful for being pushed to new heights. She credits her relationship with Didier as a driving factor in her success today.

Katy Stevens had already built a career working in Customer Success (with experience in huge corporations like Microsoft) when she met her future mentor, Didier Elzinga. Little did she know, Didier was about to make her question everything &hellip;
She took a role working at Culture Amp; a homegrown, Melbourne-based, high-growth technology start-up. But Katy ended up getting more than she bargained for.
Some might find Didier's mentoring methods a little challenging. But Katy credits her success to those moments, and she's thankful for being pushed to new heights. She credits her relationship with Didier as a driving factor in her success today.

Question everything

Today's episode captures one of the more unique styles of mentoring relationships — 'co-mentoring'.

Mark and Marty are, independently, two very successful entrepreneurs. And they've joined forces to leverage the power of co-mentoring one another.

But … their relationship began under some pretty unique circumstances as well. It all started when Mark turned up to a job interview at Marty's company wearing a neck brace. As it turns out, he'd broken his neck.

Today's episode captures one of the more unique styles of mentoring relationships &mdash; 'co-mentoring'.
Mark and Marty are, independently, two very successful entrepreneurs. And they've joined forces to leverage the power of co-mentoring one another.
But &hellip; their relationship began under some pretty unique circumstances as well. It all started when Mark turned up to a job interview at Marty's company wearing a neck brace. As it turns out, he'd broken his neck.

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