What you’ll learn from this interview: How to think about approaching a fundraise to increase the velocity and probability of success How to craft your story and structure your raise Common pitfalls at the pre-seed/seed stage that founders need to avoid Today I’m interviewing Abhi Maran, he’s an investor at Rampersand, an early stage Australian ven…

What you’ll learn from this interview: What it took to reach the “overnight success” moment that took Sourci from $1M in 2019 to $43M in 2020 The importance of knowing our strengths and doubling down on them after he struggled with dyslexia in school and early career How he thinks about building true company culture as the business has grown to doz…

What you’ll learn from this interview: Lessons from building and successfully exiting 4 startups Frameworks for building companies and navigating the unexpected challenges of the acquisition process Lessons from his time at Microsoft, PWC, Amazon, and how those experiences have shaped him as a founder Today I’m interviewing David Lemphers. He's bui…

What you’ll learn from this interview: What Mark learned about leadership from the army and how he applies that to business today Why his “retirement” after the Xplor acquisition only lasted 2 weeks before he jumped back in the founder seat How he's applying learnings from education with Xplor to healthcare with Kismet Today I’m interviewing Mark W…

What you’ll learn from this interview: Frameworks Michael used to design his career Lessons from his time as a Product Manager at Google How he’s making the renting generation love renting Michael has 8+ years experience managing global products, including successfully launching a global redesign of Google Play (worlds largest double sided marketpl…

What you’ll learn from this interview: Tips for founders fundraising in this current environment Frameworks for investing in early stage startups as an Angel Investor How to build strong professional and personal relationships Rohit Bhargava is the Co-Founder of One Future Football, the world’s first global digital football league, which just recen…

What you’ll learn from this interview: 1) How Sunny launched and grew an outdoor clothing brand from $0 to $1 Million USD in sales within 4 months 2) How to design your ideal business and life 3) How he persevered through multiple failed attempts at business before finding success My guest today is Sunny Gosal (@sunnyallyear), eCommerce expert and …

My guest today is my good friend Rohit Bhargava, host of The Startup Playbook Podcast. He’s an angel investor, founded multiple businesses and is heavily involved in the Australian startup scene What you’ll learn from this interview: 1) How 4 years of podcasting has unlocked more opportunities than he ever imagined 2) Lessons learned from experienc…

Today’s interview is with Ellie Vaisman (@ellievaisman), co founder of Sourci (@sourci.co) What you’ll learn from this interview: 1) Why he left a high paying property sales job to found Sourci despite having zero experience in international supply chain 2) The challenges of staying fully bootstrapped, not taking a salary for the first 18 months an…

The other week I was in Sydney and I caught up with my good friend Ryan. We always have long deep chats so we set up the mics and ended up recording an almost 4 hour long conversation We both spoke about a lot of personal things that we don't normally share. After listening to this conversation you will have a good idea of who we are and what we're…

Spirituality, success & the dark side of personal development What you’ll learn from this interview: 1) The good and bad of personal development, what Dean learned from reading hundreds of books, spending multi 6 figures on coaches, seminars and going down the personal growth rabbithole 2) His more recent spiritual journey and what he’s learned fro…

As the world remains on lockdown, I caught up virtually with one of my friends Tomas Stanford. We chatted about how the current situation with COVID-19 will change the corporate environment, why this could be the last pandemic the world could see, and the opportunities that come from a period like this. We also chatted about Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, a …

A few months ago I jumped on the other side of the mic and was interviewed by my good friend Ryan Tan (@ryan_tano). I really enjoyed the conversation so I wanted to share it here, hopefully you can get some value from hearing my story and thoughts on a wide range of topics including sales, books, 10 day Vipassana meditation plus more!…

What you’ll learn from this interview: How burnout in a job she didn’t like led Alex to start her own business How her views on “hustling” and work have changed and how she’s been able to prioritise her health and wellbeing whilst growing the business The challenges of creating and marketing a physical product and how she’s been able to address the…

How Carlo Cisco is creating AMEX for the next generation What you’ll learn from this interview: What he learned from his time at Groupon Japan, helping turn it into one of the company's largest and most successful international markets in just two months The problem with most credit card rewards programs today and how he’s filling this gap with SEL…

What you’ll learn from this interview: How a parasite she got from a trip to Rwanda led to the founding of Matcha Maiden How she knew when the right time to leave her job and go all in on the business was The biggest challenges transitioning from corporate to doing her own thing, and how she overcame them My guest today is Sarah Davidson. She’s the…

Lessons learned from selling supercars, taking a non traditional career path & working in high pressure environments What you’ll learn from this interview: His experience working at McLaren and the level of service required when your clients are dropping $1 Million+ on a car His experience working in high pressure environments as a Ferrari race mec…

What you’ll learn from this interview: How her own battle with ongoing autoimmune issues led to founding Almo Milk Why timing is a big factor in business and how she was able to spot and take advantage of a gap in market How she launched and grew the business despite facing huge global competitors My guest today is Linda Monique. She’s been a Priva…

What you’ll learn from this interview: What Chris learned from a 15 year tenure at Microsoft, and his thoughts on working in corporate and startups How he helped grow Xero in Australia from 7 staff and 4,500 customers, to 270 staff and 320,000 paying customers in 5 years as Managing Director The 3 criteria he uses to assess potential startup invest…

What you’ll learn from this interview: How Jack went from broke living paycheck to paycheck to creating the life and business he wanted How he navigated this transition despite facing negativity from those around him Why he decided to shut down his first successful business to focus on new projects My guest today is Jack Prow. Jack was once a broke…

What you’ll learn from this interview: How growing up as an introverted kid led to a passion for marketing The challenges he’s faced with Bipolar 2 and how he manages it Why he wouldn’t get rid of his illness even if he could My guest today is Tim Beanland, he’s the host of the BeanTalking podcast where he interviews peak performers who are the bes…

What you’ll learn from this interview: How selling DVD’s out of his car grew into a business that was eventually acquired by Michael Eisner (ex CEO The Walt Disney Company) What he learned from his time at Miramax, working directly for Harvey Weinstein (and telling him to fuck off 20 years before #metoo) How to build a high calibre network when mov…

He’s ridden a motorcycle from UK to South Africa, opened a school in Kenya, now he’s walking 3000 miles along the Congo River What you’ll learn from this interview: How Toby dealt with being rejected from the Army after dedicating his entire early life to this goal (failing the final medical exam before admission) What he’s learned from incredible …

How to never fly economy class again What you’ll learn from this interview: How Steve has gone the past 8 years only flying international business or first, and how he helps others do the same How he transitioned from corporate to his own business and the challenges he faced going from being a behind the scenes accountant to becoming the face of hi…

He fled the Taliban and came to Australia, now he’s a mortgage broker rated in the top 20 out of 16,000+, writing over $100 million in settlements What you’ll learn from this interview: The incredible story of how Yousof came to Australia with his mother, after his father and uncle were publicly executed by the Taliban Whether greatness comes only …

How to grow a digital marketing agency and create impact with your work What you’ll learn from this interview: How Jason grew his own digital marketing agency, and how he helps others do the same What he learned about business and life from getting his MBA in the US, and working as a real estate agent in NYC Why he now focuses more on impact with h…

What you’ll learn from this interview: What Jordan learned from selling salami and mozzarella sandwiches to private school kids when he was growing up How his blog with a few hundred subscribers evolved 3 years later into a successful podcast and full service creative agency How he’s been able to overcome and manage challenges with anxiety The comm…

What you’ll learn from this interview: How an internal tool in Chris’ consulting business evolved into Trainual Why he decided to shut down his very profitable consulting business to go all in on Trainual Why it’s a myth that in order to build a successful business we need to sacrifice our personal life, and how he’s been able to balance business s…

What you’ll learn from this interview: How Tom went from shy kid to interviewing strangers on the street about their lives Why he feels so driven to explore the human experience What he’s learned so far about what it is to be human Plus more! My guest today is Tom Norman, he’s the creator of How To Be Human which is a quest to explore our humanness…

Why the tough conversations we avoid are key to our success (and how to have more of them) What you’ll learn from this interview: Why David left his job as a Consulting Actuary to Fortune 100 companies to start a coaching business How severe trauma (watching his sister die at age 7) affected him later in life and how he’s worked (and is still worki…

How CoLiving is changing the way we live and how this serial entrepreneur is capitalizing on that What you’ll learn from this interview: What CoLiving is and how it’s changing the way we live especially in modern cities What Christine learned from successfully building and selling multiple companies over the past 16 years (all are still in business…

How Jay Wong is helping creators and entrepreneurs get their message out to the world in a bigger way What you’ll learn from this interview: How Jay became a part of Dan Sullivan’s Strategic Coach organization (at the time needed net annual income of $250k+ to join) and what he learned from being part of this ecosystem How he launched and grew his …

My experience with Vipassana (10 day silent meditation course) What you'll learn from this episode: Why I decided to do a 10 day Vipassana meditation course (no phone, internet, or human interaction for 10 days, 10+ hours of meditation per day) Why it was the most challenging experience of my life and what I learned from it How I plan to use what I…

How to build company culture and great customer experience with Michel Falcon What you’ll learn from this interview: How Michel went from working for $10 per hour in a call center, to managing customer experience programs at 1800-GOT-JUNK?, And eventually advising global brands on how to build their company culture and customer experience Why the m…

What you’ll learn from this interview: What Blake has learned from working in small startups, starting his own business, holding senior positions at Xero and Luxury Escapes, and now as CEO of Flippa How the small business landscape is changing rapidly, and how Blake plans to capitalize on that at Flippa Blake’s thoughts on the Australian startup sc…

How to stay at luxury hotels for free and grow your Instagram in 2019 with Sam Founda What you’ll learn from this interview: Why positioning himself as a marketer first and a content creator second has allowed him to build partnerships with some of the world’s most luxurious hotels in the world How Sam built up his own personal Instagram following …

From senior management consultant to online entrepreneur with Richard Turnbull What you’ll learn from this interview: Why Richard left his position as a senior management consultant at Ernst & Young to pursue entrepreneurship, and how he made this transition The three different types of entrepreneurs and why it’s important to know and accept who yo…

How Nate Checketts built Rhone during his commute to work What you’ll learn from this interview: How Nate used a 2 hour commute to his job at the NFL to build Rhone apparel on the side How he launched his business and generated $80k sales in the first 2 months without spending any money on advertising Why raising money can be a massive distraction …

Time Rich - Managing Time for Ambition, Productivity and Lifestyle with Mark Dobson What you’ll learn from this interview: The three segments of time, and how to navigate between them to maximise productivity Why blindly following to do lists isn’t helping us achieve our goals Why the obsession with the future at the expense of the present is where…

Lessons learned from interviewing 100+ successful founders and investors with Rohit Bhargava What you’ll learn from this interview: How Rohit launched a fashion tech startup, and why he decided to shut it down despite having early successes partnering with Uber and Melbourne Fashion Week Why he launched a podcast and how he was able to get #3 ranki…

Erik Bergman made €50 million before turning 30, now he’s giving it away What you’ll learn from this interview: How Erik went from humble beginnings to making €50 million before his 30th birthday, including €15 million in one day The dark side of such meteoric growth, the toll it took on his health and relationships Erik’s opinion on whether money …

Dealing with loss, suicide and turning your mess into your message with Melissa Yu What you’ll learn from this interview: How Melissa dealt with extremely challenging circumstances in her young life, growing up as one of the few Chinese families in her community and losing her partner of 6 years to suicide in 2014 How she was able to turn her mess …

How this marketer grew his agency and engineered his ideal lifestyle What you’ll learn from this interview: How being bold and thinking differently got Renat a kite surfing session with Richard Branson and regular use of luxury hotel amenities for free How Renat grew his marketing agency by focussing on human psychology and thinking principles, as …

How to become a digital nomad (live and work anywhere) with Nate Gell What you’ll learn from this interview: 1) How Nate went from bouncing around between jobs he didn’t like, to building location independent businesses that allow him to work from anywhere 2) The mental health challenges he faced earlier in his life including depression and anxiety…

How to become London's top luxury real estate broker with Daniel Daggers IG: @daniel_daggers What you’ll learn from this interview: 1) How Daniel went from humble beginnings growing up in government housing, to becoming London’s top agent selling £10 Million+ properties to the world's wealthiest buyers 2) How Daniel thinks about business and sales,…

How Sunny Verma is changing the education system with TutorBright What you’ll learn from this interview: 1) Why Sunny left a well paying job as a management consultant to start a tutoring company despite having no teaching qualifications or experience in education industry 2) How he went from knocking on doors in the ghetto for $5 per hour clients,…

Overcoming depression and anxiety using Vipassana meditation with Janice Ng What you’ll learn from this interview: 1) Why Janice started to suffer from anxiety and depression despite achieving her long term career goals 2) How Janice was able to overcome her mental health challenges and get off antidepressants 3) What she learned about herself from…

How Dan Martell went from jail to millionaire by age 27, raised money from Mark Cuban and spent a week with Richard Branson What you'll learn from this interview: 1) How Dan turned his life around from drugs and jail time to successfully building and advising companies, and why looking back he's grateful for his hard upbringing and how it actually …

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How Tomas Stanford went from unfulfilling job to selling $150k of diaries in 2018 What you'll learn from this interview: 1) How Tomas and his partner Alex went from jobs they didn't like to starting their own business and selling $150k of diaries in 2018 2) The tactics Tomas used to market the product initially without spending ad dollars 3) How To…