Interviews

chris kelsey

332 – 19 year old high school dropout, Chris Kelsey, has a refreshing take on how to grow a multi-million dollar business

Chris Kelsey, a 19-year old, high school dropout, who’s now a San Francisco based app developer, employing 68 people and making gazillions! Yep. It’s one of those cliched stories. But I gotta tell you, he has a very liberating view on how to grow a business. Plus I tackle a listener question about referencing death in marketing. Big show!

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Spell & The Gypsy Collective

331 – Spell & the Gypsy Collective’s Lizzy Abegg on how she (and her sis) built a multi-million dollar Byron Bay fashion empire.

8 years ago, Lizzy Abegg had an epiphany that she needed to move to Byron Bay to help her little sister grow a struggling jewelry business. Well, that business is now called Spell & the Gypsy Collective … and it’s a multi-million dollar fashion empire.

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how to build profitable partnerships

330 – How to create profitable business partnerships with Quentin Nolan of Liquid Snow Tours

Quentin Nolan of Liquid Ski Tours is a young man on a mission. At the ripe old age of 31 he’s determined to create the world’s best ski tour company – and right now, he has partnerships with Australia’s two largest airlines and owns 6 hotels in Japan!

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business sea change

329 – A brave sea change that lead to growing a dream business, with Paul Medeiros of The Source Bulk Foods

Paul Medeiros made a brave sea change by leaving corporate and buying the Mullumbimby Fruit Shop.

Then, when Woolworth’s decided to come to town, he could have panicked and accepted the fact that Australia’s biggest supermarket chain would kill off his business.

Instead, he rolled the dice, and more than doubled their retail footprint.

He’s now the founder of one of Australia’s hottest up and coming franchises – The Source Bulk Foods.

This is a story of courage, determination and being true to one’s values.

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marketing podcast

328 – How to create a business that doesn’t depend on you with Joyce Ong of the Young Musicians Academy

Today’s guest did the interview in her pyjamas. Why?

Because she can!

She’s a true entrepreneur, starting a business to help put herself through university, only to then systemise it so that today it runs for the most part … without her.

And who doesn’t want a bit of that?!

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how to make more money by working less

326 – How to make more money by working less in your business, with Posture Podiatry’s Daniel Gibbs

If you’re keen to learn how to remove yourself from your business and make more money in the process, then you’re going to love this chat with podiatrist, Daniel Gibbs. He even had to cancel a Tuesday morning golf game to do the interview!

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Wiilie Smith's Cider Founder Marketing Podcast Interview

325 – Willie Smith’s : A Boutique Cider Brand Punching Way Above Its Marketing Weight

Sam Reid is the co-founder of hugely popular cider brand Willie Smiths.

I meet him at the recent Telstra Business Awards in Tasmania. One of my jobs as the emcee was to announce the finalists for each category and read out a short bio about their business.

Each business always got a round of applause … although some got a bigger applause than others. Willie Smith’s Cider got the biggest by far …. Quite heartfelt, it was!

What are they doing that other businesses aren’t? Why all the love?!

So, here’s Sam Reid, co-founder of Willie Smith’s Cider.

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brand building the sufferfest

324 – The Sufferfest : A masterclass in how to create a kick-ass brand with ex-Swiss banker David McQuillen

Ex-Swiss banker David McQuillen, is the founder of Sufferfest and CSO (that’s Chief Suffering Officer) of the mythical country … Sufferlandria.

Bored with conventional ways to get fit on a bike, David taught himself how to edit video, and after negotiating rights with major cycling races (like the Tour de France!), he created his first Sufferfest training video and inflicted it on the world.

It’s now a multi-million dollar global business.

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