Joining me today, all the way from the US, is Alexandra Zatarain, Co-Founder and VP of Brand and Marketing of Eight Sleep - the world’s first sleep fitness company. 

Not only has Eight Sleep created a category, it’s used by the likes of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Lewis Hamilton. 

Alex has built the company from $0 to 9-figures in revenue and its current valuation exceeds half a billion dollars! 

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Today I’m chatting with Nick Bell. Yes, one of the shiny new Sharks on our new season of Shark Tank Australia.

Nick is the Founder and CEO of First Page and 10 other businesses! Off the back of his first business that failed, Nick started again from his bedroom in 2008.

Since then he’s expanded his business into software development, reputation repair, digital marketing, branding longevity and offshore labour hire. Nick has scaled to over 1900 staff members and over $200 million in revenue!

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Today I’m chatting with the amazing Hannah Spilva, the co-founder of LVLY. I think it’s pretty safe to say that everyone listening has either received, gifted or seen a co-worker receive a gorgeous bundle of LVLY Flowers and Gift Package. 

LVLY started 8 years ago and has not only become a household name here in Australia but has also become a global business - which is no easy feat for you’re doing same day gifting of fresh flowers!

Han has recently sold her business for a valuation of $35 million and now she sits on the board of LVLY and is diving right back in with 2 new startups in the world of beauty and self-care. 

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Welcome back to part 2 with Robert Herjavec. He recently sold his cyber security business Cyderes for almost a billion dollars and is of course one of my fellow Sharks on Shark Tank Australia, and also US Shark Tank and Canadian Dragon’s Den. 

Make sure you listen to part 1!

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My next guest needs no introduction, but here’s one anyway. It’s none other than my fellow Shark on Shark Tank, Robert Herjavec. 

Robert is one of the most renowned entrepreneurs globally and is an OG Shark from the US Shark Tank, Canadian Dragon’s Den and of course Shark Tank Australia. 

From humble beginnings as a poor refugee, he built and sold his first company for $600,000. From there, he started a software business that he sold to AT&T Canada for $32M. From there, he built his next business Cyderes in cyber security which he recently sold for almost a billion dollars. 

(That’s in USD, so he’s technically a billionaire in Australia dollars though.)

Robert is literally one of the funniest, kindest and most interesting people I know, and you guys are absolutely going to love this chat! 

Alright let’s get into it!

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Today I’m chatting with Annabelle Chauncy, who co-founded the Aussie non-profit School for Life at just 21 years old, with the bold ambition to educate poverty out of existence. School for Life started in 2011 in Uganda with 81 students, and purchased their first 10 acres of land with $16k. 15 years on, School for Life is raising over $6m a year and is impacting the lives of more than 4,500 vulnerable children across East Africa, and has a vision to reach 10,000 children in the next 5 years. 

Despite initial doubts due to her young age, her belief that no matter where they are born, every child deserves access to a safe childhood and quality education, pushed her to overcome numerous challenges. We’ll delve into the key learnings, incredible milestones, and the hurdles she faced along the way, revealing how her unwavering passion and determination was so strong that she refused to take no for an answer, turning her vision into a reality.

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Today’s guest is the CEO and Co-Founder of Lendi Group, David Hyman. 

11 years ago, Dave spearheaded the creation of Australia’s first online home loan platform - Lendi, revolutionising the traditional mortgage process by enabling customers to compare loans from multiple lenders in real time.

3 years ago, Lendi merged with the iconic household brand, Aussie Home Loans, forming Australia’s largest mortgage brokerage and establishing Lendi Group as a leader in digital financial services. 

Cut to today, Lendi Group has a $100B loan book, which means they’re currently servicing $100B in loans, their revenue is in the hundreds of millions and they are the biggest retail distributor of mortgages outside of the big 4 banks.

David Hyman is a serial-entrepreneur with a unique skill set that spans across corporate strategy, technology, product, customer acquisition and operational excellence. 

This is my first fintech interview and Dave’s business journey is so fascinating!

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Hey poddy fam, my next guest is the co-founder several digital media ventures, most notably Junkee Media, one of the leading independent publishers in Australia that was sold in 2016 to an ASX-listed company for around $15 million. 

Tim Duggan is an optimist who loves thinking about big ideas. He has written several award winning books - 2 of which I’ve read, which is a big deal cos I don’t like reading! 

Cult Status looks at how businesses have achieved, well it’s in the title, cult status. 

Killer Thinking is the ultimate guide to creating, developing and recognising incredible ideas that will revolutionise the way you work.

And his latest book Work Backwards explores the revolutionary method to work smarter and live better.

In this episode we talk about how to create a business with cult status, what are the three things you need to live a full life, what is work life balance and how working backwards can help us achieve a better balance among work, relationships, mind and body

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Today I chat with my very good friend Kelly McCarren about all things social media marketing.

Fun fact - Kelly actually used to be the social media girly at Showpo, and today we share all of our tips and tricks to growing and how to actually get out of your comfort zone and take that first step.

As usual, there were so many more amazing questions from you guys. Hope you enjoy this fun chat <3

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Today I sit down with Samantha Appell, the founder and Director of The Skin Bar, a leading Boutique chain of skin care clinics. In just 4 years, she’s opened 9 clinics, in 3 states, making over 8-figures. Yes, that’s 9 clinics since 2020 which includes Covid lockdown years. 

Samantha’s approach is deeply personal, driven by her own personal battle with severe cystic acne that profoundly impacted her self confidence. This experience fuelled her passion for helping others achieve clear, healthy skin, particularly through skin needling - a treatment that transformed her own skin.

Under her leadership, The Skin Bar has become known for popularising skin needling and offering tailored, holistic skincare solutions that avoid injectables like Botox. 

In this episode we talk about: 

• The economics of beauty clinics 
• How she’s achieved this growth of physical locations in such a short amount of time, whilst maintaining quality in every experience 
• The importance of having focus in your brand and product 

And so much more!

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Few people love their jobs more than me, and my next guest is one of them! I absolutely fell in love with Karlie’s story when she told it to me over cocktails in Bali and I’m so happy she’s back in Oz and here to share it with all of you. 

Karlie was previously a school teacher for 12 years and after a few trips to Bali, she started Bali Buddies as a Facebook page to share Bali tips with friends. 

At the age of 33, she decided that she wanted more in life and life isn’t so black and white and took a total career pivot. She officially launched Bali Buddies and moved to Bali with her husband and 2 young daughters.

12 years on, it’s now a full blown Bali travel media platform that has a team of 15, expanded to Indo Buddies and makes high 6 figures in profits (yes, not rev, but profits) - which when you think about the cost of living in Bali, it’s incredible. She literally lives like royalty in Bali and gets invited to all the best events and openings.

Karlie has created the ultimate lifestyle business for herself and epitomises everyone’s dream of working to live and not living to work. 

In this episode, we talk about how she did it all, how do you start a media company, how do you make a living off of affiliate marketing and media sales, and the challenge she overcame with such a career and lifestyle pivot. 

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