My next guest is a very dear friend of mine Hannah Drury. We’re actually each other’s bridesmaids. Hannah is such a powerhouse! She’s the founder of Peppermint Grove and Moss St Fragrances, which is stocked literally everywhere, including Myer, Bloomingdales and Galeries Lafayette. You go into any store that has a home fragrance section, you’ll see one of her brands. Not only this, she also white labels, as manufactures for a lot other brands in the industry. 

Hannah’s built this to be a $40m million business and then tragedy struck at covid, when she lost control of her supply chain. 

This was a pretty tough time that we lived through together!

But she picked herself right back up and turned lemons into lemonade. Yep she seized on the opportunity and started making hand sanitisers. And it was also the catalyst to really focus on her eComm business. 

But the major turning point was the vertical integration of her business into the expansion of her perfumery business, which now has over 5000 fragrances in the fragrances library, and is achieving incredible double figure growth year on year. 

Of course I always love chatting to this one, you may need to turn the volume down because she’s one of the few people in the world louder than me, but you will absolutely love our chat! 

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My next guest is the ultimate icon for body positivity, it’s none other than Riley Hemson, founder of the size inclusive swimwear brand REMMIE and wardrobe basics brand Jorja and Joseph, you may know her as @rileyj on socials, formerly known as @healthychick101. You may also know her from our joint Showpo and Remmie collab collection. 

Riley has had a long health and fitness journey which she positively turned into a career in social media. And then led to her launching her activewear and swimwear brand Remmie in 2020, which has now grown to 7 figures. 

Riley is so down to earth and authentic, exactly what you see on socials!

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If you have a sweet tooth, you are going to love today’s guest. It’s Daniel Kitay, the founder of Funday Sweets.

Funday sweets is a natural confectionary brand that is sugar-free but honestly you couldn’t taste the difference. What started with Daniel formulating the mixtures and playing with different ingredients on his kitchen bench is now the fastest growing better-for-you lolly brand in Australia, selling to over 5000 outlets and selling millions of bags every quarter. 

In this episode we talk about just how the heck do you even start making a food product, how he dealt with such a high minimum order quantities and how he found stockists (Especially with the majors such as Woolies, Coles + Chemist Warehouse). 

@fundaysweets

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Some of you may remember my next guest Jules Robinson from Married at First Sight (yes she’s one of the few couples that are still together). I know you guys know how much I love my reality TV, but don't worry, this isn’t about that - Jules is one impressive business woman! She’s the founder of the inclusive and empowering shape wear brand Figur and the owner of fashion label Moira Muse AND the owner of Status Co - a hair and makeup salon set up as a speakeasy bar in beautiful Barangaroo Sydney.

On top of these 3 businesses, she holds a huge social media presence, is also the co-host of the Juggling Act podcast and a book author. 

This really sounds like a lot, but what I love about this chat is how authentic and down to earth Jules is, and her positive attitude towards her business challenges really makes you feel like “yeah it’s all good, we got this”.

@julesrobinson82

@statusco.republic

@figur_co

@moira.muse

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Today I chat to Doone Roisin, who hosts the brilliant business podcast Female Startup Club

Her first foray into the startup world was through her jewellery brand KINCS, which was picking up serious momentum and making 6 figures in sales, but she realised that the path forward wasn’t what she was wanted anymore and pivoted into Female Startup Club, one of the top podcasts in business. In this episode we talk all about how do you know when to keep going with a business idea vs pivoting. 

Doone has also branched out into angel investing and has such a wealth of knowledge on all the ways that a small business can raise capital - if you’re thinking about starting a business but don’t know where to get the money to start, or if you have a business and is at a point where you need more cash to grow the business, well you won’t want to miss this. 

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@dooneroisin

@femalestartupclub

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Today I chat to the girls from KIC - Laura Henshaw and Steph Miller (better known as  Steph Claire Smith on socials). KIC, which stands for Keep It Cleaner, is a content-based brand focused on fitness and wellness and has a community of over 2.5 million people and their KIC app which features fitness programs, healthy recipes and wellness practices and recently launched run club has been downloaded over 750,000 times. 

You may have also heard their podcast KICPOD which has been listened to 14 MILLION times! 

We had such an amazing chat about their journey from models/influencers to entrepreneurs, working with your bestie, tips on building a community, the ins and outs of app development (especially when you don’t have a tech background) and all their challenges along the way. 

I hope you love this episode as much as I loved recording it!

@kic.app

@kicpod

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@stephclairesmith

@laura.henshaw

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So excited about my next guest, founder of CUB, Daniel Hakim. Cub, which stands for Club of United Businesses is Australia’s fastest growing members club for business owners. Cub started in 2015 with only 5 founding members (one of them being yours truly) and now they service over 2000 Aussie entrepreneurs with clubhouses in Sydney, Melbourne and also with Brisbane opening soon. And more recently, Daniel has also expanded into the online community space with an online app called Boa.

In this episode we talk about: 

• How to build a really engaged community
• What he does to close B2B sales, and more importantly, to retain customers
• And about the ever evolving Australian entrepreneurial landscape

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@the.danielhakim

@clubofunitedbusiness

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I’m so excited about my next guest Lisa Messenger, founder of Collective Hub. I’ve known Lisa for quite a while now, being one of the OGs in the Sydney entrepreneurial community. Despite having no experience in media or magazine, and also despite print media being on a decline by this point, Lisa launched Collective Hub magazine in 2013. And it was wildly successful and physically distributed in over 37 countries featuring the likes of Richard Branson and Jamie Oliver on the cover.

Unfortunately, the business scaled too quickly and Lisa nearly lost everything. She sold two properties and sunk the money into her business as bridging finance, which was never to be seen again. 

This would be so devastating for anyone, but what Lisa did next shows true grit and resilience. She has since then bounced back and relaunched the brand and it’s now bigger, more profitable and sustainable than it ever was!

Lisa is so authentic and transparent with sharing her experiences and learnings, not just in business but also in personal life. She’s been through 16 rounds of failed IVF, but subsequently was given the ultimate gift of life from a friend through surrogacy.

Lisa has now written 38 books and sold over 2.5 million copies and oh my god this woman is impressive!!

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@lisamessenger

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Welcome back to part 2 of my chat with She’s on the Money’s Victoria Devine. In case you missed part 1, we talked about how you can get on top of your finances and better track your budget. And in this episode we talk about the ways you can invest your money, the pros and cons of property investment, tips on how to get yourself out of debt, how to manage lifestyle creep and much much more!

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@shesonthemoney

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I’m so excited about this guest, she is a guru of personal finances and I’ve learnt so much for this chat myself, and I’m sure you will too! It’s none other than the amazing Victoria Devine from the top ranking podcast She’s On the Money.

Victoria launched Zella in 2015 to provide mortgage and asset finance solutions and then made the life-changing pivot into the podcast world to create She’s on the Money, which gets over a million downloads a month! She’s also the author of 3 best sellers - she’s on the money, investing with she’s on the money and properly with she’s on the money.

In this episode we talk all about how you can get on top of your finances and how to better track your budget. And there was just so much info, we had to spill over to another episode where we talk about ways that you can invest your money, the pros and cons of property investment, tips on how to get yourself out of debt, how to manage lifestyle creep and much much more! 

Get out your pen and paper for this episode!!

@shesonthemoney

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Welcome back to part 2 of my chat with Ruslan Kogan.

Quick TLDR, Ruslan is the founder and CEO of kogan.com, one of Australia’s largest online retailers, known mostly for their electronics and white goods and makes over $1B in sales annually. In this episode we talk about how to get PR and get attention, and how his fight with Gerry Harvey was a clever tactic that grew the business, how he became overstocked post covid and how he overcame it and growing additional income streams using the subscription model.

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@kogandotcom

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