Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterEmail Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests and share feedback. ***Welcome to episode #84 w Alan Jones! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:1. Influences of growing up with dreamer parents and living in 28 houses before age 172. Two biggest learnings being a journalist3. Reflections on being the 2nd employee at Yahoo and employee share plans4. What do the best founders do when speaking to investors?5. Five people in the startup ecosystem he's learnt from the most Please enjoy!***TIMESTAMPS03:13 - Where were you born and live now? 03:53 - What was your first job and what do you do now? 05:17 - Why the unsung hero co-founder of Canva is the most talent technologist in ANZ 06:48 - Influenced by “dreamer” parents and learning what entrepreneur meant 10:31 - Learning from mum and her perseverance 11:25 - Trying journalism, programming and medical paths as career paths 15:07 -  The power of building your brand recognition and reputation 20:45 - Painful learning investing in hardware 24:55 - Being the 2nd employee at Yahoo and stock ownership learnings 32:12 - Nurturing up and coming investors 37:20 - What are founders not doing to stand out to investors? 42:41 - Creating your learning room of 5 operators, founders and investors 49:00 - How he’s raising a pre-seed fund in M8 ventures 55:33 - Do you feel successful? 57:35 - Best investment 1:00:23 - Appearing on the 20VC podcast

This 3 part series is brought to you by Minke, wave hello to better savings. Explore your curiosity w Josh Reyes, co-founder of Minke, the future of decentralised finance, how they’re offering safe and efficient yields to combat inflation and building the transparent consumer platform. Encourage you to download their app from the Apple App Store today. Please enjoy! ***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including 80+ episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Download the Minke app to earn high interest rates at https://www.minke.app/Share your feedback and discuss sponsorship opportunities with us by emailing [email protected] the show on Linkedin / Instagram***TIMESTAMPS02:12 - Josh’s journey into crypto 04:23 - What is Minke? 05:32 - What is DeFi and difference vs traditional banking 06:52 - How to open a Minke account to deposit your savings 09:02 - How does DeFi have attractive interest rates? 10:58 - Flexibility with money deposited in savings account 11:58 - What is Stablecoin? 15:19 - How do central banks impact Minke? 16:33 - Building trust with consumers 18:01 - Operating in high inflation markets 21:43 - Sharia finance in islamic countries 23:46 - Low trust vs high trust markets 27:03 - Breaking down the recent LUNA crash 33:10 - How to evaluate whether to deposit money into DeFi

This 3 part series is brought to you by Minke, wave hello to better savings. Explore your curiosity w String Nguyen, the co-founder of Chubbiverse, a fast growing NFT brand! Learn about the A-Z to help you build your knowledge of this exciting space. Please enjoy! ***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including 80+ episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Download the Minke app to earn high interest rates at https://www.minke.app/Find out more about the Chubbiverse at https://www.chubbiverse.com/Share your feedback and discuss sponsorship opportunities with us by emailing [email protected] the show on Linkedin / Instagram***TIMESTAMPS02:18 - How did you get into NFTs and Web3? 03:03 - Transition from consumer to builder creating Chubbiverse 04:16 - Where do you start with creating a NFT? 05:45 - How did you settled on Chubbiverse as your brand? 07:30 - What makes NFT’s look the way they do, unpolished? 09:31 - What is Product Market Fit in NFTs? 11:31 - Supply and demand 12:12 - How is an NFT priced? 13:27 - Value in Bored Apes 14:13 - How do NFT’s differentiate vs the marketplace? 15:29 - Importance of influencers to generate discoverability? 17:14 - Network effects and fear of missing out 17:44 - Why are NFTs the entry point to web3? 19:17 - How do you build a revenue model for an NFT? 20:39 - Scalability goals 21:47 - How do customers engage using Discord / Twitter? 23:04 - Do you need a chubbiverse to enter Discord? 23:34 - How to build education on ETH? 24:26 - Managing spam and building trust 26:06 - What news sources help with NFT knowledge? 27:12 - How to build a career in NFTs, founder or operator? 28:39 - DeFi supporting NFT’s and payments 29:35 - Benefit of curiosity  

Explore your curiosity w Christie Jenkins + Josh Thomas about bout professional athlete transitions into the business world and how Christie, Josh and nearly a 100 of Australia’s best and brightest athletes across all sporting codes have created an investing syndicate in Athletic Ventures.Please enjoy! ***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including 80+ episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about the Athletic Ventures at www.athletic.vcShare your feedback and discuss sponsorship opportunities with us by emailing [email protected] the show on Linkedin / Instagram***TIMESTAMPS02:09 - Josh’s career in the AFL 03:13 - Christie’s career across 3 sports 04:07 - Planning life after sport 07:10 - Routines, habits and sprints 11:45 - Would you do anything differently if you go back 5 years? 14:31 - First interaction with startups and VC 17:31 - Knowledge building into venture capital work 20:52 - Coach, work ethic and people better than you 22:24 - Early days of building Athletic Ventures 24:47 - Biggest surprise 25:48 - How does Athletic Ventures best serve founders 28:26 - Long term excitement for Athletic Ventures 29:18 - How should founders view athletic on their cap table 31:39 - Most recent publicly announced deal and why 34:12 - Industries athletic ventures can best help in 36:28 - Key focus on Series A and why 

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests and share feedback. ***Welcome to episode #80 w Bill Bartee! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:1. How growing up near a NASA facility started Bill's love for science, tech and engineering2. Reflections on working in Silicon Valley in the 80's seeing the early technology evolution3. What he learnt from his most painful learning and why one advice has stuck the most 4. The 5 hall of fame Australian VC's Bill would love to be in a room with5. Why is deep tech innovation different and how does talent equate in Australia vs the USAPlease enjoy!***TIMESTAMPS03:03 - Growing up seeing rocket launches 03:40 - Papers, washing cars and labourer 04:24 - Double nobel prize winner in Physics and Chemistry 06:12 - Economically poor, intellectually rich 08:01 - Aspirations to be an astronaut 09:48 - Building information sources in the 1960/70’s 11:07 - 25 year love for Australia 12:45 - Working across the spectrum: large, medium and early companies 15:13 - Evolution in rate of learning 17:54 - what makes people succeed 21:08 - 99% of learnings coming from failing 23:36 - Not judging a book by it’s cover 26:39 - Applying mathematics love to startup investing 30:32 - Venture Capital today vs the early 2000’s 35:02 - Co-founding 3 x VC firms 38:12 - top 5 hall of fame investors 41:10 - founders from 2000’s that impressed the most 43:47 - metrics in sass vs deep tech 48:23 - How do investors help deep tech founders? 50:54 - Most challenging mental models 52:43 - Talent equation in deep tech: Australia vs USA 54:26 - final sprint 

Explore your curiosity w Yolanda Redrup about media, journalism and how news operates in startups, technology and capital markets. Please enjoy! ***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including 75+ episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about the Australian Financial Review at www.afr.comShare your feedback and discuss partnership opportunities with us by emailing [email protected] the show on Linkedin / Instagram***TIMESTAMPS02:00 - Melbourne and swimming 02:32 - Being set on journalism from age 13 04:15 - How you can build your career in journalism 06:09 - Behind the scenes of how an article comes together 09:27 - Inbound, Outbound and reactive news sources 10:46 - Does the first sentence need to be a hook? 13:08 - How much editorial approval does a journalist need? 14:36 - what software is useful for interviews and writing articles? 15:52 - How does street talk differ from tech news? 17:30 - What is the biggest unknown about your role? 19:06 - How to invest and nurture relationships? 20:50 - Being a journalist with an investor approach 21:34 - How do VC’s get their capital raise featured in the AFR? 23:50 - Biggest change having covered tech for 10+ years? 27:44 - How do you keep up your learning of media landscape? 29:15 - What separates a great journalist from the rest? 30:09 - How to decide what news platforms to read? 31:36 - The role of independence in journalism and being neutral? 33:30 - One thing you’d like to learn in the next 6 months?

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter Contact Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests and share feedback. ***Welcome to episode #78 w Matt Allen! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:1. How Matt found his passion for music and computers in high school2. Why success at age 20 was building out his first startup, providing web based solutions for insurance companies3. Balancing a conservative approach to finance with investing in high growth (and high risk) startups 4. What is venture debt, how it's structured and when should founders consider it5. The five active hall of fame investors in Australia / New Zealand to be in a room withPlease enjoy!***TIMESTAMPS02:28 - Birth place and residence now 03:16 - First job and various roles now 04:07 -  High Flyers under the radar 05:08 - eldest of 3 brothers and attending agricultural school 08:24 - Computer teacher being an influence 09:37 - Infamous blue hat 10:25 - Early days of the internet: building web based solutions for insurance companies 11:25 - Biggest unknown for startups in the 90’s 14:03 - Balancing financial conservative approach with investing in high risk startups 16:10 - Most painful learning 17:43 - First time into angel investing 21:30 - Process for getting to know founder / business from scratch 24:33 - Meeting thousands of founders at Amazon startups 28:02 - 5 people to have in the “active hall of fame investors” room 30:24 - Decided to be a founder again with Tractor Ventures 36:04 - Financial structure within Venture Debt model 38:23 - 3 use cases for a founder to consider revenue based financing 41:10 - Supporting the longevity of a company 43:42 - Building education in community about finance and debt 46:56 - Matt’s routines to balance his various roles 49:09 - Building and maintaining reputation 52:07 - How Matt got started making websites for bands 54:02 - final sprint 

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!Contact Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests and share feedback. ***Learn about Rachael’s sunrise in New York, with her dad being the son of jewish immigrants and mum from a rural part of New York with 8 brothers and sisters with Rachael's mum being the eldest. Welcome to episode #77 w Rachael Neumann! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:1. Influences of growing up in New York with two sides of the family, with her parents bringing different perspectives2. Navigating her career having varied interests and taking the the entrance exams to law, business & medical school3. Why the transition from the US to Australia was hard personally and professionally4. 2 big learnings from leading eventbrite and Amazon startups teams5. Process to get to know founders from scratch to consider investing in, how to say no with empathy and valuations vs hypePlease enjoy!***TIMESTAMPS02:25 - New York and Melbourne 04:00 - Re-imagining a high flyer 06:00 - Being a social chameleon navigating the two sides of her family 08:33 - Wanting to leave New York City 11:33 - Heroes in Nobel Prize Winners 13:30 - Success at 20 15:35 - Painful learning from having varied interests 22:04 - Moving to Australia by accident 25:25 - Major differences between US and Australia 28:51 - Hiring a team for a new category that doesn’t exist yet 33:10 - How investing in startups started 36:45 - Process for getting to know a business from scratch 40:26 - Dislocation of Valuations vs hype in valuations 43:33 - How to say no with empathy 48:17 - Transition from individual investor to a fund 53:22 - Final sprint!  

Explore your curiosity w Kate Dinon about PR, communications and investment to scale startups.Learn about how Kate had her break into PR & CommunicationsBuilding out her own firm Character & Distinction, based in Melbourne with a roster of recognisable brands. First few months of starting the firm, client relationships, bad story telling and displaying culture in their office space. Unpacking Kate’s foray into supporting startups through mentoring and investment via Protagonist Capital & what they're looking for in founders and early stage startups. Don’t miss out on a special rapid fire round with your community questions! Please enjoy exploring your curiosity as I did mine through this conversation!***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including 75+ episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about Character + Distinction and Protagonist Capital at https://ofcharacter.com/Share your feedback and discuss partnership opportunities with us at [email protected] the show on Linkedin / Instagram***TIMESTAMPS02:20 - Where you were born and live now 03:02 - Do you remember the first time you heard of PR & Communications? 04:16  - Was it a conscious decision to start your own PR firm? 06:08 - What were the first months like in 2017 and unknowns? 07:55 - Did you find building relationships was a focus moving back to Australia from Switzerland? 10:31 - How does a client relationship work in practise? 12:40 - How does a first client meeting work and what can PR help with? 15:14 - What is bad story telling? 17:22 - Are there high maintenance vs low maintenance industries? 19:44 - What are your sources of learning and inspiration? 22:17 - Importance of Character and distinction visible in their office space 25:15 - Supporting startups through Protagonist Capital 27:32 - What are you looking for in the deals? Specific sector or person to support? 29:00 - Supporting founders in consumer facing brands and enterprise tech for future of work 30:32 - Naming conventions for Protagonist and Character + Distinction 32:29 - Rapid fire round of your community questions  

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!Contact Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests and share feedback. ***Learn about how curiosity has driven his professional journey in Science, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Energy & currently Last Mile Delivery leading Deliveroo in Australia. Ed shares how to transition well into a new industry, how to build strong personal relationships, how to manage up authentically, and the advantages and disadvantages of being a generalist. I was curious for Ed’s take on structured education and whether an MBA is helpful on your journey to being a leader. And stay tuned to learn about Ed’s varied interests including Bee Keeping, Archery and more!Welcome to episode #75 w Ed McManus! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:1. How parents shaped Ed and his 2 siblings2. Curiosity leading to PHd in Biochemistry and transition to business3. How to manage up authentically in your career4. Should you do structured education to position yourself to become CEO5. Advantages and disadvantages of being a generalist leader***TIMESTAMPS03:08 - Ireland and Australia 04:08 - Primary and secondary carers 05:27 - Growing up in Ireland in the 80’s in a fractured country 07:30 - How parents shaped Ed and his 2 siblings 12:27 - Sporting heroes 13:57 - Curiosity driving work in science, business & more 16:44 - Doctors and nurses being high flyers for Ed’s family 19:47 - Transition from biochemist to commercial business roles 23:26 - How to build strong personal relationships 26:58 - How to figure out a new environment and where to add value 30:20 - Don’t be under pressure to come up with answers only 32:54 - Transparency, performance and managing up 37:50 - Advantages and disadvantages of being a generalist vs specialist 41:21 - Side hobby as amateur bee-keeper 43:45 - Should you do structured executive education? 46:59 - Supporting startups through capital and knowledge Please enjoy!

Hear from Kal Jamshidi, founder of Letter of Intent -- the daily Australian business activity newsletter read by 6k subscribers. This conversation will take you inside: How and why Kal started this newsletter, being anonymous at the beginning, utilising the power of LinkedIn, Creating a habit for the readers and serving utility, defensibility, media trends and we end with some of your most requested community questions. Please enjoy exploring your curiosity as I did mine through this conversation!***TIMESTAMPS—————02:30 - Life before Letter of Intent 04:23 - How 6 years in San Fransisco was inspiration 06:57 - Building a habit for the consumer 09:52 - The growth engine of LinkedIn 11:04 - Anonymous marketing 14:05 - 5 hours each night 15:20 - Filtering news into 1 page 16:22 - Creating habits and serving utility 17:38 - Peleton and RM Williams 19:44 - Balancing gossip and facts 21:04 - The Aussie corporate 21:34 - Unique community 23:55 - Changing landscape in Media 28:28 - Community questions***Find out more about Curiosity Center at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about Letter of Intent at https://www.letterofintent.com.au/Share your feedback or questions directly with us at [email protected] or via Linkedin / Instagram

Learn about drive and determination at a young age with a deep desire to be a professional athlete, to then having his startup shut down and making his way into VC and co-founding AfterWork Ventures, a community led VC doing things differently for the next gen. Welcome to episode #73 w Adrian Petersen! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:Deep determination and focus to be a professional athlete, being obsessed with Tennis & Cycling at a young ageThe importance of be team first and win collectively with an "open up" policyAdrian's non traditional path to Venture CapitalThe birth of AfterWork and the cold start challenge of building a communityBiggest surprise about investing in Sports Tech startups***TIMESTAMPS02:31 -  Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra 03:48 -  Dream to become a tennis player 05:25 - Both parents worked in grandpa’s scaffolding company 06:25 -  Roger Federer and Lance Armstrong 07:25 - Australian Institute of Sport 08:45 - importance of be team first now vs being single mildly focused in his past 10:11 - Working with people smarter than you 12:00 -  Learning the importance of “open up” when closing his first business 15:12 -  First 3 months re-setting to find next opportunity 16:40 - The path to becoming a VC 19:55 - The birth of AfterWork 24:28 - Cold start challenge of building a community 26:20 - Deal flow sources being a community first VC 30:23 - Ability to significantly follow on 32:21 - Direct to consumer investments 34:15 -  Investor changing sentiment 36:46 - Mentors that have shaped his thinking 38:20 - Going from zero to one and beyond 40:26 - In house team complimenting the community advisors 42:14 - Investing in sports focused startups 43:30 - final sprint***Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!Contact Vidit at [email protected]

Learn about power of self belief, dreaming big, dealing with the lowest of lows and coming out stronger with a level headed perspective on work and life, Mac shares his journey to founding the VC firm, Rare Beed. Welcome to episode #72 w Mac Conwell! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:How his father always made Mac dream big and push to do moreFiguring out life at age 19, after loosing his dad and being homeless to securing a job in government that paid more than what his parents earntHow to secure 1000+ meetings via Twitter to raise Rare Breed Ventures and 3 secrets of cold emailingHow should founders get the attention of investors through succinct company updatesVC's that inspire Mac and markets outside of the US he wants to invest in***TIMESTAMPS02:30 - From seasoning fried chicken to venture capital 03:10 - Mac’s father being a high flyer 03:45 - Dad was postal worker and Mum was bank teller 05:55 - Mr Davis & Patrick Jackson 08:00 - Success at age 20 09:15 - From lowest of lows to making an impact today 11:23 -  Heroes 12:15 - Most painful learning 14:55 - Attraction to Venture Capital 16:48 - learnings about people from 1000 meetings to start RareBreed VC 20:12 - 3 biggest secrets about effective cold messaging 23:00 - Managing influx of requests 24:20 -  Giving founders the room not to be perfect 28:00 - How to get VC’s attention with company performance update 29:35 - Founders that make the receptionist rich, make everyone rich 32:38 - Not hiring the quarterback 36:46 - Market outlook 38:00 - Interest in Africa and Pakistan startup ecosystem 39:45 - Inspiring VC’s and founders 42:05 - Final sprint***Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!Contact Vidit at [email protected]

Learn about the the Diplomacy & International Relations Industry, What it means to adjust to new cultures every few years, Providing value to stand out and dealing with unconscious bias Welcome to episode #71 w Michelle Wade! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:How being a "small fish in a large pond but aware of the ocean" provided perspective in her childhoodApplying 6 years of symphony orchestra learnings to diplomacyAdjusting to new cultures every 4 years in India, Spain, Malaysia, ItalyManaging the $45M covid relief fund for the Victorian GovernmentOpening the eyes of employers to the value of hiring foreign students***TIMESTAMPS02:08 - First women life guard 04:25 - Michelle’s sunrise: small fish in a large pond but aware of the ocean 06:02 -  Influences growing up in a small town 07:30 - Finding success at age 16 08:50 - Full circle now living in India 10:40 - Painful learning: Unconscious Bias 12:55 - Dealing with repercussions of speaking up 16:10 - Applying 6 years from music to diplomatic career 18:10 - Transition from symphony orchestra to Aus Govt posting in Milan 21:40 -  Building her diplomatic career in the first 5 years to stand out 27:10 - Adjusting to new cultures every 4 years in India, Spain, Malaysia, Italy 32:40 - The unknown human element of having a global transient career 35:55 - Opening the eyes of employers to the value of hiring foreign students 38:35 - Learnings and inspiration from the Israeli Consulate General in India 40:50 - Managing the $45M covid relief fund for the Victorian Government 44:20 - How can International students integrate into Australia and stand out 47:00 - Role of universities supporting students with practise alongside theory 51:05 - Final sprint***Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!Contact Vidit at [email protected]

Hear from Tom Richardson, Head of Startups & SMB for APAC + Japan @ Stripe. We take you inisde: the exciting world of startups and specifically the 3 roles Tom plays, what they are, how they look in practise and his biggest learnings.Learn about how Tom joined Stripe and what his focuses are as head of startups for APAC & Japan, his biggest learning from scaling the team from 8 to 30 people in 12 months. I asked Tom how he’s gone about using his experiences at Stripe and previously in various markets to now mentor startup founders and what it looks like in practise. And the 3rd aspect of this flywheel you’ll learn about is how Angel Investing became another avenue for Tom to be of service to startups and some examples of founders he’s helped and how.Please enjoy exploring your curiosity as I did mine through this conversation!***KEY POINTS COVERED03:40 - How did Tom join Stripe? 05:25 - What does a head of startups role mean? 06:50 - Biggest learning in scaling Stripe from 8 people to 30 people 11:40 - Using his leadership and operator knowledge to mentor startup founders 14:50 - Which areas can Tom help startup founders with and how? 17:55 - What does mentoring founders look in practise? 21:00 - Mentoring is not a transaction 22:45 - How did Tom start Angel Investing? 27:30 - Balancing value add vs cheque size as an angel investor? 29:40 - How to contact Tom for mentoring / support***Find out more about Curiosity Center at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about Tom Richardson at https://www.tomrichardson.info/Share your feedback or questions directly with us at [email protected] or via Linkedin / Instagram

Welcome to episode #69 w Jaddan Comerford! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:How his parents inspired him to have a go which led to starting his music record label at age 17?What helped Jaddan succeed starting his own business right out of high school? Unified Music Group today has 70 employees and $20M in revenue without any external capital raised. A-Z of Unified Music Group and the support it provides artistsThe challenging economics in music and why artists earn less than 20c a stream on Spotify?How did Jaddan get started investing 4 years ago?BONUS: Jaddan mentions, “not all that glitters is gold” and ask yourself, is it an opportunity or a distraction?***TIMESTAMPS03:00 - Jaddan quick facts 03:45 - High Flyer in Jaddan’s life 04:50 - Jaddan’s sunrise: influence of family + environment 07:30 - Inspiration from his entrepreneurial parents 08:50 - Not fitting into private school 11:05 - Average marks graduating high school 11:50 - First 3 months of starting Boom Town records at age 17 14:35 - Learning how to run a startup early on 16:20 - What helped him succeed starting out at 17? 20:30 - Balance between inner belief and over confidence 24:00 - Dynamics of people in music industry: trust in relationships 27:15 - Basic introduction into Unified Music Group and operations? 30:20 - How does an artist get discovered? 32:20 - Monetisation model in Music: Do Artists earn less than 20c a stream on spotify? 36:40 - Independence vs going direct to audience and discovery 38:50 - Touring provides biggest return for artists and how it’s returning after COVID downturn 40:35 - Involvement in MODA DAO and Web3 for Music 42:45 - How did Jaddan get started investing 4 years ago? 48:00 - How has Rachael made him a better person? 49:40 - Final sprint***Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!Contact Vidit at [email protected]

Hear from Lauren Humphrey, co-founder of The Mintable about how they are building the empowerment platform where the best people managers come to succeed; learning, community, and tools built for managers by managers and welcome to episode 5 of this curiosity series taking you inside topics, companies and industries. Please enjoy exploring your curiosity as I did mine through this conversation!***KEY POINTS COVERED02:45 - What is The Mintable? 03:15 - Problem they’re solving and co-founders based in USA & Australia 05:55 - How they turned an idea into reality to create the startup? 08:30 - How did they go about customer discovery? 11:00 - How to ensure Learning & Development is continuous and engaging, not a set and forget exercise? 13:30 - Focusing on current managers or aspiring to help them become managers? 15:15 - How to commercialise and Go-To-Market? 19:00 - Marketplace and How does The Mintable provides differentiation? 20:45 - Difference between Australia and US for Managers? 22:50 - Career paths available at The Mintable? 25:15 - Expectations of having great managers in-house 26:30 - Risks to mitigate 28:55 - COVID impact on management style***Find out more about Curiosity Center at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about The Mintable at https://getmintable.com/Share your feedback or questions directly with us at [email protected] or via Linkedin / Instagram

Welcome to episode #67 w Niki Scevak! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:How accessing his first internet modem in his childhood changed Niki's worldWhat is the source of his courage and ambition and seeking it in othersHow does Niki structure his week to balance thinking, meeting founders and growing Blackbird?Applying the Orchids and Dandelions concept to parenting and businessWhat prevents investors from making the first move?BONUS: Starting Blackbird Ventures in 2012: out of 500 meetings, 97 people said yes to raise $29M fund***TIMESTAMPS03:05 — Niki quick facts 04:30 - High Flyer in Niki’s life 06:45 - Niki’s family unit and growing up in Newcastle 08:25 - How the internet very early on influenced Niki 10:00 - Source of being courageous and highly ambitious 12:15 - Learnings about successful characteristics in people 14:05 - Living in New York in the early 2000’s 18:10 - How leading thinkers like Peter Thiel have shaped Niki’s mindset 22:30 - How does Niki structure his week to balance thinking, meeting founders and growing Blackbird? 26:00 - Being out of his comfort zone in last 12 months? 28:35 - Niki’s insights on his framework to taking a meeting and pitch decks 32:40 - A career is not a 10 move chess match 34:10 - Applying Orchids and Dandelions concept to parenting and Blackbird 38:30 - Managing the dynamics with Blackbird going from the new kid to now one of the big players 40:15 - The key mechanisms that scaled Blackbird 45:10 - Media first investor landscape in the USA and Australia 47:35 - Providing value add as a board member 52:15 - What prevents investors from making the first move? 56:44 - Starting blackbird in 2012: out of 500 meetings, 97 people said yes to raise $29M fund 57:20 - Final sprint***Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!Contact Vidit at [email protected]

Hear from Peter Vranes & Hitesh Mehta, co-founders of Nutromics about how they are building the future of health monitoring to prevent chronic disease (and deaths) and welcome to episode 4 of this curiosity sseries taking you inside topics, companies and industries. Please enjoy exploring your curiosity as I did mine through this conversation!***KEY POINTS COVERED03:50 - What is Nutromics and the problem they’re solving? 05:20 - How did they turn their idea into reality? 07:00 - Creating an impact with medical devices 11:00 - How does the operation in the ecosystem work? 13:20 - Example of therapeutic drug monitoring with vancomycin 14:45 - Does Nutromics save the system money by managing outpatients vs inpatients? 17:03 - How is the dosing of Vancomycin cost effective through technology? 20:35 - Potential size of the opportunity and market 26:30 - Biggest threat to their technology 28:30 - Biggest surprise to date 30:50 - Smart watches and wearable devices***Find out more about Curiosity Center at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about Nutromics at https://www.nutromics.com.au/Share your feedback or questions directly with us at [email protected] or via Linkedin / Instagram

Welcome to episode #65 with Prisca Ongonga-Daehn! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:How growing up in Kenya inspired her drive for fairness, accountability and helping othersExperiences living in Africa, Asia, and AustraliaHow Prisca first connected with sustainabilityFirst steps to building Baresop and participating in startup acceleratorsExploring crowdfunding to be people and community first***TIMESTAMPS02:30 - Quick facts about Prisca 03:10 - High Flyer in Prisca’s life 04:00 - Prisca’s sunrise in Kenya 06:30 - Influence of family 08:45 - Living in Africa, Asia, and Australia 10:10 - Seeking independent success in life 12:00 - Why journalism 15:00 - First trip overseas to feature Zimbabwe 16:40 - Most difficult cultural transition 18:30 - First connection with sustainability 23:00 - First steps to building Baresop 30:00 - How did they create products and launch? 33:05 - Benefits of participating in startup accelerators 35:10 - Raising capital through crowdfunding 37:10 - Final sprint***Subscribe to the Curiosity Center newsletter for articles directly in your inbox!Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!Contact Vidit at [email protected]

Hear from John Carroll, co-founder at Vexev: Imaging, reimagined in the fight against vascular disease and welcome to episode 3 of this new segment taking you inside topics, companies and industries. Please enjoy exploring your curiosity as I did mine through this conversation!***KEY POINTS COVERED03:45 - What does Vexev do? 06:10 - What is vascular disease and how it can affect you? 07:45 - How did John & Eamon get validation their solution can become into a business? 11:45 - How do you the medical ecosystem work to build support, find patients, build data points? 14:25 - What is the patient journey by using vexev’ product? 16:40 - How does the distribution model work to get it in the hands of patients? 19:05 - How they raised investment being new to the business world 22:50 - Transition from Phd researcher to operating a business 24:55 - Roles they are hiring for and how you can have a career in MedTech! 27:00 - Utilising the circa $10M capital for next stage 28:30 - Does the vexev tech replace the job of a vascular sonographer? 30:00 - Risks for heart attacks and strokes in our population?***Find out more about Curiosity Center at www.curiositycenter.xyz Share your feedback or questions directly with Vidit at [email protected] or via Linkedin / Instagram

Welcome to episode #63 with Hunter Johnson! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:How rebelling against family values and society growing up shaped his character to do good At age 21, having his dream to play professional sport crushed through injury: How he carved out a path to re-create a new lifeHow he's built has the Man Cave brand to become attractive to the likes of Prince Harry, the United Nations and more partnering What led to creating the personal care brand for men, STUFF when he saw there was no brand focused for menThree non negotiables in the school he wants to design today***TIMESTAMPS01:30 - Intro 03:10 - Hunter fun facts 05:25 - High flyer that deserves the recognition 07:00 - Sunrise and early influences 09:25 - Heroes growing up 10:30 - 27 detentions in high school 13:50 - Dealing with 6+ operations and giving up Rugby dream at 21 17:15 - Connecting with community he inherited with his awareness now 20:00 - how to design a school today 22:20 - most painful learning 26:10 - “We trade authenticity for attachment” 30:50 - How to build a trust first relationship with schools 32:50 - Investing in experiences and career paths at Man Cave 36:10 - Fail fast and learn to become better 38:00 - Advice he gives but finds hard to follow 38:30 - Biggest surprise about working with Prince Harry 41:35 - How has the Man Cave brand become attractive 45:30 - What led to creating the personal care brand for men, STUFF 51:00 - Balancing energy, not time as Man Cave and STUFF grow 54:30 - Increasing your surface area for luck to strike 56:00 - Final Sprint***Subscribe to the Curiosity Center newsletter for articles directly in your inbox!Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!Contact Vidit at [email protected]

Hear from Mainak Dhar, Best selling author and leader of India & South Asia at Kimberly Clark; and welcome to episode 2 of Curiosity Center.Please enjoy exploring your curiosity as I did mine through this conversation!***KEY POINTS COVERED04:05 - What does Mainak do? 05:40 - What led to writing his 26th book, “leadership in 100 words” 08:30 - How to get better at writing and Mainak’s learnings 11:40 - Should we write the way we talk? 13:55 - Systems and habits for great writing 16:50 - Editing and improving your story 19:15 - How has writing made Mainak a better leader at work 23:00 - What is leadership? 26:30 - How can you be a leader? 28:50 - How’s leadership evolved in India over the last 2 years? 32:10 - How can you build a great mentor relationship? 35:00 - How to buy ‘Leadership in 100 words’ bookIndia:https://www.amazon.in/Leadership-100-Words-Complex-Challenges/dp/9354355501/Kindle version outside India:https://www.amazon.com/Leadership-100-Words-Complex-Challenges-ebook/dp/B09PTBWB18/***Find out more about Curiosity Center at www.curiositycenter.xyz Contact, Vidit at [email protected] or via Linkedin 

Welcome to episode #61 with Steve Solomon! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:Steve's advice to parents with kids showing athletic potential (context: Steve didn't consider Athletics seriously till ageCritical learning from not qualifying for the 2016 Olympics by 4/100th of a second that's now made him a better athleteWhy sport is the perfect vehicle to find yourself and developDealing with negative thoughts: Steve breaks down the psychology behind managing the lizard brain pre and during racesHow to Become your best self and why we should all have Olympic like goals. ***TIMESTAMPS03:42 - Steve’s quick facts 05:35 - High Flyer recognition 07:20 - Sunrise memories in Sydney 08:05 - Spark to follow Athletics 11:20 - Didn’t consider sport seriously 12:50 - Advice to kids with potential in sport 14:15 - posters on the wall growing up 15:50 - Wallabies v Springbooks in Rugby 16:20 - Success in professional sport 17:44 - Learning from missing out on Olympics by 4/100th of a second 21:40 - How to manage negative thoughts 29:15 - Systems and habits in the days before competition 33:00 - Periodising through the year: How he used the time between waking up and going to bed 35:25 - Difference in athletics between US and Australia 39:45 - Being the underdog in Australia 41:20 - stay amateur for as long as possible 46:40 - How the legendary survive the test of time 50:20 - The process, the first 5k and you get better at managing, not the task getting easier 54:20 - Sport being the vehicle for finding yourself 58:45 - final sprint***Subscribe to the Curiosity Center newsletter for articles directly in your inbox!Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!Contact Vidit at [email protected]

Please do consider supporting the show with a rating and review on your Apple Podcasts or Spotify app so we can continue to have brilliant guests join us.Article 2 of my curiosity centre newsletter is live! I wrote about the power of play, and who can solve more problems: MBA’s, engineers or kids? Read here: https://vidags10.substack.com/p/the-power-of-play***Welcome to episode #60 with Josh Ismin! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:1. Reflections on growing up in New York and now living in sydney, how the cultures compare and what the US was like in the early 2000’s2. How Josh figured out what to do in his early career, specifically I asked him reflections about his first 3 years3. His most painful learning when he started own company in online video: meteoric rise and then industry changed, pivoted from sales led to a tech company, business partner had mental health issues and more4. How and why Josh and his wife decided to create a new last name when they married?5. How Josh became an angel investor and recently started Psylo, a biotech company exploring future medication based on the blueprint traditional first gen psychedelic molecules6. And a bonus, hear Josh educate us about the types of psychedelics and why we as a society may have the wrong thinking on this topic***TIMESTAMPS—————03:15 - Quick facts 05:30 - High flyer 06:40 - Sunrise, growing up in New York 09:10 - Learnings from New York 10:45 - Biggest influences 12:25 - Big tennis fan 15:10 - Success meant computer programmer and founder 17:30 - benefits of being in the US in the 2000’s 20:50 - early career learnings in fast growth and new countries 26:15 - Very painful learning 30:10 - Importance of failure, honesty and reflection 32:50 - Creating a last name with his wife 38:00 - Becoming an angel investor 44:08 - common advice he disagrees with 46:15 - Aha moment to start Psylo 49:35 - False connotations about psychedelics 52:00 - product psylo is building and application 55:00 - final sprint***Subscribe to the Curiosity Center newsletter for articles directly in your inbox!Always appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!Contact Vidit at [email protected]

Hear from Tyson Day, co-founder of Arrive & Thrive and welcome to episode 1 of Curiosity Center.Arrive & Thrive is a career education social enterprise, helping students set and achieve career goals with school based workshops, coaching and facilitation. Tyson and his team have worked with 53 schools and supported 12,000 students with their 12 programs.Today, you’ll learn about how this business started, how they found schools as their key market, the economics of building an education first business, who are the other plays that inspire Tyson and how COVID has changed the landscape for learning providers like Arrive and Thrive. Please enjoy exploring your curiosity as I did mine through this conversation!***KEY POINTS COVERED1. How did Arrive & Thrive start2. First 3-6 months: How did the idea become reality3. Starting a business to solve a problem first, rather than generate revenue first4. Finding your target customer5. Discovery conversations to understand marketplace6. How to create a career or startup in education7. Developing your skills  to become an educational facilitator8. Mentor vs coach9. What is your Identity capital?10. Economics of building a facilitation and coaching business11. Should you initially offer a free or paid service?12. How do you distribute programs and build reach?13. Who are the other players in the space that inspire Tyson’s work?14. What’s surprised Tyson the most about building Arrive & Thrive?15. How has education changed in the last 2 years due to COVID?***Find out more about Curiosity Center at www.curiositycenter.xyz Contact, Vidit at [email protected] or via Linkedin 

Inspiring and raw conversation with Michelle Hu, founder of founder of Etoile Collective, online beauty accessories store with operations in Melbourne and recently New York.Hear Michelle share her sunrise with immigrant parents moving to Australia from China, and instilling the importance of working and studying hard. You will hear Michelle talk about how seeing her parents not have much inspire her to make the most of her opportunities and recently she was able to buy her parents a house, which is very inspiring.This show just last week ranked #16 (!!!!) in Australia in the careers category. I am still lost for words but a massive thank you to you for listening to the episodes, supporting the show and please continue to share your feedback by messaging us on Instagram or contact me directly on LinkedIn. ***TIMESTAMPS—————03:05 - Quick facts 03:48 - Sunrise 05:14 - Learning photoshop and marketing from games 06:40 - significance of parents bravery 08:06 - Secret that helped Michelle start her business, Etoile 09:14 - heroes growing up 10:05 - Parents work 10:35 - Buying house for parents 11:15 - success at 16 12:30 - reflections working in finance over law 14:00 - career pathways outside the traditional industries 16:12 - how to receive a yes to a cold message 20:35 - painful learning about mental wellbeing 21:40 - How to build a side hustle whilst working full time 23:50 - Turning idea into reality to start Etoile with no direct experience 26:15 - Learning revenue and inventory management 28:50 - Bootstrapping the business 32:30 - Moving to New York 34:45 - Differences between New York and Melbourne 36:01 - Daily Mail article 38:15 - social media vs physical marketing 40:50 - Discoverability on TikTok 41:50 - Podcast marketing tips 43:44 - final sprint***Read about our recently launched Curiosity Center business and subscribe to the newsletter for articles directly in your inbox!Always appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!

Knowledge packed episode with the one and only Michael Batko! Batko was born in Vienna, Austria to polish parents and had quite a humble sunrise. His explorer love took him to Australia, where he’s been for the past 7 years in Sydney or Melbourne. A number of people I spoke to in the lead up to his recording spoke to Batko’s drive for excellence, his habits and routines and being a very reliable friend and colleague, hear about the secrets that have helped him become this person (worth noting, we can all do it, if we want to).I learn something every time we speak so please do enjoy and let me know your thoughts! ***TIMESTAMPS—————02:45 - Quick facts about Michael 03:40 - Re-imagining a high flyer 04:35 - Michael’s sunrise 06:00 - key influences 07:15 - Europe vs Australia attitude to life 08:44 - Heroes growing up 09:30 - Success in life at age 16 10:05 - Creating an impact on the world 10:50 - drive for excellence 11:36 - Brain use to process data, not store it 13:07 - Doing something new every week 14:01 - being lost in 2018 19:15 - painful learning 21:00 - 1%ers in last 2 years 23:25 - energy maintenance 24:50 - working with opposite personality 26:40 - great community building 30:20 - How does a startup accelerator make money? + Who does start mate help: 1) Work in a startup, 2) Found a startup, (3) Investors36:05  - Productive relationships w 1000’s of people 39:15 - Turning idea into reality 41:00 - Setting goals for new year 44:05 - Founder to know 45:15 - Final sprint***Read about our recently launched Curiosity Center business and subscribe to the newsletter for articles directly in your inbox!Always appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday! 

You only need to google Ed Cowan to find out about his accomplishments on the sporting field, transitioning to becoming an investor at TDM Growth Partners which meant working with his older brother, Tom + founding Tripod Coffee and hosting his own podcast! This is a candid, self reflective and inside the mind of the former Australian Cricket player — his journey to that goal, only playing cricket from age 13, that too with his brothers and dad, waking up at 5am to train and juggle study and work. We cover much more: see timestamps below for specifics. Without a doubt, one of the top 5 episodes of the show so far so please do enjoy!***TIMESTAMPS—————03:30 - Quick facts about Ed 07:50 - High Flyer 09:47 - Ed’s sunrise growing up in Sydney 13:35 - Focus on education and learning business in additional to sport from day 1 15:28 - Learning cricket in the backyard with family at only age 13 17:40 - heroes growing up 18:50 - Success in life at age 18 20:15 - dedication to cricket at young age 21:36 - Working to be the best cricketer he could be + studying and working 24:00 - Combination of hard work and talent 24:51 - painful learning 26:15 - Dealing with being dropped from Australian cricket team 28:40 - first 3 months of dealing with public failure 32:30 - favourite 6 or 12 month period 34:10 - seeing superstar athletes and learning their 1% habits 37:00 - the cake recipe 38:30 - Athletes that inspire Ed today 40:00 - Athlete transition out of sport 43:40 - Publishing ‘In the firing line’ Ed’s cricket journal - available on amazon! 46:00 - Founding Tripod coffee 49:00 - satisfaction with a physical product vs a software 50:10 - conviction in the All Birds business 53:35 - final sprint!***Read about our recently launched Curiosity Center business and subscribe to the newsletter for articles directly in your inbox!Always appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!

The brilliant and inspiring Michael Fox  and I chat about his sunrise in broken hill NSW with dad being a mining engineer and mum a part time accountant who went back to uni later on to do a masters and PHD!Hear about the importance of optimising for rate of learning, particularly early in your career: as Michael shares his experiences in law, retail and tech which then led to founding Shoes of Prey, a women's fashion company which Michael ended up closing after 10 years of operation. Which is a big step to make so I asked Michael about how he kept the trust of his employees (some of them work with him now at Fable), the importance of systems and routines particularly in the first 3 months after closing the business.Michael is now the founder and CEO of Fable Food Co, providing delicious food that is plant based and on a mission to reduce industrial animal agriculture, help you live longer and make the world a better place! You’ll hear a number of confronting facts including one where 95% of Aussies don’t get enough fiber in their diet, wow! And as a bonus, I asked Michael about his 41 acre property in the sunshine coast and his personal interest in social communal living, growing fruit and veg and more.Enjoy!***TIMESTAMPS03:31 - Quick facts about Michael 05:20 - High flyer in Michael’s life 06:30 - Sunrise 08:40 - Early childhood influence to figure out new environments 09:15 - early influencers 10:50 - posters on the wall growing up 12:08 - fitting into school being entrepreneurial kid 14:10 - view of success in life at age 16 15:15 - Biggest painful learning 16:00 - Closing shoes of prey after 10 years 17:15 - mental transition & support 19:00 - belief to found 2 businesses 20:20 - focus on rate of learning in career 22:20 - optimising for learning from Mike Cannon Brookes (co-founder Atlasssian) 23:10 - attracting talent and building trust 28:05 - first 3 months after shoes of prey: building systems and routine to reset 32:40 - living and breathing the Fable mission 34:40 - Purpose for 41 acre property on the Sunshine Coast 39:10 - Unknowns about industrial animal agriculture 40:25 - surprising facts about pigs and social acceptance 42:08 - Industrial animal agriculture responsible for 14.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions 44:05 - 95% of Australian’s don’t get enough fibre in their diet 47:20 - Goals for Fable’s success at the end of 2022 49:41 - final sprint***Read about our recently launched Curiosity Center business and subscribe to the newsletter for articles directly in your inbox!Always appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!

Introducing Curiosity Center!Listen in to find out:Show highlights of 2021Why, How and where for Curiosity Center Subscribe to the curiosity center newsletter here to receive every article directly in your inbox: https://vidags10.substack.com/welcomeFollow Curiosity Center on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/curiositycentre/Follow Curiosity Center on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/curiositycentre/Contact Vidit to share your thoughts, questions or advice at [email protected] we get into 2022, I’ll leave you with this: Humility is the soil of knowledge. Curiosity is the water that helps it grow. Empathy is the sunlight that shows us which way to bend. I’m excited to go on this journey together to learn, grow, and feed our curiosity. Together we will figure out what we enjoy, and who we can be. Let’s always stay curious, young or old. Fly high,Vidit 

Thanks to Chloe Temple for inviting the host of this show, Vidit Agarwal on the Leadership Confidence series!*****Points covered/ timestamps:02:10 - celebrating 50 episodes of The High Flyers Podcast02:55 - Did Vidit start the podcast with a goal to do 50 episodes?04:10 - Release pattern of episodes: weekly vs fortnightly05:35 - what is the definition of a high flyer and how did Vidit choose the podcast name?08:04 - How relationships have improved thanks to the podcast09:35 - Podcast recognised in the top 20 shows10:35 - Best leadership lessons from show to date17:05 - Most memorable guests26:26 - Advice for creating podcast or content online34:40 - Whats coming in 2022 and the launch of Curiosity Centre38:50 - Domain name choice to stand out40:00 - Dream guests for future episodes Enjoy! Follow Chloe here: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/chloe-templeFollow Vidit here: https://au.linkedin.com/in/viditagFollow POPP here: https://popprovides.com/Follow Curiosity Center here: https://www.instagram.com/curiositycentre/ OR https://au.linkedin.com/company/curiositycentre********Stay tuned for the launch of CURIOSITY CENTER, coming in early 2022! I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

Take flight into Tom's journey - Sunrise in Melbourne, with Italian influences including how his parents meeting at an Italian restaurant, his dad being a chef, and early memories of working in his family’s restaurant business learning how to take orders, process bills and more.We go into Tom’s time working as a doctor including his- reflections on spending 10 years in the public health system and advice to future medical students- The moment that sealed the realisation that its time to go all in on Oscer, the company he’s founder and CEO at, building the next step in clinical training.- Secrets picked up from treating patients for living a healthy lifeand if you have an idea and not quite sure on how to turn it into a business - we spend 30 mins spent on how Tom started the business, Oscer whilst being a doctor, learning how to build a no code platform, finding engineers, learning about investment and how VC’s work through podcasts and online content and more! TIMESTAMPS02:48 - Quick Facts about Tom 05:45 - Tom’s sunrise in Melbourne (Italian heritage, family restaurant business) 09:33 - Heroes growing up 12:20 - Meaning of success at 16 15:00 - The decision to study medicine 18:00 - Realising it was time to change and go all in on Oscer 21:20 - Reflections on 10 years in medicine and if anything would have been different in hindsight 23:00 - Advice for future medical students 25:00 - most memorable experience as a surgical registrar and personal impact 29:40 - Secrets picked up from treating patients for living a healthy life 33:45 - how Tom started Oscer the business having mainly Medical experience, not commerce 34:20 - Creating the first online prototype with low or no code options 38:55 - ignore the business and focus on the problem and customer 41:20 - How Tom balanced doctor hours + building a business on the side 44:00 - Adding 1 to a measure of time, putting in the time to reach product market fit 45:40 - How to find engineers to build product and when to bring them into business 53:00 - The decision to consider VC funding and learning business metrics coming from a medical background 55:00 - Learning pitch process and VC funding through podcasts and online content (All in Podcast + The Pitch are Tom’s favourites) 57:00 - Investing time horizons and securing capital at early stage 1:01:17 - Biggest difference between surgeon and entrepreneur 1:03:45 - final sprint and parting thoughts Enjoy!------------------------Stay tuned for the launch of CURIOSITY CENTER, coming in early 2022! I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

Take flight into Andy's journey -- sunrise in Brisbane, Australia with inspector gadget as his childhood hero, and a desire to be a doctor that ultimately turned into a career in the creative industry, focused on brand, marketing, strategy and story telling. Traveled 10 countries in 10 days in pyjamas and recently co-founding Heaps Normal, an independent, alcohol-free beer company supporting everyday legends to dial the good times up to 11 and still perform at their best the next day. TIMESTAMPS—————03:40 - quick facts about Andy (place of birth, first job and what he does now)05:23 - High flyer in Andy’s life06:39 - Andy’s sunrise: influence of family and environment07:55 - Influence of Parents10:20 - Inspector gadget12:48 - Playing water polo in later part of high school and then overseas14:20 - Desire to be a doctor growing up but realising a creative path to advertising17:50 - traveling the world in pyjamas, 10 countries in 10 weeks20:17 - Turning point post the trip23:30  - Winning Triple J competition to meet Foo Fighters in the UK27:40 -  Painful learning: re-assessing the success path29:05 - Moving to China with his wife for 3 years32:08 - Reality of China vs media narrative33:05 - keys in brand building and story telling36:10 - learning's in agency advertising41:05 - change in marketing from craft to reach42:58 - magic moment that led to belief for creating Heaps Normal44:43 - co-founder Pete reaching out and deciding to build this idea into business47:45 - Quiet Beer or Heaps Normal50:00 - first 3 months of Heaps Normal with COVID taking over the world55:35 - Sending samples to people in the startup and VC ecosystem58:20 - Has Heaps Normal met or exceeded expectations59:50 - final sprintEnjoy!------------------------Stay tuned for the launch of CURIOSITY CENTER, coming in early 2022! I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together. 

Take flight into Shane's journey - sunrise in Bundaberg, a smallish town in QLD, Australia having varied interests as Shane describes it following themes rather than a specific path whether that be trying the trades, to then studying business because his girlfriend was doing it, how good! and then spending 7 years as a pastor involved with the church community which started from helping his friend with some marketing work.Since 2017, Shane has been running his own practise developing remarkable leaders and is a book author, podcast host and speaker. We went in depth as I asked Shane about how he started his practise in 2017, how he found his early clients, how to monetise, providing consistent value and much much more!MEMORABLE QUOTES MENTIONED————“good leaders know how to speak and great leaders know when not to”“biggest challenge when starting a business is we don’t know what game we are playing, we don’t know the rules. and because we don’t know the rules, we are open to a lot of well meaning bad advice.”“narrow your topic and widen your sources”“the moment we begin to think we have all the answers, we forget all the questions”TIMESTAMPS—————04:32 - Sunrise, growing up in Bundaberg, QLD, Australia07:35 - Batman as hero08:15 - Shane in high school10:10 - being empowered to follow passion, rather than society11:22 - definition of success at 1813:15 - pit stops in life, different stages14:25 - themes Shane has noticed in people he helps be their best self15:56 - Painful learning18:45 - Involved with the church for 7 years and transition21:33 - realisation that helping people is Shane’s life’s work23:28 - turning idea into reality, first 3-6 months of building his practise24:22 - Advice from a mentor asking “what game are you really playing”26:26 - finding first clients to believe in Shane as a brand28:58 - separating from peers, providing value add that is unique31:42 - how to price your service and paid vs free35:54 - 2 commitments: client is all in and Shane is in your corner37:30 - aspiration, location and currency in articulating value40:15 - finding balance between book author, podcast host, coaching and speaking42:27 - building relationship & trust: firehose vs dripping tap43:58 - one piece of advice you give but find hard to follow yourself44:55 - unknowns of the work Shane does47:28 - sources of information Shane digests49:26 - final sprintEnjoy and love for you to message Vidit directly to share your feedback. ----Stay tuned for the launch of CURIOSITY CENTER, coming in early 2022! I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

Take flight into Nick's journey -- You know those conversations, we all have them where you have so many questions but the discussion actually covers a lot of ground? That’s how this episode went.Nick Crocker shares his idyllic upbringing in QLD, Australia (which for our global listeners that may not be as aware, QLD is Australia’s bush country, laid back with a big % of nature and bush. Hear about Nick’s adventure living in France at 17 that opened up his eyes to the world, foray into journalism and his passion for writing which led to discovering entrepreneurship and as Nick calls it “it was love at first sight” TIMESTAMPS04:04 - High Flyer in Nick’s life who may not have received the recognition05:40 - Nick’s sunrise07:35 - Benefits now reflecting on Nick’s countryside idyllic upbringing “rich in love”09:00 - Nick in high school including passions, how teachers viewed him10:00 - Hero’s growing up outside family unit12:03  - Definition of success in life at the age of 1613:23 - Nick discovering Entrepreneurship through journalism15:50 - Nick’s writing on various topics (available online!)17:10 - most painful moment (but learning in hindsight)19:35 - most energising and fun moment21:20 - Long distance relationship with his wife for 4 years (Nick in the US and Julia in Adelaide, Australia)23:05 - experiences in the US founding sessions, selling it to Under Amour (and additionally integrating into US culture coming from laid back Australia)25:03 - the motivation to come back to Australia after the US adventure27:25 - Nick’s twitter reach out to Niki (blackbird founder) to meet for a coffee and how Nick views cold messaging now (1) does he still do it and (2) what makes him respond to one30:10 - Importance of meditation in Nick’s daily routine32:30 - Realisation of the weight of words and statements as a VC and board member34:25 - Helping a young founder evolve and grow36:35 - Favorite board member and why38:00 - How does a Venture capital firm make money?41:00 - Superannuation not being a savings account, rather it’s funding infrastructure, healthcare, education, startups and more42:20 - Nick’s systems and habits to decipher what to read & consume online on various topics of interest47:00 - Helping Australian athletes (AFL, Basketball etc) get into investing and mental shift required51:30 - what separates a good VC from the pack53:08 - Concept at PIXAR of comfort to fail whilst figuring it out (first 2 years of many Pixar movies are very average)54:11 - The final sprint rapid fire questionsPEOPLE MENTIONEDMichael Batko CEO @ StartmateBen Hudson Executive coachMatthew Dellavedova, NBA and Australian Basketball Athlete Matt De Boer AFL Athlete + Co-Founder of Athletic Ventures, athlete led investment syndicate in AustraliaJames Clear - Atomic HabitsEnjoy!--------Stay tuned for the launch of CURIOSITY CENTER, coming in early 2022! I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

A bonus episode, the second in this series! The first we had Matt Dwyer from Tennis Australia take us behind the scenes of the Australian Open tennis grand slam, being the first sporting event held in a covid normal.This conversation with David was focused on the business he has co-founded called Buttons, a disability support agency based in Melbourne, Australia.I ask David about how he started this business, economics behind a disability service, how does the NDIS government scheme operate, David’s learning's to date and what success looks like over the next 2-5 years. TOPICS COVERED:How does one start a business?What are the economics behind a disability service provider?Building a team of support workers?How does NDIS work?how does Buttons work with the scheme? Self managed, plan managed, agency managedWhat are the revenue sources for Buttons?What does a Carer plan look like? Can you take me through how you would create this for a would be patient?Whats surprised David the most in the journey building Buttons for almost 2 years now?What is success when building a disability provider focused business?How do David and his co-founder continue to learn and ask for help?Whats been one painful learning to date?What would David want to have achieved in the next 5 years? Enjoy!--------I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

Take flight into Chloe's journey - growing up in the UK in a small tight knit family, looking up to her parents with dad being a business owner and mum as marketing director for a large corporate. Chloe talks candidly about dealing with realisation that University was challenging and how ego and arrogance made Chloe choose economics.Through preserving and hard work, things started to look up with Chloe starting her professional career in marketing at Sainsbury’s, one of the large retailers in the UK which after 5 years allowed Chloe to move to Australia to work for Coles, another large retailer in the country.I ask Chloe about 3 important topics and we go deep into each. These being (1) mental health and Chloe’s own struggles with depression, (2) How Chloe created a new role for herself at Reckitt and built a team and (3) perhaps the biggest moment of them all, making the decision to leave a steady job she was good at to try her hand at creating the coaching business called POPP and how she made the transition.An action oriented conversation which summarises Chloe well and a lot of insights for you the listener to apply to your life. TIMESTAMPS—————05:25 - how would teachers describe Chloe in school07:35 - Influences behind be a go getter person09:40 - Hero’s for Chloe growing up10:30 - planning future life at age of 16, and what’s next12:10 - Dealing with realisation that Uni was challenging and how ego and arrogance made Chloe choose economics14:15 - Marketing industry placement at Sainsbury’s (one of the big retailers in the UK) whilst Chloe’s classmates went into more traditional fields of finance, government etc18:35 - big magic moment in Chloe’s life (finding her why)22:40 - experiencing depression for nearly a decade24:35 - speaking up about mental health (at work)28:10 - sharing mental health status with line manager at work (what I experience, how I manage it, what support you can provide)30:45 - moving to Australia from the UK34:00 - How to approach a new challenge in life (or role at work)40:11 - Chloe’s experience creating a new role at Reckitt (global company with brands like Dettol, Strepsils etc) and how to build a team to deliver the vision44:10 - Decision to leave corporate and start her own business and how it came alive52:00 - how to go full time on your own business with no fixed income anymore53:40 - financial plan when starting a business55:30 - Chloe’s role at POPP58:34 - How Chloe looks at separating her coaching venture from others and provide an incremental benefit Enjoy!--------I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

Take flight into Minal's journey -- growing up in India,  learning ambition and owning yourself from her mother and the drive to be better from her father; and then going to Singapore to finish her last years of high school! Post high school, Minal secured a full scholar to Stanford University, which started her journey in the US and Minal’s foray into tech in the early 2000’s working at Expedia and Amazon in the early days, then doing an MBA at Harvard followed by exciting roles at the likes of LinkedIn and Youtube leading product including building YouTube for the next billion users.I also asked Minal about the creator economy, how to build a life post MBA, advice for new graduates, and hear about Take Two, the new venture Minal is building with two co-founders! TIMESTAMPS—————15:10 - Assimilate in a new culture at school: Attending a high school with 300 people per class, all Chinese with Minal being 1 of 7 scholars from India16:40 - Applying to Stanford from Singapore18:45 - Power of own voice, 2003 after dot com bust studying at Stanford24:20 - Opportunity to join Amazon in 200324:55 - Amazon first principles from Day 1 when they started in 2000’s27:15 - Learnings early on (work + India) to utilise in career28:35 - Why MBA and why Harvard30:30 - two benefits from Harvard 34:05 - building a life post Harvard38:05 - What should a graduate look for in first role post study?40:15 - optimising for Learning (whether its joining a startup or a reputable brand name)40:20 - what have you done, not where have you been42:15 - solving a problem that fits with who you are. Example of how Jeff Bezos couldn’t build Google and Larry couldn’t build Amazon44:30 - Learnings from working with Reid Hoffman and Jeff Weiner at Linkedin48:50 - the creator economy; getting best reach for your content52:40 - Thinking behind LinkedIn groups (Minal was head of product)55:20 - Minal starting TakeTwo and story behind going from corporate to entrepreneur1:01:30 - Finding co-founders, why, howEnjoy!--------I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

Holly's favourite quote is “Never doubt that a group of thoughtful and committed citizens can change the world, its the only thing that ever has” - Margaret MeedTake flight into Holly's journey - growing up in Perth, Australia and then around the world, her routines, learnings, perspectives and insights on a number of specifics and much much more. I must admit this is the first time in 44 episodes where I was quite nervous!Some of the insights I hope you are able to take away from this conversation include how to make the jump from a corporate job to starting own business and the importance of the first 3 months, how Holly prepares prior to interviewing the likes of Obama and Richard Branson, why nervous are selfish, hours of practise and refining her craft that’s helped Holly become an eloquent speaker and thought leader today, the beliefs of leadership and how they have evolved for Holly which culminated in Holly writing her new book, The Leading Edge - dream big, spark change and become the leader the world needs you to be.TIMESTAMPS--20:15 - starting a new business, first 3 months, 365 days of tackling fear21:00 - explore and learn, transition from corporate to own business22:20 - resetting goal post and lowering bar of success allowed Holly to succeed in new venture22:57 - Faster you can say I don’t know and ask for help - ego barrier24:29 - engagement with Branson, Obama - process25:57 - nerves are selfish, benefits of focusing on the guest and audience rather than yourself29:25 - Obama sense of self, Holly reflections from interviewing him34:29 - collating thoughts, eloquence, vocabulary38:55 - Holly creating a new role (opportunity) with Sam Walsh at Rio Tinto46:23 - leadership and how its evolved for Holly from army generals to everyone able to be one54:30 - habits and routines that’s helped Holly succeed Enjoy!--------I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show.Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

“The whole program culminated with an award ceremony at Buckingham Palace, and thorough the whole program I guess we were at this big point of Little Dreamers where we had to decide whether to go all in or not. The belief in myself this Queen's Young Leader Program instilled in me and the mentors I met showed me I may as well try. What's the worst that could happen, you are 24 years old -- you jump in, if you fail -- at least you tried." Take flight into Maddy's journey - If you’re looking for a person that defines Perseverance and not giving up, Maddy would absolutely be high on that list. Growing up in Melbourne, Australia in a tight knit family but seeing many challenges with her young brothers health and later her mum fighting cancer, Maddy had to figure out life quickly and also be a carer for her family. This inspired Maddy to start Little Dreamers, Australia’s leading young carer organisation supporting young people who provide unpaid care for their loved ones. I asked Maddy about how she was able to start this social enterprise and business at a very early age post University, her journey from juggling 4 jobs to now employing 48 staff and a board of advisors. Also, hear about what Maddy has done that’s perhaps separated  her from peers at the age of 28 to build this venture despite all her challenges and keep going for 12+ years! Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

“That experience in Dubai taught me how to really get things done, how to facilitate business -- fantastic stories of ingenuity in terms of closing deals in two languages, Arabic and English; getting documents signed by sheiks. I once bought a printer and drove it with a laptop and set up an office, to get a document done which was going to take 6 weeks. That kind of hustle, I learnt from being in that market." Take flight into Mike's journey - upbringing in Sydney, Australia with Indian parents, with cultural nuances and a heavy influence of family. Hear about the key moments that led to Mike studying engineering and law and then going on to have a career across Construction, Law, Media, starting TimeOut media, leaving and then returning to scale it, and more recently being appointed the commissioner of the 24 night time economy affectionately known as the night time mayor of Sydney. I asked Mike to tell us about his move from Sydney to Dubai, at a time when Dubai was not the buzzing city it is today, and we also go into the networking or rather value add relationships as both Mike and I agree rather than a transaction. Mike’s mantra in life - "keep moving" Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

“I've been so privileged to have role modelled to me is that introversion and kindness and sensitivity as great strengths in the world, not weakness. I've had the benefit of growing up in a household, encouraged to be more of who we really are, as opposed to fit in to the mould." Take flight into Rosie's journey - We can all probably relate to experiences growing up, whether directly or indirectly of bullying and acts that are unfair. Rosie and her sister Lucy saw this and decided not to just walk past it but actually tackle it. Hear about Rosie’s upbringing in the suburbs of Melbourne, being influenced by her family and being close with her old sister. We talk about how Rosie choose to not go to uni after high school and instead start this social enterprise called Project Rockit, back in 2006 when a movement led by young people was not often seen. Rosie talks about the expression of this journey often feeling like building a plane while flying it at the same time. Rosie’s mantra in life (inspired by the Dalai Lama) - "It’s not enough to be compassionate, you must act." Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

WOW! Thank you for being on this experience to date.  A journey with this show that was born out of adversity and now hitting 40 episodes. How do you celebrate? I asked 2 of my good friends to join me for a chat! And this is a special chat with Flo, based in Melbourne & Ed, based in California in the US. Growing up in the Netherlands and moving to Australia 6 years ago to be with his girlfriend, Flo talks about the influence of his tight knit family being raised away from the big city, a trip to Norway and how that ignited a deep passion for the community, the environment and sustainable practices in design. With similar family values, Ed who grew up on the other side of the world in Geelong, in Australia shares his forming experiences including moving to Melbourne for university that allowed him to reset and start to really understand more. We also talk about: - our marathon running experience, - what we learnt from that 1 year journey, - our shared love for travel and culture, - the meaning of success in life and work, - intrinsic vs extrinsic motivators,  - Ed and Flo share insights into their field of work in industrial design and circular economy for Flo and open source mapping, startups and global adventures for Ed. Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

In this special episode, we wind back the clock and share some 'magic moments' from the episodes to date, in the countdown to episode 40! There are so many to pick from so keeping in line with the theme of the show of sharing diverse global experiences in life, and not just work - tune in to hear from: 1. Gen Hawkins from episode 7: personal board of mentors for the best possible you! - The spark mentor: go to for inspiration and energy when feeling down - The strength mentor: go to for getting back on the bike, reminding you what you are good at - The serious mentor: go to when you are on cloud 9, reminds you of pitfalls - The stair master mentor: go to to be held to account, like your personal training - The seear mentor: go to who’s been there and done that - The silly mentor: laughter, connect with someone when all else fails 2. Ridley Plummer from episode 3: Behind the scenes of the Super Bowl - enhancing the consumer experience in the stadium and at home - Activations with Budweiser in Toronto and New York - ice hockey and NFL 3. Ben Kende from episode 9: Life changing injury playing rugby that changed in life in a matter of seconds, how he came out the other side, his perspective now and the journey to get here 4. Ben Jesse from episode 4: Global sporting experiences Ben’s worked all around the world, in Australia, Europe and Asia in various commercial ventures in the sporting landscape. He’s also worked in 4 of Australia’s biggest sporting codes which is rare - Here he shares his experiences in each, starting with AFL, then cricket, then tennis and working with brands from China and India 5. Rob Hango Zada from episode 19: Leap of faith to co-found Shippit, one of Australia's biggest success stories - transitioning from corporate career to entrepreneurial venture - dealing with personal matters such as family and finances - building a logistics solution for e-commerce Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

  “A thousand people in the room, the music is on....I walk off the stage after introducing his name and he doesn't come out. This gave me the opportunity to go out and fill and test myself for 45 mins to train a thousand people...to hold a room. This was a pivotal moment to give me confidence, to belong in that world and get over the imposter syndrome." Take flight into Ryan's journey - humble upbringing in the UK with his mum being a cleaner and dad a factory worker. Starting off with his desire to be a footballer and then how seeing his dad have cancer made Ryan want to do more with his life. We talk about his introvertness, the 60 second legacy - what do people think of you 60 seconds after you meet then, how seeing a fortune teller led Ryan to pack up and move to Australia, failures, and how a job he hated turned into the best learning and led to him founding SWISH which eventually secured funding on the infamous show, Shark Tank and Ryan’s mantra in life - go to bed more educated than you woke up! Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.  

“When we got to 4 shelters, was probably when people stopped saying that your model is never going to work...when we opened it, the wonderful manager rang me and said we've just taken in our first resident, it's a 17 year old women with a 6 month baby leaving terrible domestic violence. That was a full circle moment because this person could not have got in anywhere else." Take flight into Annabelle's journey - curious nature growing up despite her parents splitting very early with a roster of ideas and interests she explored. Hear about how the passion for social justice and equality originated through some trial and error, her expansive family being close with her grandparents and now children. We go in depth as Annabelle talks about leaving her secure job to join what was then a NGO start up that she now leads as CEO helping women and kids feel safe, find shelter and build a life and hear about the the role we can all play as a community to support the efforts. Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.

“I learnt so much from talking to young aboriginal people about their vision for Australia and their own communities. That flies in the face of the negative discourse we are fed…all these negatives about young aboriginal people and that is absolutely not the case.” Take flight into Holly's journey - Growing up in Sydney, Australia with socially conscious parents driven to do good with a big influence of music, scholars and authors in her living room! Holly is widely regarded as having a deep and broad understanding of integral progress (and challenges) in spaces including Child rights, Aboriginal freedom and Human rights to play and work. Holly shares her learnings and experiences in Australia and overseas, including her experiences working with UNICEF in Fiji, spending time in Japan as a cabaret lead singer and her first hand insights about the potential for young Aboriginals, the positivity they show and the book Holly is currently writing for release soon.  Enjoy! -------- I would really appreciate if you can help by rating this podcast on iTunes, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show. Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more! This episode & show is to inspire all us to be high flyers in any aspect of life & flip the notion of a high flyer, learning from value creators to help us all be 1% better everyday, together.