After The Shift

Simon "Simo" Moloney got sacked from two apprenticeships before he turned 21 — once in carpentry, once in tiling. Today he runs his own tiling business on the Central Coast with a crew of four, books work out 12+ weeks in advance, and does 95% of his jobs through builders he's known for nearly a decade. In this episode, we get into how he actually got there — the boss who taught him...

In Episode 4 of After the Shift, Kirk, Sam and Liam (LS Fencing) are joined by special guest Tommy Simpson — carpenter, lifelong rugby league player, jiu-jitsu addict, and former cast member of MTV's Aussie Shore. Tommy takes us through the full ride: growing up in Wollongong, falling in love with footy at 9, getting signed by the Dragons, losing his mum to cancer at 20, finding mental toughne...

Andrew "Sootie" George went from swinging a hammer at 19 to running Lou Projects — a custom home building company now constructing $2-3 million homes on the Central Coast. In this episode, we dig into how it actually happened (spoiler: it wasn't the plan), what it costs mentally, and why he reckons most builders are looking at their business completely wrong. We cover how Lou Project...

I thought I'd be great in business. Then I lost ~$150k in business and ~$60k on a crypto horse-racing Ponzi. This episode is the full story — engineer at BlueScope, made redundant at 25 with a $60k payout, blew some of it on NBA finals tickets in San Francisco, tried to build an app, came home, failed at a few businesses, made money in ecommerce during COVID selling gym shorts, lost the lot in...

What do you do after you get sacked as an apprentice? In this first episode of After The Shift , we sit down with Liam — who was let go as a landscaping apprentice… and went on to build a fencing company that now employs 15+ people. We unpack: Getting sacked early in your career The mindset shift from employee to owner Quoting and under-quoting Taking the risk to go out on your own Growing from 1...