DAYZERO

Content warning: This episode contains discussion of child sexual exploitation and human trafficking. Listener discretion is advised. This week on DAY ZERO, Gus sits down with Matt Whittaker from Destiny Rescue, an Australian charity that, over 25 years, has rescued more than 26,000 individuals, including over 16,000 children, from sexual exploitation and human trafficking. Matt shares the origin...

This week on DAYZERO, Ben sits down with Mark Amos - FOUNDIT's newest buyer's agent covering Sydney's Eastern Suburbs, Lower North Shore and Inner West - to trace a journey from building houses on the Gold Coast and surfing the world, to becoming one of Sydney's most quietly formidable negotiators. Mark unpacks how studying urban and regional town planning and time on the sell side handed him the...

This week on DAYZERO, Gus sits down with Chris Gray — property investor, buyer's agent, and longtime Sky News host of Property Empire — to unpack a philosophy built not on complexity, but on deliberately choosing the simplest path to freedom. Chris traces his journey from a broke backpacker in Australia who vowed to come back with money, to a $20+ million portfolio built on one stubborn idea: no s...

This week on DAY ZERO, Gus sits down with Rhys Rogers — co-founder and CEO of Before You Buy — to trace the journey from an insolvency accountant watching a building inspector walk through a Woollahra mansion, to running Australia's largest marketplace for building and pest inspections with 500 inspectors, 70,000 listings a year, and the country's most powerful buyer intent data. Rhys shares how b...

This week on DAYZERO, Ben and Angus sit down with Scott Nowell - co-founder of The Monkeys, Australia's most awarded creative agency - to trace the journey from three guys working with a shared internet cable to a landmark acquisition by one of the world's largest consulting firms. Scott unpacks what it really takes to build a creative culture from scratch, why a great batting average matters more...

This week on DAYZERO, Gus sits down with Lex Pedersen, founder of Chrome Temple, to detail his journey in growing a private equity-style fund built around rare and collectible automobiles. Lex shares how a modest personal collection riddled with maintenance headaches led him to build an automotive butler service, and how that quickly evolved into something far bigger. He walks through the investme...

This week on DAYZERO, Angus is joined by Anthony Butler - FOUNDIT’s Local Market Expert for the Northern Beaches. Anthony isn't your typical buyer’s agent; he’s a 17-year veteran of the tech world who traded the "glory days" of Apple and various tech startups for a mission to fix the way Australians buy property. In this episode, we unpack why the traditional real estate model is fundamentally fla...

This week on DAYZERO, we go under the hood of the FOUNDIT research engine. Co-founder Joel Tomaino is joined by Head of Research Kent Lardner to discuss the shift from traditional buyer advocacy to a vertically integrated, data-first model. In a market where stakes have never been higher, relying on a simple "CMA" or a generic bank AVM isn't enough. Kent and Joel break down the proprietary "Invest...

This week on DAYZERO, Angus is joined by Jeanne Anderson - FOUNDIT’s Local Market Expert for Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula. Jeanne brings a fascinating perspective to the table, combining years of experience in elite real estate brands with a background as an owner-builder and local entrepreneur. From the rugged back-beaches of St Andrews to the family mansions of Portsea, Jeanne unpacks why the...

This week on DAYZERO, Angus is joined by a true heavyweight of the Australian proptech scene: Kent Lardner. As the co-founder of Pricefinder and former data lead for CoreLogic in both Australia and China, Kent has spent three decades building the data lakes that define how we value property today. In this episode, Kent unpacks his transition from the "fax machine" era of the 90s to his new role as...

This week on DAY ZERO, Angus is joined by Sean Phuah, newly appointed Founding Partner Buyers Agent at FOUNDIT, to trace an unlikely journey from the lecture halls of Kuala Lumpur to the prestige streets of Sydney's Lower North Shore. From his accidental entry into real estate through a Chinese property media company, to nearly boarding a one-way flight back to Malaysia, Sean shares how stints und...

This week on DAY ZERO, Ben Gaze is joined by Tom Georgiou - Director and Head of Buyer Agency Services at FOUNDIT - to trace a 22-year journey from the "pre-digital" streets of Melbourne to the high-stakes markets of London and Dubai. From his early days navigating property booklets to purchasing 153 properties in a single year, Tom discusses the shift from solo "hustle" to tech-enabled advocacy....

This week on DAYZERO, we're joined by Bailey Robinson, founder of leading digital marketing agency 23rd Street, to discuss scaling a business and building a personal brand in real estate. Bailey shares his journey from day zero to becoming a market leader, through persistence and strategic risk. He breaks down the difference between generic property ads and effective ecommerce funnels, explains wh...

Jacques Greeff walks us through his journey from selling signboards to running a 400-person team and his $180M exit from Realbase. This week on DAY ZERO, Jacques unpacks the realities of starting from the ground up with his new venture, Kinso. 

This week on DAY ZERO, we are joined by Josh Phegan, the number one real estate trainer and performance coach to the industry's highest achievers, to discuss leadership, systemisation, and high-performance routines. Josh, who works with elite agents and brands globally, details the Four Pillars of Knowledge every professional must master and reveals how the best CEOs transition from day-to-day hus...

This week on DAY ZERO, we're joined by John Foong, Chief Commercial Officer of Domain Group and Global Executive of both Google and Uber, to discuss leadership, scaling, and investment. John shares the blueprint behind Google Cloud's multi-billion dollar growth focusing on the channel partnership model, and outlines the difference between leading a startup versus a scale-up. We also dive into his...

In this episode of DAYZERO, Gus sits down with Melanie Bosward, Founding Partner and Senior Buyer’s Agent at FOUNDIT, to unpack her 25-year journey in real estate. From starting her career on Sydney’s Northern Beaches to building, flipping, and now buying for clients in the Northern Rivers, Melanie shares her insights on market shifts, micro-communities, and what buyers often overlook in one of Au...

Frank Greeff unpacks the leap from installing signboards at 20 to selling his last business for $180M to going back at Day Zero with Kinso, a platform unifying business messaging to surface the right context and prioritise what matters. We cover how leadership changes at scale, why HR was his first post-merger hire, and the ‘media first’ playbook that drove 15M organic views in a month.

This week on DAYZERO, Angus is joined by Ben Gaze — Head of Partnerships here at FOUNDIT and longtime proptech commentator — to unpack where real innovation happens when product, data, and distribution meet. From early days mastering off-market sales to launching digital proposals and scaling data pipelines, Ben shares why efficiency beats busywork, how buyers’ agents went from niche to necessary,...

Angus sits down with Pete Mathews - former REINSW President, REIA board member, leading auctioneer, agency operator and proptech co-founder - to unpack what real innovation in real estate looks like and why discipline beats hype. From writing 65 letters to land his first role to building and exiting businesses, Pete shares how process sets you free, why he solves his own problems first then scales...

Joel Tomaino joins Angus Ferguson on DAY ZERO to unpack the property market beyond the headlines. From COVID’s impact on prices to Melbourne’s rising yields and the real risks in regional hotspots, they reveal how data, not hype, drives smarter decisions. This is DAY ZERO with FOUNDIT.

Angus is joined by FOUNDIT's Founding Partner, Buyers’ Agent Sabeen Akbani, who brings a sharp edge to the property game. She shares her journey from her beginnings in Dubai to carving out a name in the Australian market—and why she believes the buyer experience is overdue for a reset. Plus, what drew her to FOUNDIT’s mission and model.

Joel Tomaino and Angus Ferguson, Co-Founders of FOUNDIT, share the real origin story: how two operators from the school yard have teamed up to fix Australia's broken property system. From burnout to pivotal business ideas, this is where it all began. This is DAYZERO with FOUNDIT.

Where Australia’s property experts —and FOUNDIT— share what really happens on Day Zero. DAYZERO is the podcast that goes beyond headlines and into the true beginnings. Hosted by FOUNDIT co-founder Angus Ferguson, each episode unpacks the defining early moments, mindsets, and lessons that shape Australia’s property future. Born from FOUNDIT’s own journey to fix a broken system, DAYZERO shares raw,...