Gripping Business Tales

Neil Smith has a long history working with animals. His professional career began in the Queensland Police Service as a dog handler. Through many years of operational policing Neil developed deep skills in working with animals and understanding people. While in the police service Neil began helping dog owners with training programs. This grew into a business so large he left the police service to...

Daniel Williams is the founder of several successful businesses and Certified EOS Implementer. Yet few know of the struggle he has had for most of his life with managing his mental health. There have been some difficult times for Daniel as he has progressed through his life and some amazing breakthroughs.  In this episode Daniel opens up about how he navigates his personal journey, his conver...

Sammi Jaeger is a co-founder of Independent Executives, a company designed to the meet the needs of businesses running on EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating System) and having difficulty filling their integrator talent gap.  Finding the right person for the integrator seat in a business can be difficult. Mark C. Winters, the co-author of Rocket Fuel, describes the integrator as 'unique' and 'harm...

Nathan Harding is the founder of Yo Media, a digital marketing agency operating across Australia.  Yo Media was founded after Nathan had spent a lot of time building his skills in Wesfarmers. Nathan then took the big leap and bought his own business, a newspaper, that had a significant revenue base. Unfortunately, Nathan bought this newspaper as advertising and information consumption was mov...

Mirko Roettgers is the Integrator for Triggerfish, a Brisbane based technology company that helps enterprise clients maximise their customer experience platforms to better engage and market to both long standing and new customers.  Mirko has had quite a geographic and professional journey to get to his current role. Now firmly ensconced in the Australian way of life, in this episode, Mirko di...

Operating for more than 10 years and with extensive partnerships within the real estate industry throughout Australia and New Zealand, Smoke Alarm Testing Services (SATS) specialises in providing a compliance service to real estate agents and property managers. Daniel Kramarzewski joined the business in its formative years. He helped build the business with the founder and developed a deep underst...

Desmond Russell is an experienced business leader. He has built businesses, been part of successful companies and worked for large enterprises such as Microsoft. Along the way Des has been able to gather an incredible amount of knowledge and how businesses, particularly those in vendor relationships, are missing opportunities by not organising themselves in a way to make themselves more attra...

Gripping Business Tales is returning to your playlist. In the next series of interviews, you will hear from experts in the field of marketing, sales, people management and of course great leaders running their business on EOS, the Entrepreneurial Operating System. So, get ready for more great content to help you understand what EOS can do for you and insights that might just help you run a better...

Setting 90 goals can really set you business on fire. It brings clarity and purpose to team effort in reaching the goals of the business. However, sometimes it is hard to break those goals down into daily tasks. In this episode best selling author of the 'Habit Switch', Romney Nelson, discusses why it can be difficult for people to develop good daily habits and what can be done to overcome the cha...

Alex Morrison is the founder of Integral Media. Alex believes that creating value and giving a great customer experience is built on relationships that last. Alex and the team at Integral Media look to work with businesses that share these values and need help in navigating the world of digital marketing.  As the business has grown Alex recognised for it to continue to grow it needed to...

Dane Meah's first business adventure was at aged 18 where he developed and sold digital information products from his home, via online stores. This experience gave Dane a taste for business and pursued a career in sales. After several years in the recruitment and pharmaceutical sectors, Dane relocated to Australia and entered the cybersecurity industry with an early cloud provider called MessageLa...

Anuj Bhalla is the founder of serviceMob. serviceMob, is a US company with a mission to fix the many inefficiencies in how consumers access and interact with companies when they need customer service.  serviceMob began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where it was accepted into the StartMIT accelerator, and a winner of the Funding Board Award from the MIT Sandbox Innovation Progr...

Troy Adams is the founder of Techpath , a Brisbane based IT company specialising in managed services, internet provision and cybersecurity.  Techpath was born from Troy's love of all things IT in his teenage years and he turned his passion into a business. Some 25 years later he is leading a team of 50 people as they make other business owners lives easier by addressing their IT issues. ...

As the founder of West Island Digital Trudy Rankins's passion is helping others find the technology solutions that best fit their business and create the functionality a business needs. Having lived and worked in the US, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Australia, Trudy has an incredible appreciation for how valuable technology is and its effectiveness in breaking down borders and barriers.  W...

Karl Pisor started his first business at the age of 27, an Internet design shop in Tokyo. He loved the freedom of the entrepreneurial life, but the pace was exhausting. From managing employees and cashflow to marketing the company and hustling for new business, each day brought a new set of problems. Then, just two years in, he lost everything when the internet bubble of 2000 burst. It was a jarri...

Co-founded by Tom Moulton, Hotel Linen Services was established to address a need in Melbourne’s hotel and accommodation market for a better alternative when it came to linen providers. Hotel owners and operators were tired of stained, grey sheets, orders being delivered late, sometimes incomplete and no one to talk to when help was required. Hotel Linen Services has faced, and beaten, some signif...

Having lived in India, Kenya, Zimbabwe and now New Zealand Vijay has experienced business from a number of different angles. Yet Vijay knows there are timeless concepts and principles that can be applied to making a great business no matter where you start it.  In this episode Vijay describes his journey to becoming a Professional EOS Implementer and how he is driven to work out how he can ad...

Justine Parsons is the founder of YourVA , a company that supplies administrative, marketing, event management and graphic design support to entrepreneurs and growing businesses around the world.  Justine started the business over 20 years ago and has been through both the highs and lows of running a business. From dealing with burn out to then letting go of business decisions to others and f...

Colin Cuthbert is the Managing Director of Ayers Group , a business focussed on providing excellent service in contractor management and payroll services. Established over 20 years ago Ayers group has seen significant business growth under Colin's leadership.  In this episode hear Colin explain how he entered the business long after it was established and what value he could bring to the busi...

Driving cash flow in any business is crucial to remain viable. One of the most simple and effective tools you can use to do this is  - The 8 Cash Flow Drivers - which is part of the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS). In this episode leading accountancy and financial planning specialist Damien Butler discusses this tool with me and takes us on a journey of how businesses should be looking...

Debra Chantry-Taylor trained originally as a biochemist and food technologist. In the first 7 years of her career she worked at Glaxo Smith Klein and Roche Pharmaceuticals in sales and marketing.  As she grew her skills Debra changed gear and shifted into senior management positions, GM and CEO roles in entrepreneurial businesses across a  number industries.   After earning her star...

EOS Worldwide recently selected a new visionary to lead the company into an exciting future. Mark O'Donnell is that person.  In this episode we hear from Mark about his experiences as an engineer and starting a number of companies on his entrepreneurial journey. We hear from Mark about what he learned along the way and how that led him to his current role. As he transitioned into EOS Worldwid...

Jodi MacKinnon is leading her best life. Driven by a passion of getting the best out of people and a love of animals, Jodi has combined these to deliver an amazing business and continue to improve the lives of those she works with.  Commencing her professional life as a veterinary nurse, Jodi soon learnt the difference she could make by getting others to focus on their passions and drive incr...

LearnMate is Australia’s leading tutoring agency offering in-person and online tutoring lessons in all primary school and high school subjects. Founded by Dmitri Dalla-Riva the goal of LearMate is to empower students all over Australia to achieve amazing results and make their dreams come true! LearnMate has broad national reach and provides professional, engaging and enthusiastic primary school a...

Roger Vertannes is the Founder of Leadership Counts and his philosophy is “Be true to yourself, define what you really want and surround yourself with great people to help you achieve your vision." Born and raised in London, Roger is the youngest of 10. At the age of 24, he took over the management of his family-owned freight forwarding company, then at age 32, used his passion for sport and healt...