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Get a taste of the Philippines and join us as experienced investors and entrepreneurs - Jen and Audwin - takes us through how Cafe Kusina started, their challenges, and learnings to share with aspiring cafe/restaurant owners. Cafe Kusina is located at 726 Burke Road Camberwell in Victoria, Australia.

Grab your shopping bags and get a sneak peek of Mabuhay Pinoy Asian Groceries (Werribee) from Richard Osorio! Also fill up your entrepreneurial cart with lessons on overcoming business challenges and add some inspiring advice to other business owners. 🛒

When establishing 88 Mortgage Brokers, Trish Nguyen is driven by her vision of growing her business and being a coach to young mortgage brokers.   Join us as we get to know Trish, how her childhood curiosity and her family have inspired her to learn more about property, and her experience working with a bank have led her to start her own business at a young age.

Award-winning Filipino meat products and butcher shop since 2017 at Sunshine West, Victoria - that is Beulah Meat Products! Be dazzled as Wilma Bravo-Palor shares how she overcomes everyday business challenges, along with the importance of hiring the right people, faith, commitment and balance.

Passionate in helping others and telling a story - Alice Nicolas, publisher of The Philippine Times (Australia) and owner of Finemarks Education and Migration Services shares with us her heartwarming experience as a publisher of a well-known Filipino newsmagazine and being a migration agent at the same time.

Meet Lito Limbo, the endearing director of A&L Entertainment at TaxSmart Cafe's Business Lounge. Since 2017, A&L Entertainment has been bringing smiles to the community, and have been providing a venue for local and international artists, enthusiasts, family, friends and businesses to connect with each other. Get to know the inspiration behind A&L Entertainment, and how they have been...

Get to know the family behind Silog, which is our go-to Filipino comfort food shop in Melbourne. Listen as Willie and Rose Sta Ana of Silog share with us how their food truck business started and their personal lessons to aspiring entrepreneurs. Aside from the products they sell at their food truck, they also provide catering services which can be ordered from their website including their visuall...

Get motivated with the Ataydes (Aze, Audwin, Jen and Rozele) as they share their entrepreneurial journey and their businesses - Puffy Scrunchy, Rock Star Photo Booth (Australia), Taxsmart Cafe- Casey and AMPED. Listen to their experience of owning a business while working full-time and not having prior industry experience - Jen and Rozele are both nurses, Aze is an IT professional and Audwin is wi...

Be inspired by our charming guest, Victor Wang, who is real estate entrepreneur at a young age.    Learn how Victor managed to go on a 3-month European vacation while effectively running his business (wow!), his heartfelt message to young aspiring entrepreneurs, and his personal motivations for transitioning from being an employee to owning his business.

Liz is a certified professional dermal technician and skin therapist with 10 years of experience. Beautybyliz.au provides a variety of beauty and wellness services, and is located at Point Cook, Melbourne Victoria (by appointment only). Join us as Liz shares her journey with starting a business, transitioning from sole trader to a company, and how she has been helping others start their own busine...

Marishell and Allan, along with their cousin Peter, are business owners of The Weekend Ensaymada (TWE). Get inspired with Marishell's journey on how she started TWE as a hobby and how TWE has grown into a business with the support of her cousins and family. Listen as Marishell and Allan discuss how they are expanding their products and offerings, the importance of working with a good team in a bus...

Anthony Herrera is the owner of Enelssie Cafe and Grill, a Filipino restaurant located at the Western suburbs of Melbourne at Burnside Heights.  Join us as Anthony tells his story of being in the Top 5 of the World Food Championships Australia 2022 in the BBQ category, how Enelssie has been growing to cater for the diverse culture of Australia, how he has been facing and conquering challenges...

Listen as Leen Del Rosario of SkinHaven gives us an overview of how she started her business and what SkinHaven is all about.

While there are advantages and disadvantages of retiring overseas, learn what the implications will be on your superannuation and taxation if you retire outside of Australia.

As a business owner or even in our personal lives, we will most certainly have competition and others can consider us as their competitor. So is it good or bad to have competition? Should you be happy if your business don't have one? As an entrepreneur, how should you react to competitors?

Business owners do not deserve to be stressed when running their business. There are a number of tools that can help them. Listen us we discuss some of those tools around cryptocurrency, financial reporting and business operations.

Recent interest rate rises have focused a lot of minds on loans and their repayment. You probably already know that making extra payments on a loan can save you money. But few people realise just how much. A relatively small change today can help you save large amounts in the future. All strategies and information discussed are general advice only and does not take into consideration the personal...

Do you have an online presence or planning to have one for your business in Australia? Know why 20 Sept 2022 is an important date for businesses with existing websites, and what to do going forward to address the risks of the recent Australian domain name changes. All strategies and information discussed are general advice only and does not take into consideration the personal circumstances of the...

One of the most important steps in planning to save for your retirement is figuring how much you will need to spend each year to live a comfortable. Listen as Rom and Joshua from TaxSmart Cafe shed light on this important question for Australians in this TaxSmart Cafe - Warm Toast episode.  All strategies and information discussed are general advice only and does not take into consideration t...