Ando & Co

26 - How to Turn a Stranger into a Friend by Chris Andersen

Marcel covered off on what happened in financial markets in 2022 in our last podcast. We've edited that podcast down from 1hr 40mins to just under 30 minutes here. If you'd like to understand what's happening with inflation and financial markets, this will give you a very clear explanation. We cover off on stocks, bonds, property, politics and recapped what happened in 2022 and why.

Chris Gostling is the Creative Director at Momentum Visual, a company he founded over 20 years ago. He's also the guy I go to with all my weird and wonderful new business ideas and creative endeavours because of his amazing ability to ask the right questions, help me think through them, then come up with all the right marketing and branding. He's also an artist, songwriter, husband, farmer, musici...

Listen in while father and daughter duo, Jamie & Jacklyn Purvis, tell the story of how they setup the Be Do Have Movement to serve salespeople and business owners. You'll also get a preview into how they structure their coaching program, some of the key questions they work through with their clients and hear about some amazing client breakthroughs along the way.

Somewhere along the way, you're likely to realise you're in the wrong career. How do you handle that? Laura Heilbronn and I discuss how it all played out for her and how she now helps people manage that transition through her coaching services. We discuss her move out of her role in Human Resources and Marketing in Argentina, her move from Buenos Aires to Northern New South Wales in Australia, her...

Mark Wist brings 30 years of real estate advisory experience to the table in this conversation and he usually works to develop investment strategy for large property funds as well as a range of different advisory offerings, including feasibility studies, in both commercial and residential property. He's worked all over the world in property and has lived in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne but today...

I was lucky enough to meet Colin Campbell while I was in an NLP training program called Bold while we both worked at Keller Williams in Toronto, Canada. Colin showed up as the hardest worker in the room every single day and the hard work has paid off over time with some amazing results that we dive into in this podcast. After 8 years in real estate and a fairly slow start, Colin bought the brokera...

Sit down and enjoy some beers while listening to Dave, George and Rich tell the Aether Brewing Story - between them, they make up the Owner (Dave), Head Brewer (George) and the Sales & Marketing Manager (Rich). Aether Brewing is one of the longstanding Craft Breweries in Brisbane and were originally located in Milton. The business has now relocated to Northgate, the team has changed and the focus...

Sit down and enjoy a beer while listening to Cheyne and Jarrett tell the story of how Happy Valley Brewing launched their brewery in 2020 in the heart of Stafford, previously known as Happy Valley. Cheyne manages the venue and Jarrett is the brewer, together they own the brewery. The guys have 16 different beers on tap and have now brewed over 100 different brews since inception. We dive into how...

17 - Michael Lucas - Easts Rugby Union - 75th Anniversary Stories & Events by Chris Andersen

16 - Tim Franklin - The Man Who Runs The World by Chris Andersen

I was lucky enough to meet Jenna about 8 years ago at Camp Goodlife Project when we were both going through transitional periods in our lives at just before age 30. In this conversation, we dive into all that Jenna's been able to accomplish since that time in her three focus areas of writing, human design and coaching. You can find her work at www.jennabritton.com as well as her Instagram profiles...

Sit down and enjoy a beer while listening to Luke tell the story of how Soapbox Beer got off the ground after the founders met as parents at their kids' school. We sample a couple of beers along the way and dig into what it took to start a brewery, source equipment, setup a range and develop an offering to make it a popular spot in Brisbane's bubbling entertainment precinct at the top of the Valle...

I've been running Beers With Mates for almost four years now but I still don't think I've properly explained what it is or the benefits that can be enjoyed when you do it well. Here's a little story that serves as a great reminder of an experience I enjoyed having a beer with a mate in Canada who remains a close friend to this day who was able to support me in some way. After meeting people each m...

Ermos Erotocritou was my first ever sales leader at the midtown branch of Investors Group, a financial business in Toronto, Canada. After proving himself as one of the top financial advisors in the country, he took on a managerial role as a division director where he continued to excel as an advisor and as a manager of up and coming advisors. By the time he took the next step to manage the region,...

I’ve been running Beers With Mates for three years now and when we went through the process of creating the logo and slogan, a few mates and I put our heads together and came up with Solid Chat: Stronger Contact. Now, what this means for me is that, as you start to open up to your mates about what’s really happening in your life, they’re given the opportunity to step up as mates to support you. At...

In this interview, I spoke with Russell about how his career evolved from an early school leaver in South Australia to a butcher's apprentice and then various roles overseas in Scotland where he met a few people that helped shape his future and better establish his dream of running his own business. He's been running Pure Rentals for about 10 years now and it's recently morphed into Pure Real Esta...

Grant Menzies, General Manager of Adina Watches, tells the story of how his dad, Bob Menzies, setup the business in 1971 and how the business and the watch industry has grown and developed up until now in their 50th year. It's a story of an iconic Brisbane Business that's family owned, started It's a story of an iconic Brisbane Business that's family owned, started by a hardworking visionary and c...

Jos Aguiar is a Brisbane based online marketer who works predominantly with international companies. His career started in film during high school, then sales and eventually advertising. He's worked with a wide range of businesses from the local salon to fortune 500 and global influencer brands. He also runs his own podcast, The Jos Aguiar Show, and has spoken with over 200 people over the last co...

Coraline Dufroux has achieved a lot in a short time. She's worked in Corporate HR, invested in real estate, become a real estate developer and she now runs her family business, Innova Services, as well as a few other side projects. We discuss Coraline's learning experiences in real estate; money management; what it's like to manage the business her parents built with her father continuing to work...

Life is a gradual process of becoming yourself. It sounds easy. Our surroundings often make it hard. Brandon has had a few careers so far, much like myself and many others. He's had a few realisations along the way and some negative workplaces have stopped him from fully growing into those realisations and becoming himself. He likes cars. He worked in car sales for a while. He's great with people...

Would you like to learn more about real estate investing? Are you wondering where you should be living in Australia and which of the capital cities would be most suited to your needs? Have you been considering options outside of residential real estate investing? If so, which would be the best real estate investment option in the current market? Have you been wondering where you should be living i...

Andrew Slack captained the Wallabies through one of our greatest Rugby periods. I sat down with him to find out what it takes to captain the Wallabies, succeed at a high level and live a good life. I don't want to spoil the interview but I'll say this - people skills matter - caring about people is a core skill, in his opinion. I'm sure you'll agree that it's a refreshing take on life and leadersh...

Are you trying to work your way up the corporate ladder? Do you know what skills and habits it takes to set you up for success? Do you have the right education background? Are you able to properly sell yourself in an interview and put in the hard yards to secure interviews and placements? Have you ever spoken with an executive recruiter? How do they help? You'll find answers to these questions and...

Here's Peter Mastroianni, founder of www.loansonly.com.au, Rentvesting and The Buyers Guide to share his story and overall perspective on the current state and future of the industry as well as some of the lessons he learned while building his business with a young family.