Owner To Owner Podcast

@amybett is a businessowner and entrepreneur.  In this episode we discuss the importance of understanding financial health in business and managing cash flow effectively. Amy shares her personal journey as a founder and owner; how  ( and the very personal why) she transitioned from working for a corporate events business to starting her own venture the up's and down's that led to a focus on cashfl...

In this episode @SimoneDouglas , multi-business owner based in Adelaide, shares her experience, motivations and 'secret-sauce' for starting and successfully running 5 diverse businesses. Being #seriouslysocial is the connector, as she explains in our discussion.   Simone owns; @digitalmarketingaok @bninorthadelaide @dukeofbrunswick hotel #adelaide  @portadmiral hotel #portadelaide Our discussion c...

@LachieMcColl  is a #smallbusiness #valuation expert. He fell into the world of business valuations 18 years ago after working but not enjoying time as a qualified accountant. He now works from his hometown of #geelong . A core part of his business  is market research to find relevant data and help better understand what drives business values. Some of the interesting data includes; currently ther...

@ZhannaGee is a multi-award winning entrepreneur, business advisor and #founder of one of Australia’s leading health and well-being companies @slimbynature .  Zhanna was born in Latvia and pretty much had her future mapped out by the family. Things changed and she and family came to Australia back in 1996. At that time she didn't speak a word of English.  In this episode we dig deep into her pathw...

@Michael Kerr  from @kerrcapital is an experienced adviser to founders and owners of for-profit businesses and Social Enterprises.  Continued growth in the burgeoning #socialenterprise sector has and will continue to forge successful new businesses that will be attractive to business buyers. For the #founders  there will be many questions; Can I 'cash in' and sell? Can I sell and pass the business...

@DarrenBourke is a #businesscoach and #mentor to #smebusiness #owners . He's worked as a chartered accountant with @Deloitte and @pitcherpartners, had a #HR startup and authored @thefourthmoon .   In this episode we talk about #employeeincentiveschemes , we cover; different kinds of incentive schemes  the quantitative and the qualitative aspects of looking to engage, empower, motivate, and most im...

@Sri Govindaraju and her husband are co-owners of @Zealandia Honey in New Zealand.  Sri recently published an update on #linkedin, a very honest, open and honest and personal post,  about being in #smallbusiness with her husband. It's a ripping and wide ranging conversation about;  #familybusiness leaving the security of a #paypacket to into business moving to New Zealand from India in 2007  her e...

@DarrenBourke is a #businesscoach and #mentor to #smebusiness #owners . He's worked as a chartered accountant with @Deloitte and @pitcherpartners, had a #HR startup and authored @thefourthmoon .   In this episode we talk about the post pandemic shift in power from employers to employees. In past more than 50% of his  conversations were about people - internal, sometimes external, sometimes partner...

@RenéeHasseldine is the #ceo and #founder of @ThinkRAPT Systems , an award winning #pitching and proposal system using #VisualModels . The system organizes the #intellectualproperty in service-based business.  Like many businesses the business was born out of experiences as a service-based business owner. Prior to that she had a diverse career with experience as an author, writer, career-coach@IBM...

@FrancisLoughran generously shares his personal journey founding @FutureFood and then making the decision to move on from the business after more than 30 years. He started by spotting a market gap and then combined a passion for his work and industry with a lot of hard work to start FutureFood,  a pioneering #foodandbeverage #consultancy .  In our discussion we cover; The process of #businessbuild...

@FrancisLoughran generously shares his personal journey founding @FutureFood and then making the decision to move on from the business after more than 30 years. He started by spotting a market gap and then combined a passion for his work and industry with a lot of hard work to start FutureFood,  a pioneering #foodandbeverage #consultancy .  In our discussion we cover; The process of #businessbuild...

@GeoffHetherington from @EliteBusinessInstitute teaches #businessowners how to build their business around their life so they stop feeling like an employee and live on their terms, make more money, have more fun & spend more time with those that matter most. Inspired by childhood family friends he outlines in this episode the case for taking your #retirement early and in instalments (i.e. not wait...

Matt Davis, Jayne (his  wife) and daughter left Paris to buy a book shop in Queenscliff Victoria  @BookshopatQueenscliff   It was a hell of a move! Matt shares the background on why coming back to Australia made sense, seeing a @facebook ad for a #businessforsale and his experience in the process of #buyingabusiness Matt and Jayne had lived in Paris a long time and their daughter. Matt made music,...

@andygowers  is a #successionplanning and #wealthmanagement  expert.  He's got a business marketing degree and financial planning diploma . His professional background includes; playing #AFL with @hawthornfc for 12 years (including a premiership at Hawthorn in 1991) senior #financialplanning roles @anz  founding and selling his own wealth management business He's launched a new business in Success...

@andygowers  is a #successionplanning and #wealthmanagement  expert.  He's got a business marketing degree and financial planning diploma . His professional background includes; playing #AFL with @hawthornfc for 12 years (including a premiership at Hawthorn in 1991) senior #financialplanning roles @anz  founding and selling his own wealth management business He's launched a new business in Success...

@RonGauci has a rich experience base including as a #CEO #Director #Chair and #Adviser.  As a #CEO he has overseen major transformations of organisations like @fedsquare @melbournepolytechnic and @melbournestorm Another of his roles is as a senior adviser @24HRBP (24 Hour Business Plan). In this discussion we talk widely about why #smeowners should plan, how they can plan more easily and what the...

@BrianShrowder is a #mediatrainer and #communications #publicrelations industry expert at his own consultancy @mediacraftcomms . After dabbling in student radio  at the University of Adelaide he had stints in #newsreporting and #journalism at the @ABC and @channel10 . Mid career he jumped across to public relations (his  second career). In his own consulting he specialises in #crisiscommunication...

@JillWeeks has travelled widely across Australian and spoken with hundreds of people about #retirement . Where to retire? How to retire? What to do in retirement? Drawing on these stories from inspiring people Jill shares her tips on different ways to think about and 'do' retirement.  In our discussion we cover; how retirement has changed in the last 20-30 years, and how this has opened up more op...

@JillWeeks has travelled widely across Australian and spoken with hundreds of people about #retirement . Where to retire? How to retire? What to do in retirement? Drawing on these stories from inspiring people Jill shares her tips on different ways to think about and 'do' retirement.  In our discussion we cover; how retirement has changed in the last 20-30 years, and how this has opened up more op...

@LloydPolkinghorne was a #ricefarmer upuntil a #traumaticbraininjury caused by a mis-firing shotgun. After years of struggling physically and emotionally he needed to 'get back on the horse'. He did this by buying his local community newspaper   www.thebridgenews.com.au . It was a bold and brave step. He made it with full support of family and an internal sense that he had to do something, knowing...

@LloydPolkinghorne was a #ricefarmer upuntil a #traumaticbraininjury caused by a mis-firing shotgun. After years of struggling physically and emotionally he needed to 'get back on the horse'. He did this by buying his local community newspaper   www.thebridgenews.com.au . It was a bold and brave step. He made it with full support of family and an internal sense that he had to do something, knowing...

@NormanHall  has a diverse background including business, corporate and private banking. He's also been through the process of selling a family business that his wife founded.  Now he's a specialist  #exitplanner  and draws on all this experience to help  #businessowners  protect the value they have built up in their business, and then when the time is right, plan and execute a more successful  #b...

@NormanHall  has a diverse background including business, corporate and private banking. He's also been through the process of selling a family business that his wife founded.  Now he's a specialist  #exitplanner  and draws on all this experience to help  #businessowners  protect the value they have built up in their business, and then when the time is right, plan and execute a more successful  #b...

@NormanHall has a diverse background including business, corporate and private banking. He's also been through the process of selling a family business that his wife founded.  Now he's a specialist #exitplanner and draws on all this experience to help #businessowners protect the value they have built up in their business, and then when the time is right, plan and execute a more successful #busines...

@YasminGrigaliunas is the #founder of @circonomy (nee @WorldsBiggestGarageSale) that is delivering big on their mantra of a world where nothing useful goes to waste, including human potential. She brought energy. commitment and    #ownermindset to everything she did prior in roles as #employee #licensee #businessowner #founder and #mentor .  Across three episodes we track right back to the influen...