The Australian Small Business Show

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we are discussing our words of the year and why a word of the year can be more powerful than a New Year Resolution. It is not about perfection; it is all about direction. How you choose your word of the year will be personal to your journey as a small business owner. It should solve a current problem and help guide your de...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we are discussing the importance of slowing down to speed up in business, and why we all find it so hard as entrepreneurs and small business owner to take a break, re charge, refill our cup and take the time we need to pause. When we don’t take time to slow down, pause and rest, it’s very easy to get stuck in the weeds, an...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! In this episode we’re joined by returning guest Anthony Hopson. When we last had Anthony on the podcast he was talking about his work as a Finance Broker with his business Urban Brokers and today he is back to talk about how he supports business owners in an entirely different way – through teaching Breathwork. As Anthony shares...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! In this episode Kristy-Lee and Matt are talking through their 2025 years in review, from the lessons learnt to what went well. For many of us it’s been a tough year in business, so we’re not going to sugar coat it, this has been one of those years. Expectations have been high, budgets have been low and tensions have emerged. The...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! In this episode Kristy-Lee is sharing a simple but really helpful reflection practice that she does at the end of each year to help her start to map out how she will start the year ahead. And to show we walk the talk, we’re going to walk through this exercise live with you. There are 3 questions to ask yourself before the year w...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! In this episode we up from last week’s conversation with Elise from Thryv, shifting the focus away from tech tools and toward the deeper systems and processes that make a small business more resilient. As the year winds down and business owners across the country juggle school events, holidays, deadlines, and fatigue, they explo...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we’re joined by Elise Balsillie from Thryv to talk about building business resilience and growth through smarter technology. As Head of Thryv Australia and New Zealand, Elise leads teams across customer channels, helping businesses streamline operations, embrace technology and grow with confidence through digital transform...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we’re talking about a time of year we all look forward to, but can often come with unnecessary headaches – Christmas close downs. Here’s what we cover: Communicating the Closure Early: Start telling people now, if you haven’t already. Use every channel : website banner, Google Business Profile, email list, socials, invoice...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we are sharing 6 Sales Tips for Small Business Owners Sales is the lifeblood of every small business. But let’s be real, most of us don’t love it…. This episode breaks down how to sell more effectively without feeling “salesy,” and how small business owners can turn conversations into conversions. 1. The Mindset Shift: Fro...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we are joined by returning guest Adrienne Donnelly from Seed Virtual Assistants and Organised by Adrienne to discuss the tricky topic of how to choose the right VA for your small business. Knowing you need (or want) a VA is one thing, but selecting the right one is quite another challenge. In this discussion we unpack how...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we are talking about something that you might think we would have already covered here on the show – what actually is a ‘small business’. We’re looking at this both in terms of what the definitions various government agencies have, as well as our own perception of what small business means. The Definitions that Matter The...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we are talking about the support networks we have around us as small business owners with Dr Leanne Faulkner from Fortitude at Work. A little about Leanne: Many people in the business community might know me as “the soap lady” or the “goat lady”. Our youngest son had suffered with eczema from birth and in an effort to ease...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we are tackling the challenging topic of mental health and wellness as an Australian Small Business Owner. Let’s be real – being a small business owner is at times tough, stressful and can feel overwhelming. It’s difficult some days, weeks and months. October is Mental Health Month here in Australia, so we thought this was...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! This week we are having a follow up discussion from last weeks chat with Amey Lee from Heart Content about Authentic Intelligence. In this episode we discuss how we’re using AI in our businesses, but keeping it real and authentic at the same time. We discuss the current challenges of using AI, and what we are seeing in the indus...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we are joined by special guest Amey Lee from Heart Content. With years of experience helping brands bring together story, strategy, and content, Amey shows business owners how to increase their impact, streamline their marketing, amplify their message and attract their tribe by harnessing the power of brand story. Her care...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we’re talking about dealing with difficult people – because let’s face it, if you’re in business, you’ll need to deal with difficult people at some point or another. Whether it’s a customer, client, supplier, even the ATO. It’s not a maybe, it’s a guarantee. As business owners there are different types of difficult people...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we are talking about surviving your first firing! When you start hiring staff, you don’t exactly think about how you might fire them, but at some point in your small business journey, terminating the employment of one of your team will be a reality, and let’s be honest, it won’t be fun. In this discussion we look at the em...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we are joined by Shandra Moran from The Transit Lounge to chat about the rise of the service based side business. The Transit Lounge helps Women grow a  service-based Side Business to support them in the future –  so they can earn great money, doing work they love, without burning out. Before creating the Transit...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we are unpacking the results of a recent report produced by Xero called ‘It’s Your Business – How Entrepreneurs are Redefining Their Success in Today’s World’. There are 2.6m small businesses in Australia, making up 97% of all businesses, contributing $590bn to GDP and employing 5.4m people. Xero surveyed 500 Australian sm...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we are taking a look at the recently implemented Right to Disconnect Laws which came into place for small businesses on the 26th August 2025. In this episode we unpack what the right to disconnect is and what it actually means, we discuss the implementation, pathway and why this matters for small business now and we take a...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! Today we are welcoming back returning guest Ryan Griffin from Chunky Duck. Like many of us entrepreneurs, Ryan’s journey to his current business has not been a straight line. Initially a professional baseball player, he returned to Australia ready to start his career in digital marketing. He worked for many years in marketing ag...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! In today’s episode we are chatting about your zone of genius, and asking you how much time you’re spending there… This concept comes from a great book, called The Big Leap by author Gay Hendricks (you can pick it up at your favourite book store). In the book the author explores the premise that there are 4 distinct ‘zones’ that...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! In today’s episode we are posing the question: what traits to successful small business owners have in common? To prepare for this recording, Kristy-Lee and Matt wrote down their own observations and thoughts on the 5 traits they see most often amongst the successful small business owners they work with, and compared notes in th...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of TheAustralian Small Business Show! In this episode we are joined by Tony Caine from Grow Wealth Solutions to talk about his book MoneyLife: A Blueprint for Financial Success and Happiness. Tony is a Finance Coach who has helped thousands of clients, including hundreds of professional athletes, take control of their finances and build wealth through expert finance...

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show! In this episode we’re talking about our employees, and specifically setting KPI’s for your team. We start by looking at what a KPI actually is. KPI is an acronym that stands for Key Performance Indicator. They are also sometimes referred to as KRA’s – Key Result Area or simply goals. Put simply they are a measure of how successf...