The EO Business Podcast

Our guest today is Christopher Chen, a new member of EO Sydney, who founded Alpha One Coaching College which was started in 2015. Within 7 years he has expanded his business to 4 locations, serving nearly 3000 students across Sydney and employing over 100 tutors. Frustrated with the education quality at various Opportunity Classes & Selective coaching colleges, Chris gathered a team of experie...

Learn how to apply critical thinking and become a pivot master, and be fearless in business. In this episode, Linh sits down with Sophie Su, an Australian ex-pat who has been living in Beijing for 15 years and started a company called Pingo Space eight years ago. Pingo Space is a place for children to develop critical and creative thinking skills, and explore their passions and potential. In this...

On this episode of the Entrepreneur Organization Business Podcast, meet Damian Kernahan, CEO of Proto Partners. With 14+ years of experience under their belt, Proto Partners has worked with big names like Fosters and Telstra on growth initiatives such as business model redesign, product and service design, and customer experience design. In this episode, Damian shares his tips on how to systemize...

Looking to build a business that runs without you and achieve freedom in your business? In this episode of the EO Business Podcast, Linh Podetti interviews Mark Kentwell from PRD Presence, who shares his journey of taking 10 years to remove himself from the sales role in his real estate business. Join Linh and Mark as they discuss the critical components of achieving business freedom, including cu...

If you're an entrepreneur, you may have dreamt of early retirement - the idea of relaxing on a beach, traveling the world, or simply enjoying a slower pace of life. However, retiring too early could be a costly mistake for entrepreneurs. In this interview, we explore the reasons why entrepreneurs should consider delaying their retirement. About Brendan Torazzi Brendan has helped thousands of...

Leora is a tech start-up breaking down barriers in receiving mental health support. The world is looking pretty grey… when the stats are very black and white. 1 in 2 Australians will face mental health illness sometime in their life. 1 in 7 Australians is on anti-depressants. Whilst, 1 in 3 psychologists does not have the capacity to accept new clients. ‍ Mental illness and suicide are costing the...

Jahan Kalantar describes himself as a “little guy lawyer” who attributes his human rights leanings to his proud Persian heritage, a dislike of bullies and the belief that one person can make a difference. As a Sydney-based solicitor, university lecturer and entrepreneur, Jahan moved from a successful career in finance to pursue law. He is a partner at Executive Law Group, where he heads up the ser...

Starting out as a group of creatives in the early 2000's, Circul8 quickly carved out an international niche in travel and other companies looking to make statements via the web. Her business built up communities fast online and was an early collaborator with Facebook before it became the giant that it was. Fast forward to today, Alana is still at the bleeding edge of creativity spotting trend...

After 15 years working for large law firms in M&A, about 8 years ago Anand ventured out in his own firm helping on both the buy and sell side and providing advice around raising capital for private and listed companies. What has transpired is a thriving practice in Sun. Law where Anand helps entrepreneurs get deals done right, the first time! Anand's future strategy for the business invol...

In his younger years, Jo worked on boats on Mornington Peninsula. After seeing various mates go over to the Med, he decided to head over and that was the start of his career in Super Yachts. Many of you will remember the EO times out on Masteka II which Jo managed but has now been sold. These days Ocean Alliance, is a yacht brokerage and management company. The management side of the business look...

15 years ago, Katherine had a young family and identified that many parents found it hard to get a decent meal on the table at the end of a long work day. Inspired she cooked for 10 of her mates a meal for free and said if they liked it they could pay for it next week. They all subscribed. Fast forward Katherine’s Dinner Ladies delivers all up and down the East Coast of Australia, pre-packaged mea...

Stuart Chrisp has had a wide range of business experience. Born and raised in Gisborne, NZ he studied law and commerce at the University of Otago in Dunedin. After graduating with a LLB he initially practiced law & subsequently had a career in banking and finance working both in NZ & the UK. Stuart spent 5 years working for the National Bank of NZ in a number of operational & strategic...

On a rainy day in Bondi, I met Linh at a local cafe and she was full of beans! Linh is a new member, originally from Melbourne but now living in Sydney. It's great too, her energy levels are infectious and fun. Linh's first business came out of a failed e-commerce business. Lots of people asked her how she did marketing and Outsourcing Angel was born. Just a few years ago Linh made a loc...

Srishti Jupudi, hailing from the city of pearls, Hyderabad in India is a remarkable role model for the younger generation and a potential global leader for her age of 21! Srishti has dedicated over half of her life to the professional sport of badminton, which resulted in All India No. 1 rank in her category and represented India twice at World Championships in Yogyakarta - Indonesia and Toronto -...

Mat Bowtell is the founder and CEO of Free 3D Hands, an Australian charity who designs and 3D prints hands and assistive devices. The hands are provided for free, to children and adults all around the world and they even pay the postage! Mat freely shares his designs under an open-source licence so others can make and repair their own devices and to encourage further innovation. Mat’s goal is to s...

Ahh the talent you meet in the Sydney EO Chapter. Since 2006, Doron and his 2 business partners have built one of the world's largest online eyewear shops.  You can literally buy 80000+ designer sunglasses & glasses online. The more even amazing fact is that they've built all the systems, run in about 20 countries and have not taken a cent of outside funding. Listen to this fascinati...

As a family owned Australian company , Matt and Karen are committed to responsibly sourcing wholesome ingredients that both nourish both people and our planet. We hope you enjoy our products that are grounded in local farming, sourced from around the globe.  We know that living well begins with eating well so you will find no nasties added here - just pure, simple, honest to goodness products. Mor...

Ashton has spent over 20 years working internationally on some of the world’s biggest brands, running million-dollar campaigns for billion-dollar brands — specialising in Predatory Marketing — pinpointing how brands can grow by outsmarting their competitors. He’s a business owner and serial entrepreneur, always challenging, often controversial, and always focused on what gets results. Ashton’s pat...

Shuey is the founder of Whitehat Agency has helped hundreds of brands and businesses understand, plan, execute and scale Digital Marketing strategies. Their team has grown to over 40 talented, diverse and passionate individuals across 5 countries. A passion project in Skincare takes all his teams digital skills onto the client facing side and is also growing rapidly. And as if he didn’t have enoug...

Bruce has had a career in innovation. After graduating as an Architect in Melbourne in the early 90’s the economy was in the midst of recession and no work was available. Whilst most of his mates were driving taxis to make ends meet, he spotted an opportunity at his university teaching students how to use CAD software. The opportunity saw him gainfully employed and led him to a masters degree and...

You tell Jack works fast and just gets stuff done. After getting expelled from school he went into construction for 6 years and then decided to start his own business after working for another property buyers agent and building his own property portfolio. After starting his buyers advocacy service in Sydney a couple of years ago in Jan 2021, he's developed his business into one of the fastest...

Meet the Lavecky Brothers!  In 2000 they said mobiles were the future of e-commerce people laughed, now they are putting their considerable financial muscle behind their new financial powerhouse. In this interview we discuss how EO played a pivotal role for Dan and how the Lavecky Brothers are Sydney’s answer to the Winklevoss Twins. Find out Dan and David’s 8 figure business sale in 2013 now is h...

Ben was working for a high profile Crypto News Service out of Tasmania called Nugget’s News. Things were changing and Ben sold all of his crypto to purchase Collective Shift and his couple of 1000 monthly subscribers in Oct 2020. After founder, Alex Saunders, hit the headlines with allegations of ripping off high profile investors there were some dark times. Now boosting 16 global analysts worldwi...

There's no business like show business and boy does Adam have a lot of stories to tell. Bubblegum Casting sounds like an exotic business. When Adam took over the business Bubblegum casting, the world's 5th longest running junior talent agency, as a distressed asset there was someone in the States breaching his trade marks in the porn industry. This along with disgruntled parents whose ki...

So the podcast has expanded into the APAC region now. Ray Chou, EO Kuala Lumpur, has started Phoenix Rising. Melbourne's Kym Hyunh is on the APAC regional board promoting many behind the scenes activities for EO, including this podcast. Kym takes the mike in this interview to ask some hard hitting questions of Brendan & Ray. -------------------- ABOUT EO Entrepreneur's Organization (...