The Mentor with Mark Bouris

Simon Molnar is the CEO and founder of Flagship , a retail technology startup transforming how brick-and-mortar stores operate. The web-based platform creates a digital floor plan for each store, allowing for easy alteration of the merchandise components as needed. Flagship released its beta version in early 2023 and partnered with local brands such as Aje Athletica, Venroy, and Sir the Label for...

Hazem Sedda is the proud owner of Redfern Convenience Store, an iconic establishment in Australia. He grew up in Palestine during the early 2000s with a dream of becoming a pilot. However, after taking a flying course at Bankstown airport in Sydney, he realised that running his father's convenience store was far more exciting. He has since turned it into a successful family business that has gone...

Larry Robertson is a globally recognised leadership advisor and speaker. Founder of Robertson Burns in 1993, Larry has shaped the leadership landscape across 30 countries. Larry shares insights from his extensive work with executives in Australia's largest organisations and beyond, spanning Africa, Asia, Europe, India, the Middle East, New Zealand, the UK, and the Americas. Understand how to conve...

Justin Webb is the co-founder and Executive Chairman of AgriWebb – an animal management platform. Justin's journey is a fascinating blend of agribusiness, finance, and cutting-edge technology. Born into a family of farmers, he has always been passionate about agriculture and technology's role in advancing this industry. After obtaining a degree in economics and finance, Justin began his career as...

With Stake , Australia's leading investing platform, I'm excited to share the fifth episode of 'Going Public' - a new monthly series giving you unique access to the entrepreneurs, founders and executives who've taken their business public. Airtasker (ASX: ART) is an Australian online company that operates an online and mobile marketplace. It allows customers to outsource a variety of everyday task...

Christopher is a seasoned professional with a rich background, collaborating with major players like Kmart, Uber, and Hoyts Cinema Group. He introduces Tapestry , a revolutionary platform that he has been instrumental in developing. Tapestry's Retail+ and Supply+ products leverage advanced analytics and AI to empower small to medium-sized businesses, enabling them to compete effectively in the mar...

TAXIBOX co-founder Ben Cohn shares the ups and downs of his company's journey. He talks about how they faced near-collapse during the COVID-19 pandemic and achieved an incredible 100% revenue growth in just two years. Mark Bouris also explores Ben's upbringing, from South Africa to Australia, and his early entrepreneurial ventures. You will learn about the challenges of being the CEO of TAXIBOX an...

This is a bonus episode with leading economist Stephen Koukoulas and Mark Bouris.  It’s that time again when leading economist Stephen Koukoulas bring you a bonus episode in the lead-up to the December 2023 RBA announcement.  Visit https://yhomeloans.com.au/property-insights/ to learn more. Join the Facebook Group. Follow Mark Bouris on  Instagram ,  LinkedIn   & ...

Jess Hatzis and Bree Johnson are the masterminds behind Willow and Blake, and Frank Body. Frank Body started as an experimental project and quickly became a force to be reckoned with, now valued at over $100 million. Learn how Frank Body's groundbreaking branding strategy and social media tactics helped it rise to the top of the beauty industry. But the success of Frank Body isn't only about its p...

With Stake , Australia's leading investing platform, I'm excited to share the third episode of 'Going Public' - a new monthly series giving you unique access to the entrepreneurs, founders and executives who've taken their business public. Richard White is the founder and CEO of WiseTech Global (ASX: WTC) , an Australian tech success story providing leading logistics management software globally....

Stripe is a financial technology company that provides payment processing software and infrastructure for online transactions. The company's core business is to enable businesses to accept and manage payments online. Karl Durrance is a seasoned professional with a wealth of experience in IT and leadership. He is currently responsible for overseeing Stripe's operations in Australia and New Zealand,...

Girls Get Off is a female sex toy brand that normalises female pleasure founded by Viv Conway and Jo Cummins in 2020.  The business goal is to be fun, relatable, and safe and to normalise buying sex toys. Girls Get Off has taken off, growing a huge online presence with their social content, including “Sunday confessions”, where they share anonymous sex confessions from their more than 70,000...

Maurice Werdegar has been an important figure in Silicon Valley since the 1990s. With his extensive background, including serving as the Chairman at Western Technology Investment (WTI) and his prior roles as a Venture Partner at Outlook Ventures and Chief Investment Officer at MetaMarkets, Maurice brings a wealth of experience to the table. He is not just an investor but a part of tech history, ha...

This is a bonus episode with leading economist Stephen Koukoulas and Mark Bouris.  It’s that time again when leading economist Stephen Koukoulas bring you a bonus episode in the lead-up to the November 2023 RBA announcement.  Visit https://yhomeloans.com.au/property-insights/ to learn more. Join the Facebook Group. Follow Mark Bouris on  Instagram ,  LinkedIn   &  YouTube .   See omnystudio.co...

Gary Smith is the CEO of B Corporation, BioPak, an award-winning, global leader in compostable single-use packaging that provides innovative, plant-based alternatives to food service plastics and helps businesses work towards a circular economy. In the infancy of BioPak, interest in sustainably sourced, compostable foodservice packaging was very low.   In over a decade, BioPak has disrupted an ind...

With Stake , Australia's leading investing platform, I'm excited to share the third episode of 'Going Public' - a new monthly series giving you unique access to the entrepreneurs, founders and executives who've taken their business public. Oleg Vornik is the CEO and Managing Director of DroneShield (ASX: DRO) , an Australian and U.S. publicly listed company providing C-UAS (counter-drone) protecti...

Raquel Bouris was the visionary entrepreneur who defied scepticism to create a thriving unisex perfume brand valued at $20 million. At just 23 years old, Raquel boldly invested $12,000 into her dream of establishing a genderless fragrance business.  The unisex perfume brand has redefined modern femininity and masculinity. With its meteoric rise, Who Is Elijah's unisex fragrances are now available...

MATE is Australia's largest independently owned telco, with a 100% sales growth since its conception in 2015. Mark Fazio, General Manager of Sales and Marketing and his twin brother, David Fazio, CEO of MATE , started as a two-person show in their aunty's backyard in Western Sydney. Mark's experience in sales and marketing spans 19 years in leading technology and entertainment companies, including...

How important is the Hunter to Australia?  Established in 2002, the Hunter Innovation Festival began as an associated event of The Australian Innovation Festival, a national event that showcased Australian innovation. The festival has evolved and grown since 2002. Still, at its core, it remains a collaboration that brings together people from throughout the community to meet, be inspired, learn an...

Blair James, leading entrepreneur and founder of billion-dollar industry leader Bondi Sands,  on his new venture,  Growth Bomb , with Hamish Buckley, Co-founder and serial entrepreneur. The fastest-growing pharmaceutical brand in Australia, Growth Bomb is made from a natural ingredient, Yerba Mate, sourced directly from the Amazon Jungle - primarily used in energy drinks.   The business has grown...

Mingle Seasoning founder Jordyn Evans launched the business in 2016, starting with a $40,000 investment of her savings. Two years later, the company was part of the first Australian Chobani Incubator Program. Jordyn wanted her brand to be fun, have natural ingredients, speak to a younger audience, have personality and stand out on the shelf.    The brand is stocked in 2,500 Coles and Woolworths st...

This is a bonus episode with leading economist Stephen Koukoulas and Mark Bouris.  It’s that time again when leading economist Stephen Koukoulas bring you a bonus episode in the lead-up to the October 2023 RBA announcement.  Visit https://yhomeloans.com.au/property-insights/ to learn more. Join the Facebook Group. Follow Mark Bouris on  Instagram ,  LinkedIn   &  YouTube .   See omnystudio.com...

Colin Daniels is the Managing Director of one of the most anticipated events in Sydney, South By South West (SXSW). This is the first time the world's largest creative content community conference has been exported outside of its original home of Texas and transported to the other side of the world. Alongside the Expo, networking parties, activations, music, games and screen festivals, the SXSW Sy...

With Stake , Australia's leading investing platform, I'm excited to share the second episode of 'Going Public' - a new monthly series giving you unique access to the entrepreneurs, founders and executives who've taken their business public. Joseph Healy is the co-founder & CEO of Aussie challenger bank Judo Bank (ASX: JDO) , focused on small-to-medium enterprises that've been left behind on se...

Anaita Sarkar founded Hero Packaging , an online home-compostable packaging company.   What started as a solution for her previous business, where she was using enormous amounts of plastic to ship her products, is now a global company that has sold over 20 million compostable mailers to businesses.  Anaita discusses the genesis of Hero Packaging , her eco-conscious venture that aims to replace pla...