The Next Step

In this episode of The Next Step, I speak with Greg Green, director of Single Trail Capital. We focus a lot of the conversation around the search phase and shed some light on what it's actually like to be in the trenches of conducting a search, what things need to be considered, and what might not turn out the way you want? Throughout this episode, Greg shares some great insights into what he has...

Enrique Chamorro is passionate about the search fund model. Before learning about search fund, Enrique was a full-time private equity lawyer. He heard about search through his friend and client and fell in love with the concept, thinking it was the best example of a win-win partnership and became an investor right away. In this episode of The Next Step Podcast, I talk with Enrique about the Spanis...

Shownotes: · 01:28 –Andrew talks about his background and career in international development and how he comes to meet the search fund model and build a partnership in South Africa. · 4:50 –Pete and Andrew talk about how search fund focuses on the people and the talent, also talks about the other process such as reverse search and building capabilities. · 9:26 –Pete and Andrew talk about how searc...

Nick Bamford is the Managing Director of SRO Technology. SRO is actually one of my own companies (that I purchased as a self-funded searcher many years ago) so it's really exciting to be able to interview Nick and let him share some of the backstory on how he began as a searcher himself, what led him to join SRO Technology, and his learnings from the process. In this podcast, Nick and I talk about...

Jake Nicholson is considered one of the leading figures in regards to Search Funds in the current generation. He’s been in the field for more than a decade and has a reputation globally for being one of the real experts in the search fund, entrepreneurship through acquisition and all things related to that community. Together with Insead professor Mr. Timothy Bovard, they built and run the world’s...

Hi everyone and welcome back to The Next Step Podcast. In this season, season two, I'm going to be focusing on search. About 10 years ago now I left corporate life to acquire my first business in partnership with my good friend Iain Morris. Over the last 10 years I've acquired four more. I've done three tours of duty as a CEO of those businesses. We've exited two of them and sold down partial stak...

In this final episode of the season, I chat with Paul Taylor, principal consultant at Catalyst6 Consulting, leadership expert, and someone who I've known for some time. Paul has played a positive part in my own development as a leader and communicator, and in today's podcast, he shares some fascinating insights into what makes a leader influential and how we can all become better leaders in our in...

In this episode, I talk with Ush Dhanak, a thought leader in the EQ space. Ush helps business owners and leaders become more self-aware and resilient, by enabling them to bridge the gap between knowing and doing, whilst removing the fear of success which leads to higher emotional intelligence. I learned a lot in this interview, and I'm sure you will too.

In this episode, I caught up with Zoe Ether, Smart City & Community Commentator, Speaker, Smart Regions Advocate and Podcaster. Zoe shared some of her fascinating journey, including how she came to be a smart city advocate and practitioner and some of the practical steps she had to take on her personal journey

In this episode, I chat with Prati A Bhatt, the founder at Connecting Consciousness. What I find fascinating about Prati is how she came from the corporate and developed a successful career there, but then transitioned out to focus on meditation. With more and more organisations embracing meditation as a tool to help employees with their wellbeing and also their productivity and clarity, Prati's s...

In this episode, I share an experience I had recently around building a backyard campfire and the lessons it taught me in regards to starting a company and the process to be mindful of as you attempt to grow it into a sustainable business. A short episode that will give you some key insights on the startup steps in business.

In this episode I chat with Tiaan Dreyer, co-founder and CEO of Knose Pet Care. I met Tiaan about 7 years ago when we were both working as senior leaders in a larger corporate. Since then we have both transitioned into starting up our own businesses. In this episode we unpack the steps that Tiaan took in his journey from Corporate to Startup.

In this episode, I chat with Bec Rowe, a corporate wellness specialist and also one of the most influential content creators on Linkedin, recently acknowledged by Linkedin as one of the most viewed profiles on their platform. Bec shares her story and offers some great insights into the importance of wellness in the workplace and some practical steps on how to improve the well-being of your workfor...

In this episode I talk with Jayde Vincent, a TikTok star with over 1.2 million followers on the app. Jayde has also become a leading voice on TikTok on the Linkedin platform, helping businesses understand TikTok and how they can leverage it to build their business brands. I very informative podcast that will help you get a better overview of TikTok and if it's right for your brand.

In this episode, I chat with Sam Devlin, co-founder of The Footnotes, a media platform revolutionising career and post schooling study recommendations with a digital careers program used in 400+ schools in Australia. Sam shares her insights on how to breakdown into actionable steps what kind of career would really suit you. She also shares about her own entrepreneurial journey and some of the less...

In this episode, I talk with Alicia McKay. Alicia is an expert in strategy, change, and public leadership. Having spent most of her career in the government sector, Alisha shared some insightful reflections on the process of 'change' and why innovation shouldn't be put into its own little box and isolated team but needs to be viewed as part of BAU that everyone takes personal responsibility for. A...

In this episode, I caught up with Mike Hayes. I met Mike a few decades ago when we were both beach volleyball enthusiasts. Since that time Mike has been a professional Ironman, competed at the highest level in several other sports, and is also one of the best executive recruiters in the country. Mike and I talk about the cross over between sports and business, and the common attributes you need in...

In this episode, I talk with Gillian Mulholland; podcaster, Confidence Coach and professional musician. Gill shared her own story of personal transformation and why she is now so passionate to help others also grow in their confidence and live the kind of life that aligns with their biggest passions and purpose. This is a fun conversation with lots of great insights. Enjoy!

In this episode I talk with Amanda Steele, Executive Managing Director at CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm. I worked with Amanda in a previous company, Stockland, where we worked on getting stakeholder engagement on many initiatives. In this episode, Amanda shares some amazing stories of how she has continued to be a pioneer for sustainability and other worthy initiat...

In this episode, I chat with Ram Castillo, the founder of Giant Thinkers (amongst other creative and ambitious projects and initiatives.) Ram shares his approach to redefining what you want to do in life, what you want to contribute, and a process you can follow to help you create that future starting today. Great interview. Great guy!

This is a fascinating interview with Guy Herbert, Risk Futurist at Atlassian. Guy and I discuss some of the key elements of what makes Atlassian such a high performing company. He literally opens up their playbook and shares generously the way they work and the processes behind ensuring their culture remains safe, strong, and productive.

In this episode I talk with Olympic Gold Medalist, Kerri Pottharst. This is a very insightful podcast with some great stories and inspiration around leaning into your full potential and getting yourself and your mindset working in alignment toward your success.

In this episode I chat with Michael Lane, Managing Director of Success Resources Australia. The day after this episode was recorded, Michael and his team brought Tony Robbins to over 8000 people in Sydney for what would be a life changing 4 days. We talk about this and more in the episode.

In this episode I chat with Andrew Murray and Don Holdsworth, who are both members of my team at Alpin Advisory. We discuss the 3 Horizons framework that McKinsey & Company developed, and how it applies to businesses of any size. Don was a partner at Mckinsey around the time the framework was developed and brings first hand insights into why it was created. Together with Andrew they explain ho...

In this episode I interviewed Wes Hall, CEO and founder of TOMORROW Super. Wes has built a superannuation company disrupting what remains a traditional industry. Wes shares what steps he took in the build up to launching his startup.