9 to Survive

“Unless you’re really committed to the idea… don’t do it for the sake of doing it” - CRIBZ is a platform whose mission is to help real estate teams build enjoyable and transparent experiences for their online prospects.

Founded in 2018, CRIBZ partners with large real estate brands who care about their brand and buyer experience by providing enriching lead data.

“It’s a people led business… you’re selling people to people”. - Co-Founders Chris Almond and James Jennings created Sourcr to help bridge the gap between recruiters and businesses.

In this episode, Chris explains how a data-driven platform like Sourcr helps bring recruiters into the 21st century.

“When you have tunnel vision, you’re comfortable because you can see the line of progression” - In 2016, Emma Green founded Your CEO Mentor with her father, and mentor, Martin Moore, to help give CEOs the resources they need in order to be great leaders.

In this week’s episode, Emma explains how Your CEO Mentor teaches skills that you won’t find in any business school, and how being a better leader boosts all aspects of business!

“You might be committed… but if you don’t know where your purpose is, then burnout happens” - Luke Cook is the Founder & CEO of FUNLOCKA, an app designed to deliver personalised employee rewards in a fun and easy way!

In this episode of 9 To Survive, Luke shares his reasons behind his urge to establish FUNLOCKA, his experience in Radio as Lightning Luke, and to make employees happy!

“There are so many paths you can take your business down” - Alex Solo is the co-founder of sprintlaw. A law tech startup aiming to make the law side of running a business easy. Essentially a law firm that operates entirely online. 

In this episode of 9 To Survive, Alex shares his reasons why he started sprintlaw, his experience of selling his first business straight of our university and how he navigates his journey as a budding co-founder.

“Take your time, and take your time to be knowledgable” - Louise Elia is the Founder & Creative Director of Eliya The Label. An Australian fashion brand that started in Louise small home office. 

Louise is a true example of starting from the bottom and growing her brand out of passion and commitment. In this episode of 9 to Survive, Louise touches on remaining true to yourself and staying knowledgable as a business owner. She also talks about influencer marketing and how that drives the business and why she lets her staff have as much creative freedom as they want.

“Success for me is doing what I love” - Caroline Lepron is the founder of Skoutli,  an online platform where influencers, producers and content creators can source and hire different locations to produce content by the hour, by the room. 

Caroline has a very strong passion for helping female founders and believes there needs to be more of them in the world. In today’s episode of 9 to Survive she touches on her journey as an entrepreneur, her purpose, the importance of equality for female founders and how she balances a young family with the startup life.

“Every individual thrives in a different environment” - Steve Fanale is the co-founder of Yello. A last-mile delivery service that is committed to helping businesses distribute their goods to consumers and also providing couriers with an opportunity to build their own business. 

Steve is no stranger to the entrepreneur life. In fact, this is the 6th business that he has started. In this episode, Steve shares his experience with running his previous businesses, how to create a healthy work culture and what it takes to be a great leader. 

“I find that if you have a backup, you subconsciously become comfortable if you had a job to fall back onto. Where is when things hit the fan [by not having any backup], I find the only way to get through it is to move forward” - Matt Hinds is the co-founder of AgCrowd. An investment platform that gives you the opportunity to invest in startups creating a global impact in agriculture and energy.

Hear about Matt’s early journey into entrepreneurship when he was only in Year 6 to where he is now as the co-founder of a growing startup. He talks about having only one path to go through, the misconceptions of owning your own business and the importance of taking a break because that’s where you grow your creativity. 

“It’s about having the courage and giving it a go” - Michael Buggy is the CEO of Yegal. A platform for law firms and professional service companies to get in touch with paralegals. 

Yegal is bootstrapped and continues to be until this day. In 2016, Michael founded Yegal and has built a network of more than 300 paralegals across Sydney, Perth and Melbourne. 

In this episode, Michael talks about the changing shift in the law industry, how to build courage for building a business and how it’s important to have the right people around to support you. 

“Even though your product is awesome, people still need to understand what you do” - Steven Hui is the CEO of iFlyFlat. He’s been dubbed the “Points Whisperer” and has helped many SMEs around Australia utilise their credit card points to fly business class around the world. 

In today’s world where content rules the game, being unique and interesting is key to being successful in the business world. Steve takes the time to talk to us about how iFlyFlat came to the surface, how PR has helped drive the clients into the business rather than the old fashioned method of outbound selling and he also talks about why having a product that your customers understand is essential.

“You can never underestimate how hard it’s going to be” - Zoe explains the challenges of starting your own business and discovering the costs that come with taking your own solo road to entrepreneurship. 

Zoe Bojanac is the CEO of wRIGHT LAW ILP, a legal co-op that has offices in Balmain and Bowral. Zoe also is the co-founder of a co-working space, Coywolf Coworking. 

In this episode, she tells her story of why she decided to start her own law firm, the challenges she faced and also the hardships she experienced when she co-founded her coworking space, Coywolf Coworking. 

“The expressway to suffering is comparison” In today’s episode we speak to Constantine Georgiou who has successfully built his own business, sold it and then helped over 300 other entrepreneurs start their own. 

He talks about the importance of building resilience, what burnout looks like, why saying no is important and facing adversity as a founder to survive the challenging journey of running your business.

Constantine was the CEO of Velteo, a leading customer engagement consultancy, before successfully selling the business. Since then, he’s been involved in many entrepreneur incubator sessions (managing over 300 startups) and since co-founded The Founder Lab. A platform where they help founders through peer support groups and bootcamps to become great leaders and business owners. He currently is the head of Venture Capital for Venture Crowd.

In our first episode, we speak to Ben Stokes, the founder of Social Table.

“I realised my friends were starting to have children, and instead of Saturday night dinners, we were meeting in the park on Sunday mornings” - This is when the idea of Social Table was born. 

Ben Stokes is the founder and CEO of Social Table. A concept of beating social isolation by bringing people together, one meal at a time.

He shares his challenges of starting Social Table, his learnings and journey as a founder and where he sees the business grow in the future. Listen in to hear Ben’s journey as a first-time business owner. 

Running your own business can be quite daunting and scary. We're here to show you how to face those fears and help you build your dream today. We listen to the innovators, the game-changers, and the thought leaders who built their startups from the ground up, hear what makes them tick, how they've overcome their own barriers, and be inspired to take your own leap of faith and ignite your passion for business. Listen to a fresh new episode every week and be inspired to take the leap of faith.

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