“From Studying Accounting to Launching a Real Estate Business Empire Growing 400% Per Year”On Episode 81 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Moxin Reza, Founder and CEO of Investor Partner Group, that grew over 400% last financial year, increasing annual revenue to $800,000+ to become one of the fastest growing new businesses in Aust…

"From Working In Hotels to a Team of 50+ Cleaners and one of the FASTEST GROWING new businesses in Australia"On Episode 80 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Simone Tsigolis, Founder and Director of JetLag Remedy, that grew over 176% last financial year, increasing annual revenue to $1.74 million to become one of the fastest growing…

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 17 features Philipp Moehring, Co-Founder of Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company (Tiny), One of Europe's most active pre-Seed investor with 350+ investments. His portfolio includes companies such as Sorare, Synthesia, 11x.ai, Amie, Wayve and many more . Previ…

"Leaving An Executive Role in India to Start Fresh in Australia and Building a Multi-MILLION Dollar Cryogenics Business"On Episode 79 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Ashish Nanda, Managing Director & Founder of Acryo, which grew 119%+This madeACRYO, on the Financial Review list of 100 fastest growing new companies in Australia, o…

20Europe is a new series profiling European ecosystems. Each episode is a roundtable format featuring investors based in countries including Germany, France, UK, Sweden and more. Half of the show will focus on how these local ecosystems operate, with the other half focused the tech and venture landscape. For Episode 3, we profile the UK. I was join…

20Europe is a new series profiling European ecosystems. Each episode is a roundtable format featuring investors based in countries including Germany, France, UK, Sweden and more. Half of the show will focus on how these local ecosystems operate, with the other half focused the tech and venture landscape. For Episode 2, we profile France. I was join…

20Europe is a new series profiling European ecosystems. Each episode is a roundtable format featuring investors based in countries including Germany, France, UK, Sweden and more. Half of the show will focus on how these local ecosystems operate, with the other half focused more generally on the tech and venture landscape. For Episode 1, we profile …

"How ‘Kings of Neon’ is Going Global and Creating a $5 MILLION Per Year Neon Signage Business, Disrupting the Industry Buying Experience"On Episode 78 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Stephen Pastor, CEO & Founder of Kings of Neon, which grew 155%+ to do over $4.62 Million in annual revenue.This made KINGS OF NEON, on the Financia…

"From Undiagnosed ADHD and Leaving University Early to Starting $20 MILLION+ Per Year Engineering Company"On Episode 77 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Kimal Singh, Founder & CEO of NDE Solutions which grew 100%+ to do over $20 Million in annual revenue.This made NDE SOLUTIONS, on the Financial Review list of 100 fastest growing …

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 16 features Joakim Achren, angel investor & co-founder of Next Games, acquired by Netflix in 2022. Joakim also built Elite Game Developers, an online resource that helps entrepreneurs in starting their first games company. The newsletter and podcast have a com…

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 15 features Paul Forster, angel investor & co-founder and former CEO of Indeed, the #1 job search and recruitment service worldwide, now with 12k employees and $7bn in revenue. He holds an MBA from INSEAD and Master’s degrees from Cambridge & Oxford Universiti…

"From Working at Night Clubs & Odd Jobs to Starting One of The Fastest Growing New Recruitment Businesses in Australia, and Expanding to New York City"On Episode 76 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Tom Woods, Director of Woods & CO, which grew 128%+ to do over $4.50 Million in annual revenue.This made Woods & Co, on the Financial …

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 14 features Finn Murphy, angel investor & previously a Partner at Frontline Ventures, where he made 24 fund investments and 8 angel investments in his 4 and half year tenure. In that time, he has seen 3 companies through to exit with Workvivo selling to Zoom, …

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 13 features Marc McCabe, angel investor & solo GP of Nomad Capital, a seed stage fund focused on B2B software and marketplaces. Prior to starting Nomad, Marc worked at Google, SV Angel and was an early employee at Airbnb where he led numerous projects includin…

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 12 features Steve O'Hear, CEO and Founder of strategic communications agency, O'Hear & Co, and an executive at Zapp. Previously, Steve spent over 15 years as a technology and business journalist, including more than 10 years reporting for TechCrunch, covering …

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 11 features Mark Cummins, a 2x exited founder and long-time angel investor. He was the CEO and Co-Founder of computer vision company Plink, which became Google's first ever UK acquisition back in 2010. He then went on to co-found Pointy, a retail search compan…

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 10 features Jens Lapinski, one Europe's most active angel investors. He is the Founding Partner of Angel Invest, an angel fund which has invested in 100+ companies. Formally, he was an MD at Techstars, Partner at Forward Labs (now Forward Partners) and co-foun…

"From Being Unable to Join the Air Force Due to a Medical to Growing an Online Eyelash Extension Training Business 1000%+ Per Year to Seven Figures"On Episode 75 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Aaron Miles, Co-Founder of IsLash Boutique, which grew 1000%+ to do over $1.31 Million in annual revenue.This made IsLash Boutqiue, on th…

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 9 features Roxanne Varza, Director of Station F, the world's largest startup campus, located in Paris. She is also an angel investor, Sequoia Scout and previously had roles at Techcrunch and Microsoft. Some of her angel investments include Figures, Claap, Folk…

"From Trying Marine Biology and Professional Tennis to Creating the Fastest Growing Start Up Recruitment Business in Australia, with Global Offices"On Episode 74 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Steve Grace, CEO and Founder of The Nudge Group, which grew 135% to do over $2.6 Million in annual revenue.This made The Nudge Group, on …

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 8 features Johan Brand, Co-Founder of Kahoot!, a Norwegian online game-based learning platform that has raised over $500m, and as of July '23, is valued over $1.3bn. Johan is also the Co-Founder of We Are Human, which builds and invests in technology enabled c…

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 7 features Sarah Drinkwater, angel investor and Founder of Common Magic, an early stage fund backing products built with community at their core. Previously, she spent 15 years as an operator and angel investor in the European ecosystem with a focus on communi…

"How Working 1000+ Days Straight Led to Running the Fastest Growing New Property Management Company in Australia with 4000+ Properties Under Management"On Episode 73 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Jimmy Lim, Founder of AReal Property, which grew 159% to do over $5.5 Million in annual revenue.This made AReal Property, on the Fina…

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 6 features Andy Ayim MBE, angel investor and co-founder of The Angel Investing School, which has a vision to empower a new generation of angel investors. He has personally invested in over 12 startups such as Farmlend, Ava Estell and Whering. He is also an Ato…

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 5 features Matt Robinson, Co-Founder of Fintech Unicorn, GoCardless, and Co-Founder of Nested. He is also one of Europe's most prolific angel investors with over 200 investments. Some of the companies he’s backed include Permutive, Cleo, Codat, Hopin, Incident…

"From Working in a Small Suburban Tax Practice to Fortune 100s, Mexican Restaurants and Starting One of The FASTEST GROWING New Businesses in Australia"On Episode 72 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Ryan Barnes, Managing Partner of TWIYO Capital & Advisory, which grew 251% to do over $3,000,000 in annual revenue.This made TWIYO Ca…

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 4 features Joe Cross, Angel Investor and ex Head of Marketing & Comms at Wise (Transferwise). Joe is also part of the Atomico Angel Programme and his angel portfolio includes Bonnet, Lightyear, Gaia, Alloy, Julienne Bruno and many more. The format for 20Angel …

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 3 features Carmen Alfonso Rico, Angel Investor and Co-Founder of Cocoa Ventures, a European micro VC that invests $250k-$500k checks at pre-Seed & Seed. Cocoa positions itself as an entrepreneur’s in house VC, helping their founders hack the system from the in…

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 2 features Andreas Klinger, Founder of Remote Capital, a small fund by remote founders, operators and early investors, investing in the next generation of global work opportunities. Investments include Mainstreet, Remote.com, Hopin, Microacquire and many more.…

20Angel is a series profiling European angel investors with the best Founder NPS. Episode 1 features Henry de Zoete, Founder of YC backed Look After My Bills, which became the largest auto-switching service in the UK, saving families money on their gas and electricity. It was acquired by GoCo Group PLC (owners of GoCompare) in July 2019. Look After…

"From Hackathons in France to Starting One of the Fastest Growing Agencies in Australia, Being the Best at Designing Digital Products that Convert"On Episode 71 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Philippe Hong, Founder of Raw.Studio, which grew 102% to do over $1,710,000 in annual revenue.This made RAW.Studio, on the Financial Revie…

"From Dropping Out of High School to Running One of The Fastest Growing Buyer’s Agencies in Australia and Owning 40+ Properties"On Episode 70 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Sam Gordon, Director of Australian Property Scout, which grew 307% to do over $4,000,000 in annual revenue.This made Australian Property Scout, on the Financ…

"How Focusing on Ensuring People Actually Finish Their Studies Created a $2.6 Million Dollar Business for Two International Students in Australia"On Episode 69 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Darshan Chavan and Rejin Rajan, the Co-Founders of GetMyCourse, which grew 158% to do over $2,300,000 in annual revenue.This made GetMyCour…

"Running a $45 Million+ Annual Revenue Medical Recruitment Business, Managing Staff Shortages and Launching a Tech Business"On Episode 68 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Ryan Kevelighan, the Director of 1Medical, which grew 113% to do over $24,000,000 in annual revenue.This made 1Medical, on the Financial Review list of 100 faste…

"From Champion Martial Artist, Losing $1,000,000 TWICE to Building a 100+ Staff Salesforce Consultancy via 'Holacracy'​ Decentralised Management"On Episode 67 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Frank Cuiuli the CEO of 8Squad, which grew 103% to do over $17,020,000 in annual revenue.This made 8Squad, on the Financial Review list of 1…

"Turning a Toowoomba Family Business Into One of The Fastest Growing Businesses in Australia, with 1100+ Properties Under Management"On Episode 66 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Jacob Carlile and Greg Riehl, the Co-Directors of Hot Property, which grew 284% to do over $2,120,000 in annual revenue.This made Hot Property, on the F…

"From Cold Calling on the Gold Coast to Building The Fastest Growing Pay-Per-Lead Marketing Agency in Australia with $6.6 million in Annual Revenue"On Episode 65 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Reuben Scheckter, the Co-Founder and CEO of Leadify, which grew 114% to do over $6,610,000 in annual revenue.This made Leadify, on the Fi…

"From Running a Construction Crew in Canada to Building a $12 Million Per Year Recruitment Business in Australia, Tripling in Size Each Year"On Episode 64 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Tyler Swan, the Co-Founder of Clarrow, which grew 339% to do over $12,000,000 in annual revenue.This made Clarrow, on the Financial Review list …

"From Losing $100,000+ in his 20s, to Starting the Fastest Growing New Billboard Marketing Company in Australia"On Episode 63 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Luke Course, the Director of GAWK, which grew 95% to do over $2,300,000 in annual revenue.This made GAWK, on the Financial Review list of 100 fastest growing new companies i…

"Teaching Businesses Creative Problem Solving, Becoming One of The Fastest Growing New Businesses in Australia, After Two Decades in Radio"On Episode 62 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Wade Kingsley, the Founder of The Ideas Business, which grew to do over $500,000 in annual revenue.This made The Ideas Business, on the Financial …

“Launching a Zero-Alcohol Beer Brand While Simultaneously Running TWO of The Fastest Growing New Recruitment and IT Companies in Australia”On Episode 61 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with David Jackson, the Group Managing Director of S-Core Group, which grew to do over $5 million in annual revenue.This made S-Core Group, on the Fina…

"From Losing $750,000 to Building One of the Fastest Growing New Marketing Agencies in Australia and Aiming to Become a B Corp"On Episode 60 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Amber Bonney, the Founder and Head of Strategy at The Edison Agency, which grew 38% last year, to do over $2.6 million in annual revenue.This made The Edison …

"From Accountant to Running Pubs to Co-CEO of Fast Growth ASX Listed Personal Finance App Raiz [ASX - RZI]"On Episode 59 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Brendan Malone, the Joint Group CEO of Raiz Invest Limited, which grew 47% last year, to do over $13 million in annual revenue.This made Raiz Invest Limited, on the Financial Rev…

"Giving up a Professional Sports Dream to Start a $30 Million Per Year Logistics Company, with PEOPLE as their Competitive Advantage"On Episode 58 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Sean Crook, the Co-Founder and Director of Neolink which grew 91% last year, to do over $26 million in annual revenue.This made NeoLink, on the Financia…

"ZERO to $26 Million Annual Revenue in 36 Months and Becoming the THIRD Fastest Growing new Business in Australia"On Episode 57 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Brett Birkill, the Founder and Managing Director of Birkill Developments, which grew 286% last year, to do over $26 million in annual revenue.This made Birkill Development…

"From High School Dropout to Published Author Running the Fastest Growing Human Capital Management Company in Australia"On Episode 56 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Jarrod McGrath, the Founder and CEO of SmartWFM, which grew 61% last year, to do over $4 million in annual revenue.This made SmartWFM, on the Financial Review list o…

"From Being a Teenage Club Promoter to Starting One of The Fastest Growing New Plant Based Product Companies in Australia [ASX - LV1]"On Episode 55 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Ran Vaingold the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Live Verdure (ASX - LV1), which grew 77% last year, to do nearly $1 million in annual revenue.This…

"From Special Forces Commando to Re-Entering Civilian Life After 24 Years, and Creating One of the Fastest Growing New Property Companies in Australia"On Episode 54 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Robbie Turner, the Founder and Managing Director of Axon Property Group, which grew 69% last year. This made Axon Property Group, on t…

"Offering Her Staff a FOUR Day Work Week, While Building One of the Fastest Growing New Media Agencies in Australia"On Episode 53 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Marilla Akkermans, the Founder and Managing Director of Equality Media, which grew 129% last year, to do over $3.2 million in annual revenue.This made Equality Media, on…

"From Studying Philosophy and Astrophysics to Starting one of the Fastest Growing New Publicly Traded [ASX: WZR] FinTech Companies in Australia"On Episode 52 of the “Future of Australia” podcast, I speak with Anthony Nantes, the Founder and CEO of WISR [ASX:WZR], which grew 199% last year, to do over $27 million in annual revenue.This made WISR [AS…