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Chew the Fat

Tristan Sternson: Turning a $42M Buyback into a $290M Business Success

Aug 5, 2024
56:26

šŸŽ™ļø Welcome to "Chew the Fat," where real business insights meet real-world success stories.

Join Frank in this episode as he chats with one of Australia’s ultimate business moguls, Tristan Sternson. At 17, a near-death experience left Tristan with not only physical scars but also a profound mental breakdown that changed his life forever. This competitive triathlete turned serial entrepreneur has since amassed a significant fortune.

In 2009, Tristan founded InfoReady, a data and analytics business, and sold it in 2016 for $36 million. But here’s where it gets wild — Tristan bought back the company for $42 million, recognising its untapped potential. Within just 3 years, he transformed the business and sold it again for a staggering $290 million.

What took the company from $42 million to $290 million in just 3 YEARS? Listen in to find out how!

In this podcast, Frank & Tristan discuss the below topics:

- Becoming an Athlete

- Cheating Death

- Fourth Child Resilience

- Going into Business & Taking Risks

- Startup Success whilst at Uni

- Building & Selling Businesses 

- The Top 3 Lessons Learned

- Leadership & Culture

- The Future of Tech vs People

- Biohacking & Cryotherapy

Get ready for some incredible insights on strategic thinking, the power of resilience, embracing risks repeatedly, and creating core teams for life. Don’t miss this episode!


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The ā€œChew the Fatā€ Series is part of Frank’s Journey to raise $1million dollars for charity by producing a cookbook called ā€˜Eat with Purpose’ which is for high performing people who are time

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