Business Without Bullsh-t

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Michelle Kvello, Founder of Lantern Partners, a virtual CFO advisory firm where we talk more about the business's working principles how they operate. We also share stories about difficult client scenarios we've experienced and how they've been dealt with as well as discuss the current state Australia's startup community, labour shortages and immigration policies.BWB is powered by Oury Clark.

Meet Michelle Kvello, Founder of Lantern Partners, a CFO advisory firm with the objective of propelling fast-growing businesses to success. Named one of the top 50 women in accounting in 2021 by Ignition, and a finalist for CFO of the year 2022 (Australian Accounting Awards), Michelle is not only highly regarded in the Finance and CFO space, but she is also passionate about using her voice and her stories to support women in the industry, and support individuals moving from corporate roles into their consulting dream.Michelle's expertise lies in helping businesses understand and harness their financials. She contributes fundamental strategic and commercial finance advice and provides hands-on support to ensure businesses achieve their goals.Check out Michelle Kvello's recommendations:"How I Built This Podcast" by Guy Raz"The Lorraine Murphy Show" (Podcast)"Kermode and Mayo’s Take Podcast"BWB is powered by Oury Clark.

Part 5 of our New York Sessions is live! Recorded on location at the Beekham Hotel in Lower Manhattan, we spoke to Founders Lindsay Stewart & Brian McNeill about Stringr, their powerful remote video news gathering solution for broadcast and online journalism as well as their new product Iconik, a cloud-native solution that gathers and organizes media securely from any storage, alongside the usual Q&A chat in true BWB fashion ;)BWB is powered by Oury Clark.

Continuing our conversation with Neil Parker, FX Market Strategist at Natwest and all-round economy expert where we hear more about how he got to where he is today, his views on Brexit, his perspective on FX Markets and what he thinks is "Business" and "Not Business" in our Business vs. Bullshit quick fire round!BWB is powered by Oury Clark.

Meet Neil Parker, Director and FX Market Strategist at NatWest who joins us for a very special extended episode to discuss all things global economy, financial markets, inflation, interest rates and the Bank of England. An absolute must-listen for anyone wanting insight into what's really going on economically and clarity on how to navigate through such financially tumultuous times. Are the world's financial markets crumbling right in front of our eyes? will they ever recover or are witnessing an actual Economageddon? Pull up a chair, press play and brace yourself.BWB is powered by Oury Clark.

Welcome to part 4 of our New York Sessions! Recorded on location at the Beekham Hotel in Lower Manhattan, we spoke to Eric Smith, CEO of one of the longest standing reggae music labels, Easy Star Records about all things music, industry, British routes and New York Martinis ;)Check out Eric Smith's recommendations:"The Clash - London Calling" "The Rumour Podcast""Cloudsplitter" with Russell BanksBWB is powered by Oury Clark.

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with James Berg, Founder of Picaroons where we break it down and talk about what led James to starting the company as well as hearing about the origins of James's mindset which gave birth to the Picaroons ideology, company culture and realities of running his ship the way he does.BWB is powered by Oury Clark.

Joining us this week is James Berg, founder of Picaroons, a content creation agency.His experience as a digital insights expert and content strategist led him to working with the likes of Facebook, IBM, Philips, Samsung, SEAT, Booking.com, GSK, ESPN, Bupa and P&G.James is also a qualified business coach and published author. His book ‘104 Social Media Content Ideas To Increase Sales’ has helped over 3,000 businesses plan and implement their social media marketing. As a sought-after speaker James has educated over 2,000 SME’s, startups and charities on how to increase their sales, donations and leads online.A bright young mind with great chat!Check out James Berg's recommendations:"How To: Be More Pirate" with Sam Conniff"Oversubscribed" with Daniel PriestleyAnything from Aaron DraplinBWB is powered by Oury Clark

Welcome to part 3 of our New York Sessions! Recorded on location at the Beekham Hotel in Lower Manhattan, we spoke to Brand Developing experts Sandi Burrows and Ed Burstell about their career journeys and how they came to join forces and start their brand consultancy Burburs LLC.Sandi has guided brands like MAC Cosmetics, Aesop, L’Artisan Parfumeur, Serge Lutens, T. LeClerc, Byredo, Vilhelm Parfumerie (just to name a few) through their early years in the US and Ed has worked high profile roles in London and New York which includes running department store Liberty London.BWB is powered by Oury Clark.

This week's BWB Extra continues our conversation with Guy Haydon and Darren Gardner, Directors at Zaptec UK where we speak about all things Electric Vehicles as well as how Guy and Darren are approaching their recruitment process. They're building a new company culture with the aim of creating a fully modernised workplace where their employee's wellbeing is prioritised just as much as profit margins. BWB is powered by Oury Clark.