Scaling Up: Lessons From The World's Best CEOs and Founders
TDM Growth Partners
“Scaling Up” is a podcast that tells the scaling stories of great growth companies from around the world, as experienced by their founders and CEOs.
With the aim of inspiring and educating the next generation of entrepreneurs, as well as helping current business leaders, this podcast series hopes to give insight into what it takes to scale a business to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
Hosted by Ed Cowan and supported by TDM Growth Partners.
With the aim of inspiring and educating the next generation of entrepreneurs, as well as helping current business leaders, this podcast series hopes to give insight into what it takes to scale a business to hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue.
Hosted by Ed Cowan and supported by TDM Growth Partners.
Episodes
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Nov 12, 2019 • 45min
Art Meets Science with ROKT's Bruce Buchanan [S1.E2]
Unknown to many, Bruce is one of Australia’s great entrepreneurs. As CEO, he scaled Jetstar to Asia’s largest low-cost carrier and then he co-founded ROKT, a global marketing technology business with over $100m in revenue that is growing rapidly. Bruce has seen everything from start-up land to billions in revenue and so he is a great person to give insight into many of the key issues and pain points that all successful entrepreneurs face in their journey; scaling teams, raising money, founder transition and the need for pragmatic leadership are just a sample of the topics covered in this episode.
Bruce is so intellectually curious and a true high performer. This is an episode for those who find inspiration from hearing from someone who is currently at the absolute top of their game.
Nov 1, 2019 • 45min
Taking on McDonald's with Guzman y Gomez's Steven Marks [S1.E1]
Steven Marks is the founder and global CEO of Guzman y Gomez – Australia’s fastest-growing quick-service restaurant.
Steven’s inspirational story is one of someone who has seen the full spectrum of both success and setback. His passion for his brand is undoubtedly palpable. The lessons Steven has learned on leadership while fighting the challenges of scaling a business of this complexity make for an incredibly interesting discussion. All delivered with the high energy Steven Marks has become known for, this episode is a must-listen for anyone with even just an inkling of entrepreneurial spirit.
Nov 1, 2019 • 2min
Prologue: A Welcome to Scaling Up
"Scaling Up" is a new podcast series, hosted by Ed Cowan.
Scaling a business is hard. Very few succeed to even navigate their way through startup land, and many that do hit a wall at some stage. Some companies though, find a way to continue to grow year on year, and in doing so become incredibly successful and durable businesses.
This podcast is on a mission to discover the secret sauce of these successful Australian founders and CEOs, with the purpose to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs.
We hope you enjoy listening to some of Australia’s best and brightest give an insight into their success.
