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Apr 4, 2020 • 47min

COVID-19 SPECIAL, Virus Expert Prof Dominic Dwyer on how doctors are Building a Battle Campaign to beat this Germ War; and How we can help

Highly experienced virus & infectious diseases specialist Professor Dominic Dwyer who’s working on the frontline at Westmead Hospital, talks plainly about where we are at with COVID-19, & what are the crucial weapons in the fight to diagnose, treat and stop the spread of this virus & disease, that ALL of us in the community MUST engage in, & what he is worried about. Prof Dwyer also explodes some of the Internet myths & tips on exactly what kills the virus. Calm, knowledgeable and ultimately optimistic, take a listen.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Mar 29, 2020 • 41min

In Part 2, Buildcorp's Tony & Josephine Sukkar reckon full transparency with their 350 employees builds trust, as well as buildings!

How entrepreneurial Tony & Josephine Sukkar’s hands-on approach to everything -- from interviewing every cadet to negotiating massive building contracts – built their empire. But it also boosted their ability to agitate for gender equality and changen not only on building sites but in one of our oldest sports, Rugby Union! Hear how Josephine was instrumental in pushing rugby to establish the Women’s competition, Super W!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Mar 22, 2020 • 41min

Buildcorp founders Tony & Josephine Sukkar forged an empire out of adversity: a former employer's corporate collapse helped build their resilience & teamwork, foundation stone of their future success.

Fleeing civil war in Lebanon as a teen, while protecting his younger siblings, made Tony Sukkar AM resilient and ready for any crisis, later forging a construction empire out of his former employer’s corporate collapse.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Mar 15, 2020 • 11min

BREAKOUT

Entrepreneurial Fund Manager Geoff Wilson AO, founder & CIO of Wilson Asset Management, on Being a Maverick, Outspoken ShareholderSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Mar 8, 2020 • 40min

Wilson Asset Management - Geoff Wilson AO, Founder, Chair & Chief Investment Officer

“Fundie” whizz Geoff Wilson bet big to back his financial judgement at just under 40 years of age: HOW he took his life savings of $500,000 & turned them into a massive business investing and growing other people’s money. 21 years later he now has $3.5 billion in funds under management. And find out just how much of a factor in that success was running a book on the Caulfield Cup, as a schoolboy?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Mar 1, 2020 • 44min

Ginger & Smart fashion brand - Alexandra Smart, Co-Founder

How being retrenched pushed entrepreneurial Alexandra Smart to create a start-up fashion label with her sister, that grew into Ginger & Smart, a high-end designer brand & retail business, now sold around Australia and the world. “We thought, if we work this hard, and kill ourselves for someone else, let’s do it for ourselves.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 23, 2020 • 28min

In Part 2, "Rogue child" Tech Entrepreneur Michael Cameron reckons he's a "bit unemployable"! The Rome2rio Co-founder on HOW he Created a "Cockroach"!

In Part 2 of Helen’s chat with travel website Rome2rio’s co-founder, Michael Cameron, he details HOW he turned his simple frustration into an idea then into concrete reality, disrupting online travel along the way and building a globally reknowned website business, in less than a decade; a shining example of an Aussie start-up that now claims a staggering 18 million unique visitors per MONTH. It was recently sold for $40million!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 16, 2020 • 25min

Rome2rio Co-founder Michael Cameron Dumped the Dream Job and Built a Global Travel Website Juggernaut from a Simple Idea

In Part 1, How self-described tech nerd Michael Cameron and his mate, co-founder Bernie Tschirren transformed their travel frustrations into a multi-million dollar business. And this humble idea was built up, from scratch, in Michael's folks' living room in suburban Melbourne, to become the massive global travel disruptor and innovator, Rome2rio.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 9, 2020 • 22min

Entrepreneur Gerry Harvey admits to massive Mistakes

Billionaire Gerry Harvey admits to massive Fails; and how he runs a true gender-equal life and leadership team with wife & CEO Katie Page; and the absolute key to building a businessSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Feb 2, 2020 • 30min

Gerry Harvey's Personal Demons Drive Him To Success.

How billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey built not one, but two business empires out of the ashes of a traumatic family twist of fate in childhood.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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