September 21, 2017

10: Inspiring Leader Anthony Yap – Director, Good Price Pharmacy

29 minutes

This podcast features Anthony Yap, Managing Director at Good Price Pharmacy Franchising. At 23 years old he saved up $50,000 between three jobs and raised enough capital to buy his first pharmacy. He worked across all roles in the business from pharmacy assistant, warehouse coordinator, stock controller, manager, the pharmacist in charge, and everything else in between. By doing everything from the ground up there was complete accountability for success and it set up really good processes and procedures.

“The biggest career changing moment was when a competitor opened up 2 doors down from us, 2 weeks before we were set to open our third store. They gave us the ultimatum of closing down or they would spend $3million to put our business in the ground. That was the career defining moment as it made us improve faster than we ever would have done in any other situation. We knew from then we could compete nationally”. – Anthony Yap

This podcast explores Anthony’s sheer persistence in taking a business from conception to a $300 million chain of pharmacies.

Shaun McCambridge – Inspirational Leaders Podcast

Shaun McCambridge is the Managing Director of Stellar Recruitment, a devoted husband and father to four spritely children. Shaun created the Inspirational Leaders series to inspire emerging leaders and to shine a light on what it takes to be an inspirational leader.

Brisbane, Australia

Pharmacy

Nudgee College

Malaysia

Good Price Pharmacy Warehouse

Setting up sound procedures and processes before expanding

Passion, persistence and people

Empower people

Steady growth

Reflection points

Equity partner

Create an environment that people want to work in