Beating Around The Bush

Meet Zoe Lamont, a social enterprise founder and entrepreneur and all round fun girl with a seriously smart head on her shoulders. Zoe talks to us about starting out, getting in control of your finances and how to bring your passion and mission to your business.

Biloela is a 6000 strong rural town 120km west of Gladstone in Queensland. The hub of the Banana Shire and home to a diverse range of businesses. In this episode we speak with 4 of them about doing business in rural towns.

Jock Fairweather is the Founder of Little Tokyo Two. One of Queensland's most innovative entrepreneurs he has created a start up culture in South East Queensland that is growing by the minute. We chat to Jock about his entrepreneurial journey, tips for business and his take home message that there is nothing on the other side of fear.

Meet Sam Marwood, Co-Founder of startup Cultivate Farms that is challenging the way we think about farm finance. Cultivate Farms has created an equity crowdfunding platform launching new financial model for the purchasing of farms.

Fleur Anderson chats to Claire Dunne about the journey creating the new Graziher magazine and launching a business into a niche market. 

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This episode is proudly supported by Resource Consulting Services (RCS). RCS is a private extension service best known for delivering the longest running business school for agriculture - Grazing for Profit. For over 30 years they have worked with all sectors of our exciting industry providing education, advice, succession planning, benchmarking and professional development. Many clients have been quoted saying they would have lost their place or family years ago if it weren't for RCS. Taking a holistic approach they support producers in professional management of people, land, business and production systems. They are a people based business passionate about the future of agriculture & proud partners of the Rural Business Collective. 

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