Catching Up With CUB

Daniel catches up with Daniel Breese, Director at AS White Global. With 7 offices across 4 countries, employing 1200 staff, ASW offers premium offshore solutions that can take your business to the next level.

Daniel & Dan speak about the most important know-how around offshoring, discussing how to grow, manage & integrate an offshore team to become an invaluable asset to your business.

Daniel catches up with Charles Canning-Smith, Partner at Ballpark Ventures. Investing in early stage technology startups, the UK born venture capital firm recently saw its biggest success with the unicorn exit of fashion marketplace Depop, selling for 1.6 billion USD.

Daniel and Charles discuss the key factors to look for when investing including characteristics of the right team behind a business, 'change waves' in the market and lastly a promising product.

Daniel catches up with George Dib, Founder & CEO of Amfin. With a strong focus on customer experience, the fin-tech business founded only four years ago experienced rapid growth over the past 12 months, now employing over 30 staff with a second office opening soon.

Daniel and George talk about customer experience as the core of a strong company, maintaining a family like culture in your team and discuss how building a business based on your passion is a fundamental part to your success.

Daniel catches up with Gareth Krost, Director at Krost Business Furniture. Founded in the 1930s, the family business was passed on through generations. Being Australian manufactured and by adapting to market changes over time, today Krost is one of Australia's leading commercial furniture providers.

Daniel and Gareth talk about the challenges and advantages of running a family business, discuss how to stay relevant over the years and the importance of constantly evolving company operations and systems.

Daniel catches up with Hussein Sheeth, Managing Director of Sheeth. Founding the boutique construction firm with his brother in 2017, Hussein and his team are setting an example in the construction industry by delivering outstanding service built around strong values across NSW, ACT, VIC & QLD.

Daniel and Hussein speak about how to deliver services that stand out from the competition, how strong values will ensure client & team retention and discuss valuable tools that enable you to achieve your company's goals and vision.

Daniel catches up with Kirsten Carriol, CEO of Lanolips. After 10 years of running a successful beauty PR agency, Kirsten decided to start her own skin care company with Lanolips, building a global beauty empire which products can now be found in all major cosmetic retailers around the world.

Daniel and Kirsten discuss creating a product trusted by generations, the gravity of persistence and speak about how Kirsten turned her memories of humble farm beginnings into an international beauty mega-brand.

Daniel catches up with Simon Cohen, CEO of Cohen Handler and the highest grossing buyer's agent in the country. Starring in Amazon hit TV-series 'Luxe Listings', Simon puts Sydney's property market on the world map in a new era of real estate in Australia.

Daniel and Simon talk about the experience of filming 'Luxe Listings' and the impact the show has on Sydney's property market. They discuss the future of Australian Real Estate, building a strong team and review the key qualities of ideal investment properties.

Daniel catches up with Carla Efstratiou, Owner of Stylehub and Gone Tomorrow Vintage. Starting her first business at only 22, Carla now runs two thriving fashion retailers, with a couple of stores in Sydney and booming online shops.

Daniel and Carla speak about finding your brand's point of difference, the courage to take risks and discuss why you shouldn't wait for your business ideas to be 'perfect' in order to start.

In this special episode, Daniel catches up with Adrian Hondros, CEO of Porter Davis, speaking about Adrian's first hand experience in New York on September 11th, 2001.

On the event's 20th anniversary, Daniel and Adrian review the day that was going to change the course of a nation and discuss the learnings we can all take from it, such as leadership and communication in times of crisis, focusing on things we can control and how adversity should never stop you from what you want to do in life.

Daniel catches up with Fred Schebesta, Co-Founder of award-winning fintech company Finder. By growing the comparison website & money app 'Finder' to global success and launching several businesses along the way, Fred made the AFR Young Rich List in 2019 with a net worth of about $250 million.

Daniel & Fred speak about the current rise & future of Crypto currency and discuss the principles by which he lives to reach his ultimate potential & that helped him build a global empire worth half a billion dollars.