Catching Up With CUB

Daniel catches up with Riley Stewart, CEO of More Gym Members. At only 24 Riley has won multiple awards with his marketing agency MGM, owns five Gyms across Australia, founded service software 'eMGM' and launched his own supplement company with 'FUTUR3 LABS'.

Daniel and Riley share hacks on writing the perfect ad copy by relating to your audience and discuss the learnings and opportunities that came out of what was a challenging 2020.

Daniel catches up with Stephen Younane, CEO of Retail Prodigy Group. After heading multiple retail corporations, Steve decided to start RPG, becoming Australia's master franchise partner of brands such as Nike, Samsung & TOMS. RPG now owns 56 stores, employing over 700 staff across AU & NZ.

Daniel and Steve discuss what it takes to uphold a strong culture throughout a large corporation and review Steve's key learnings from partnering with strong brands like Nike.

Daniel catches up with Samuel Wood, CEO of Azura Runway & Azura Consulting. Azura connects retailers, designers & customers worldwide, partnering with 42 fashion marketplaces in 17 countries and has an estimate customer base of 100M. Daniel and Sam review the fascinating journey that led Sam from selling cars, to exporting coal and baby formula, all the way to running one of Australia's greatest fashion marketplaces and the opportunity in creating additional revenue streams through existing resources.

Daniel catches up with Amal Wakim & Jade Spooner, Co-Founders of Equalution. Creating a game-changing platform for weight-loss, Amal & Jade built a tech-business that turned into a multimillion-dollar empire within only five years - securing them a spot on this year's Forbes 30 Under 30 list.

Daniel, Amal & Jade speak about their experiences and the challenges that come with building a tech-company and review how they turned their passion into a market leader in the Australian weight-loss industry.

Daniel catches up with Allan Dall, CEO of The Glue. Going from a degree in the science of plants to running a successful IT-business, Allan and his team create and execute technology strategies and risk management for businesses across Australia and Asia-Pacific.

Daniel and Allan speak about the gaps in the technology service industry, pros and cons of running a business transparently and discuss different management styles.

Daniel catches up with Nicole Billett, Managing Director & CEO of Teddington Legal. After a 20 year career in strategy, sales and marketing, Nicole now runs TT Legal together with her husband Mark Gardiner since 2012.

Daniel and Nicole speak about running a business as a married couple, finding points of difference for yourself and your business and discuss authenticity in business.

Daniel catches up with Matt Browne, Managing Partner of Black Nova Group. Matt is a founder of one of 10 Australian start ups to ever experience Y combinator, Silicon Valley's top venture capital fund. After returning to Australia, Matt decided to deliver Aussie start ups a similar experience through his own venture capital fund, Black Nova Group. Daniel and Matt discuss effective defence strategies required to position your business as a category leader and review key factors to win over investors.

Daniel catches up with Karen Finch & Bianca Dowdell-Munro, the Owners of Legally Yours. Both coming from extensive entrepreneurial backgrounds, Karen & Bianca are now on a mission to innovate the legal industry, bringing fix-cost billing to the Australian Market.

Daniel, Karen & Bianca discuss the long overdue modernisation of law practice, their experiences in traditionally male-dominated industries and they talk about balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood.

Daniel catches up with Chris Christofi, Founder & CEO of Reventon. At 25, starting the business with $300k in debt, Chris since grew his finance company to a multi-award-winning firm with over $1b in sales and currently $700m under management, all while establishing a significant property portfolio.

Daniel and Chris discuss the traits of a winning mindset and how a relentless approach will lead your company to success by setting your business up even for the difficult times.

Daniel catches up with Nathan Taddeo, Chief Lending Officer at Finspo. After 5 years of running his multi-award-winning finance company Credo, Nathan decided to take his years of experience to fintech-business Finspo, joining their mission to help everyday Australians save money by building better banking habits.

Daniel and Nathan discuss the challenges and perks of joining the family business and they discuss what is often the enemy of industries but also opportunity for modern businesses - bad stigmas.