From Thousands To Millions

There is no denying entrepreneur and property developer Sam Bashiry's love of fast cars, and in particular, Ferrari's. So you can imagine there was plenty to speak about in Episode 11 with his guest Herbert Appleroth, former CEO of Ferrari Australasia.

Herbert Appleroth says cars have always been in his 'genes' and when the other boys at school were hanging pictures of female centrefolds on their bedroom walls, his entire room was covered in pictures of cars. In this episode he recalls one of his fondest memories as a young boy waking up early to ride to the local newsagency and help the owner open the bundle of magazines so he could get the freshest copy of Wheels magazine.

With more than 20 years of association with the Ferrari brand, Herbert stepped down as CEO in October 2019 to pursue a venture capital fund and philanthropic passions with the Appleroth Future Fund and The Appleroth Foundation. Herbert talks fondly about his time in the industry including stints in Japan and Italy where he says, 'friends became clients and clients became friends'.

Listen in to hear Sam and Herbert swap their car history (both coincidentally started out with a secondhand Mitsubishi), openly discuss career burnout and why, if you don't have passion and drive when you wake up each morning then, it's time to make a change.

Sam Bashiry sat down with good friend Nick McGrath, CEO of MoneyTech. Sam and Nick actually share the same building here in Melbourne and have never sat down to have a proper conversation and learn more about each other's story.

Nick begun his journey as IT support for multiple companies straight out of school, while struggling to find his path early in life while travelling and living around the world with his family. Nick went on sell small business loans with CBA with no experience and backing behind him but he loved the journey, passion behind the work he did. Building his way up the finance chain landing himself where he is now at MoneyTech.

Staying true to his roots, Nick has a strong passion for cars, especially his Holden VL which he bought at 21, sold a few years later however had such an emotional attachment to this car he bought back the exact same car of the person he sold the VL to 10 years later.

Episode 19 with Nick McGrath, CEO of MoneyTech

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Sam Bashiry sat down with good friend Nick McGrath, CEO of MoneyTech. Sam and Nick actually share the same building here in Melbourne and have never sat down to have a proper conversation and learn more about each other's story.

Nick began his journey as IT support for multiple companies straight out of school, while struggling to find his path early in life while travelling and living around the world with his family. Nick went on sell small business loans with CBA with no experience and backing behind him but he loved the journey, passion behind the work he did. Building his way up the finance chain landing himself where he is now at MoneyTech.

Staying true to his roots, Nick has a strong passion for cars, especially his Holden VL which he bought at 21, sold a few years later however had such an emotional attachment to this car he bought back the exact same car of the person he sold the VL to 10 years later.

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Sam Bashiry sat down with entrepreneur Shaun Byrnes, who began his career from nothing. Sam and Shaun talk all things from growing up in many cities around the world and finding school just wasn't for him.

Today, Mr. Byrnes has almost 100,000 followers on Instagram where he shares his journey on social media after founding a tech start-up in health and fitness called Shredded.

When Shaun was fifteen, he dropped out of high school and began working as a graphics designer. Within a year, Shaun was able to teach himself computer programming. By seventeen, he was already leading projects and engineering software for businesses in fields such as construction, maintenance, legal, e-commerce, wholesale and travel. This success in this industry gave him the freedom to travel the world in his early twenties.

After he spent some years traveling, and networking, he saw an opportunity to assert himself in the booming fitness market, which he was already heavily involved in. It was then, Shredded; a tech start-up in health and fitness, was created.

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Entrepreneur and gourmand Sam Bashiry has a laugh with friend and chef Adam D'Sylva

about growing up in multicultural Australia and how being terrible at school doesn't mean

you'll never be successful.

Melbourne-based Adam D'Sylva is a chef and restaurateur who heads up Coda, an Asian-

inspired tapas bar, and Tonka, a ghee-free Indian restaurant. Born to an Anglo-Indian father

and an Italian mother, Adam grew up in a multicultural family with a fusion of cuisines.

Despite "technically failing" at school, Adam worked his way from cleaning in his father's

butcher shop to becoming a kitchenhand at restaurants and hotels during his latter teen

years. He studied at TAFE and became Apprentice of the Year before training in Italy and

learning more about Asian cuisine. In 2007 he was named Young Chef of the Year.

Tune in to hear Sam and Adam talk about the hard work that goes into cooking and running

a restaurant for a living, how to teach kids the value of a dollar, and why you have to cook

for love, not fame. in Episode 8.

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Peter Tri is, without doubt, one of the most passionate and expressive individuals you'll ever meet. From starting his business life driving around his Ford Transit trying to scrape every dollar he could trying to sell his now famous 8 Food products. Peter was so embarrassed to park his old van in-front of customers shops that I would park down the street.

Trying to develop a strong foundation for his business but also providing for his family pushed him to work harder and harder, and developing this mindset set him up for ultimate success.

Peter went from zero to an 8 figure company, Top 10 condiment manufacturer in Australia and he is just getting started.

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Tony and Mick Folly are two Melbourne entrepreneurs who have over the last 8 years, created a social empire through multiple Instagram and Facebook pages. Using the leverage of these pages they have started many successful companies using the power of social media.

With over 1,100,000 Followers on their page @ecommerce_mentore and over 2,000,000 on @simplyshredded, Tony and Mick Folly have developed extensive relationships with like minded individuals from around the world.

Host Sam Bashiry talks cultivating entrepreneurialism, being a car lover and dealing with Iranian parents with his friend Alborz Fallah.

Alborz Fallah is the founder of CarAdvice, a car review site he started as a hobby in 2006 and sold to the Nine Network in 2016 for $35 million.

Before he started CarAdvice, Alborz had started and closed 16 businesses since the age of 12, ranging from writing content and selling ad space in the early days of the worldwide web to running an internet cafe. He talks to Sam about how it's often quicker and cheaper to try something and fail online than it is to do market analysis.

Listen to Sam and Alborz reminisce about their first cars, the cars that drive their success and the success that drives their cars in Episode 5.

Our guest today is Travis Grech, Sam Bashiry talks with Travis about his journey into the entertainment and club scene all over Australia, also how he ended up finding music and entertainment industry was the thing for him.

Travis Grech started his love for nightlife and music at the famous Chasers Nightclub in Melbourne, where he spent his weekends as a young 18 year old hustling for $2 per guest on his guest list. 4 years later he was promoted to run nights at Chasers, learning the ropes and what it took to run an incredibly successful club in Melbourne.

After sometime he made big waves into the entertainment scene, starting with 200 people crowds 20 years ago, now catering for over 20,000 people with Ultra, one of the largest electronic festivals in the world. We hear Travis' journey through these changes in his life and how it has just made him love the industry so much more.

Ultra Australia is this weekend make sure to get your tickets! 7th March in Sydney at Parramatta Park and 8th March at Flemington Racecourse.

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Sam Bashiry on how putting yourself out there encourages more opportunities to come your way with mobile barber AJ.

Combining a love of travel and his skills as a barber, AJ created CutsbyAJ, a mobile hair service that has attracted celebrity clients from music artist Nelly and actor Jason Momoa to athletes UFC fighter Jon Jones and tennis player Nick Kyrgios.

Growing up in New Zealand, AJ began his 'apprenticeship' in high school by clipping his friends' hair. Since then he has formalised his skills, moved to Australia and started his own business.

Hear about how AJ wrestled with his career as a barber and then found a way to make it work with his other passion - travel.