This week I am excited to introduce you to Natasha Johnston from Drought Angels, the founder of a charity organisation based in Chinchilla a small town in the heart of the Western Downs region. I first met Tash when I was running a WiRE Bootcamp for Women in Regional Rural and Remote Queensland in Chinchilla a few years ago. Drought Angels have certainly grown since then and I am grateful to Tash for joining us today to share her story of how she has turned her idea into reality.

This week's Startup Lesson is about Customer types and in particular the Early Adopter.

Bonus - Announcing our new Flair Incubator

Links mentioned in this episode:

Drought Angels https://www.droughtangels.org.au/

The Glennie School https://www.glennie.qld.edu.au/

Chinchilla https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchilla,_Queensland

Flair Incubator https://canvascoworking.com.au/flair/

Contact Us:

Canvas Coworking https://canvascoworking.com.au/

or find us on FB https://www.facebook.com/canvascoworking/

Startup Toowoomba https://startuptoowoomba.com.au/

or find us on FB https://www.facebook.com/startuptoowoomba/

Get in touch with our host, Joy Taylor via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/joymtaylor/

I am excited to have my first co-founder guests on today's show, Wendy Allen and Helen Reynolds from Stored Naturally. Wendy has been a member of Canvas Coworking from almost the very beginning, with Helen coming along a few years ago. One of the things I love most about being involved with Canvas Coworking, is seeing connections made at our events blossom into something...and it warms my heart to know that Wendy and Helen met at one of our social events. They were also inspiration in the creation of this podcast, as they kept me on task during the Start Your Own Podcast course that we all completed together recently, and their podcast, Gutsy Matters has also launched to the world...all while running their other businesses as well

In this week's Startup Lesson we extend the thoughts of why start, to how to end. Beginning with the end in mind can help you make decisions that better align with your vision.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Stored Naturally https://www.storednaturally.com/

Gutsy Matters https://pod.link/gutsymatters/

Alice Mabin Photographer https://almabin.com/

Ask An Expert - Intellectual Property & Trademarks https://canvascoworking.com.au/product/mentor-in-the-house-intellectual-property-trademarks-patents/

Contact Us:

Canvas Coworking https://canvascoworking.com.au/

or find us on FB https://www.facebook.com/canvascoworking/

Startup Toowoomba https://startuptoowoomba.com.au/

or find us on FB https://www.facebook.com/startuptoowoomba/

Get in touch with our host, Joy Taylor via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/joymtaylor/

I am delighted to have Suzanne Holden from Icon Adventures on the show today...

Suzanne has been part of our Canvas Coworking community for a few years having participated in one of our bootcamp programs with her idea for local walks which has since evolved into Happy Hikers Toowoomba.. .however today we will be learning more about her journey of bringing Icon Adventures to it's current reality.

This week's Startup Lesson is about 'Why'

Links mentioned in this episode:

Icon Adventures https://www.iconadventures.com.au/

Happy Hikers Toowoomba https://www.facebook.com/groups/happyhikerstoowoomba/

Contact Us:

Canvas Coworking https://canvascoworking.com.au/

or find us on FB https://www.facebook.com/canvascoworking/

Startup Toowoomba https://startuptoowoomba.com.au/

or find us on FB https://www.facebook.com/startuptoowoomba/

Get in touch with our host, Joy Taylor via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/joymtaylor/

I must admit, today was one of my tougher interviews considering how well I know my guest.

David Masefield is the founder of shedblog.com.au is also my partner and the President of Canvas Coworking...so it was hard not to add to some of his answers myself.

However, we have managed to survive 5 years in business together and this interview, so we are doing okay...

David's story is a great one for anyone who has an idea to take their existing bricks and mortar business in a slightly different direction and online...

This week's Startup Lesson is all about talking, and why it is important to talk about the problem to learn as much as you can before you start talking about your idea for a solution.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Shedblog https://shedblog.com.au/

Lean Canvas https://leanstack.com/leancanvas

Contact Us:

Canvas Coworking https://canvascoworking.com.au/

or find us on FB https://www.facebook.com/canvascoworking/

Startup Toowoomba https://startuptoowoomba.com.au/

or find us on FB https://www.facebook.com/startuptoowoomba/

Get in touch with our host, Joy Taylor via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/joymtaylor/

I am excited to introduce you to Ellen Ronalds Keene on this our first episode of Ideas Into Reality.

Ellen has been an integral part of our Canvas Coworking community as both an active member, coworker, program participant and until recently our association Secretary.

As the founder of Self Care for Teachers and host of the Teacher Wellbeing podcast, Ellen understands the value of community and the importance of individuals contributing to make the whole stronger.

This podcast itself has become a reality, thanks to Ellen giving her time and energy to create and facilitate the Start Your Own Podcast course that I participated in during the last couple of months.

Her story includes some interesting twists and plenty of learnings that I am sure you will benefit from as she shares her hindsight reflections.

Our Startup Lesson for this week is all about the value of using a Validation Board.

Links mentioned in this episode:

Self Care for Teachers website https://www.selfcareforteachers.com.au/

Teacher Wellbeing Podcast https://pod.link/teacherwellbeing

PERK Digital https://www.facebook.com/perkdig/

Lean Startup Machine - Validation Board https://www.leanstartupmachine.com/validationboard/

Contact Us:

Canvas Coworking https://canvascoworking.com.au/

or find us on FB https://www.facebook.com/canvascoworking/

Startup Toowoomba https://startuptoowoomba.com.au/

or find us on FB https://www.facebook.com/startuptoowoomba/

Get in touch with our host, Joy Taylor via LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/joymtaylor/

Welcome to Ideas Into Reality, a podcast to inspire everyone to take action to turn their ideas into reality, no matter what experience they have, where they live or who they think they are right now.