On this episode of Hear Me ROAR, we sit down with Olga Abeysekera, a powerhouse in higher education, professional pathways, management consulting and business development.With deep experience helping people and organisations unlock progress, Olga brings a sharp lens to learning, growth, career direction and continuous improvement. Through her work with Dr Progress, she is helping people move from uncertainty to clarity, and from potential to real momentum.This conversation is about more than education. It is about backing yourself, building pathways, staying curious and creating progress with purpose.Pull up a seat. This one is full of wisdom, energy and real-world perspective.Connect With Olga:https://www.linkedin.com/in/olga-abeysekera-9889441b4/ Connect With Kate:https://www.linkedin.com/in/katesavebefitfood/ Connect With Tobi:https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiskovron/ Show Links:drprogress.com.au https://befitfood.com.au/ https://cubes.co/

Olympian. Snowboard athlete. Speaker. Founder. Absolute powerhouse.

Steph Prem joins Kate and Tobi on the Hear Me Roar podcast for a high-energy conversation packed with grit, growth, resilience and a whole lot of fun.

From carving up the snow to rebuilding, reinventing and backing herself through every chapter, Steph brings the kind of energy that makes you want to stand taller, move faster and stop playing small.

In this episode, Kate and Tobi unpack Steph’s journey as an elite athlete, the mindset behind high performance, the lessons that come from setbacks, and what it really takes to keep showing up when life throws you off balance.

It’s honest, inspiring, funny and seriously motivating.

Hit play, buckle in, and get ready to hear Steph Prem roar.

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Connect With Steph:

https://www.instagram.com/stephhickey___/ 

Connect With Kate:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katesavebefitfood/ 

Connect With Tobi:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiskovron/ 

Show Links:

https://befitfood.com.au/ 

https://cubes.co/ 

What happens when cashflow stops being a handbrake and starts becoming rocket fuel?This week on Hear Me Roar, Kate and Tobi sit down with Rael Ross, Founder, CEO and Executive Director of Butn Ltd (ASX: BTN), one of Australia and New Zealand’s leading fintech funding platforms.Butn is changing the way businesses access capital by making funding faster, simpler and more deeply integrated into the platforms they already use. Since 2015, Butn has processed over $2.5 billion in funding, helping businesses unlock finance, invoices, purchases and commissions with speed and transparency.In this episode, Rael unpacks what it takes to build a fintech in a highly competitive market, why instant and secure cashflow can completely shift a business’s ability to grow, and how embedded finance is helping B2B marketplaces deliver more value to their customers.Sharp insights. Big founder energy. Real lessons from the front line of fintech...

Connect With Rael:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rael-ross-butn-fintech/ 

Connect With Kate:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katesavebefitfood/ 

Connect With Tobi:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiskovron/ 

Show Links:

https://www.butn.co/ 

https://befitfood.com.au/ 

https://cubes.co/ 

The biggest shift in market power right now is not subtle.

From mid-May to mid-June, the global tech story has been clear:

AI is racing to Wall Street.

SpaceX hit the public markets in what’s being called the largest IPO in history.

Anthropic, the team behind Claude, raised serious capital at a near $1 trillion valuation and filed to go public.

OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, has also filed for IPO, setting the stage for another monster public market event.

For 20 years we talked about FAANG.

Facebook. Amazon. Apple. Netflix. Google.

That era has changed.

The new watchlist might be MANGOS:

Meta. Anthropic. Nvidia. Google. OpenAI. SpaceX.

Different players. Bigger markets. Faster cycles.

And while the global capital machine is moving at rocket speed, there’s plenty happening closer to home too:

• Ordermentum secured $55m led by Five V
• Zip settled its trademark dispute and will remain Zip in Australia
• Goterra entered voluntary administration after being unable to secure the capital needed to scale
• Labor’s CGT challenges are getting louder, with tech leaders including Scott Farquhar and Canva’s co-founders weighing in
• Advance VC hit its $15m target in under a year
• HESTA backed Synthesis Capital, a new $70m venture fund chasing medtech winners

And then there’s search.

Google Search is changing dramatically.

The familiar blue links we’ve known for 25 years are being pushed further down the field as AI-powered answers move front and centre.

That means SEO is no longer just about ranking.

It’s about being understood, trusted, cited, and surfaced inside intelligent search experiences.

The takeaway?

Capital is chasing AI.

Markets are rewarding scale.

Local founders still need resilient funding pathways.

And every business relying on digital discovery needs to rethink how it shows up.

The game has changed.

Now the scoreboard is changing with it.

Connect With Gavin:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/gavinappel/ 

Connect With Tobi:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiskovron/ 

Show Links:

https://www.ignitionlane.com/ 

https://cubes.co/ 

This might be the funniest episode of Hear Me Roar yet, with Tobi nearly falling off his chair in fits of laughter.Jordana joins Kate and Tobi to unpack how we communicate, connect and build trust, and why public speaking does not need to feel like public suffering.With a career spanning journalism, stand-up comedy, radio, mentalism, keynote speaking and executive coaching, Jordana knows how to command a room. She has trained more than 2,500 leaders to replace presentation anxiety with confidence, presence and genuine connection.This conversation is packed with humour, sharp insights, unexpected moments and practical lessons for anyone who has ever dreaded having all eyes on them.Can Jordana make you fall in love with public speaking?Press play and find out...Connect With Jordana:https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanaborensztajn/ Connect With Kate:https://www.linkedin.com/in/katesavebefitfood/ Connect With Tobi:https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiskovron/ Show Links:https://jordanab.com.au/ https://befitfood.com.au/ https://cubes.co/

Martha Kourt joins Kate and Tobi on Hear Me Roar for a powerful conversation about building success without losing yourself in the process.As the creator of Happy Healthy Hustle, Martha brings a grounded, real-world lens to entrepreneurship, motherhood, mindset and mentoring. After building businesses, raising two daughters and navigating her own health and life challenges, she discovered that true success is not built on hustle alone.It needs three pillars - happiness, health and hustle.In this episode, Martha shares how to set boundaries, protect your energy, back yourself, build sustainable habits and create momentum towards a life, career or business that feels aligned, energising and fulfilling.Because success should add to your life - not consume it.Connect With Martha:https://www.linkedin.com/in/martha-kourtidou-boda/ Connect With Kate:https://www.linkedin.com/in/katesavebefitfood/ Connect With Tobi:https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiskovron/ Show Links:https://www.marthakourt.com/ https://befitfood.com.au/ https://cubes.co/

Australia is changing - and not everyone is keeping up.On this episode of Hear Me ROAR, Tobi and Kate sit down with Paul Dimech, a business and tax adviser with more than 25 years of hands-on experience helping business owners build, protect, and grow their wealth.

They go deep on the issues hitting Australian business owners right now:

• The CGT debate in AustraliaGovernment spending and its impact on inflation
• The shock of a 47% tax outcome landing almost overnight
• Why business owners feel punished for taking risk
• How policy decisions are changing the way people invest, build, hire, and grow
• Why Australians are working harder, but feeling worse off

Paul brings commercial insight, tax expertise, and real-world perspective to a conversation that every founder, investor, and business owner should be paying attention to.

This is not theory.

This is what is happening on the ground.

If you run a business, own assets, employ people, or care about the future of Australia - this episode is worth your time.

Connect With Paul:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-dimech-a5776228/

Connect With Kate:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katesavebefitfood/

Connect With Tobi:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiskovron/

Show Links:

https://www.kingandwhittle.com.au/

https://befitfood.com.au/

https://cubes.co/

Some people don’t just build careers.

They build conviction.

It was a privilege to welcome Di Gillett to the Hear Me ROAR podcast with Kate and Tobi.

Di has spent more than 30 years inside boardrooms, luxury houses, private equity ventures and ASX-listed environments, helping organisations make the leadership decisions that shape culture, performance and growth.

She has interviewed thousands of executives, founded and scaled Agora Partners, led senior search practices, and helped place the kind of leaders who move businesses forward.

But what makes Di powerful is not just her corporate rigour.

It’s what she has chosen to do with it.

Through Power Of Women, Di has created a platform that amplifies women’s voices through storytelling, mentoring and community. With 90+ podcast episodes featuring Olympians, entrepreneurs, global thinkers, academics, media leaders and changemakers, she is proving that visibility matters - and reinvention has no expiry date.

This conversation was about leadership, resilience, visibility, reinvention and the courage to keep backing yourself.

Di is sharp, generous, deeply experienced and, as Alison Cork MBE put it, “an absolute force of nature.”

Couldn’t agree more.

This episode is for anyone who believes talent matters, but alignment, culture and purpose are what truly build momentum.

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Connect With Di:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/di-gillett-power-of-women/ 

Connect With Kate:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katesavebefitfood/ 

Connect With Tobi:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiskovron/ 

Show Links:

https://powerofwomen.com.au/ 

https://befitfood.com.au/ 

https://cubes.co/ 

This Month In Venture with Gavin and I are back - and the market is moving fast 💨Like always we unpack the biggest stories shaping venture, startups, small business, capital, tech and the global innovation economy.Locally, we cover:Federal Budget, proposed CGT changes and the founder backlashCut Through Venture Q1 data showing $1.8B invested across 81 deals and 26 accelerator roundsSide Stage Ventures securing $40M for its second fundAirtree Partner Elicia McDonald stepping into the CEO roleJosh Frydenberg joining Airwallex as a formal adviserCatch Group brothers looking to revive Click FrenzyZip Co losing its High Court trademark disputeFishburners entering voluntary administrationAtlassian stock soaring after strong cloud and data centre growthUber Australia revenue jumping to $14.5BGlobally, we cover:Google’s huge VC wins across Anthropic and SpaceXNVIDIA marching past US$5TGoogle overtaking Apple in market valueApple, Microsoft and Amazon in the Big Tech raceAnthropic’s growth and SpaceX compute partnershipSpaceX’s rumoured IPOxAI’s future inside the broader SpaceX ecosystemlastminute.com.au closing after 25 yearsAsk Jeeves LLC marking the end of another dot-com eraMoney. People. Meltdowns. Obsessions. Big bets.That’s venture. That’s business. That’s the month that was.Watch This Month In Venture 📺👇

If your leadership team is just coasting, your business is standing still.

On the latest episode of the Hear Me Roar podcast, Kate and Tobi sat down with Matt Galt to break down exactly what it takes to transition a business from survival mode to high-impact growth.

Matt brings over 25 years of hard-earned experience across startups, small businesses, and large enterprise environments. He has seen it all, but his true sweet spot? Helping investor-backed companies and their boards build healthy, bulletproof leadership teams that deliver real-world momentum.

When he is not in the boardroom steering high-growth companies, you will find him out on the water surfing, meditating, or cracking dad jokes with his two kids.

We cut straight through the fluff to look at what actually moves the needle for business owners today.

• The Growth Bottleneck: Growth fails when the founder refuses to step back. True scale requires a leadership team that can run without you.

• Investor-Backed Pressure: Boards want performance, but teams need health. Navigating that tension is where the real work happens.

• The Double Win: Building a great business should never come at the expense of living a better life. Alignment starts at the top.

If you are a business owner navigating the messy phases of scale, this conversation is your blueprint.

Connect With Matt:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-galt-57950412/ 

Connect With Kate:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/katesavebefitfood/ 

Connect With Tobi:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiskovron/ 

Show Links:

https://befitfood.com.au/ 

https://cubes.co/