Inspiring Greatness

Aimee Engelmann has established herself in Australia, but has refused to restrict her business’ growth by expanding operations to the Philippines. She is the CEO and founder of BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) which had a biblical 3849% revenue increase within its first year.

Engelmann is also the winner of the 2015 Young Entrepreneur Trail Blazer Award and her efforts and success has made it into many media streams such as the Business News Australia, Courier Mail and Microsoft.com just to name a few.

Also guest-writing for Blue Wire Media Blog and the Entrepreneurs Organisation, Engelmann does not show any signs of slowing down, with having just sold her marketing company to a private equity firm.

Scott Macdonald is the president of both Noise Solutions Inc., a world leader in innovative environmental and occupational noise and emission control, and BOSS Buildings & structure, a single source contracting solution for all of your structural needs. In 1997 Scott co-founded Noise Solutions, setting out to revolutionise the way that industrial noise analysis and noise suppression was done. In 2002 Scott took over the management of a manufacturing facility that was and facing financial difficulties. Now “BOSS Buildings & Structure”, Scott’s management helped the company to increase revenues by over 100%, with the company showing profits for the first time in 8 years.  Scott has been recognised for his entrepreneurial achievements as: A Western finalist for the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2003); Alberta Winner for the BDC Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2005); Calgary Chamber of Commerce Young Entrepreneur of the Year (2006); and Regional Finalist – Deloitte 50 Best Managed Companies (2008). Scott has also been the Canadian Regional Learning Director of the Entrepreneurs' Organization, as well as the Calgary Chapter President.

Today episode where we will talk about the importance of focus and getting everyone moving towards the same vivid vision or painted picture. We will share Cameron Herold’s tips and examples of some really cool vivid visions to help you create one for your company. Creating a visual display of what you want actually does bring it to life. It is proven what we focus on develops. When you create a vision board and place it in a space where you see it often, you end up doing short visualization exercises several times a day.

As well as being part of the Global Entrepreneurs Organisation, Sue Hrib became the CEO and founder of Signum Group in 1994. Since then the company leads in the integration of Oracle applications, namely Oracle EAM. Her efforts have landed her in the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in America three times since 2008.

20+ years experience has shaped an expertise surrounding effective enterprise resource planning, deployment and strategy. Sue also partakes in executive consulting in implementing, managing and integrating maintenance and asset managing applications.

She is on the board of the Carter Centre as well as an advisory board member of the Women’s Leadership Exchange. Sue serves on the committee board too with Usher’s New Look, and is also a mentor to some of the many students that are involved with the program.

Today, we will talk about 5 very important tips for start-up Entrepreneurs plus lessons learned from entrepreneur of +20 years (that’s me your host Shelley Rogers.  Lastly, you will hear a short audio snippet from a Ted Talk that has had more than 27 Million views on YouTube.  Make sure you listen to the end to get our free resource which is 50-best-startup-tools & Resources for 2016/

Since innovating retail concepts with Calgary – Canada, Shashi Behl has revolutionised the retail industry. Focusing on niche markets, Behl’s company ‘Twisted Goods’ sells original and unique goods. Since then, Behl has opened ‘Joy Drop’ another niche retail which deals exclusively in jewellery and accessories with the same unique edge.

Winner of the 2013 Retailer of the Year Award from the Canadian Gift Association, Behl’s strong ambitions for the future means an exciting time for niche retail.

Welcome to Golden nugget Friday episode where we will be talking about the opportunities, risks and steps involved in taking your business global.  Lastly we will highlight a VERY successful private company here in Australia who expanded globally.  Yes the very popular Lorna Jane… They design and manufacture activewear and sportswear for women.  In 2014 Revenue recorded $166.2 Million According to the company’s report to the Australian Securities and Investment Commission.  They now have 215 stores globally + stockists in 54 countries and soon to be in 100 Nordstrom locations across USA. Lorna Jane was quoted saying. “We’re going from fishing in a pond, which is basically the Australian market, to the opportunity of fishing in the ocean. We believe we can double our profits over the next three years."

After representing Australia in rowing, Justin Sires decided to integrate in passion for sport into the emerging of commuter accessibility. Founding “PFL Spaces”, a project designed to incorporate cyclists and walkers and jogger’s lifestyles into corporate buildings.

The project has since expanded worldwide with the state-of-the-art facilities now in London and Portland, America to just name a few.

In this episode, Sires discusses how his lifestyle out of work contributes heavily to his entrepreneurial success, and how to learn to trust your gut when faced with the hundreds of tough decisions one if faced with on day-to-day basis.

Welcome to Golden nugget Friday episode where we will share the importance of following your instincts, hear Megan Schwab’s Ted Talk on the importance of listening to your own voice and lastly review 3 steps to help YOU MAKE INTUITIVE DECISIONS.