Carly Shamgar is the co-founder of Shouta – a first-of-its-kind micro gifting platform. Shouta enables individuals and businesses to ‘shout’ gifts easily, quickly, and in a fun way through an app. In this episode, Carly shares her journey, how she came up with the idea and then successfully launched the business. Listen to the end to get tips around launching a business, how to screen and work well with a co-founder as well as finding the balance between work and life.

Today we’re are speaking with one of the most renowned PGA golf coaches in Australia, Richard Woodhouse.

Over the past 19 years, Richard has forged his path to the top of the professional golf industry, with his unrelenting work ethic and selfless commitment to his students. Notably, Richard was recognised in being named as 2013, 2015, and 2019 Queensland State Teacher of the Year and in 2016 and 2020, PGA of Australia National Teacher of the Year.

Richard will discuss his journey with us, along with his daily habits which have helped to create his many successes.

Today we’re speaking with Rebecca Veksler who founded Sol Cups. They sell reusable coffee cups and water bottles – they’re 100% hand-blown glass, sustainable, environmentally friendly, and chemical-free. The products are high quality and Rebecca is now expanding into other product lines following her success. Sol Cups started in 2016 and within the first 2 financial years became one of the top 4 reusable cup companies globally.

Rebecca is an absolute go-getter, having started the business from scratch whilst taking on other projects at the same time.

Stay tuned and find out how Rebecca went from chronic illness and burnout in a different industry to where she is now. Through this journey Rebecca has learned many valuable lessons which we’re about to delve into – we cover life lessons, passions, finding your Why, and starting a business.

https://www.solcups.com

Today we’re speaking with Ben Walker who founded Inspire (Inspire) which is one of Australia’s most progressive Accounting businesses. Inspire has challenged the ‘status quo’ in the Accounting space since 2013 with their approach to delivering proactive value to their clients in an industry that is typically reactive in nature.

Stay tuned as Ben is going to share with us how he started the Inspire business from scratch and grew it to the powerhouse that it is today, how he manages to juggle speaking events, receive countless professional awards, remain engaged in philanthropic endeavours and balance his young family along the way.

Today we’re speaking with Ivan Bresic who co founded Sydney’s leading real estate agency BresicWhitney.  Ivan started in real estate at age 18 and then grew the firm to have multiple offices and well over 100 staff.  Ivan has achieved great success along the way and is now sharing his journey, challenges he’s faced and valuable lessons for success and life. 

Today we’re speaking with Ben Handsaker, better known as ‘ABSTACKER’. Abstacker is famously known in Sydney, not for his countless physical or professional achievements in the health and fitness space, but for his mental attitude, positive mindset, and willingness to motivate and inspire those around him. When he is not mastering excellence in his physical pursuits which include running and swimming marathons, to obtaining his pro card as a WBFF fitness model, Abstacker can be found at Beach Fit Bondi imparting his knowledge and expertise to his many clients or donning his Crocodile Dundee hat and micro-dosing LSD and mushrooms in the jungle. Abstacker was not always sporting the ripped physique and mindset that he is famous for today, and through this episode he will provide insight as to how he turned his life around and continues to push human limits on a day to day basis. He will also share the secrets to his daily success, morning routine and mindset to master each day and make it better than the last.

Today we’re speaking with Peta Shulman who founded GoodnessMe which is Australia’s leading health food sampling service. They offer a monthly delivered box filled with healthy packaged foods and have an online wholefoods store with thousands of healthy choices. Peta started GoodnessMe after going through a difficult health journey and has grown the business from scratch to the successful venture it is today. Along the way, she’s won and been nominated for business awards, amassed over 150,000 social media followers, and is on a mission to get people excited about eating well and nourishing their bodies. Peta’s story is inspiring and she’s going to share her journey, what she’s learned along the way, health tips and much more.

Peta is offering listeners 10% off their first GoodnessMe order using the code – GETLEVELLEDUP. Check out GoodnessMe – www.goodnessme.com.au

Today we’re speaking with Jack Slade who founded Bosshunting which is one of Australia’s largest lifestyle publishers.

Stay tuned as Jack is going to share how he started the business from scratch, grew it to have millions of website views and a massive social media following, crazy adventures he’s had along the way, and then lessons from the journey so far.

Check out bosshunting.com.au 

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