Next Generation Innovators Podcast

Health and fitness powerhouse Laura Henshaw is one half of the dynamic duo Keep It Cleaner. Keep It Cleaner (KIC) is a lifestyle brand that aims to takes the guess work out of exercise, healthy eating and general wellbeing. Together with model Steph Claire Smith, Laura has beauty a huge global community, an app, a range of food products and thousands of loyal followers. In her spare time, she’s also chipping away at a law degree and through her alignment with AIA Vitality, she also shares her passion for health and wellness with Australian women.

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Kate Morris was just 21-years-old when she started Australia’s first online beauty line, Adore Beauty from her Melbourne garage in 1999. She was way ahead of the pack. Starting off with a $12,000 loan, Adore Beauty is now a thriving multimillion-dollar company. In this conversation, Kate shares the challenges she’s overcome.

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Founder of Wink Models and theright.fit, Taryn Williams is an A-grade disrupter. She started her modelling agency Wink Models at age 21, and has now taken on the tech world with her platform theright.fit – connecting brands with creative talent. Taryn is one of Australia’s most celebrated tech entrepreneurs with more awards than you could poke a stick at, including the 2017 B&T Women in Media tech leader and the 2018 Mumbrella Award for innovation for theright.fit. 

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Bassike was born on Sydney’s northern beaches in 2006, created with vision to create adaptable, sustainable and timeless everyday pieces. Their classic bassike soft t-shirt has now become a cult hit across the globe. Everything about Deborah Sams makes you want to Marie Kondo your life. It is that steady approach to business that has allowed bassike to thrive in tough retain markets.  

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Meggie Palmer is a journalist by trade, covering stories and producing long-form investigations for media outlets around the world. But one defining moment set her on a very different path. Meggie is now on a mission to close the gender pay gap with her first app, PepTalkHer. PepTalkHer has a specific goal in mind, to get you a pay rise.

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Former aerial skier Alisa Camplin became a household name in Australia when she won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics. It was Australia’s second ever Winter Olympics gold. When she competed in the Games she did so against doctor’s advice because she’d fractured both ankles in training just two weeks earlier. This mental fortitude has driven Alisa through every chapter of her life, from the ski fields, to deep personal loss and most recently to through the world of business. 

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SWEAT co-founder and Australian fitness entrepreneur Kayla Itsines. Even if you are mildly interested in fitness you’ve surely heard of Kayla. Her signature workout the Bikini Body Guide (or BBG) has amassed over 30 million followers around the world. What started as a simple downloadable PDF guide to her 28-minute routines has evolved into a multimillion-dollar tech business. Today Kayla and her partner/co-founder Toby are believed to be worth around half a billion dollars. Find out how this humble, down-to-earth, self-confessed homebody took her business from an Adelaide backyard to the top of the tech world as Apple’s largest grossing fitness app.

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Christy Laurence is the founder and CEO of Plann, a multi-award winning social media strategy app which aims to supercharge your Instagram account by offering a suite of scheduling, analytics and tools. It helps business owners and bloggers measure the results of their post. Christy was working in advertising, when her world changed after experiencing a serious health scare which led her to resign from the full-time job she loved. Making it through her illness prompted Christy to tap into her creative side and eventually to the idea for Plann. When she set to launch the app, Christy didn’t let the fact she’d never worked in tech and had no budget stand in her way. Plann has now been downloaded by more than one million people in more than 150 countries.  

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In 2016 former co-workers Pip Edwards and Claire Tregoning hatched a plan to address a hole in the active wear market. The result was P.E NATION; A street-meets-sportswear offering which has now expanded to include extremely technical active wear, nostalgic 90’s streetwear, performance snow gear, accessories, fashion denim and now, a basics range. Co-founder Pip Edwards started her fashion career in PR and Design for Ksubi, before landing her Senior Creative and Accessories Designer role at Sass & Bide (where she met Claire).  She's now made a mark, utilising her own name sake initials and retro-tomboy style, to launch P.E Nation with international stockists including Net-A-Porter, Selfridges and Lane Crawford She’s also secured invaluable endorsements from Kardashians and actor Margot Robbie.

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