Small Business Banter

Chan Uoy and partner have made Dimboola home, they bought a 19th-century building and created a totally unique business - the Dimboola Imaginarium. Chan talks openly about what drove their treechange, adapting and embracing the exciting future ahead for their business, the town, and the greater Wimmera region.

Richard Thomas is an artist, environmental champion and co-founder of multiple businesses, including Wormlovers. All were built ground-up on environmental principles. Richard was shaped by early experiences living off the land and in this discussion openly shares his core personal values and richly diverse career, and how that directly shaped his approach to starting businesses.

Phil Meddings is co-owner or Director of successful businesses in the craft brewing industry. Phil discusses a hectic 10 last years and his successful approach to establishing new businesses, including in the USA, since leaving a secure professional career and joining the family business.

Ted Allender is a co-owner of ERA Nurseries. An expert in the Manuka Honey industry Ted gives us a fascinating insight into how this global industry started and most importantly, where it's headed and how Australia businesses can benefit.

Janet Bond cofounded www.wattleroad.com.au and wants to inspire and make it easier for people and families to make a treechange or seachange. She sees the current rejuvenation of the regions really as the rejuvenation of people and their lives, and living in a way that perhaps we've always dreamed of.

Karen Lebsanft is the CEO and cofounder of Kurrajong Kitchen, bakers of traditional lavosh flatbread. She knows how vital small businesses are to families and communities and builds this understanding into her ongoing mission to being the 'vegemite of the biscuit isle'.

Les Watson aka The Time Lord talks time management and personal productivity. Les is a specialist and shares his best advice on building a trusted system to help you achieve more in less time.

Marnie Roberts from winegrapes.com.au  is a winemaker, and champion of the cooperative ownership model. She talks about the advantages and practicalities of operating as a grower-owned cooperative.

Sabrina Runbeck is a peak performance and productivity consultant, with a background in neuroscience and public health. She empowers her clients by increasing their productivity so they can sustain themselves and their businesses.

Her mission is to help business owners prevent their passion from becoming a prison.

Jenn Donovan co-founded www.spendwithus.com.au as an online marketplace and directory for rural and regional small businesses. In this epsiode she shares her own business story and her mission to bring more regional businesses to new customers and markets.