Small Business Dads

Alan Collier is a young dad who, along with his brother, backed themselves to take over a business at a young age and turn it into a success. 

Colour Your Castle is a painting business located in Shepparton in Victoria and Alan shares how his community focus and passion for being a dad and giving back to their local community has got them to where they are today.

With this business obviously having an imaged based focus, you can follow their story and some of their work on the Colour Your Castle social media pages - on Instagram and Facebook.

Please listen to Alan's story, even if you're not local to the Goulburn Valley area, you are sure to pick out some great insights that Alan shares about being a dad and being involved in the local community.

If  you'd like to be featured on an episode of Small Business Dads, please email [email protected] and tell me a little bit about your family, your story and of course, your business.

You can find out more about this and other episodes featured by visiting our new website - Small Business Dads. It also has a small feature on each of our featured guests.

Finally, if you like what you hear, please subscribe/follow,  rate, review and share to help these stories get in front of  more dads like yourself.

A bit of a different episode today, and one I want to throw in every so often. 

There's so many great stories, tips and ideas that have been shared on this humble podcast already, so I want to recap some of the highlights. 

I also realise that it's unlikely you've listened to every episode - meaning you might have missed something special.

So today I go through some of the major take home points that I took out of all the chats I've had with our guests - so if you like something you heard, please go back and listen to that episode in full. 

It's a chance to give a further plug to the dads who shared their story early on - meaning you may have missed some awesome stories. Please support the dads featured in these stories and give them some love on social media or drop them a line if you can utilise what they do. 

Cause after all, the whole point of this podcast is to give other small business owners, and more importantly dads, just like you and me a chance and a plug to work with over the big faceless corporations out there in the same industries.

If you'd like to be featured on an episode of Small Business Dads, please email [email protected] and tell me a little bit about your family, your story and of course, your business.

You can find out more about this and other episodes featured by visiting our new website - Small Business Dads. It also has a small feature on each of our featured guests.

Finally, if you like what you hear, please subscribe/follow, rate, review and share to help these stories get in front of more dads like yourself.

This is a really engaging chat with Marty Sadlier from MCG Quantity Surveyors. Marty shares how his country upbringing and the values he learned from those days have transferred across to the business world these days.

He is also a passionate, sports mad dad who loves spending time with the kids and has passed on his love of sports to them. He shares how he's been able to connect with them despite spending a lot of time away through work at times, and also how the forced lock-down has been great family time for them all.

If  you'd like to be featured on an episode of Small Business Dads, please email [email protected] and tell me a little bit about your family, your story and of course, your business.

You can find out more about this and other episodes featured by visiting our new website - Small Business Dads. It also has a small feature on each of our featured guests.

Finally, if you like what you hear, please subscribe/follow, rate,  review and share to help these stories get in front of more  dads like yourself.

David Lindsay is a keynote speaker and personal trainer with an extensive background as an athlete in multiple disciplines that he's been able to transfer across to the business sense these days. He is also a passionate dad to his daughter and shares some of these insights today too.

You can find out more about David Lindsay Integrated Health And Vitality and what he offers right here. 

If you'd like to be featured on an episode of Small Business Dads, please email [email protected] and tell me a little bit about your family, your story and of course, your business.

You can find out more about this and other episodes featured by visiting our new website - Small Business Dads. It also has a small feature on each of our featured guests.

Finally, if you like what you hear, please subscribe/follow, rate,  review and share to help these stories get in front of more  dads like yourself.

If you're concerned about the legacy that you, and your kids in turn, are going to be leaving this planet, then you're going to want to tune in today. 

Nik Robinson shares his story from a kid in the UK starting a pirate radio show at 9 just to make some cash, through to today with Good Citizens - a company he started with his kids (aged 8 and 6) to help make the world a better place. 

What they do is pretty cool. They take a 600ml plastic bottle and turn it into a pair of sunglasses! The best thing is it is 100% local. Made right here in Sydney, Australia for less than $100.

It's a cool story about kids coming home with an idea and the lessons they learn along the way. With the end goal of making a difference to the world. One plastic bottle at a time.

You can also find Good Citizens on Instagram.

If you'd like to be featured on an episode of Small Business Dads, please email [email protected] and tell me a little bit about your family, your story and of course, your business.

You can find out more about this and other episodes featured by visiting our new website - Small Business Dads. It also has a small feature on each of our featured guests.

Finally, if you like what you hear, please subscribe/follow, rate, review and share to help these stories get in front of more dads like yourself.

Stewart Nicholls has a passion for teaching safe driving. This is a very interesting chat that covers a wide range of topics, including the one big thing that he fears will come out of everyone being in lock down for the last couple of months.

If you're interested in any of his programs, either for you personally, or for your company you can check out the STC Education website or visit their Facebook page.

If you'd like to be featured on an episode of Small Business Dads, please email [email protected] and tell me a little bit about your family, your story and of course, your business.

You can find out more about this and other episodes featured by visiting our new website - Small Business Dads. It also has a small feature on each of our featured guests.

Finally, if you like what you hear, please subscribe/follow, rate, review and share to help these stories get in front of more dads like yourself.

This chat with Dan Ireland, a mindfulness and meditation teacher went places I didn't expect it to go. Dan is the exact opposite of the stereotype you have in your head for these type of experts and it really resonated with me - and hopefully you as a result.

As part of his Awareful coaching business, Dan works with athletes and businesses to help them reach their full potential. This is really worth the listen as Dan breaks down mindfulness and meditation in a very simple way. Please let us know what you think in the reviews section of Apple Podcast.

If you'd like to be featured on an episode of Small Business Dads, please email [email protected] and tell me a little bit about your family, your story and of course, your business.

You can find out more about this and other episodes featured by visiting our new website - Small Business Dads. It also has a small feature on each of our featured guests.

Finally, if you like what you hear, please subscribe/follow, rate, review and share to help these stories get in front of more dads  like yourself.

Pete Mac is our guest today from Thinking Man Business Labs. Pete has gone from the corporate grind, and a job that physically and mentally broke him, to emerging out of that bigger, better and stronger to now help coach and inspire other small businesses. This is well worth the listen (apologies for the audio quality but please hang in there, the content is well worth persevering with).

If you'd like to be featured on an episode of Small Business Dads,  please email [email protected] and tell me a little bit about your family, your story and of course, your business.

You can find out more about this and other episodes featured by visiting our new website - Small Business Dads. It also has a small feature on each of our featured guests.

Finally, if you like what you hear, please subscribe/follow, rate, review and share to help these stories get in front of more dads like yourself.

This is a story I really want you to listen to. Stan Giaouris is a man who had it all from the outside, business was flying, a self confessed workaholic yet he nearly lost it all. Until a family holiday changed everything. Listen to the moment that saved his family, and led to a new direction - both professionally, but more importantly, personally.

To find out more about Stan and The Construction Adviser you can email [email protected] or visit their website.

If you'd like to be featured on an episode of Small Business Dads,  please email [email protected] and tell me a little bit about your family, your story and of course, your business.

You can find out more about other episodes featured by visiting our new website - Small Business Dads.

Finally, if you like what you hear, please subscribe/follow, rate, review and share to help these stories get in front of more dads like  yourself.

Edward Zia is a passionate man with a very interesting back story that got him to where he is today. The highlights include Edward sharing how he overcame his battles with PTSD which left him on the streets and jobless. All the way through to where he is today - a Master of Persuasion and Influence via his Excellence Above business.

I definitely recommend you take note of the great insights shared today and make sure you follow and connect with Edward on LinkedIn.

If you'd like to be featured on an episode of Small Business Dads,  please email [email protected] and tell me a little bit about your family, your story and of course, your business.

Finally, if you like what you hear, please subscribe/follow, rate, review and share to help these stories get in front of more dads like yourself.