In this episode, we chat with Josh Pullman, founder of The Conditioning Co. Josh shares his journey from semi-professional footballer, to personal trainer, then business owner and how his experience with sport shapes his approach to business, and life in general.

We cover: 

🔗 https://www.theconditioningco.com.au/

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-pullman-69929839/

🔗 https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabe-enslin/

In this episode, Sophie Stott shares her journey of taking over her family business, Quickmail. She shared how she navigated the rapidly changing technological landscape, shifting her business from traditional mailing services successfully into e-commerce fulfilment. 

We cover: 

Tune in to hear Sophie's valuable insights on leadership and driving business growth through resilience, innovation and empathy. 

Today we chat with Mo Daya from SQ Squared about the power that exists in leading with empathy.

From immigrating on his own and seeking a safe and secure journey, to taking big risks in service of a vision, Mo shares his fascinating story that led to the founding of SQ Squared.

We talk about:

1️⃣ Cognitive bias and how it presents in the entrepreneurial journey.

2️⃣ Transferrable skills from policing and counter terrorism work into leadership coaching and development.

3️⃣ The difficulty of leading with genuine empathy.

4️⃣ The power that exists when you get this right.

5️⃣ How family factors into big decision making.

Today we chat with Shane Addis, the entrepreneurial leader behind the impressive team building Australia's largest safety and emergency training organisation for hight risk industries.

We get to have the 'Weird Growth' podcast veterans on the other side of the mic this time.

What a great chat with Cam Sinclair and Jack Hallam from AMMO Marketing about a decade of small business ownership. We dive into 10 years of growth marketing and working with start up founders. They also share on their journey through leadership handover as the business evolves.

This episode is chock full of wisdom:

1️⃣ What's priority in marketing when starting out

2️⃣ What should you NOT do

3️⃣ How to be close to your customer

4️⃣ Behaviours that set each other up for success

5️⃣ Doubling down on your culture

🔗 Weird Growth Podcast 🎙️

🔗 The AMMO Newsletter

🔗 Cam Sinclair

🔗 Jack Hallam

🔗 Gabe Enslin

Gabe sits down with Pete Winn and Andy David from Other Stuff Studio. Two guys with as much passion for helping small and medium businesses be resilient, as we have at adapt.

Their thesis, business owners understand the crux of what their business does best. But it's the other stuff that can trip you up. And this is where they like to play.

Here's the data that Bill collects and publishes on the Bush Bash website: 

https://bitcoinbushbash.info/houseprices/ 

Where we see the median house price in Perth has fallen since 2016 from ~959 BTC to 14 BTC and it probably around 5-8 right now ;) 
Here's a chart someone spun up on this to make it look prettier which is across Australia as a whole and back to 2014 https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/E8jkx/5/

If you are thinking about a merger or acquisition in order to grow, listen to this first!

We're privileged to hear from Jason about his founding journey alongside co-founder Jesse Hill, as they built Horizon Digital and ultimately merged with Blue Sky Digital.

We unpack topics like:

In his characteristically laid back style, Jason shares openly about the ups and downs of a merger journey and what you might expect if you go down the same path.

There's complexity in the nuance of doing Ownership work vs. Organisational Leadership work.

Hamish (Founder) and Tania (Organisational Leader) generously let us in on their perspectives when it comes to the dance of doing ownership and leadership and having empathy for the other role..

We spend time unpacking:

Tania and Hamish takes a fun and lighthearted approach to many big topics that effect the owners and leaders of small and medium businesses.

Bill talking about 'stepping out' vs 'handing over'

When others think you're taking on 'Nuclear Warfare' in a crowded market but you see clearly the road to a far better experience for the customer.

This conversation is an exercise in invigoration. Listening to the mindset and drive Mikaela, along with her with her co-founder and sister Eliza, bring to the table of innovating in the hospitality space will put a fire in your belly.

We spend time unpacking:

Mikaela demonstrates a wisdom and an entrepreneurial knack far beyond her years and has tons of valuable lessons to pass on to other founders.

Have you ever listened to ANOTHER startup story hearing 'it was hard but look at our 20x growth now' and wondered why that feels so far removed from what your journey looks like?

In the episode with Alex, he is as real as it gets about starting from scratch and walking the hard and lonely road of entrepreneurship.

We spend time on topics like:

This humble and honest conversation with Alex is incredibly refreshing and will leave you with some valuable truths to serve you well on your own journey.