It's been a rough ride for travel businesses during the last 12-18 months. Not sure about you guys but I've been adverse to using travel agents in recent years but now with all the hassles with this stop start world - it actually makes a lot of sense.

Penny's Spencer Travel Group has been operating over 25 years operating in the corporate and leisure market. Corporate Travel is opening up again and in this interview Penny explains how travel agents can make your life a lot easier if you are in travel.

More info
https://www.spencertravel.com.au/

Oh what a ride it’s been! Having years of experience in traditional recruitment, Jane saw a tech opportunity and pivoted. Now a SAAS business, Alcami Interactive is a platform that allows businesses to screen potential candidates before meeting them. Jane had no intentions in selling but got an offer which she couldn’t refuse in December 2020. Find out what’s happened.

More info:

https://alcamiinteractive.com/

There’s money in those Gummy Bears. John, who has recently joined EO Sydney, moving from the US, has an incredible story of turning a vitamin gummy business into an online powerhouse. John handles the ideas and manufacture. Amazon do the fulfilment. Learn all about the Amazon eco system and how smart operators like John are killing it!

More info: 

https://belivestore.com/

With no day being the same Natasha is absolutely loving the support role at Sydney EO. Tash makes everything run smoothly for us EO’ers in Sydney so tune in to get a real insight into what happens to make EO Sydney so great.

More info:

https://www.eonetwork.org/sydney/upcoming-events

Chris is an IP attorney by trade by day and angel investor. He's a member of Sydney EO.

In 2007 he made his first start up investment, outside of Baxter IP, and has gone on to have a portfolio of 25 start up companies. With this type of investment, there's a high degree of risk, but also the other side of the coin is a high reward factor when things work out.

Chris has a number of areas where deals come to him including investing on incubator panels with notable investor Steve Baxter (think Shark Tank)

More info on Chris:
https://www.baxterip.com.au/

Dr Cheng from an early age learnt from his father to go deep and approach business for the long term.

Using this approach he has been able to build a thriving dental practice Specialist Dental Group. During COVID he has had to pivot the business as previously he mainly had an international clientele but it has all worked out well for him.

During this interview he also discusses the rollout of the vaccine in Singapore and his experiences receipting it.

More info 
https://www.specialistdentalgroup.com/

Oliver is a new Sydney member with 2 established businesses going full tilt.

Compare TV has a massive 200,000 visitors per month mainly driven by SEO traffic. At Your Table deliver 5-star dining experiences all around the country all delivered in the comfort of your home.

More info:
https://www.atyourtable.com.au/
https://www.comparetv.com.au/

Dean is on a bit of a Sydney EO holiday at the moment but in the interim he's been whipping up a storm in his publically listed wine business.

In a very short space of time he's changed DW8's market cap from $6M to $60M and got some great institutional investors on during the process.

Tune in to find out how he's done it and a little bit about his story.

Kym's early love of books and family background as refugees is the backdrop for the marketplace WeTeachMe.com which facilitates over 60,000 classes per annum. 

Kym's been heavily involved with EO on a regional level so tune in and learn all about his journey with EO supporting him throughout the journey.

Website:
https://weteachme.com/

Kohen started a social media agency because he wanted to deliver return on investment. He felt there was simply too much fluff. One of his products called Key Person Advantage uses social media to deliver content to key decision makers during tender processes. His unique business model is based on taking a percentage of the win. Kohen is excited, as I was to hear this story of cracking the code.

Learn More:

http://www.yappy.com.au