How does a former professional football player turned young entrepreneur help grow a new fashion label to 7-figures in under 12 months? The quick answer? By taking the lessons he's learned from his business coach. Sounds simple, but Jye Bohm, the Director of PROFINISH and Director of Front Runner, will tell you otherwise.

With a 6 year journey in business with half of it working with The Entourage's coaches, Jye has been able to grow PROFINISH Fire Protection & Coatings from $1.5 million to $20 million, AND help childhood friend, Tim Hanly, accelerate the growth of new startup and Aussie fashion label, Front Runner, too. But it wasn't easy. From doing nearly everything in business, working more hours despite hiring new staff, and feeling like a jack of all trades but master of none, Jye shares his journey of overcoming challenges like these to becoming a more seasoned entrepreneur, and how you can too.

This 'Making It Happen with Members' bonus episode of The Make It Happen Show dives into the common setbacks many startups and small businesses face, how you can avoid them, and elevate to the next level. Check it out.

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Would you agree that some industries were hit harder than the rest during the lockdowns of 2020 and 2021? It would've taken a lot of innovation and leadership to keep the businesses in those industries afloat, and to start rebuilding it back up this year. But imagine having to do all of that having just stepped into a business a mere 6 months prior and having 0 business experience on top of that! Well, that's exactly what happened to one of our Elevate Members at The Entourage.

Montana Rosekelly, the Director of Operations at Planet Fitness Newcastle, had just stepped into her father's business and had just started to achieve good results with the help of The Entourage when COVID shut everything down. How did she not only keep the business afloat but suffer no significant membership loss (industry standard was 10-20% loss during COVID) but also hire an extra 10 employees in 2021?

This 'Making It Happen with Members' bonus episode for Season 3 of The Make It Happen Show features a spotlight on some of the incredible business journeys of our Members at The Entourage. A raw and authentic look into business owners just like you, this is not one to miss. Check it out.

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Can you imagine starting a business with little to no business experience with your partner just one week into your relationship?! That's exactly what one of our Accelerate Members at The Entourage did in 2018. Business and life partners, Jess Davis, a former model, and Tyson Hoffmann, ex-professional basketball player, co-founded Mr Potato, a healthy fast food chain in Adelaide and since then, they've built it into a $5 million empire that's fast-tracking it across Australia, and eventually, the world.

This 'Making It Happen with Members' bonus episode for Season 3 of The Make It Happen Show is where we feature a spotlight onto some of the incredible business journeys of our Members at The Entourage. Sharing exactly how they've made it happen with our help, you'll get to hear from business owners who've been through the same challenges you have, how they've navigated through those challenges to success, and how you can make it happen too.

Hear how this couple was able to make it work in business just one week into the relationship, going from working 100 hours a week to now aiming to get to 200 franchises up in 3 years. A raw and authentic look into business owners just like you, this is not one to miss. Check it out.

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Tell us if this sounds familiar. Entrepreneur starts business. Entrepreneur has strong intuition and passion to get it off the ground. Business starts growing. Entrepreneur starts doing everything, working 80, 90, 100 hour weeks. Entrepreneur feels stuck and worries they're falling out of love with their business. What should they do?

This is one of the most common experiences we see at The Entourage. Whether the business owner has reached their absolute capacity or are just starting to feel the struggle a bit too much, it's important to take a step back and understand exactly what is happening and why. That's why we asked our Founder and 5x AFR Young Rich Lister, Jack Delosa, to come on this episode of The Make It Happen Show to teach you exactly how you can go from this reactive and chaotic startup to a business that can run without you always being there.

If you want to start building a business that can actually scale beyond you, this is the episode for you.

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For many small business owners, thinking of getting to $1M in revenue, let alone $10M or $100M, can be a daunting process, or even one that seems unachievable at times. And hearing stories of Australia's top entrepreneurs building multi-million dollar empires can often sound unlikely for the everyday business owner. However, these aren't overnight successes and the steps they take to succeed are steps you can take to make it happen too.

Let Tony Nash, Founder of Booktopia, Australia's #1 online book retailer, take you down the steps to how he's built a $240M business in a 'dead' industry, as well as how he's been operating his business in 2022 to stay ahead of the curve. Featuring clear strategies and tactics that you can replicate to create success no matter what level you are or how far 'behind' you think you might be, this episode of The Make It Happen Show is not to be missed. Check it out.

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Being a startup business often means that the business owner or entrepreneur is stuck doing absolutely everything, constantly putting out fires, and engaging in more tactical work than long-term, visionary and strategic work. Often, these business owners are unsure of how they can get to 7 or 8-figures in revenue where they're no longer relied upon to do it all with many feeling as if they don't even have the time to think about how to take the first steps.

So, what's the solution? Here are 5 simple but fundamental things every single business owner needs to consider and do if they want to build a million (or multi-million) dollar business shared by Caleb Marshall, the CEO & Co-Founder of Tropeaka, one of the fastest-growing businesses in the health & wellness industry. Having gotten to 8-figures within 3 years and recognised in Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2021, what Caleb shares on this episode of The Make It Happen Show is crucial for every single business owner to listen to. Check it out.

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Did you know that 1 in 3 new small businesses in Australia don't get past their first year of operation? With ever-changing markets and consumer demands, to recessions and pandemics, there's no question that running a successful and profitable business long-term is challenging. So, how do you become a part of the 1% in business and actually succeed? This week's episode of The Make It Happen Show features a legend in the Activewear space, Lorna Jane Clarkson, who spills all on exactly what it takes.

Credited for creating the Activewear category as we know it today, Lorna’s story in creating Lorna Jane Activewear began nearly 33 years ago when she couldn’t find fashionable, functional pieces to wear that fitted her active lifestyle. So, she decided to make her own. She’s since become the most awarded Activewear Designer, a 6 time author, and shared with us exactly how she became one of the most influential figures in the health and wellness industry and recognised as a global business leader too. This is not one to miss.

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The world is more crowded than ever in 2022 with brands and businesses demanding the attention of consumers on every single platform available. It's clear that companies must start taking calculated creative risks to become more memorable and actually stand out from the pack. But what's the best way to do this that will help your business produce real-life results?

ClickUp, a once-scrappy startup from the States turned $4 BILLION productivity powerhouse, knows exactly what to do having grown through their experimentation with new forms of storytelling that helped humanize the typically-stale world of enterprise software and B2B SaaS. In the episode of The Make It Happen Show, we're honoured to host ClickUp's Chief Creative Officer, Melissa Rosenthal, who shared 3 ways to infuse creativity into your brand that will help you accelerate business growth and set your company apart without spending 8-figures. Listen now to learn the importance of establishing a brand personality early on, thinking outside the box on what you create, and taking risks to elevate your company's brand marketing.

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Running and growing a business is one of the most demanding things any person could choose to do. With any number of problems or brick walls arising, the business owner often finds themselves taking on too much to ensure that the business doesn't fail. But what are the consequences of the business owner working on absolutely everything IN their business, instead of ON it?

For Justine Flynn, the Co-Founder of Thankyou, one of Australia's leading social enterprises, the consequence of balancing the business and looking after two kids was finding herself bedridden for four months due to health complications. Despite the major successes the business had with $17 million donated to helping end extreme poverty through the products Thankyou sells, Justine had burnt out.

This episode of The Make It Happen Show is an important one, covering a topic most don't talk about when it comes to building a successful business — preventing burn out. Hustle culture is so prevalent amongst the entrepreneurial minded so, how exactly can someone in business stop doing and managing everything, find leverage, and start working 'on' the business instead of burning themselves into the ground? Listen now to Justine's story of recovery, change and innovation.

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What's the first thing you think of when it comes to marketing in your business? Creating great content, using Facebook ads, or even growing your followers on social media? While that's all a part of marketing, there is one thing that so many business owners forget to do first that will ensure the longevity of their marketing strategy and that their potential customers will actually listen to the content they create.

What is this one thing that will help you create success in your business by amplifying everything else you do in marketing? Find out in this episode of The Make It Happen Show with award-winning young entrepreneur Matt Purcell, the Co-Founder and Creative Director of Mentored Media. If you want to learn how you can position your brand and business to be the best in your field, then this is the episode for you. Check it out.

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