The Silver Bullet

On today’s episode of The Silver Bullet podcast, new host Rowan Barker is joined by Deanna Bugalski. Founder of Suggesterfy, a new social discovery app, that empowers people to share positive suggestions and recommendations with their trusted networks. D

During the podcast, we chat about how Deanna overcame her reluctance to put herself and her ideas out there, why positive reviews are so important for small businesses (and how difficult it is to overcome negative ones) and why making mistakes is essential for any start-up founder.

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This week on The Silver Bullet, Marietta Delvecchio is joined by Kate Browne, the Head of Research & Insights at Financial marketplace and advice company Compare Club.

During the podcast we chat about why people are more likely to cut back on non-essential spending, than review big household expenses, how loyalty is costing Aussies thousands and why Kate believes radical candor or is the best way to communicate in business. 

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This week on The Silver Bullet, Marietta Delvecchio is joined by Amal Wakim, co-foudner and CEO of Equalution.  The digital program that uses a flexible 80/20 approach to dieting to help people reach their transformation goals.

During the podcast we chat about the 30kg weightloss journey that inspired a business, the diet trends and quick fix solutions that really irritate Amal, and how Facebook messenger played a pivotal role in getting Equalution off the ground.

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This week on The Silver Bullet, Marietta Delvecchio is joined by Danny Thai, founder of Zecar, a company that’s providing solutions to make Australia fully EV ready. 

During the podcast we chat about the misconceptions around the pros and cons of electric vehicles, what the best EV’s on the market are, and Warren Buffett’s billion dollar profit on the biggest car company in the world, you probably haven’t heard of. 

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This week on The Silver Bullet, Marietta Delvecchio is joined by Holly Wilson. The Head of Melbourne for Club of United Business (CUB), a members-only community where business owners and entrepreneurs share knowledge and network with like-minded members.

During the podcast we chat about what makes CUB different to other members-only clubs, why a good work ethic is the most valuable attribute to look for when recruiting and how CUB helped her overcome one of her biggest fears.

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This week on The Silver Bullet, Marietta Delvecchio is joined by Paul Bevan, the Founder and CEO of cultivated meat startup, Magic Valley. 

During the podcast we chat about the biggest challenges they face while operating in a nascent industry, how someone without a science background actually gets a biotech business off the ground and just how close are we from having cultivated meat on our supermarket shelves.

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This week on The Silver Bullet, Marietta Delvecchio is joined by Julia Tink, the Co-Founder and Director of sustainable and ethical coffee brand, St Remio. 

During the podcast we chat about the key to making a business partnership work when your co-founder is your husband, the ethical practices that make St Remio different from other coffee brands, and what happened when Julia put everything on the line in a David and Goliath legal battle that threatened to shut her down.

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This week on The Silver Bullet, Marietta Delvecchio is joined by Con Kittos, Executive Chairman of Asuria. A government-assisted employment agency working with both employers and governments to find job seekers long-term employment.

During the podcast we chat about his mission to help indigenous communities thrive,why the biggest challenge for businesses is less about what they do and more about what they don’t do, and why empowering his staff is his key to business success.

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This week on The Silver Bullet, Marietta Delvecchio is joined by Phil Hayes-St Clair, Co-Founder and CEO of Drop Bio Health, the at-home digital health and biotech company that focuses on chronic inflammation, allowing people to detect, track and reverse health trends over time.

During the podcast we chat about how Covid had an unexpected positive impact on the business, why being open to collaboration and partnerships is key to growth in business and how the downfall of Theranos and Elizabeth Holmes, threatened to deter investors

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This week on The Silver Bullet, Marietta Delvecchio is joined by Rowan Wilde, Co-Founder of HelpPay, a world-first social impact fintech in payments, that helps people struggling to pay their bills. 

During the podcast we chat about how the realisation that buying a mate a case of beer was easier than helping them pay for their electricity bill led to founding HelpPay, the loophole that can earn you more frequent flyer points, and Rowan’s number one piece of advice to budding entrepreneurs.

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