Marie-Claire (MC to friends) had a passion and still does for acting. The Q Train evolved from a family plan to create a dining experience. The business has grown over the years to win awards for tourism and recently the Geelong Business Excellence Awards for Inclusivity and Accessibility.

Bill and Mark chat about all the people they have met and some of the key take outs that they have gleaned from some amazing people.

Donna started her career in fashion and worked for some major clothing companies and developed and sold her own label of kids clothes. Spotting a beautiful old warehouse Donna and her partner Beav decided to open a restaurant.  
They now have three - The Arborist, Meet me at Marys, Beav's Bar

Michelle had a long career working in audit, mergers with one of the 'big 4'. A desire for a change led to the purchase of some acres on The Bellarine and the development of a sustainable cooking and growing demonstration business.

Shannon has had plumbing in his blood from an early age, helping with the family business while at school. Now he and his brother run the Kennedys Group with over 100 employees. A great story about a respected family business and the strength from having a good succession plan.

Shannon talks about his early childhood trauma and hurdles that in the long run has led him to developing his business helping people deal with stress and trauma. Shannon has a wonderful story to tell.

John started his journey thinking about becoming a dentist. He then changed tack and went onto becoming a successful lawyer with a focus on the franchise industry. The family business that was started by his father then beckoned and John now heads up SafeMate Anti Slip Solutions.  https://safemateantislip.com/
Another great story.

Libby started off as a hairdresser but a 'tipping point' in her life was visiting Japan and taking a pottery class that inspired her to change direction. After lots of lessons and discovery of different styles Libby has now moved to an incredible studio based at the FyansPaper Mill complex. 
 

Shannan Gove with partners Bennett Merriman and Chris Grant took their idea to create their own staffing company (Event Workforce) to help connect motivated university students with work experience opportunities throughout Australia. 

As Event Workforce grew, the founders realized that they needed to ditch the spreadsheets in order to support their growing database of volunteers and casual staff. The team then built an online platform that provided a technical end to end solution to volunteer and workforce management now known as Rosterfy. 

Tom is not only a financial expert but also a true advocate for his clients' success. Renowned for his innovative thinking and creative problem-solving, he goes above and beyond to drive business growth and prosperity.