Unbreakable Entrepreneurs

Hugo T Armstrong is a passionate businessman, music lover and Geelong tourism advocate. He's been running the iconic Blues train for nearly 30 years, but as we know, the effects of covid have not been kind to the entertainment industry.

Hugo has been pushed to breaking point, but his resilient spirit has allowed him to give his business one last shot.

In a time-poor world, Les Watson might just have the magic elixir. It's his book, Get Back an Hour in Every Day, now who couldn't do with that?!

For 30 years less has worked as a trainer, speaker and facilitator in self-management, motivation and communication techniques and today he opens up about the trials and tribulations in business and how he found balance and contentment.

Geelong's own Bec Connolly from the skincare label Botanicals by Luxe describes herself as just a normal mum with a passion.

She believes in goal setting, and her goal was to make a million dollars in five years. She has achieved it in just 18 months.

Today on the podcast Bec shares the highs and lows of her business journey with Angie Hilton in the latest episode of Unbreakable Entrepreneurs.

Roxie Bennett is an adored personality in Geelong. With an abundance of energy, she wears many hats including Bay FM Radio host, life coach, speaker and presenter. Today, she shares with us her exciting new business venture, as well as the major life event that turned her world upside down during the pandemic.

Tune in for our first podcast of the year as Angie Hilton sits down with Roxie Bennett.

Musician and entrepreneur Andy Pobjoy just gets entertainment. He can read a crowd like no other.

With his unique concept of Piano Bar, Andy opened his first venue in Geelong in 2015 and has seen its popularity rise at a rapid rate to now include a range of premises throughout Victoria. This is despite facing a number of enforced shutdowns and extended restrictions in recent times.

Angie Hilton caught up with Andy during a quick break in soundchecks at Piano Bar.

Never underestimate the importance of the human element of a workplace. Empowering people with the knowledge, awareness and skills to build individual coping strategies is vital in a thriving business.

In this podcast, workplace mental health consultant Kate Meadows touches on some of the key elements to wellness.

Plus, Kate shares with us some of her top insights from over 20 years' experience in an educational setting, working in the areas of Health and Physical Education, Health Promotion and Wellbeing Leadership.

Jem Fuller is a local thought leader, whose passion and drive is simply to make lives easier.

The author of the book, 'The Art of Conversation for Thoughtful Men,' Jem has lived a rich and colourful life, having worked in many and varied fields from being a tattoo artist and fire dancer to a kindergarten teacher, third-world volunteer and senior corporate leader.

Today, Jem openly shares how vulnerability has been his strength along with practical tips for helping business leaders become more conscious.

Roy Emmett is a small business accounting expert and financial educator.

Through his businesses, Humanising Money Matters and Business Management Geelong, he has helped many people to get on top of the back-end of their business, so they can focus more on what they do best.

Roy is now focussing on how he can empower and assist young people aged between 18-35 years get their ideas from a pipe dream to a successful business.

If anyone can handle a crisis well, you'd imagine a psychology practice would be right up there!

Sue Mackey has been the practice manager of thriving psychology practice, Chris Mackey & Associates, for 25 years.

With 15 staff and a client base of around 200 people per week to manage, Sue has had to call upon all her positive psychology education to keep a cool head as they switch their whole business model over to telehealth during the pandemic.

Sue is a wealth of knowledge when it comes to keeping your mind up when the chips are down. Having also experienced aggressive breast cancer, she knows the power of a positive mindset. With a passion for helping others create positive workplaces, Sue has some gold to share with us today.

Sue is also the author of the book, Positive Oncology, a 'positive psychology toolkit' she wrote combining her passion for positive psychology with her experience surviving breast cancer.

Olly Bridge trained as a sport and exercise scientist and his career found him working alongside Formula 1 drivers Mark Webber and Jenson Button, as well as the British Olympic Gymnastics Team.

Now, Olly is the Head of Digital Health and Wellbeing at Medibank and has access to 3.8 million lives. In his current position, merging his passion and knowledge of exercise science with his personal experience of a demanding corporate career, he's perfectly placed to make a real difference in many people's lives.