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    Whose Bright Idea was this Anyway

    Welcome to the founder's podcast, "whose bright idea was this anyway?". A podcast by founders for founders and SME business owners. We will be bringing interviews with founders, investors, entrepreneurs, business advisors, growth specialists and much much more. Episode 1 features entrepreneur, investor, startup mentor Alan Jones
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    Episodes (15)

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Episode 15 with special guest: Founder and director LEP Digital, Laura Prael

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Episode 15 with special guest: Founder and director LEP Digital, Laura Prael
    Welcome to episode 15 of The Founder's Podcast, and we are delighted to bring you our very special guest, Laura Prael. Laura is the founder of LEP Digital (lep.digital) an award winning digital marketing agency, based on the Central Coast of New South Wales. In 2018, Laura was named the Outstanding Young Entrepreneur at the NSW Business Chamber Awards Central Coast. In 2019, Excellence in Micro Business category of the NSW Business Chamber awards, and this year, announced as finalist in the Australian Small Business Champion Awards

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Episode 14 with special guest and Managing Director of Succession Plus, Craig West

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Episode 14 with special guest and Managing Director of Succession Plus, Craig West
    Welcome to episode 14 of The Founder's Podcast, Whose Bright Idea Was This Anyway? This week, we are delighted to bring you Craig West, Founder and Managing Director of Succession Plus. Craig is a CPA Accountant, specialising in Business Exit and Employee Share Ownership Plans (ESOPS) in planning business exit as well as superior organisational performance. This is a must listen to episode if you're considering using ESOPS within your business, or looking to drive productivity and engagement

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Episode 13 with special guest and Principal of Scope Legal, Chaz Dheer

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Episode 13 with special guest and Principal of Scope Legal, Chaz Dheer
    Welcome to episode 13 of The Founder's Podcast, Whose Bright Idea Was This Anyway, with our very special guest, Chaz Dheer, Principal of Central Coast firm, Scope Legal. Chaz is a deal maker specialising in M and A, (acting for both buyers and sellers), Capital Raising and Private Equity. We discuss all things deal structuring whether you're an early stage founder, or business owner assessing your exit or acquisition options.

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Episode 12 with special guest and Founder of Acquisiti, Andrew Cassin

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Episode 12 with special guest and Founder of Acquisiti, Andrew Cassin
    Welcome to episode 12 of the Founder's podcast and this week, we are delighted to welcome Andrew Cassin, founder of Acquisiti to our show. Andrew is a Licensed Business Agent, Author of “On Your Terms”, and founder of Acquisiti. We discuss how business owners can assess exit strategies, assess value within their business and we ponder the thought that the majority of businesses, in this Covid-19 age are now effectively startups!

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Episode 11 with special guest Founder and CEO of Vloggi, Justin Wastnage

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Episode 11 with special guest Founder and CEO of Vloggi, Justin Wastnage
    Welcome to episode 11 of The Founder's Podcast, "Whose bright idea was this anyway" and this week, we have a fantastic interview with Justin Wastnage, Founder and CEO of Vloggi, the World's first collaborative video platform. Justin and I discuss his entrepreneurial journey, the resilience needed to be a successful founder, the difficulties of capital raising in Australia, and his amazing travel and work experiences

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Special Covid-19 Episode with special guest Founder of Lucrature and Chartered Accountant, Brad Horan

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Special Covid-19 Episode with special guest Founder of Lucrature and Chartered Accountant, Brad Horan
    With Covid-19 hitting the both the health and the economic wellbeing of the world, we've recorded a special episode of the Founder's Podcast. Jazoodle has been collaborating with Brad Horan, founder of Lucrature and a Chartered Accountant. In this episode we give practical advice in many areas of planning and coping with the business effects of the virus. This our first attempt at a video podcast and the video will be published shortly.

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Episode 9 with special guest Google Trusted Photographer and entrepreneur Marc Charette

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Episode 9 with special guest Google Trusted Photographer and entrepreneur Marc Charette
    This week, we speak with one of the co founders of LinkedIn Local Central Coast, and Google trusted photographer Marc Charette. Marc talks to us about the power of networking through LinkedIn Local plus the power of virtual tours and the need for digital empowerment within small and medium businesses

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Episode 8 with special guest Lumi Founder and CEO Yanir Yakutiel

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? Episode 8 with special guest Lumi Founder and CEO Yanir Yakutiel
    Happy New Year! and if you're looking for a bit of inspiration to start the new year, we've got the Small Business Lender; Lumi's founder and CEO Yanir Yakutiel as our very special guest. Yanir and I discuss the monumental growth of Lumi, his startup journey and plans for 2020 and beyond. This is a not to be missed episode

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? episode 7 with special guest Jo Hanlon

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? episode 7 with special guest Jo Hanlon

    On this week's show, we speak with Jo Hanlon, Entrepreneur, strategic coach and advisor, and board advisor. A packed show discussing The importance of strategy to all startups and small businesses, the link between operational and overall strategy. We also get our teeth into scenario and business planning and the dichotomy between needing to plan and need to be lean and agile.Finally we discuss the importance of advisory boards and Jo's passion for bringing in external and diverse thought into all businesses, new, old, big and small. This is our last podcast for 2019 - we've also got some great guests planned and confirmed for 2020

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? episode 5 with special guest Ush Dhanak

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? episode 5 with special guest Ush Dhanak

    Welcome to the Founder's podcast, "Whose bright idea was this anyway?" and this week, our very special guest is possibly the foremost authority on the subject of Emotional Intelligence in Australia, and entrepreneur; Ush Dhanak. We discuss the importance of EQ in growing and scaling your business, leadership and culture as well as the role of EQ in managing conflict in the workplace. A not to be missed episode!

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? episode 3 with special guest Gordon Whitehead

    Whose bright idea was this anyway? episode 3 with special guest Gordon Whitehead
    This week, we speak with Gordon Whitehead, business advisor, mentor and regional startup guru and discuss Gordon's love for innovation and the startup scene, regional innovation, and his advice for overcoming some of the difficulties of being an innovation leader and startup founder in regional Australia