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Success Interviews
Ep.54 – What’s Holding NZ Business Back?
Lani Fogelberg left her role at one of New Zealand’s pre-eminent commercial finance brokerage firms to take a step back from the corporate world and seek greater balance in life. Using her expertise in complex problem-solving, strategy and growth initiatives she launched her own consulting firm. In the current New Zealand business environment, Lani helps […]
Ep.106 – How to Close The Wealth Gap With Skills, Not Luck
[podcastfooter] While riding the dizzying highs and lows of short-term stock trading often draws most of the interest from the younger generation, commercial property investment still stands as one of the safest bets on the investment market. However, the problem of the day is that young people don’t have the knowledge to get themselves […]
Ep.109 – The Power of Curated Knowledge
In a disrupted world of media where millions of pieces of content are being created every minute, there’s a lot to be said for slow information. Knowledge that has been compiled over years of research and experience and test against the ebbs and flows of trends and fads and some of the best vessels for […]
Technology Interviews
Ep.34 – It’s Not Just Tech Innovation, It’s Business Innovation That We Need
From emergency operations control for the New Zealand Police to building several businesses, Ash has a passion for innovation and helping people achieve their dreams and success. An engineer by profession, Ash built up one of the country’s most respected cloud service’s agency before realising a long-standing dream of building a modern, stylish entertainment and […]
Ep.82 – How To Raise Money Now While Solving Old Problems
The problem of stock control has been around as long as businesses have been around for and still today companies often bear the opportunity cost of not having enough of a particular product or having cash tied up in having too much of another product. Dom Sutton, the co-founder of StockTrim, set out to change […]
Ep.104 – Have We Found The Fountain Of Youth?
[podcastfooter] While we will likely always be restricted by our own mortality, humans have, seemingly forever, spent immense amounts of time and resources searching for the proverbial fountain of youth and clamouring ways to prolong their lives. As we head into what he calls the ‘coming era of longetivity’, anti-ageing expert Greg MacPherson took […]
Entrepreneur Interviews
Ep.9 – Architect Of The Four Day Week Talks Global Implications
Innovator, entrepreneur and philanthropist, Andrew Barnes has made a career of market-changing innovation and industry digitisation. Most recently, in New Zealand, Andrew triggered a revolution of the entire fiduciary and legal services industries, and the transformation he has led as the founder of Perpetual Guardian has positive implications both locally and globally as evidenced by […]
Ep.81 – How To Create A Local Movement Of Thousands
Like many New Zealanders, Sarah Colcord’s work as a freelance event and project manager stalled during the lockdown. Rather than complaining though, she set to work to create opportunities for New Zealand businesses like hers in the form of a community. Within a few months that community turned into a Facebook group of over 540,000 […]
Ep.27 – How to Innovate in Times of Crisis
As the Co-Founder and CEO of Comacc, which sold to MYOB a few years ago, Steve Nathan could have retired young, but he is a breed of Kiwi Tech Entrepreneur that wants to keep using his time to keep creating things. One of these things ironically is a platform, TimeHub, which allows business ideas to […]
Leadership Interviews
Ep.31 – How To Run A Company That Lasts Generations
Auckland City Motors Managing Director, Ian Gibson, has defined his life and career around a love of cars. It’s also been a career that has seen him go from a very modest and frugal upbringing to becoming a co-owner of one of New Zealand’s most iconic car dealerships, Auckland City BMW, and its associated operations […]
Ep.3 – Advice For Times Of Uncertainty And Future Opportunities
Theresa Gattung needs no introduction, but for the sake of consistency we will mention a few of her many achievements. Theresa first hit the public spotlight in a big way when she became CEO of Telecom in 1999, making her the first female CEO of a large public company in New Zealand. Since then she […]
Ep.73 – The Future Of Property Prices And Leadership
Real estate might well be up there with politics and religion when it comes to divisive dinner party conversations, but of course it’s something most of us have a relationship with, whether you be a tenant, landlord or homeowner or all of the above. Few people have had as much experience in the industry as […]
Wellness Interviews
Ep.115 – Brook Macdonald – Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
A little over a year ago, champion New Zealand downhill mountain biker, Brook MacDonald lay in agony, semi-paralysed and unable to feel his legs on a Quebec mountain for five hours, waiting for a helicopter to arrive. Brook had sustained a serious spinal injury when he crashed during his first practice run at the World […]
Ep.36 – How To Create Not Just A New Future But A Longer One
Pulotu Selio Solomon has a history of leadership with a focus on inspiring and motivating communities to achieve at a high level – a strategic thinker and strong decision-maker. He holds qualifications in education and business administration and broad experience in the education sector and development. He is currently running initiatives in the health sector […]
Ep.55 – Rethinking The Way We Think About Business
Steve Pirie has been a part of the creation of some of New Zealand and Australia’s most iconic travel and wellness events including, Unleashed Travel (the company was named by BRW as one of Australia’s 100 fastest growing startup businesses in 2011 and 2012), Nurture Change, Nurture Her and UnpluggedFiji. Steve has fused his passion […]
Women in Leadership Interviews
Ep.73 – The Future Of Property Prices And Leadership
Real estate might well be up there with politics and religion when it comes to divisive dinner party conversations, but of course it’s something most of us have a relationship with, whether you be a tenant, landlord or homeowner or all of the above. Few people have had as much experience in the industry as […]
Ep.30 – Finding New Business Opportunities In Solving Environmental Problems
While there has been a big jump into eCommerce for many brands lately, there is also a less progressive danger with environmental impact. And after working with couriers and eCommerce for years, Kate Bezar and Rebecca Percasky became horrified at the amount of plastic waste the industry was generating and so set out to do […]
Ep.37 – How To Create Valuable Products Here
Chloe and Florence are sisters who craft health beverages in their hometown of Nelson, New Zealand. Surrounded by mountains, lakes, and at the edge of the Pacific Ocean; the outdoors is their playground. Chloe is a neuroscientist and holds a diploma in herbal medicine. With this background and a passion for nutrition, Chloe set out […]
Sports Interviews
Ep.17 – How To Concentrate On Our Mental And Physical Wellbeing In Times Like These
Dave Letele (AKA, Brown Buttabean) is a walking, talking powerhouse of motivation and inspiration. Having himself lost over 100kg through good nutrition and exercise, he dedicates his time to helping others do the same by teaching them how to live the BBM lifestyle – Brain, Body, Movement. Since 2014, The BBM Program has been focused […]
Ep.10 – Biotech Engineering Medical Researcher Shares Her Lockdown Routine
Dr. Hannah Wells juggles life as a medical researcher in the field of biotech engineering and a champion triathlete. Hannah shares with us her lockdown routine, how she juggles both lives and her tips for staying focused and disciplined in any situation. Watch More Videos
Ep.62 – Fighting for Peace
The head trainer of a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu studio called the Combat Room might not seem like the sort of person to talk to peace, enlightenment, mindfulness and mediation with, but as well as being a black belt in BJJ, Pires Vanderson has lived with monks and has dedicated his life to not only bringing […]
M2 Summit Podcast
Ep.112 – How To Build & Sell A $500M Company. And What Do You Do Next?
[podcastfooter] What exactly does one do after they sell their business for $500m? Vaughan Fergusson, founder of Vend, dropped in for a fireside chat with editor Andre Rowell at the M2 Summit to give us the insight and impart with some wisdom on just how he grew his business to that astonishing value. Fergusson […]
Ep.110 – How Humans And Robots Can Work Together In The Future
[podcastfooter] As AI development advances further year by year, the question of what separates us from our creations becomes more pressing. Talking the M2 Summit audience on Thursday 20 May through this fascinating, complicated and a little bit scary territory was behavioral scientist Dr. Sydney Savion. Sitting down with our editor, Andre Rowell, the […]
Ep.108 – How to Build A Powerful Community of Thousands
[podcastfooter] For so many of us, the first COVID lockdown was a real stifler of our productivity and motivation, and a really scary time for small business owners who faced the threat of losing their livelihoods. However, some of us were able to find ways to create, innovate and make a big difference in helping […]
Sustainability Interviews
Ep.30 – Finding New Business Opportunities In Solving Environmental Problems
While there has been a big jump into eCommerce for many brands lately, there is also a less progressive danger with environmental impact. And after working with couriers and eCommerce for years, Kate Bezar and Rebecca Percasky became horrified at the amount of plastic waste the industry was generating and so set out to do […]
Ep.97 – Connecting Worlds
Filmmaker and explorer, Celine Cousteau, carries on an incredible family legacy set by her grandfather Jacques Cousteau, her father Jean-Michel Cousteau and her mother Anne-Marie Cousteau, an expeditionary photographer. With her creation of CauseCentric Productions, Celine has connected the dots between film, art, technology and education to create a platform of immense change in her […]
Ep.77 – Designing A Sustainable Future
As the daughter of one of New Zealand’s leading environmentalists and businessmen, the late Sir Rob Fenwick, Isabel Fenwick has been immersed in the work of organisations shifting to greener, more sustainable ways of working. Isabel carries on her family legacy with her skills in human-centred design and design thinking methodologies to translate complex problems […]