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The Troubleshooters Podcast: Season 1 Wrap up!

The Troubleshooters Podcast: Season 1 Wrap up!

Episode Description The Troubleshooters Podcast: Season 1 Wrap up! In this episode we have wrapped up Season 1 of the Troubleshooters Podcast with some highlights of each episode. Mikes only goal when he started this podcast was to bring you the insights from everyday heroes who have had a go, genuine business troubleshooters, who've overcome adversities and dealt with whatever life has thrown at them. It’s been his pleasure to interview our guests this season. 12 episodes of genuine troubleshooters each with their own unique stories. Listen to the Best bits by clicking above and if something resonates then find full episodes on the website or wherever you like to listen to your podcasts. In the meantime, lookout for Season 2 coming soon.. About our guests: Please find below a list of guests this season in order of episodes & their LinkedIn profiles. More information about each guest is available in the full episode descriptions.  Robert Silver-Tesserent https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertasilver/ Stanislav Roth-Source Legal https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanislavroth/ Stuart Edgedly-Emerald Planet https://www.linkedin.com/in/stuart-edgley/ David Astone and Peter Gordon-Design to Production https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-astone-1891612a/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-gordon-60807260/ Richard Skarzynski- Coraggio https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardskarzynski/ Keitah Matens-shaw B.OKideas https://www.linkedin.com/company/bokideas/ Kunal Sawhney KALKINE https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunal-sawhney-6a63a346/ Hannah Chipkin & Pippa jospeh Merch Girls https://www.linkedin.com/company/merchgirls/ Jacinta McCombe Nectar Cold Pressed Juices https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacinta-mccombe-865b51a9/ Luke Cook-Cuppa.tv https://www.linkedin.com/in/cookluke/ Scott Fry-Loving Earth https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-fry-74813a34/ John Florey- Loving Earth https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-florey-maicd-17271913/
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Own a Piece of Your Very Own Chocolate Factory!

Own a Piece of Your Very Own Chocolate Factory!

Episode Description: In this episode Michael speaks to John Florey, CEO of Loving Earth; a bean-to-bar chocolate and functional food business based in Melbourne. In our last podcast, we spoke to Loving Earth’s co-founder, Scott Fry who alluded to an exciting future initiative, well John Florey the CEO joined us to talk more about the opportunity to invest. Listen & discover how you could own your very own chocolate factory-or at least part of one! Watch the following video and if minded, be sure to register your interest using this link without obligation: https://www.birchal.com/company/lovingearth * Always consider the general CSF risk warning and offer document before investing. About John Florey: John Florey is the CEO of Loving Earth and joined the company recently. After running and managing many large food and beverage corporations, he was attracted to the brand because Loving Earth’s passion for the environment was REAL. He believes they have gone beyond sustainability and are now focused on being regenerative! John enjoys being involved in a company that are genuinely giving back to the planet. Investment EOI campaign https://www.birchal.com/company/lovingearth * Always consider the general CSF risk warning and offer document before investing. John’s email: john.florey@lovingearth.net Johns LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-florey-maicd-17271913/ Loving Earth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loving_earth/ Loving Earth Website: https://lovingearth.net/
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Putting the Environment First

Putting the Environment First

This month Michael speaks with founder and co-owner of Loving Earth, Scott Fry. Loving Earth do things a little differently; namely they put the environment first and have a clear vision for supporting the communities that they work with. Scot speaks to Michael about the challenges he has faced building his business from scratch as well as what the future looks like for Loving Earth. It’s a fascinating story that I hope you will enjoy. Scott announces at the end of the episode that he and the other owner of Loving Earth, Martha Butler, are going to be doing a Crowd Source Funding exercise where they will be seeking investment from customers and others to help them further scale the business. Watch out for the announcement in early October 2022 and if you are minded, be sure to register your interest. Scott’s email: scottfry@lovingearth.net Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loving_earth/ Website: https://lovingearth.net/ Crowd-Source-Funding Information: Available in next week’s "special" Episode Netflix documentary: Rotten/Season2/Bitter Chocolate: https://www.netflix.com/mo-en/title/80146284
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The Power of One

The Power of One

This month, Michael speaks with entrepreneur Luke “Cookie” Cook. Together Michael and Luke discuss the challenges Luke faced with his previous business, FUNLOCKA, and how the ending of that business put him on to road to helping thousands of others through his new venture Cuppa.tv. Luke speaks candidly about his own mental health and the importance of wellbeing – an important lesson we can all learn.
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Finding a Way to Survive and Then Thrive

Finding a Way to Survive and Then Thrive

In this month’s episode of the Troubleshooters Podcast, Michael speaks with Jacinta McCombe, the owner and founder of Nectar Cold Pressed. As a juice brand that was exposed mainly to the food service industry prior to the pandemic, Jacinta’s business was heavily impacted by the shutdowns in early 2020. Instead of succumbing to business challenges of the time, Jacinta and her team worked hard and found a way to survive when many around them couldn’t.
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Passion for Merch

Passion for Merch

Michael McGrath speaks with co-founders of MerchGirls Pippa Joseph and Hannah Chipkin who Mike describes as the ‘dream team’. Listen to these founders share their inspiring story of how they came together to start their company (from a bedroom), and how they have developed their start-up into the successful merchandising company it is today servicing many large enterprises.
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Inspiring Story of a Self-Starter

Inspiring Story of a Self-Starter

An inspiring episode with Michael McGrath who speaks with Kunal Sawhney, founder of equity research company, Kalkine.
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Adversity Inspires a New Business Category

Adversity Inspires a New Business Category

In this month’s episode of the Troubleshooters Podcast I speak with the CEO and founder of B.Okideas, Kietah Martens-Shaw. Kietah shares with us her truly inspiring story of how overcoming cancer inspired her to start her own business. Resilience, passion, determination – Kietah is the epitome of an entrepreneur and troubleshooter.
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How to be Fearlessly Courageous

How to be Fearlessly Courageous

This month we speak to Richard Skarzynski who is the CEO of Coraggio, a peer advisory board based in Australia. Richard has a fantastic story - the son of immigrants, he was a banker who turned his personal skills and love of music into his first business. The business went on to become one of the most successful construction finance companies in Australia, before the GFC came along and everything changed. Now Richard helps other entrepreneurs and business owners tackle their personal and business challenges through a peer to peer business mentoring company called Coraggio.
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How to Come Back from the Brink!

In this episode of the Troubleshooters Podcast we speak to David Astone and Peter Gordon of Design to Production.  These guys are a dream team - Peter is an industrial designer and Dave is the manufacturing and operations guy. Together they have built a wonderful business that has managed to combined cutting edge design with cost efficient production. They have been at the forefront of digital signage solutions and have now moved well beyond signage supplying the likes of Wrigley with next generation vending solutions designed in Australia. Listen-in as they tell their stories, including how they got started and then navigated 90% revenue concentration to what they have achieved today which is an international and diversified business.
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Product Innovation in the Carbon Market

Product Innovation in the Carbon Market!

Product Innovation in the Carbon Market! In this episode we speak to Stuart Edgley the Managing Director and founder of Emerald Planet. Stuart optimizes the entrepreneurial necessity to hustle and
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The Troubleshooters Podcast: Welcome.

Troubleshooters Podcast-Welcome

Troubleshooters Podcast-Welcome We aim to put you in touch with real life business lessons that may help you save valuable time rather than trying to figure it all out on
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The Nerds have won!

The Nerds Have Won!

In this episode we speak to Rob Silver the founder and CEO of Rivium, a data analytics and cyber security business. We explore Robs journey, including his various failures and set-backs – his first real venture of over 10 years failed. Robs tenacity and resilience allowed him to start over and eventually build a successful business which was bought by a listed cyber security business called Tesserent (TNT) late in 2019. Learn how Rob, was able to have his cake and eat it as well.
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