Catching Up With CUB

#181 Sam Roby - Build Relationships, Build Success

26 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Calvin catches up with Sam Roby, Co-Founder of Pure Capital Finance. Since starting his business at just 21 years old, Sam and his team have helped ov...

#180 Aaron Smith - The KX Pilates Success Journey

13 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Aaron Smith, Founder of KX Pilates. KX is the Australian leader in Reformer Pilates, with more than 100 studios in Australia an...

#179 Kady O Connell - Invest in Your Personal Brand

28 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Kady O Connell, Founder of Kady Creative. After realising working as an employee would never give her the freedom she desired, ...

#178 Mona Zia - Separating Yourself from Your Business

22 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Mona Zia, Founding Director of Avant Tech. After moving to Australia in 2003, and an outstanding 17-year career in communicatio...

#177 Yasser Zaki - Profit Through Impact

15 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Yasser Zaki, founder of Tender Loving Care Disability Services and recipient of the APAC CEO of The Year Award in 2023. Yasser...

#176 Gemma Manning - Perseverance & Patience

03 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Gemma Manning, Founder & CEO of Manning & Co, Gemstar and YoungGems. Gemma is a serial entrepreneur and dedicated international...

#175 Mikey Taylor – Overcoming Stress & Anxiety

28 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Mikey Taylor, Founder of Lionize and GoodSpace Gum. Successfully running the premium advertising agency Lionize for two decades...

#174 Pauline Nguyen - The Way of the Red Lantern

17 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Catches up with Pauline Nguyen, Co-owner of Red Lantern, the most awarded Vietnamese restaurant in the world. Working in her family business fr...

#173 Stella Gianotto - Your Brand on a Pedestal

11 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Stella Gianotto, Founder of Brand for Brands. With over 25 years in the industry, Stella stands as one of the nation's most se...

#172 Colin Evans - Elevate Your Team with Structure

04 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Colin Evans, Managing Director of The Asset Finance Shop. Colin's career began with diverse experiences as a sawman in an abatt...

#171 Joseph Daoud - Recognise What's Holding You Back

28 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Joseph Daoud, Founder of It's Simple Finance. Starting his entrepreneurial career as a personal trainer, Joseph founded It's Si...

#170 Raj Narayan - Putting for Success

21 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Raj Narayan, the Founder and CEO of Emajin Golf. After arriving in Australia to pursue her studies, Raj entered her 15 year ban...

#169 Bradley Gimbert - The Cycle Breaker

13 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Bradley Gimbert, Founder of Indigenous Wealth. Despite facing great adversities as an Aborigial man growing up in Western Sydne...

#168 Roy El-Hachem - Creating Positive Outrage

07 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Roy El Hachem, Co-Founder of Piccolo Me. Piccolo Me is an "easy-going, delicious and fun" cafe franchise, with a focus on conti...

#167 Robbie Carter - King of Your Niche

23 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Robbie Carter, Owner and Director of Elec Comm Group. Ready to take a leap from his employment as a sparky, Robbie started his ...

#166 Barb de Corti - Never Lose Your True North

16 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

CEO and Founder of ENJO Australia, Barb de Corti, also known as the 'Queen of Clean' built a 100-million dollar turnover per year empire and has sold ...

#165 Stella Petrou Concha - Master Your Mind

09 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Stella Concha, CEO of REO Group and Director of HiveQ. From her early days in medicine to creating an award-winning recruitment...

#164 Dan Thomas - Collective Creativity for Better Results

01 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Dan Thomas, Artistic Director at Space on Earth & Creative Director at Vaulter. With a love for improvisational performance, an...

#163 Marianne Marchesi - Identifying an Industry Gap

26 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Marianne Marchesi, Founder and Managing Principal of Legalite. Being unsatisfied with the business practices in law, Marianne ...

#162 Nathan Richman - The Authenticity Factor

19 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Nathan Richman, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Elastic Studios. Nathan and his team operate the independent creative produc...

#161 Rasti Vaibhav - Wealth Starts with Strategy

12 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Rasti Vaibhav, Founder of Get RARE Properties. As a first generation immigrant to Australia, Rasti came with debts, had no job,...

#160 Zoe Marshall - A Deep Look into the 'Why'

04 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Zoe Marshall, Founder of The Deep Podcast. After years of working in the media and with her fascination for the taboo, Zoe host...

#159 Dario Valenza - Dronepreneur: Turning Passion into Profit

28 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Dario Valenza, Founder of Carbonix. Building some of Australia's leading commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), Dario and h...

#158 Julian Fayad - Better Financing Through AI

21 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Julian Fayad, Founder and CEO of LoanOptions.ai.  Building one of Australia's first loan marketplaces, Julian uses Ai-assisted...

#157 Angela Smith - The Tradie Whisperer

13 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Angela Smith, Co-Founder of Lifestyle Tradie Group. With their knowledge in turning collapsing companies into profitable succes...

#156 Deena Tearney - Running a Business Across 3 Continents

09 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Deena Tearney, Founder of Pacific Point. With locations from Honolulu to Sydney, to Singapore and Denver, Deena has built an in...

#155 Louisa Nicola - The Science Behind the World's Top Performers

31 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Louisa Nicola, CEO of Neuro Athletics. A former world champion triathlete and with her background in math and neurophysiology, ...

#154 Peter Gatt - Innovate, Automate, Repeat

24 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Peter Gatt, Founder of Hava. From his early days as founder of Vibrato, later acquired by Servian, Peter has continuously built...

#153 Paul Hart - What Makes a Business Investable

17 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Paul Hart, Executive Director of Canary Capital. Running one of the leading investment advisories in Melbourne, Paul has raised...

#152 Joanne Camilleri - The Recipe for Business Partnerships

10 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Joanne Camilleri, Co-Owner of Gifts to Give. After being a Licensee Partner with Telstra owning multiple stores, Joanne and her...

#151 Jason Robinson - The Lessons that Shape Us

03 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Jason Robinson, Director of Future Advisory. By combining digital technology with his people-first philosophy, Jason brings a m...

#150 Steven Khalil - It's All About Your Client

24 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Steven Khalil, CEO of STEVEN KHALIL. As Australia's leading red carpet and bridal fashion designer, Steven designs some of the ...

#149 Troy Abolakian - Know Your Strategy

17 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Troy Abolakian, Co-Managing Director of HYECORP Property Group. With their multigenerational business, Troy and his family have...

#148 Evelyn Jackson - Grow & Maintain a Top Team

10 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Evelyn Jackson, CEO of Corporate Crayon. With a passion for team building and people, Evelyn helps Australian business owners b...

#147 Joonas Karppinen - The Business of Sports Bets

03 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Joonas Karppinen, Founder of sport and racing tipping service Edge Alerter. With the highest profit on turnover in the industry...

#146 Stuart Cook - What it Takes to be Successful

27 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Stuart Cook, Co-CEO of Flave & Founding Partner of TWIYO. From his early days as 23yo CEO of Zambrero and growing the chain to ...

#145 Julie Parmax - Your Client's Emotional Journey

20 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Julie Parmax, Founder of 3 Marks of Existence. 3 Marks is a high-end interior design and styling practice for residential and c...

#144 Nick Hedges - How to Build an Exceptional Team

13 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Nick Hedges, Director of ResolveHR. Bringing together his passion for people and expertise in Human Resources, Nick provides or...

#143 David Keir - The Master of Scaling

06 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with David Keir, Founder of Dash and Principle at Entrepreneur Purpose. From his vast knowledge in financial advisory to world leadi...

#142 Kellie Rigney - Passion Turned Retail Empire

16 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Kellie Rigney, Founder and Creative Director of Zjoosh. With 14 stores in Australia, and over 100 team members, Kellie operates...

#141 Alexander Baumjohann - The Pro Athlete Mindset

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Alexander Baumjohann, renowned Professional Football Player who's played for some of the best teams in Germany, Brazil, and Aus...

#140 Behind the Scenes Vol. 2 - Introducing Boa

02 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Over the past few months, Daniel has been dropping hints that an exciting announcement was on the way, and in this week's episode it has finally arriv...

#139 Renee Francis - Just Take The Leap

25 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Renee Francis, Founder and Director of The Bubble Co. With teams across Australia and New Zealand, The Bubble Co. is a full-ser...

#138 Tim Cullen - Obsess Over Your Clients

18 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Tim Cullen, CEO of TradieSpec. With almost 300 vehicles on the streets, TradieSpec is Australia's largest trade vehicle supplie...

#137 Maria Bellissimo-Magrin - Knowing Your Value

10 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Maria Bellissimo-Magrin, Founder of Belgrin, who combines her love of design and business experience to help companies use thei...

#136 Rick Williams - Protect Your Business from Cyber Attacks

04 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Rick Williams, Owner of Platform 24. With over a decade of experience, Platform 24 is a Sydney IT solutions provider, specialis...

#135 Andrew 'Billy' Baxter - How to Become a Memorable Brand

28 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Andrew Baxter, Founder of 24hr Business Plan. As former CEO of two of the country's biggest communications agencies, Publicis a...

#134 Brady Yoshia - Creating Unity in Your Team

20 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Brady Yoshia, Founder of Brady Marcs Buyers Advisory. With offices in Sydney & Canberra, the buyers agency is serving new and e...

#133 Ryan Jones - The Confidence to do Great

16 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Ryan Jones, Managing Director of Ryan Jones Building Co, whose mission is to serve families and build them the highest-quality ...

#132 Robbie Allison - The Importance of a Path Forward

06 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Robbie Allison, Managing Director of QualityVend and Director at Blackroo Industries, where he gives a second chance Indigenous...

#131 Mona Chiha - Community over Competition

22 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Mona Chiha, Co-Founder of Capital & Centric Funding. Building a smart solution that analyses behavioural spend and other factor...

#130 Scott Baker - Finding Your Strategy

16 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Scott Baker, Founder & CEO of Baker Group. After choosing a trade over school and joining the family business soon after, Scott...

#129 Kevin Lerdwichagul - How to get 100Million Views on Youtube

09 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Kevin Lerdwichagul, CEO of Glitch Productions. Starting the business from their parents' garage, Kevin and his brother grew the...

#128 Gael Donnay - Things to Know before Building an App

02 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Gael Donnay, Managing Director of Stepinsight. Feeling inspired by Australia's entrepreneurial culture after immigrating from B...

#127 Amelia Johnson - The Dream of Flying (Private)

25 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Amelia Johnson from Flightcharter.com.au. Running a successful events business over the past years, Amelia recently reconnected...

#126 Rich Harvey - Why Now is the Time to Buy Property

19 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Rich Harvey, Founder & CEO of Propertybuyer.com.au. Economist, property investor and buyers advocate, Rich is also the former P...

#125 Saurabh Thaper - Improve Your Hiring Process

12 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Saurabh Thaper, Owner of Turbo and Viddi. Always an entrepreneur at heart, Saurabh quit his corporate career a few years ago to...

#124 Mikeila Scheckenbach - Building a Rule Breaking Brand

05 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Mikeila Scheckenbach, Founder of Bandit Design Group. Starting the branding agency at only 24, Mikeila now runs a national team...

#123 Nicholas Robert Alderdice - The New Era of Education

28 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Nicholas Robert Alderdice, Founder of Learning Vault. With an offering of flexible licences and tailored courses, Nicholas and...

#122 Dave Malcolm - All in on Crypto

22 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with serial entrepreneur Dave Malcolm. After co-founding Marley Spoon and scaling the business to over 350 staff, Dave exited the bu...

#121 Katya Vakulenko - How To Be The Best Boss Ever

15 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Katya Vakulenko, Founder of Soup Agency. Starting the company three years ago on her own, Katya and her team now provide a rang...

#120 CUB Special - Behind the Scenes Vol. 1

08 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this podcast special, Daniel takes you behind the scenes of the Club of United Business. Discover the latest CUB updates and lessons Daniel learned...

#119 Peter Heery - Gaming Industry's Newest Player

01 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Peter Heery, Founder of Cascade Studios. After 18 years of growing his Digital Agency Inzen to great success, Peter is now on a...

#118 Andrew 'Billy' Baxter - Creating Iconic Advertisement

23 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Andrew Baxter, Founder of 24hr Business Plan. As former CEO of two of the country's biggest communications agencies, Publicis a...

#117 Karen Beattie - Lessons from the Greats

17 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Karen Beattie, Founder of The Growth Faculty. Karen launched the education business holding large scale events featuring high-c...

#116 Michael Cratt - Australia's Space Industry 2.0

10 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Michael Cratt, Managing Director of Av-Comm Space & Defence. Building & sustaining satellite ground stations for government and...

#115 Joey Crútch & Sam Dunleavy - The Yacht Life

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Joey Crútch & Sam Dunleavy, Co-Founders of The Yacht Life Australia. Based in Sydney, The Yacht Life is the leading agency for...

#SPECIAL Conversation with CEO Club Ukraine

31 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, Daniel catches up with the CEO Club Ukraine, hosting an intimate conversation between the club's President Serhiy Haydaychuk ...

#114 Rick Florence - How to Educate Your Market

27 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Rick Florence, CEO of Coldbuster Floor Heating. Founding and selling various businesses throughout his career, Rick decided to ...

#113 Lucy Bingle - Perfect Your LinkedIn Strategy

20 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Lucy Bingle, CEO of LucyBingle.com. As Australia's leading LinkedIn Agency, Lucy and her team are experts in managing LinkedIn ...

#112 Michael Porter - The Power of Being Yourself

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Michael Porter, Sales & Marketing Director of Australian Therapeutic Supplies. With globally recognised brands such as Four Sea...

#111 Matthew Holloway - Focus on Profit not Revenue

06 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Matthew Holloway, CEO of Holloway Group. Family owned over three generations, the Holloway Group is an end-to-end manufacturing...

#109 Alex Harding - Build Your Perfect Lead List

13 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Alex Harding, Founder of Dataphoria. Dataphoria assists businesses with database development & quality lead generation, enablin...

#108 Andrew Cassin - How to Prepare Your Business for Sale

07 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Andrew Cassin, Founder & CEO of Acquisiti. Established in 2004, Acquisiti is a premium business brokerage, assisting SMEs with ...

#107 Michelle Hext - Fighting Your Way to the Top

01 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Michelle Hext, Founder of The High Ticket Coaching Institute. Growing up in great adversity, Michelle's career saw her from own...

#106 Greg Norman - Data-Based Time Travel

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Greg Norman, Director of Forecast Australia. Forecast is a data analytics company that captures your business' data to calculat...

#105 Christopher Melotti - Make Your Brand Relevant

18 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Christopher Melotti, Founder of Melotti Media and multi award-winning Marketer. With a strong passion for message marketing and...

#104 Nick Urry - Control Your Business Finances

10 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Nick Urry, Founder of Dexterous Group. With the mission to improve their client's finance function, Dexterous acts as an intern...

#103 Amreeta Abbott - The Power of Partnerships

03 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Amreeta Abbott, Founder & CEO of Annature. Shortly after selling fintech company NowInfinity in 2020 for $25Million, Amreeta st...

#102 Theo Chambers - Managing Success

24 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Theo Chambers, Co-Founder and CEO of Shore Financial. Modernising a traditional industry, Shore Financial is Australia's No.1 i...

#101 Gavin Rubinstein - Becoming Australia's Real Estate Star

18 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Gavin Rubinstein, Founder of The Rubinstein Group and star of Amazon hit TV series 'Luxe Listings'. Working his way up the rank...

#100 Jane Lu - Building a Fashion Empire

12 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Jane Lu, Founder and CEO of Showpo. Starting out of her parents' garage in 2010, Jane grew Showpo to become one of Australia's ...

#99 Dan Machen - Behavioural Science

04 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Dan Machen of Lionize. Bringing years of experience from the advertising industry in London, the behavioural science expert now...

#98 Peter Scrine - Managing Big Business

30 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with CUB member Peter Scrine of Crescent Capital Partners, one of Australia's leading private equity firms managing over $3 Billi...

#97 Alita Harvey-Rodriguez - Team Alignment

23 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Alita Harvey-Rodriguez, Managing Director at MI Academy. With a focus on retailers, 'Marketing Innovations' Academy provides aw...

#96 Chris Cox - Changing Business Environments

14 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Chris Cox, Managing Director of Lead Lists. Founded by Chris and his Business Partner James in 2018, Lead Lists provides end-to...

#95 David Aherne - You're Only as Good as Your Reputation

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with David Aherne, Managing Director at Across The Ocean Shipping. David founded the Freight Forwarding company shortly after migrat...

#94 Julia Strangio-McRae - Cultural Evolution

10 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Julia Strangio-McRae, Co-Founder of Mirrored Horizons. Specialising in aligning people and teams within a business, Mirrored Ho...

#93 Graham Shannon - The School of Hard Knocks

02 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Graham Shannon, Managing Director of National Sign Build. Starting his first signage business out of a passion at only 23, Grah...

#92 Shane Duffy - The Art of Employee Retention

26 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Shane Duffy, CEO at Employment Innovations. Providing HR and payroll services to SMEs all across Australia, EI is the mother co...

#91 Greg Weiss - Finding Your Operational Soulmate

19 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Greg Weiss, Founder of Soulidify. As one of Australia's most prolific employment & career advisors, Greg & his team assist busi...

#90 Team CUB - The Mindset of a Winner

12 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Michael Dowsett from Team CUB. Playing professional Rugby all around the World for almost 10 years, Michael was looking for a n...

#89 Candice Meisels - How-To Guide to PR

05 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Candice Meisels, Founder of Candice PR. After heading the PR at Disney, managing multiple European countries from their Headqua...

#88 Daniel Breese - Level Up with Offshore Staff

29 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Daniel Breese, Director at AS White Global. With 7 offices across 4 countries, employing 1200 staff, ASW offers premium offshor...

#87 Charles Canning-Smith - Finding the Best Investment

22 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Charles Canning-Smith, Partner at Ballpark Ventures. Investing in early stage technology startups, the UK born venture capital ...

#86 George Dib - Make Your Passion Your Paycheck

15 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with George Dib, Founder & CEO of Amfin. With a strong focus on customer experience, the fin-tech business founded only four years a...

#85 Gareth Krost - Adapt & Thrive over Time

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Gareth Krost, Director at Krost Business Furniture. Founded in the 1930s, the family business was passed on through generations...

#84 Hussein Sheeth - Changing the Industry Standard

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Hussein Sheeth, Managing Director of Sheeth. Founding the boutique construction firm with his brother in 2017, Hussein and his ...

#83 Kirsten Carriol - What's Your Hero Product?

24 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Kirsten Carriol, CEO of Lanolips. After 10 years of running a successful beauty PR agency, Kirsten decided to start her own ski...

#82 Simon Cohen - The Future of Australian Property

16 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel catches up with Simon Cohen, CEO of Cohen Handler and the highest grossing buyer's agent in the country. Starring in Amazon hit TV-series 'Luxe...