Catching Up With CUB
Episodes
#81 Carla Efstratiou - Don't Wait for 'Perfect'
12 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Carla Efstratiou, Owner of Stylehub and Gone Tomorrow Vintage. Starting her first business at only 22, Carla now runs two thriv...
#SPECIAL Adrian Hondros - Toes on the Front Line of History: 9/11
10 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Daniel catches up with Adrian Hondros, CEO of Porter Davis, speaking about Adrian's first hand experience in New York on Sept...
#80 Fred Schebesta - Be Remarkable
05 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Fred Schebesta, Co-Founder of award-winning fintech company Finder. By growing the comparison website & money app 'Finder' to g...
#79 Mikey Taylor - Market to an Attitude, not an Audience
27 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Mikey Taylor, CEO of Lionize. The high-end Advertising Agency utilises behavioural studies & relevant data to elevate brand, de...
#78 Tas Costi - The New Face of Commercial Real Estate
20 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Tas Costi, Co-Founder & CEO of Costi Cohen. Together with Luxe Listings' Simon Cohen, Tas Founded Australia's first dedicated c...
#77 Arielle Peters - Why your Business needs Video Content
13 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Arielle Peters, Creative Director at Two Giraffes Creative. After starting her media production career in the US with shows suc...
#76 Chris King - Ups & Downs of Scaling Fast
06 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Chris King, Founder & CEO of Splend. Founded in 2015, Splend is the market leader in providing vehicles and support services ...
#75 Team CUB - Finding a Business Partner
30 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Calvin Chilchik, who has recently been announced Business Partner at CUB. Speaking about Calvin's future as the Head of CUB's S...
#74 Team CUB - Always Pushing Forwards
23 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with CUB Co-Founder Anthony Mullane, talking all things new at CUB and discussing the challenges and learnings of this latest lockdo...
#73 Michelle & Yasmin Horner - Just Give It A Go
16 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with CUB Members Michelle & Yasmin Horner. Shortly after founding Talent Agency 'Ignite Elite Artists' 10 years ago, Michelle decide...
#72 Matt Miller - Everybody has a Story
02 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Matthew Miller, COO of Brace168. After extensive careers in the cyber security industry, Matt and his business partner founded ...
#71 Leigh Rust - Family over Business
18 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Leigh Rust, Director of Safetyline Jalousie and multi-award-winning Entrepreneur. Starting in a garage, Leigh and his brother h...
#70 Team CUB - Attracting & Nurturing Young Talent
11 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with the team - Tara Sassine & Patrick Hogan, the youngest members of our CUB family. Coming from hospitality and childcare backgrou...
#69 Riley Stewart - Writing the Perfect Ad
04 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Riley Stewart, CEO of More Gym Members. At only 24 Riley has won multiple awards with his marketing agency MGM, owns five Gym...
#68 Stephen Younane - How to Build a Culture like Nike
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Stephen Younane, CEO of Retail Prodigy Group. After heading multiple retail corporations, Steve decided to start RPG, becoming ...
#67 Samuel Wood - Bringing Aussie Fashion to the World
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Samuel Wood, CEO of Azura Runway & Azura Consulting. Azura connects retailers, designers & customers worldwide, partnering with...
#66 Amal Wakim & Jade Spooner - Making 30 Under 30
14 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Amal Wakim & Jade Spooner, Co-Founders of Equalution. Creating a game-changing platform for weight-loss, Amal & Jade built a te...
#65 Allan Dall - Complete Transparency Management
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Allan Dall, CEO of The Glue. Going from a degree in the science of plants to running a successful IT-business, Allan and his te...
#64 Nicole Billett - Leading with Authenticity
30 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Nicole Billett, Managing Director & CEO of Teddington Legal. After a 20 year career in strategy, sales and marketing, Nicole no...
#63 Matthew Browne - Australia's Y Combinator
23 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Matt Browne, Managing Partner of Black Nova Group. Matt is a founder of one of 10 Australian start ups to ever experience Y com...
#62 Karen Finch & Bianca Dowdell-Munro – The Power of Empathy
16 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Karen Finch & Bianca Dowdell-Munro, the Owners of Legally Yours. Both coming from extensive entrepreneurial backgrounds, Karen ...
#61 Chris Christofi - The Mindset that Makes You Unstoppable
09 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Chris Christofi, Founder & CEO of Reventon. At 25, starting the business with $300k in debt, Chris since grew his finance compa...
#59 Nathan Taddeo – Who's the Enemy of Your Business?
26 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Nathan Taddeo, Chief Lending Officer at Finspo. After 5 years of running his multi-award-winning finance company Credo, Nathan ...
#58 Andy Watson – Hacks on Saving on Tax
19 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Andy Watson, Partner at Accounting Powerhouse Smith Feutrill. Buying into the business in 2015 at only 26, Andy now looks after...
#57 Godwin Hili - Rise, Fall and Rise again
12 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Godwin Hili, Founder & Creative Director of Godwin Charli. After he reimagined the approach to made-to-measure, Godwin Charli h...
#56 Chris Round – The Know How: Trademark Registration
05 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Chris Round, Intellectual Property Lawyer and Partner at K&L Gates. Being a part of one of the largest global law firms for ove...
#55 Dr Lillian Nejad - Skills for Life
26 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Dr Lillian Nejad, Director of Omnipsych & Skills for Life. In addition to providing cutting edge clinical psychological servic...
#54 Nick Reilly - Mastering Delegation for Successful Growth
19 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Nick Reilly, Managing Director of Inovayt. With offices around the country, Inovayt offers a diverse range of financial service...
#53 Paul Walton – Re-imagining Brand Experiences
12 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Paul Walton, Co-Founder of Flare Creative. With clients such as Ferrari and Pernod Ricard, Flare Creative delivers innovative c...
#52 George Guse - The Future of Renewable Energy
05 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with George Guse, Managing Director of Arc Renewable Group. George started his first successful internationally operated business at...
#51 Andrew McKenna - Cash Flow is Key
29 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Andrew McKenna, CEO of SelectPay. After successfully running multiple recruitment agencies over the past decade, Andrew identif...
#50 Daniel Hakim - The Man Behind CUB
22 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
SPECIAL EPISODE! To celebrate 50 episodes, our host & CUB Founder Daniel Hakim switches seats, and speaks with team members Alice & Anthony about the ...
#49 Brian Lim - Space Entrepreneur
15 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Brian Lim, CEO of Wise Networking. Combining his extensive knowledge on communication & outer space, Brian created the world's ...
#48 Susan Werkner & Peter Applebaum – 4 Steps to Accelerate your Business
08 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Susan Werkner & Peter Applebaum, Co-Founders of The Agency Accelerators. After extensive careers in Digital Marketing & co-host...
#47 Adrian Bo – Finding the Positives in a Bad Situation
27 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Adrian Bo, one of the founding Partners at McGrath Estate Agents. Being one of Australia's thought-leaders in the industry, Adr...
#46 Belinda Agnew - Creating Your Personal Brand
18 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Belinda Agnew, Founder of Foccus Group & Foccus Media. Starting her Recruitment Agency Foccus Group just 3 years ago, Belinda n...
#45 Monika Lama & Marcello Pinto - CUB Success Story
11 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Monika Lama & Marcello Pinto. Marcello, CEO of Exponential Investments & Monika, owner of Lama Family Lawyers, met at CUB only ...
#44 Tim Griffiths - The Courage to Start again
04 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Tim Griffiths, Co-Founder & CSO of Xref - an ASX listed pre-employment reference checking platform with clients such as Westpac...
#43 Lachlan Rowston & Raphael Freedman - The Business of Health
27 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Lachlan Rowston & Raphael Freedman, the Co-Founders of Creature Fitness and LOCKEROOM. Besides innovating the Australian gym in...
#42 Emma Blomfield - CUB Member #1
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Emma Blomfield, Founder of Emma Blomfield & Décor Library. A specialist in residential interior decorating & design, Emma work...
#41 Mitchell Ross - The Purpose of Your Business
13 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Mitchell Ross, CEO of Muru Office Supplies. Operating throughout Australia, MOS is a majority Aboriginal owned, purpose driven ...
#40 CUB Team - Team Culture & Ownership
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
SPECIAL EPISODE! Daniel catches up with Team CUB - Alice Wilson & Laura Ropers. Both moved to Sydney for a fresh start, finding a family and promising...
#39 Michael Laps - Standing out from the Competition
30 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Michael Laps, Co-Founder & Director of Yoghurt Digital. Starting his business at only 25 and running for 6 short years, Michael...
#38 Charles Liu - Finding Opportunity in the Little Things
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Charles Liu, Founder and CEO of Cubic Promote. Starting with a single plastic pen 16 years ago, Charles since built one of Aust...
#37 Jonathan Hopkirk - Leading with Dedication & Empathy
16 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Jonathan Hopkirk, Global Medical Director of Laser Clinics Australia/NZ/UK. With over 65% market share in Australia, Laser Clin...
#36 Miles Wharton - A VIP Service Tailored to each Client
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Miles Wharton, Co-Owner and Director of The Bespoke Corner Tailors. Starting as a door step tailoring service, The Bespoke Corn...
#35 Nick Motteram - A Guide to Raising Capital
02 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Nick Motteram, Co-Founder & Managing Director of OnMarket, Australia's largest investment and capital raising platform. With mo...
#33 Andrew Black - How a Lamington & a Coffee can Bank you $35m
20 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Andrew Black, Non-Executive Director of Gateway Bank. Born and raised in a small country town and without any traditional educa...
#32 David Gibson & Nathan Lennon - Brewing up Bob Hawke's Legacy
13 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches with David Gibson & Nathan Lennon, Co-Founders of Hawke's Brewing Co. Previously working as Creative Directors for an Advertising compa...
#31 Giovanni Pacialeo - Bringing Hollywood to Sydney
04 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Giovanni Pacialeo, Co-Founder & Executive Producer of Benchmark Media & Entertainment. Previously working on Hollywood Blockbus...
#30 CUB Team - The Strength of Your Network
30 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
SPECIAL EPISODE! Daniel catches up with the CUB team - Anthony Mullane & Calvin Chilchik. Coming from very different career paths, both are now dedica...
#29 Adriana Giometti - Understanding Your Client
23 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Adriana Giometti, CMO of Holman Webb - a national commercial and insurance law firm. Starting as a telemarketer, Adriana sin...
#28 Blake Allen - A Winning Mindset
14 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Blake Allen, Founder & Managing Director of BRC Roofing and Cladding Australia. Growing up with great adversity, Blake decided ...
#27 Darren Woolley – Embracing Economic Changes & Innovation
07 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Darren Woolley, Founder & Global CEO of Trinity P3. With offices in the USA, Europe and Asia, Trinity P3 is a Marketing Managem...
#26 Andrew Herrmann - Customer Centric Sales
31 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Andrew Herrmann, Co-Owner & Sales Director of EFEX - one of Australia's fastest growing technology companies! In 6 short years,...
#25 Alexandra King – Next Generation Marketing Management
24 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Alexandra King, Co-Founder & Director of ask Marketing. Born in a hotel room in Sicily, ask Marketing is a Virtual Marketing Ma...
#24 Adrian Hondros - How to be the Leader your Business needs
17 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Adrian Hondros, CEO of Porter Davis. Prior to Porter Davis, Adrian was the head of Nab and Commonwealth private bank, which pro...
#23 Blake Micola - The Brad Pitt of Digital Advertising
10 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Blake Micola, Founder & CEO of Growth Marketing Systems. Since its beginnings in 2016, GMS has helped over 200 businesses globa...
#22 Dr Nikki Goldstein - The Business of Sex
02 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Dr Nikki Goldstein, Australia's most sought after Sexologist. Being awarded as Australia's best Sex Educator twice, Nikki educa...
#21 Stephen Abolakian – The End-to-End Development Powerhouse
25 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Stephen Abolakian, Managing Director of Sydney based Hyecorp Property Group. Entering the family business in 2006, Stephen has ...
#20 Mark Bouris - Australian Business Icon
19 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
SPECIAL EPISODE! Daniel catches up with Business Titan Mark Bouris, Executive Chairman of Yellow Brick Road and Owner of the Mentored Platform. Being ...
#19 Mark Di Noia - Trials & Tribulations of a Serial Entrepreneur
11 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Mark Di Noia, Business Coach and Professional EOS Implementer™. Over 20 years Mark successfully grew, operated and sold multi...
#18 Matt Moseley & Peter Liston – Military Strategies to implement in your Business
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Matt Moseley & Peter Liston, Co-Founders of Trust the Process and the Veteran Community Business Chamber. After their 12 year c...
#17 Zane McIntyre - The CEO of Australia's largest Affiliate Marketing Business
05 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Zane McIntyre, Co-Founder & CEO of Commission Factory. Zane started building the global affiliate marketing network 9 years ago...
#16 Jeff Fenech & Paul Fitzgerald - Similarities between Boxing & Business
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Jeff Fenech, Australian Boxing Legend and Paul Fitzgerald, the Founder of Barking Dog Marketing. Jeff, three-time world champio...
#15 Paul Miller - CUB's Mergers & Acquisitions Expert
31 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Paul Miller, Founding Partner of Deutsch Miller, a Boutique legal firm that specialises in corporate and commercial law and lit...
#14 Fred Schebesta - The Aussie Tech-Star that never stops Innovating
23 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Fred Schebesta, the Co-Founder of Finder and an Australian icon of Entrepreneurship. With offices all over the world, Finder ha...
#12 Paul Hotz - The Life Lessons We All Need to Hear
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Paul Hotz, a legend in the Australian garment industry, former manager of international boxing champions and now mentor to some...
#11 Ari Galper - The Secret Recipe for Higher Sales Conversion Rates
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Ari Galper, CEO of Unlock The Game and the world's most sought After trust base selling expert. Becoming a best-selling author ...
#10 Matt Purcell - The Master Storyteller
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Purcell - Storytelling expert. Daniel catches up with Matt Purcell, Story telling expert and Director of Mentored Media. Matt and Daniel speak ab...
#9 Giles Donovan - How I survived the Tech Wreck
10 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Giles Donovan - How i survived a 75% loss in revenue during the Tech Wreck. Daniel Catches up with Giles Donovan, the Co-Founder of NetRegistry.com.au...
#8 Nick Fordham - The Story of the 'Outback Wrangler'
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Nick Fordham – Owner of The Fordham Company, Co-Owner of The Man Shake and Executive Producer of the international TV hit 'Ou...
#7 Steve Grace - How to hire Perfect Staff
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Steve Grace, Recruitment expert and CEO of the Nudge Group. Steve has been in recruitment for over 20 years and has successfu...
#6 Dr Aileen Alegado - The Psychology of Leadership
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Dr Aileen Alegado, clinical psychologist and the Director of Mindset Psychology. With a degree in neuroscience, first class Hon...
#5 Lior Stein - R&D, Religion & Superheroes
26 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Lior Stein, Co- MD of Rimon Advisory, one of Australia's leading R&D grant specialists. Lior and the team at Rimon have raised ...
#4 Alexi Neocleous - The Marketing Automation King
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Alexi Neocleous, CEO of content agency Fubbi.co & internationally renowned marketing genius. Not only did Alexi work with big n...
#3 Alison Egan - The Story of Sparkling White Smile
19 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Alison Egan, Founder and Director of Sparkling White Smile. Starting her business when she was only 19 years old, Alison and he...
#2 Simon Cohen - Australia's A-List Property Expert
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Simon Cohen, Founder & CEO of Cohen Handler - Australia's premier property buyers agency which has purchased over $4 billion wo...
#1 Wes Lambert - The Rock Star of Aussie Hospitality
01 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel catches up with Wes Lambert, CEO of RCA Australia - an industry body that represents over 45,000 hospitality businesses employing over 450,0000...