Grow A Small Business Podcast

In her 40s, started The Mind Lab to help people gain knowledge and practical skills for today's rapidly evolving world. From a small incubator with 5 FTE, to now being an award-winning and profitable social enterprise with 80 FTE (Frances Valintine)

Feb 28, 2021

In this episode, I interview Frances Valintine, the Founder, and CEO of The Mind Lab and Tech Futures Lab. The Mind Lab is a platform that empowers students, schools, teachers, and principals to develop contemporary knowledge and practical skills for today's rapidly evolving world and the future of work. Frances was...

Aged 32 in 2019, started Dashdot with a few properties that led into losses but didn’t give up and now averages $120,000 a month in collected fees and projects to hit $1.5 Million by the end of 2020. Grew FTE from 2 to the current 6 (Goose McGrath)

Feb 24, 2021

In this episode, I interview Goose McGrath, the CEO at dashdot Buyers Agents, a buyers agency service that specializes in sourcing investment and homeowner properties that are under market value, with net positive yields, strong capital growth prospects, and that have value add potential through various instruments...

Started Valocity which was rapidly adopted by big banks in New Zealand, Australia, India and Singapore within 6 years to become an industry leader, and grew it organically from a small team to the current almost 100 FTE (Carmen Vicelich)

Feb 22, 2021

In this episode, I interview Carmen Vicelich, the award-winning founder and Global CEO of Valocity Global, a company that harnesses technology and data to transform and create new and connected digital ecosystems, streamlining the mortgage lending and valuation processes around the world and automating workflow from end...

Initially worked for different PR firms to gain experience and in 2012, aged 23, started her own PR business with nothing but her laptop and tons of passion and creativity. Was the only FTE and now has 4 (Alessandra Pollina)

Feb 17, 2021

In this episode, I interview Alessandra Pollina, the Founder, and CEO of Quotable Media Co (Formerly Pollina PR), a Boston-based public relations, marketing, and media agency with a passion for supporting female entrepreneurs. Alessandra is also the host of Quotable: a female millennial entrepreneur podcast. She works...

From accounting and finance to digital models and intellectual property expert with a rockstar remote team of 6. How digital models can help a small business owner grow their business and still maintain some freedom (Renée Hasseldine)

Feb 14, 2021

In this episode, I interview Renée Hasseldine, the Founder and CEO of the Think RAPT System, an award-winning system that distills consults, experts, and teams’ unique intellectual property into Visual Models. Renée helps experts, consultants, and thought leaders scale up their businesses by developing their...