Brandon Burns Show

How to discover your "WHY" and improve your life all around!Season 2 Launch - Episode 1 with very special Guest and Media personality Roxie Bennett! Roxie shared her story with us and her amazing journey to her new business venture and where she is today, launching and reinventing in October 2018!We are super excited to hear about her new life coaching business and her passion for helping people become the best version of themselves! An episode not to be missed!Her "Superpower is helping you find yours"See below the ten questions we asked Roxie about her start-up experience and time in business!1. Intro to Roxie, his story, what he is up to now2. Plan It Roxie, success of the start-up, it's relation to Bay Fm and what's in store for the future3. In Roxie’s opinion what are the 3 pieces of advice he wouldn't give a start-up when starting out4. According to Roxie what are the top 3 industries desperate for innovation and entrepreneurship to take advantage of massive growth opportunities5. What is the key to having a successful start-up team, individuals, teams of 2-3, 2 entrepreneurs 1 mentor etc6. Biggest lesson learnt from start-up experience with Plan It Roxie?7. Biggest achievement with journey to date, could be something we are not expecting...?8. How long should a start-up give themselves to get traction, validate and grow, 1 year, 18 months, 3 years etc9. Who is your inspiration or someone in the space you look up toFind out more about Roxie here:http://www.roxiebennett.com/https://www.facebook.com/planitroxiehttps://www.instagram.com/planitroxie/https://www.instagram.com/planitroxie/Find out more about us here:Our linkedin page - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-burns-44423748/Our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/enterprisemonkey/Our twitter page - https://twitter.com/enterprisemonkOur instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/enterprisemonkey/

Pure Ponics and the green future of AgricultureOne of Australia's must watch start-ups Pure Ponics is a game changer for the sustainability industry as it looks to revolutionise food as it should be. Pure Ponics grows clean, safe, chemical free fresh food in urban farms, close to where you live and eat, all year 'round.This week, we catch up with the Co-Founder and Director of Pure Ponics in Geelong, Steve Gleeson. We chat about the green future of farming and the potential of using and applying Aquaponics to non-farmland for a greater result in crop quality and sales. Here from an incredibly inspiring entrepreneur and his amazing vision for our future!We hope you enjoy this weeks episode and our very special guest!Find out more about Steve here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-gleeson-92721b103/https://www.pureponics.com.au/https://www.instagram.com/pureponics/https://www.facebook.com/PurePonicsAUS/

What is the Melbourne Accelerator Program? And how to get involved.In this week's episode we had the pleasure of sitting down with the Director of the Melbourne Accelerator Program Campbell Walshe. As a previous alumni of the program and now heading up the entire operation, we took the time to pick Campbell's brain about all things entrepreneurship and start-ups.Having had a successful start-up himself and worked in multiple other businesses, Campbell was able to share his experiences, ups and downs and plans for the future of MAP and Melbourne University's involvement.Campbell gave us a first hand account of one of his successful start-ups CNS Dose, it's relation to MAP and what's in store for the future. We discussed his thoughts on the top 3 industries desperate for innovation and entrepreneurship to take advantage of massive growth opportunities.Campbell shared with us the keys to having a successful start-up team, individuals, teams of 2-3, 2 entrepreneurs 1 mentor. He discussed his biggest lessons learnt from his start-up experience and his biggest achievementsWe asked Campbell his opinion on how long should a start-up give themselves to get traction, validate and grow, 1 year, 18 months, 3 years? We asked Campbell who his inspiration was and the people in his space that he looks up to.We hope you enjoy this week's episode and encourage you to get in contact with the Melbourne accelerator program here: http://themap.co/Find out more about Campbell here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/cwalshe/

Innovation in the real estate industry and relationship selling for your start-up!In this week's episode we spoke with one of Australia's leading luxury real estate agents Mergim Ibrahimi from Buxton Real Estate. Mergim was kind enough to share with us his entrepreneurial journey which started in real estate and has grown to become a leading agent and have a team of his own. Mergim talked with us about the challenges and opportunities he faces as not only a real estate agent but also as an entrepreneur and leader of his team.We got a great insight into his growth over the years and the key mistakes and successes he has made that have shaped his trajectory and how they can act as a great guide and reference for budding entrepreneurs.Here you can learn how to affectively run a business within a business and grow your team with the right skill set to set up for sustained success. Mergim talks about his collaborative approach amongst his team and how they have worked together to develop skills and share knowledge to deliver consistency in their approach and level of customer service.Of course, we couldn't pass up the opportunity to get some insights and advice on the state of the real estate market and his prediction, which you will find particularly interesting.We hope you enjoy this weeks episode!Find out more about Mergim here:www.mergim.com.auhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mergim-ibrahimi-05881b74/https://www.instagram.com/teammergim_buxtonrealestate/Find out more about us here:Our linkedin page - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-burns-44423748/Our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/enterprisemonkey/Our twitter page - https://twitter.com/enterprisemonkOur instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/enterprisemonkey/

How do you avoid the marketing agency death traps?Are you thinking of engaging a marketing agency to help navigate launching and growing your startup? Here are the top 10 mistakes to avoid when thinking of working with a Marketing agency and what questions you must ask your future marketing partner. Good luck!Question 1: how does a digital marketing agency work?Question 2: before engaging a digital marketing agency what do I really need to know?Question 3: what is a common piece of advice you hear digital agencies give that you would not recommend?Question 4: what’s the best way to verify if they know what they are talking about and if they have achieved results?Question 5: how do you confirm they actually know what you are trying to achieve?Question 6: what are the sneaky contract clauses I need to look out for with a digital agency?Question 7: should I enter into contract or not?Question 8: how does billing work with a digital agency and where is the time money actually spent?Question 9: agency or gun for hire, pros and consQuestion 10: one agency for one service or one for all what works best? Example AdWords vs Facebook or PR etcCheck out more about Dean here:http://www.owendenny.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/deandenny/https://www.instagram.com/deanowendenny/https://www.facebook.com/owendennydigital/Find out more about us here!:Our linkedin page - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-burns-44423748/Our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/enterprisemonkey/Our twitter page - https://twitter.com/enterprisemonkOur instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/enterprisemonkey/

Are you looking to become the best leader you can be? Find out how to get started with Josh Farr!On this episode of the show we spoke with founder and entrepreneur Josh Farr from Campus Consultancy. Having conducted university club & society student leadership training with young entrepreneurs all across the country, we thought he would be a perfect candidate for our audience to hear his story and advice. Josh shared with us things such as his daily routine, what he's reading right now, why he got started with Campus Consultancy and how he is inspiring the young leaders of today. It was particularly interesting to hear about how het got started on his start-up journey, his university education and how much he has learnt since pursuing his passion. We hope you enjoy this episode of the show and encourage you to check Josh out.Find out more about Josh here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshdfarr/https://www.campusconsultancy.org/Find out more about us here:Our linkedin page - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-burns-44423748/Our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/enterprisemonkey/Our twitter page - https://twitter.com/enterprisemonkOur instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/enterprisemonkey/

One of Australia's youngest and brightest Entrepreneurs Beau Arnfield!Here we had the opportunity to sit down with one of Australia's youngest entrepreneurs Beau Arnfield. A current student at Deakin University and graduate of the Deakin Spark program and Co-Founder of Spair Pair. We got to talk all about his studies, how he caught the entrepreneurial bug at an early age and how he has now launched his very own start-up spair pair. We hope you get some great value from this episode and encourage to find out more about Beau and his endeavours below.Find out more about Beau here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/beauarnfield/https://www.spairpair.com/Find out more about us here:Our linkedin page - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brandon-burns-44423748/Our facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/enterprisemonkey/Our twitter page - https://twitter.com/enterprisemonkOur instagram page - https://www.instagram.com/enterprisemonkey/

Understanding how much the digital landscape is changing and what you need to do to stay ahead of your competitionThis week we sat down with the amazing Dean Denny from Owen Denny, who are a Geelong based Digital Marketing Machine! Dean was kind enough to spend some time with us, sharing his insights on Digital as a whole for our start-up audience and what are some of the keys to having continued success online. From social-media, google re-marketing, creating relevant content and instagram's latest swipe up ads, Dean exposes us to some really valuable strategies to try with your online marketing strategy.Dean will be joining us more regularly to talk about specific Digital topics and how you can implement his tips and tricks for your business. We hope you get some great value out of this episode and see below to follow Dean online.Check out more about Dean here:http://www.owendenny.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/deandenny/https://www.instagram.com/deanowendenny/?hl=enhttps://www.facebook.com/owendennydigital/

Revolutionising family day care with Aussie start-up Founder - Liam McFaddenIn this latest episode of the Brandon Burns Show we had the pleasure to sit down with Aussie start-up founder Liam McFadden from Clann. Having been born out of the LaunchVic founded regional start-up incubator Runway Geelong, Liam has launched a family day care application that is revolutionising this space for stay at home Mums and early childhood educators. Hear from Liam first hand on his experience of the program and traction to date.As a proud client of Enterprise Monkey's, Liam talks about his experience building the app, constructing an MVP and how he has benefited from collaborating with the team at Runway Geelong and other like minded businesses.We thank Liam for his time and encourage to find out more about him and Clann below:https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-mcfadden-owc/https://clann.com.au/https://clann.com.au/https://www.facebook.com/ClannAustralia