She's The Boss Chats

Jody is a very stylish and clever woman who has been running her creative agency for over 25 years now. Not a lot of women can make a claim like that! Born and bred in Mackay in a very close family, Jody and her sister grew up exploring the rainforest and the beaches around the Whitsundays. Her Dad had gone there to do a job as a young man, and never left! Jody enjoyed her school days in Mackay but decided very early on that she wanted to be a business owner, and she was quite strategic about it. After finishing school, Jody decided to do a specific advertising and design course based in Brisbane, but she couldn't get in for the first year, so she became a photographer for her local paper. Then, after a year she headed to Brissie and qualified with a degree after one (very tough) year. That was followed by her time freelancing, and setting up an agency with two business partners. That business did not survive for long, and so Jody headed back up north to her family and friends in Mackay. It wasn't long after that, that she started her agency, redhotblue, in the rumpus room of her parent's house and one of her first clients was Hog's Breath, which is a big company for a startup agency. Jody tells the story of her first campaign for them which is very funny and won her the business as a client. These days Jody runs a team of designers, branding specialists, and more, and she and her team particularly like to work with business owners right from the beginning of their business life and to grow alongside them. You are going to love this woman!This episode is proudly sponsored by redhotblue. This full service marketing agency has recently notched up 25 successful years in business and are known for producing unique, award-winning design, advertising and marketing for purpose driven businesses. Everything created by redhotblue has purpose and strategy, aka 'Intelligent Creativity.' To find out more go to https://redhotblue.com.au/.

As CEO of Startup Victoria, Vicki is such a huge supporter of founders, and women in business generally and it was an absolute delight to hear her story. Born and bred in a tiny village in Yorkshire, Vicki's first job out of college was to work for Nike in Amsterdam. She describes her time there as pretty awesome due to the wonderful, inclusive, and positive culture. During that time she really honed her skills in product development and strategy! After Nike, she and her partner wanted to try living somewhere else and decided whoever got the first job would get to choose.Vicki was picked up by Pacific Brands in Melbourne and so they came here. Lucky us! It was after a long stint in consumer products, including a time at Red Bubble that Nikki moved into the start-up community and her role as CEO. During this interview, we also talk about all sorts of business things including women and funding, the competitive culture between women in corporate organisations, and even the importance of getting into nature for your mental health. It's a wide and varied conversation with a very inspiring woman!This episode is proudly sponsored by redhotblue. This full service marketing agency has recently notched up 25 successful years in business and are known for producing unique, award-winning design, advertising and marketing for purpose driven businesses. Everything created by redhotblue has purpose and strategy, aka 'Intelligent Creativity.' To find out more go to https://redhotblue.com.au/.

Wow! Sukey has a fantastic history of entrepreneurship and I was blown away by her businesses. Having grown up in a small province in China as an only child, Sukey only arrived in Australia as a young adult. After finishing year 12, she went on to study Advertising but soon realised her heart wasn't set on working in marketing and advertising roles. She discussed the options with her parents and decided she wanted to go out and explore the world - and she ended up in Australia.She arrived here not knowing anyone and started out in a 'homestay' in north Sydney with a lovely Italian woman who looked after her and a bunch of other students. From there she ended up moving out with a friend to a tiny apartment in Chinatown where 8 of them shared a 2BR place. Then she moved to Bondi and joined a party house where she started to understand hospitality. She and her husband started Chefin - where you can hire a top chef to cook in your home - and built software to manage the process. They have now served more than 50,000 people with this service.Umamya is her new baby - it's a robot (like a fridge) that will do the jobs of kitchen hands and actually cook meals. You just add the ingredients and then the machine prepares and cooks the food in about 90 seconds. She predicts that it will save 30% of the staff costs, and solve the staff shortage problem, in the hospitality industry.This episode is proudly sponsored by redhotblue. This full service marketing agency has recently notched up 25 successful years in business and are known for producing unique, award-winning design, advertising and marketing for purpose driven businesses. Everything created by redhotblue has purpose and strategy, aka 'Intelligent Creativity.' To find out more go to https://redhotblue.com.au/.