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#88 Freelancer: Matt Barrie on How He Founded the Worlds Largest Freelancing & Crowdsourcing Marketplace and Became a Listed Company With a Market Cap of Over $1 Billion
40:01|Today I’m thrilled to be joined by a true industry pioneer who’s reshaped the world of freelancing and online financing - Matt Barrie. Matt is the founder of Freelancer.com, the world’s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace. Freelancer has empowered and connected 77 million of professionals and businesses worldwide. Freelancer is a listed company that has reached a market cap of over $1 billion. In addition to that, his other business Escrow.com has revolutionised secure online transactions, Escrow.com is the world’s largest escrow company. It’s like paypal but for big ticket items. $7 billion of volume. Buying boats, business, airplanes. Like when facebook changed their domain to meta.com they bought the domain and trademarks through Escrow.com, instagram.com to instagram, uber.com to uber, you name it.And lastly, his third business Loadshift, which is Australia's largest heavy haulage transport marketplace, which moves as much freight in distance from the earth to the moon, everyday. Matt’s an old friend of mine that helped me in the early days and has always been a big supporter of entrepreneurship so I’m super excited to catch up.Actually btw - Matt doesn't do anything in halves and likes to go against the grain, which is why he’s so brilliant, so we’re going to go rogue and change up the format
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#87 Ministry of Talent: How Roxy Jacenko Became The Australian PR Queen
37:56|Today I’m joined by one of the most influential people in PR in Australia - Roxy Jacenko! Roxy is a powerhouse entrepreneur and the founder of many successful ventures, including what’s probably the most well known PR agency in the country, Sweaty Betty PR, as well as Ministry of Talent. On top of that she has built her own personal brand into a household name. Roxy is a woman that’s lived many lives, and has had more than her share of ups and downs and I’m so excited to chat to her about it all!#86 Eight Sleep: How Alexandra Zatarain Co-founded the Worlds First Sleep Fitness Company With a Valuation of $500M
40:44|Joining me today, all the way from the US, is Alexandra Zatarain, Co-Founder and VP of Brand and Marketing of Eight Sleep - the world’s first sleep fitness company. Not only has Eight Sleep created a category, it’s used by the likes of Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Lewis Hamilton. Alex has built the company from $0 to 9-figures in revenue and its current valuation exceeds half a billion dollars!#85 First Page: How Nick Bell Took His Business From His Bedroom to $200 Million in Revenue
30:31|Today I’m chatting with Nick Bell. Yes, one of the shiny new Sharks on our new season of Shark Tank Australia. Nick is the Founder and CEO of First Page and 10 other businesses! Off the back of his first business that failed, Nick started again from his bedroom in 2008. Since then he’s expanded his business into software development, reputation repair, digital marketing, branding longevity and offshore labour hire. Nick has scaled to over 1900 staff members and over $200 million in revenue!#84 LVLY: From Start Up Hustle to Selling for $35M With Hannah Spilva
35:15|Today I’m chatting with the amazing Hannah Spilva, the co-founder of LVLY. I think it’s pretty safe to say that everyone listening has either received, gifted or seen a co-worker receive a gorgeous bundle of LVLY Flowers and Gift Package. LVLY started 8 years ago and has not only become a household name here in Australia but has also become a global business - which is no easy feat for you’re doing same day gifting of fresh flowers!Han has recently sold her business for a valuation of $35 million and now she sits on the board of LVLY and is diving right back in with 2 new startups in the world of beauty and self-care.#83 Robert Herjavec Part 2: From Refugee to an OG Shark on Shark Tank
40:00|Welcome back to part 2 with Robert Herjavec. He recently sold his cyber security business Cyderes for almost a billion dollars and is of course one of my fellow Sharks on Shark Tank Australia, and also US Shark Tank and Canadian Dragon’s Den. Make sure you listen to part 1!#82 Robert Herjavec: Selling His Business Cyderes For Almost a Billion USD
32:22|My next guest needs no introduction, but here’s one anyway. It’s none other than my fellow Shark on Shark Tank, Robert Herjavec. Robert is one of the most renowned entrepreneurs globally and is an OG Shark from the US Shark Tank, Canadian Dragon’s Den and of course Shark Tank Australia. From humble beginnings as a poor refugee, he built and sold his first company for $600,000. From there, he started a software business that he sold to AT&T Canada for $32M. From there, he built his next business Cyderes in cyber security which he recently sold for almost a billion dollars. (That’s in USD, so he’s technically a billionaire in Australia dollars though.)Robert is literally one of the funniest, kindest and most interesting people I know, and you guys are absolutely going to love this chat! Alright let’s get into it!