The Business Octopus

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🎙️ The Business Octopus – where business gets real, raw, and radically effective. Hosted by Avon Collis, this podcast dives deep into the many arms of business—from digital transformation and automation to marketing, leadership, and growth strategy. Whether you're a startup founder, seasoned entrepreneur, or just business-curious, you'll find practical insights, candid conversations, and expert interviews that help you untangle complexity and scale with confidence. Join us as we explore the tools, tactics, and tech that drive modern business success—especially in the fast-evolving landscape o

  1. 5d ago

    Building Out Your Ultimate Marketing Kit

    - Gives you confidence for any and all sales related conversations- ⁠5 things you should have- ⁠Keep it organised- ⁠Personalise them- ⁠Make sure it looks like the level of awesome you deliver

  2. Sep 22

    Build the well before you need the water

    Whether you are leaving a career to start a business, are looking to expand internationally or just trying to find a job then you need to build the networks and connections around you before you need them. Deciding to do a thing and then find the network is the hard way. We discuss how to do it simpler.

  3. Sep 18

    Why Planning Beats Plans: One-Page Strategy, CEO Roles, and 90-Day Onboarding (with Brad)

    Avon interviews Brad on business strategy, planning, and leadership, drawing on Brad’s entrepreneurial background and 16–17 years coaching leadership teams across Australia and New Zealand. Brad explains that while “plans are worthless,” planning is essential, advocating for a one-page business plan that drives action and alignment, especially for teams. He contrasts goal setting with true strategy, emphasizing clear choices, focus, metrics, accountability, priorities, and meeting rhythm to avoid shiny-object distraction and enable compounding growth. The discussion covers founders as ideal CEOs, the five CEO roles (accountability, ambassador, culture, strategy, succession planning), and how to hire or promote leaders using values and role scorecards. Brad highlights onboarding as a neglected but potent process, recommending a structured 90-day onboarding with weekly check-ins to improve retention, productivity, and culture. 00:00 Welcome and Setup 00:12 Brad’s Background 01:01 Scaling Up Origins 03:00 Why Plans Matter 05:08 One Page Strategy 06:26 Military Planning Lessons 08:56 Aligning the Team 11:44 Entrepreneur Discipline Gaps 15:57 Strategy vs Goals 20:17 Compounding for Freedom 22:29 What CEOs Actually Do 25:27 Hiring the Right CEO 31:21 Onboarding That Works 40:16 Wrap Up and Takeaways Hi, I'm Avon from #relevate. I run #relevateconsulting and the #relevatecommunity. We have tons of entrepreneurs in our community looking to grow and scale. There are tons of videos on the Relevate YouTube channel Join the Relevate Community and get in depth guides, tips, tricks and tutorials on how to grow your business with digital skills and technology. Join our Digital Accelerator membership and take your business to the next level: https://join.relevate.com.au

  4. Sep 15

    Next Level Knowledge Management to Help You Scale

    You have heard the saying in one ear, out the other. Most people associate that with someone who is not listening. However, you can be listening and interested in the topic but if you don't take notes you will be subject to memory decay. The average persons memory of events decays by around 70% in the first 24 hours. Through no fault of your own you may be missing valuable information that can take you to the next level.

  5. Sep 8

    Neural note taking and link analysis

    How to link information and ideas in the way your brain works. Find patterns and make connections like never before. Watch this livestream on how we use Neural Note Taking to network more effectively.

  6. Aug 19

    Exponential networks

    Your network is your net worth. Everyone says it but are missing out on a critical ingredient. Scale.Building your network can be a powerful way to find opportunities at scale. When you do it right the possibilities are endless. Join the Relevate Community and get in depth guides, tips, tricks and tutorials on how to grow your business with digital skills and technology. Join our Digital Accelerator membership and take your business to the next level: https://join.relevate.com.au Choose the right software for your business with the Relevate Directory: https://directory.relevate.com.au

  7. Aug 12

    When to send a proposal and when it should just be an email

    Proposals are a funny thing. For the client, it is easy for them to say "send me a proposal" but for you the business owner it can mean hours of research and writing. How do you keep control of it all? Tune in and find out. Join the Relevate Community and get in depth guides, tips, tricks and tutorials on how to grow your business with digital skills and technology. Join our Digital Accelerator membership and take your business to the next level: https://join.relevate.com.au Choose the right software for your business with the Relevate Directory: https://directory.relevate.com.au

  8. Aug 5

    Getting your product mix right

    how to create a stream of products that introduces your customer to your brand and gets them begging for more. Join the Relevate Community and get in depth guides, tips, tricks and tutorials on how to grow your business with digital skills and technology. Join our Digital Accelerator membership and take your business to the next level: https://join.relevate.com.au Choose the right software for your business with the Relevate Directory: https://directory.relevate.com.au

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🎙️ The Business Octopus – where business gets real, raw, and radically effective. Hosted by Avon Collis, this podcast dives deep into the many arms of business—from digital transformation and automation to marketing, leadership, and growth strategy. Whether you're a startup founder, seasoned entrepreneur, or just business-curious, you'll find practical insights, candid conversations, and expert interviews that help you untangle complexity and scale with confidence. Join us as we explore the tools, tactics, and tech that drive modern business success—especially in the fast-evolving landscape o

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    Relevate
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    111
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