Starting From Nothing

Katt Srinivasan
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Hear inspiring stories from successful entrepreneurs and leaders on how they started from nothing (no money or real advantage) and overcame adversity. Get 5-10 inspirational minutes for your life from this microcast/micro-podcast of tiny episodes. Get your startup tips and a head-start for starting your own journey. I went broke in 2008 only to launch TheBargainAvenue.com.au - a coupon codes and promo codes site, helping millions of shoppers save millions of dollars and driving over $300 million in sales revenue for retailers.

Episodes

  1. Harry Sanders' Story: From a 17-year-old homeless teenager living on the streets of Melbourne to Founder & CEO of a multi-million dollar company - StudioHawk - Australia's largest dedicated SEO agency

    07/09/2020

    Harry Sanders' Story: From a 17-year-old homeless teenager living on the streets of Melbourne to Founder & CEO of a multi-million dollar company - StudioHawk - Australia's largest dedicated SEO agency

    At 22 you can say Harry hasn't even started yet. Yet he is running a multi-award winning, multi-million dollar company called StudioHawk which is Australia's largest specialist dedicated SEO agency. That in itself is an incredible accomplishment. And to have done this starting it at just 17 as a homeless teenager from the streets of Melbourne and even living with drug addicts , is nothing but a mind-blowing feat. Thanks to his resilience and determination.  He will be an inspiration to every teenager and even my son when he grows up!  Harry won the B&T 30 Under 30 presented by Vevo award a few weeks back in June 2020. He also won Optus Young Business Leader of 2019.  He has done a TEDx show. He's been on TV and media including BBC and Forbes. He's also the specialist board member of Australian Web Industry Association. StudioHawk has won many awards notably the SEMRush Search Awards Australia Best Agency in 2018 and 2019, such a coveted award in the SEO industry. Other awards include, Mumbrella Awards 2019 winner, and Australian Business Award 2019 winner.  Here's StudioHawk's company website https://www.StudioHawk.com.au  And his facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/harrysandersseo  Follow him, as he's just getting started folks!

    10 min
  2. Callum Laing's Story: From a poor kid to getting wiped out by both Dot-com bubble and GFC to the CEO & Co-Founder of MBH Corp, one of the Top 3 fastest-growing European small caps

    06/26/2020

    Callum Laing's Story: From a poor kid to getting wiped out by both Dot-com bubble and GFC to the CEO & Co-Founder of MBH Corp, one of the Top 3 fastest-growing European small caps

    Callum Laing is the CEO and Co-Founder of MBH Corporation PLC ( https://www.mbhcorporation.com/ ), a publicly traded company and a global conglomerate connecting and scaling profitable small businesses, that generates $80 million in revenue. He, along with his business partner pioneered a model called 'Agglomerate'. They are the No. 2 fastest growing company among the European small caps listed in 2019 driving a phenomenal revenue growth of 300%. Since the COVID-19 they acquired 2 companies and they are just getting started. Callum is the author of three best selling books, Agglomerate, Progressive Partnerships and Entrepreneurial investing. You can get a free copy from his website - https://www.callumlaing.com/

    8 min
  3. Fred Schebesta's Story: From broke to landing in Google jail losing 80% of traffic overnight to becoming Co-Founder of Finder, a $1 billion company and also building a personal fortune of $193 million

    06/09/2020

    Fred Schebesta's Story: From broke to landing in Google jail losing 80% of traffic overnight to becoming Co-Founder of Finder, a $1 billion company and also building a personal fortune of $193 million

    Listen to Fred Schebesta's journey on how he defeated a Google SEO misfortune of losing 80% of their traffic overnight, overhauling his business model to build an innovative comparison shopping service Finder, which is worth an estimated 1 billion dollars today. Also get Fred's startup tips and a few of his incredible inspirational takeaways that gave me goosebumps.  Fred is an award winning entrepreneur, international speaker, author, media commentator and a popular figure in the startup and crypto world. Ever since I first saw and heard Fred speak some 10 years back, when he was running Credit Card Finder, Fred's journey with Finder has always inspired me.  Fred is one of Australia’s richest young people today, with a wealth close to $200 million dollars.  Today Finder runs websites in 83 countries, with 10 million visitors per month. Fred also leads Finder’s venture capital arm, Finder Ventures and HiveEx.com, a cryptocurrency brokerage.  Finder just released a new app - Finder app which can be downloaded from both the Apple App Store and Google Play store Fred has a string of awards and accolades to his name, including Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017 and Blockchain Entrepreneur of the Year 2019.  He was a judge for the Startup Smart Awards in 2011 and 2012. Fred was also listed in Business Insider’s Coolest 100 people in Australian tech in 2016. According to DailyMail Fred was once broke, eating canned spagetti daily and wearing taped torn shoes.

    11 min
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Hear inspiring stories from successful entrepreneurs and leaders on how they started from nothing (no money or real advantage) and overcame adversity. Get 5-10 inspirational minutes for your life from this microcast/micro-podcast of tiny episodes. Get your startup tips and a head-start for starting your own journey. I went broke in 2008 only to launch TheBargainAvenue.com.au - a coupon codes and promo codes site, helping millions of shoppers save millions of dollars and driving over $300 million in sales revenue for retailers.

Information

  • Creator
    Katt Srinivasan
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Katt Srinivasan
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    Starting From Nothing