Silicon Beach Radio - Strange Destinations with Dan O’Grady
Education Podcasts
Strange Destinations is a series where founders and innovators explore the connections, accidents and inspirations which lead them to create their unique paths. Hosted by Dan O’Grady, each episode is a freewheeling conversation where the guest can explore their childhood fascinations, the challenges that they have faced and how they got to where they are now - their Strange Destination. The Silicon Beach podcast started with a mix of evergreen favorite tips for young entrepreneurs to help your business today. Silicon Beach Melbourne has steadily become one of the largest startup Meetup groups in Melbourne and has been deemed by Meetup.com as one of the most active in the world with entrepreneurs from all over the globe. Cullen Pope founded Silicon Beach Radio in 2015 after the original episodes were hosted on The EATT Magazine Travel Podcast https://eattmag.com/ our first sponsor now the home of Learn English with Cullen's podcast. The latest episodes of silicon beach radio can be found on https://siliconbeachoz.net/silicon-beach-radio/
Location:
Australia
Description:
Strange Destinations is a series where founders and innovators explore the connections, accidents and inspirations which lead them to create their unique paths. Hosted by Dan O’Grady, each episode is a freewheeling conversation where the guest can explore their childhood fascinations, the challenges that they have faced and how they got to where they are now - their Strange Destination. The Silicon Beach podcast started with a mix of evergreen favorite tips for young entrepreneurs to help your business today. Silicon Beach Melbourne has steadily become one of the largest startup Meetup groups in Melbourne and has been deemed by Meetup.com as one of the most active in the world with entrepreneurs from all over the globe. Cullen Pope founded Silicon Beach Radio in 2015 after the original episodes were hosted on The EATT Magazine Travel Podcast https://eattmag.com/ our first sponsor now the home of Learn English with Cullen's podcast. The latest episodes of silicon beach radio can be found on https://siliconbeachoz.net/silicon-beach-radio/
Twitter:
@SiliconBeachMel
Language:
English
Contact:
61 3 9028 2575
Website:
http://siliconbeachradio.com/
Episodes
It's more fun to choose the adventure - how Courtney Blackman blends business & creativity
9/2/2019
Courtney Blackman explores the ways in which creativity and an adventurous spirit have shaped her life and career - fashion, journalism, real estate, marketing, networking, tech and of course renovating a heritage listed opera house!
Courtney is Head of PR & Marketing at YBF Ventures – Melbourne’s top startup hub for tech and innovation, Courtney looks after the company’s public-facing reputation and leads the internal and external communications teams. She is a member of YBF’s executive...
Duration:00:18:33
Not your typical entrepreneur - how Marshall Hughes of Passel is disrupting delivery globally
8/26/2019
Marshall Hughes, founder of Passel shares his tale of a self-confessed "space nut" growing up in a job oriented community, falling into a career in logistics and becoming an entrepreneur due to a software glitch. We also talk about energy versus time management, parallel universes and how Australian startups tend to look the world in a unique way.
Marshall has over 25 years experience in logistics, and until 2016 was Chief Operating Officer of Myfreight; a freight management, brokerage...
Duration:00:22:06
Nonconformity, Process and Bringing People Together - Meray Azar of EPIC Experiences
8/19/2019
The story behind EPIC Experiences:
Having just turned 30, Meray had it all... successful job, her own apartment and just the right number of friends to hit the town with or visit that new show.
Then what felt like overnight, everything changed. Friends got married, babies arrived and everything had to be pre-booked months in advance. Unique dining experiences, outdoor activities, how to classes all the things this city had to offer were suddenly out of reach... Meray had no one to go...
Duration:00:21:08
Fighting Fires - how Paul Baron combines innovation, networking & investing to redefine the meaning of work
8/12/2019
Paul Baron moved away from corporate life to become an adviser, investor, and advocate for startups and innovation. His knack for putting out fires is both figurative and literal, he is an expert problem-solver and volunteer firefighter in his spare time.
"I’ve enjoyed a career that spans consulting, government and large corporates but have recently returned to my startup roots this time as an investor. I also work as a consultant and as adviser mostly in the tourism, digital and government...
Duration:00:21:19
Resilience, Activism & the Entrepreneurial Mindset - Lily Dempster of The Neighbourhood Effect
8/5/2019
Lily is a 30-year old climate change activist from Canberra. She is the CEO and founder of The Neighbourhood Effect. The Neighbourhood Effect is a mobile app and website that uses behavioural science to make it easy, social and rewarding for Australians to connect to eco-friendly products, services and community initiatives in their neighbourhood, and to adopt green habits that reduce their carbon footprints.
Local councils, green property managers and businesses white-label The...
Duration:00:22:14
Community, Collaboration & Creativity - how Garry Williams is redefining careers
7/30/2019
Garry is a mainstay within Melbourne's tech, innovation and startup environment having led partnerships and collaborations with local, national and global brands throughout his work in emerging technology, education, business and creative sectors.
Currently, Garry works as the Creative Producer of Innovation with the University of Melbourne, tasked with delivering innovative activation and engagement opportunities for the university, for the Melbourne Innovation Districts (a partnership...
Duration:00:25:51
How Kiki Makrogiannis juggles business and family life to create a legacy
7/23/2019
Kiki Makrogiannis, founder of KIKI Enterprises – MIC DROP MEDIA & LinkedIn superstar shares her experiences in growing her marketing & branding business while raising a family - building on her father's legacy, the quest for sleep, learning from mistakes and avoiding burnout.
Kiki on Kiki:
I’m very passionate about the trade, building and construction industries. I grew up within the trade industry, my father was a builder and seen first hand the commitment and sacrifices.
My passion...
Duration:00:18:42
Zubin Pratap - Why a successful lawyer quit corporate life to pursue entrepreneurship
7/16/2019
"I quit corporate life because I was getting really good at things that didn't make my pulse race, and was being paid so well that it was getting harder to leave every year...and my love for tech kept tugging at me."
Zubin according to Zubin.
About me:
(i) schooled in India, started practice there in the courts, before I moved to aviation leasing and corporate law.
ii) moved to Australia in 2007, as was placed here by an international law firm
iii) spent most of 2014 in Jakarta setting...
Duration:00:22:37
How Max Middleweek of Zero Impact turned a coffee waste into a clean energy startup
7/9/2019
Max Middleweek is the founder of Zero Impact. Zero Impact recycles waste coffee grounds into clean energy, tackling the waste from six billion cups of coffee Aussies consume each year and a carbon footprint of more than 0.5 million tonnes of CO2.
A passionate advocate for climate change, Max was a former Policy Advisor to the Mayor of London, Transport for London and State Government in Victoria in sustainable transport.
Max graduated from University College London in 2013 with a Bachelors...
Duration:00:17:29
Startup express with Warrick from Tomorrow street and details on #InternationalPodcastDay
7/7/2019
Warrick Cramer is the CEO of Vodafone’s global innovation centre ’Tomorrow Street’ based in Luxembourg. After receiving a Bachelor of Commerce and Masters of Marketing and Management in his home country of Australia, Warrick built numerous businesses from the ground-up in the automotive, mobile payment, and advertising industries.
As an entrepreneur, he faced many hurdles before finding success. He went through the journey of expanding his business in other markets all on his own. Inspired...
Duration:00:44:20
Green sustainable Co-Living Communities with David from Slicon Beach
7/6/2019
David is an engineer by trade…innovator, efficiency freak, rebel by heart. After spending most of his professional life as an industrial engineer for production machines that are pushing the limits of physics for higher productivity and volunteering as a team leader and trainer in disaster relief organizations…he decided that it was time for a change. Today he is dedicating his life to help people identify their passions, unleash their creative superpowers, engineer their dreams to become...
Duration:00:31:48
Do you use Xero? Join us with Meryl from Bean Ninjas
7/5/2019
Do you use Xero? Take our survey for a tailored Silicon Beach webinar coming soon by answering these questions.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HVVGNQ6
Meryl Johnston
Founder & CEO of Bean Ninjas
Meryl is a Chartered Accountant who specialises in cloud accounting software “Xero”.
She founded Bean Ninjas in July 2015 with $1,000 following Dan Norris's 7 Day Startup methodology. Now 4 years later the company operates in the US, UK and Hong Kong and has a distributed team of 15...
Duration:00:35:18
Dan from Silicon Beach Radio takes us to a strange destination
7/2/2019
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/presentation-skills-workshop-tickets-63853855601
This workshop is designed to elevate your communication skills so you can connect with your audience with confidence and clarity.
We provide an engaging, interactive and fun environment where you will gain the skills to bring out your most confident natural self - whether delivering a briefing, presentation, pitch or keynote speech.
Ever since Dan was a child he has been fascinated with the interconnections...
Duration:00:31:58
SEO Podcast 7 with Cullen and Rajiv on Silicon Beach Radio
6/30/2019
Download the first 6 SEO podcasts now directly to your phone
Rajiv is an SEO consultant with 17 years of experience in multi-channel digital strategies. He has provided SEO expertise to some of the most prominent Websites in Australia, like the Carsales Network, EDG/Woolworths Group, Wall Art Prints, IBISWorld, etc. His expertise lies in technical SEO for enterprise level website, including Information Architecture, keyword alignment, content optimizations, and backlink audits.
Website - ...
Duration:00:26:00
Search Engine optimization podcast 6 with Rajiv and Cullen
6/28/2019
;Join Cullen and Rajiv in the Silicon Beach Radio Podcast wherein part 5 we learned a bit more about keywords and about search intent.
Download Part 5 of the SEO podcast
Earlier in part 5 we also touched on learning a bit more about keywords and about search intent.
https://directory.libsyn.com/episode/index/show/siliconbeachradio/id/10234433
How Google uses keyword to find your content
How you can create, optimize keyword strategy to get more relevant and targeted traffic to your...
Duration:00:22:53
How To Do Keyword Research at WeWork #InternationalPodcastDay
6/27/2019
How To Do Keyword Research at WeWork 401 Collins Street
and a reminder of the upcoming #InternationalPodcastDay
Welcome to the Silicon Beach Radio Podcast a special episode leading up to our event on Tuesday, 11 September 2018 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm (AEST) at WeWork 401 Collins Street in Melbourne, Australia.
Join Cullen and Rajiv in the Silicon Beach Radio Podcast where we will be a learning a bit more about keywords and about search intent.
How Google uses keyword to find your...
Duration:00:27:31
SEO Part 4 How to build a website for your band to get your music out there
6/26/2019
Supported by SEMRush www.semrush.com/ and Silicon beach radio is made possible with the generous support of EATT Magazine Education online https://eattmag.com/silicon-beach-radio/ along with our supporters at lets learn English online within our program learning English with EATT Magazine https://eattmag.com/8-what-is-your-level-of-english/
Peter and Cullen get into those last questions in this 4 part mini series on SEO
Where are you hosting your website?
Why is fast so important?
What...
Duration:00:09:22
ok google how do i build a website? SEO part 3
6/25/2019
Supported by SEMRush www.semrush.com/ & the generous support of EATT Magazine Education online which made the Silicon Beach Radio program. Learn more at
https://eattmag.com/silicon-beach-radio/
Join us on the Sydney Seafood School Sydney Fish Market Podcast one of our sponsors https://eattmag.com/podcasts/sydney-seafood-school-with-eatt-magazine
Why can’t you build a good website in 60 seconds?
Why might your business only need a simple website?
If you are in a new business or startup...
Duration:00:11:07
Silicon Beach School of SEO with Peter and Cullen Part 2
6/24/2019
Find more about Silicon Beach radio on
https://eattmag.com/silicon-beach-radio/
Supported by SEMRush https://www.semrush.com/ and bought to you by Learn more about pozible crowdfunding
Join Elliot from the Crowdfunding platform Pozible and learn more about Pozible \non the EATT magazine podcast and how to increase the overall success rate of your campaign.
Why is making a website easy to navigate?
How do you measure a website ?
Why use google analytics ?
How much traffic are you...
Duration:00:12:00
SEO Part 1 with Peter and Cullen on How to get your website ranking
6/23/2019
Silicon Beach Radio is the Industry focus vote winner at the first Australian podcast castaway awards and is made possible by the support of EATT Magazine Education online https://eattmag.com/silicon-beach-radio/
This podcast is supported by SEMRush https://www.semrush.com/ and EATT Magazine https://siliconbeachoz.net/projects/eatt-magazine-your-travel-podcast/
The Australian podcast awards event in April was attended by over 200 guests from the Australian podcast industry.
Join us...
Duration:00:11:50