Silicon Beach Radio - Strange Destinations with Dan O'Grady

Rugare Gomo is a High Performance Coach, Investor, Lawyer and Philanthropist. In the past 18 years of his life, the incredibly diverse range of experiences Rugare has had, has led him to focus on what he loves to do: having entrepreneurs WIN at growing and scaling their business. Rugare is the Founder of the Gomo Foundation an award-winning organisation which exists to empower young African women to enable them to take control of their own lives and reach their potential. Their first programs are in Zimbabwe where they provide scholarships for young women to attend Secondary School through to University. Rugare's commercial experience, leadership roles and community engagements in Australia, Asia Pacific, Africa and Europe have exposed him to work with startups, venture capitalists, CEO's of big business, billionaire families, prime ministers and more. In his spare time, you may find Rugare dancing to Beyoncé. #rugaregomo (Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn) #Iamlivingmylegacytoday #leadership #highperformancecoaching #socialenterprise #empoweringwomen #gomofoundation (Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn) @rugaregomo (Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn) @gomofoundation (Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn) www.gomofoundation.org.au www.rugaregomo.com To find out about upcoming events organised by Melbourne Silicon Beach - Australia's fastest growing startup community - go to: https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Melbourne-Silicon-Beach/ Melbourne Silicon Beach is proudly sponsored by: Victory Offices http://bitly.com/VictoryOffices_SD MYOB http://bitly.com/MYOB_SD Allied Legal http://bitly.com/AlliedLegal_SD Your host, Dan O'Grady can be found on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danogradysimpateco and at simpateco.com.au Intro & outro music by Dan O'Grady

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 - ...

;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...

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...

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...

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...

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