Brandon Burns Show

Pure Ponics and the green future of Agriculture

One of Australia's must watch start-ups Pure Ponics is a game changer for the sustainability industry as it looks to revolutionise food as it should be. Pure Ponics grows clean, safe, chemical free fresh food in urban farms, close to where you live and eat, all year 'round.

This week, we catch up with the Co-Founder and Director of Pure Ponics in Geelong, Steve Gleeson. We ...

What is the Melbourne Accelerator Program? And how to get involved.

In this week's episode we had the pleasure of sitting down with the Director of the Melbourne Accelerator Program Campbell Walshe. As a previous alumni of the program and now heading up the entire operation, we took the time to pick Campbell's brain about all things entrepreneurship and start-ups.

Having had a successful start-up himself and worked in multipl...

Innovation in the real estate industry and relationship selling for your start-up!

In this week's episode we spoke with one of Australia's leading luxury real estate agents Mergim Ibrahimi from Buxton Real Estate. Mergim was kind enough to share with us his entrepreneurial journey which started in real estate and has grown to become a leading agent and have a team of his own. Mergim talked with us about the challenges and opport...

How do you avoid the marketing agency death traps?

Are you thinking of engaging a marketing agency to help navigate launching and growing your startup? Here are the top 10 mistakes to avoid when thinking of working with a Marketing agency and what questions you must ask your future marketing partner. Good luck!

Question 1: how does a digital marketing agency work?

Question 2: before engaging a digital marketing&n...

Are you looking to become the best leader you can be? Find out how to get started with Josh Farr!

On this episode of the show we spoke with founder and entrepreneur Josh Farr from Campus Consultancy. Having conducted university club & society student leadership training with young entrepreneurs all across the country, we thought he would be a perfect candidate for our audience to hear his story and advice. Josh shared with u...

One of Australia's youngest and brightest Entrepreneurs Beau Arnfield!

Here we had the opportunity to sit down with one of Australia's youngest entrepreneurs Beau Arnfield. A current student at Deakin University and graduate of the Deakin Spark program and Co-Founder of Spair Pair. We got to talk all about his studies, how he caught the entrepreneurial bug at an early age and how he has now launched his very own start-...

Understanding how much the digital landscape is changing and what you need to do to stay ahead of your competition

This week we sat down with the amazing Dean Denny from Owen Denny, who are a Geelong based Digital Marketing Machine! Dean was kind enough to spend some time with us, sharing his insights on Digital as a whole for our start-up audience and what are some of the keys to having continued success online. From social-m...

Revolutionising family day care with Aussie start-up Founder - Liam McFadden

In this latest episode of the Brandon Burns Show we had the pleasure to sit down with Aussie start-up founder Liam McFadden from Clann. Having been born out of the LaunchVic founded regional start-up incubator Runway Geelong, Liam has launched a family day care application that is revolutionising this space for stay at home Mums and early childhood edu...

Getting to know Jane den Hollander AO - Vice Chancellor of Deakin University Australia

See below some amazing insights from our interview with Jane.

In 2007 Jane remembers watching Steve Jobs holding up an iPhone. She remembers wanting one and when she arrived at Deakin the university bought in and implemented Big data and technology in this manner across the campus 2 years later. No-one had iPhones, iPads, trapped ...

Pivot Summit 2018 Exciting Announcement - Ian Priddle becomes our Creative Director

In this weeks episode we got to sit down with Ian Priddle founder of Codeacious and newly appointed Creative Director of Geelong's Pivot Summit. Ian shared with us his journey, his background in design, his support of the Geelong economy and challenges and achievements he has experienced over the last decade.

We hope you enjoy this week's...

How to tell your unique story in a personal and trusted manner, whilst leveraging social-media to gain traction!

Are you a professional athlete or entertainer looking for a way to share your journey and unique story of how you have arrived at your current point in your career? Or maybe you are looking to give your fan base and followers a better insight into what makes you tick and your plans for the future. We had the pleasur...

Are you well? Exploring the topic that is wellness and it's relationship to your work and business!

In this episode we had the pleasure of speaking with the amazing Russell Whiteford from www.igraspwellness.com.au What an amazing space Russell is operating in, with wellness being such a growing priority for organisations and individuals. With a background in sport, coaching and exercise science, Russell was able to give us ...

Learn more about Pivot City Innovation District and the future of a smarter Geelong.

Find out how innovation meets design mixed with a regional feel, taking Geelong to new heights!

Tackling key issues such as the shift in industry across regional areas of Australia, disproportionate employment rates across cities and how innovation and collaboration can help solve these problems. Here we spoke with Co-Founder and Dir...

Building optimal relationships at work and home to achieve peak performance!

In this week's episode we sat down with the amazing Jarrod Westwood from Optimal engagement. Jarrod talked to us about his extensive experience in dealing with people and working with teams to achieve optimal engagement. It was a pleasure to hear his story and personal journey and how it has led to his passion for working with teams to build and improve...

Runway Founder and Chair, Nick Stanley, discusses his journey and what an angel investor looks for in a startup company.

This week we were grateful to be able to talk with the wonderful Nick Stanley, Founder and Chair of Runway Geelong and accomplished Angel Investor! We discussed his journey establishing multiple startups, his experience as an Angel Investor and what he looks for in startup companies to fund and invest in. Nick...

Wes Ward, founder of Trusted Food Group shares his views on the digitisation of the food and agriculture supply chain and exciting new technologies such as blockchain and how it can positively impact real world industry.

As a fourth generation family farm member, he shares his journey from the wine industry into the digital marketing space in 2006 and shares his experience and insight for people embracing digital for the first t...

How to build a successful home building company by the age of 31 and a road to success less travelled.

This Week we had the pleasure of chatting with the amazing Lee Selkrig, Founder of Enso Homes! Lee shared with us his journey to becoming one of Victoria's most respected Boutique Builders. Lee was kind enough to share with us his journey from dropping out of school to embarking on an apprenticeship and taking the leap to launc...

How start-ups can disrupt professional services firms for the better and build lasting partnerships.

Here we had the opportunity to speak with the amazing Paul Gray, Principal Lawyer with one of Australia's leading legal firms. Paul was kind enough to give us his time and share his thoughts on his close work with small business, start-ups and large corporates and how professional services firms are seeing massive disruption bot...

Why is Video such an important piece of the puzzle now? and how to implement a simple strategy for success.

Here we had the opportunity to sit down with the amazing Zoe Hollingsworth from Video Confidence Coach and talked about all things video, how it's impacting your marketing strategy, tips for presenting better and how to unlock the video process to grow your business.

Zoe also shared with us her journey and what has led ...