The Lazy CEO Podcast with Jane Lu

Our next guests are on track to make a billion dollars over the next 12 months! Just under years ago 10 years ago, Nik Mirkovic and Alex Tomic started Hismile by selling at home teeth whitening kits by being early adopters of Instagram and Influencer marketing.

Today, through constant innovation and a focus on research and development, they have built out their range to disrupt the previously stagnant oral care industry. They...

Frank Body is the OG instagram skincare brand that pioneered what can be achieved for a direct to consumer brand using the power of social media and branding. But what’s even more impressive is their ability to evolve the brand, beyond being “that instagram coffee scrub” to become such a major player in the skincare industry, and to have achieved longevity and so much growth in this time. Frank Body was valued at $100 million do...

As you may know, I am super lazy so I’m a big fan of on-demand delivery products. Today's guest - David Berger has built 3 incredible businesses in this space! 

The most notable being of course, Jimmy Brings. Yes David is also the face of Jimmy Brings that you’ll probably know from their on-demand alcohol delivery vans.

But incredibly David also co-founded Suppertime, which is the OG food delivery service that brought...

On today's episode - I got to chat to the dynamic sister duo Sally Obermeder and Maha Corbett, the co-founders of the wellness and now skincare brand, SWIISH. 

The story of how the business came about is so inspiring - Sally was 40 weeks pregnant when she found out she had stage 3 breast cancer, and then 6 months later mid way through her chemo treatments, she called Maha and said we need to do something that helps people feel ...

Today’s guest is none other than my fellow Shark from the Tank, Davie Fogarty! 

Davie is the Founder of Davie Group which owns multiple brands, the most notable being of course The Oodie, which has made over $500 million in 5 years. That’s half a billion dollars and he’s still in his 20s! He’s so friggin impressive and smart and wise beyond his years. 

It’s been so great to get to know him through Shark Tank, and now we’re co-inves...

Hey poddy fam! My special guest for this episode is Glen James. He is the host of the very popular chart-topping podcast, My Millennial Money, and author of Sort Your Money Out & Get Invested and Sort Your Career Out & Make More Money. He has worked many years as a financial advisor and learnt a very valuable lesson that the smartest people aren’t always the smartest with money! Glen is a true expert in the world of finance...

Hey Poddy Fam, I’m very excited to introduce my fellow judge on Shark Tank, Dr Catriona Wallace. 

Cat has been deep in the technology-meets-humanity field for the last 20 years. She founded Flamingo AI, which was the 2nd ever female-led business to list on the Australian Stock Exchange. 

An expert in the future of technology and humanity, Cat is the Founder of the Responsible Metaverse Alliance, and is acknowledged as one of the to...

Hey poddy fam, today I chat with Aaron Smith, the founder of KX Pilates.

Whilst traveling, Aaron saw a new  take on traditional pilates, and in 2010 developed his own method of reformer pilates that combines traditional pilates with the strengthening and toning aspects of circuit training.

From his experience in the fitness industry, he decided to go down the franchise model and it’s proven to have worked SO well! KX Pilates has ...

Hey Poddy Fam! My next guest needs no introduction! It’s Lorna Jane Clarkson! Lorna saw that there was a gap in the market for workout clothes for women, she borrowed a sewing machine and started what she thought was a hobby. Little did she know that she was creating a category that we all now know as activewear. 35 years on, Lorna Jane is now one of the most well-known brands in Australia with over 100 stores and over half a bi...

In this special monthly episode, we're diving headfirst into a lively Q&A session with our special guest - Anaita Sarkar, owner of Hero Packaging and social media marketing mogul. Thanks to our amazing podcast community we have even more insightful questions, and today, we're pulling back the curtain to address the topics that matter most to you. From navigating growing pains in your business, building a community, maki...

Hey poddy fam! Today I’m chatting to Jacinta McDonell who made her mark in the business world when she brought the highly successful US franchise, Anytime Fitness, into Australia in 2008. At that time, the 24/7 gym model was unheard of in Australia, but Jacinta and her brother grew Anytime Fitness to become Australia's number one health club chain - opening over 425 locations nationally and achieving an annual network revenue o...

Hey poddy fam! Today I got to sit down and chat with Kristy Chong, founder of Modibodi. She saw the need to an alternative to disposable and uncomfortable solutions for periods and incontinence, so set out to create an entirely new solution and revolutionised the category by launching leak-proof underwear.

Since then, that one pair has since grown into a whole new category of sustainable, reusable absorbent apparel.

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Hey poddy fam, I have a very special guest for you today! It's none other but one of my fellow Shark, Sabri Suby. And yes, in case you missed it, the first episode of our Shark Tank Australia is airing tonight at 7:30.

So Sabri is the founder of King Kong, Australia’s fastest-growing full-service digital marketing agency, author of the interational best seller Sell Like Crazy and you probably have definitely have seen Sabri vi...

Hey poddy fam! Today I have a very special episode with Daniel Flynn, one of the visionary founders behind Thankyou. Prepare to be inspired as we uncover the story and mission behind Thankyou and we go right back to the very beginning to 2008 where Daniel, Justine and Jarryd founded Thankyou to help bridge the gap between extreme poverty and extreme consumerism. It's a brand you would see in Coles, Woolies and even 7/11 that ha...

Today I sit down Evette Hess, founder of Makeup Cartel Brands - which consists of 4 brands, PONi Cosmetics, Lip Heroes, Sun Skills and the most well-known of course being Esmi Skin Minerals. Evette's career started in beauty therapy and through her time working in beauty therapy and cosmetic therapy, she saw a gaps in the market which led to her building her own brands to fill those gaps. And as you know there's no better c...

Today I chat with Raquel Bouris, founder of Who Is Elijah - the independant fragrance house that is taking the industry by storm! Who Is Elijah occupies a previous gap in the luxury parfume industry, built on cruelty free, genderLESS foundations & hand-filled in Sydney. Since launching in 2018, the brand has grown astronomically with a valuation of $20M and YoY growth of 150%. Today - they are stocked in roughly 600 stores acro...