The Business Wilderness

The Business Wilderness

The Business Wilderness is a podcast & Digital Agency focused on entrepreneurs and the best practices they need to follow to navigate the complex world of business. Featuring thought-provoking topics and industry experts in every show,

Episodes

September 9, 2021 33 mins
Derek Russo is the co-founder and CEO of Chit Chat, a platform for meaningful connections and conversations - where people can seek specific knowledge and be rewarded for providing it.
Derek started his career as a finance and technology management consultant at PwC; helping startups and Fortune 500 companies develop growth strategies, implement new technologies, and design processes to support post-merger integrations.
He graduated ...
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Who is Greg Mclardie? 
Driving me has been the strong desire to build something with such a strong foundation that it will last for generations. The “something” that is built will be a noble company. I want to make a difference. I want to put a dent in the universe. 10 years ago I had the guts to pursue this vision in the food industry.

I can connect the dots from disparate information to form a vision many others do not see. It is n...
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Sarah Sharif is a Pakistani-born, British-American who has dedicated her career to social innovation, civic technology, and human impact projects. Sarah is the Founder of Experimental Civics, Founder of Capsule, and Co-Founder of Life Sci Hack. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Sharif quickly gained recognition as the Director of ATX Hack for Change driving the generation of 157 social innovation and emerging technology projects in ...
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August 27, 2019 35 mins
Chris's Story: 
As a passionate retailer I will never forget that first chapter of my career those many years ago when my manager and one of my life mentors said to me "young Chris, you have one of the most important jobs in the business collecting shopping trolleys". "Really?" I replied. He then explained that trolleys are what help customers shop and makes the registers ring. It was then that I learned that eve...
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 GROWTH FOR SCALE UPS & ENTERPRISE WITH A FOCUS ON BRAND, PARTNERSHIPS, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING.
Global Startup Director for Startup Grind (in partnership with Google for Startups) inspiring, educating, and connecting 2,000,000+ entrepreneurs, in 500 cities in 125 countries around the world. Local partners include: ASX, Deloitte Private, Salesforce, IBM, MYOB, Zendesk, and NAB.
Entrepreneur in Residence at Collective Campus - ...
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Adam delivers innovative and proven 'fan-first' engagement solutions which capture leads, increase revenue, deliver fan insights to publishers, teams and their sponsors.

Brands and sponsors he has worked with include: NRL, NBL, Rugby League World Cup, A-League, Western Bulldogs, Adelaide Crows, NAB, TAB and many more...

He has a multi-disciplinary background in Digital Marketing, having worked in Social Media, Customer Acquis...
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Nima is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with over twenty years experience working in digital marketing and advertising across the globe, holding prominent roles with multinational agencies including JWT London, BMC media and Glass Onion.

His areas of specialisation include, conversion rate optimisation (CRO), eCommerce, experimentation, digital transformation, digital strategy and user experience design.

He is currently the CE...
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 KX Pilates is Australia’s first high performance, boutique fitness company, with 54 locations across Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Gold Coast, Adelaide, Hobart and Jakarta, Indonesia. KX offer High Performance Pilates and International Fitness Retreats.

Aaron started the business in 2010 and his vision is to personalise and expand the quality of the Australian fitness industry with new styles of functional fitness offerings t...
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Robert Tadros is the Founder and Managing Director of Impress!ve Digital one of Australia’s fastest growing digital marketing agencies specialising in Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Facebook Advertising and Search Engine Marketing (SEM). He founded the digital marketing agency in March 2016. in two and a half years he has built a team of people and has grown the business 500 per cent from $600K to $4 million in annual revenue.

Im...
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Sam Bashiry is a man with incredible drive and the aspiration to make a positive difference in the lives of others. He utilises his innovative vision to challenge the conventional business model, and pave the way for a promising future across a range of industries.

His journey from turning $1000 in to the now $25 million internet and telephony business; Broadband Solutions, has propelled him in to the spotlight as a thought leader i...
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Michael J Biercuk is the CEO and Founder of Q-CTRL, a venture-capital-backed company that provides disciplined control engineering solutions to harness the power of quantum physics for next-generation technologies. 
Q-CTRL is built on Michael’s research leading  the Quantum Control Lab at the University of Sydney, where he is a Professor of Quantum Physics and Quantum Technology. Michael holds both CEO and Professorial positions con...
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 For 2.5 years, Snapchat  tried to take the high road versus Facebook, with Spiegel claiming “Our values are hard to copy.” 
That inaction allowed Zuckerberg to accrue more than 1 BILLION daily Stories users across Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook compared to Snapchat’s 186 million total daily users. 
BUT! They have finally fought back! Tune in as we break it down! 
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 Tune into this weeks episode of the marketing Wrap as we discuss how to create different content formats to engage different audiences. 
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 "26 Podcasts to be More Intelligent & Influential" (Ranked #1) - INC Magazine "Top 100 iTunes Podcast" (Ranked #78) "Top 26 Podcasts to Follow in 2018" (Ranked #2) - CIO Magazine "7 Millennial Influencers To Follow In 2018" (Ranked #2) - BuzzFeed "Top 25 Most Influencive Influencers of 2017" (Ranked # 6) - Influencive  
 In 2015,  Jeremy took the plunge and started the Create Your Own Lif...
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