If you've ever wanted to know who the PR machine is behind many of the brands I’ve had on the podcast like SWIISH, Naked Sundays, Bangn Body, tbh skincare, Peppermint Grove and more… then keep listening.  Today's guest Jessy Marshall founded Hive HQ in 2018 after starting it from the bedroom floor of her share house. The now 7 figure business has a team of bees who work on some of Australia's biggest brands. In this episode, Jessy and I discuss how she got into PR, the amazing activations...

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My next guest is the founder of two iconic consumer brands - The Daily Edited and In The Roundhouse.  The Daily Edited started as a blog in 2001, but then pivoted into an accessories brand that since has grown to 8 figures and dominated the personalisation space in Australia. Alyce has subsequently sold her stake in the business to her co-founder.  She then went to a role working on strategy for LTK, one of the world’s largest influencer marketing platforms. She couldn’t shake off the...

Today’s guest is the founder of YCL Jewels, Fabienne Costa. A jewellery brand that started with no money and Fabienne hand making everything herself to now being a 7 figure business! In this episode, we talk about how she grew her brand in a highly competitive and crowded market despite no business or design experience, and about why creating customer-centred designs is essential and how one product alone made them nearly $700,000k in one year. I in particular loved hearing about her journey...

My next guest is a model turned serial entrepreneur, it’s Taryn Williams, the founder of Wink Models, the Right Fit and #gifted. Taryn started Wink Models 17 years ago when she saw clear gaps in the market and has grown it to a multi-million dollar business. As the market shifted, she grew with it and founded The Right Fit - a marketplace that connects brands with influencers. The Right Fit has raised 2 rounds of venture capital of over $2m and has scaled to 17,000 talent and 11,000 clients....

Hey poddy fam! A huge thank you for listening to me talk for a year 😂. It's been so much fun chatting with the incredible guests we've had and I can't wait to continue to meet new people that you'll enjoy listening to. In todays special episode - my assistant (and poddy producer) Kaitlyn and I go through questions I've been asked on IG. Let us know if you want more ask me anythings in the future!! Love, Jane x @thelazyceo @thelazyceo_podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...

Hey poddy fam, today I chat with Bryce - owner of National Fashion College. What started off with 22 enrolments in Feb 2022 has turned into Australia’s number one industry-backed fashion college – with over 600 brands, businesses and creatives partnering exclusively with NFC and working solely with NFC students!! We’ve been lucky enough to have several students interning at Showpo for their start into the industry and I will say - fashion education has come a long way since I was in school...

My next guest is none other than the fitness queen herself Kayla Itsines! Kayla has a combined following of 44 million on social media (16M on Instagram and 28M on Facebook).  Her first foray into business was through her Bikini Body Guide - a PDF of workout routines, which I think most women, including myself, have used! This was then redeveloped into the Sweat App. Despite a few hiccups at launch, it soon became the most profitable fitness app in the world in just 2 years after launch. And...

My next guest is a very dear friend of mine Hannah Drury. We’re actually each other’s bridesmaids. Hannah is such a powerhouse! She’s the founder of Peppermint Grove and Moss St Fragrances, which is stocked literally everywhere, including Myer, Bloomingdales and Galeries Lafayette. You go into any store that has a home fragrance section, you’ll see one of her brands. Not only this, she also white labels, as manufactures for a lot other brands in the industry.  Hannah’s built this to be a $40m...

My next guest is the ultimate icon for body positivity, it’s none other than Riley Hemson, founder of the size inclusive swimwear brand REMMIE and wardrobe basics brand Jorja and Joseph, you may know her as @rileyj on socials, formerly known as @healthychick101. You may also know her from our joint Showpo and Remmie collab collection.  Riley has had a long health and fitness journey which she positively turned into a career in social media. And then led to her launching her activewear and...

If you have a sweet tooth, you are going to love today’s guest. It’s Daniel Kitay, the founder of Funday Sweets. Funday sweets is a natural confectionary brand that is sugar-free but honestly you couldn’t taste the difference. What started with Daniel formulating the mixtures and playing with different ingredients on his kitchen bench is now the fastest growing better-for-you lolly brand in Australia, selling to over 5000 outlets and selling millions of bags every quarter.  In this episode we...

Some of you may remember my next guest Jules Robinson from Married at First Sight (yes she’s one of the few couples that are still together). I know you guys know how much I love my reality TV, but don't worry, this isn’t about that - Jules is one impressive business woman! She’s the founder of the inclusive and empowering shape wear brand Figur and the owner of fashion label Moira Muse AND the owner of Status Co - a hair and makeup salon set up as a speakeasy bar in beautiful Barangaroo...

Today I chat to Doone Roisin, who hosts the brilliant business podcast Female Startup Club Her first foray into the startup world was through her jewellery brand KINCS, which was picking up serious momentum and making 6 figures in sales, but she realised that the path forward wasn’t what she was wanted anymore and pivoted into Female Startup Club, one of the top podcasts in business. In this episode we talk all about how do you know when to keep going with a business idea vs pivoting.  Doone...

Today I chat to the girls from KIC - Laura Henshaw and Steph Miller (better known as  Steph Claire Smith on socials). KIC, which stands for Keep It Cleaner, is a content-based brand focused on fitness and wellness and has a community of over 2.5 million people and their KIC app which features fitness programs, healthy recipes and wellness practices and recently launched run club has been downloaded over 750,000 times.  You may have also heard their podcast KICPOD which has been listened to 14...

So excited about my next guest, founder of CUB, Daniel Hakim. Cub, which stands for Club of United Businesses is Australia’s fastest growing members club for business owners. Cub started in 2015 with only 5 founding members (one of them being yours truly) and now they service over 2000 Aussie entrepreneurs with clubhouses in Sydney, Melbourne and also with Brisbane opening soon. And more recently, Daniel has also expanded into the online community space with an online app called Boa. In this...

I’m so excited about my next guest Lisa Messenger, founder of Collective Hub. I’ve known Lisa for quite a while now, being one of the OGs in the Sydney entrepreneurial community. Despite having no experience in media or magazine, and also despite print media being on a decline by this point, Lisa launched Collective Hub magazine in 2013. And it was wildly successful and physically distributed in over 37 countries featuring the likes of Richard Branson and Jamie Oliver on the...

Welcome back to part 2 of my chat with She’s on the Money’s Victoria Devine. In case you missed part 1, we talked about how you can get on top of your finances and better track your budget. And in this episode we talk about the ways you can invest your money, the pros and cons of property investment, tips on how to get yourself out of debt, how to manage lifestyle creep and much much more! @thelazyceo_podcast @shesonthemoney Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m so excited about this guest, she is a guru of personal finances and I’ve learnt so much for this chat myself, and I’m sure you will too! It’s none other than the amazing Victoria Devine from the top ranking podcast She’s On the Money. Victoria launched Zella in 2015 to provide mortgage and asset finance solutions and then made the life-changing pivot into the podcast world to create She’s on the Money, which gets over a million downloads a month! She’s also the author of 3 best sellers -...

Welcome back to part 2 of my chat with Ruslan Kogan. Quick TLDR, Ruslan is the founder and CEO of kogan.com, one of Australia’s largest online retailers, known mostly for their electronics and white goods and makes over $1B in sales annually. In this episode we talk about how to get PR and get attention, and how his fight with Gerry Harvey was a clever tactic that grew the business, how he became overstocked post covid and how he overcame it and growing additional income streams using the...

So excited about this next guest because it’s someone who I saw on stage when I just started Showpo and I was like wow! It’s none other than Ruslan Kogan, the founder of Kogan, one of Australia’s largest online retailers, known mostly for their electronics and white goods and pretty much everything.  Started back in 2006, Kogan saw an arbitrage opportunity to sell flatscreens at a much lower price by using a pre-sale model. So Ruslan ordered a bunch of TVs, listed them on eBay at a 1c start...

You may know Mel from the last season of Married at First Sight, but she’s also the founder of two incredible businesses in the beauty space - Feather Sisters and Melly’s Beauty Salon.  Mel started Feather Sisters, the lash and brow beauty brand in 2016, and within her first 3 months made $100k in 10 days by nailing the product and digital marketing. Mel shares her story of a rebrand project that started at a $15k budget that grew quarter of a million dollars - talk about a scope creep. And...

Super quick TLDR in case you missed it, Airtasker is Australia’s largest marketplace for local services. In this part, we hear more about hustles Tim had to push through to get the business growing, how he achieved profitability and his leadership management. I in particular love his mantra of being okay with being uncomfortable! @thelazyceo_podcast @airtasker Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today I’m chatting with Tim Fung, the co-founder of Airtasker. If you’re lazy like me, you’ve used Airtasker a lot! Actually we do discuss on pod that it’s laziness, efficient and creative! Airtasker is Australia’s largest digital marketplace for local services. Airtasker achieved 6.7 million verified reviews of tasks completed across the platform and in 2022 achieved $44 million in revenue in 2022 with 40% year on year growth.  Tim has been very busy in recent years, from going public 2021,...

In case you missed, the last episode was the full interview with Tammy about how she built herself to be one of the biggest influencers in the world with almost 18 million followers and founded 2x 8-figure businesses Tammy Fit and Saski.  A quick TLDR: Tammy launched Tammy Fit as a downloadable PDF which cost her $400 to make and it’s now a fitness and wellness app that’s had more than 3 million downloads and is a $38 million business. She then founded Saski, an activewear brand that’s had...