In this inspiring Give It A Nudge interview, Steve Grace dives deep into the world of entrepreneurship with Daniel Hakim, founder & CEO of CUB as well as the founder of the newly-launched Boa App. Join the conversation as Daniel talks about the game-changing features of Boa—a platform designed exclusively for business owners. This interview is a must-watch for every business owner seeking to thrive in a dynamic and supportive ecosystem. Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more i...
Jun 04, 2023•35 min
In this inspiring Give It A Nudge interview, Steve sits down with Christie Jenkins, a former trampoline athlete turned Australian beach volleyball player, to discuss her fascinating journey through sports and her transition to the world of venture capital. Christie also talks about her experience in management consulting and her transition to venture capital, where she's now involved with Athletic Ventures, a syndicate of professional Australian athletes investing in startups. She highlights the...
May 07, 2023•33 min
For our latest episode of the Give It A Nudge podcast, Steve sits down with the incredible Belinda Agnew of xenabler! You don't want to miss this inspiring conversation. Belinda shares her journey from a small country town to the bustling tech world, overcoming confidence and bullying issues. Her sales background helped her develop an entrepreneurial spirit, which led her to found and invest in several businesses. 🌟 In this episode, we dive into: Belinda's career in sales and her experiences at...
Apr 16, 2023•35 min
In the latest episode of our podcast, Give It A Nudge, Steve interviews David Davies, the visionary founder of AgUnity. Discover how David's innovative company transforms the lives of low-income farmers in remote regions by providing them with specially adapted, low-cost smartphones. Learn about David's fascinating journey from growing up on a sheep farm in Australia to working in tech and finance at prestigious firms like Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers. Hear the inspiring story of how a hack...
Apr 02, 2023•49 min
Welcome to the Give It A Nudge podcast, where we dive deep into the stories of successful entrepreneurs and innovators. In this episode, host Steve Grace sits down with Michael Ramsey to discuss the fascinating concept of Strong Pilates. Michael shares the incredible journey of how he discovered the unique rope former machine in the US and turned it into a successful franchise with 23 operational studios worldwide. Michael shares his journey as an entrepreneur, from studying marketing to working...
Mar 19, 2023•31 min
Welcome to another episode of Give It A Nudge! In this episode, Steve sits down with former rugby star Anthony Minichiello to talk about his journey from professional athlete to entrepreneur. Anthony shares his experience with functional movement training, nutrition, and recovery after meeting Aaron McKenzie. He also discusses his MiniFit program, which offers physical activity and peer programs in schools and holiday clinics for kids, as well as monthly nutrition workshops for adults. Throughou...
Mar 05, 2023•37 min
Ready to explore the exciting world of startups and scaleups? Join Steve in the latest episode of the Give It A Nudge show where he chats with Jess Walker, the Community and Programs Manager at AirTree, who spills the beans on her amazing 10-year journey in the startup scene! Discover how Jess started her entrepreneurial career in high school and university, creating e-commerce businesses and building a successful end-to-end service management business for B&D properties in New Zealand. Plus...
Feb 19, 2023•37 min
Give It A Nudge UK is back again! In this episode, Nicole sit down with Nick, the founder of Secret Source Marketing, to learn about his journey in the marketing industry and the story behind his agency. Nick shares his insights on the challenges and opportunities in the industry and how his team approaches helping their clients succeed. Tune in to hear Nick's inspiring story and learn more about the secrets of successful marketing. For more startup and scaleup stories subscribe to our channel h...
Feb 05, 2023•27 min
"While the focus is continuing to grow, it's growing steadily and growing smartly" - Ask Marketing Co-Founder Stephanie King is back on Give It A Nudge for an unprecedented third time! Steph and her co-founder (and sister) Ali King have been at the forefront of the marking landscape ever since launching their business over the past few years so it was great to hear about their amazing progress. About Ask Marketing: Harness the true power of digital business marketing with decisive strategy, pass...
Feb 01, 2023•17 min
In this episode of Give It A Nudge, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Ellen Sullivan, Director of the Learning Innovation Lab at Melbourne Business School. Ellen shares her insights on the future of learning and how it can be applied to the startup world. If you're interested in learning more about this topic, be sure to check out Ellen's research on the Learning Innovation Lab at Melbourne Business School and visit their website: https://mbs.edu/ Become a supporter of this podcast: https...
Jan 22, 2023•26 min
Coming straight out of London is this very special episode Give It A Nudge with James Lucas & Caroline van den Bergh, the co-founders of Lunos. Nudge's UK Director Nicole Thomas talks to James and Caroline about their startup journey, launching Lunos, and how they're helping teams rapidly validate digital ideas in the market. For more startup and scaleup stories subscribe to our channel here! The Nudge Group connects you with world-class talent from startup to unicorn. Find out more here: ht...
Dec 11, 2022•41 min
ility's founder and CEO Marcus Moufarrige joined Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about his rollercoaster startup journey. Marcus talked about the start of his entrepreneurial journey, his desire to get into the property industry, launching ility in New York, and what it was like running a PropTech startup in the middle of COVID-19. About ility ility is the digital platform that enables commercial property owners to increase revenues by creating awesome workplaces. For more...
Dec 04, 2022•47 min
Two Giraffes' CEO & Creative Director Arielle Peters joined Steve on the latest Give It A Nudge episode to talk about her rollercoaster career journey to date: from internships with MTV to launching her own video production company! About Two Giraffes: Two Giraffes is a full service video production company and animation studio crafting stories that engage, inform, inspire and sell. For more startup and scaleup stories subscribe to our channel here! The Nudge Group connects you with world-cl...
Nov 28, 2022•38 min
Simon te Hennepe, CEO & Founder of Travel-as-a-Service platform TRAVLR, joined Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about the rollercoaster journey of start-up life. Speaking on how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their travel platform to the early years of his entrepreneur journey, Simon's interview is a must-listen! About TRAVLR TRAVLR is a Travel as a Service (TaaS) platform enabling large scale media companies, tourism organisations or global retailers to effortlessly ow...
Nov 20, 2022•45 min
Coming straight from the beautiful mountains of Jamberoo, we had our first on-location shoot with Unyoked co-founders Chris and Cameron. Shot right in front of their incredible cabin, Steve spoke to Chris and Cam about the early days of building Unyoked, some of the challenges they've faced along the way, how being in the outdoors can help with stress relief, and plenty more! For more startup and scaleup stories subscribe to our channel here! The Nudge Group connects you with world-class talent ...
Nov 06, 2022•38 min
Brad and Indy are doing some super exciting things over at Livewire, a leading gaming marketing and gametech company, so it was great to have them pop on Give It A Nudge. They spoke to Steve about how they first connected to launch Livewire, their recent expansions, fundraising and plenty more. For more startup and scaleup stories subscribe to our channel here! The Nudge Group connects you with world-class talent from startup to unicorn. Find out more here: https://thenudgegroup.com/ Become a su...
Oct 30, 2022•39 min
Dialling in remotely all the way from mid-town Manhattan, Craig joined Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge for one of our most interesting conversations to date! As the founder of Hello Producers and the Chief Innovation Strategist at Colgate-Palmolive, Craig had a lot to share about his journey to becoming an entrepreneur, including a stint as a derivatives trader. For more startup and scaleup stories subscribe to our channel here! The Nudge Group connects you with world-class talent...
Oct 09, 2022•32 min
It was wonderful to have Kate Murray join Steve on the Give It A Nudge show! Kate, who is the Head of Sales, APAC at Fullstory, came on the show during the COVID-19 lockdown so in addition to talking about her career background and current role, she also spoke a lot about work-life balance, remote work and workplace wellbeing - topics that still resonate even out of lockdown. About Fullstory FullStory offers digital experience intelligence, on-the-fly conversion funnels, advanced search capabili...
Sep 25, 2022•31 min
This was a very fascinating episode to film! Matt Keon, co-founder and CEO of GenieUs Genomic joined Give It A Nudge to talk about the story and mission behind their company. GenieUs is on a mission to use the power of the human genome to unlock new solutions for neurodegenerative diseases, and it was particularly interesting to hear Matt talk about the numerous challenges they had to overcome over the past few years. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/give-it-a...
Sep 11, 2022•31 min
Welcome Anish Sinha to the latest episode of Give It A Nudge! Anish is the co-founder and COO of insurtech startup upcover and he joined the show to talk to Steve about meeting his co-founder Skye Theodorou through the Antler program, the company's mission to simplify business insurance, building a remote-first company culture, and plenty more! About upcover Bringing business insurance into the 21st century by making it accessible for any business or platform to offer insurance that’s simple, ea...
Aug 28, 2022•33 min
What a pleasure it was having Founder Raghu Rajakumar and Managing Director Dhanush Ganglani from Eden Exchange join us on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge! Eden Exchange have created a platform that enables the buying and selling of businesses, so this was a really interesting conversation that all entrepreneurs, founders and business owners need to listen to. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/give-it-a-nudge--4623437/support ....
Aug 21, 2022•50 min
Another Give It A Nudge episode straight from London! This time we have founder & CEO Tom joining Steve to talk about his startup journey and building up Hyper. About Hyper Hyper is a global startup incubator that provides you with the safest way to launch your startup. We guide founders to validate, build and grow their technology businesses from ideation to investment. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/give-it-a-nudge--4623437/support ....
Aug 14, 2022•29 min
Weploy Group's co-founder, Nick La, stopped by the Give It A Nudge show to talk to Steve about his founder journey, from starting out in the international hospitality industry to his move into entrepreneurship. About Weploy Weploy is the fastest online hiring platform for Customer Experience staff in Australia. Our simple, quick and easy to use technology connects businesses looking for support, with Customer Service staff on demand allowing you to flex up and flex down when you need. Weploy put...
Jul 31, 2022•31 min
Simon Thomsen, Editor of Startup Daily at Pinstripe Media, joined us the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about his journalism background and all his years covering the Australian & New Zealand tech ecosystem. About Simon Simon is editor of Startup Daily and host of the Startup Daily show, 2-2.40pm weekdays, on the business streaming service ausbiz.com.au. He was previously Associate Editor of Business Insider Australia and before that a full-time restaurant critic, editor of The Go...
Jul 24, 2022•31 min
Great to have Vouch co-founder & CEO Gary Zurnamer stop by for the latest episode of Give It A Nudge. Gary spoke to Steve about leaving his role at Canva to launch his own start-up, the inspiration behind Vouch, the company's recent $8 million Seed round, and more! About Vouch Vouch is a video collection platform for testimonials, feedback, internal comms and more. You simply create questions and share them with a single link to one or many respondents. Great video should be shared, so Vouch...
Jul 17, 2022•33 min
Karan Anand is the Managing Director, Australia at Hnry, a Kiwi fintech startup for self-employed contractors and freelancers. Karan joined Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about the Hnry startup journey, how the founders got their first 40 users, and the company's global expansion. About Hnry Hnry is a managed service for self-employed contractors and freelancers, providing invoicing, tax and insurance services - Hnry takes care of all your compliance, so you know it is ge...
Jul 03, 2022•36 min
Welcome to the very first episode of Give It A Nudge London! Co-founder and CEO Aaron Solomon joined Steve as our first London guest to talk about his startup journey and the inspiration behind launching Ambl. About Ambl Here to revolutionise how you go out, Ambl is giving venues the power and platform to combat the last-minute cancellations and detrimental no-shows, while keeping everything quick, simple and most importantly, visible. For more startup and scaleup stories subscribe to our channe...
Jun 26, 2022•33 min
Melanie Corlett is the founder of Mumli, an app connecting mums with the resources, products, and services they need, when they need them. She joined Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about her investment banking background, love for fitness, and what inspired her to launch Mumli. About Mumli Mumli is a mobile-first platform that connects mothers with questions to content, community & businesses with personalised solutions. For more startup and scaleup stories subscribe ...
Jun 19, 2022•39 min
Alisdair Barr, founder & CEO of Striver, joined Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about his super interesting career path to date. From leaving a cushy corporate banking job to working for a social enterprise in the desert to launching Striver, Alisdair's story was a fascinating one to listen to! About Striver Striver is HR-Tech platform designed to help financial planning firms more effectively attract and recruit the best financial planning students and graduates for t...
Jun 05, 2022•39 min
Wendy Chen, the founder & CEO of retail analytics start-up Omnistream, joined Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge for a fascinating conversation. Wendy spoke about her "reverse career" and her start-up journey - transitioning from a quant trading background to launching Omnistream. About Omnistream Omnistream empowers retailers and brands to turn data into profits. Retail will only get more challenging as consumers get ever increasing options. In our attention-deprived world, Omni...
May 22, 2022•26 min
