Handpicked with Naomi Simson

I've known Christine for many years, and this is not her first business. Driven by purpose and wanting to shift leadership capabilities for her clients. She asks  me questions on funding, equity and investment - how do you know what is right for you? She is thinking through the 'ideal' strengths of an entrepreneur, who is pushing you to greatness  and also what stops people growing their businesses. 

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Naomi loved her time on Shark Tank Australia and this episode she teams up with Michele Romanow a Dragon on the Canadian version of Shark Tank which was called Dragons Den. 

Michele is a Serial Entrepreneur, Co-Founder of Clearco and a  Dragon on Dragons' Den. They sit down and  chat about their mutual love of Entrepreneurship and Clearco's entry into Australia. 

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Ahmed has been in business for a decade and it turns over $20m,  in that time he has raised close to $30m in venture capital but knew there must be a better way to access growth capital. He tells me that one of his inspirations to starting Zookai was meeting me when he was at university. We cover a breadth of subjects about priorities, networks, bootstrapping and growth funding

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In this short extra episode of handpicked Naomi answers the question “is life as an entrepreneur all that’s its cracked up to be?”

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Cat is driven by a deep sense of purpose to help businesses trace their carbon footprint. She has significant early traction and a team of seven. She asks me about having a co-founder and she wants to understand how to keep a wonderful friendship as well as having a brilliant partnership. 

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Find out more about Cat's buisness here www.our-trace.com

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In this short Handpicked extra Naomi explores the ‘F word’.
How do you deal with fear in business?  

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Craig and Sarah have worked in oncology for many years and saw how hard it often is for patients to find accommodation near their medical practitioners. With 1600% growth, Medistays sees a big opportunity. Sarah talks about Remarkable accelerator program and asks me questions about ESG frameworks, growth, and creating a great workplace. An inspiring story of Australian determination.

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Find out more about Medistays here https://www.medistays.com.au/

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Shark Tank season 4 the last investment of the series and co-founder Moe joins me with questions about design, technology and customer experience. QPay is going from strength to strength and just completing a successful crowd funding initiative Moe asks me the question ‘do you need a tech founder?’ I share my views on building out technology expertise whether that is your background or not. How to create a technology advisory board, and how to get customers involved with product development. I reflect on what I would have done differently and what get’s in the way of mega growth. I talk about the growth mindset and challenge Moe to look out 5 years and work backwards to what it is he needs to be working on now. It was great to catch up with the QPay story.

https://www.amazon.com.au/Introduction-Business-Growth-Mindset-businesses-ebook/dp/B081D7KQB1

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With a successful and growing business on the Gold Coast Melissa is challenged by increasing costs and how she can look at changing her prices. She asks me about value pricing, loyalty bonuses, and value adding for clients. We talk about price sensitivity and understanding the role that her business plays in her clients lives. She has a great team culture but knows that this is something that must be focussed on. She asks me what sort of things I have done that don’t necessarily cost a lot but build team connection. With two small children at home, she often finds that she is forever racing. She asks how I managed and what I did to be a founder with family responsibilities. This is a thoughtful and insightful conversation with lessons for any businessperson.

Pricing Strategy Explained

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Value based pricing

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This second-generation family manufacturer based in Brisbane produces 40,000 watches a year. Grant has worked for 26 years in the business and is seeking to understand growth opportunities. He knows that he must attract Australians to a career in watch making Customer buying habits are changing and whilst he has an online store, 350 retailers and corporate clients that Adina Watches supplies he knows that this is changing. Whilst successful in Queensland government he asks how to open sales opportunities the other states and levels of government as clients. With the conversation about the Olympics top of mind he wants to know how he and other busines owners can maximise the trade opportunities of big events…This is a wonderful 50-year-old success story with a big vision for growth.

Resources https://www.tenders.gov.au/

How to get celebrities to promote your brand https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/341018

https://www.adinawatches.com.au/

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