Rising Tide Startups

In a special episode of Rising Tide Startups, we chat with Richard Voice, the Co-Founder of FinTech startup CryptoSpend. CryptoSpend is a company that will be facilitating crypto to AUD payments through the CryptoSpend App as well as being able to utilise then NPP with your crypto too! Exciting time for this bold new blockchain startup. Learn more at cryptospend.com.au.

In another great Rising Tide Episode, we chat with Dayne Shuda, founder of GhostBlogWriters.com - In his own words, "Ghost Blog Writers is my job, but I can’t call it work because I enjoy every aspect of what I do. In the past I’ve worked as a brand manager for a catalog and ecommerce firm. Today, I enjoy doing all I can to provide businesses with the blog content they need to achieve their goals." Learn more at GhostBlogWriters.com

Today we are speaking with a very timely guest for a time such as this. Our special guest is Bill Bice, Founder and CEO of Boomtime, Word of Mouth Marketing. Bill is a serial entrepreneur, and is passionate about helping small business grow. He started his first company at age 18, growing ProLaw Software into the largest law firm automation system for small and mid-size law firms. Joining the acquirer at Thomson Reuters, Bill joined the management team of the $2B West division, where he used the marketing sophistication of an industry leader to take a brand new offering to market, West km. His goal at Boomtime is to enable smaller businesses to more effectively compete with their larger competitors. Learn more at Boomtime.com

In another exciting Rising Tide Startups podcast episode, we chat with international business expert Peter Selby. Since 2008, Peter has been the CEO and Founder of Business Drivers, Ltd. He is also an Author, Speaker and Trusted Advisor to companies across the Asia Pacific Region and Europe. Their business services are delivered with international experience in best practice business optimisation, which in turn delivers a sustainable competitive advantage to organisations of all sizes. Peter is also the designer of unique IP, that works within an organisation's key business drivers, to unlock deeply hidden opportunity in all phases of the business cycle. Learn more at bizdrivers.biz

Our guest expert on Rising Tide Startups is none other than, Davis Nguyen, founder of myconsultingoffer.org. Davis is a Harvard grad, TEDX Speaker and a former consultant at Bain. In 2017, he founded "My Consulting Offer" and has since helped 400+ people start a career in consulting at McKinsey, Bain, BCG and other major firms. Learn more at myconsultingoffer.org

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups this week is Heidi Dening. Heidi is an empowering keynote speaker whose elegant, yet powerful presence on stage leaves audiences wanting to do more, give more, have more and be more. She is the author of a best-selling self-leadership book called ‘Her Middle Name Is Courage’, and an experienced educator who believes that resilient, healthy self-leaders create profitable, impactful organisations. Learn more at heididening.com Resilience Bucket Quiz: https://heididening.com/bucketquiz/ Book Link: https://heididening.com/product/her-middle-name-is-courage/

Our special guest on Rising Tide is the Chief Whaler himself, George Weiner, founder of Wholewhale.com. Whole Whale is a digital agency that leverages data and tech to increase the impact of nonprofits and for-benefit companies, and the co-founder of Power Poetry, the largest teen poetry platform in the U.S. George’s breaching moment in ideating Whole Whale came from his 7 years with DoSomething where, under his leadership as CTO, the organization became an innovator in social media, mobile technology, and social causes. Learn more at wholewhale.com/university

Our special guest is Rosanna Iacono, co-Founder of Growth Hacker. Rosanna is a business leader with 25 years experience working with some of the world’s leading brands, including 16 years internationally with Nike and Levi’s, and C-suite roles in Australia delivering exits for Private Equity-owned businesses like Sheridan and Jurlique. Learn more at growthactivists.com

On the other side of the mic today on Rising Tide Startups, we have Stephen Hakami, founder of Wiza.co. Stephen, the Wizard behind Wiza, used to run a cold email agency, running cold email campaigns for his clients. He ands team first built out the technology for Wiza internally, but then realized this is software that everyone should be using. Now, Wiza is fully functional and able to create email lists from LinkedIn Sales Navigator. Learn more at wiza.co

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Mita Bedi, CEO of Resonate Solutions. Mita worked her way up to the role of CEO, through her extensive experience, creativity, discipline and vision. Having played an instrumental role in driving business growth and creating new opportunities for Resonate, she also displays a wide set of skills and experience, including strategic planning, consulting and product development. These qualities provide her with a solid skillset to deliver on the ambitious growth plans of Resonate, for the future. Mita brings a wealth of knowledge having worked with a number of large brands including ING Direct, Royal Bank of Scotland and IBM. Learn more at ResonateSolutions.com.au

Our very special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Aaron Walker, founder of "View From The Top." Businessman and Life Coach, Aaron T. Walker has inspired many through his leadership, mentorship, and consistent pursuit of excellence. He enjoys helping others and believes experience is a great teacher. 35 years of entrepreneurship and marriage have given Aaron a wealth of experience. Aaron sold his first business to a Fortune 500 company at 27 years old and continues to reach new heights and broaden his perspective of the terrain by examining his experiences and growing from them. Learn more at viewfromthetop.com

Our special guest today on Rising Tide Startups is Andrew Butow, founder of Earth2Mars - a Human-Centered, Client-Based Creative Agency. Andrew founded earth2mars because at the most basic level, he wants to help people and make a difference in the world. With over 15 years of personal, technological and organizational change experience, Andrew is able to bring together the best of business, consulting, design-thinking and behavioral science to any challenge, big, small or anywhere in between. Learn more earth2mars.com.au

Our special guest on the podcast is Clarene Mitchell, LinkedIn Expert and founder of TCM Communications LLC. She is an accomplished communications professional with a solid reputation in the Greater Milwaukee area and nationally as a print journalist and public relations professional. My communications expertise is the foundation for my work as a LinkedIn Trainer. Learn more at tcmcommunicationsllc.com

In another great episode with our friends in Australia, we are chatting with Clayton Moulynox, founder of MXGrowth. Hi is a startup foundations builder who is also practical, pragmatic and logical. Clayton has held leadership roles in tech companies from managed services businesses to US$1B SaaS startup across Australia and US. He is an Ex-Microsoft small & mid-market partner channel leader who excels in ambiguity, living for the "messy middle" in growing companies. He is also proficient in sales, marketing and is an operations all-rounder. Clayton possess an eye for out-of-the-box thinking and has a driving passion for leadership, organizational culture, stoicism and mental well-being at work. Learn more at mxgrowth.com iTunes link Youtube link

In another exciting episode of Rising Tide Startups, we get to chat with a startup founder that is truly hard to nail down. Meet Jarryd Salem, co-founder of NOMADasaurus. Explorer and anthropologist. Writer and teacher. Musician and artist. Philosopher and travel guide. These are all professions that Jarryd has very little skills and attributes in, but that doesn’t stop him from trying. His co-founder is his wife Alesha, who runs the creative side of their travel endeavour. Born in Sydney, Australia, Jarryd was bitten hard by the travel bug early on in his life and at the age of 20 left his home to be a ski bum in Canada. 12 plus years later, he still wants to be a ski bum, but has instead substituted that life for one of discovering new, exciting places all over the world. With an all-encompassing passion for snow, mountain and water sports, and a love of travel and adventure, he endeavours to bring his enthusiasm for life to the far corners of the globe and inspire others to do the same. Jarryd runs the business side of things at NOMADasaurus and is the CEO of the digital marketing agency, Peak Evolution Media. He is also the chief editor for the site, and the author behind many of the stories you’ll find here. Learn more at nomadasaurus.com iTunes link Youtube link

Our special guest today on Rising Tide Startups is Brit Boone. Founder of Meanderbug.com, Brit is developing a sustainable social enterprise that presents a new model for small business that opens up unique adventures for travelers while helping locals find their way in a rapidly changing environment. Learn more at Meanderbug.com iTunes link Youtube link - Full Episode Youtube link - Rising Tide Startup School

Our special guest today is Louise Watts. Louise is a leading High Performance Coaching to international success as a founder and director for over 15 years, Louise is well known for her guidance on executive presence and personal impact, having built a global client base with brands such as Citi, BAML, SAP, PWC and BNP Paribas. Advising organisations on ambitious personal development initiatives, Louise has seen the power of presence, confidence and connection, as a way of positively impacting employee engagement and enhancing the client experience. A progressive thinker, highly attuned to the future of work from a human perspective, Louise launched Transition Hub in 2018 to provide a path to the future for the vast majority of people who will find themselves in transition from old ways of working to new. Transition Hub offers the chance to re-energise, reimagine and enhance the decision making skills needed to thrive in the future of work. Bringing together the best coaches and facilitators to work collectively, Transition Hub builds on the successful model of High Performance Coaching. There has never been a more important time to make learning accessible, personable and enjoyable, which happens naturally, when you bring cohorts of people together to experience a guided week of development. Transition Hub creates the opportunity to spark new ideas, build new networks and develop the confidence to go forward. Nothing less is going to satisfy the need for a transformational experience, to transition today’s workers into tomorrow’s jobs. Prior to founding HPC and Transition Hub, Louise had a professional ballet career, and brings her deep understanding of presence and impact through her coaching and entrepreneurial leadership. Learn more at - www.transitionhub.com iTunes link YouTube link

Our special guest on the podcast is Thom King, founder of IconFoods.com and "Guy Gone Keto." Part CEO, part personal development wonk, and part biohacker info geek, Thom King is a self-confessed serial entrepreneur. While his favorite book list contains many success-oriented and personal-development classics, the traditional definition of achieving success (e.g. make a lot of money) is not what inspires or motivates King. He follows more of a “you aren’t doing well unless you’re also doing some good” line of thinking. King’s company has been built around the simple principle of “do the right thing.” In 1999, Thom’s personal passion for food and his concern over the explosion of metabolic disease led him to found Steviva Brands, now known as Icon Foods, with a mission to help food manufacturers replace unhealthy sugars in their products with natural options. With 20 years of R&D work, Thom has helped hundreds of manufacturers improve the quality of their products. In recent years, his passion for food and optimal health have intersected with his embrace of a ketogenic (low carb, high fat) diet. Learn more at iconfoods.com and guygoneketo.com iTunes link Youtube link - full episode YouTube link - Rising Tide Startup School

Our guest today on Rising Tide Startups is Victor Zhang, Cofounder and CEO of AlphaWallet. Victor has 7 years experience managing multinational teams and businesses in Australia, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan and India. He also started up 5 businesses in Australia, China, HK and Singapore including import/export/wholesale/sports/travel/ticketing/internet business. iTunes link Youtube link

Today on Rising Tide Startups, we chat with BarBend’s Co-Founder and Editorial Director, David Tao. David is a veteran of the health & fitness industry, with nearly a decade of experience building and running editorial teams in the space. He also serves as a color commentator for both National and International weightlifting competitions, many through USA Weightlifting. In addition to his work in the health & fitness industry, David has been a writer for Fortune and Fortune.com, as well as a contributor to Forbes.com, Slate, and numerous other outlets across the web and in print. He’s is also a great podcast host and is especially passionate about the intersection of strength sports and quality, professional media coverage — overlapping interests shared by the BarBend editorial team and which drive their content strategy each and every day. Learn more at Barbend.com iTunes link YouTube link - full episode Youtube link - Rising Tide Startup School

In our latest Rising Tide Startups episode, we catch up with Food-preneur and Founder of True Made Foods, Abraham (Abe) Kamarck. Abe was born in Washington DC and grew up in Virginia, Brooklyn and Maryland before attending Vanderbilt on an NROTC scholarship. After graduation, he served eight years as a Navy Helicopter pilot, later earned his MBA from the London Business School and was introduced to impact entrepreneurship. This experience prompted Abe to leave the Navy and start a seven year adventure in emerging markets as an impact entrepreneur. Along the way, he launched various ventures from fun websites like Doha-Delivery.com to more difficult ones like building greenhouse farms in the desert. In his latest entrepreneurial pursuit, Abe has jumped into the food business and married his two biggest passions - food and entrepreneurship. A father of four, he is passionate about real food, healthy lifestyles, playing rugby and coaching his kids' football and basketball. Learn more at truemadefoods.com iTunes link Youtube link - full episode Youtube link - Rising Tide Startups School

Our guest today is Mark Podolsky, better known at "The Land Geek." Mark has been buying and selling raw land full time since 2001. He's completed over 5,000 land deals and my company, Frontier Equity Properties, has an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau. He is also the author of Dirt Rich, the ultimate guide to helping you build a passive income model in raw land investing. His passion for investing in land, for creating wealth efficiently, and for helping other people develop their inner "geeky entrepreneur" has lead him to create a free course for those who want to learn more about investing in "raw land." Learn more at www.thelandgeek/launchkit/ iTunes link Youtube link - full episode Youtube link - Rising Tide Startup School

In another exciting Rising Tide Startups, we chat with Bean Ninja founder and XERO accounting expert Meryl Johnston. Meryl launched Bean Ninjas in 2015 with $1000 and a dream of changing the global bookkeeping game. It has since grown from Meryl’s kitchen table into the multi-national, award-winning business it is today. Learn more at beanninjas.com Click here for the "How to Do Your Bookkeeping Using XERO" course. iTunes link Youtube link - full episode Youtube link - Rising Tide Startup School

In another Rising Tide Startups episode, we chat with Tellinga founder, Alex Kurkowski. The idea for Tellinga surfaced when Alex noticed that, while working full time in his day job, all his free time started to slip away, along with relationships with friends and family. To keep in touch, he started snail mailing them epistolary (literary/artisanal work in the form of letters) style illustrations. He would draw pictures in story form and snail-mail them out to loved ones piece by piece over time. It was always a way to stay connected and create fun, personalized stories so that they could look forward to checking their mailboxes every day. Thus, Tellinga was born. Learn more at Tellinga.com iTunes link Youtube link - full episode Youtube link - Rising Tide Startup School

Out special guest on the Rising Tide Startups podcast is lay Clark. Clay is the founder of Thrive15.com, a company offering online education for entrepreneurs in 15-minute videos taught by world-class mentors. Stop what you are doing and listen to this hilariously pragmatic and highly instructive video. Learn more at thrive15.com . Grab your free SEO book at - thebestseobook.com iTunes link Youtube link - full episode Youtube link - Rising Tide Startups School

Our special guest today is Jim Palmer, The Dream Business Coach. Jim is a marketing and business building expert and in-demand coach. He is also the founder of the Dream Business Academy and Dream Business Coaching and Mastermind Program. Learn more at getjimpalmer.com iTunes link Youtube link - full episode Youtube link - Rising Tide Startup School