Send us a text Suzana Mihajlovic is an incredibly skilled & highly credentialed professional in the world of elite mindset, high performance & human potential. She is someone that has felt the need to serve others from a very early age, due to a genuine fascination with people & an innate ability to connect with a persons soul. Success and elite performance coaching, along with the development of self, are the spaces where she thrives. So much so, that she has become a top ...

Send us a text Sheridan Rose Shaw is back as my first ever return guest.... by popular demand! So much has happened since we last sat down, almost two and a half years ago. She has since significantly expanded her business and operation from her previous salon space of 140m2 to a mammoth 336m2! Find out how she has done it... the vision, frustrations, setback after setback, overcoming defeat, ongoing council delays, budget constraints & money eventually running out. She's an absolute bea...

Send us a text Sahil Bhasin is the founder & director of Bricks & Mortar Real Estate in Fitzroy North. He started that business from scratch building it up from 0 to 500 properties under management in 4 years and personally sells in excess of 200 properties per year, having mastered off the plan sales & project marketing. A high achiever in every field he has worked in, Sahil is an impressive operator. He is an extremely driven individual, loves seeing his staff grow...

Send us a text Raju Ghimire is director of the Hospokendra Group... owner of successful Melbourne cafes Dumbo in West Footscray, Sani in Brunswick East & Yuca in Toorak village. Born in Nepal, to a mother who was 15 years old at the time, it has been a long winding road to get to where he is today. Opportunity. Failure. Bouncing back. Learnings. Taking risks. Expensive lessons. Twenty lenders saying no. Bad credit. Not giving up. Surviving lockdowns. Pour over coffee. Winning...

Send us a text Peter Karaoglanis is the founder of Presenting Homes Australia. His company specialises in presenting properties for sale by maximising buyer appeal & ultimately maximising the sale price for clients. The son of a Greek father & and an Irish mother, he's learned some truly valuable lessons along the way... compassion, empathy, standing up for himself and love, while also learning to deal with personal heartbreak and the devastating losses of his 46 year old brother and ...

Send us a text Kathryn Stary is the founder and creative director of Kathryn Stary Marketing and has been in the game for ten years. Her life influences have been many and their effects have run deep, from former Western Bulldogs President Peter Gordon while she worked in asbestos litigation, to the special bond shared with her grandfather and then the profound impact her father, criminal defence lawyer, Rob Stary had on her while representing high profile figures Julian Assange, Jack Thomas,...

Send us a text Damian Corney is the Founder & Creative Director of the Grafico Group. His firm specialises in end to end marketing/advertising signage, design, print & installation. His thriving business is multi faceted & also multi award winning, culminating in being named the City of Melbourne's Small Business of the Year in 2022. A business idea that started as a university project and eventually came to life in Nonna's humble garage, has since developed into a national and i...

Send us a text Toma Banjanin was born in the year 1927. He has lived quite an extraordinary life... one filled with deep suffering, hardships, perseverance and hope. A fulfilling life, living off the land and one full of love, surrounded by family... his wife, 6 children, 16 grandchildren, 5 great grandchildren and the rest of his extended family. He is sharp as a tack and remembers it as though it all happened yesterday. The detail is quite remarkable as he takes us back ...

Send us a text Andrew Koulaouzos is an auctioneer & partner of Barry Plant Taylor Lakes. The son of hard working & protective migrant parents, he learned from them the value of telling the truth & having a tireless work ethic very early in life, two fundamentals that have underpinned his entire career. Along the way, he has had some of the best possible mentors to put him on the right path. He has experienced an immensely organic rise through the real estate ranks... starti...

Send us a text Jake Moore is an auctioneer & partner of Australia's largest independent auctioneering company, Cooley Auctions. With a background as an apprentice chef in some of Sydney's finest restaurants and hard working parents who guided him on the right path from the outset, he learned the value of putting in the work early in life. As a result, he is extremely dedicated to his craft, has worked with the country's best estate agents and has been privileged to call in excess of 3,500...

Send us a text Leigh McCrabb & Ken Attard are the dynamic founders of upstart Bike Shop, Neutral Service based in Melbourne's inner north west. They both have very different and diverse backgrounds... Leigh the country boy from Shepparton, did a multitude of different work over the years, eventually starting and successfully running the very popular Brother Nancy cafe in West Footscray. Ken the city boy from Keilor Downs, always knew he wanted to be a car designer... studying the topic in...

Send us a text Elia Donati began his food odyssey at the tender age of just 5 years old, when he began learning to cook at the feet of his Mama & Nonna in his home country of Italy. Fast forward almost 30 years: he has moved to a foreign country, learned English fluently, mastered the art of cooking, gathered extensive experience across Melbourne including work as a butcher, obtained a Diploma in Hospitality Management, started his own successful venture and has invested lots of time &...

Send us a text Rocco Montanaro has been in the real estate game for more than three decades, beginning all the way back in 1990 with nothing but a dream. Today, he has established himself as a high performing agent through Melbourne's North East corridor, specialising in the luxury home market & is a Director of Morrison Kleeman Estate Agents. His mantra of 'Tell it as it is' has underpinned his success, along with the significant influence his parents and other business mentors have had ...

Send us a text Emma Vasi is the Creative Director of lifestyle brand Elevate Studio incorporating Vasi Design. During her working life she has tried her hand at everything from teaching, to recruitment & also real estate, however her true deep passion has always been in the creative space, where she has successfully found herself working since 2016. During part 2 of our thoroughly enjoyable discussion, Emma talks about a vast array of topics relating to the nuts and bolts of...

Send us a text Emma Vasi is the Creative Director of lifestyle brand Elevate Studio incorporating Vasi Design. During her working life she has tried her hand at everything from teaching, to recruitment & also real estate, however her true deep passion has always been in the creative space, where she has successfully found herself working since 2016. During part 1 of our thoroughly enjoyable discussion, Emma talks about the incredibly supportive/loving environment her parents...

Send us a text George Alexander has been in the real estate game for almost 25 years and all with the one firm, a rarity in today's day and age. He has been and continues to be one of the most popular people within Jas Stephens and has a massive list of repeat clients that would be the envy of most agents. Working in his own families dry cleaning business at a young age, he quickly recognised from his parents that hard work and doing the right thing are the things that underpin any su...

Send us a text Julie Soyer is a school teacher based in London who genuinely loves her chosen professional career & the students she teaches. Born in France & displaying a passion for the game of tennis at a young age, she faced some significant personal difficulties early in her life and like many of us, looked for a beacon of hope to help her during her challenging times. She found that in one of the worlds most prominent sports stars. It's what has transpired in her spare time th...

Send us a text Sheridan Rose Shaw has been in the hair industry for over 16 years & today is the Creative Director of MamaWest, multi award winning hair salon & creative co working space based in Melbourne's Inner West. She is vibrant, energetic, extroverted & tremendously passionate about her thriving young business. Her journey to get to this point has been nothing short of remarkable. She has fought significant personal demons due to childhood trauma, battled with toxic ...

Send us a text Sean Reynolds has had a decorated career in the media/marketing space spanning two decades, winning multiple industry awards and also receiving two Emmy nominations while working on various television campaigns in Los Angeles including The Ellen Degeneres Show, TMZ & Extra! He has collaborated with big brand partners such as Nike, Porsche, Lego, Hot Wheels, Google, Apple, Formula One, Lil' Wayne, Steve Aoki & OHSU Doernbecher Childrens Hospital in Portland. Sinc...

Send us a text Tass Cico is the director of Big Plans Melbourne. His firm specialises in the immersive and interactive experience that is 1:1 scale floorplan projection, helping the end user conceptualise the unbuilt. Big Plans is quickly changing the way people build, by breaking the mould of how things have previously been done during the building/design process. The son of Greek immigrants, he's gone from modest beginnings in Melbourne's Northern suburbs, to showing true entrepreneurial s...