Nick Simpson’s business story starts in a citrus orchard and weaves through everything from beef filtration to landscape gardening, injury recovery and now pet nutrition.

In this episode, Marissa Hankinson speaks to the founder of Port Lincoln Pet Treats about growing up in a Riverland repatriation scheme, launching his first business after school, and the messy, nonlinear path to building something that sticks.

Nick opens up about the back injury that changed his career trajectory, the collapse of a key supplier that could have ended everything, and the road trip that sparked a new joint venture. The result? A fast-growing brand that now exports premium seafood-based treats to Asia and beyond.

A frank and uplifting conversation about resilience, reinvention and building businesses without buzzwords.

Produced by Wavebreaker Productions.

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