How I Made It Podcast
1) What working on David Bowie’s yacht taught Boost founder Janine Allis
Growing up, Janine Allis never thought about starting her own business. “I didn’t even know what an entrepreneur was,” she says. But after spotting a gap in the market, there was no ...Show More
2) ‘The Mount Everest of careers’: How Fleet’s CEO built an $800m company
Since she was a little girl, Flavia Tata Nardini was obsessed with space. The Italian-born rocket scientist began her career at the European Space Agency but moved to Adelaide in her 20s, where she fo...Show More
3) A scam set WA’s fertiliser king on a path to a $5b fortune
Vikas Rambal came to Australia from India on a prospective business trip in 2000. But the project he was looking into was not what it seemed. It was a moment on his five-day trip that would prove to b...Show More
4) How a former IBM executive redefined Australia’s restaurant scene
Chris Lucas grew up in the world of hospitality, often spending time in his dad’s pub in Geelong. But it wasn’t until his mid-30s that one of the country’s top restaurateurs entered ...Show More
5) How Bruce Buchanan went from would-be Qantas CEO to boss of $7.2b Rokt
Leading Australia’s largest airline is by all accounts a dream job. But in 2012, Bruce Buchanan – who was on track to become chief executive of Qantas – walked away from the na...Show More
6) Trinny Woodall, What Not To Wear and a multimillion-dollar company
Trinny Woodall first became a household name as one half of the dynamic duo, Trinny and Susannah. Together the pair built a career issuing fashion advice to women on their long-running BBC series, Wha...Show More
7) From banker to fashion CEO: How the founder of MJ Bale took over menswear
Growing up on a sheep farm, Matt Jensen has long had an appreciation for natural fibres. But it was during a stint in London working as a banker that the budding entrepreneur spotted a gap in the mens...Show More
8) At 21 Bruce Keebaugh had $500. He made it into a global events company
When the co-founder and former chief executive of The Big Group was 21, he had just $500 in his pocket. Not afraid of risk, Bruce Keebaugh and his wife, Chyka Keebaugh, used it to champion the competi...Show More
9) ‘The napkin came across the table’: How software giant Xero was born
From the start of high school, Rod Drury was captivated by computing. It was a fascination that would go on to create one of the largest ASX-listed tech companies, accounting software giant Xero...Show More
10) Jose Bryce Smith had one big idea. It became a global haircare empire
Jose Bryce Smith came to Australia on holiday. Seven years later, she founded what would become one of the country’s biggest haircare brands. With products stocked in more than 30,000 salons acr...Show More