How I Made It

Mark Woodland was expanding his education start-up before realising he’d overlooked a critical component for its success. He had to fix it, even if it meant a bunch of staff walked out the door. To ask a question, email howimadeit@afr.com  This podcast is sponsored by Commonwealth Private To find out more about Commonwealth Private click hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Serial entrepreneur Nick Bell sits down with Julie-anne Sprague to chat about his latest business venture, which aims to help people live longer. He also details his recent trip to Mexico, where he spent $700,000 on injections to alter his genes. To ask a question, email howimadeit@afr.com  This podcast is sponsored by Commonwealth Private To find out more about Commonwealth Private click hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode, Precision Group founder Shaun Bonétt chats to Julie-anne Sprague about becoming one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs. A journey that went from home schooling to buying his first shopping centre at just 24 years of age. To ask a question, email howimadeit@afr.com  This podcast is sponsored by Commonwealth Private To find out more about Commonwealth Private click hereSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

His parents moved to Australia with just $90 to their name, raising their young family in a housing commission flat in Melbourne. It was there Ruslan Kogan honed his selling skills, making a buck selling golf balls and washing cars. He’s now worth about $300 million after creating online retailer Kogan.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The How I Made it team is on a summer break but have curated a special summer series featuring some of our favourite episodes.  In this third episode, Simon Beard joined Julie-anne Sprague in 2022 to chat how he and his wife Tah-nee started Culture Kings as a market stall on the Gold Coast. They’d go on to cut a deal that valued their retailer at $600 million. In this episode, Simon shares his routine - from getting up at 4am to taking ice baths.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The How I Made it team is on a summer break but we’ve curated a special summer series featuring some of our favourite episodes.  Our second episode in this summer series features Tammy Hembrow who joined the Julie-anne Sprague in August 2022 where she shares her story of being told her life was ruined when she unexpectedly fell pregnant at 19. She’d go on to develop a fitness app and clothing brand that put her on the Young Rich List with an estimated $38 million fortune. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy New Year! The How I Made it team is on summer break but for your listening enjoyment they have compiled a collection of some of their favourite episodes from our rich catalogue of interviews with the nation’s Rich Listers. The first episode in this summer series features Jack Cowin, the Canadian door-to-door salesman who left of Australia and opened fast food chains KFC and Hungry Jack’s. He’d go on to invest and grow pizza group Domino’s. In this episode, he shares the extraordinary story of taking on a global giant in a legal bun fight and all the lessons he’s learnt in becoming the nation’s 22nd richest person.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sam Kennard always had ambition to work and grow the family company. But he never expected his dad to give him total control when he was just 24 years of age.  This podcast is sponsored by Superloop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode How I Made It podcast, Icon Group founder Cathie Reid chats to Julie-anne Sprague about wanting to be a typist. Instead she became a pharmacist before spotting a gap in the market and becoming an entrepreneur alongside husband Stuart Giles. This podcast is sponsored by Superloop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on How I Made It, Julie-anne Sprague chats to Young Rich Lister Kevin Gosschalk, the co-founder Arkose Labs on the challenges of going head to head with Google in offering companies solutions to thwart cyber criminals. This podcast is sponsored by Superloop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode, Julie-anne Sprague chats to investor and corporate adviser Mark Carnegie on how being born with a silver spoon and having a chip on his shoulder has  motivated him to succeed in business.  This podcast is sponsored by Superloop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Nigel Satterley joins Julie-anne Sprague to chat about his journey from Levi's salesman to becoming Australia’s biggest private land developer whose company, Satterley, is worth more than $500 million. This podcast is sponsored by Superloop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1983, Sam Hupert and IT specialist Anthony Hall joined forces after meeting at a wine tasting. Their brainchild, Pro Medicus is now worth $9 billion with shares recently hitting an all-time high of $83, marking a spectacular return for early investors who bought in at $1.15 per share in 2000. This podcast is sponsored by Superloop.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Alex Tomic quit university after just six months, to create a company to sell teeth whitening kits with his childhood friend Alex Mirkovic. Almost a decade later, the pair are closing in on $1b in sales, cementing their place on the Young Rich List as chase a global expansion, which has had a handy boost after Kim Kardashian posted to her gazillion followers about how much she just loves their products.  This podcast is sponsored by SuperloopSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Carolyn Creswell’s company Carmen's dominates the supermarket shelves. But it didn’t start that way. In the early days, she had to come up clever ways to get ahead. This podcast is sponsored by Superloop  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.