Business, Wine & Cheese

Meet Andrew Morello - our latest BWC Guest. What happens when you get three creative, successful and entrepreneurial friends together to chat about life, work and everything in between?In our latest BWC episode, OITC’s Theo & Christian chat to their life long friend and awarded entrepreneur, investor, author, and the winner of the first Australian Apprentice - Andrew Morello. The boys discuss working hard through a COVID landscape, their past business successes and failures, recession proofing, and even get a little personal about loss and life.We'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave a rating/review to let us know what you think!Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UxW0QNaHIClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en 

This brand new episode of Business, Wine and Cheese features the very talented Aleksandar Jason - A.K.A. photographer/entrepreneur/business owner. Aleksandar began his photography career in the nightclub scene, working as a photographer under the alias “Adam not Eve”. This acted as the perfect segue into the music scene which eventually lead to opportunities with Vice Magazine, ultimately allowing him to make a name for himself as a photographer. He eventually rebranded to Aleksandar Jason, at which point he was hired by Melbourne City and began shooting for brands such as Puma, Nike, Oakley. Check out the episode to hear more about how Aleksandar uses social media to leverage his brand and talent!We'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave a rating/review to let us know what you think!Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UxW0QNaHIClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en 

For this episode of Business, Wine & Cheese we had the pleasure of chatting to Daniel Hakim, founder of CUB. Daniel was born in Sydney, but completed his highschooling at an international school in Paris from 14 - 19 years old. He tells us how this experience Introduced him to the benefits of having a very strong network at a young age. From here, Daniel started a restaurant at the age of 21 before moving on to where his is now, Director of CUB. Click through to hear how he acheieved so much at such a young age!We'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave a rating/review to let us know what you think!Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UxW0QNaHIClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en 

For this episode of Business, Wine & Cheese we had the pleasure of sitting down with Tideways Director Bryan Phillips. Bryan was born in South Africa and moved to Perth at the age of 7. He completed a bachelor of commerce and started his career in financial planning before quickly realising he was destined for bigger things. Bryan had a passion for people, building relationships and challenging the norm. Click the video to hear all about his journey and learnings along the way.We'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave a rating/review to let us know what you think!Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UxW0QNaHIClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en 

We’re back with a BRAND NEW episode of Business, Wine & Cheese! For this one we were joined by the awesome Amy MacMillen, founder of Catalyst Settlements. Before beginning her career Amy was already finding savvy ways to make an extra buck as a kid by selling birthday presents, making trades with school lunches and even making and selling dog collars at one point. Later in life she forged her path to entrepreneurship quite organically, slowly moving from working in law to subcontracting and eventually to building her own business. We chat with Amy about the benefits of cross-networking, the value in branding and process of re-branding as well as how she manages to keep a driven mindset. So much value in this episode!We'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave a rating/review to let us know what you think!Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UxW0QNaHIClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en 

Hi and welcome back to another episode of our Business, Wine & Cheese series! On this episode we were lucky enough to chat to Tobi Skovron, and very successful entrepreneur and now good friend of ours. Tobi’s journey in entrepreneurship began quite uniquely. He founded PetLoo, an indoor toilet for pets and managed to grow that to become a global brand from his bedroom. He recently founded CreativeCubes.Co, a collaborative working space. This idea sprung off the back of what he wished was available to him during his entrepreneurial start. We chat a lot about people and culture, scaling and leading with empathy in this episode. We love hearing your feedback, so feel free to leave a COMMENT or give this video a THUMBS UP if you enjoyed it!If you have any questions please comment or contact us on any of our platforms provided below. Thanks so much for tuning in, don't forget to SUBSCRIBE so you can join us for the next episode!===============================================Timestamps:1:22 Origin Story 4:40 the beginning of PetLoo6:16 Family and DNA influence on entrepreneurship and music 11:11 CreativeCubes.Co 17:25 Community in business20:20 Culture meets money in businesses 24:39 Scaling the un-scaleable 28:18 Being more than just a number 31:44 advice for building a community 35:00 Google reviews37:31 Lightning Round===============================================For more info on what we do visit https://outintheclouds.com/===============================================Follow us on Facebook!https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/Follow us on Instagram!https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/Follow us on LinkedIn!https://www.linkedin.com/company/outintheclouds/ 

Hello and welcome back to a fresh new episode of Business, Wine & Cheese! We’re super excited about this episode. We were joined by the lovely Clare Smith, CMO at Vinomofo to chat all things life and business. Clare moved from Scotland to Australia 20 years ago and began her marketing career doing agency work before moving on to work for Sensis, Village Roadshow and Vinomofo. We grab so many useful insights from Clare in this ep and we have a good laugh while we do it. *DISCLAIMER* We know Christmas is over 😂We'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave a rating/review to let us know what you think!Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UxW0QNaHIClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en 

Welcome back to another episode of Business, Wine & Cheese! This episode features Justin Pearce, founder of The Start. Throughout his career, Justin has never limited himself to one line of work and has always taken on roles that seek to challenge him! We chat all about this career journey as well as what lead him to entrepreneurship and how he overcame challenges his business has faced. So many useful takeaways from this episode!We'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave a rating/review to let us know what you think!Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UxW0QNaHIClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en 

We’re back with another episode of Business, Wine & Cheese! For this one we’re joined by the awesome Tom Barker, founder of Tom Barker events.Tom runs us through his journey all the way from his dream of being a race car driver to how he ended up starting his own events company. He chats with us about what it was like to realise his first passion wasn’t going to work out and how he managed to find a second one to take it’s place.We also grab some great insights from Tom about how he networks and builds meaningful relationships with his clients. So much to learn from this episode!We'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave a rating/review to let us know what you think!Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UxW0QNaHIClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en 

Welcome back to Business, Wine & Cheese!! This week we sit with the awesome Kiani Mills to chat about all things business and life. Kiani’s career journey hasn’t taken a typical route, proving a formal education isn’t always necessary to achieve your goals! We also chat all things strategy when starting a new business, including how to hire a great team and work to your strengths.Other key takeaways include: Networking through BNI (Business Network International)Creating work-life balanceSupport and resources for solo-preneursTips for new business owners We'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave a rating/review to let us know what you think!Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UxW0QNaHIClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en

For this episode of Business, Wine & Cheese we had the opportunity to sit down with Tee Sultan, co-founder of Clipboard to grab his insights on what it takes to start a business and develop an app, as well as his experience moving from Bangladesh to study in Australia and the lessons he carries with him as a result of that journey. This one is an awesome episode, we hope you enjoy! Other key takeaways include:How Clipboard went from a passion project to a full time gigThe process going from a prototype of the app to the finished productThe technology behind ClipboardHow Tee networksMental health in hospitalityWe'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave a rating/review to let us know what you think! Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UxW0QNaHIClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en

In this episode of Business, Wine & Cheese we had the chance to sit down with Teresa Truda; long time entrepreneur, go-getter and driven human being! Teresa walks us through her personal journey starting various businesses and working overseas, her view on being a woman in tech, the tools she uses to overcome adversity and Teresa's perspective on the balance between art and science when it comes to advertising. Lots of useful takeaways in this episode, we hope you enjoy watching it as much as we enjoyed filming it!Other key takeaways include: The importance of testing a market (properly)The reality of starting a businessChallenges encountered working overseasThe way startup culture is effecting ad agenciesThe importance of having a network of supportive peopleWe'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave a rating/review to let us know what you think!Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UxW0QNaHIClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube:    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn:     https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en 

For this episode of Business, Wine & Cheese we sat with Peter Ligdopoulos, founder of Delphic Insurance Services to chat all about his personal and professional journey that ultimately lead him to starting his own business.Pete has lived and worked in both Japan and London, so he tells us all about what that was like and compares it to the Australian working culture from his perspective. The guys also chat about the importance (or lack thereof) of going to University in order to end up working a job you love. This one is a great episode!Other key takeaways include:The preparation involved in launching Delphic Insurance ServicesThe societal/cultural expectation of attending UniversityThe reality of starting a small businessThe reality of being a small business ownerThe importance of building a diverse network as a business ownerHow technology improves the customer experienceWe'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave a rating/review to let us know what you think!Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UxW0QNaHIClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube:    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn:     https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en 

Welcome back to yet another episode of Business, Wine & Cheese! For this one we had the privilege to chat to serial entrepreneur Omar de Silva about his journey through life and his many business ventures.This episode touches on mental health awareness and management both in life and in work, particularly dealing with the ups and downs that come with being an entrepreneur.We also chat about Omar’s professional journey and the technology he incorporates in his businesses to push them forward. Amongst his many business ventures, Omar teamed up with our very own Theo Kanellopoulos to start up For Men, a men’s mental health charity which the guys chat about briefly in this episode.Other key takeaways from this video include:Omar's personal origin storyHow he got in (and back out) of financial troubleRecognising his own mental health challengesFinding fulfilment in workTechnology in businessWe'd love to hear your feedback, so please leave a rating/review to let us know what you think!Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68UxW0QNaHIClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube:    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn:     https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en 

Welcome back to Business, Wine & Cheese! For episode #3 we had the chance to sit down with Matthew Boyd, founder and CEO of Vollie, an online volunteering platform based in Melbourne.In this episode Matt talks us through how this innovative business idea came about and how he's managed to achieve success. Quite an inspirational character, if you ask us!Salesforce’s 1% initiative discussed in this video is called the “Pledge 1%” program, and it invites all entrepreneurs and their companies to commit important resources (product, time, and resources) to support integrating philanthropy into their business from an early stage. Since it began, they have been able to give more than $240 million in grants, 3.5 million hours of community service, and provided product donations for more than 39,000 nonprofits and education institutions. We love that we’re able to be a part of this initiative!Other key takeaways from this video include:Transitioning from traditional corporate environments to starting a new ventureHow Matt financially prepared for building his own companyHow Vollie worksThe accelerator program provided by Deakin that helped Vollie to developMarketing strategies implementedGeneral professional/personal learnings from the journey to starting a businessGrowth plans for the businessClick here to check out the Vollie website: https://www.vollie.com.au/Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsMH0HBL88AClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube:    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn:     https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en 

Welcome back to our content series; Business, Wine and Cheese. In this video series, we chat all things business & life with some guests ranging from Founders to Executives to Salesforce Recruiters.Episode #2 features Tom Woods of Woods&Co., a Melbourne based recruitment agency. This sit down chat with Woodsy not only promises many laughs, but also some great insight into fostering company culture and how he made the transition from the workforce into starting his own business.Key takeaways from this video include:Transitioning from promotional work to a corporate landscapeTransitioning from the corporate world to entrepreneurial venturesEstablishing a new recruitment agencyThe importance of company culture and making work funGrowth targetsScaling the business upResource planningClick here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u23xXM7K5-EClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube:    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn:     https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en 

Welcome to our newly launched content series; Business, Wine and Cheese. In this video series, we plan to chat all things business & life with some guests ranging from Founders to Executives to Salesforce Recruiters For the launch, our three founders of OUT IN THE CLOUDS sat down to share their origin story and reflect on how they have been growing their businesses. Within this first episode, Theo, Christian and Arnold run through many of the different technology integrations they've trialed and tested. They chat about what worked and what didn't, as well as what we currently have implemented in our practice now. We also have our Head of Technology (Arnold) introduce his own content series "Arnold's Space Station", which will be launching very soon. This is set to be a series of tutorial style videos, designed to empower business owners and operators to navigate Salesforce on their own. Other key takeaways from the video include: Why we started Where the business is currently and where we'd like to take it The plan for this content series Our overall business goals Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps1TYTdaa4M&t=409s Click here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/ Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7w https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/ https://au.linkedin.com/company/outintheclouds https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en