Disciplinn is where builders, leaders and power players talk openly about what shaped them, what success cost them and how decisions really get made. The podcast is about two things: the discipline it takes to succeed, and the discipline you choose to dedicate your life to.
Gabby Leibovich came to Australia as an immigrant child and worked hard. He worked hard at school, he and his brother worked hard at the markets to make some money and he worked hard to build one of Australia's best known and loved online retail brands; Catch of The Day.
Gabby is a great Australian success story and a font of wisdom and knowledge about retail sales, online sales, marketing, brand building, team building, money making, investing and, also importantly, knowing ones business limitations.
Gabby also invested hard in adjacent supplier relationships and the logistics side that supported his (and his brothers) business. What is revealing is the important focus on input costs as much as retail prices.
Gabby is a straight-shooter, but incredibly warm and generous with his time, insights and views. For Episode 50 of Disciplinn, this is a real highlight. Enjoy our discussion.
18 Jul 2021
E49 | Jim Penman | Entrepreneur | Franchising | Customer Service | Sustained Growth | Jim's Mowing
Jim Penman started a part-time gardening business while earning his PhD in history at Latrobe University. He launched a full-time mowing business in 1982 with a $24 investment.
He originally aimed only at taking on subcontractors, but his business grew and he gradually began to specialise in the building up and selling of lawn mowing rounds. By 1989 he franchised his business, and since then Jim’s Mowing has become the largest franchise chain in Australian and the largest and best-known lawn mowing business in the world.
Jim’s Cleaning was launched in 1994, followed by more than 50 other divisions which now operate in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United Kingdom. Jim’s Group now has over 3,800 Franchisees and a turnover of approximately $500 million.
It was great fun talking to and learning from Jim! Listen in now because I’m sure you will too on how you can take the ordinary to the extraordinary!
6 Jul 2021
E48 | Laura Keily | Mediation | Advocacy | Start-Ups | Law | Barrister | Transformation
Throughout her career as a successful lawyer, Laura Keily felt a great need to address a common problem many people on the opposite end of the table were experiencing. She wanted to relieve her clients from the usual financial roadblocks that prevented them from getting what they deserved.
In her determination to preserve business relationships, and clients from losing hope. Laura came up with the idea of integrating technology as an alternative to the already fragmented legal system. That would help people seeking legal advice cope appropriately, and succeed in their undertakings in a lesser amount of time and cost.
Join me and I sit down with this superhero of a woman and her selfless desire to make the world a better place through her efforts, experience, and expertise.
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