Welcome to INNOV8 LOGAN, a podcast that takes you on a journey through the minds of Logan's most visionary tech start-ups and innovators.
Join us as we explore the stories and insights of founders and those leaders pushing the boundaries of what's possible. From virtual reality to AI; blockchain to sustainable solutions, we'll delve into innovative solutions coming out of Logan to shape the future.
Sit back, grab your headphones and get ready to be inspired. This is INNOV8 LOGAN, where tech meets creativity and innovation meets action.
This month we’re chatting with Tony Sharp, founder of Substation 33, a social enterprise in Logan, Australia that uses electronic waste as a medium to help young people learn, grow, and gain skills.
Tony talks about how they've expanded into innovative projects like developing smart warning systems, building solar-powered energy systems, and creating a recycling program that has created 20 new jobs.
Substation 33's story demonstrates how innovative thinking and a commitment to community can turn waste into meaningful change.
25 Sept 2024
Start up life and the personal growth that comes with it
This month we are joined by Simon Harris and Tyson Jennings, Co-Founders of Yodel.
We follow their journey from Macca’s co-workers building a shift-filling platform to co-founders pivoting to adapt to a COVID-19-impacted market.
They discuss the importance of innovation, understanding the problem being solved, building a strong support network and balancing personal growth with business growth as entrepreneurs.
26 Aug 2024
Achieving Success by Surrounding Yourself With Good People
This month we're joined by Rod Young from Masters and Young, an electronics research, design and manufacturing company based in Logan, Australia.
Rod reflects on the company's success without much formal business planning, the challenges of starting a business with no formal business education and finding success by focusing on surrounding himself with good people and looking after customers and suppliers.
29 Jul 2024
Enjoying where innovation can lead a small business
We chat with Nicole Lander Laser Tag in a Box. Nicole talks about how she started the company with her husband to bring laser tag outdoors.
She discusses how they developed the technology to make the sensors work in sunlight and now manufacture and rent out laser tag equipment around the world.
We also discuss some of the games and innovations they've created and challenges like dealing with global chip shortages.
This episode provides insight into Nicole's journey as an
entrepreneur and the growth of her innovative company.
24 Jun 2024
Disrupting outdated marketing practices
In this episode, we’re talking with the founders of CAASIE who are working to disrupt outdated marketing processes to match modern business practices. Jeff and Taryn have utilised their marketing backgrounds and have developed an online platform making outdoor advertising accessible for small businesses through a pay-per-play
model. Their goal is to help small businesses easily reach their audience by giving them easier access to billboards and public screens from major highways to shopping centres and gyms as part of their marking plans.
30 May 2024
Connecting People through their shopping cart
This episode features Matt Holme, the founder and CEO of YouPay, discussing the origins and growth of his company. We chat about how YouPay started as an idea
Matt had during a lockdown to allow someone else to purchase a gift for his wife online. It discusses the challenges Matt faced in building YouPay and making it compatible with existing ecommerce platforms. This episode provides insight into Matt's journey from starting YouPay as a side project to it becoming an approved Shopify app and growing rapidly over the past two years.
28 Apr 2024
When passion and purpose meet to create innovative thinking
In this engaging episode of Innov8 Logan, we delve into the innovative world of B&C Plastics with Wendy and Royston Kent, where we talk about the rigors of new business, combining passion and purpose to create innovation, and embracing sustainability as a business model.
Based in Meadowbrook, Queensland, B&C Plastics is not just a plastic injection moulding business; it's a hub of creativity and sustainable practices.
24 Mar 2024
Innovating and 'Growing Up' with your Business
On Episode 3 of Innov8 Logan, we’re joined Mark Steiner from HeTech and talk about how the journey of ‘growing up’ never truly ends when it comes to business.
We discuss legacy products V innovation, pivoting and expanding with products, services and markets, team growth and the art of trying new things.
25 Feb 2024
PowerWells tackling energy poverty one battery at a time
This episode of Innovate Logan features an interview with
Bradley Clair, co-founder of PowerWells.
PowerWells creates portable solar power systems using
recycled electronic waste to provide electricity to remote communities that lack access.
Brad discusses how PowerWells originated from a Startup
Weekend where he and his team created a prototype power system out of a paint bucket. He details their trip to Indonesia to test assumptions and deliver their first system.
Brad also outlines Powerwells' various business models and income streams, both in providing systems overseas and through
educational workshops in Australia. It's an inspiring story of an social enterprise tackling the global issue of energy poverty through innovation.
28 Jan 2024
The importance of building community and brand identity
This episode of Innov8 Logan features an interview with Jason Daniels, founder of LSKD.
Jason discusses how he started LSKD 15 years ago as a high school nickname and has grown it into a global brand.
He talks about the importance of building community and brand identity. Jason explains how he has learned over the years that a brand is more than just a product and needs to have a strong mission and values. Jason discusses how LSKD has grown from a small team of 12 to over 100 employees in just 4 years.
Jason also shares stories about meeting celebrities like Mark Wahlberg who wear LSKD gear and how the brand has gained popularity globally.
An inspiring story of taking a local Logan brand international.
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