Podcast

Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast: Episode 23 - Melissa Gooderham & Lauren Wust, Events Team at Moreton Bay Region Industry & Tourism

29/09/2020

In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, Steve chats with Melissa Gooderham & Lauren Wust who are from the powerhouse events dream team for MBRIT who delivers some of the region’s largest events. Tune in as they explore the impacts and challenges facing the events industry because of the pandemic, while finding out about the upcoming events planned for 2020 and the road ahead.

Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast: Episode 22 - Renee Gusa & Nicky Young, Moreton Bay Region Industry & Tourism (MBRIT)

23/09/2020

In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, Steve catches up with Nicky & Renee from Moreton Bay Region Industry and Tourism (MBRIT). They unpack what are some of the biggest challenges our tourism industry is facing, the road ahead for recovery and what are some of the innovative things operators are doing to stay resilient through times of crisis moving forward.

Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast: Episode 21 - Mitch Callon, Metromatics

09/09/2020

In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, we have a chat with Mitch Callon who is the technical sales manager for Metromatics. Metromatics recently took out the prestigious “Innovation of the Year Award” in the 2019 Moreton Bay Business Excellence and Innovation Awards. We chat about their experience from the awards to large Innovation Festivals along with the challenges they are facing within the manufacturing industry.

Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast Series: Episode 18 - Carol Vale from Murawin Consulting & Game Enough?

19/08/2020

In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, we have a chat with Carol Vale who is the director of Murawin Consulting & Game Enough? We discuss the exciting opportunities available for indigenous businesses in regard to the growing native food and game meats industry, along with some of the awesome things going on in Indigenous female-led business sector.

Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast Series: Episode 17 - Caroline Lovett from Credible Source Solutions

12/08/2020

In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, we have a chat with Caroline Lovett from Credible Source Solutions & the WOW! Awards. Tune in as we discuss the importance of both employee and personal recognition while also exploring the some of the key elements when it comes to writing award applications and networking

Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast Series: Episode 16 - James & Doug, co-founders of Chilli Coffee

12/08/2020

In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, we catch up with James & Doug who are the co-founders of Chilli Coffee. Just weeks after their official launch, most cafés had to close doors due to Lockdown. However, that did not stop this dynamic duo from moving forward while also taking out 1^st place for Chilli Beverage at the 2020 Mr Chilli Awards

Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast Series: Episode 13 - Mike Smith, No Limits Contact Sports

15/07/2020

In this Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast episode, we catch up with Michael Smith who has been an active collaborator and engaged contributor within our region. We chat with Michael about his entrepreneurial journey, the challenges he has faced and how our regional ecosystem has developed along the way.

Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast Series: Episode 12 - Melanie Wood, founder of Speaking Styles

07/07/2020

In this episode of the Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast, we catch up and chat with Melanie Wood who is the founder of Speaking Styles as we unpack her journey to helps others to discovery the keys to engage their audience via storytelling, public speaking and soft skills while building valuable networks in regional areas.

Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast Series: Episode 11 - Dr Retha Scheepers & Dr Noel Tracey from USC

03/07/2020

In this episode, we are going to catchup with Dr Retha Scheepers & Dr Noel Tracey from USC regarding some of the research findings that have been identified within the Moreton Bay Entrepreneurship and Innovation Ecosystem over the past 18 months.

Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast Series: Episode 8 - Shaun Reeves & Dianne Brown, SRJ Walker Wayland

02/06/2020

In this episode, we have a chat with Shaun Reeves & Dianne Brown from SRJ Walker Wayland who assist small and medium enterprises, corporations, partnerships and individuals with audit & assurance, business advice, tax strategies, self-managed superannuation and external CFO services.

With a double degree in business and law, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and New Zealand and an Accredited Mindshop Facilitator, Shaun has a vast range of qualifications and knowledge to share.

Dianne’s career is fuelled by her intellectual curiosity and her desire to know how businesses work, what drives the business and its owners and how they can do things better to achieve their business and life goals.

Since 1993, as a part of an ambitious and ever-growing team, SRJ Walker Wayland have grown to employ over 60 people and to provide reliable, insightful assistance to businesses ranging from local microbusinesses to multinationals.

Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast Series: Episode 7 - Gary Weis, SBIM

27/05/2020

Joining us today is Gary Weis from SBIM who is also a proud program partner of Innovate Moreton Bay. Gary Weis is the Founder and director of SBIM, a digital marketing agency based in Brendale that helps owners find the key to unlock the business of their dreams.

Gary is a lifelong student of sales and marketing having been in the industry for over 30 years now. In that time, he has held sales, marketing, management and business ownership roles in a range of industries including, music, education, hospitality, consulting & professional services.

In this episode we have a chat about his journey in the online marketing industry along with not only some of the recent challenges & trends but also what has emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic

Innovate Moreton Bay Podcast Series: Episode 6 - Megan Avard, Founder & CEO at SurePact

20/05/2020

Our guest in this episode is Megan Avard, who is the Founder & CEO at SurePact.

SurePact is an Enterprise SaaS designed to deliver a solution addressing the significant challenge of cost, time and scope blowouts in contract delivery. It is a risk identification and mitigation solution that helps businesses mitigate the immediate and compounding risk during the delivery of contracts and has produced proven results of significant bottom-line improvements as well as improved project and procurement outcomes.

SurePact software provides strong emphasis on visibility, transparency and accountability via real-time dashboards allowing confident business intelligence decisions.

The SurePact team have recently launched their Grant Management System, setting itself apart from competitors in that it now provides a 360 degree line of sight for organisations to manage all their grant submissions through to the delivery of the outcome with full integration on their entire suite of products.