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  • Rugare Gomo is a High Performance Coach, Investor, Lawyer and Philanthropist.

    In the past 18 years of his life, the incredibly diverse range of
    experiences Rugare has had, has led him to focus on what he loves to do: having entrepreneurs WIN at growing and scaling their business.

    Rugare is the Founder of the Gomo Foundation an award-winning organisation which exists to empower young African women to enable them to take control of their own lives and reach their potential. Their first programs are in Zimbabwe where they provide scholarships for young women to attend Secondary School through to University.

    Rugare’s commercial experience, leadership roles and community engagements in Australia, Asia Pacific, Africa and Europe have exposed him to work with startups, venture capitalists, CEO’s of big business, billionaire families, prime ministers and more. 



    In his spare time, you may find Rugare dancing to Beyoncé.

    #rugaregomo (Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn)
    #Iamlivingmylegacytoday #leadership #highperformancecoaching #socialenterprise #empoweringwomen
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    www.gomofoundation.org.au
    www.rugaregomo.com

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    Victory Offices

    http://bitly.com/VictoryOffices_SD MYOB http://bitly.com/MYOB_SD Allied Legal http://bitly.com/AlliedLegal_SD Your host, Dan O'Grady can be found on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danogradysimpateco and at simpateco.com.au Intro & outro music by Dan O'Grady
  • Courtney Blackman explores the ways in which creativity and an adventurous spirit have shaped her life and career - fashion, journalism, real estate, marketing, networking, tech and of course renovating a heritage listed opera house!

    Courtney is Head of PR & Marketing at YBF Ventures – Melbourne’s top startup hub for tech and innovation, Courtney looks after the company’s public-facing reputation and leads the internal and external communications teams. She is a member of YBF’s executive leadership team.

    Since starting at YBF, Courtney has put the YBF brand in front of millions of eyes via traditional marketing and editorial placements. In her first year, YBF reached 21,530,721 people via traditional media and 4,705,315 via social media. She designed, developed and currently oversees content production for three direct-email products and has increased direct communication by 1188%. Courtney and her team hosted over 400 events in 2018, most open to the wider tech ecosystem.

    Courtney manages the ongoing content strategy for YBF’s own news page, a YBF Medium account and YBF’s own YouTube channel and multiple social media platforms. Under her leadership the YBF marketing team has grown social media followers by over 8,000%, and in April of 2019 the company was awarded ‘Best Instagame’ by the Coworky Awards out of the States. YBF was also shortlisted for the 2019 Australian Small Business Champion Awards.

    Courtney has been active in pushing gender equality and produced Australia's first fintech awards celebrating women and cultural minorities in 2018 – the Lift Off Awards. The awards were supported by the Victorian Government, Lander & Rogers, Xero, Visa, ConsenSys, Vinomofo, Foreigner Brewing Co. and the British Consulate-General Melbourne.

    Prior to moving to Melbourne, Courtney was a London-based entrepreneur working in fashion and music. She founded and grew Forward PR, a media firm that became one of the most respected agencies in London working across Europe, Asia and the Americas. Courtney’s team secured coverage in tens of thousands of outlets (print, digital, television and radio) including Vogue, ELLE, Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, BBC – resulting in millions of pounds worth of equivalent advertising. Her team created and managed hundreds of events (catwalk shows in London and Paris, product and album launches, etc.); successfully aligned celebrities and influencers and negotiated numerous unique collaborations. Courtney was a board member of the Ethical Fashion Forum; a judge for the WGSN Global Fashion Awards, Scottish Fashion Awards and the Fashion Monitor Journalism Awards; a commentator for NBC's Today Show and a presenter for Fashion One Television. She was a regular guest lecturer at universities and even helped develop the PR program at Southampton Solent University.

    Courtney also founded, grew and ultimately sold London’s premier professional fashion networking club. As MD and Chairperson, she secured top names as event speakers – British Vogue Editor, Edward Enninful; male model, David Gandy; heiress and accessories guru, Lulu Guinness; and British GQ Editor, Dylan Jones; forged lasting partnerships with Swarovski, Condé Nast, Pulse Films and the V&A Museum and secured and maintained relationships with sponsors. She served as Producer for The Industry TV and Editor-in-Chief of its digital magazine.

    Personal interests include the arts. Outside of YBF Ventures, Courtney is the editor of a London-based men’s lifestyle magazine called Candid Magazine where she oversees a team of more than 12 global editors and contributors. The magazine features original content in the fields of arts, fashion, film, music and celebrity interviews.
    Courtney and her partner also spent thirteen years historically restoring and operating an opera house in the UNESCO World Heritage town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, and owned and operated a contemporary art gallery in the town. In the first quarter of 2019, the Lunenburg Opera House was sold to a society, which will carry on their original vision of being a beacon of the arts for Nova Scotia’s South Shore.

    linkedin.com/in/courtneyblackman
    www.ybfventures.com
    www.candidmagazine.com
    www.lunenburgoperahouse.com https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/lunenburg-opera-house-finds-new-owners-1.5112765

    To find out about upcoming events organised by Melbourne Silicon Beach - Australia's fastest growing startup community - go to:

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    Victory Offices

    http://bitly.com/VictoryOffices_SD MYOB http://bitly.com/MYOB_SD Allied Legal http://bitly.com/AlliedLegal_SD Your host, Dan O'Grady can be found on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danogradysimpateco and at simpateco.com.au Intro & outro music by Dan O'Grady
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  • Marshall Hughes, founder of Passel shares his tale of a self-confessed "space nut" growing up in a job oriented community, falling into a career in logistics and becoming an entrepreneur due to a software glitch. We also talk about energy versus time management, parallel universes and how Australian startups tend to look the world in a unique way.

    Marshall has over 25 years experience in logistics, and until 2016 was Chief Operating Officer of Myfreight; a freight management, brokerage and software company based in Ringwood.

    In 2016 Marshall founded Passel - a service for retailers where shoppers deliver on their way home to online shoppers.

    Passel launched in Melbourne in April 2018 and has since expanded to stores in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Mornington.

    Launch in Ireland and Northern is planned for late 2019 after Passel won a worldwide competition and funding from the cities of Dublin and Belfast.

    When not working on Passel, Marshall is a Productivity coach and tries to spend some time with his wife Jackie, and 5 children ranging from 18 months to 19 years.

    www.passeldelivery.com

    To find out about upcoming events organised by Melbourne Silicon Beach - Australia's fastest growing startup community - go to:

    https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Melbourne-Silicon-Beach/

    Melbourne Silicon Beach is proudly sponsored by:

    Victory Offices

    http://bitly.com/VictoryOffices_SD MYOB http://bitly.com/MYOB_SD Allied Legal http://bitly.com/AlliedLegal_SD Your host, Dan O'Grady can be found on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danogradysimpateco and at simpateco.com.au Intro & outro music by Dan O'Grady

  • The story behind EPIC Experiences:
    Having just turned 30, Meray had it all... successful job, her own apartment and just the right number of friends to hit the town with or visit that new show.
    Then what felt like overnight, everything changed. Friends got married, babies arrived and everything had to be pre-booked months in advance. Unique dining experiences, outdoor activities, how to classes all the things this city had to offer were suddenly out of reach... Meray had no one to go with.
    Spotting a gap in the market, Meray launched Epic Catch.
    "Shared experiences" was the business model and EPIC Experiences the conduit; a seamless end-to-end booking platform, that finds you someone to go with. Simply swipe for an event, swipe for a like-minded individual, confirm the booking, start chatting, share an amazing experience. EPIC Experiences takes care of it all for you.


    Awards EPIC Experiences has won:
    March 2017 Vic Startup Launch pitch competition
    Academy xi 90 second pitch, the uber of x
    Finalist in the Slingshot NRMA accelerator program

    www.epicexperiences.co

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/meray/

    To find out about upcoming events organised by Melbourne Silicon Beach - Australia's fastest growing startup community - go to:

    https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Melbourne-Silicon-Beach/

    Melbourne Silicon Beach is proudly sponsored by:

    Victory Offices

    http://bitly.com/VictoryOffices_SD MYOB http://bitly.com/MYOB_SD Allied Legal http://bitly.com/AlliedLegal_SD Your host, Dan O'Grady can be found on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danogradysimpateco and at simpateco.com.au Intro & outro music by Dan O'Grady
  • Paul Baron moved away from corporate life to become an adviser, investor, and advocate for startups and innovation. His knack for putting out fires is both figurative and literal, he is an expert problem-solver and volunteer firefighter in his spare time.

    "I’ve enjoyed a career that spans consulting, government and large corporates but have recently returned to my startup roots this time as an investor. I also work as a consultant and as adviser mostly in the tourism, digital and government areas.

    My son thinks I’m like Kenny (from the rental toilet film rather than South Park) perhaps because I love meeting people from all walks of life and chatting to them about their lives and their passions."

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulcbaron/

    To find out about upcoming events organised by Melbourne Silicon Beach - Australia's fastest growing startup community - go to:

    https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Melbourne-Silicon-Beach/

    Melbourne Silicon Beach is proudly sponsored by:

    Victory Offices

    http://bitly.com/VictoryOffices_SD MYOB http://bitly.com/MYOB_SD Allied Legal http://bitly.com/AlliedLegal_SD Your host, Dan O'Grady can be found on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danogradysimpateco and at simpateco.com.au Intro & outro music by Dan O'Grady
  • Lily is a 30-year old climate change activist from Canberra. She is the CEO and founder of The Neighbourhood Effect. The Neighbourhood Effect is a mobile app and website that uses behavioural science to make it easy, social and rewarding for Australians to connect to eco-friendly products, services and community initiatives in their neighbourhood, and to adopt green habits that reduce their carbon footprints.

    Local councils, green property managers and businesses white-label The Neighbourhood Effect's software to help their residents adopt sustainable behaviours, build community and reduce waste and energy costs. Through our app and website, users unlock recommended products and activities (across energy, transport, food, waste, neighbourhood initiatives and low-carbon consumer products) tailored to suit their lifestyle, household and location.

    The Neighbourhood Effect has been running for 18 months and in that time, it has launched a free website and mobile app for ACT residents with the support of the government there, launched a national pilot with Sydney City Council and CitySwitch called the Better Buildings Cup, a sustainable behaviour change program for commercial office buildings and, raised $30,000 through a 4-week crowd-funding campaign with ING's Dreamstarter program.

    Lily was formerly GetUp’s Market Impact Director, where she ran green consumer campaigns, helping 4000 Australians purchase GreenPower and 13,000 people switch to a carbon neutral electricity retailer. These campaigns had an impact equivalent to taking 50,000 cars off the road for a year and adding 2MW of additional renewable power to the grid.

    She has also worked as a consultant to the Australian environmental movement and was previously an analyst in an in-house management consulting unit in the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Lily has a background in law and social science and is completing a Masters in Energy Change (climate change mitigation, environmental sustainability and renewable energy technology engineering) at the Australian National University.

    Lily is a Foundation for Young Australians 2017 Young Social Pioneer, a SheStarts alumnus (an accelerator program for female founders of tech startups with venture technology firm BlueChilli), the winner of the 2017 Allens Social Innovation Competition, and a national finalist in the Climate Launchpad competition for innovative green businesses.

    www.theneighbourhoodeffect.com.au

    [email protected]

    To find out about upcoming events organised by Melbourne Silicon Beach - Australia's fastest growing startup community - go to:

    https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Melbourne-Silicon-Beach/

    Melbourne Silicon Beach is proudly sponsored by:

    Victory Offices

    http://bitly.com/VictoryOffices_SD MYOB http://bitly.com/MYOB_SD Allied Legal http://bitly.com/AlliedLegal_SD Your host, Dan O'Grady can be found on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danogradysimpateco and at simpateco.com.au Intro & outro music by Dan O'Grady
  • Garry is a mainstay within Melbourne's tech, innovation and startup environment having led partnerships and collaborations with local, national and global brands throughout his work in emerging technology, education, business and creative sectors.

    Currently, Garry works as the Creative Producer of Innovation with the University of Melbourne, tasked with delivering innovative activation and engagement opportunities for the university, for the Melbourne Innovation Districts (a partnership between University of Melbourne, RMIT and City of Melbourne) and for Science Gallery Melbourne- one of eight nodes in the global Science Gallery network aimed at the convergence of art, science and technology.

    As an advocate for non-traditional career pathways, Garry has recently been involved in establishing and growing various meetups and communities throughout Australia, such as FuckUp Nights, Melbourne Tech and more, with a continued presence as an MC and moderator of events, classes and workshops plus multiple side-projects on the go.

    https://www.instagram.com/gwilliamsalts/

    https://twitter.com/gwilliamsalts?lang=en

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/garrycwilliams/

    https://www.meetup.com/FuckUp-Nights-Melbourne/

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    To find out about upcoming events organised by Melbourne Silicon Beach - Australia's fastest growing startup community - go to:

    https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Melbourne-Silicon-Beach/

    Melbourne Silicon Beach is proudly sponsored by:

    Victory Offices

    http://bitly.com/VictoryOffices_SD MYOB http://bitly.com/MYOB_SD Allied Legal http://bitly.com/AlliedLegal_SD Your host, Dan O'Grady can be found on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danogradysimpateco and at simpateco.com.au Intro & outro music by Dan O'Grady
  • Kiki Makrogiannis, founder of KIKI Enterprises – MIC DROP MEDIA & LinkedIn superstar shares her experiences in growing her marketing & branding business while raising a family - building on her father's legacy, the quest for sleep, learning from mistakes and avoiding burnout.

    Kiki on Kiki:
    I’m very passionate about the trade, building and construction industries. I grew up within the trade industry, my father was a builder and seen first hand the commitment and sacrifices.

    My passion is to help them with branding, marketing and job leads. And I really love helping out the ‘little guy!’ This is why I do what I do, this is my love and this my passion!

    My aim is to help construction, building and trade businesses across Australia with personalised branding, digital and marketing solutions!

    I’ve always had a strong passion about helping people in these industries and I truly appreciate the opportunity to work closely with many amazing clients each day.

    One of my favourite parts of my job is going out on construction sites and seeing my clients work first hand. I always get a stronger appreciation of what they do and a deeper understanding of their needs.

    My goal is to become the number one provider of marketing, branding and digital solutions to trade, building and construction industries across Australia.

    I would also love to run a non for profit foundation where Australian trades can get better access to services such as medical, health, finance and insurance etc.

    For those who don’t know me, I’m a free-spirited individual, I love thinking ‘outside the box’ and I always enjoy having fun with content creation!

    Originality is something that’s important to me when creating great content and this will always resonate with your online community.

    Being different isn’t a bad thing, use it to your advantage! Being raw, unique and just being you, is what separates you from everyone else and makes you stand out from the crowd.

    Be strong, be brave and stay true to you, because you will be unstoppable! Never give up and keep striving to become the best version of yourself!

    Much love

    www.kikienterprises.com.au
    [email protected]
    linkedin.com/in/kiki-makrogiannis
    @_the_real_kiki_

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    To find out about upcoming events organised by Melbourne Silicon Beach - Australia's fastest growing startup community - go to:

    https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Melbourne-Silicon-Beach/

    Melbourne Silicon Beach is proudly sponsored by:

    Victory Offices

    http://bitly.com/VictoryOffices_SD MYOB http://bitly.com/MYOB_SD Allied Legal http://bitly.com/AlliedLegal_SD Your host, Dan O'Grady can be found on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danogradysimpateco and at simpateco.com.au Intro & outro music by Dan O'Grady
  • "I quit corporate life because I was getting really good at things that didn't make my pulse race, and was being paid so well that it was getting harder to leave every year...and my love for tech kept tugging at me."

    Zubin according to Zubin.
    About me:
    (i) schooled in India, started practice there in the courts, before I moved to aviation leasing and corporate law.
    ii) moved to Australia in 2007, as was placed here by an international law firm
    iii) spent most of 2014 in Jakarta setting up a joint venture for my employers
    iv) career change and did MBA in 2015 while working full time in channel strategy and new tech business dev
    v) tried to launch two products of my own in that time, hiring out to devs etc. first one never got deployed, second one is an android app that I did not market and is still languishing in the Android Play Store, but is actually a cool idea
    vi) quit corporate life because I was getting really good at things that didn't make my pulse race, and was being paid so well that it was getting harder to leave every year...and my love for tech kept tugging at me. So I jumped off the cliff and quit ...abruptly in 2017. hired a dev team and built www.whooshka.me for iOS, Android and the web.
    vii) launched and did reasonably well, learned a LOT but no clear monetisation model
    viii) this journey was also picked up by the FreeCodeCamp podcast, and by for TV on ThatStartupShow
    viii) running out of $$ and savings so started to teach myself to code (second time !!)
    xi) Currently work part-time as a coder at an early stage startup here in Melbourne.
    x) have produced a Udemy course that helps anyone (especially people with established careers) put together a viable plan to learn to code. People can sign up here and if they mention "Silicon Beach Melbourne" or "Strange Destinations" I would be happy to give them the course at a substantial discount.

    I blog occasionally - and recently contributed to the FreeCodeCamp blog (largest blog on medium), including on the mindset it takes to learn to code (esp when you're no longer a kid). Twitter: @ZubinPratap - is best to contact me.

    linkedin.com/in/zubinpratap

    To find out about upcoming events organised by Melbourne Silicon Beach - Australia's fastest growing startup community - go to:

    https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Melbourne-Silicon-Beach/

    Melbourne Silicon Beach is proudly sponsored by:

    Victory Offices

    http://bitly.com/VictoryOffices_SD MYOB http://bitly.com/MYOB_SD Allied Legal http://bitly.com/AlliedLegal_SD Your host, Dan O'Grady can be found on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danogradysimpateco and at simpateco.com.au Intro & outro music by Dan O'Grady
  • Max Middleweek is the founder of Zero Impact. Zero Impact recycles waste coffee grounds into clean energy, tackling the waste from six billion cups of coffee Aussies consume each year and a carbon footprint of more than 0.5 million tonnes of CO2.
    A passionate advocate for climate change, Max was a former Policy Advisor to the Mayor of London, Transport for London and State Government in Victoria in sustainable transport.
    Max graduated from University College London in 2013 with a Bachelors and Masters in Chemistry and the University of Westminster in 2016 with a PGCert in Transport Planning and Management.

    www.zeroimpact.co

    linkedin.com/in/max-middleweek

    To find out about upcoming events organised by Melbourne Silicon Beach - Australia's fastest growing startup community - go to:

    https://www.meetup.com/en-AU/Melbourne-Silicon-Beach/

    Melbourne Silicon Beach is proudly sponsored by:

    Victory Offices

    http://bitly.com/VictoryOffices_SD MYOB http://bitly.com/MYOB_SD Allied Legal http://bitly.com/AlliedLegal_SD Your host, Dan O'Grady can be found on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/danogradysimpateco and at simpateco.com.au Intro & outro music by Dan O'Grady
  • Warrick Cramer is the CEO of Vodafone’s global innovation centre ’Tomorrow Street’ based in Luxembourg. After receiving a Bachelor of Commerce and Masters of Marketing and Management in his home country of Australia, Warrick built numerous businesses from the ground-up in the automotive, mobile payment, and advertising industries.

    As an entrepreneur, he faced many hurdles before finding success. He went through the journey of expanding his business in other markets all on his own. Inspired by his personal experience of lack of support and guidance as an entrepreneur, led him to form Tomorrow Street, an innovation centre in partnership between Vodafone and Technoport, giving later-stage tech companies access to international business by utilizing the power of Vodafone, its partners, and its customers. The Innovation Centre is the first of its kind aiming to cultivate cutting-edge innovations and ensure that both Vodafone and the Luxembourg community are at the forefront of the digital revolution.


    For Warrick Cramer, success is all about doing something different that will enrich people’s lives. What drives him is giving back to the community and making a difference in the world.

    Warrick will be departing Vodafone and returning to Melbourne and is happy to guide startups on the journey to success.

    Linkedin profile

    http://www.tomorrowstreet.co/portfolio/

    #InternationalPodcastDay ™ September 30, 2020 Cullen is departing Silicon Beach Radio and returning to the EATT Magazine Travel Podcast https://eattmag.com/podcasts/learning-to-read-englnish-at-the-university-of-sydney/ to continue is work on the Learn English with Cullen's podcast https://eattmag.com/29-cullen-has-a-cold-have-you-had-a-cold-before/ Cullen continues to support EATT Magazine's philanthropic mission to improve the lives of people in a wide range of communities with a particular focus on those who are displaced seeking education and supporting our core values that include recognizing the diversity of people, communities, and ideas. Contact us to donate or support our mission https://eattmag.com/contact/ Cullen also continues to support the Silicon Beach Group in a new role #EmpoweringFounders and startups on their journey to success. About Silicon Beach Radio The Silicon Beach Radio program was made with the generous support of EATT Magazine Education online https://eattmag.com/silicon-beach-radio/ Silicon Beach Radio was founded in 2015 by Cullen Pope, Small Business SEO strategist, startup advocate Cullen currently runs an SEO studio where understanding the competitive landscape in different businesses has been a core part of his SEO studio and consultancy work. Surrounding himself with a diverse range of highly talented, skilled and passionate people Cullen is motivated by his desire to see people succeed over a lifetime of learning experiences. Join Cullen in a recent interview with Engel Jones Engel Jones passion is to help you find Y.O.U.R.S - Your Own Unique Real Self, a concept he uncovered through his many conversations. It is successfully used to reconnect you to your hidden passion and purpose. Engel strongly believes that everyone can create their personal brand of success.
  • David is an engineer by trade…innovator, efficiency freak, rebel by heart. After spending most of his professional life as an industrial engineer for production machines that are pushing the limits of physics for higher productivity and volunteering as a team leader and trainer in disaster relief organizations…he decided that it was time for a change. Today he is dedicating his life to help people identify their passions, unleash their creative superpowers, engineer their dreams to become the next big innovations and to live purposeful lives on their own terms.

    David is a believer in the unlimited potential of all humans and obsessed in creating ecosystems that help humans eliminate wasted time in their lives and focus their efforts on what no machine or AI will ever be able to substitute…DREAM BIGGER!

    Methodologies he’s applying are ranging from Walt Disney’s 3 Steps of Innovation to risk mitigation tools developed by NASA to bring the first man on the moon.

    Where we reinvent the future of work and life

    https://www.facebook.com/colivingadmin/

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    https://www.meetup.com/Co-Living-Community-Melbourne/

    The Silicon Beach Radio program was made with the generous support of
    EATT Magazine Education online https://eattmag.com/silicon-beach-radio/


    The Silicon Beach podcast started with a mix of evergreen favorite tips for young entrepreneurs to help your business today.

    Silicon Beach Melbourne has steadily become one of the largest startup Meetup groups in Melbourne and has been deemed by Meetup.com as one of the most active in the world with entrepreneurs from all over the globe.

    Cullen Pope founded Silicon Beach Radio in 2015 after the original episodes were hosted on The EATT Magazine Travel Podcast https://eattmag.com/ our first sponsor now the home of Learn English with Cullen's podcast. The latest episodes of silicon beach radio can be found on https://siliconbeachoz.net/silicon-beach-radio/

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    Meryl Johnston Founder & CEO of Bean Ninjas

    Meryl is a Chartered Accountant who specialises in cloud accounting software “Xero”.

    She founded Bean Ninjas in July 2015 with $1,000 following Dan Norris's 7 Day Startup methodology. Now 4 years later the company operates in the US, UK and Hong Kong and has a distributed team of 15 people.

    Bean Ninjas were finalists in the Bookkeeping Firm of the Year category at the 2018 & 2019 Australian Accounting Awards and Xero Partner of the Year (QLD) in the 2017 Xero awards. Meryl was also a finalist in the "Entrepreneur of the Year" category in the 2019 Women in Finance Awards.

    Prior to Bean Ninjas Meryl ran a consulting business, worked at international accounting firm BDO and taught accounting at Central Queensland University.

    Meryl appears in the media regularly, speaking about entrepreneurship and scaling businesses, as well as bookkeeping and business finance topics. She also hosts the Bean Ninjas podcast.

    Bean Ninjas website Bean Ninjas podcast

    Bean Ninjas are advocates of giving and are involved in pro-bono work at Fishburners coworking space, Startup Weekend and support a number of charities.

    Silicon Beach Radio https://siliconbeachoz.net/silicon-beach-radio/ has also won the popular vote winner in the first Australian podcast awards in Industry Focus and is now listed with the National Film & Sound Archive.

    https://australianpodcastawards.com/past-winners

    Learn more by joining Cullen on Engel Jones podcast to find out more about our Small Business SEO strategist and startup advocate along with Engel the author of Y.O.U.R.S: Your Own Unique Real Self on the twelve-minute convos podcast,

    The Silicon Beach Radio program was made with the generous support of
    EATT Magazine Education online https://eattmag.com/silicon-beach-radio/

    Cullen is also the editor of the EATT Magazine travel podcast https://eattmag.com/eatt-gourmet-magazine-in-the-media/

  • https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/presentation-skills-workshop-tickets-63853855601

    This workshop is designed to elevate your communication skills so you can connect with your audience with confidence and clarity.

    We provide an engaging, interactive and fun environment where you will gain the skills to bring out your most confident natural self - whether delivering a briefing, presentation, pitch or keynote speech.

    Ever since Dan was a child he has been fascinated with the interconnections between people, language, ideas, and creativity.

    Following these passions, he studied philosophy, literature and music performance, learned to cook at a professional level and then over the next 3 decades pursued careers in hospitality, retail, sales and marketing.

    In 2017 he knew it was time to weave his skills with those of his wife, Linda, who has over 3 decades experience as an actor and corporate trainer.

    Simpateco was borne of their passion for communication and creativity with the mission of helping people to communicate their purpose clearly and powerfully, integrating both content and context.

    In our content-filled world the ability to make a meaningful connection with your audience is vital in all communications. Whether collaborating with startups, small businesses, corporates or tertiary institutions, the fundamental challenge is to make big ideas simple and relatable and to connect with the audience.

    Dan is also an organizer with Melbourne Silicon Beach and enjoys connecting like-minded people to grow and strengthen the local startup community. It was at a Melbourne Silicon Beach pitch night back in 2017 where he first started to see the potential to help the startup community with communication and soft skills.

    In his spare time, Dan can be found cooking, playing guitar, reading or hanging out with Linda and their dog, Missy.

    Silicon Beach Radio founded by Cullen Pope in 2015 https://siliconbeachoz.net/silicon-beach-radio/ and has also won the popular vote winner in the first Australian podcast awards in Industry Focus and is now listed with the National Film & Sound Archive.

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    Learn more by joining Cullen on Engel Jones podcast to find out more about our Small Business SEO strategist and startup advocate along with Engel the author of Y.O.U.R.S: Your Own Unique Real Self on the twelve-minute convos podcast,

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    Courtney Blackman on Fashion, Naivety & Starting A Company

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    Rajiv is an SEO consultant with 17 years of experience in multi-channel digital strategies. He has provided SEO expertise to some of the most prominent Websites in Australia, like the Carsales Network, EDG/Woolworths Group, Wall Art Prints, IBISWorld, etc. His expertise lies in technical SEO for enterprise level website, including Information Architecture, keyword alignment, content optimizations, and backlink audits.

    Website - www.seoauditing.com.au

    Cullen Pope is the founder and current host of Silicon Beach Rado at the time of this podcast release and the founder of The EATT Magazine travel podcast https://eattmag.com/category/travel/ and an advisor at Wake up on Earth one of our key community partners

    Silicon Beach Radio has also won the popular vote winner in the first Australian podcast awards in Industry Focus and is now listed with the National Film & Sound Archive. Search #AustraliaListens for more details https://eattmag.com/silicon-beach-radio/

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    To find out more about our Small Business SEO strategist and startup advocate along with Engel the author of Y.O.U.R.S: Your Own Unique Real Self on the , just prior to an exciting announcement coming soon on Silicon Beach Radio revelling some of the new treasure in an up and coming series.

    Melbourne Silicon Beach (MSB) is an informal group for anyone interested in founding or working in startups, dev/design in web/mobile tech, IoT, freelancing, investing or working with people in that space and join us on our new website https://siliconbeachoz.net

    The Silicon Beach Radio program was made with the generous support of EATT Magazine Education online https://eattmag.com/silicon-beach-radio/

  • ;Join Cullen and Rajiv in the Silicon Beach Radio Podcast wherein part 5 we learned a bit more about keywords and about search intent.

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    Earlier in part 5 we also touched on learning a bit more about keywords and about search intent.

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    How Google uses keyword to find your content

    How you can create, optimize keyword strategy to get more relevant and targeted traffic to your website.

    In part 5 Cullen asks Rajiv about the of three pillars of SEO Rajiv uses

    Rajiv explains firstly there is the technical seo,

    The second is content and third authority building backlinks.

    Technical Seo comprises of Information architecture Meta Tags

    The second pillar is content where Rajiv touches on how content is king

    And then on the third most important and toughest part of Seo is getting backlinks and authority to your website.

    Rajiv is an SEO consultant with 17 years of experience in multi-channel digital strategies. He has provided SEO expertise to some of the most prominent Websites in Australia, like the Carsales Network, EDG/Woolworths Group, Wall Art Prints, IBISWorld etc. His expertise lies in technical SEO for enterprise level website, including Information Architecture, keyword alignment, content optimizations and backlink audits.

    Website - www.seoauditing.com.au

    Cullen Pope is the host of Silicon Beach Rado, The EATT Magazine travel podcast and one of the advisors within Wake up on Earth. Key community partners include:

    Silicon Beach Radio. a recent popular vote winner in the first Australian podcast awards in Industry Focus.#AustraliaListens for more details

    https://eattmag.com/silicon-beach-radio/

  • How To Do Keyword Research at WeWork 401 Collins Street

    and a reminder of the upcoming #InternationalPodcastDay

    Welcome to the Silicon Beach Radio Podcast a special episode leading up to our event on Tuesday, 11 September 2018 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm (AEST) at WeWork 401 Collins Street in Melbourne, Australia.

    Join Cullen and Rajiv in the Silicon Beach Radio Podcast where we will be a learning a bit more about keywords and about search intent.

    How Google uses keyword to find your content

    How you can create, optimize keyword strategy to get more relevant and targeted traffic to your website.

    Cullen asks Rajiv about the of three pillars of SEO Rajiv uses

    Rajiv explains firstly there is the technical seo, the second is content and third authority building backlinks.

    Technical Seo comprises of Information architecture

    Meta Tags

    The second pillar is content where Rajiv touches on

    How content is king and then on the third most important and toughest part of Seo is getting back inks and authority to your website.

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    Website - www.seoauditing.com.au

    Cullen Pope is the host of Silicon Beach Rado, The EATT Magazine travel podcast and one of the advisors within Wake up on Earth.Key community partners include:

    Silicon Beach Radio. a recent popular vote winner in the first Australian podcast awards in Industry Focus.#AustraliaListens for more details https://eattmag.com/silicon-beach-radio/

    Melbourne Silicon Beach (MSB) is an informal group for anyone interested in founding or working in startups, dev/design in web/mobile tech, IoT, freelancing, investing or working with people in that space. Join our website https://siliconbeachoz.net/

    WeWork provides more than 268,000 members around the world with space, community, and services through both physical and digital offerings.

    WeWork’s members are creators who run the gamut from entrepreneurs, freelancers, and small businesses, to middle-market and Fortune 500 corporations

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    Peter and Cullen get into those last questions in this 4 part mini series on SEO

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    Why is fast so important?

    What are the different hosting plans?

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    Who has a special place for you if you brand yourself well?\

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    Why can’t you build a good website in 60 seconds?

    Why might your business only need a simple website?

    If you are in a new business or startup why is it important to be clear \about your business before starting a website?

    Why does paper help you with your website?

    What is a relational diagram?

    How can sticky notes save you from yourself?

    Why do you need to identify the core parts of your business?

    What about a website name?

    Why is a url important?

    Cullen and Peter as they unpack over this new series of podcasts what are some of the Google SEO best practices for your website.

    If you are looking for some of the best places to learn SEO over the coming months, Cullen and Peter will be sharing insights on where to go to learn more about search engine optimisation.

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    Why use google analytics ?

    How much traffic are you getting ?

    How long people are visiting your website

    What is a conversion ?

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    Why can’t you build a good website in 60 seconds ?

    Why might your business only need a simple website ?

    If you are in a new business or startup why is it important to be clear about your business before starting a website ?

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    Silicon Beach Radio is the Industry focus vote winner at the first Australian podcast castaway awards Join Cullen and Peter as they unpack over this new series of podcasts what are some of the Google SEO best practices for your website.\n\nIf you are looking for some of the best places to learn SEO over the coming months, Cullen and Peter will be sharing insights on where to go to learn more about search engine optimisation. \n\nJoin us at Silicon Beach now from anywhere in the world https://www.meetup.com/Melbourne-Silicon-Beach

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    DIY web design vs Expert help

    The best domain names

    Hosting considerations Importance of planning site structure and menu

    Content planning and goals

    HTTPS : Importance of secure sites

    Getting Traffic and sales with SEO & PPC

    Explaining SEO\SEO Vs Paid traffic

    Choosing a SEO Consultant and avoid dodgy practices

    How long does SEO take?

    SEO Self Auditing\nOnsite and offsite SEO elements

    Backlinks and content marketing

    Content planning

    About Melbourne Silicon Beach

    Melbourne Silicon Beach (MSB) is an informal group for anyone interested in founding or working in startups, dev/design in web/mobile tech, IoT, freelancing, investing or working with people in that space.

    We are a diverse bunch covering all ages and backgrounds.

    About the Melbourne SEO meetup

    We encourage a mix of web developers, affiliate marketers, SEM and SEO specialists as we all have small tips that will help you perform better online and play smarter.