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On today's episode I catch up with my sis Jade Goodwin, a fellow First Nations creative who has turned her love for creativity into a viable business. Jade's worked with publishers as an illustrator and is coming up on 30 books in total.  She shares her creativity practice, how she got started, advice for pricing and pitching, taking on feedback and juggling creativity and running a business.  Check out Jades website & instagram   Join our October 2025 Business Coaching Academy

On today's episode I share the BTS of my creative practice, how I get started, develop ideas and the routines, habits and mindset that I use to get them out into the world.    Join our October Coaching Academy My recent Substack on Motivation Recent Podcast on Taking the Leap to Just Start

On today's episode I catch up with an old friend and now successful foodie content creator and private chef Lucy Roseberg aka @food_bylucy Lucy shares her startup story of going from a fashion designer to a full time content creator and viral recipe maker working with her favourite brands and kicking her life long goals.  Her story is one of hard work, resilience and figuring it out as she goes. Packed with lots of advice and inspirational quotes Lucy tells it how it is and gives you all the tips and tricks she's learnt along the way. Join our Start Your Side Hustle Business Coaching Academy 

On today’s episode I catch up with a past coaching client Eunice Cheung who has had incredible success in her field as a therapist. On today’s episode she shares how she started out working in a non profit clinic and eventually took the leap to build her personal brand and business Your Millennial Therapist. She shares how she kept showing up with advice and support for her community even when it felt small and no one was listening but that consistency eventually opened doors to her wildest dreams of being an expert on national television, landing a speaking gig at Google HQ and lecturing at University of NSW.    https://yourmillennialtherapist.co/ https://www.instagram.com/yourmillennialtherapist/   Get in touch for 1:1 Business Coaching  Follow us on socials @startupcreative

Check out our Start Your Side Hustle Business Coaching Academy - SIGN UP today - limited to 10 spaces.    On today's episode I share a personal story as an analogy to explain how one can motivate oneself to overcome the fear that stops you from taking action.  If you're feeling stuck, or just can't get motivated to start your side hustle or take action on your goals this episode is for you.    Check out this episode for overcoming fear 'My go-to Guide for Overcoming Fear'    Follow us on Instagram @startupcreative

On today's episode I share my top tips for presenting, including how to calm your nerves, engage your audience, structure your talk and the best way to finish strong with a clear call to action.    Watch this epsiode on Youtube  Get in touch for 1:1 Business Coaching Follow us on Instagram

On today’s episode I kick off a mini series showcasing some of the incredible creatives and small business owners in the StartUp Creative community.  Introducing Emma from Voluptuary Ceramics. Emma shares the highs and lows of starting a ceramics business from her kitchen and how she expanded to her new studio/shop front in Sydney. She shares really raw and valuable insights about self funding, taking risks, the difference between markets and selling online and her advice on how to get started.      https://www.voluptuaryceramics.com https://www.instagram.com/voluptuary_ceramics/

On today’s episode I share a personal reflection about the passing of a dear friend and coaching client. Amanda was due to come on the podcast to share her inspiring story of starting and scaling her family business Eyre Way, an eco friendly off grid holiday accomodation. Sadly we never got around to recording the episode but she was a big fan of this podcast and always supported me and shared how much she enjoyed the episodes so I wanted to honour her and her legacy through a small snippet of her story.    Amanda’s husband and team are keeping her dream alive so be sure to get behind their business and show it some love    www.eyreway.com   For Spiral Up Support and findign ways to create through hardships get in touch with Dr Marion Piper her website       

On today's episode I chat with Rosy, the brains behind IV League Drips, an IV vitamin infusion company.    Rosy shares her inspiring startup story about how she introduced a new health treatment to the Australian market and the challenges she had to overcome.    She also shares insights into her marketing strategy and what she did to get to know her target market in order to educate them on what she was offering.    Rosy has successfully scaled her business across the country after many failed attempts and shares how she did it.    Check out https://ivleaguedrips.com for more information on what they offer - would highly recommend the NAD+ 

Now that you have people coming to your website, learn how to utilise online tools to stay in touch with your audience, answer their questions, keep them engaged and support them in making a decision to shop with you.  Newsletter signup incentives  Announcement bars Regular newsletters— setup and examples Sales pages  FAQ, reviews and testimonials Watch this episode on Youtube here Link to blog and masterclass slides and recap 

Learn practical strategies to attract more visitors to your website, build a database of potential customers that you own outside of social media and the different ways in which you can build trust with your audience and show them around your website and business with automation tools.  Understanding your target market with website analytics and online tools  SEO and Blogging (free and paid)  Sales funnels, content creation and call to action  Link in bio  Watch this episode on Youtube here Link to blog and masterclass recap

Tips, advice and examples to help you get your business, work, products and services in front of new audiences to help you grow and scale your business.    Topics covered:  Figuring out who you should be pitching to  How pitching can help you grow your business and increase your reach  Tips for planning your perfect pitch  Outline of a effective pitch email and outreach  Check out our recent masterclass with Squarespace: How to get people to your website on Youtube   Sign up for our upcoming masterclasses on our website   Masterclass #2: How to keep poeple coming back to your website    Download your copy of our pitch email template on our website www.startupcreative.com.au   Follow us on social media @startupcreative

On today's episode I break down the topic of fear, how it shows up as excuses when we set out to start and scale our businesses and share my go-to tips and strategies for overcoming it so as to take action on your goals. I'll list out the 4 major fears that hold us back and give you practical tools and steps you can take to minimise the fear and inspire action.    Follow us on social media @startupcreative Check out the accompanying Substack article with reflection questions and quotes  Get in touch for 1:1 Business Coaching Grab a copy of our Just Start: 5 part Audio Series on our website 

On today's episode I'm joined by a coaching client and friend Chantel who is a photographer and recently viral content creator who is constantly working on new ways to showcase her skills and find new audiences to teach.    She shares how she used Chat GTP to refine her target market and find new angles to promote her business which resulted in her going viral and setting up a very successful passive income stream in her business.    Follow Chantel on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/learnwithchantel/

On today's episode I discuss how focu, time and motivation all play into each other and how you can optimise them all to increase your productivity to help you start and scale your side hustles and businesses.    Grab your copy of our focus and motivation resources on our website: Guide to time management Just Start: 5 part motivational audio series Morning Routine Journal and Meditation   Get in touch for 1:1 Business Coaching - hello@startupcreative.com.au    Follow us on Instagram @startupcreative

Reflecting on recent trends and social media changes, I share insights into how you can safeguard your business in 2025. Three key marketing strategies to reach your audience outside of social media and what to be on the lookout for the year ahead.    Get in touch for 1:1 Business Coaching to personalise your strategy and set yourself up for success.    https://www.startupcreative.com.au/coaching

On today's episode I share 5 tips for spring/summer or end of year cleaning of your business. As the year starts to wind down, now is a good time to start to take stock of what you've achieved this year and what you can start to put in place for the new year.    Check out my latest writing on our Substack channel A Year From Now  Join our 2025 Business Coaching Academy  Stay in touch via Instagram 

Join our 1- Day Workshop in Sydney https://www.startupcreative.com.au/workshop   On today's episode I discuss a personal life update and the perspective it's given me on my goals and desires since.    I've been reflecting on why we don't go after our goals and what are the key factors that hold us back from investing time and resources into ourselves.    Tune in to get my practical breakdown of the three + 1 bonus step we take to inspire action towards our dreams and goals. I'll also share questions to consider to help you get clear on your dreams, goals and ideas. 

On today's show I reflect back on the last 10 years of StartUp Creative and take you back to where it all began. I share milestones along the way, lessons learnt and strategies that I used to get the business to where it is today.   Topics:  transition from corporate to self employed  how I grew our audience from 3000-20,000 in the first 2 years our collaboration with Gelato Messina & Uber in their early days  getting our magazine stocked in the Virgin Australia lounges  building my expert status and reputation to gain national recognition and customers  what worked and didn't work  growing the business with very little fiances some of the most important people and contacts I met along the way that helped us grow fast    You can check out my 10 Years of StartUp Creative blog on our Subtstack page for photos that go with the stories.    This episode is Part One and covers the years 2014-2017, more to come.    Follow more of the StartUp Creative story on Instagram    Get in touch to book in a 1:1 Busi