All Episodes

130 - Protecting Your Wealth in a Volatile Market with Terry Tran

129 - How to Fix Broken Accountability in Your Team

128 - What Founders Get Wrong About Tech Projects (and How to Avoid It)

127 - The Legal Mistake That Could Cost Your Business: IP Protection with Ian Aldridge

126 - How Google Reviews Generated $1M in Revenue Without Ads | Karl Schwantes

125 - Don’t Build a Business You’re Too Broken to Enjoy

124 - AI for the $30M Founder: No Hype, Just ROI

123 - Financial Freedom for Founders: Smarter Investing Beyond Property | Terry Tran

122 - Making the Invisible Visible: Pricing, Profit, and Founder Sanity

121 - Why I Moved to Cyprus (And Should You?)

120 - How to Take Big Bets in Business & Life (Without Blowing Yourself Up)

119 - 3 Lessons Golf is Teaching Me About Building a Winning Business

118 - 5 Brutal Questions Every $1M–$10M Founder Must Answer Before 2025

117 - Ditch Traditional Position Descriptions: How Success Profiles Drive Real Results

116 - The Scale Scorecard & Growth Audit Revealed: 35-Key Ingredients to Scale, Exit, or Step Back

115 - How Walking Away from 30% Revenue Fueled Massive Growth | Adam Evans

114 - The 8 Critical Mistakes Founders Make That Prevent Scaling, Exiting or Stepping Back. Part 2 of 2

113 - The 8 Critical Mistakes Founders Make That Prevent Scaling, Exiting or Stepping Back. Part 1 of 2

112 — Innovation Meets Strategy: How Drew Horsell Used an Advisory Board to 3x Revenue in 3 Years

111 — Simon Reynolds secrets to entrepreneurial success.

110 — What I Learned Building the World’s Largest Student Accommodation Marketplace | Luke Nolan

109 — Secrets to a Saleable Business: Insights from Sean Steele

108 — Achieving Financial Freedom: Jackson's Secrets to Building Personal Wealth through Business

107 — From Lingerie to Legacy: Samantha Hurst’s Lessons Growing Click Start Digital

106 — From Corporate Banks to Croatian Bays: Ant Botica's Leap from Banker to Bucket-List Builder

105 — From Down Under to Cyprus: Unpacking My First 100 Days

104 — What People Should Ask About How to Scale a Business Up, But Never Do: Revealed in Exclusive Interview with Sean Steele

103 — Outcome Aligned Pricing - Sean Steele

102 — Controversial Episode: Self-Discipline Only Unlocks 70% of Performance and Here's Why - Jaemin Frazer

101 — 5 Simple Steps to Building a Founder-Led Content Engine with Teeth in Just 30 Minutes Per Week

100 — Lessons Learned After 100 Interviews with 8, 9 and 10-Figure Founders and Experts on Scaling

99 — Lessons Learned Building a High Profit 8-Figure Education Business in Just 5 Years - Ben Handler

98 — How to Build Strategic Partnerships that will Accelerate Your Business Growth - Talila Kroy

97 — From Zero to 350m+ and 4,000 People in 21 Years - Ben Marsonet

96 — What I Learned Building 4 Companies in 15 Years and the Inevitable Burnout that Followed

95 — How to Use Video and Event Activations to Drive Revenue - Morgan J Ingram

94 — Sales Superstars A Founders Guide to Hiring and Empowering Salespeople (Part 2)

93 — Unlock People Potential & Growth by Mastering the 9-Box Grid

92 — Sales Superstars: A Founders Guide to Hiring and Empowering Salespeople (Part 1)

87 — Building Competitive Advantage in a Crowded Marketplace - Rowan Kunz

91 — How Misalignment Can Blow Up Your Business and What to Do About It - Karen Traversi Kovaleski

90 — How this General Manager Grew Her Business 350% Through Product and Culture - Alena Smith

89 — Lessons Learned Starting a Software Business after Scaling a Large Services Company - Esha Oberoi

88 — 3 Million in Revenue with Just 2 Staff - The Story of Cardly - Patrick Gaskin

86 — Practical Ways to Assess and Mitigate Cyber, Privacy and Contractor Risks in Your Business - Dianne Gilbert

85 — Building a Better Culture When Things are Uncertain - Kerryn Fewster

84 — Competitive Advantage By Solving More Problems for Customers - John Knight

83 — Simple But Effective 3-Step Process for Scaling Your Customer Acquisition - Cham Tang

82 — Guarantee a Better ROI on Your Next New Product or Service - Mike Smart

81 — How to Leverage Your IP to Scale Your Growth and Impact - Tina Tower

80 — Recruitment Secrets from Founder of 80 FTE Talent Business - Roheel Ahmad

79 — Marketing Secrets from Rapidly Growing Digital Agency - Ryan Jenkins

78 — Advisory Board or Governance Board? Which Is Best? - Sean Steele

77 — How to Thrive in a Tough Business Environment - Sean Steele

76 — 12 Questions to Nail Your Business Planning for Next Financial Year

75 — Sean's Insider Secrets of Mergers & Acquisitions

74 — What It’s Like to Sell Your Business for $20m

73 — The Future of AI in Business Pros, Cons, and Opportunities - Mike Trigg

72 — How to Generate Sales in a Tough Market - Luigi Prestizini

71 — Troublemaker to Moneymaker: Sean Steele's Journey to 100m in Revenue - Sean Steele

#70 — Disrupting a Tired Industry Bittn’s Journey to 60,000 Customers in 10 Years - Ryan Robertson

#69 — 14 Ways to Raise Capital for Business Growth, Big Dreams and BHAGS

#68 — 14 Cashflow Optimisation Strategies for 7 Figure Companies - Sean Steele

#67 — How a High School Dropout Became a Multi-Millionaire: The Entrepreneurial Story of Brian Will

#66 — How Two Brothers from NZ Built a Team of 500 in 5 years - Wayne & Scott Findlay

#65 — How Being Socially Responsible Can Have a Positive Impact on Your Bottom Line - Natalie Simmons

#64 — How to Leverage Switching Costs to Make Your Business More Valuable - Sean Steele

#63 — Strategy and Execution, Made Simple - John Spence

#62 — Developing a Growth Strategy for Your Business - Rosie Yeo

#61 — How NOT to Screw Up that Acquisition You Just Made, or Want to Make - Nicola Fowkes

#60 — 2022 Flashback - Best Clips on Attracting, Engaging and Retaining Top Talent - Sean Steele

#59 — End of Year Reflection Questions for Founders, For a Bigger & Better 2023 - Sean Steele

#58 — How to Grow a Services Business at Nearly 100% Annually — 3 Years in a Row - Hitesh Kuman Madar

#57 — Employee Value Proposition - Sean Steele

#56 — How to Create Simpler, More Impactful Marketing For Your Business - Simon Dell

#55 — How to Scale Without Burning Out - Sophie Scott

#54 — Insider Secrets From Merger & Acquisitions Lawyer on Optimising Your Exit - Sean Steele

#53 — The Heart of Your Business — Your Values - Sean Steele

#52 — Selling Your Business - What You Need to Know (Episode 2 of 2) - Shawn Flynn

#51 — What You Need to Know to Expand Into China - Heidi Dugan

#50 — 10-Minute Thursday - Getting Clear on Purpose - Sean Steele

#49 — Intro to ScaleUps Roadmap Program and New Episode Type - Sean Steele

#48 — How to Position Your Product in the Mind of Your Ideal Client - John James

#47 — Selling Your Business - What You Need to Know (Episode 1 of 2) - Shawn Flynn

#46 — Inside the Mind of a Serial Entrepreneur Scaling 4 Companies at Once - Thomas Woudwyk

#45 — How to Attract, Lead and Empower High-Impact Players - Liz Wiseman

#44 — Approaches to Strategy and Leadership that Led to a 10x Exit - Bryan Watson

A Quick Note from Your Host Sean Steele

#43 — How to Nail Strategy and It's Execution for Scale-Ups - Jamie Christopherson

#42 — Lessons Learned Scaling from Zero to Unicorn in 8 Years - Ben Thompson

ScaleUps Podcast Update

#41 — Lessons Learned Attempting to Launch 100 Companies in 5 Years - Mark McNally

#40 — From Zero to 120 FTE and ASX-Listed in 2.5 Yrs in Marketing & CX - Matt Forman

#39 — Elevate Culture and Performance Through Radical Candor - Amy Sandler

#38 — Exciting Megatrends Happening Right Now You Want to Pay Attention To - Barry O'Reilly

#37 — Little Known Marketing Secrets to Spur Growth and Have More Fun - Tim Reid

#36 — Building the Business Acumen of Your Team to Improve Your Business - Kevin Ray Cope

#35 — Market Leader (By a Long Way) and 180 Staff Over 25 Years - Bradley Beer

#34 — How to Build Resilience in Yourself and Your Team - Stacey Copas

#33 — Questions That Can Transform the Trajectory of Your Business - Warren Berger

#32 — Lessons Learned Scaling from Zero to a 650m Sale in 10 Years - Paul Docherty

#31 — How to Succeed in Expanding to Asia and What Not to Do - Steven McGinnes

#30 — The 5 Secrets to Becoming a SuperBoss - Sydney Finkelstein

#29 — Power-Up Your Sales with Australia's Top B2B Sales Trainer - Tony Hughes

#28 — The Secrets to Scaling Your Business through Trust and Inspiration - Stephen Covey

#27 — Powerful Strategies to Navigate the Inevitable Founder Growth Trap - Mark Green

#26 — From 0m to 400m and 4000 FTE in 16 Years in Workforce Solutions - Marc Meili

#25 — Unpacking All Things Brand - Belinda Wall

#24 — From 30m to 220m in 6 Years Through Culture and Geographic Expansion - Pete Cleary

#23 — Capital Raising - Everything You Need to Know to Get Started - Roby Sharon-Zipser

#22 — Amazing Customer Insights Technology Firm Grows 3x in Last 18 months - Nihal Advani

#21 —The Hard Questions Founders Must Ask And Answer to Sustainably Scale - Maryanne Mooney

#20 — Partner Alignment, Cash and the 6 P's - Bradley Conn

#19 — From Thermal Engineer to 35m in 5 Years in e Commerce - Owen Franklin

#18 — Scaled 3 Companies Beyond 100m and Still Going - John Katzman

#17 — What Founders Need to Know to Scale Their Sales - Peter Strohkorb

#16 — 0 to 50m in 15 Years in Education Services - Owen Firth

#15 — From 1,000 to 4,500 Pet Products Sold Per Day in 5 Years - Anneke van den Broek

#14 — How To Secure Two Pay-Days Using Growth Equity - Mark Bryan

#13 - 25m to 55m in 5 Years by Doubling Down on Trades - Roby Sharon-Zipser

#12 - Scaling Principals from Chief Strategy Officer of 82,000 FTE Company - Rishad Tobaccowala

#11 - From 5m to 23m in 5 Years By Incentivising Recycling - Narelle Anderson

#10 - 170 Business Turnarounds with 19,000 Jobs Saved - Michael Fingland

#9 - Scaling to 1bn Through Scalable Life Saving Solutions - Glenn Keys

#8 — 2m and Global in 2 Years From a Standing Start - Steve Grace

#7 — 13,000 Stores in 6.5 Years in an Innovative Biotech - Elyse Stoltz Dickerson

#6 — Recruiting His Way to 12 Brands and 60m in 17 Years - Ephram Stephenson

#5 — Technical Experts - from Zero to 40m in 15 Years - Chris Eldridge

#4 — Cleaning Up - 6.5m to 18m in 5 Years - Kelly Broderick

Introduction to the ScaleUps Podcast and Your Host, Sean Steele

#3 — The Must Dos to Avoid Catastrophic Fails - Stipe Vuleta

#2 — Intrapreneurship Special - 5m to 500m in 6 Continents - Richard Katzman

#1 — 5x Growth in 5 Years by Transforming Lives - Esha Oberoi