How I Made It
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Anthony Woods was a uni dropout. Now his tech company is worth $13b
Anthony Woods was a uni dropout. Now his tech company is worth $13b
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How I Made It is back with new hosts Lauren Sams & Yolanda Redrup. Join us to learn how Australia’s top entrepreneurs built their fortunes and what they learnt along the way.
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- Anthony Woods was a uni dropout. Now his tech company is worth $13b · 37 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 8When Anthony Woods was growing up in Perth, he and his dad had a deal: “He [dad] would break the home computer, and I would fix it.” The seeds of his career would grow from this…
- This ex-dealmaker defied the sceptics to build cult brand Frank Green · 30 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 7When Ben Young first pitched his idea for reusable coffee cups, his business strategy colleagues dismissed it. “The smartest guys in the room said it was silly; I was being an…
- Nicole Eckels’ multimillion-dollar idea was sitting right under her nose · 33 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 6When Nicole Eckels moved to Sydney in 2005, one of the first things she did was go to David Jones to shop for her new apartment. On the lookout for a fragrant candle to scent…
- Bill Beament led a 1¢ company. Now it’s Australia’s biggest gold miner · 33 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 5Bill Beament put himself on the map by transforming a fledgling explorer, Northern Star, into one of the world's biggest gold miners. After turning the 1¢ company into a…
- 'I had $200′: Inside Aussie Bruna Papandrea’s meteoric Hollywood rise · 39 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 4When Bruna Papandrea arrived in New York, she had $200. An avid storyteller, the South Australian began reading scripts for her friend, actor Anthony LaPaglia. But it was when…
- ‘I owe you nothing’: Two unlikely partners and a $20b housing empire · 36 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 3When Craig Carracher first met his business partner, Stephen Gaitanos, he was somewhat reluctant to team up. “He was only a young fellow. He's 15 years younger than me, and he…
- How this 26-year-old built a $100m robotics company · 35 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 2Grace Brown had always enjoyed maths, science and music. Teamed with a “wild imagination”, her interest in patterns meant she was obsessed with all things magic. When she took…
- Alex Vynokur bet the house to start Betashares. It now manages $75b · 34 min. · Sæson 6 Episode 1The former lawyer walked away from a top-tier legal career to risk his house on an ETF venture. It’s now the country’s second-largest exchange-traded funds provider. "I was just…
- Trailer: How I Made It returns July 29 · 1 min.How I Made It is back with host Lauren Sams. Don’t miss season six as we uncover how Australia’s top entrepreneurs built their fortunes and what they learnt along the way. See…
- What working on David Bowie’s yacht taught Boost founder Janine Allis · 29 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 10Growing up, Janine Allis never thought about starting her own business. “I didn’t even know what an entrepreneur was,” she says. But after spotting a gap in the market, there was…
- ‘It's the Mount Everest of careers’: How Fleet’s CEO built an $800m company · 33 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 9Since she was a little girl, Flavia Tata Nardini was obsessed with space. The Italian-born rocket scientist began her career at the European Space Agency but moved to Adelaide in…
- A scam set WA’s fertiliser king on a path to a $5b fortune · 29 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 8Vikas Rambal came to Australia from India on a prospective business trip in 2000. But the project he was looking into was not what it seemed. It was a moment on his five-day trip…
- How a former IBM executive redefined Australia’s restaurant scene · 22 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 7Chris Lucas grew up in the world of hospitality, often spending time in his dad’s pub in Geelong. But it wasn’t until his mid-30s that one of the country’s top restaurateurs…
- He could’ve been Qantas CEO. Instead Bruce Buchanan started a $7.2b company · 35 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 6Leading Australia’s largest airline is by all accounts a dream job. But in 2012, Bruce Buchanan – who was on track to become chief executive of Qantas – walked away from the…
- Trinny Woodall, What Not To Wear and a multimillion-dollar company · 29 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 5Trinny Woodall first became a household name as one half of the dynamic duo, Trinny and Susannah. Together the pair built a career issuing fashion advice to women on their…
- How the (banker) founder of MJ Bale took over menswear · 28 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 4Growing up on a sheep farm, Matt Jensen has long had an appreciation for natural fibres. But it was during a stint in London working as a banker that the budding entrepreneur…
- How Bruce Keebaugh turned $500 into a global events company · 22 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 3When the co-founder and former chief executive of The Big Group was 21, he had just $500 in his pocket. Not afraid of risk, Bruce Keebaugh and his wife, Chyka Keebaugh, used it…
- ‘The napkin came across the table’: How software giant Xero was born · 25 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 2From the start of high school, Rod Drury was captivated by computing. It was a fascination that would go on to create one of the largest ASX-listed tech companies, accounting…
- The founder of O&M had one big idea. It became a global haircare empire · 33 min. · Sæson 5 Episode 1Jose Bryce Smith came to Australia on holiday. Seven years later, she founded what would become one of the country’s biggest haircare brands. With products stocked in more than…
- Trailer: 'How I Made It' Returns September 22 · 1 min.How I Made It is back with new hosts Lauren Sams & Yolanda Redrup. Join us to learn how Australia’s top entrepreneurs built their fortunes and what they learnt along the way. See…
