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One Wild Ride with Pru Chapman

184 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings

One Wild Ride is the exploration of a more meaningful life. A place where personal stories collide with good business and positive impact. Here we dive deep into the mindset, musings and strategies of incredible humans doing extraordinary things. Theirs are stories of positivity, hope, expansion and evolution.

Host Pru Chapman knows good business. As the founder of Owners Collective she has helped over 15,000 founders launch, leverage, and lead their businesses. She's passionate about using business as a force for good and both interviewed and worked with leading purpose-driven brands including Patagonia, Thankyou, Who Gives A Crap, Koala, TOM Organic and many more.

Instagram: @ownerscollective
LinkedIn: @pruchapman
Web: https://theownerscollective.com

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Ep 62. Trace | Becoming a Carbon Neutral Business, Steps to Lighten Your Environmental Footprint and Navigate Carbon Offsetting (Dos and Don'ts)

August 09, 2022 18:00 - 52 minutes - 95.9 MB

Cat Long is the Founder and CEO of Trace, a digital platform that helps climate-conscious individuals and businesses measure, reduce and offset their carbon footprint and track their impact over time through simple and engaging digital tools. They’re on a mission to remove the barriers to climate action, by giving individuals and businesses the power to take immediate steps forward.  In this episode, we talk through the journey of bringing Trace to life as well as the immediate and long-term...

Trace | Becoming a Carbon Neutral Business

August 09, 2022 18:00 - 52 minutes - 95.9 MB

Cat Long is the Founder and CEO of Trace, a digital platform that helps climate-conscious individuals and businesses measure, reduce and offset their carbon footprint and track their impact over time through simple and engaging digital tools. They’re on a mission to remove the barriers to climate action, by giving individuals and businesses the power to take immediate steps forward.  In this episode, we talk through the journey of bringing Trace to life as well as the immediate and long-term...

Odette & Co | How to PR Your Purpose-Led Business

August 02, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 118 MB

Odette Barry is a publicist, PR mentor and the founder of Odette & Co. She knows that every business has a story to tell, and she’s here to help empower business owners to tell those stories through the power of PR. She has designed and teaches the Hack Your Own PR program made for business owners, and hosts the Hack Your Own PR podcast, full of tips from some of Australia’s best journalists and producers. In this episode Odette gives us her best advice to hack your own purpose-led PR.  --...

Odette & Co | How to Hack Your Own PR, The Power of PR for Purpose-Led Brands, Stories the Media is Eager to Feature, Navigating the Changing Landscape of PR, and Staying Ahead of the Curve

August 02, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 118 MB

Odette Barry is a publicist, PR mentor and the founder of Odette & Co. She knows that every business has a story to tell, and she’s here to help empower business owners to tell those stories through the power of PR. She has designed and teaches the Hack Your Own PR program made for business owners, and hosts the Hack Your Own PR podcast, full of tips from some of Australia’s best journalists and producers. In this episode Odette gives us her best advice to hack your own purpose-led PR.  --...

Ep 61. Odette & Co | How to Hack Your Own PR, The Power of PR for Purpose-Led Brands, Stories the Media is Eager to Feature, Navigating the Changing Landscape of PR, and Staying Ahead of the Curve

August 02, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 118 MB

Odette Barry is a publicist, PR mentor and the founder of Odette & Co. She knows that every business has a story to tell, and she’s here to help empower business owners to tell those stories through the power of PR. She has designed and teaches the Hack Your Own PR program made for business owners, and hosts the Hack Your Own PR podcast, full of tips from some of Australia’s best journalists and producers. In this episode Odette gives us her best advice to hack your own purpose-led PR.  --...

Hello Lover | Rebranding the Business of Sexual Pleasure

July 27, 2022 18:49 - 37 minutes - 69.5 MB

Ella McLean is the Founder of Hello Lover, a sex-positive place that's open all hours.  From the outside, Hello Lover looks like a beautifully branded and curated online sex shop where you can buy all sorts of play things.  But dig a little deeper and you’ll find a brand passionate about taking the guilty out of (everyday) pleasure, and guiding their customers to grow their confidence and sexuality, through healthy conversation and community.  They’re on a mission to change the outdated sex ...

Ep 60. Hello Lover | Rebranding the Business of Pleasure, Making Intimacy Accessible to All, Empowering Customers to Grow in Confidence through Healthy Conversations and Community

July 27, 2022 18:49 - 37 minutes - 69.5 MB

Ella McLean is the Founder of Hello Lover, a sex-positive place that's open all hours.  From the outside, Hello Lover looks like a beautifully branded and curated online sex shop where you can buy all sorts of play things.  But dig a little deeper and you’ll find a brand passionate about taking the guilty out of (everyday) pleasure, and guiding their customers to grow their confidence and sexuality, through healthy conversation and community.  They’re on a mission to change the outdated sex ...

Hello Lover | Rebranding the Business of Pleasure, Making Intimacy Accessible to All, Empowering Customers to Grow in Confidence through Healthy Conversations and Community

July 27, 2022 18:49 - 37 minutes - 69.5 MB

Ella McLean is the Founder of Hello Lover, a sex-positive place that's open all hours.  From the outside, Hello Lover looks like a beautifully branded and curated online sex shop where you can buy all sorts of play things.  But dig a little deeper and you’ll find a brand passionate about taking the guilty out of (everyday) pleasure, and guiding their customers to grow their confidence and sexuality, through healthy conversation and community.  They’re on a mission to change the outdated sex ...

Zero Co | Untrashing the Planet, Throwing Life-Savings into a Seemingly Good Idea, The Power of Big PR Stunts, and Cleaning Up Our Oceans

July 19, 2022 18:00 - 50 minutes - 93 MB

Mike Smith is the Founder of Zero Co, a company that delivers personal & home-cleaning products direct to your door, minus the single-use plastic.  With its reusable bottled and refill subscription, it’s kind of like the old-school milkman reimagined.  It’s a simple concept with potentially BIG results. They’re on a mission to untrash the planet, and so far have saved over a million water bottles worth of plastic going to landfill.  It’s a tale of travel and adventure in bringing this good b...

Zero Co | On A Mission to Untrash the Planet

July 19, 2022 18:00 - 50 minutes - 93 MB

Mike Smith is the Founder of Zero Co, a company that delivers personal & home-cleaning products direct to your door, minus the single-use plastic.  With its reusable bottled and refill subscription, it’s kind of like the old-school milkman reimagined.  It’s a simple concept with potentially BIG results. They’re on a mission to untrash the planet, and so far have saved over a million water bottles worth of plastic going to landfill.  It’s a tale of travel and adventure in bringing this good b...

Ep 59. Zero Co | Untrashing the Planet, Throwing Life-Savings into a Seemingly Good Idea, The Power of Big PR Stunts, and Cleaning Up Our Oceans

July 19, 2022 18:00 - 50 minutes - 93 MB

Mike Smith is the Founder of Zero Co, a company that delivers personal & home-cleaning products direct to your door, minus the single-use plastic.  With its reusable bottled and refill subscription, it’s kind of like the old-school milkman reimagined.  It’s a simple concept with potentially BIG results. They’re on a mission to untrash the planet, and so far have saved over a million water bottles worth of plastic going to landfill.  It’s a tale of travel and adventure in bringing this good b...

Flow Hive | Bee’s and Business as a Force for Good

July 12, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 158 MB

Cedar Anderson is the founder and inventor of Flow Hive, a revolutionary system that produces great honey and is easy on the bees and the beekeepers. This business path is anything but traditional, with an initial humble kickstarter campaign quickly becoming the most successful crowdfunding campaign ever launched outside the US, eventually raising over $16 million. This is a true story of business as a force for good as Cedar set out to change the business paradigm and is doing just that. ...

Ep 58. Flow Hive | Bee’s and Business as a Force for Good

July 12, 2022 18:00 - 1 hour - 158 MB

Cedar Anderson is the founder and inventor of Flow Hive, a revolutionary system that produces great honey and is easy on the bees and the beekeepers. This business path is anything but traditional, with an initial humble kickstarter campaign quickly becoming the most successful crowdfunding campaign ever launched outside the US, eventually raising over $16 million. This is a true story of business as a force for good as Cedar set out to change the business paradigm and is doing just that. ...

The Mind-Body Super Highway (aka the Vagus Nerve) with Jessica Maguire

July 05, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 128 MB

Jessica Maguire is a trauma-informed physiotherapist, passionate about helping people regulate their nervous systems through healthy functioning of their vagus nerve.  She holds a degree in Health Science and a Masters of Physiotherapy and has spent over 14 years in private practice as a physiotherapist. In this episode, we cover how the brain and nervous system change from stress, trauma and chronic pain, as well as the relatively new research around the relationship between gut health and ...

Ep 57. The Mind-Body Super Highway (aka the Vagus Nerve) with Jessica Maguire

July 05, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour - 128 MB

Jessica Maguire is a trauma-informed physiotherapist, passionate about helping people regulate their nervous systems through healthy functioning of their vagus nerve.  She holds a degree in Health Science and a Masters of Physiotherapy and has spent over 14 years in private practice as a physiotherapist. In this episode, we cover how the brain and nervous system change from stress, trauma and chronic pain, as well as the relatively new research around the relationship between gut health and ...

Season 4 Trailer

July 05, 2022 18:00 - 2 minutes - 4.06 MB

Welcome back friends!  We’ve got an incredible lineup of guests and topics landing this season, as well as some small changes.  What isn’t changing though is our core mission to inspire and educate a better way of business. So strap in for another great season ahead - I can’t wait to see where this takes us.  ~ Pru

Fry’s Family Foods | Crafting plant-based food to positively impact the planet

April 27, 2021 18:30 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MB

If you could do one thing to reduce your impact on the planet, eating less meat would be it. Tammy Fry, the global Marketing Director at Fry's Family Foods, and the daughter of the Founder, meaning that she has played a role in building this company since day one. From the humble beginnings of the family kitchen, Fry's has now grown to be the second most widely available plant-based meat alternative in Australia, and is growing exponentially year on year.

Ep 56. Fry’s Family Foods | Crafting plant-based food to positively impact the planet

April 27, 2021 18:30 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MB

If you could do one thing to reduce your impact on the planet, eating less meat would be it. Tammy Fry, the global Marketing Director at Fry's Family Foods, and the daughter of the Founder, meaning that she has played a role in building this company since day one. From the humble beginnings of the family kitchen, Fry's has now grown to be the second most widely available plant-based meat alternative in Australia, and is growing exponentially year on year.

Ep 55. Share The Dignity | Ending period poverty for women doing it tough.

April 07, 2021 19:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MB

Rochelle Courtenay is the founder of Share the Dignity, a charity that distributes period products to women experiencing homelessness, fleeing domestic violence, and doing it tough. Share the Dignity collects thousands of period products each year and distributes them directly to charities across Australia.  They work with over 2,500 charities and has 5000 volunteers have had 2.8 million packets of pads and tampons donated and have had over $50 million donated. Tune in to hear how one wo...

Share The Dignity | Ending period poverty for women doing it tough.

April 07, 2021 19:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MB

Rochelle Courtenay is the founder of Share the Dignity, a charity that distributes period products to women experiencing homelessness, fleeing domestic violence, and doing it tough. Share the Dignity collects thousands of period products each year and distributes them directly to charities across Australia.  They work with over 2,500 charities and has 5000 volunteers have had 2.8 million packets of pads and tampons donated and have had over $50 million donated. Tune in to hear how one wo...

Ep 54. We Are Explorers | Inspiring us to live more adventurously and protect our natural world

March 25, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB

In search of the ultimate adventure Henry Brydon spent two years riding 38,000km on a push bike from London to Sydney traversing through more than 30 countries, which made for countless stories of human generosity. To share the spirit of adventure he then went on to start We Are Explorers, an exciting new-media company spreading the love of the outdoors to over 1 million people a month - not to mention being named Consumer Publication of the Year in the 2020 Mumbrella Publishing Awards. Sinc...

We Are Explorers | Inspiring us to live more adventurously and protect our natural world

March 25, 2021 04:00 - 1 hour - 57.5 MB

In search of the ultimate adventure Henry Brydon spent two years riding 38,000km on a push bike from London to Sydney traversing through more than 30 countries, which made for countless stories of human generosity. To share the spirit of adventure he then went on to start We Are Explorers, an exciting new-media company spreading the love of the outdoors to over 1 million people a month - not to mention being named Consumer Publication of the Year in the 2020 Mumbrella Publishing Awards. Sinc...

Ep 53. B Corp | Certifying business as a force for good

January 28, 2021 18:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MB

B Corp is a certification for businesses that meet the highest certifiable standards of social and environmental performance as well as transparency, and accountability.  These businesses form a thriving community that drives a global movement of people using business as a force for good. To date, over 3,500 businesses have been B Corp certified in 70 countries and 150 industries, and more than 100,000 companies manage their impact with the B Impact Assessment. In this interview we chat with...

B Corp | Certifying business as a force for good

January 28, 2021 18:00 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MB

B Corp is a certification for businesses that meet the highest certifiable standards of social and environmental performance as well as transparency, and accountability.  These businesses form a thriving community that drives a global movement of people using business as a force for good. To date, over 3,500 businesses have been B Corp certified in 70 countries and 150 industries, and more than 100,000 companies manage their impact with the B Impact Assessment. In this interview we chat with...

Ep 52. Riparide | Soul-fulfilling escapes to unplug from the modern-day world

January 22, 2021 03:36 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MB

Riparide is a travel platform focused on unique properties and experiences in regional Australia. Much more than your standard accommodation booking site, Riparide is a highly curated portal into nature orientated adventures. Born as an antidote to the modern world Riparide strives to inspire people to unplug from the city and head outdoors in search of fulfilling moments.  Whether it’s a beautiful waterfall, a cabin in the wilderness, or an early morning point - It’s about pursuing those pe...

Riparide | Soul-fulfilling escapes to unplug from the modern-day world

January 22, 2021 03:36 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MB

Riparide is a travel platform focused on unique properties and experiences in regional Australia. Much more than your standard accommodation booking site, Riparide is a highly curated portal into nature orientated adventures. Born as an antidote to the modern world Riparide strives to inspire people to unplug from the city and head outdoors in search of fulfilling moments.  Whether it’s a beautiful waterfall, a cabin in the wilderness, or an early morning point - It’s about pursuing those pe...

Ep 51. Good Citizens | ’Untrashing’ the planet one pair of sunnies at a time

January 14, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MB

Good Citizens make sunglasses from 100% recycled, single-use plastic bottles. It was founded by Nik Robinson and his 8-year old son Harry with a mission to play their part in ‘untrashing’ the planet. Every pair of Good Citizens sunnies pays for 1kg of plastic to be pulled out of the ocean. It took Nik and his family 752 days & more than 2500 failed attempts to turn a plastic bottle into a pair of sunnies. Since then they’ve been featured in Forbes and National Geographic, spoken at the Uni...

Good Citizens | ’Untrashing’ the planet one pair of sunnies at a time

January 14, 2021 18:00 - 1 hour - 59.8 MB

Good Citizens make sunglasses from 100% recycled, single-use plastic bottles. It was founded by Nik Robinson and his 8-year old son Harry with a mission to play their part in ‘untrashing’ the planet. Every pair of Good Citizens sunnies pays for 1kg of plastic to be pulled out of the ocean. It took Nik and his family 752 days & more than 2500 failed attempts to turn a plastic bottle into a pair of sunnies. Since then they’ve been featured in Forbes and National Geographic, spoken at the Uni...

Ep 50. The Broad Place | A modern approach to conscious living

January 02, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

Jacqui Lewis is the co-founder of The Broad Place, a space to help people discover their highest grade self through applied ancient knowledge and meditation. It’s well known for it’s courses teaching integrated mediation, as well as gatherings, workplace programs, and most recently the book Jacqui authored, High Grade Living. What’s unique about the approach taken by The Broad Place is the focus on it being an integrated tool in life - not something reserved for ashrams or isolated caves, ...

The Broad Place | A modern approach to conscious living

January 02, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 62.7 MB

Jacqui Lewis is the co-founder of The Broad Place, a space to help people discover their highest grade self through applied ancient knowledge and meditation. It’s well known for it’s courses teaching integrated mediation, as well as gatherings, workplace programs, and most recently the book Jacqui authored, High Grade Living. What’s unique about the approach taken by The Broad Place is the focus on it being an integrated tool in life - not something reserved for ashrams or isolated caves, ...

Verve Super | Advocating for the wealth of women.

December 17, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB

Verve Super’s Co-founder Alex Andrews is part of Australia’s first super fund dedicating 100% of its resources to building the wealth and power of women everywhere. It’s an ethical super fund that is doing things differently. In this episode, we dive into the issue of paid parental leave, the gender pay gap and the underlying system that fails to support women through their child-raising years. This is a powerful episode in understanding where the changes need to be made in our current s...

Ep 49. Verve Super | Advocating for the wealth of women.

December 17, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 56.5 MB

Verve Super’s Co-founder Alex Andrews is part of Australia’s first super fund dedicating 100% of its resources to building the wealth and power of women everywhere. It’s an ethical super fund that is doing things differently. In this episode, we dive into the issue of paid parental leave, the gender pay gap and the underlying system that fails to support women through their child-raising years. This is a powerful episode in understanding where the changes need to be made in our current s...

Ep 48. Patagonia | The Activist Company

November 26, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB

Patagonia is in business to save our home planet. Founded by Yvon Chouinard in 1973, Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company based in Ventura, California. A Certified B-Corporation, the company is recognised internationally for its commitment to product quality and environmental activism – and its contributions of more than US$110 million in grants and in-kind donations to date. Put Simply, Patagonia builds the best product, without causing unnecessary harm, while using business as a globa...

Patagonia | The Activist Company

November 26, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 60.9 MB

Patagonia is in business to save our home planet. Founded by Yvon Chouinard in 1973, Patagonia is an outdoor apparel company based in Ventura, California. A Certified B-Corporation, the company is recognised internationally for its commitment to product quality and environmental activism – and its contributions of more than US$110 million in grants and in-kind donations to date. Put Simply, Patagonia builds the best product, without causing unnecessary harm, while using business as a globa...

Frontier Pets | Dog food that’s changing the world.

November 19, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB

Diana Scott is Founder of Frontier Pets, and she’s on a mission to end Animal Factory Farming in Australia. Frontier Pets began five years ago out of a passion for animal welfare and wellbeing and they’ve been growing rapidly ever since. They’ve currently contributed over $1.4 million to ethical farming and are only just getting started. This episode is a must-listen if you have a pet or are curious about the potential this industry has to positively impact ethical farming.   For mor...

Frontier Pets | Dog food on a mission to end factory farming

November 19, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB

Diana Scott is Founder of Frontier Pets, and she’s on a mission to end Animal Factory Farming in Australia. Frontier Pets began five years ago out of a passion for animal welfare and wellbeing and they’ve been growing rapidly ever since. They’ve currently contributed over $1.4 million to ethical farming and are only just getting started. This episode is a must-listen if you have a pet or are curious about the potential this industry has to positively impact ethical farming.   For mor...

Ep 47. Frontier Pets | Dog food on a mission to end factory farming

November 19, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MB

Diana Scott is Founder of Frontier Pets, and she’s on a mission to end Animal Factory Farming in Australia. Frontier Pets began five years ago out of a passion for animal welfare and wellbeing and they’ve been growing rapidly ever since. They’ve currently contributed over $1.4 million to ethical farming and are only just getting started. This episode is a must-listen if you have a pet or are curious about the potential this industry has to positively impact ethical farming.   For mor...

Ep 46. Will & Bear | Make hats for the road and create positive impact along the way.

November 09, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 69.9 MB

Lauren Williams and Alex Knorr are Founders of Will & Bear, a hat company made for adventures. In true entrepreneurial style they created what they couldn’t find - a hat for the road supported by a business that made a positive impact. Each of their hats are made from 100% natural materials and crafted by expert milliners in Inner Mongolia. With 10 trees planted for every hat purchased they’ve now planted over 200 acres of Forest Gardens in Senegal, Africa, which is about 3,200 tennis cour...

Will & Bear | Make hats for the road and create positive impact along the way.

November 09, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 69.9 MB

Lauren Williams and Alex Knorr are Founders of Will & Bear, a hat company made for adventures. In true entrepreneurial style they created what they couldn’t find - a hat for the road supported by a business that made a positive impact. Each of their hats are made from 100% natural materials and crafted by expert milliners in Inner Mongolia. With 10 trees planted for every hat purchased they’ve now planted over 200 acres of Forest Gardens in Senegal, Africa, which is about 3,200 tennis cour...

Thankyou | Daniel Flynn has launched No Small Plan to end extreme world poverty.

September 30, 2020 19:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

Thankyou makes products with the mission to end extreme poverty. This week Thankyou launched a bold new campaign ‘No Small Plan’ and invited P&G and Unilever - two of the world’s largest and most influential consumer goods companies - to make and distribute Thankyou products globally to help speed their mission. The campaign presents the ultimate collaboration - playing to each other’s strengths and using business as a force for good. In true Thankyou style, they’re backing up the campaign w...

Ep 45. Thankyou | Daniel Flynn has launched No Small Plan to end extreme world poverty.

September 30, 2020 19:00 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MB

Thankyou makes products with the mission to end extreme poverty. This week Thankyou launched a bold new campaign ‘No Small Plan’ and invited P&G and Unilever - two of the world’s largest and most influential consumer goods companies - to make and distribute Thankyou products globally to help speed their mission. The campaign presents the ultimate collaboration - playing to each other’s strengths and using business as a force for good. In true Thankyou style, they’re backing up the campaign w...

Ep 44. Sendle | Delivering better solutions for small business & the planet

July 21, 2020 20:49 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MB

James Chin Moody is the co-founder and CEO of Sendle, a company that makes sending parcels for small businesses super easy and with less impact on the planet. Sendle is also Australia’s first technology B Corporation and the first 100% carbon neutral delivery service. James is a game-changer who through great technology, design and teamwork has built a strong shipping and logistics network that makes a huge difference to their customers across both Australia and the United States. We chat to...

Sendle | Delivering better solutions for small business & the planet

July 21, 2020 20:49 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MB

James Chin Moody is the co-founder and CEO of Sendle, a company that makes sending parcels for small businesses super easy and with less impact on the planet. Sendle is also Australia’s first technology B Corporation and the first 100% carbon neutral delivery service. James is a game-changer who through great technology, design and teamwork has built a strong shipping and logistics network that makes a huge difference to their customers across both Australia and the United States. We chat to...

Ep 43. Xero | Australia's leading accounting software has truly made business beautiful

July 12, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MB

Since its launch in 2006 Xero has grown to be the number one Accounting platform in Australia, and with over 2 million subscribers globally.  Originating in New Zealand, Xero set out to make accounting beautiful, and that it did. The combination of beautiful design, clever tech and a deep understanding of what their users needed, Xero has given both small business owners and policymakers an insight into their numbers like never before. Driving this innovation through a people-centric appro...

Xero | Australia's leading accounting software has truly made business beautiful

July 12, 2020 19:00 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MB

Since its launch in 2006 Xero has grown to be the number one Accounting platform in Australia, and with over 2 million subscribers globally.  Originating in New Zealand, Xero set out to make accounting beautiful, and that it did. The combination of beautiful design, clever tech and a deep understanding of what their users needed, Xero has given both small business owners and policymakers an insight into their numbers like never before. Driving this innovation through a people-centric appro...

Afends | Pioneering the hemp revolution and gender equality in the surf, skate and streetwear space

June 23, 2020 20:34 - 1 hour - 69.7 MB

Afends are an Australian apparel company that began in Byron Bay in 2006 when two mates started selling samples from the back of their van. Since then they’ve grown to be an internationally recognised brand, organically built from the ground up. Pioneering the hemp revolution in Australia, they’re committed to sustainable practices across their whole supply chain and champion gender equality. We chat to Founders Jono Salfield and Declan Wise about their beginnings and staying true to their...

Ep 42. Afends | Pioneering the hemp revolution and gender equality in the surf, skate and streetwear space

June 23, 2020 20:34 - 1 hour - 69.7 MB

Afends are an Australian apparel company that began in Byron Bay in 2006 when two mates started selling samples from the back of their van. Since then they’ve grown to be an internationally recognised brand, organically built from the ground up. Pioneering the hemp revolution in Australia, they’re committed to sustainable practices across their whole supply chain and champion gender equality. We chat to Founders Jono Salfield and Declan Wise about their beginnings and staying true to their...

Ep 41. Bellroy | Designing carry and business for a better world

June 14, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 109 MB

The team behind Bellroy are a cool swag of creatives, tech heads and travellers who create pieces to help the world carry with greater simplicity and ease. Andy Fallshaw is the Co-Founder behind the brand. Bellroy’s mission is a big one - to inspire better ways to carry, use business as a force for good. We chat to Andy about how the business does just that.

Bellroy | Designing carry and business for a better world

June 14, 2020 21:00 - 59 minutes - 109 MB

The team behind Bellroy are a cool swag of creatives, tech heads and travellers who create pieces to help the world carry with greater simplicity and ease. Andy Fallshaw is the Co-Founder behind the brand. Bellroy’s mission is a big one - to inspire better ways to carry, use business as a force for good. We chat to Andy about how the business does just that.

Koala | Designing furniture and digital experience for a better future

June 02, 2020 19:30 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MB

Sandy Morrow is Head of Operations at Koala, Australia’s fastest-growing furniture company with a mission to become the smartest way to buy high-quality furniture online. They’ve removed the snazzy showrooms and focused on design, customer service and instant delivery. Koala customers can order a bed or couch and get it in just 4-hours! They also have a unique partnership with WWF-Australia where they make a symbolic adoption of a koala with every mattress purchase, and a marine turtle wit...