Scaling Up: The WorldFirst Business Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to Scaling up: The WorldFirst Business Podcast sharing insights on local and global expansion – from those who have done it.
In this series, we will cover everything you need to know about taking your business to marketplace domination, from customer experience and finding your niche, to managing your supply chain, and everything in between.
Our host is John O'Loghlen, Regional Director of Ant Group, one of the world's largest fintechs. Now based in Australia, John was the Director of Alipay Australia & New Zealand, co-founded a leading gourmet pizza chain in China, led Domino Pizza International's Asian business, spent five years investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London and New York and served as a New Zealand Trade & Enterprise advisor.
How do you create an entire category of baby products through a sustainable and organic lens? How do you create meaningful engagement with stakeholders and navigate the world of ecommerce to get clicks and eyeballs? Georgia and Jacob Faull started Nature Baby after the birth of their first baby; they're now the parents to three. Selling globally to more than 40 markets, the organic cotton and merino clothing, sleepwear, bedding, skincare, and toys from Nature Baby are making international waves.
About Nature Baby: Nature Baby provides the essentials that nurture you and your baby since 1998 with sustainable, natural and innovative products.
Visit Nature Baby here.
About the host: Our host is John O'Loghlen, Regional Director of Ant Group, of which WorldFirst is a subsidiary. Now based in Australia, John was the Director of Alipay Australia & New Zealand, co-founded a leading gourmet pizza chain in China, led Domino Pizza International's Asian business, spent five years investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London and New York and served as a New Zealand Trade & Enterprise advisor.
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What does it take to make a good whisky? Top Shelf International Executive Chairman, Adem Karafili, shares his philosophy about the long journey to success, the opportunities in the whisky market, keeping product-first mentality top of mind, and starting an agave farm.
About Top Shelf International: Top Shelf is a Melbourne-based producer and marketer of high-quality Australian spirit-based beverage brands. Founded in 2014, it holds an ambition to create high quality, authentic Aussie spirit brands, where each brand in its own distinctive way embodies an unmistakably Aussie taste, attitude and social experience. Top Shelf brands include:
• Grainshaker Australian vodka
• NED Australian whisky
• An Australian agave project not yet released
Visit Top Shelf International here.
About the host: Our host is John O'Loghlen, Regional Director of Ant Group, of which WorldFirst is a subsidiary. Now based in Australia, John was the Director of Alipay Australia & New Zealand, co-founded a leading gourmet pizza chain in China, led Domino Pizza International's Asian business, spent five years investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London and New York and served as a New Zealand Trade & Enterprise advisor.
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Coffee is big business, with a passionate consumer base who consider the morning cup a daily escape or non-negotiable ritual. Dipacci Coffee Company is a coffee roaster and equipment supplier based in Sydney, providing customers all around Australia and the world with the best in coffee beans, machines and grinders. They cover the complete customer journey from specialty roasts to barista training to custom machines and after-sales support. Dipacci have direct trade arrangements with farmers around the world and their beans are sourced, rigorously sampled and tested. Find out about the supply chain challenges and what it takes to go global, from Dipacci National Sales Manager, Damian Galea.
About Dipacci Coffee Company: Based in Sydney Dipacci Coffee Company started in Marrickville as a coffee cart, which quickly expanded into several cafes and now supplies to hundreds of cafes nationwide.
Visit Dipacci Coffee Company here.
About the host: Our host is John O'Loghlen, Regional Director of Ant Group, of which WorldFirst is a subsidiary. Now based in Australia, John was the Director of Alipay Australia & New Zealand, co-founded a leading gourmet pizza chain in China, led Domino Pizza International's Asian business, spent five years investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London and New York and served as a New Zealand Trade & Enterprise advisor.
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How do you crawl into business before you can walk? Bobux has been a family run business for three decades, with an award-winning product and a solid reputation. Matt Smith, acting CEO and CFO of Bobux, shares the challenges coming onboard during a pandemic, the business hurdles they’ve faced in being a global brand, and the values that keep Bobux grounded while trading in more than 30 countries.
About Bobux: Bobux shoes are known for their durability and perfect fit guarantee. It Is a family run business that started 30 years ago by Chris and Colleen Bennet, inspired from a shoe hunt for their daughter. After failing to find a soft-soled shoe that would allow feet to grow naturally... they made their own.
Visit Bobux here.
About the host: Our host is John O'Loghlen, Regional Director of Ant Group, of which WorldFirst is a subsidiary. Now based in Australia, John was the Director of Alipay Australia & New Zealand, co-founded a leading gourmet pizza chain in China, led Domino Pizza International's Asian business, spent five years investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London and New York and served as a New Zealand Trade & Enterprise advisor.
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