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Revolutionising Brand Collaborations: A Deep Dive with Partnar Founders, Jamie Pitt & Ryan Elliott
Steve talks with the co-founders of Partnar, Jamie Pitt and Ryan Elliott, about how they’re reshaping brand collaborations.
From Airwaves to Vineyards: Merrick Watts’ Journey in Comedy, Radio and Wine
Steve and Merrick discuss resilience in business, their thoughts on public speaking, and entrepreneurial ventures.
The Art of Adapting in Business: Ash Brown’s Empiraa Story
Learn how Ash navigated the often daunting world of startups, from conceptualising Empiraa during the pandemic to the highs and lows of fundraising in an unconventional manner.
Promoting Sustainable Nutrition & Global Wellness: A Conversation from Equalution’s Amal Wakim
Steve chats with Amal Wakim, the Co-Founder & CEO of Equalution, a health tech company revolutionising the way we approach nutrition.
Empowering Equal Pay and Data-Driven Decisions: Insights from Compete’s Amit Rapaport
Join us as we explore Amit’s journey from major companies like Palo Alto Networks to pioneering Compete.
Revolutionising Climate Impact Investments: A Deep Dive with BlueSana’s Founder, James Hone
Steve sits down with James Hone, the Founder and CEO of BlueSana, a platform born out of a promise James made to his daughters to make a real difference for the planet.
Innovating the Future of Content Delivery: Insights from Storytail’s Co-Founder, Ryan Hayward
In this episode, Steve and Ryan Hayward, Co-Founder of Storytail, explore the challenges of product-market fit and effective storytelling.
Shaping the Future of STEM Education: A Conversation with Tutero’s Co-Founder, Joey Moshinsky
Listen in as Steve and Joey talk about the behind-the-scenes story of the venture, from ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic to achieving exponential growth.
Empowering Personal Health: A Deep Dive into Metabolic Tracking with Vively Co-Founder, Tim Veron
Tim Veron, co-founder of Vively Health, joins Steve Grace in this insightful episode of Give It A Nudge.
The biggest risk you can take as an entrepreneur is being on the journey alone: Daniel Hakim, Boa
Steve dives deep into the world of entrepreneurship with Daniel Hakim, founder & CEO of CUB as well as the founder of the newly-launched Boa App.
From Trampolining to Venture Capital: Christie Jenkins’ Journey in Sports and Start-Ups
Steve sits down with Christie Jenkins, a former trampoline athlete turned Australian beach volleyball player, to discuss her fascinating journey through sports and her transition to the world of venture capital.
Belinda Agnew’s Startup Journey: From small country town to tech entrepreneurship
For our latest episode of the Give It A Nudge podcast, Steve sits down with the incredible Belinda Agnew of xenabler! You don’t want to miss this inspiring conversation.
Farming Reimagined: How AgUnity Transforms Lives of Rural Farmers
Discover how David’s innovative company transforms the lives of low-income farmers in remote regions by providing them with specially adapted, low-cost smartphones.
From Oil & Gas to Fitness Franchising: Michael Ramsey’s Entrepreneurial Story
In this episode, host Steve Grace sits down with Michael Ramsey to discuss the fascinating concept of Strong Pilates.
From Rugby Legend to Entrepreneur: Anthony Minichiello Talks Nutrition, Fitness, Business & Minifit
In this episode, Steve sits down with former rugby star Anthony Minichiello to talk about his journey from professional athlete to entrepreneur.
Exploring the Startup Scene with AirTree’s Jess Walker: From E-commerce to Angel Investing
Jess Walker, the Community and Programs Manager at AirTree, talks to Steve about her amazing 10-year journey in the startup scene!
Unlocking Marketing Success with Secret Source Marketing’s Nicholas Carlson
Nicholas Carlson, the founder of Secret Source Marketing, talks about his journey in the marketing industry and the story behind his agency.
Making Waves in Marketing: Stephanie King’s Return Appearance to Discuss Ask Marketing’s Progress
Stephanie King, Co-Founder of Ask Marketing, shares her success story on Give It A Nudge for the third time, showcasing their smart and steady growth in the marketing industry.
Ellen Sullivan, Director of the Learning Innovation Lab at Melbourne Business School
Ellen Sullivan from Melbourne Business School shares her insights on the future of learning and how it can be applied to the startup world.
GIAN UK: James Lucas & Caroline van den Bergh, Co-Founders, Lunos
James Lucas & Caroline van den Bergh join Nicole Thomas for a new Give It A Nudge UK episode
“My first thought was doom and gloom”: Marcus Moufarrige, Founder and CEO of ility
Marcus joined Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about his rollercoaster startup journey.
From MTV to Two Giraffes: Arielle Peters, CEO & Creative Director of Two Giraffes
Arielle joined Steve on the latest Give It A Nudge episode to talk about her rollercoaster startup journey
Becoming the Shopify of travel: Simon te Hennepe, CEO & Founder of TRAVLR
TRAVLR founder & CEO Simon te Hennepe joined Steve on Give It A Nudge to talk about the rollercoaster journey of start-up life.
“It’s like a high pressure hose for washing stress away”: Chris and Cameron Grant, Unyoked
Unyoked co-founders Chris and Cameron Grant joined Steve on Give It A Nudge to talk about their startup journey.
Over a third of the world is actively playing games: Brad Manuel & Indy Khabra, Founders of Livewire
Livewire founders Brad Manuel & Indy Khabra join Give It A Nudge to talk about how they first connected to launch Livewire, their recent expansions, fundraising and plenty more.
“We’ve created something that seemed to have struck a chord”: Craig Dubitsky, Hello Products
As the founder of Hello Products and the Chief Innovation Strategist at Colgate-Palmolive, Craig had a lot to share about his journey to becoming an entrepreneur, including a stint as a derivatives trader.
“It’s absolutely business critical for me to either go on a walk or a swim”: Kate Murray, FullStory
FullStory Head of Sales, APAC Kate Murray came on Give It A Nudge to talk about her career background and current role.
“We’re trying to tackle neurodegenerative disease”: Matt Keon, Co-Founder & CEO of GenieUs Genomic
Matt Keon, co-founder and CEO of GenieUs Genomic joined Give It A Nudge to talk about the story and mission behind their company.
Simplifying business insurance: Anish Sinha, Co-founder & COO at insurtech startup upcover
Anish, co-founder and COO of insurtech startup upcover, joined the show to talk about the company’s mission to simplify business insurance.
Give It A Nudge: Raghu Rajakumar & Dhanush Ganglani from Eden Exchange
Raghu Rajakumar and Dhanush Ganglani from Eden Exchange join us on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge!
Give It A Nudge London: Thomas West, Founder & CEO, Hyper
Hyper founder & CEO Tom West joins Steve to talk about his startup journey and building a global startup incubator.
“Come for the speed, stay for the quality” – Nick La, Co-Founder of Weploy
Nick La, stopped by the Give It A Nudge show to talk to Steve about his founder journey, from starting out in the international hospitality industry to his move into entrepreneurship.
“It was a pretty Wild West era”: Simon Thomsen, Editor, Startup Daily at Pinstripe Media
Startup Daily Editor Simon Thomsen joined Steve to talk about his journalism background and all his years covering the Australian & New Zealand tech ecosystem.
Leaving Canva to launch his own start-up: Gary Zurnamer, Co-founder of Vouch
Vouch co-founder & CEO Gary Zurnamer spoke to Steve about leaving his role at Canva to launch his own start-up, the inspiration behind Vouch, the company’s recent $8 million Seed round, and more!
“We’re not short on opportunity, we’re short on capacity”: Karan Anand, Managing Director Aus, Hnry
Karan joined Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about the Hnry startup journey, how the founders got their first 40 users, and the company’s global expansion.
Give It A Nudge London: Aaron Solomon, CEO & Co-Founder at Ambl
Co-founder and CEO Aaron Solomon joined Steve as our first London guest to talk about his startup journey and the inspiration behind launching Ambl.
“You have to have so much belief in what you’re doing”: Melanie Corlett, Founder of Mumli
Mel joined Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about her investment banking background, love for fitness, and what inspired her to launch Mumli.
Leaving a corporate banking career for the start-up world: Alisdair Barr, Founder & CEO of Striver
From leaving a cushy corporate banking job to working for a social enterprise in the desert to launching Striver, Alisdair’s story was a fascinating one to listen to!
From quant trading to start-up founder: Wendy Chen, Founder & CEO, Omnistream
Wendy spoke about her “reverse career” and her start-up journey – transitioning from a quant trading background to launching Omnistream.
On a mission to help the world trust faster: Daniel Callaghan, CEO of Veremark
Veremark CEO Daniel Callaghan joined Give It A Nudge to talk about his entrepreneurship journey, and how Veremark is on a mission to help the world trust faster.
Providing businesses with finance on demand: James Spence, Product Strategy Manager at Shift
James Spence joins Steve to talk about how Shift can provide businesses with finance on demand, the company’s rebrand from GetCapital, and his own startup journey.
Blockchain in document management: Daphne Ng, Co-Founder & CEO of Dedoco
Dedoco co-founder & CEO Daphne Ng joins us on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about building a Blockchain-based digital document management company.
Startup lessons & building resilience: Chanel Costabir, Founder of One Key Access
One Key Access co-founder Chanel Costabir joined us on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk the experience of launching her second start-up.
Building and scaling an Australian ‘buy now pay later’ start-up: Nick Glynn, Co-Founder of QuickaPay
QuickaPay co-founder Nick Glynn joins Steve Grace on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about scaling a FinTech start-up.
Lyka founder Anna Podolsky talks about disrupting the pet food industry
Lyka founder & CEO Anna Podolsky joins Steve Grace on Give It A Nudge to talk about how her company is disrupting the pet food industry.
Natalie Feehan on EstimateOne: A construction marketplace
EstimateOne Chief Customer & Commercial Officer Natalie Feehan joins Steve Grace on Give It A Nudge to talk about her start-up journey to date.
Krish Raja, General Manager at Captify Australia talks about scaling the company mid-pandemic
Krish Raja talks about his career journey to date, Captify starting up mid-pandemic, and how they’re building the workplace for the future.
The Nudge Group’s Steve Grace talks about how the company’s evolved over the past three years
Steve Grace, The Nudge Group’s founder & CEO, talks about what inspired him to launch the business, and how the company has evolved over the past three years.
Peter Dunne, VP, Corporate Development & General Counsel at SafetyCulture / Herbert Smith Freehills
Peter Dunne talks about his role advising on some of Australia’s largest capital raising over the years.
WLTH Co-Founder, Brodie Haupt, talks about building a digital lending and payments fintech provider
Brodie Haupt, CEO and co-founder of fintech startup WLTH, joins the Give It A Nudge show to talk about co-founding a business with his brother.
Danielle Owen Whitford, founder of Pioneera, talks about building the Grammarly for mental health
Danielle joins us on Give It A Nudge to talk to Steve about how Pioneera reduces burnout and boosts productivity.
Reach Alternative Investments co-founder, Sam Phillips, discusses building a platform for Australian investors
Sam joins Steve to talk about how Reach Alternative Investments is building a platform to provide access to the world’s leading private market opportunities.
Proppie’s Ayumi Uyeda talks about her platform is helping millennials get into the property market
Ayumi joined Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about how her platform is helping millennials get their foot in the door of the property market.
SuiteFiles CEO Andrew Sims talks about the opportunities and challenges of scaling globally
Andrew joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about his company’s journey, and the opportunities & challenges of scaling globally.
MYBOS founder, Sam Khalef, shares his entrepreneur startup story and talks about his epic journey to success
Sam joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to share his entrepreneur startup story and talk about his epic journey to success.
CarClarity CEO, Zaheer Jappie, on his company’s incredible growth over the past two years
CarClarity founder & CEO, Ziggy, joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about their exciting growth.
Aliaa Remtilla, Co-Founder of StoryTiling, on her start-up’s mission to keep family stories alive
StoryTiling co-founder, Aliaa Remtilla, joined Give It A Nudge to talk about her start-up’s mission to keep family stories alive.
Wholesale Investor’s Steve Torso talks about how the company started out as a magazine
Wholesale Investor’s Steve Torso joined the Give It A Nudge show to talk about how the company grew to become a leading, AI-driven private investment platform.
Ellie Malouf shares her story on how she came to run the #1 digital platform for yacht charterers
Ahoy Club CEO, Ellie Malouf, joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about running the #1 digital platform for yacht charterers.
Ali Lord from HeadBox Australia talks about her journey to becoming the company’s CEO
HeadBox Australia’s Ali Lord joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about how she became the company’s CEO.
Winning the war on talent with Gillian Findlay, Operating Partner at AirTree
Gillian Findlay from AirTree joins Steve for a special Spark Festival edition of the Give It A Nudge show to talk about how start-ups can win the war on talent.
Biggest start-up marketing mistakes guaranteed to blow your budget with Ali & Stephanie King
Ask Marketing co-founders, Ali & Stephanie King, join Steve for this Spark Festival edition of Give It A Nudge to talk about some of the biggest start-up marketing mistakes you can make.
Employment Hero’s Alex Hattingh talks about global expansion while keeping a strong staff retention
Chief People Officer, Alex Hattingh, joins Steve Grace on our latest episode to talk about how Employment Hero has managed to expand globally while maintaining a strong staff retention.
Alex Colvin talks about his start-up journey building conversational SMS and email platform, Pendula
Alex Colvin joins Steve on the latest Give It A Nudge episode to talk about building his conversational SMS and email platform, Pendula
Jacqui Henderson, CEO of advice intelligence, talks about disrupting the financial services industry
Jacqui Henderson, CEO of advice intelligence, joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about disrupting the financial services industry
AS White Global’s Daniel Breese talks about the difference between outsourcing and offshoring
Daniel Breese, Director, Growth & CX at AS White Global, joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about the difference between outsourcing and offshoring.
eQALY co-founder Kelly Tagalan talks about how her company is working to bring big data to aged care
Kelly Tagalan, co-founder and COO of eQALY, joined Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about how they’re bringing big data to the aged care sector.
Laura Johnson talks about launching Strivin, being addicted to start-up life and the Antler program
Strivin founder, Laura Johnson, joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about coming up in the Antler program and being addicted to the start-up life.
Darren Winterford talks about how running a digital agency led him to launching EdApp
EdApp founder & CEO Darren Winterford joins Steve Grace on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about how running a digital agency and being inspired to launch EdApp.
Emma Blomfield talks about co-founding interior design tech platform, decor library
Emma Blomfield joined Steve Grace on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about how she founded decor library as a platform to streamline the way interior designers work.
Mark Bryan and Tom Matthews from Pemba Capital Partners talk investing in technology companies
Pemba Capital Partners Mark Bryan and Tom Matthews join Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to chat about investing in technology companies.
Kirsten Carriol, founder & CEO of Lanolips, talks about her story launching multiple businesses
Kirsten spoke about launching multiple businesses, being voted best lip balm in the world by The Times, Vogue UK & reddit, and focusing on using sustainable ingredients in her products.
Sam Shennan talks about growing INCUBETA into the largest independent agency in Australia
INCUBETA founder Sam Shennan joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about growing INCUBETA into the largest independent agency in Australia.
Alyce Tran talks about her journey from lawyer to start-up founder of The Daily Edited
Alyce Tran joined the Give It A Nudge show to talk to Steve Grace about her journey from lawyer to start-up founder of The Daily Edited, as well as her recent transition out of the business and what’s coming next.
Fluent Commerce CEO Graham Jackson discusses scaling the company from Australia to across the globe
Graham Jackson joins the Give It A Nudge podcast to chat to Steve about scaling the company from 30 people in Australia to over 100 employees in offices across the globe.
OnDeck Australia CEO Cameron Poolman talks about scaling the company & remote working during COVID.
OnDeck Australia CEO Cameron Poolman joins Give It A Nudge to chat to Steve about some of the challenges of scaling the company and building an executive team.
Hudled co-founder Alex Millar talks about the lessons he’s learnt so far on his start-up journey
Hudled co-founder & CEO Alex Millar talks about some of the start-up lessons he’s learnt so far on his entrepreneurial journey and launching a business during the start of COVID-19.
PracticeHub CEO Martin Edwards and myBeepr Co-Founder Kruti Balakrishnan talk healthcare innovations
PracticeHub CEO Martin Edwards and myBeepr Co-Founder Kruti Balakrishnan join Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to share their personal stories and the challenges.
Paul Miller & Alistair Jaque talk helping founders scale up their business and building culture
Paul Miller & Alistair Jaque join Steve on the latest episode of GiveIt A Nudge to talk about helping founders scale up their business and building culture.
Lockie Cooke talks about mental health and how companies can really have a positive effect
Lockie Cooke talks to Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge about mental health and how companies can really have a positive effect.
Alex Teoh talks about starting a business, listing a business and delisting the same business
Alex Teoh joins Give It A Nudge to talk to Steve about starting a business, listing a business and delisting the same business.
Jessica, Michael & Gerardo talk about connecting remote teams through their platform Remote Social
Jessica, Michael & Gerardo join Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about connecting remote teams through their platform Remote Social.
Dovetail co-founders Brad & Benjamin talk about how they did what simply every entrepreneur wants to do
Dovetail co-founders Brad & Benjamin join Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge talk about how they did what simply every entrepreneur wants to do.
Zac & Nick on bringing one of the oldest industries into the modern-day and beyond
Zac and Nick join Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge and discuss bringing one of the oldest industries into the modern-day and beyond.
Zane McIntyre from Commission Factory talks about “imposter syndrome” and more
Zane McIntyre from Commission Factory joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge and talks about dealing with “imposter syndrome.”
Lachlan McKnight has an amazing story of how he has built the hugely successful LegalVision
Lachlan McKnight joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about his amazing story of how he has built the hugely successful LegalVision.
Jacqui Nelson has taken an unknown secure file sharing platform to a high profile RegTech
Jacqui Nelson joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about how she has taken an unknown secure file sharing platform to a high profile RegTech.
Australian fitness entrepreneurs Lachlan Rowston & Raphael Freeman talk about their premier gym for industry leaders
Australian fitness entrepreneurs Lachlan Rowston & Raphael Freeman join Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge talk about their premier gym for industry leaders.
Luther Poier, Managing Director & Head of Venture Capital at BlueChilli Group, talks about the company’s journey
Luther Poier, Managing Director & Head of Venture Capital at BlueChilli Group, joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about the company’s journey.
Adele Moynihan talks about Antler, a global early-stage venture capital firm
Adele Moynihan joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about Antler, a global early-stage venture capital firm founded in Singapore in 2017.
Ali & Steph King from Ask Marketing talk about how they are changing marketing for SME businesses forever
Ali & Steph King from Ask Marketing join Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge talk about how they are changing marketing for SME businesses forever.
Zyran Erasmus and Rowan Tombs talk about how they help budding founders build the start-ups of their dreams
Zyran Erasmus and Rowan Tombs join Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about how they help budding founders build the start-ups of their dreams.
Benny Kleist & Alexey Mitko from Eucalyptus talk about their very different start-up journeys
Benny and Alexey from Eucalyptus join Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about their very different start-up journeys.
George Dib, Managing Director of Amfin, talks about how his leadership style of empowerment has gown his FinTech
George Dib, Managing Director of Amfin, joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge talks about how his leadership style of empowerment has gown his FinTech.
Gillian Findlay, CEO of VAMP, talks about start-up funding and being part of fast growth businesses
Gillian Findlay from VAMP joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge talks about start-up funding and being part of fast growth businesses.
Daniel Hakim, CEO at Club of United Business (CUB)
Listen to Daniel talk about leadership, entrepreneurship and his journey to now be running Australia largest private business club.
About Give It A Nudge
At The Nudge Group, our mission is to connect you with world class talent at every stage of your business growth journey, from start-up to unicorn. As part of this mission, we love to tell stories about the people and companies we work with.
We love telling stories, whether it’s about how one of our clients scaled from a local Australian operation to an international company with offices all over the globe. Or how three founders met and came up with an idea to change the world of connecting remote teams. Or how a solo founder worked tirelessly day and night to reach a massive exit.
That’s why we launched Give It A Nudge, a video podcast series, filmed in a TV production studio in conjunction with Live Productions, where our founder & CEO, Steve, interviews other founders & CEOs about their journey and helps them to share their unique story.
But Give It A Nudge isn’t just about interviewing founders, it’s about helping them learn more about the start-up and scale-up space to grow their business. Past guests on our show include lawyers and private equity firms, providing insights and advice into the whole ecosystem.

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