Small Business Sorted with Kay & Crystal: Practical Advice for Australian Business Owners

Angie Beale is the founder of Offshore Virtual Assistants, helping Australian businesses save time, reduce administrative pressure and grow through carefully selected and supported offshore team members.

With extensive experience building and managing a longstanding team in the Philippines, Angie understands that successful outsourcing involves much more than delegating tasks. She helps business owners establish clear systems, improve communication and integrate virtual assistants into their teams effectively.

Angie is passionate about connecting businesses with reliable, capable professionals.

CONTACT ANGIE:

Website: https://www.offshorevirtualassistants.com.au
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelabeale/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OffshoreVirtualAssistants/

Bambi is founder and owner of Boost N Blend. A global online business aimed at helping women deal with and disguise thinning hair. She started her working life in the medical field but a love of marketing led her away from there and into a life of entrepreneurship. A love of technology led Bambi into the internet in 1995 when almost no one she knew had ever heard of it. She won the first Australian Government contract to build their website and never looked back. From nursing to technology and from the global corporate world to business owner, Bambi has had an interesting and never boring career.

www.boostnblend.com.au

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Giles grew up in Cornwall in the UK and started his career as a geologist before moving into the world of digital business in London. 

In 2002, tired of the English weather, he made the move to Sydney.

In 2014, he left the corporate world to pursue a more entrepreneurial path.
Since then, he’s explored a rather eclectic mix of ventures — from writing a children’s book and building several  e-commerce brands to running a digital media agency — before ultimately buying a Hire a Hubby franchise and becoming one of the most highly Google-rated handymen on the Beaches. 

Along the way, he’s learned that building a business is rarely a straight line, but there’s always something to learn from the journey. Most of all, its all worth it when you love what you do. 

Jim Kelly is an experienced business owner with more than 30 years in franchising, customer service and business operations.

Jim began his business career operating service stations, where he built successful teams and developed a strong reputation for customer service and operational excellence. 

Jim then moved into the home improvement industry with Hire A Hubby, where he has built two highly successful franchises across Sydney’s Northern Beaches — Hire A Hubby Mona Vale and Hire A Hubby Balgowlah.

His achievements within Hire A Hubby include being named Franchisee of the Year in both 2017 and 2018, along with receiving several NSW Franchisee awards and recognition as Most Valuable Franchisee.

Jim’s success has been built on strong customer service, quality workmanship, effective team leadership and a practical understanding of what it takes to run and grow a successful trade-based business.

Karin is a Northern Beaches business owner- Mm ... caterer, event producer, author, and director of Funerals. Her career began in hospitality, including working in the UK and Canada.

After returning home to Australia, she became a Contiki tour guide before establishing Catering by Design. Karin has now spent more than three decades bringing people together and creating memorable events. After experiencing eight deaths within five months among close family and friends, she became determined to offer families a more personal way to say goodbye.

Through Funerals by Design, Karin draws on her event experience to design, produce, and coordinate meaningful farewells in locations that generally reflect the person being celebrated. She also operates Heavenly Catering and Sailing by Design, and is the author of Where There's a Will There's a Wake, A Guide to Going Your Own Way.

Simon is a licensed buyers agent with more than 25 years of experience in residential development and realestate. As an expert in acquisition and procurement, Simon has used his analytical nature, negotiation skills, and expertise at putting together a deal to personally oversee transactions in excess of $1 billion.

Wendy Lloyd Curley is a keynote speaker, author and business leader who has spent her career proving that the right relationships can change the trajectory of a business.

She is the author of the Amazon bestseller Stop Wasting Your Time Networking and creator of the Strategic Networking Masterclass, helping business owners and professionals become more deliberate about who they know, how they build relationships and how those relationships create opportunity.

Wendy has delivered keynotes and workshops across Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom and the Philippines, combining practical strategy, storytelling and, occasionally, a little rock & roll. 

She is also the Executive Director of BNI Sydney North East

www.bnisne.com.au

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendylloydcurley/