Our next live show of is on Thursday, 13th March 2014 from 4.30pm to 5.30pm.

Angela & John talk with guests Phil Ruthven of IBISWorld, Dominic Carosa of Buy a Bitcoin, Steve Torso from Wholesale Investor and Adam Stott from Poppin Pods.

 

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

 

Phil Ruthven AM - IBISWorld

Phil Ruthven is the founder and Chairman of IBISWorld, an international corporation providing online business information, forecasting and strategic services. Their clients include almost half of Australia’s Top 1000 corporations and government authorities, and over 500 major US corporate and institutional clients.
IBISWorld now operates in Australia, the United States, China, the United Kingdom and New York. It plans to add the rest of the European Union, Canada and Japan over the next five years or so. In 2014, Phil became a Member of the Order of Australia, in recognition of his significant service to business and commerce, and to the community.

Phil contributes regularly to radio, TV, newspapers, magazines and documentaries on business, economic and social issues. He continues to be one of Australia’s most frequent and prolific commentators in demand by the media, and is widely considered the nation’s most respected strategist and futurist on business, social and economic matters.

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Domenic Carosa - Buy a Bitcoin

Domenic is co-founder of Future Capital Development Fund and owner of Dominet Digital Corporation. He is also the co-founder of Destra Corporation where at the age of 25 he was the youngest CEO of a company listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.

“My goal is to make bitcoins easy, accessible and safe for Australians! Therefore I created buyabitcoin.com.au, an everyday platform for getting your share of the global crypto currencyâ€

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Steve Torso - Wholesale Investor

Steve Torso is the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Wholesale Investor, Australia’s largest private investment platform directly connecting high net worth and professional investors with Private, Pre-IPO and Small Cap ASX Listed investment opportunities that are often not available on the open market.

Over the last 6 years Steve Torso has advised hundreds of business owners and entrepreneurs throughout Australia and New Zealand on business development strategies. In this time Steve has also spoken to thousands of business owners in workshops conducted throughout Australia.

Through the Wholesale Investor Website and exclusive Events, Private, Pre-IPO and Small Cap ASX Listed companies can showcase their company and investment opportunities to over 8600 high net worth, professional and international investors, or to CEOs seeking acquisition targets.

Steve has assisted companies with the development and implementation of nation-wide franchising and licensing structures, along with the marketing infrastructure for an online share market trading platform, serving Australian and International Clients.

As a corporate finance specialist, Steve has raised capital for SMEs including a winner of the 2007 My Business Award, a BRW Top 100 Fast Starter, 2 former winners of ABC’s New Inventors Program and a European Bank.

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Adam Stott - Poppin Pods

Poppin Pods is a revolutionary new concept that launched into the market in the 2nd half of 2013. Poppin Pods's innovative modular system lets you choose up to three ‘pods’ of living herbs to display in a stylish yet compact window unit and is a longer-lasting alternative to pre-cut herbs which are prone to premature wilting and discolouration.

Adam Stott, CEO of Poppin Pods and is driving the successful launch of this fantastic new product overseeing all parts of the operation from design and production through to marketing, sales and customer satisfaction.

While phase 1 of the launch involves B2C in the Australian and New Zealand market, phases 2 and 3 include B2B and international expansion.

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