Arriving in Australia as a child refugee from Vietnam, with no belongings, no home, and no English, Diem Fuggersberger has risen from challenging beginnings to be a proud, passionate and values driven, multi award winning  businesswoman. Diem has built a multi-million dollar food-manufacturing business. Diem's businessBerger Ingredients is the supplier behind many high profile food brands including Primo Smallgoods, as well as the home brands of major supermarkets including Coles, Woolworths and Aldi. Diem recently realised her dream launching her now award winning food range Coco and Lucas’ Kitchen which is Australia’s first junior foodie range of deliciously healthy pre-made meals for 3 to 12-year-olds.

Ep 1 - Diem Fuggersberger sharing her journey from child refugee to award winning business woman.

Founded in 2006 in Cyan’s parent’s garage. Envato is a creative eco-system, encompassing the largest digital marketplace in the world. Its 6 million members buy and sell digital stock and services. Envato has delivered over $400 million dollars of earnings to their community of creatives so far. Cyan is the 2015 Telstra Victorian Business Woman of the Year. And Envato was awarded Job Advisor’s Coolest Company for Women 2015.

Cyan Ta’eed is one of the most sought-after women on the speaker circuit, especially for women in tech and entrepreneurial events. She is determined to say “yes” to as many invitations as possible, even though she has fear, and suffers from impostor syndrome.

Ep 2 - Cyan Ta'eed, 2015 Telstra Victorian Business Woman of the Year

In this interview, Bec talks about Media Relations and how to Gain Free Publicity. Why she set up SourceBottle and the resistance she initially encountered; how social media, especially Twitter, was instrumental to her success; as well as sharing tips for successfully pitching to a journalist; and how to avoid being ‘bland’. PR is a key tool ambitious women can use to build their profile and personal brand - so listen in.

Ep 3 - Bec Derrington Shares How To Gain Free Publicity to Lift Your Profile.

Our guest today is a highly successful entrepreneur, Kelly Baker-Jamieson. Along with her sister Abbey, runs the chocolate gift emporium, Edible Blooms. From a small business start-up in 2005, Edible Blooms celebrates their 10th birthday in 2015 and employs more than 50 staff across seven locations and has grown into a household name in Australia for gift delivery. Edible Blooms was named 2009 Telstra Small Business of the Year for Australia and in 2011 Kelly SA Telstra Business Woman of the Year. Kelly shares with us her experience on Sir Richard Branson’s Necker Island. Don't miss this amazing woman's story!

Ep 4. Kelly Jamieson - An Ambitious Woman Who Built a Successful Multinational Business.

My guest today is Catriona Pollard, Founder and Director, CP Communications, one of Australia’s most respected and innovative PR and social media agencies. She is also the author of ‘From Unknown To Expert’, a step-by-step process for growing your profile and expanding your influence by becoming a recognised expert in your field using Public Relations and Social Media. In her book she shares her story about how she moved from being relatively unknown to a recognised expert. She also shares trade secrets and techniques that can help to build reputation, increase sales and enable new career opportunities. 
Catriona founded CP Communications in 2001 and has built it into one of Australia’s leading PR and social media agencies. Recognised as an industry influencer, Catriona is an international speaker and trainer, author and popular media commentator. She has over 20 years’ experience in developing public relations and social media strategies that engage both consumers and businesses. In 2015 Catriona was named as one of the top 50 most influential women entrepreneurs in Australia as part of the Inspiring Rare Birds project. Catriona created the popular blog Public Relations Sydney that has been listed as the top two business blog in Australia. She is also listed as one of the top 100 PR people worldwide to follow on Twitter. Catriona presented an inspirational and motivational talk at TEDx on the topic of Being Open To Yes. She encouraged people to move from the shadows into the spotlight, to redefine the spotlight so it means something to everyone and to understand we all deserve to be there and share our voice with the world.
Listen In about how you can build your personal brand to stand out.

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