Talking Business with Alan Kohler

The entrepreneurs, innovators and disruptors at the forefront of rapidly changing market sectors. Guests

Steve Sammartino, a futurist and expert in disruptive technologies, demystifies them in The Lessons School Forgot: How to Hack Your Way Through the Technology Revolution.

Jason Hardie, director of Digital Village, experimented with blending his life and work in 2014 to so see if they could truly complement each other. Digital Village is the result.

Professor Peter Dawkins, vice-chancellor and president of Melbourne’s Victoria University

since 2011, describes the importance of running a tertiary institution as a successful business. Veena Sahajwalla, founding director of UNSW’s Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology, invented “green steel” and is revolutionising recycling science. James Taylor is the managing director of ANC, a privately owned company that provides fleet delivery services for businesses such as IKEA and Telstra.

Dylan Baskind and Mark Tanner are the co-founders of Qwilr, a platform that helps convert business documents into web pages, which in turn gives users access to analytics.

Nicole Reaney, founder and director of InsideOut PR and social influencer service #AsSeenOn, discusses the rise of social influencers and how best to work with them.

Mike Timoney, founder and CEO of Smiles Incorporated, says his new business model is going to change the face of dentistry.

Christie Whitehill, founder and CEO (chief excitement officer) of app development agency Hatching Lab, is also the creator of the Tech Ready Program for female entrepreneurs and co-founder of content platform Poppy Renegade.

Suzette Cassie, general manager at Dermalogica (Australia) for more than 20 years, has built the business from a position of no brand recognition to one of the top professional skincare brands in the country.

Asher Tan, co-founder and CEO of CoinJar – a Bitcoin exchange company – and a successful AngelCube alumnus. He has a background in economics and here he delves into the world of cryptocurrency.