Entrepreneurial Heart

Vanessa Cullen is a triathlete, entrepreneur, speaker, writer, PKD Australia Ambassador and wellbeing warrior. She has both Endometriosis and Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD); one of the few remaining incurable and untreatable diseases left in the world today. Having PKD adds more fuel to her fire, and she has found great purpose in leading others to make the most of each and every day.

Ryan Ebert is a Melbourne based Company Director, Physiotherapist and Entrepreneur. After sometime working in the occupational rehabilitation setting, Ryan successfully launching his first business venture and through other business ventures Ryan was appointed as the youngest director to the board of a large hospitality and entertainment venue and financial services company. Ryan Ebert writes about the changing face of business in today’s world and the building of new businesses as a GenY entrepreneur and millennial leader.

Shai Wolter is a self-taught sportswear designer and fitness entrepreneur. Shai has always been strongly connected to both the creative & fitness industries from an early age. I am a young entrepreneur wanting to make a difference in the world we live in. I want to show other young people you don’t need capital to start a business and anything is possible.

Carly has worked with people across the globe from all walks of life since 2006, helping them to realise and achieve their full potential through powerful transformational coaching processes using principles embedded in Universal Laws such as the Law of Attraction and Law of Manifestation. Carly works with individuals from a range of different backgrounds, from the homeless and drug affected, to those affected by child abuse, right through to corporate executives and those wanting to make a dramatic life change.

Having a desire to help others Dan studied and became a nurse out of high school. However a burning desire to control his own career path and creative outlets led Dan to starting his first business at the ripe age of 21. Having started and successfully exited several businesses over the last 10 years, Dan has now settled into a career that encompasses all of his passions and successfully achieves his goal of never fearing the sound of his alarm clock ever again.

Manish is a firm believer the world is moving towards a massive shift towards entrepreneurship because new technology is empowering the common people to follow their dreams and get exposure to worldwide audiences. This belief led him to leave his corporate job and become an entrepreneur and Founder of www.fitnessfreaks.com.au which provides easy access to nutrition and fitness products for its customers.

Phil and Janelle Sherrard, founders of BinSpring talk about how they developed a business and unique way of keeping the environment clean of garbage. It came as a result of growing frustrations because their rubbish bin lid was left open after rubbish collection and were tired of rubbish being strewn when the bin was blown over on windy days.

Akshaya Borkar started her first business as a social enterprise to promote Creative Individuals in the Arts and Crafts industry. Being a self-taught creative, she understood the pains of the artist community and decided to use her Bachelor of Business Degree to support the creative community to ensure their creative skills are transferred to the next generation and thereby pushes the ‘makers movement’ forward. Akshaya now mentors other women who wish to start their own online ventures.

After living in China for a year, Shanley McCray birthed two companies, Opportune Publishing and Opportune Marketing, in order to give non-traditional writers a chance to become published authors.

Al Jeffery is known as a creative facilitator of personal and social transformation! Since the age of 12, he has been on a mission to disrupt patterns, both personally and culturally to bring about a world that is “together in gift!” He has consulted with the likes of Apple, Australia Post, Telstra, Suncorp and many others on disruptive culture as well as spoken on stages around the world on the topics of personal wellbeing and peak performance, emergent culture and disruptive innovation.