From Thousands To Millions

Patrick was a Iranian refugee selling beer bottles in a refuge camp and known as a Hustler from a very young age. His incredible story lead him to being the owner of PHP which is one of the fastest growing companies in the financial marketplace.

From owning multiple toy stores across Australia at 21 and buying his first Ferrari at 23 years old. Rick talks about saving money, starting a business and living a lifestyle that suits you and no one else.

Entrepreneur Sam Bashiry talks to Renato Loberto about going from having a passion for motorsport to then owning one of Australia's leading performance driving instructor and race coaching businesses. Renato's knowledge of the sport has lead him to be known for being a very fast consistent driver that can adapt to all cars in all conditions whilst working regularly with TV doing MC/Hosting roles across the country.

Entrepreneur Sam Bashiry talks to Oscar Ledlin about how Boxing helped create the mindset needed to have a 100 million property portfolio.

Today I sit down with renowned hospitality and entertainment business owner Nick Russian about his campaign to Bring Back Melbourne. Nick opens up about his hospitality background and successful business ventures, as well as his personal hardship during COVID and the tough decisions that had to be made on the opening of his new venue. Join us as we talk about the challenging task of reopening Melbourne City and driving people back into the CBD post lockdown. We will also talk mental health initiatives and how Nick enjoys his free time with family.

Host Sam Bashiry talks to rising tennis star Josh Reid on how to create a vision, cultivate discipline to reach your goal, and what today’s emerging tennis pros need to do to secure sponsors.At 19 years old, Josh Reid is at the beginning of his tennis career. Having already experienced a steady climb at junior level, the Melbourne player is starting to make waves on the adult circuit, including being chosen as a hitting partner for competitors in the Australian Open.Josh opens up about why he left school to pursue tennis, how his father has helped him become focused on his sport and what it’d be like to play – and win – a Grand Slam tournament on home turf.Find out more about Josh’s lengthy training regime, what happened when Josh met Rafael Nadal, and how host Sam Bashiry is going to help him secure more sponsors.

Entrepreneur Sam Bashiry talks to real estate guru Kosi Stobbs about building a business out of experience and opportunity.At a young age Kosi discovered the link between hard work and success, a crucial event leading to his “I can do it” mentality he maintains to this day. This was after constant grief from his class mates over his lack of grammar skills. He changed all of this by working twice as hard as everyone else. By doing this he got into engineering at university, this set the tone for his life.Kosi knew he could out work the rest, He didn’t need much sleep which gave him more time to study. He went from not being able to make a speech to receiving honours in engineering.Kosi explains how he used his losses as fuel to move forward and flourish. He never once reached a summit which made him continue to strive towards bigger and bigger things.After receiving devastating news from his parents that his older brother had passed away, this broke Kosi. However, this made him want to live his brothers legacy by building an empire and charity in his name. He states that this is how he once again turned a negative into a positive.Kosi bought his first property when he was 22, and by the time he was 30 he had 20 properties. He then started to acquire business to scale.Learn the secret to Kosi’s success, from his formula to educating yourself to the opportunity that saw him start a real estate empire with Sam Bashiry in episode 23.

Samuel Diamond was born in Melbourne Australia, After graduating high school he decided to study law. When he was 26 he moved to Perth Australia to work for a well known law firm. He still didn’t feel happy with his position in life. He knew that he would make good money within law but he wasn’t in love with the career path, so he moved back to Melbourne. This is when he began his journey in suit making. Style was a passion of Samuel’s from a young age, so much that he asked for a blazer for his 12th birthday.He began by assisting his friend who had already developed a small business for suit making. While doing this Samuel learnt all of the necessary skills to build his very own brand, which he now runs out of Collins street.Samuel explains how he feels suits for him are predominantly about feeling great over looking great (as that comes naturally). His honesty throughout this episode really brings out his true colours. Learn the secrets behind Samuel’s success and what made him choose such a unique career path in episode 22 of thousands to millions with your host Sam Bashiry.

Entrepreneur Sam Bashiry talks to self-confessed nerd Luke Trewin about building a business out of experience and opportunity. Luke Trewin grew up in various towns around Australia, learning to make friends wherever he found himself. Discovering he had a knack for computing and Linux, he started his own server aged 13 and started making money from online advertising and reselling Jackass merchandise he’d bought on eBay to schoolmates. By 16, his mum had kicked him out of home and he dropped out of school; at 26, he founded Modern Visual (modernvisual.com.au), a website design and development business which has now been going for more than six years. Learn the secret to Luke’s success, from his trade apprenticeship to the opportunity that saw him start his business with Sam Bashiry in Episode 19.

Silvia Kramska grew up in Slovakia, she moved out of her parents home at the age of just 17, she lived in a variety of locations across England for around 5 years. Then following her fathers advice, she eventually made the ambitious move to Melbourne, Australia. She began her journey in a coffee shop on the famous Degraves Street earning around $12 per hour, this was a massive step back coming from a stable income back in England. Additionally she lost all of her contacts and friends, Silvia stuck it out for 6 long months, doubting that she would be able to maintain her lifestyle here in Australia.Silvia explains how she developed a passion for exercise/fitness training after loosing a substantial amount of weight while working at the tennis academy, this drove her to start doing competitive body building. After 2 years of hard work and determination she went on to complete for Australia in the world championships back home in Slovakia.Silvia started to travel to Los Angeles yearly, she began to notice the popular vegan cafes, when she returned to Australia she opened up 2 cafes of her own. On her second trip she decided to try a popular fitness class, when she did so she met Jason (Founder of Rise Nation). She insisted that he consider opening up a gym in Melbourne but he had plans for New York. She persisted and kept visiting LA and eventually convinced Jason to open in Melbourne, she sold her cafes and turned all of her focus to Rise Nation.Listen to this incredible story to find out what drives Silvia to continue to push limits and achieve incredible success with Sam Bashiry in Episo

Host Sam Bashiry combines his two passions – entrepreneurship and property development– in a chat with Brent Thompson of Siera Group, a property business levelling up inBrisbane.Brent Thompson grew up with a builder for a dad but was repeatedly discouraged fromfollowing in his footsteps. It took just three months at university for him to discover tertiaryeducation wasn’t his calling and, following a carpentry apprenticeship, Brent began hisconstruction career.Now, as the founder of Siera Group (www.sieragroup.com.au), Brent is on the up and up –both as an entrepreneur and as a builder who has grown from developing 10-townhouseblocks to 30-unit buildings.Find out how Brent broke the news to his dad that he was going into the constructionindustry with Sam Bashiry in Episode 19.

Entrepreneur Sam Bashiry talks to expert investor Tolga Kumova about the importance of family and having someone believe in you.Son of Turkish migrants, Tolga Kumova grew up in Melbourne with the big dream of being a currency trader. His taxi driver father emphasised the importance of study and his mother put all her faith in his persistence and intelligence.In a now-famous story, during the global financial crisis he lost his parents’ life savings. While trying to earn it back for them, he struck gold – literally – by handling the IPO of Doray Minerals in Western Australia, one of the richest gold mines in recent history. Since then, his speculative savvy has helped him repay his parents’ losses many times over.Find out how a strategic poker bluff helped Tolga secure his first stockbroking job and what happens when he goes running in Episode 20, with host Sam Bashiry.

Sometimes you meet someone for a short time but then fate brings you back together and you get to be friends. For me, that person is Joe Salanitri.Joe and I both went to Salesian College in Melbourne. We had the kind of relationship where we’d say ‘hey’ in the hallways, but we weren’t close and we lost touch for many years. Then when I saw him on Instagram I thought, ‘I went to school with that guy’ and decided to reach out. (We brushed past each other even earlier, actually. Joe says he used to work at the dealership (where I bought my first Subaru.)Joe, his brother Carlo and his friend Andrew, started the comedy trio Sooshi Mango in 2015 after one of Joe’s rants – about a driver who didn’t gesture ‘thank you’ after he pulled over to let the car pass – went viral. They did a bunch of videos making fun of ethnic parenting, even taking on Italians vs Greeks, the kind of wog humour that Nick Giannopoulos (now a good friend) became famous for, but updated for Australians today.So you can expect to find clips of ethnic mums using smartphones and even one referencing the pandemic, ‘Ethnic Isolation Hypocrites’.One of the characters wears big red tracksuit pants, a tight top, a massive gold chain and watch. “I almost wished society let me be that character, like that full-on wog. Just proud, who gives a fuck,” says Joe. “One of the biggest laughs in my show is when I dress as this character.”

Host Sam Bashiry speaks to digital marketing expert Sam Founda of Social Connection about the value of investing in yourself through education and experience. Sam Founda started working in affiliate marketing at an agency before he realised there was more to the whole process than sales. The agency model wasn’t for him, so he struck out on his own and created Social Connection, which specialises in getting brands traction on social media channels. He talks to entrepreneur Sam Bashiry about why he paid thousands of dollars to shadow some of the top digital marketers in the world, what he’s learnt from them and what he’s teaching through his work and writing. Tune in to hear Sam Bashiry and Sam Founda discuss how to get an education outside of school and why you should share your knowledge in Episode 16.

Entrepreneur and host Sam Bashiry gets Johnny Di Francesco to open up about the business failures that helped him succeed with 400 Gradi.Johnny left university after just one day to pursue his dream of opening a restaurant. Aged 19 with plenty of experience in the kitchen but none running a business, it wasn’t until his third attempt that he had the momentum to help him succeed with 400 Gradi, which has 13 locations worldwide.He talks to Sam about why he makes pizza, what he’s learnt by teaching, and what it takes to make the best pizza in the world – but also how winning is nothing without dreams, passion and hard work behind it.Tune in to hear Sam and Johnny discuss the benefit of having fresh eyes, how resilience leads to success and what to do with 10,000 hours in Episode 15.

Host Sam Bashiry chats to his personal trainer (and the original advocate of this very podcast) Danny Kennedy about what it takes to be mentally and physically fit and well.Danny qualified as a personal trainer in parallel with finishing high school but deferred his business journey when he was selected to attend the Australian College of Basketball. The then 18-year-old moved from Horsham, in regional Victoria, to Melbourne to train at an elite level before an ankle injury sidelined his basketball career.He embraced his personal training business and founded Danny Kennedy Fitness, which has given him a platform to encourage personal improvement through content such as his blog, podcast and series of free workouts. He talks to Sam about why it’s important to invest in yourself.Listen to Sam and Danny discuss the joy of sharing, how to build resilience and his top three rules for success in Episode 14.

Host Sam Bashiry talks about the hidden side of dealing with success and failure with ‘Angry Dad’ Mark Orval.Mark Orval entered the public eye as an AFL player with Collingwood in the 1980s, but it was not until his sons Dylan and Mitchell started filming his rants and posting them on YouTube that he gained fame as the titular Angry Dad.But there is more to Mark than expletive-filled reactions: in a new documentary called F@#k Off Mitchell! The Angry Dad Story, he opens up about his AFL career-ending injury and the underlying depression that has dogged him his whole life. He opens up to Sam about the effects the doco has had on his friends, family and strangers.Listen to Sam and Mark chat about why it’s important to recognise and treat depression in Episode 13.

Entrepreneur and property developer Sam Bashiry speaks with fellow entrepreneur and property investor Sasha Karabut about growing up poor, making mistakes and making it big.Sasha Karabut grew up in a small town outside Toowoomba, Queensland, and has probably done more in the past decade than many fit in a lifetime. After finishing school he enrolled in an architecture degree but ended up chasing a highly paid mining job in the middle of Australia before relocating to a construction job in Brisbane.After realising his lavish life was fuelled by drugs and debt, Sasha turned things around by starting his first business, a car repair service specialising in hail damage, before adding property investment and mentoring entrepreneurs – through his consultancy PushPeak – to his skillset. At just 28 years old, Sasha is the Australian incarnation of Jordan ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Belfort’s lessons.Find out why Sasha saw praise as a sign he was failing and what he did to push himself towards growth in Episode 12.

There is no denying entrepreneur and property developer Sam Bashiry’s love of fast cars, and in particular, Ferrari’s. So you can imagine there was plenty to speak about in Episode 11 with his guest Herbert Appleroth, former CEO of Ferrari Australasia.Herbert Appleroth says cars have always been in his ‘genes’ and when the other boys at school were hanging pictures of female centrefolds on their bedroom walls, his entire room was covered in pictures of cars. In this episode he recalls one of his fondest memories as a young boy waking up early to ride to the local newsagency and help the owner open the bundle of magazines so he could get the freshest copy of Wheels magazine.With more than 20 years of association with the Ferrari brand, Herbert stepped down as CEO in October 2019 to pursue a venture capital fund and philanthropic passions with the Appleroth Future Fund and The Appleroth Foundation. Herbert talks fondly about his time in the industry including stints in Japan and Italy where he says, ‘friends became clients and clients became friends’.Listen in to hear Sam and Herbert swap their car history (both coincidentally started out with a secondhand Mitsubishi), openly discuss career burnout and why, if you don’t have passion and drive when you wake up each morning then, it’s time to make a change.

Tony and Mick Folly are two Melbourne entrepreneurs who have over the last 8 years, created a social empire through multiple Instagram and Facebook pages. Using the leverage of these pages they have started many successful companies using the power of social media.With over 1,100,000 Followers on their page @ecommerce_mentore and over 2,000,000 on @simplyshredded, Tony and Mick Folly have developed extensive relationships with like minded individuals from around the world.

Host Sam Bashiry talks cultivating entrepreneurialism, being a car lover and dealing with Iranian parents with his friend Alborz Fallah.Alborz Fallah is the founder of CarAdvice, a car review site he started as a hobby in 2006 and sold to the Nine Network in 2016 for $35 million.Before he started CarAdvice, Alborz had started and closed 16 businesses since the age of 12, ranging from writing content and selling ad space in the early days of the worldwide web to running an internet cafe. He talks to Sam about how it’s often quicker and cheaper to try something and fail online than it is to do market analysis.Listen to Sam and Alborz reminisce about their first cars, the cars that drive their success and the success that drives their cars in Episode 5.

Our guest today is Travis Grech, Sam Bashiry talks with Travis about his journey into the entertainment and club scene all over Australia, also how he ended up finding music and entertainment industry was the thing for him.Travis Grech started his love for nightlife and music at the famous Chasers Nightclub in Melbourne, where he spent his weekends as a young 18 year old hustling for $2 per guest on his guest list. 4 years later he was promoted to run nights at Chasers, learning the ropes and what it took to run an incredibly successful club in Melbourne.After sometime he made big waves into the entertainment scene, starting with 200 people crowds 20 years ago, now catering for over 20,000 people with Ultra, one of the largest electronic festivals in the world. We hear Travis’ journey through these changes in his life and how it has just made him love the industry so much more.Ultra Australia is this weekend make sure to get your tickets! 7th March in Sydney at Parramatta Park and 8th March at Flemington Racecourse.

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Sam Bashiry on how putting yourself out there encourages more opportunities to come your way with mobile barber AJ.Combining a love of travel and his skills as a barber, AJ created CutsbyAJ, a mobile hair service that has attracted celebrity clients from music artist Nelly and actor Jason Momoa to athletes UFC fighter Jon Jones and tennis player Nick Kyrgios.Growing up in New Zealand, AJ began his ‘apprenticeship’ in high school by clipping his friends’ hair. Since then he has formalised his skills, moved to Australia and started his own business.Hear about how AJ wrestled with his career as a barber and then found a way to make it work with his other passion – travel.

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Sam Bashiry talks big life changes, from career switching to industry disruption, with special guest and former boss Glenn Wilson.Glenn Wilson is the director of Simplify, a car finance service in New Zealand. Sam and Glenn worked together at internet service company Eisa in the days of dial-up before Glenn retrained and specialised in automotive finance and Sam developed Broadband Solutions.Glenn talks about hating school, the catalyst for his career change and the effect of family on his life thus far and earmarks the automotive industry as ripe for disruption.Listen in to find out how these old friends have changed in two decades but still maintain the core values and positive outlook that have served them well in business and life

Entrepreneur and philanthropist Sam Bashiry talks beginnings, challenges and learning to live beyond your business with special guests Jack Bloomfield and Matteo Charles.Jack Bloomfield is a 17-year-old serial entrepreneur who started his first business aged 12. Although he can’t officially register for an ABN, he already has years of experience starting and running multiple businesses. He talks about appearance versus reality, taking challenges as they come and learning to play the long game.Matteo Charles is best known for his speed portraits. Hospitalised for a chronic illness, Matteo decided to take his life back into his own hands by starting his practice. Using art as therapy he turned his skills and creativity into a performance, for which he’s renowned globally. He shares his experience and advice for thinking creatively, working hard and staying humble.Listen in to find out how these three deal with both their highs and lows, gain an insight into the reality behind their respective success and note their suggestions for staying balanced and ready for the next challenge.