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Each week Simon and his comedian guests start a brand new business in the hopes of making billions.

Simon Cumming


    • Jul 16, 2017 LATEST EPISODE
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    Ep 49 - Rejection Glitter

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 16, 2017 29:20


    Jeremy Hughes, improviser and host of Churning Out The Chat joins Billions Inc. to start a company marketing rejection glitter. Love someone? You say it with roses. Rejecting someone? Say it with glitter.

    Ep 48 - Translation Glasses

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2017 27:27


    Lyssa Mandel, host of The Bitch Seat podcast joins Billions inc. in Hollywood, CA. Simon just wants to understand the true price of things but Lyssa has grander plans. Have a listen P.S - This is recorded on a phone sorry, back to regular production next week. Love you all

    Simon's in California

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2017 2:25


    Simon is travelling around California and due to a logistical stuff up there won't be an episode this week. Catch you all next Monday for a new episode from California, USA

    Ep 47 - Ethical Sex Work

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2017 43:12


    Lisa Skye, comedian joins to start a service to help people consume sex work ethically and make us a tonne of money in the process!

    Ep 46 - Old Man Bedtime Yarns

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2017 36:08


    Thomas McMahon, comedian joins to start a business hiring old guys to tell you bedtime stories. It's a great fun time.

    Ep 45 - Drug Dealer Reviews

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 4, 2017 38:09


    Eve Ellenbogen joins to start a business that makes buying drugs a safer and better experience by letting you write and read reviews. It's a fun ep, you should check it out!

    Ep 44 - Personal Private Investigators

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2017 46:47


    Lewis Dowell, comedian joins Billions inc. again for a monster episode where we start a company offering to surveill you personally. Ever been on a drunk night out and wondered exactly what happened? Well we can provide you the exact information in sweet, sweet 1920s style. Have a listen, it's a great episode.

    Ep 43 - Ninja Present Emergency

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2017 33:44


    Jeremy Webb, comedian & co-host with Nick Capper of podcast The Highway to Nothing joins Billions Inc. with an idea of his very own: Ninjas to help you with emergency presents. Ever forgotten someone's birthday? We've got you covered.

    Ep 42 - Trading With Your Neighbours

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2017 30:50


    Ben Searle, comedian joins to start one of our most promising businesses yet. It's a great service that let's you sell things to your neighbours, got some extra dinner? Sell it! Got some plants you don't need? Sell them! It's a great business and a great episode, check it out.

    Ep 41 - Personalised VR Experiences

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2017 28:50


    Zack Dyer, comedian joins again to start a company making personal VR experiences.  Have they got a facebook page? Well then we can put them in VR for you, for any situation you like. It's creepy as hell.

    Ep 40 - Dog Gym

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2017 28:30


    Matt Young, comedian joins to start a gym for dogs.

    Ep 39 - Bringing Back the Casette

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2017 29:57


    Firdi Billimoria, comedian joins to bring the casette tape back!

    Apology & MICF Tips

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2017 4:36


    After 33 weeks of weekly epsiodes we've finally stuffed up and missed one. Here's an apology from Simon and some reccomendations of great shows to go see if you're around Melbourne this week for the last week of the comedy festival.

    Ep 38 - Relaunching Cockfighting

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2017 32:09


    Perri Cassie, comedian joins again as Billions Inc. follows the feedback from listener @1AussieNerd1 to be more evil by starting a company relaunching the noble sport of cockfighting. Cocktails, foodtrucks, online sportsbetting. It's fun for the whole family.

    Ep 37 - Selling Drugs to Kids

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2017 34:09


    Arielle Conversi, Kai Gehlsen and Murphy McLachlan join to start a business based on listener feedback. Twitter user @1AussieNerd1 suggested Billions Inc. needed to get more evil, so we did.......HARD. Great ep, lots of fun, have a listen.

    Ep 36 - Split it!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2017 30:58


    Rhi Down, Comedian returns to Billions inc. for a new venture. Split it! A company that splits things, food deliveries, payment and more.

    Ep 35 - Mums and Bubs Pub Crawls

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2017 35:31


    Lisa Dib, writer, podcaster and woman about town joins to start "Mums, Bubs & Pubs" a company running daytime weekday pub crawls for parents and their babies to enjoy together.

    Ep 34 - Music Festival Vomit Insurance

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2017 30:00


    Ben Christensen, good friend and all round cool guy joins Billions Inc. on location at Golden Plains music festival to start a company insuring you against the actions of drunk people.

    Ep33 - Selective Removalists

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2017 33:23


    JacquelineMifsud, comedian joins to create a business for moving house that will independently settle disputes on what to bring. Just give us the houses you're moving from and to and we'll do the rest. Buy you new stuff, sell your old stuff, it's all inclusive and great. NOTE: Next week's episode may be up to 24 hours late, but it will be a live episode from the Golden Plains Music Festival!

    Ep 32 - Musical Gym

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2017 34:12


    SImon Carter, comedian and musician joins to start a gym but for learning musical instruments! It's going to be great.

    Ep 31 - Quit It! - Turning Bad Habits into Great Investments

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2017 33:43


    Matthew Vasquez, comedian joins to start a company turning your bad habits into great investments. Want to stop using Facebook so much? Well we have the solution for you, every time you use facebook outside of the rules you've set you'll contribute to an investment fund. It's using the power of economics to make sensible choices and it's great.

    Ep 30 - Ultimate Australian Sports Tournament

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2017 34:12


    Nick Quon, comedian and sports fan joins to start a company creating a league to decide the answer to the ultimate question: "Which Australian state is best at sport"? It's real fun. Have a listen and subscribe to the show!

    Ep 29 - Steal That Look - Clothing Subscription Service

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2017 31:51


    Perri Cassie, comedian joins Billions Inc. again to start a subscription clothes service mimicing the looks of the coolest musicians and celebrities.

    Ep 28 - Audio Lads Mags

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2017 37:36


      Angus Hodge, comedian joins to start a business converting lads mags to the audiobook format with the king of the lads mag and the audiobook STEPHEN FRY! Malibu Hamish is excellent and you can watch him reading Thrasher magazine here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pztJIQ9P4Ao   Talk to us on the internet! Is there something we missed? Got a name for the business? Got an idea for next week's show? Let us know. @billionspod Instagram @billionspod Twitter @billionspod Facebook or email us: info@letsmakebillions.com You can also always find info about the podcast at our website www.letsmakebillions.com   SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!  

    Ep 27 - Augmented Reality People Blocker

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2017 28:25


    Harrison Engstrom, VR enthusiast and host of web series Totes Vidya and That Comedy Podcast joins Billions Inc. to start a company using augmented & virtual reality to block people out of your lives forever and make the world generally a better and more beautiful place.

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    Ep 26 - Ratings Based Rent for Sharehouses

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2017 39:18


    Sam Taunton from MTV Australia joins to start an app that lets you rate your housemates altering the rent. Got a bad housemate? Well watch their rent soar and yours fall as compensation. We are going to bring economics to sharehousing and oh boy is it going to make some billions. It's black mirror IRL. MTV Australia is Channel 124 on Foxtel. Sam is on it and he thought it was 505. Black Mirror is a great show and you should watch it on Netflix   Talk to us on the internet! Is there something we missed? Got a name for the business? Got an idea for next week's show? Let us know. @billionspod Instagram @billionspod Twitter @billionspod Facebook or email us: info@letsmakebillions.com You can also always find info about the podcast at our website www.letsmakebillions.com   SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!

    Ep 25 - Prams for Drunk Adults

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2017 31:01


    Tessa Ryan joins Simon again to start a company making prams to take drunk adults home in. It takes a pivot greatly for the better. To find out what it is, listen to the episode! On an unrelated note, if you have any leads on wholesale quantities or rottweilers please email Simon Cumming c/o Billions Inc: info@letsmakebillions.com and we'll make a deal. Talk to us on the internet! Is there something we missed? Got a better name for the business? Got some opinions on what effectively subdues drunk people? Got an idea for next week's show? Let us know. @billionspod Instagram @billionspod Twitter @billionspod Facebook or email us: info@letsmakebillions.com You can also always find info about the podcast at our website www.letsmakebillions.com   SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!

    Ep 24 - Animal Feeder for Humans

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 1, 2017 34:11


    Murphy McLachlan comedian and host of Beer Eye With Your Mates Guys steps into the Billions Inc. office for a third time round to found a business that makes animal feeders for humans. The boys provide an update on their previous business endeavours (from episodes 1 & 4) and Simon is not too pleased with the progress. Talk to us on the internet! Is there something we missed? Got a better name for the business? Got some opinions on which animals best suit which drink? Got an idea for next week's show? Let us know. @billionspod Instagram @billionspod Twitter @billionspod Facebook or email us: info@letsmakebillions.com You can also always find info about the podcast at our website www.letsmakebillions.com   SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!

    Ep 23 - Re-Gifting Marketplace

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 24, 2016 44:11


    Eve Ellenbogen, comedian joins for a special christmas episode where we try and solve the problem of bad christmas presents. We talk judaism, whether apps work and Simon stands on a chair. It's great. One day early, it's a special little christmas present for all you awesome listeners. Thanks for listening, have a merry christmas and keep making those $billions Talk to us on the internet! Is there something we missed? Got a better name for the business? Got some opinions on stools vs apps? Got an idea for next week's show? Let us know. @billionspod Instagram @billionspod Twitter @billionspod Facebook or email us: info@letsmakebillions.com You can also always find info about the podcast at our website www.letsmakebillions.com   SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!

    Ep 22 - GPS But On Paper

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2016 34:44


    Comedians Sonia Di Iorio & Beau Stegmann join to start a business suggested by listener @1AussieNerd1 to deal with the unreliability of GPS by printing the maps out on paper! Sonia and Beau are dubious at first but we eventually stumble across the niche market of doomsday preppers and it gets really evil and really excellent from there. We realised we forgot to name the business in this episode, what should we call it? Tweet us @billionspod on twitter or facebook us @billionspod with your ideas and we'll try and make up a new image with our favourite one! Talk to us on the internet! Is there something we missed? Got a name for the business? Got a better spokesperson idea than Donald Trump? Got an idea for next week's show? Let us know. @billionspod Instagram @billionspod Twitter @billionspod Facebook or email us: info@letsmakebillions.com You can also always find info about the podcast at our website www.letsmakebillions.com   SEE YOU NEXT WEEK!

    Ep 21 - *Live at Meredith Music Festival* - Best Festival Ideas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2016 27:36


    Jess Perkins & Matt Stewart from Do Go On join for a very special episode in where we try and find the best festival business in front of a real live audience of people whose camp we invaded.

    Ep 20 - Hamm in Hand: Online Dating Re-Writes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2016 32:10


    Claire Hagan, comedian joins to start a business she thought up that rewrites your online dating profile and so much more! We talk cyborgs, robots, Jon Hamm and the singularity. Those billions $$$$ are a comin'.

    Ep 19 - Social Media With Smells

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2016 32:33


    Zack Dyer, formerly Townsville now Melbourne Comedian makes his first ever podcast appearance as he joins Billions inc to start a social media platform / telephone hardware manufacturer that lets you send and share smells over the internet, a genius idea tweeted to us by @muddlingupsound!

    Ep 18 - Pornhub but for bread

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2016 29:58


    Nick Capper, comedian joins to start a company Simon dreamed up in his sleep, Pornhub but for bread! Delicious dough, crusty crusts and all the hottest bread vids on the internet. It really is a hub for bread.

    Ep 17 - Sports Conversation Assistant

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2016 38:04


    Aaron Gocs, comedian and internet sensation joins to create an app that helps you join in a sports conversation even if you know nothing about it. By listening to your conversation and then providing you facts, figures and great jokes from twitter, Talk Sports will keep you in the loop and in the conversation. If you like this episode, subscribe & check out some of our others. You can also follow us on twitter and instagram @billionspod.

    Ep 16 - Pool Sharing App

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2016 39:17


    Daisy Berry, comedian and host of the podcast Mad Chats With Daisy Berry joins Billions inc this week to create a pool sharing app. With the hot Australian summer approaching Daisy and Simon are determined to get rich and keep people cool at the same time.

    Ep 15 - Uber but for .............

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2016 36:32


    Tessa Ryan, comedian joins again to find the next uber. In this special episode we try and get through as many ideas as we can in a half hour with excellent results. Probably the most fun episode yet.

    Ep 14 - Gifting Based Surveillance App

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2016 39:04


    Jack Druce, comedian joins Billions Inc to create an app that you install on the computers of love ones to spy on their internet activity all in the name of buying them great gifts. Looks set to be our most profitable business yet! The billions are in sight!

    Ep 13 - Lying App

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2016 37:33


    Blake Freeman joins Billions inc to make an app that helps you construct and remember effective lies.

    Ep 12 - Pockets for Women's Clothing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2016 32:34


    Rhi Down, Comedian and new rat grandmother comes aboard Billions Inc. to start our first ever listener submitted business idea that sews pockets onto women's clothing. If you have an idea you'd like us to do on the show tweet us @billionspod or send us an email to info@letsmakebillions.com Shout out to Jon P for this week's idea! Keep them coming!

    Ep 11 - Social Media Newspaper

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2016 37:11


    Lewis Dowell, comedian joins to create a newspaper that is generated from your friends facebook content. Lewis also explores a side business he is starting killing birds. WARNING: Very Explicit (but also lots of fun)

    Ep 10 - Questionable Service Dog Prescriptions

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2016 34:01


    Justin Sproules, comedian, musician and all round top bloke joins to create an ethically questionable service for prescribing service dogs

    Ep 9 - House Party Finder

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2016 34:46


    Alex Ward comes aboard with her own idea and app for finding house parties! We talk lockout laws, gatecrashers and everything party. It's a great time. Subscribe now at www.letsmakebillions.com !

    Ep 8 - Hipster Tours

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2016 32:28


    Peter Jones, comedian joins Billions Inc to create a tour company. Sydney has the harbour bridge and the opera house and beautiful beaches, Melbourne has hipsters or at least that's what the rest of the country thinks. So with the trend now pretty much over, Pete & Simon agree the time is perfect for the mainstream to embrace it and see what's going on in that there Melbourne.

    Ep 7 - Public Toilet Directory

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2016 35:41


    Perri Cassie, Comedian joins Billions Inc. to create a public toilet directory app. The boys talk naming, monetisation, toilet queues and augmented reality. Who knew there was so much to picking a great toilet? Stay tuned to the end of the podcast for some sweet bonus content as Simon & Perri do the first ever Zomaturd review of Simon's very own bathroom. Groundbreaking.

    Ep 6 - Wholesome Dating App

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2016 45:02


    Rose Callaghan host of the Swipe Night podcast comes aboard to start a wholesome dating app by getting mums back involved.

    Ep 5 - Mr Beanie

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2016 32:34


    Timothy Clark joins this week to make craft cool again with a DIY beanie bar. --------------------- Got a business you want us to start? Tweet us @billionspod or email info@letsmakebillions.com    

    Bonus Episode! Murphy and Simon visit the dog cafe

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2016 14:31


    Murphy McLachlan is back for a bonus episode as the boys head out of the studio to scope the competition for their bar for dogs at The Dog House cafe in Collingwood. Like this bonus episode? Let us know @billionspod on twitter or info@letsmakebillions.com    

    Ep 4 - Jim's Gym for Jims

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2016 36:16


    Episode 4! Murphy McLachlan, host of Beer Eye with Your Mates Guys is back to follow up on our bar for dogs and create a gym for learning real life skills.   --------------- Follow Let's Make Billions on Social Media Twitter - @billionspod Instagram - @billionspod Facebook - Let's Make Billions and check out our website: www.letsmakebillions.com THANKS FOR LISTENING!

    Ep 3 - Baby Sitting Team Building w/ Tessa Ryan

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2016 33:40


    Tessa Ryan, comedian comes aboard to start an ethically questionable, highly profitable babysitting/team building service.   --------------- Follow Let's Make Billions on Social Media Twitter - @billionspod Instagram - @billionspod Facebook - Let's Make Billions and check out our website: www.letsmakebillions.com THANKS FOR LISTENING!

    Ep 2 - Keb-App w/ Kate Dehnert

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2016 39:11


    Kate Dehnert comes aboard to start an app for finding great kebabs.   We talk profiles, promotions and monopolies. It gets truly evil.   Check it out!   --------------- Follow Let's Make Billions on Social Media Twitter - @billionspod Instagram - @billionspod Facebook - Let's Make Billions and check out our website: www.letsmakebillions.com THANKS FOR LISTENING!

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