Andrew Gerrie is the Founder of Mend, an independent public relations and communications agency for outdoor and active lifestyle brands. With nearly a decade of experience in PR and communications, he has built media strategies for brands, including Tecovas, Sims, Filson, and Costa Del Mar, helping them craft and amplify their unique brand stories.…

My guest today on Dashing Dan Sporting Adventures Podcast is an elite sports person in a number of sports. He was an outstanding junior middle-distance runner at school, winning the 800 and 1500 metres at the Prestigious APS Sports at Xavier College in Melbourne. Injuries then curtailed his running career and to help heal he hopped on a bike and th…

Mike Robinson is a Founding Member and the Head of Retail Solutions at The Eighth Notch (T8N), a technology platform enabling sustainable e-commerce delivery for shippers and carriers. With 30 years of executive experience, he has driven an $8 billion P&L and interfaced with the board of directors of a $27 billion public company. Mike also serves a…

Our guest on Dashing Dan's Sporting Adventures is one of the greatest race callers this country has produced. Greg Miles called 36 Melbourne Cups and numerous other major races after starting as a 22-year-old with the ABC in 1981, replacing long-time legend Joe Brown.Von Dan Lonergan

Here is Part 2 of Dan's chat with Sports Commentator Matt Hill Matt Hill is fast becoming one of this country's best-ever sports broadcasters. He started as a race caller, eventually replacing the incomparable Greg Miles in Melbourne. He has now called nine Melbourne Cups with superb accuracy and brilliance. He is also a senior AFL Commentator with…

Nancy Harhut is the Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at HBT Marketing, a consultancy that applies human behavior to marketing. As an internationally recognized creative director, she blends best-of-breed creative with decision science. Nancy is an international keynote speaker and has been named a Top 40 Digital Strategist by Online Marketing …

Matt Hill is fast becoming one of this country's best-ever sports broadcasters. He started as a race caller, eventually replacing the incomparable Greg Miles in Melbourne. He has now called nine Melbourne Cups with superb accuracy and brilliance. He is also a senior AFL Commentator with Fox Footy and SEN and has covered and commented on only seven …

Will Haire is the Co-founder and CEO of BellaVix, a full-service Amazon and Walmart marketing agency. He has managed over half a billion dollars worth of sales on e-commerce marketplaces. Will specializes in helping brands dominate their categories. In this episode… Many sellers understand the competitive and cutthroat nature of Amazon’s marketplac…

Kristian Alomá, PhD, is the Founder and CEO of Threadline, a brand-building agency. He is also a lecturer at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School Center for Nonprofit Management, where he teaches branding for nonprofits, donor stewardship, storytelling, digital fundraising, and behavior design. With over two decades of experience applying narr…

Anthony Ciavirella is the Co-founder of Manmade, a boxer briefs brand. He manages the brand’s online community and works with content creators to deliver exceptional customer experiences. Before co-founding Manmade, Anthony worked in the finance industry as the Co-founder and Director of Business Development at RIISK, the Senior Relationship Manage…

Justin Mares is the Co-founder and CEO of Truemed, a payment tool that allows health and wellness brands and providers to harness consumer tax-free funds. He is also the Founder of Kettle & Fire, the Co-founder of Surely and Perfect Keto, and an investor at Long Journey Ventures. Justin strives to make health accessible and sustainable and create a…

Dr. Christine B. Whelan is an author, professor, speaker, and thought leader guiding organizations like the DeBruce Foundation and AARP’s Life Reimagined on self-improvement strategies. She is the best-selling author of the ten-lesson series Finding Your Purpose and five additional books, including The Big Picture and Generation WTF. As a Clinical …

Eric Bandholz is the Founder and CEO of Beardbrand, a men’s beard care company. He started Beardbrand after leaving a corporate role to pursue his passion for men’s grooming and beard care. Eric is also the host of Practical Ecommerce’s podcast Ecommerce Conversations, in which he interviews startup founders and founders of brands valued at $100 mi…

Dayne Hepner is the Founder and CEO of Candeeze, a freeze-dried candy company. He is also an Advertisement Specialist at TikTok, where he works with over 4,000 companies and produces 120 weekly ads. Dayne began as a content creator on TikTok before launching Candeeze on TikTok Shop. In this episode… TikTok is the Wild West of e-commerce, with its s…

Today’s guest is simulcast on both Aussie Home Loans Inclusion Talks and Dashing Dan’s Olympic Adventures podcasts. Amanda Shalala is an esteemed sports broadcaster, journalist, and producer for ABC TV Sport. She has covered four Paralympics including the Winter Games in Sochi and the Olympic Games in London and Paris this year. She will also cover…

Sabri Suby is the Founder and Head of Growth at King Kong, Australia’s fastest-growing direct-response digital marketing agency. The company has generated over $7.8 billion in sales in over 1,000 industries. As an author and thought leader, Sabri wrote the international best-selling book Sell Like Crazy and has been featured in publications, includ…

Before the Olympics, I caught up with broadcasting great, Gerard Whateley, who had the wonderful job of calling the athletics for Channel Nine, Gerard did a fabulous job and on our latest episode on Dashing Dan’s Olympic adventures I spoke to him just days after returning from the Games about his experiences and the highlights of which there were m…

Ross Simmonds is the Founder and CEO of Foundation Marketing, a content marketing agency that strategizes, distributes, and optimizes content. Foundation has worked with some of the most successful SaaS and publicly traded cloud companies in the world. Ross has been named one of the most influential marketers in the world by multiple marketing publ…

Today’s guest on Dashing Dan’s Olympic Adventures is a current Olympian who has represented Australia at these Olympics in Paris. She is at her 4th Olympics and is a diver who in Paris finished fifth in the 3-metre synchro swimming with Maddison Keeney, who at the time of recording was in the final of the individual synchro. Annabelle won bronze in…

One of our first podcasts was with Olympic Gold medalist in Cycling in the Madison in Sydney, Scott McGrory. His partner in that event, Brett Aitken was at his third Games, having won medals in the previous two in the 4000-metre team pursuit. Brett Like Scott endured some family tragedy in the lead-up to these games. Here is his inspirational story…

My guest today is a former colleague and a great swimming commentator, Gerry Collins, who broadcast the swimming at six Olympic Games from 1988 until 2008 for the ABC. He saw some of the greatest swimmers ever and races in Olympic History. Here is his story on Dashing Dan’s Olympic Adventures Podcast for Aussie Home Loans.…

Jay Myers is the Co-founder of Bold Commerce, which builds flexible and customizable e-commerce apps for online stores. Since its launch in 2012, over 780,000 merchants have installed Bold apps on their Shopify stores. Jay has managed online stores since 1998 and has won awards like EY Entrepreneur of the Year and Deloitte Fast 50. In this episode……

We are halfway in the Olympic Games and there have been so many highlights, especially from an Australian perspective with 12 gold medals. As you would expect from an Olympics, there has also been plenty of controversy. On Dashing Dan's Olympic Adventures Podcast for Aussie Home Loans I catch up with Broadcasting legend Glenn Mitchell to get his ta…

Kris McCarthy was an 800-metre runner, who was just 20 when he was chosen to run for Australia at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. It was a dream come true early in his career to be part of a home Olympics. There were plenty of obstacles put in Kris' way as he explains in his Olympic adventure.... Aussie Home Loans - www.aussie.com.au…

Neville Medhora is the Owner of the Copywriting Course, a community that helps businesses improve their copy and conversion rates through blogs, videos, tutorials, and copywriting sessions. As an Advisor for Sumo Group, his copywriting skills helped propel the rapid growth of AppSumo. Neville is also the best-selling author of This Book Will Teach …

Kim Crow, now Brennan, is a three-time Rowing Olympian including winning Gold at the 2016 in the Single Sculls and 2012 a silver in the Double Sculls and Bronze in the Single Sculls. She was a champion former Junior Hurdler before a bad injury ended her aspirations in that sport and she was spotted by a Talent ID program and the rest is history. Th…

Chris Anstey had an outstanding Basketball Career. He was drafted to The NBA and played with Dallas and Chicago. He also represented Australia at the 2000 Olympics where the Boomers finished 4th and in 2008 where they were seventh, but missed out on Athens due to Injury. He had a spectacular NBL career and was a star in Russia as well. Here is his …

Over the past 30 years, Australia has had some outstanding Rowers at an international level, who have starred at the Olympics. One of our best is 1992 Olympic Gold medalist in the Double Sculls, Peter Antonie, who won gold with Stephen Hawkins. Peter's durability, determination, and penchant for hard work have seen him represent Australia for more …

Today, my guest is one of the leading sports commentators in the country. He has broadcast every sport at a high level including Melbourne Cups, Numerous AFL Grand Finals, Test cricket and Swimming at the Olympic Games. His Olympic Games Commentary Journey continues with the Host broadcaster from Australia on Channel Nine. He will call the track ev…

Tiffany Wilburn is the Fractional CMO at Clever Disruption, where she helps food and beverage brands, agencies, and tech companies scale. She is also a Business Mentor and Coach at The DEC Network, which pairs entrepreneurs with business veterans who can identify emerging opportunities. With over two decades of global marketing leadership, Tiffany …

Jay Stacy is one of the most capped Australian Men's hockey players representing the Kookaburras In over 321 games in a stellar 12-year career including 4 Olympic Games, which netted a 4 Olympic Games, which netted a 4th, a silver medal and 2 Bronze medals. He is now coaching the Australian under-21 team. It was a pleasure to chat on Dashing Dan's …

Steve Foley is attending his 12th Olympic Games the First three as an Olympic Diver in 1976, 1980 and 1984, he attended two as a commentator with the late Great Drew Morphett Commentating the Diving in 1996 and 2000 and the others he has been High-Performance Manager for Team Great Britain, USA and at these Games Australia... He has a great story t…

Melissa WU is an Australian Diving Legend with four top-five finishes in the 10-metre Platform at consecutive Olympic Games, dating back to 2008 when she won Silver as a 16-year-old. She also won Bronze at the 2021 Olympics and has won 3 gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in a stellar career. Paris will be her fifth Olympics, the most ever by an…

Robert Kabbas is a three-time Olympian for Australia in Weightlifting, one of only two Australians to represent the sport at three Olympics. Australia has only won 4 medals in the Olympics in weightlifting and Robert has one of those silvers from LA in 1984. He has a great story to tel about his long involvement in the sport and being an Olympic me…

Braxton Manley is the Co-founder of Braxley Bands, which makes comfortable Apple Watch bands using an innovative elastic material. He is also the Co-founder of Mystic Gum and the CEO of Peace Love Hormones. His entrepreneurial journey began as a college project and became Braxley Bands, which he has since scaled to over $6 million in revenue. Braxt…

One of your greatest ever Olympians in appearances and considering the event was Steve Moneghetti, who raced in four Marathons at the Olympics, which Included three top ten finishes. He also won three medals as well as a gold in the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria. He has also served as an administrator as a chef De mission for three Commonweal…

Melinda Gainsford Taylor was a star Australian Sprinter in the 100 and 200 metres and represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games in the 1990s and was part of the team that represented Australia in Sydney 2000. She has won World Indoor titles and had the same coach, the legendary Jackie Byrne from 8 until retirement, who had played a big part i…

Recently six-time Rowing Olympian, James Tomkins joined us on Dashing Dan's Olympic Adventures. Today it's his turn to be part of the Program and he has a record just as good as James. Tomkins won three Gold and bronze and so did Drew as one one of the Gold was with the Famous Oarsome Foursome with James Tomkins and two in the Pairs. Drew is a grea…

Our guest today will make her Olympics Debut towards the end of the games in Paris at the main stadium in one of the most exciting events the 4 by 100 metres relay. Ebony Lane has worked hard from running Stawell Gifts to performing really well when training on her own during the Pandemic in 2020. She has a fascinating story to tell for Aussie Home…

Womens Hockey Player, Stephanie Kershaw is competing at her second Olympics in Paris. She was part of the team that dominated the pool matches in the previous Olympics and was undefeated before a heartbreaking one-nil loss to India in the Quarterfinals saw their campaign and quest for a medal end. This team has seven newcomers to the Games and made…

Tyson Drake is a fractional CMO for eight- to nine-figure DTC brands, helping them scale profitably. As a self-taught affiliate marketer, he became the CMO of The Oodie, where he trained an in-house team of over 25 people across performance marketing, creative, and e-commerce, scaling the company to nine figures across eight markets. In this episod…

Our guest today will be representing Australia at the Olympic Games in men's Hockey. Tom Craig is at his second Olympics after he was injured in the third quarter of the opening game in Tokyo in 2021. The Australians are in Pool B with Belgium, Ireland, Argentina, New Zealand and India as they aim for their second-ever gold medal and 8th medal in t…

Our Guest Today for Aussie Home Loans is one of this Country's most successful and Durable Olympians. Russell Mark won a gold in Shooting at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996 and represented his country at six games. He also has been very Savvy in making the most of opportunities that have been presented to him since winning the Gold enjoying a successf…

Join me on Dashing Dan's Olympic Adventures today is three-time Olympian in athletes in the 400 and 800 metres and three-time Commonwealth Games Gold medalist in the 4 by 400 metres relay and now a respected commentator in Track and Field at the Paris Olympics in a few weeks, the delightful Tamsyn Lewis, who has a great story to tell... Thanks to A…

Will Leach is the Founder of Mindstate Group, a behavioral research and brand consultancy that specializes in identifying the unconscious factors driving consumer behavior. As the world’s leading expert on subconscious mindstate research, he works with innovative brands to uncover actionable consumer insights. Will is also the best-selling author o…

A women's sports broadcasting trailblazer joins me on Dashing Dan's Olympic adventures. Tracey Holmes is about to cover her 8th Olympic Games and six Winter Games. She was also at the Forefront of ABC Radio's Olympic coverage and has an outstanding ability to find stories, which everyone can relate to. It's a pleasure to chat with Tracey for Aussie…

Damon Kelly represented Australia twice at the Olympic Games In weightlifting and Four Commonwealth Games, which included a Gold Medal, a silver and a bronze and multiple National Championships. The Gentle Giant outlines his stellar career and what it meant to be part of the games in 2008 and 2012. Brought to you by Aussie Home Loans www.aussie.com…

Our latest Guest on Dashing Dan's Olympic Adventures for Aussie Home Loans is a three-time Olympian in swimming, who won three medals one in the 200-metre Backstroke and two in the relays. She continues to have a fine career as a broadcaster and has been a highly successful sports administrator as well. Welcome to the Olympic adventures of Nicole L…

Phillip Jackson is the Co-founder of Future Commerce, a media company helping retailers and e-commerce companies understand the future of commerce and culture. With an engaged global audience of over 100,000 executives, his reach spans seven retail and digital commerce-focused content realms. As a writer, speaker, and marketer, Phillip has spent de…

Our Aussie Home Loans guest today is a legend of his sport. 4 time Olympian in Hockey including a silver medal in 1976. During his wonderful career between 1972 and 1988 he was rated as arguably the greatest player in the world. He also has an outstanding career as coach. It is a great pleasure to hear th3 story of the wonderful Ric Charelsworth ww…