On this episode you are in for a real treat – we have Australia's most successful on line entrepreneur – GABBY LEIBOVICH
Gabby's start up journey began when he left the sales floor of his dad's retail store, As soon as he got my driver's licence at the age of 18, he set off to the local trash and treasure market at Wantirna in Melbourne.
He also started selling products on eBay whilst for many of us we had yet to even hear of ebay.
With a keen marketing eye, he saw the potential of the internet to deliver better value for customers and in early 2006, with his younger brother, founded CatchOfTheDay.
Over the next 15 years Gabby and his brother Hezi built an Australian ecommerce empire.
Gabby went on to found a host of other ecommerce businesses including Scoopon, Eatnow, Mumgo and Grocery Run, and invested in over 20 Australian startups, such as Vinomofo.
Gabby built his business on the back of good relationships with customers, with suppliers and even with competitors.
Making friends with your enemies, or as Gabby terms them – frenemies – opens businesses up to new opportunities that wouldn't be viable outside of partnership.
His relationship with Menulog as an example. Menulog was the biggest online food delivery service when Catch Group launched EatNow, and they were soon the two dominant players. Instead of throwing all their energy into trying to squeeze market share off one another, the businesses worked together, merged, and eventually sold for $855 million.
And on the 1st of November 2020 Gabby will be releasing his book Catch of the decade.
In Catch of the Decade, Gabby and his brother reveal how they've built, launched, merged, and sold some of the most disruptive businesses in Australia today: Catch, Scoopon, Menulog and Luxury Escapes. This book contains little-known secrets and strategies that will help you shorten your learning curve, avoid mistakes, and bring your business dream alive.
The wisdom revealed in this book is hard won: the Leibovich brothers started with no money and no connections, turned their drawbacks into assets, and came out on top.
By reading Catch of the Decade you will learn how they rode the waves of entrepreneurialism and worked their way up.
For the first time, the Leibovich brothers are telling their story, in their own words, and you'll learn how they got where they are today.
Visit Matthew at;
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewcwebber/
The Fit for Disruption book is available on Amazon or other leading retailers;
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