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Australian Adoption Podcast - My Unknown TruthEpisode 32 - Kura's storyHi everyone, today I speak with Kura. Kura Perkins is a Perth-based adoptee. Born in 1975 and was adopted in Western Australia at 6 weeks of age to newly arrived immigrants from New Zealand. They decided to give her a Māori, name and although she wasn’t Māori, her adoptive parents had heard of this incredible name Kura and loved it, her name would soon have coincidental significance, becoming clear 25 years later.Growing up, Kura always knew she was adopted., She has met both of her birth parents and most of her siblings on both sides...2024-11-0553 min
Keep The ChangeBringing your product to market with Kura PerkinsYou all know by now that business is my lifeblood; I absolutely love it. One thing I have come to know, however, is that my business experience over the last 15 years has never been about bringing products to market - it’s a completely different kettle of fish!Today, I speak with Kura Perkins a fellow entrepreneur and owner of Art Hide and Amigos de Hoy, about bringing product brands / products to shelves all over the world. Kure has managed to get some her brands into the hands of exclusive customers and has now developed he...2020-06-2040 min
The Product Lounge PodcastEpisode 11 - Behind the Product Lounge with Kura and Bree: Guest hosted by Spreading Roomers, PerthIn the season finale for Season 1 - Beginnings - of the Product Lounge Podcast, we take you behind the scenes of The Product Lounge founders and sisters, Kura and Bree. Together they started the business and podcast after recognising a need for high quality, non-fluffy education, training - and general information sharing in the world of products!
Kura and Bree are guest hosted by the gorgeous Deb of Spreading Roomers - a fantastic (and totally down to earth) Australian design advocate, blogger and coach. With the finale coinciding with the 10th anniversary of one of Kura & Bree's product businesses, here's...2020-06-1141 min
The Product Lounge PodcastEpisode 10 - A stylist's view on how to build your product brand, creating demand and birthing her own new product biz: Greenhouse Interiors, MelbourneThis week, I'm talking with the enigmatic Julia Green, the founder of Greenhouse Interiors in Australia.
Julia is a well-known and highly respected interior stylist and writer, as well as rainmaker to a huge array of Australian artists. She's also just added another feather to her bow with the release of her own range of textile and décor products, called Lush by Greenhouse Interiors.
In this episode, Julia shares her story with us plus all sorts of goodies that can help YOUR product brand be much more vibrant, visible and successful, including:
•What you need to invest in as a p...2020-05-2837 min
The Product Lounge PodcastEpisode 9 - A Brooklyn garage to 60 staff, scaling amid a sea change and a family affair: Concrete Collaborative, CaliforniaIn Episode 9 of the Product Lounge Podcast, I'm talking with Kate Balsis, one of the co-founders of Concrete Collaborative, based in Orange County, California.
Kate and her two co-founding sisters hail from Australia, but the family relocated to New York many years ago. Inspired in part by the concrete-heavy urban environment, the girls along with their husbands created Concrete Collaborative in a Brooklyn basement ten years ago.
Go behind the scenes of this fascinating business from an early start up to success story - to hear these gems and more:
•The glue that keeps their complex business together and how th...2020-05-2155 min
The Product Lounge PodcastEpisode 8 - Compelling customer journeys, intuitive innovation and purpose driven business: Adorn Cosmetics, Melbourne, AustraliaIn Episode 8 of the podcast, I'm talking to Briony Kennedy, the founder of Australian ethical cosmetics brand, Adorn Cosmetics. This is a cracker of a conversation as Briony shares with us learnings from 12 years of business.
Like the best of brands, Adorn was born from the frustrations Briony had as a consumer and her journey has been held to account by passionate principles around sustainability, low-waste and no animal testing.
What I love most about our conversation is Briony's complete transparency of the realities of building her product brand from the ground up. Like any long term business, it has...2020-05-1450 min
The Product Lounge PodcastEpisode 7 - Scaling while maintaining collectible value in art, brand partnerships & licensing: Benson-Cobb, TexasIn today's episode of the podcast. I'm talking with the very successful American abstract painter, Carol Benson-Cobb, based in Dallas, Texas.
Self taught, Carol's art career started in her teens painting portraits for mates. Since that time, she has carved a highly commercial niche for herself through embracing new technologies, enabling her to specialise in scaled gallery quality art.
Carol's savvy business nouse has seen her create custom collections for major national retailers, as well as expanding her art into multiple product categories through brand partnerships and licensing opportunities. She has multiple celebrity clients including the likes of Tyra Banks...2020-05-0744 min
The Product Lounge PodcastEpisode 6 - Covid realities - Behind the scenes of my own product brandsThis week, I have recorded a special bonus episode of the Product Lounge Podcast to take you behind the scenes of my own product businesses - Art Hide and Amigos de Hoy - and how we're handling the Covid 19 global crisis and economic fallout.
I regularly speak with many product brands in different countries - and the fact of the matter is, it's not all roses, it's not business as usual and most businesses are finding themselves in completely unchartered territory!
Business owners feel that they're being disproportionately affected and that they're more adversely affected compared to other brands. But...2020-05-0521 min
The Product Lounge PodcastEpisode 5 - Navigating Beginnings with The Graceful CollectiveLucy Allen is a career and confidence coach based in Melbourne. In episode 5 of the Product Lounge Podcast, Lucy and I have an impactful conversation about what it takes to begin something new and how the path usually involves navigating a full spectrum of confounding emotions and feelings.
For anyone who's ever thought about starting a new venture or is in the midst of fear and doubt, then this episode is for YOU. Here's some of the gems inside:
•How fear and limiting beliefs can be dressed up as bona fide fact and how to recognise this falsehood and move pa...2020-04-2345 min
The Product Lounge PodcastEpisode 4 - Agile pivoting, turning digital and the product business lifestyle :Three of Something, Sydney, AustraliaIn episode 4 of the Product Lounge Podcast, Kura is talking to Jane Kidston, who's the founder and CEO of independent boutique Australian fashion label, Three of Something, based in Sydney.
Three of Something was established in 2012 and has become synonymous with highly wearable, feminine, floaty silhouettes, featuring exclusive prints with a nod to vintage inspiration and a distinctly Australian feel.
Jane originally established Three of Something as a wholesale fashion company, and the brand was quickly embraced by premium stockists across Australia and NZ.
But with a tumultuous and unpredictable retail environment over the past 8 years, Jane has steered the...2020-04-1648 min
The Product Lounge PodcastEpisode 3 - Killer elevator pitches, recruiting staff and maximising 3rd party sales: Mirror-tique, Alabama, USAIn episode 3 of the Product Lounge, I'm talking to Jamie Jaffe who is the founder and managing director of Mirror-tique, based out of Birmingham Alabama.
Mirror-tique turns the humble mirror into an incredible work of art. The mirrors are highly customizable and the major challenge with anything customizable, is always to make it easy to explain and easy to order.
In this episode, Jamie shares how he successfully achieves this in order to help his wholesale clients and sell his products, including big box retailers like ABC Carpet & Home and Anthropologie.
Here's some more of the takeaways from this episode:
...2020-04-0940 min
The Product Lounge PodcastEpisode 2 - Ethical sourcing, customer service & learning new tricks at 50: Bedtonic, Perth, AustraliaIn this week's episode of the Product Lounge Podcast, we talk to the founder of luxury French flax linen brand, Bedtonic, Julie Ramsay, based in Perth, Western Australia.
Julie started her business four years ago. She leapt head first into her bed linen and lifestyle clothing product brand, with little or no hesitation.
Being 50 years old and - in her own words- being clueless about social media and PR, definitely did NOT hold her back. And just as well, because she's building a thriving business based on a beautiful product and some old fashioned values.
Here's just some of the...2020-04-0247 min
The Product Lounge PodcastEpisode 1 - Family in business, failing fast and 20 years: Diane James Home, Conneticut,USAIn the inaugural episode of the Product Lounge Podcast, we talk to identical twins and Co-CEOs, Carolyn & Cynthia, of Connecticut based high end faux floral product brand, Diane James Home.
In 22 years of business, they've honestly been through it all!
There's huge learnings in this episode for any type of product brand. Here's just some of the gems:
•Major pinch me moments of dressing & furnishing the homes of major celebrities & US presidents.
•The massive importance of financial preparation for an economic downturn.
•Why retaining older designs makes sense
•How more staff doesn't always mean more productivity
•What happens when your warehouse...2020-03-1939 min
The Product Lounge PodcastWelcome to the Product Lounge PodcastAn introduction to the Product Lounge Podcast - why we're here and what we're doing!2020-03-1600 min
Very Awesome RadioEpisode 61 - DoubletakeJesse Wilkins & Paul Hastay present: Very Awesome Radio - Episode 61
Track List
Intro ID
01 Laz Perkins, Eros Acosta - Zumatra (Original Mix)
02 Knife Party - Resistance (Doubletake Edit)
03 Steve Angello VS Matisse and Sadko - SLVR (KURA Bootleg)
04 Jay Karama - Disco (Original Mix)
05 Martin Garrix & Firebeatz - Helicopter (Neple Remix)
06 Calvin Harris - Summer (Mikael Wills Bootleg)
07 Cazzette - Sleepless (Andino and Kelvin Remix)
08 Ellie Goulding - Burn (Danny Avila Bootleg)
09 Deorro VS Demi Lovato - Really Don't Care (Doubletake Mashup)
Outro ID
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Follow on Twitter: @DoubletakeJesse @DoubletakePaul @DJdoubletake @VRYawesomeRadio
email the show: VeryAwesomeRadio@gmail...2014-09-0830 min