This episode of Young Family, Small Business is a little different. In this episode, Associate Partner of Inspire Accountants, Rizal Ramzan, does a reverse interview on our very own host of the YFSM Podcast, Ben Walker. Ben is a Chartered Accountant with over a decade of experience and is the co-author of Cashed Up: The 7 Steps Method of Pulling More Money, Time and Happiness from Your Business. 

He is the Winner of coveted Anthill Online ‘30under30’ award for 2014 and was named a finalist in the Brisbane Young Entrepreneur of the Year award. Tune in to hear Ben talk about his his journey up until starting Inspire, how he fell in love with accounting, some of the challenges of growing a team, and some insights on how he balances business and family.

Get in touch with Ben-
W: inspire.accountants
Instagram: @benwalkerca | @inspireaccountants

“In this episode, Ben interviews Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of Dent Global, Glen Carlson. Dent Global is best known for the award-winning ‘Key Person of Influence’ book and business accelerator programs. From the chaos of the GFC, Glen has built Dent into what Entrepreneur.com refers to as ‘The world’s leading brand accelerator’. With 5 business acquisitions under his belt and a team of 45 across 12 time zones, Dent has shaped the trajectory of hundreds of best-selling authors, TED speakers, and multi award winning fast growth companies. 

In 2021 Virgin named Dent as ‘business enabler of the year’ and the Growing Business Awards named them ‘Business Advisor of the year.’ Glen’s passion is helping entrepreneurs stand out, scale up and use their business to make a positive impact in the world or as he would say, make a dent in the universe. 

Tune in to hear Glen share some practical examples on how to build both your business and personal brand, as well as the idea of being “”oversubscribed”” and how a scorecard can turbocharger leads in sales process.


Get in touch with Glen –
W: dent.global “

In this episode, Ben interviews the CEO of Five by Five, Carla Schesser. Facing adversity from a young age as a rare disease survivor, to published author at 19 years of age, and now leading a team of 35 at Australia’s highest-rated website design agency, Five by Five.

Carla is a powerful inspiration to our next generation of business leaders. As a prolific award winner and one of Australia’s youngest CEOs of a multimillion-dollar digital agency, Carla is able to share her observations, experiences, and learnings as a 2IC to support young families who run small businesses.

Tune in to hear Carla talk about the importance of having an ideal week for everyone in the business, and what really works well from a digital marketing perspective using an outsourced agency like Five by five.

Get in touch with Carla
W: fivebyfive.com.au

In this episode, Ben interviews the Director of Groe, Ray Corcoran. Groe is a digital marketing agency based in Sydney who specialise in helping established, service-based businesses grow faster using cutting-edge digital marketing. Ray’s worked with over 1,000 businesses over the last 12 years and consults to large corporates on how to drive more revenue. 

Outside of work Ray is passionate about personal finance and has a YouTube channel sharing his learning on how he built his net worth over 7 figures by 31. Tune in to hear Ray share some tips on how he gets to bed before 9 pm and how that helps his family and personal life, and also some foundational steps in building your digital marketing and what to focus on first.

Get in touch with Ray
W: www.groe.com.au

“In this episode, Ben interviews the Founder of Five by Five, Jon Hollenberg. Five by Five is Australia’s highest rated Digital Agency specialising in providing a customised digital solution for clients. 

Their services range from web design, web development, SEOGoogle ads, and website hosting & support. Jon is a published author and has been in business for 16 years and got a team of almost 40 people across the Gold Coast and in the Philippines. And they’ve delivered thousands of websites over the years. 

Tune in to hear Jon talk about building a relationship with your spouse, and how he found awesome value in The Gottman Method for helping relationships. He also shared some tips from growing from 4 to 40 team members and the importance of building other leaders around you.

Get in touch with Jon – W: fivebyfive.com.au

In this episode, Ben interviews inspirational author, writer, and speaker, Emily Gowor. After overcoming depression at the young age of 19, Emily devoted her life to bringing writing and inspiration to the world – and she has now spent more than 15 years helping people to live an extraordinary life.

She is the author of more than 11 books on the topics of self-help, entrepreneurship, and writing – including Born Great. Emily’s writings, programs, projects and speaking presentations have touched and moved thousands globally as she inspires people to reach for more.

Her purpose-finding tool, the Inspiration Formula, is licensed to consultants around the world who are dedicated to showing clients a lasting glimpse of their destiny on Earth. Tune in to hear Emily talk about how to boost your personal brand through writing and speaking, how helpful time blocks are for your day, and the importance of personal wellness.

Get in touch with Emily – W: www.emilygowor.com Instagram: @emilygowor

In this episode, Ben interviews the Founder and CEO of Efficiency Partners, Allison Joyce. Allison is a natural high achiever, and being the best she can be is her personal and professional mantra. And, of course, this is why her financial management and consultancy business is such a success.

Allison’s business is a reflection of her action-orientated commitment to integrity, innovation, and achievement. Tune in to hear Allison talk about boundaries when it comes to separating work from home life, how she reduced her working days to four days a week, and what to spot with bad bookkeeping.


Get in touch with Allison –
Website: efficiencypartners.com.au
Email: allison@efficiencypartners.com.au

In this episode, Ben interviews Keynote Speaker, Author & Business Leader, Bruce Sullivan. Bruce is a proven performer in achieving results in people for over 35 years.

His practical, hands on experience is based on working with individuals, families, businesses and communities providing education and opportunities for personal improvement. It is this experience that has given Bruce a unique understanding of our ability to relate to one another in the workplace and at home. This is what sets his work apart and gives a very practical and timely insight into relationships at work and home.

Tune in to hear Bruce talk about balancing both business and the family life at home, and some gems including having a holiday policy for your family, making sure you’ve got school holidays off with the kids and also building rituals into your family life.

Get in touch with Bruce
Website: brucesullivan.com.au
Email: happy@brucesullivan.com

In this episode, Ben interviews the Founder of Fuel Collective and co-host of the Date Forever Podcast, Samm Jaeger. Sammi is borderline obsessed with the way that the quality of our relationships impacts the quality of our lives. Sammi uses her blend of knowledge, business, relationships, and contribution to work towards creating a better world.

Sammi is a huge advocate of the UN Global Goals and knows that to make true global progress, it starts with the quality of our relationships.

Sammi married the love of her life Nathan back in 2012 at just 23 years old. It’s almost a decade later and they are still thriving. They are also busy empowering other couples to do the same by sharing what they’ve learned alongside expert insights through their business Fuel Collective.

Get in touch with Sammi –
Website: https://www.fuelcollective.com.au/
Podcast: https://www.fuelcollective.com.au/podcast
Instagram: @sammisomewhere

In this episode, Ben interviews the Founder of Ultimate Physio, Nick Schuster. Nick is a physiotherapist by trade, and 5 years ago started Ultimate Physio, a consulting business which provides educational products and services to owners of physiotherapy clinics.

Tune in to this episode to hear Nick discuss his learnings after loosing 2/3 of his team and what he implemented as a result to improve retention, and how he transitioned from being a Physio, to training other Physio clinic owners.

Get in touch with Nick –
Website: https://www.ultimate.physio/

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