Josh Carnavas, managing director of Brisbane Camperland a successful family business

71. Josh Carnavas on Operating a Successful Family Business, Achieving Results by Taking Time Out & Industry Shaping Technology

Josh Carnavas, the Managing Director of Brisbane Camperland, boasts an interesting surname. It’s an anagram of a word related to the industry of which he is very passionate about. Have you figured it out? Adrian was fortunate enough to steer Josh away from his beloved caravans for a chat this week about the industry from a trade perspective. In this …

Justin Hales, CEO of Camplify

Justin Hales CEO of Camplify on Turning Ideas into a Successful Business, Offsetting Recreational Vehicles & the Breakdown of Traditional Education Pathways

Justin Hales is the founder and CEO of Camplify, a recreational vehicle (RV) hiring platform and a major player in the share economy industry.  After dominating the Australian market, Justin and his team launched in the UK, seeing fantastic growth in the last twelve months. Camplify will soon expand into other European countries and places like New Zealand. I caught …

Justin Hales, CEO of Camplify

70. Justin Hales CEO of Camplify on Turning Ideas into a Successful Business, Offsetting Recreational Vehicles & the Breakdown of Traditional Education Pathways

Justin Hales is the founder and CEO of Camplify, a recreational vehicle (RV) hiring platform and a major player in the share economy industry.  After dominating the Australian market, Justin and his team launched in the UK, seeing fantastic growth in the last twelve months. Camplify will soon expand into other European countries and places like New Zealand. In this …

We’re All Going on a Working Holiday

Packing your bags and heading overseas is a well-travelled rite of passage for a ton of Aussies. This crowd of people includes kids heading on a short-term backpack trip across Europe, to expats wanting to make their mark on Europe and America. The ones who decided that the time was right to try something totally out of the box say …

The Best Ways to Measure Success Beyond Money

When you’re running a business, it’s easy to only look at your bottom line as the measure of its success. After all, if your business is making a nice pile of profit, you know that all the elements that make that happen are working too, right? While making profit is a good indicator your business is successful, it is not …

How to Make the Most of What You’ve Got in Your Business

Finding a kick-ass accommodation business in a spectacular location is like winning the lottery. My wife and I spent ages looking for the right spot for our business and were very lucky in finding Evans Head. The park did need some care when we started managing it, but the facilities it offered were outstanding. We know how lucky we are, …

42. Andrew Kennedy on Video Production, Keeping up With Technology and Sharing Stories Around a Campfire

If you work in the hospitality industry, you know how beneficial it can be to hear about other people’s success stories. Each Monday, join Adrian Easdown as he has enlightening chats with successful folks in the hospitality industry around Australia. If you’re involved in anyway way with caravanning, running a restaurant or working with any other sort of hospitality-based business, …

How to Ask Guests for Reviews (and Get Them)

Working in the accommodation and tourism industry, I know how important reviews can be to a business. I also know plenty of businesses who are still not maximising every opportunity they can to seek out guest reviews, and leave it up to fate that they will come in on their social media. I like to remove as much chance from …

Business Takeover Success (an Essential Checklist)

Managing your own business is certainly one of the most rewarding things you can do, and when you have it running like a ship on a clear glass ocean it can feel like you have reached the pinnacle.  It’s not uncommon at this point for you to disrupt that calm with expanding your business to include one or maybe even …

39. Adrian Easdown and Ronsley Vaz on the Power of Feedback, Navigating the Sharing Economy and Nightmare Customer Service

If you’re not using feedback as a method of making decisions on the direction your business is heading, you are missing out on a huge resource for making improvements. Each Monday, join Adrian Easdown as he has enlightening chats with successful folks in the hospitality industry around Australia. If you’re involved in anyway way with caravanning, running a restaurant or …