Niamh Sullivan left her “dream job” at Channel 7, built a creative agency with global clients like Meta - and did it by leading with purpose.

Today, we’re exploring what it really takes to leave your career, survive chaos, and scale a founder-led brand that stands out in any market.

You’ll hear Niamh’s incredible and unexpected journey - from surviving cancer as a child to launching a thriving business that works with global brands.

Tune in to discover:

✅How to start a business that aligns with your purpose

✅Why founder-led branding is the future

✅The mindset shift needed to quit your “dream job”

✅What creative entrepreneurs MUST focus on to stand out

✅Delegation, systems & scaling as a service-based business

✅How to create a culture that clients and employees LOVE

Whether you're in the early days of launching your business or considering a bold career pivot, this episode will inspire you to trust your gut, lead with authenticity, and build something that truly reflects who you are.

Key moments:

00:02:00 Defining clear brand foundations
00:05:00 The shift to founder-led content
00:08:00 Balancing boss mode with banter
00:10:20 One thing creatives must do first
00:12:40 Why ego caps your growth
00:17:00 Surviving cancer at age 11
00:21:00 How near-death shapes decisions
00:26:00 Landing the Channel Seven dream
00:33:00 Ignoring doubters and trusting yourself
00:41:00 Removing the fear of change
00:46:40 Building brand foundations from scratch
00:53:00 Cold pitching to land Meta as a client
01:01:00 The final advice: it's not that serious

If you've been waiting for the "right time" to make your move, this conversation will show you why that moment is already here.

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👉Connect With Niamh Suillivan

https://www.linkedin.com/in/niamhsullivan
https://infixstudio.com/

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👉Connect with us

https://www.instagram.com/twoblokesonebusiness
https://www.linkedin.com/company/two-blokes-one-business-podcast

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Adam Powell & Harvey Rivers are the founders of HARWELL.

HARWELL. are renowned in the recruiting space - specialising in finding top talent within the Construction, Accountancy & Finance & Labour Hire sectors. Along with eCommerce.

Their award-winning concierge approach is helping companies attract exceptional talent to their team.

👉Want help finding exceptional talent for your business?

Get in touch with Adam, Harvey, and the team at HARWELL. https://www.harwellconsulting.com.au/

In this episode of Two Blokes One Business, we pull back the curtain on how we scaled HARWELL. from a $20K startup to $5.92M in revenue - earning the title of 5th fastest growing company in Australia on the 2025 AFR Fast 100 list.

You'll hear about the wins, the mistakes, and the lessons that got us here.

If you're an entrepreneur, business owner, or thinking of starting your own recruitment agency, this episode is packed with gold.

You’ll also hear about:

✅How the Australian Financial Review Fast 100 rankings work

✅The early days of HARWELL. - from spare room startup to national recognition

✅Building a business without external funding

✅Turning failures into fuel (like when we lost 6-figures)

✅Creating a scalable recruitment business model

✅Using SOPs, AI, and EOS to scale sustainably

✅How content, community, and playing the long game built our brand

✅Lessons for any entrepreneur growing a service-based business

Whether you're grinding solo or building a team, this is a must-listen if you want to grow a business the right way - with purpose, profit, and people at the core.

Key moments:

00:02:40 Fifth Fastest in Australia
00:06:00 The Numbers Behind Growth
00:13:00 Pure Energy Over Strategy
00:16:40 Disaster Month
00:23:00 High Ticket Advantage
00:27:00 Learning From Every Exit
00:32:00 Playing The Long Game
00:38:00 Building Your Brain First
00:46:20 Documenting The Harwell Way
01:00:00 Recruitment Agent Institute Launch

Listen now to discover the mindset, systems, and strategies behind one of Australia's fastest-growing companies.

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👉Connect with us

https://www.instagram.com/twoblokesonebusiness
https://www.linkedin.com/company/two-blokes-one-business-podcast

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Adam Powell & Harvey Rivers are the founders of HARWELL.

HARWELL. are renowned in the recruiting space - specialising in finding top talent within the Construction, Accountancy & Finance & Labour Hire sectors. Along with eCommerce.

Their award-winning concierge approach is helping companies attract exceptional talent to their team.

👉Want help finding exceptional talent for your business?

Get in touch with Adam, Harvey, and the team at HARWELL. https://www.harwellconsulting.com.au/

Ex-MMA fighter, former stripper, and now multi-million dollar CEO - In this explosive episode of the Two Blokes One Business podcast, we’re joined by the unstoppable Barratt Kennett.

Barratt shares his journey from fighting in the ring and burnout to building a 50-person sales powerhouse - and launching his elite high-performance coaching programme, Cheat Code.

If you're chasing more profits, better performance, and personal growth, this episode will fire you up.

Tune in to hear about

✅ What makes a great sales team

✅ The hard truths about transitioning from athlete to entrepreneur

✅ How to lead with purpose and build winning culture

✅ The real reason most people never start a business (are you guilty of this?)

✅ How to scale your business without losing your values

✅ Why learning & growth is your #1 business hack… start doing this NOW!

Whether you're launching a startup, scaling a team, building a coaching brand or just sick of playing small, Barratt’s story will shake you awake.

Key moments:

00:10:00 Athletes & Depression
00:17:40 Team Evaluation Matrix
00:25:40 Entrepreneurship Story
00:34:20 The Infinite Business Game
00:44:00 Knights & Dragons
01:06:00 Surrounding Yourself Right
01:17:40 Purpose Over Profit

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👉About Barratt Kennett

Barratt is CEO of Cheat Code Sales & EFCOMM, a best-selling author, and the go-to-guy for sales-driven businesses who want to scale up results.

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👉Connect with Barratt Kennett

https://www.linkedin.com/in/barrattkennett
https://www.instagram.com/barrattjameskennett
https://www.cheatcode.com.au

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👉Connect with us

https://www.instagram.com/twoblokesonebusiness
https://www.linkedin.com/company/two-blokes-one-business-podcast

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Adam Powell & Harvey Rivers are the founders of HARWELL.

HARWELL. are renowned in the recruiting space - specialising in finding top talent within the Construction, Accountancy & Finance & Labour Hire sectors. Along with eCommerce.

Their award-winning concierge approach is helping companies attract exceptional talent to their team.

👉Want help finding exceptional talent for your business?

Get in touch with Adam, Harvey, and the team at HARWELL. https://www.harwellconsulting.com.au/

Can your job survive the AI revolution - or will you be replaced by a bot in the next 2 years?

With A being able to cut a week of work down to one hour - we’re showing you how to do the same in your job, business, or side hustle.

We’re not here to scare you – we’re here to get you ahead of the curve so you can leverage AI in your business or career.

From automating low-value tasks with AI to scaling businesses faster than ever - we explore how professionals in recruitment, finance, engineering, and more can leverage AI tools like ChatGPT, and more, to stay relevant, make more money, and even work less.

Tune in to discover:

✅How to replace low-value tasks with AI

✅The 5-step framework to build personal leverage

✅What jobs are most likely to be replaced by AI

✅How to build an AI stack for your role or business

✅Why personal branding + AI is the ultimate power combo

✅Tools like WhisperFlow, Notion AI, ChatGPT and how we use them

Listen to this full episode now and discover the exact five-step framework that will make you irreplaceable in the AI economy - whether you stay employed or start your own business.

Key moments

00:04:00 You Are F***ed
00:07:40 AI Workforce Replacement
00:11:00 Productivity Numbers
00:14:20 AI-Proof Careers
00:19:00 Intrapreneurial Shift
00:23:00 Job Security Is Dead
00:36:00 Five-Step Leverage Framework
00:41:00 Network Awareness Building

The choice is yours: get on the AI ship or get left behind.

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👉Connect with us

https://www.instagram.com/twoblokesonebusiness
https://www.linkedin.com/company/two-blokes-one-business-podcast

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Adam Powell & Harvey Rivers are the founders of HARWELL.

HARWELL. are renowned in the recruiting space - specialising in finding top talent within the Construction, Accountancy & Finance & Labour Hire sectors. Along with eCommerce.

Their award-winning concierge approach is helping companies attract exceptional talent to their team.

👉Want help finding exceptional talent for your business?

Get in touch with Adam, Harvey, and the team at HARWELL. https://www.harwellconsulting.com.au/

Thinking about quitting your 9-5 and starting your own business? This episode breaks down how one founder went from side gigs and countless setbacks to running two digital companies.

From selling American candy at age six to launching two high-growth startups, Will Hawkins reveals the truth behind building his digital businesses - Appifany and Rentsy

This discussion goes deep into the real journey of starting, scaling, and surviving in the world of startups.

Tune in to hear about:

✅How Will built Appifany to help entrepreneurs turn app ideas into real businesses

✅The early lessons from DJing, candy sales, and startup failures

✅Why product-market fit matters more than passion

✅How to manage co-founder relationships and roles

✅Why starting small and testing locally was key to scaling successfully

✅The challenges of running multiple startups at once

✅The power of mentorship, community, and resilience in entrepreneurship

If you’re wondering how to start a business, build an app, or transition from your 9-5 into your own company, this is the conversation you need to hear.

Key Moments:

00:01:00 Early entrepreneurship
00:04:40 Entrepreneurial vs academic upbringing
00:10:20 Starting Appifany
00:15:00 Brutal setbacks
00:21:00 Learning from failures
00:28:00 Co-founder relationships (like marriage)
00:42:00 Rentsy origin story & strategy
00:47:40 Why haven't they gone national?
00:53:00 Three tips for younger entrepreneurs

Listen now to discover how to turn your business idea into reality without risking everything.

👉Connect with Will Hawkins

https://www.instagram.com/wjmhawkins
https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-hawkins-761812216
https://www.appifany.com.au/
https://www.rentsy.com.au/

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👉Connect with us

https://www.instagram.com/twoblokesonebusiness
https://www.linkedin.com/company/two-blokes-one-business-podcast

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Adam Powell & Harvey Rivers are the founders of HARWELL.

HARWELL. are renowned in the recruiting space - specialising in finding top talent within the Construction, Accountancy & Finance & Labour Hire sectors. Along with eCommerce.

Their award-winning concierge approach is helping companies attract exceptional talent to their team.

👉Want help finding exceptional talent for your business?

Get in touch with Adam, Harvey, and the team at HARWELL. https://www.harwellconsulting.com.au/

Something crazy happens when you stop overthinking, drop perfection, and finally go all-in on yourself.

In today’s episode of The Two Blokes One Business Podcast - we’re calling out the difference between THINKERS and DOERS.

From overcoming the fear of failure to dropping corporate safety nets and building from scratch - we’re sharing real-life lessons, the startup mindset, the cost of inaction, and why version 1 beats version none.

Tune in to discover:

✅ Why most people stay stuck in the idea phase and never get any further

✅ A sneaky psychological weapon doers use that thinkers never discover

✅ The real reason why perfectionism is killing your business dreams

✅ Why Smart People Stay Broke While Average People Get Rich

✅ The brutal truth about starting your own business (hear what it really takes)

✅ How to navigate the mindset shift from employee to entrepreneur

Key Moments:

00:02:00 Thinkers vs doers
00:07:00 Proof that action works
00:11:00 Reframing risk in entrepreneurship
00:14:00 The power of purpose
00:29:00 Delusional optimism
00:34:00 Our podcast journey
00:41:00 Choose your hard
00:44:00 The truth about our new business launch

Hit play if you're ready to become a doer and actually LAUNCH your business idea… instead of staying a “glorified researcher”.

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👉Connect with us

https://www.instagram.com/twoblokesonebusiness
https://www.linkedin.com/company/two-blokes-one-business-podcast

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Adam Powell & Harvey Rivers are the founders of HARWELL.

HARWELL. are renowned in the recruiting space - specialising in finding top talent within the Construction, Accountancy & Finance & Labour Hire sectors. Along with eCommerce.

Their award-winning concierge approach is helping companies attract exceptional talent to their team.

👉Want help finding exceptional talent for your business?

Get in touch with Adam, Harvey, and the team at HARWELL. https://www.harwellconsulting.com.au/

Video content is the trust currency of 2025.

When people see you multiple times across different platforms, you become the obvious choice for high-ticket purchases.

In this episode ,we’re joined by Ethan Abrahams from 7xills - together we dive deep into how content, especially video, is the fastest way to build trust, attract high-ticket clients, and scale a personal brand in 2025.

Tune in to discover

✅Why you MUST use video content to build trust if you want to succeed in this era

✅How to overcome fear and embarrassment on camera… even if it fills you with dread now

✅The content framework Ethan uses to help coaches scale to 7 and 8-figures

✅Organic vs paid marketing: when to switch to ads

✅What to post if you have no social proof yet

✅How to stay consistent with content (even if you're busy)

✅The mindset behind real business growth

If you’re stuck in a 9-to-5 and want out, just launched your first offer, or you're already running a coaching or online business and want to scale using content, this episode is your roadmap.

Key moments:

00:01:15 Why video content
00:05:20 Map out your content goals
00:06:35 Document your journey
00:12:45 Save time with recording
00:19:30 Overcome camera fear
00:26:20 Quality matters less early on
00:33:15 Platform strategy and omnipresence
00:46:20 Reverse engineer your best days
00:49:40 How to partner with 7xills

Whether you're starting from scratch or finally ready to commit to showing up on video, this episode reveals how to build trust, reach more people, and convert them into paying clients - through strategic content creation.

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👉Connect with Ethan from 7xills

https://7xadvertising.com
https://www.instagram.com/7xills

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👉Connect with us

https://www.instagram.com/twoblokesonebusiness
https://www.linkedin.com/company/two-blokes-one-business-podcast

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Adam Powell & Harvey Rivers are the founders of HARWELL.

HARWELL. are renowned in the recruiting space - specialising in finding top talent within the Construction, Accountancy & Finance & Labour Hire sectors. Along with eCommerce.

Their award-winning concierge approach is helping companies attract exceptional talent to their team.

👉Want help finding exceptional talent for your business?

Get in touch with Adam, Harvey, and the team at HARWELL. https://www.harwellconsulting.com.au/

This episode will show you how to build, market, and scale an online education business - from an organic launch to paid ads.

Rebecca Adehill is a renowned business mentor, multimillion-dollar business owner, and the mind behind ‘the Million Dollar Funnel’.

If you're an aspiring course creator, digital entrepreneur, or service-based business owner wanting to pivot online, you need to tune in to this.

Tune in to discover:

✅ How to go from idea to income with your online product

✅ The exact funnel strategy Rebecca uses to generate $30K - $80K days

✅ How to create conversion events that make selling effortless

✅ The difference between bro marketing and authentic marketing

✅ What most people get wrong with funnels, ads, and low ticket offers

✅ How to craft no-brainer offers that convert cold traffic

✅ How to take a client from cold audience to a mastermind buyer

✅ The mindset and execution behind multi-six and seven-figure launches

Key Moments:

00:05:00 The Golden Funnel Paradox
00:09:00 Understanding Problem Land vs Promised Land
00:16:00 The Power of Micro-Specific Goals
00:20:00 Conversion Events That Pre-Sell
00:27:00 Proactively Crushing Objections
00:38:00 Trial Reels and ManyChat Automation
00:41:00 Ads Strategy and 2X ROAS
00:49:00 The House Analogy for Ad Structure
00:57:00 Market Before You Build
01:03:00 Horizontal Funnels and Mastermind Qualification

As you’ll see - we were asking questions and taking notes for our own upcoming education program.

If you’re thinking of launching an online education program or course, you won’t want to miss this.

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👉Connect with Rebecca Adehill:

https://www.instagram.com/rebecca_adehill
https://www.rebeccaadehill.com/the-million-dollar-funnel-masterclass

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👉Connect with us

https://www.instagram.com/twoblokesonebusiness
https://www.linkedin.com/company/two-blokes-one-business-podcast

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Adam Powell & Harvey Rivers are the founders of HARWELL.

HARWELL. are renowned in the recruiting space - specialising in finding top talent within the Construction, Accountancy & Finance & Labour Hire sectors. Along with eCommerce.

Their award-winning concierge approach is helping companies attract exceptional talent to their team.

👉Want help finding exceptional talent for your business?

Get in touch with Adam, Harvey, and the team at HARWELL. https://www.harwellconsulting.com.au/