The Business Growth Show with Athin Cassiotis

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I talk about all components of business, why they are important and how they can be utilised for exponential growth. Hear from me as well as entrepreneur and celebrity guests, who share their insider secrets on how they became successful. I aim to provide strategies that when implemented can create ultimate fulfilment in your life through business!

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November 4, 2026Episode 33355 min

EP333 - Building a Business that Scales Without You with John Megalli

Building a Business that Scales Without You with John Megalli, who started with $1,000 and built J&J Metro into one of Sydney's largest air conditioning companies. No investors. No shortcuts. Just relentless execution and the hard-won lesson most owners never learn: if the business can't run without you, you don't own a business, you own a job. Today, through John Megalli Mentoring, he takes business owners out of the grind and into the owner's seat, building the systems, leaders and structure that create real growth, real freedom and a business that scales without them. All while J&J Metro keeps running and growing, proof that he lives what he teaches! We talk about Improving your mindset for success, Leadership is key to scale without you, Implementing systems that help your growth, Improving your price and what you deliver, plus much more! Website: johnmegalli.com.au Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/megallijohn/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-megalli-3b594047/ ✔️ Listen and Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ObQdySPoVkYFteIMvh0Tr ✔️ Listen and Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/the-business-growth-show-with-athin-cassiotis/id1519360640 Follow Athin Cassiotis on Social Media: ► Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athincassiotis/ ► Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis/ ► Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis1/ ► Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athincassiotis/ ► Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthinCassiotis ► Follow on Tiktok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@athincassiotis Learn more at http://athincassiotis.com/

October 27, 2026Episode 33246 min

EP332 - Intentional Growth to Build a More Valuable Company with Matt Andersen

Intentional Growth to Build a More Valuable Company with Matt Andersen, who is the CEO of Westlake. Over the past 27 years, he has worked on over 175 completed transactions totalling over $5.7 billion in debt, private placement and M&A value. Matt has gained in-depth experience working with companies from the lower middle market up to public companies with market capitalizations in excess of $1.7 billion. Since joining Westlake in 2014, Matt has advised companies with a combined annual revenue of over $4 billion in the areas of strategy, capital, finance, and M&A. He currently sits on the board of three companies. In past roles, Matt has had full operational and P&L responsibility for a NYSE-listed company division with $15 million of EBITDA, led a multi-million-dollar revenue geographic territory for a privately held company, and oversaw a multi-million-dollar revenue product line for a NYSE-listed company. He has authored #1 best selling books "Completing the Deal" and "Intentional Growth", and speaks internationally on the topics of growth, capital, and M&A. Matt has an MBA in banking and has attended executive programs at Harvard and the University of Chicago. Matt holds Series 6, 7, 63, 65, 24, 27, and 79 FINRA licenses! We talk about Biggest mistakes business owners make, How the investment banking industry works, Building a more valuable company, When to raise capital or exit, plus much more! Website: https://westlakesecurities.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-andersen-8861811b/ YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@WestlakeSecurities Link to purchase his book: Amazon US - https://www.amazon.com/Intentional-Growth-Performance-Outcomes-Company-ebook/dp/B0HHC5CRXF Amazon AU - https://www.amazon.com.au/Intentional-Growth-Performance-Outcomes-Company/dp/1639081879 ✔️ Listen and Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ObQdySPoVkYFteIMvh0Tr ✔️ Listen and Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/the-business-growth-show-with-athin-cassiotis/id1519360640 Follow Athin Cassiotis on Social Media: ► Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athincassiotis/ ► Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis/ ► Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis1/ ► Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athincassiotis/ ► Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthinCassiotis ► Follow on Tiktok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@athincassiotis Learn more at http://athincassiotis.com/

October 21, 2026Episode 33157 min

EP331 - It's Flipping Easy to Invest into USA Real Estate with Bryan Anderson

It's Flipping Easy to Invest into USA Real Estate with Bryan Anderson, who is a real estate investor, Realtor, Mortgage Loan Originator, hard money lender, and author of It's Flipping Easy. Unlike many voices in the real estate investing space, Bryan doesn't teach theory, sell expensive coaching programs, or rely on flashy sales funnels. He teaches the same practical strategies he's personally used to build wealth through real estate. In addition to his real estate expertise, Bryan has spent more than 20 years building and leading high-performing sales organizations, developing training programs that generated millions in annual revenue, and coaching hundreds of professionals to double or triple their income. Bryan combines his passion for coaching with his real-world investing experience to help people discover that building wealth through real estate is often far more attainable than they think. Through strategies like Live-In Flips, House Hacking, owner-occupied renovation loans, and strategic rental property investing, he shows everyday people how to leverage their current housing expense to build long-term wealth! We talk about Investing without cash or partners, How to do a Live-In Flip, Alternative government programs available, How to negotiate on deals, plus much more! Website: www.bryantherealestateguy.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bryantherealestateguyca/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanoceanside/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BryanTheRealEstateGuy ✔️ Listen and Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ObQdySPoVkYFteIMvh0Tr ✔️ Listen and Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/the-business-growth-show-with-athin-cassiotis/id1519360640 Follow Athin Cassiotis on Social Media: ► Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athincassiotis/ ► Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis/ ► Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis1/ ► Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athincassiotis/ ► Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthinCassiotis ► Follow on Tiktok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@athincassiotis Learn more at http://athincassiotis.com/

October 14, 2026Episode 33048 min

EP330 - Align Ambition with the Life you Want to Create with Hugo Brooks

Align Ambition with the Life you Want to Create with Hugo Brooks, who is an Ambition Strategist, Speaker and Author who helps founders, business leaders and ambitious creatives build success on their own terms. After more than 35 years building, growing and selling brand, innovation and communications businesses, Hugo stepped away from the entrepreneurial treadmill to explore what truly drives ambition. Having advised global organisations including Coca-Cola, Unilever, Nestlé and Virgin, he now combines commercial experience with insights from neuroscience, evolutionary biology and social history. Through his coaching practice, Magnetic North, and his book, Ambition: Redefining Success for a Restless Age, Hugo helps people recognise the hidden forces shaping their choices, move beyond autopilot and align their ambition with the life they genuinely want to create! We talk about The energy that drives your ambition, How to deploy neutral force, The impact of obsession and relentlessness, The spirit of learning and creativity, plus much more! Website: https://hugobrooks.com/ Amazon link to buy the book: https://www.amazon.com.au/Ambition-Redefining-success-restless-age/dp/1067640819 ✔️ Listen and Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ObQdySPoVkYFteIMvh0Tr ✔️ Listen and Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/the-business-growth-show-with-athin-cassiotis/id1519360640 Follow Athin Cassiotis on Social Media: ► Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athincassiotis/ ► Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis/ ► Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis1/ ► Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athincassiotis/ ► Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthinCassiotis ► Follow on Tiktok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@athincassiotis Learn more at http://athincassiotis.com/

October 6, 2026Episode 32950 min

EP329 - aiOS The AI Operating System to Run Your Company with Gabe Campbell

aiOS The AI Operating System to Run Your Company with Gabe Campbell, who was homeless at 17, spent two years eating at food banks, and taught himself to code. He built software for BMW and Google, then turned down $515K a year to bet on himself. Today he's the founder of aiOS - and he no longer operates his own company: his AI runs the inbox, the ads, the outreach, and the deals; it recently hired human creators for a campaign, and it booked this interview! We talk about Walking away from $515K a year to build aiOS, How a zero-employee company actually runs, The real economics of an agent workforce vs payroll, Where AI actually replaces headcount and where it still fails, plus much more! Website: https://myaios.app/ The code "AthinCassiotis" gives you 20% off for 3 months on any plan at myaios.app LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabecampbellai/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabecampbellofficial/ ✔️ Listen and Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ObQdySPoVkYFteIMvh0Tr ✔️ Listen and Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/the-business-growth-show-with-athin-cassiotis/id1519360640 Follow Athin Cassiotis on Social Media: ► Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athincassiotis/ ► Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis/ ► Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis1/ ► Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athincassiotis/ ► Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthinCassiotis ► Follow on Tiktok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@athincassiotis Learn more at http://athincassiotis.com/

September 30, 2026Episode 32845 min

EP328 - Interview Valet to Maximise Podcast Guesting with Tom Schwab

Interview Valet to Maximise Podcast Guesting with Tom Schwab, who knows the best things in life come through conversations, not funnels. As the Founder of Interview Valet, he has pioneered Podcast Interview Marketing, helping over 1,500 leaders, coaches, consultants, and companies amplify their message and attract clients through targeted interviews. Called the “Godfather of Podcast Interview Marketing,” Tom is also the author of Podcast Guest Profits: How to Grow Your Business With a Targeted Interview Strategy, regarded as the bible of podcast guesting. A Navy Veteran and engineer by training, Tom takes a systems approach to marketing that cuts through the noise. His message is simple: in a digital age obsessed with clicks and tricks, genuine conversations create the most meaningful results. Tom shows business leaders how to turn listeners into leads, and conversations into customers! We talk about Stop chasing funnels and start building real client conversations, Near Bound marketing: the future beyond inbound and outbound, Big fish don’t swim through funnels and whales never click, Podcast guesting is more than marketing - it’s authority building, plus much more! Website: https://interviewvalet.com/ Twitter https://twitter.com/iamtomschwab IG https://www.instagram.com/iamtomschwab/ FB https://www.facebook.com/IAmTomSchwab YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuSNLwNEIU787_7l34HaS8A LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamtomschwab/ ✔️ Listen and Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ObQdySPoVkYFteIMvh0Tr ✔️ Listen and Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/the-business-growth-show-with-athin-cassiotis/id1519360640 Follow Athin Cassiotis on Social Media: ► Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athincassiotis/ ► Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis/ ► Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis1/ ► Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athincassiotis/ ► Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthinCassiotis ► Follow on Tiktok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@athincassiotis Learn more at http://athincassiotis.com/

September 22, 2026Episode 32736 min

EP327 - Earth and Quantum Medicine Benefits with Biomagnetism with Gaya Stepanian

Earth and Quantum Medicine Benefits with Biomagnetism with Gaya Stepanian, who is an international authority in Earth and Quantum Medicine, known as The Magnet Lady for her groundbreaking work in Biomagnetism. A best-selling author, researcher, and TV host, she delivers rapid, sustainable healing results when nothing else works. Through her global practice, trainings, book, and TV show “Beyond the White Coat”, Gaya leads a movement to restore health through nature’s original blueprint to make Earth-based medicine accessible to all! We talk about How therapy grade magnets influence health, Some of the most extraordinary results, How healing is possible via a remote session, How Gaya became a TV Show host, plus much more! Website: www.themagnetlady.net Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/themagnetladyy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gastepanian YouTube: https://youtube.com/@themagnetlady170 ✔️ Listen and Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ObQdySPoVkYFteIMvh0Tr ✔️ Listen and Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/the-business-growth-show-with-athin-cassiotis/id1519360640 Follow Athin Cassiotis on Social Media: ► Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athincassiotis/ ► Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis/ ► Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis1/ ► Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athincassiotis/ ► Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthinCassiotis ► Follow on Tiktok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@athincassiotis Learn more at http://athincassiotis.com/

September 16, 2026Episode 32642 min

EP326 - How to Reinvent your Life Mid Career with John Tarnoff

How to Reinvent your Life Mid Career with John Tarnoff, who is a Career Transition Coach, Author and TedX Speaker who empowers mid-career professionals to never have to look for a job again. He’s an outlier. Fired 39% in his entertainment industry career, he learned how to turn setbacks into successes in a volatile industry. Today, as a trusted advisor and thought leader, he teaches senior level professionals how to get great jobs despite ageism, a broken hiring system, and an outdated business culture telling them they’re done when they are still at the top of their game! We talk about Reinventing your life mid career, Identity shift needed when transitioning, How to land a better role, Growing a referral network, plus much more! Website: https://midcareerlab.com LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/johntarnoff ✔️ Listen and Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ObQdySPoVkYFteIMvh0Tr ✔️ Listen and Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/the-business-growth-show-with-athin-cassiotis/id1519360640 Follow Athin Cassiotis on Social Media: ► Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athincassiotis/ ► Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis/ ► Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis1/ ► Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athincassiotis/ ► Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthinCassiotis ► Follow on Tiktok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@athincassiotis Learn more at http://athincassiotis.com/

September 9, 2026Episode 32549 min

EP325 - Impact of the New Padel World with Ben Nichols

Impact of the New Padel World with Ben Nichols, who is one of the most influential figures in global padel - an entrepreneur, advisor and industry builder who has spent four years taking the sport to audiences and markets that didn’t yet know the sport existed. He advises brands, operators and investors navigating the padel industry - from market entry and partnership strategy to positioning and introductions. He co-founded the Anglo American Padel Cup, widely known as ‘the Ryder Cup of Padel’, and founded Insider 22, a global membership community for padel business leaders. He is On-Screen Contributor and Executive Producer of the soon to air show on a major streaming platform, Padel Planet, and the founder of The 22 - a media and advisory platform covering the business of what he has coined ‘the New Padel World’, including The 22 Newsletter and the Emerging podcast (launching Summer 2026). Before padel, he led global media relations for WADA during the Russian Doping Crisis - widely called the biggest sports story of the 21st century - and was featured in the Academy Award-winning documentary Icarus! We talk about Sports mindset for business success, Padel as a Social Operating System, What resonates and grabs attention, Storytelling infrastructure and identity, plus much more! Website: https://www.padel22.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-nichols-7401929/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepadelpr/ ✔️ Listen and Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ObQdySPoVkYFteIMvh0Tr ✔️ Listen and Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/the-business-growth-show-with-athin-cassiotis/id1519360640 Follow Athin Cassiotis on Social Media: ► Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athincassiotis/ ► Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis/ ► Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis1/ ► Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athincassiotis/ ► Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthinCassiotis ► Follow on Tiktok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@athincassiotis Learn more at http://athincassiotis.com/

September 2, 2026Episode 32446 min

EP324 - Media Techniques that Translate Directly to Everyday Leadership with Brooke Hargraves

Media Techniques that Translate Directly to Everyday Leadership with Brooke Hargraves, who is a media and communications strategist that helps leaders become confident, authentic communicators on camera, behind the microphone, and on stage. Drawing on more than 20 years of experience in journalism, political communications, and executive coaching, she has advised senior political leaders, CEOs, founders, and executives through high-pressure media moments and public appearances. Today, Brooke works with business leaders around the world, helping them communicate with clarity, build credibility, and turn visibility into one of their greatest professional assets! We talk about Media techniques for everyday leadership, Applying on-camera skills to virtual meetings, What to do before and during meetings, Building your personal brand, plus much more! Website: https://trellismedia.com.au/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brooke-hargraves-9b207656/ ✔️ Listen and Follow on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ObQdySPoVkYFteIMvh0Tr ✔️ Listen and Follow on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/ph/podcast/the-business-growth-show-with-athin-cassiotis/id1519360640 Follow Athin Cassiotis on Social Media: ► Connect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/athincassiotis/ ► Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis/ ► Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/athincassiotis1/ ► Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/athincassiotis/ ► Follow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AthinCassiotis ► Follow on Tiktok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@athincassiotis Learn more at http://athincassiotis.com/