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Ep 17. Collaboration and Client Growth with Brad Krauskopf

Glen Carlson
Cofounder, Dent

Brad's a star in the entrepreneurial world and his story is an awesome inspiration for people from all walks of life. Starting from scratch, he founded Hub Australia in 2011 – a co-working business dedicated to providing community working spaces to small and large organisations across a huge number of different sectors. Now, Hub is Australia's largest co-working space with over 800 members. Brad's also founded CoAtiv8 and Platform3, under the umbrella company, Third Spaces Group. His businesses bring in a seven-figure revenue and in 2013 he was named Australia's Small Business Ambassador.
Brad's mission is simple: to create spaces that drive innovation by allowing for collaboration between different businesses. Third Spaces Group goes much beyond just providing working spaces; they also offer marketing and technology services as well as opportunities for businesses in learning and creating.
Brad and his team are making a serious dent but they go way beyond simply making profit. Third Spaces Group is also committed to making a positive environmental and social impact, and is helping to redefine success in business in a big way!
In this episode we get really into these areas:
What you can do when you find out you've got a product that's not profitable
How diversity can help to innovate your business
Creating a valuable product and commercialising it
The boom of the freelance economy
Loads of different ways of keeping revenue ticking over
As well as…
Being a leader in your industry
Using trial & error as an entrepreneur
Creating a company rhythm and why it's important
How to manage a team of employees spread out over the world
Top tips on leveraging your personal brand
Ways in which you can maximise profit from a growing team
The art of delegation
Using events to activate word of mouth marketing
How Brad's successful at retaining clients
How his mission and values have evolved over time
Resourcefulness in small business
The importance of figuring out your business model
How to love what you do and find value in it