How I Made It

“Kerry Packer was one of the last greats,” says Craig Carracher, co-founder of The Living Company.
As the media mogul's lawyer, Carracher spent five years observing his intuition, leadership and deal-making.
Since embarking on his own entrepreneurial venture with business partner Stephen Gaitanos, Carracher has applied “the Kerry Packer factor” to his housing company.
On this week’s episode of How I Made It, host Lauren Sams finds out how this founder secured one of Australia’s largest real estate deals – and built a $20 billion empire.
This podcast was sponsored by Sinch Engage.
Further reading:
Alex Vynokur bet the house on ETFs. He won
The aspiring entrepreneur knew the odds were stacked against his start-up, Betashares.
How this 26-year-old built a $100m robotics company
Andromeda founder Grace Brown reveals how her hi-tech companion, Abi, has disrupted an industry.
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Grace Brown had always enjoyed maths, science and music. Teamed with a “wild imagination”, her interest in patterns meant she was obsessed with all things magic.

When she took on an engineering design subject in high school, everything became clear.

“I wanted to spend the rest of my life working as an engineer because you could just imagine something and create it that didn't previously exist,” says the now- 26-year-old.

Brown has since turned her fascination into a thriving robot helper start-up, Andromeda.

On this week’s episode of How I Made It, host Lauren Sams finds out how this engineer-turned-entrepreneur built a $100 million company.

This podcast was sponsored by Sinch Engage.
Further reading:
AI leads Australian start-up $5b funding boom
Funding for tech start-ups surged by $1 billion last year, with more than 60 per cent going to AI companies, but VCs say the market is not in bubble territory.
A 25-year-old Melburnian now has a $100m robot helper start-up
Female founders are still struggling to receive funding, but Grace Brown’s robotics start-up just banked a $23 million series A funding round.
Alex Vynokur bet the house on ETFs. He won
The aspiring entrepreneur knew the odds were stacked against his start-up. But Betashares is now Australia’s second-largest exchange-traded fund provider at $75 billion.
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The former lawyer walked away from a top-tier legal career to risk his house on an ETF venture. It’s now the country’s second-largest exchange-traded funds provider.
"I was just totally convinced that you know I should just do it," says the Betashares founder.
On the first episode of the new season of How I Made It, host Lauren Sams sits down with the chief executive to found out how he turned his start-up into an industry giant.
This podcast was sponsored by Sinch Engage.
Further reading:
Luck, timing or hard work: What it takes to become a top entrepreneur
What makes a business venture successful? Australia’s top business leaders reveal how they built their fortunes and what they learnt along the way.
Four leaders who came to Australia with nothing, and made it to the top
Australia may be imperfect, but for these bosses it was the land of opportunity.
Record wave of ETFs flood the ASX, with more to come
Firms are rushing to launch new funds on the ASX as retail investors demand access to the country’s top fund managers.
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How I Made It is back with host Lauren Sams.
Don’t miss season six as we uncover how Australia’s top entrepreneurs built their fortunes and what they learnt along the way.
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Growing up, Janine Allis never thought about starting her own business. “I didn’t even know what an entrepreneur was,” she says.
But after spotting a gap in the market, there was no stopping the founder of a now-global smoothie company that’s worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
On the final episode of season five of How I Made It, Rich List editor Yolanda Redrup finds out how the Boost Juice owner became one of Australia’s top business leaders.
This episode was sponsored by Telstra.
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