by Sharon Ferrier | Aug 24, 2023 | Pitching
Heather Day appeared on Shark Tank in 2017 with her product Hay Day Butter. She approached me after attending my Perfecting Your Pitch seminar as part of the eChallenge program hosted by the University of Adelaide. Here are 5 tips I coached Heather on to win her...
by Sharon Ferrier | Mar 21, 2023 | Pitching
Mark Randolph is the co-founder and past CEO of Netflix. 25 years ago he had a great idea, in fact he had hundreds of them, ranging from customer surfboards through to personalised dog food. The idea that grew legs after being tested was Netflix. Netflix started as...
by Sharon Ferrier | Nov 24, 2022 | Business, Communication, Confidence,Persuasion,Speaking, Pitching
I remember when I first heard Richard Turner speak and I was enamoured by his ZEN Energy founder’s story. Richard is a serial entrepreneur and has founded multiple successful companies and organisations across four different industry sectors. When I heard his book,...
by Sharon Ferrier | Nov 17, 2022 | Pitching, Presentation skills, Speech Writing, Stories
I love working with entrepreneurs. To succeed as an entrepreneur, you have to be creative, resilient, and persistent. What we see as ‘overnight success’ is the cumulation of many years of hard slog, rejection, and disappointment. I love asking them about how they...