The Leap is a podcast for founders, creatives, and career-shifters who are bold enough to start something of their own. Hosted by Gavin Tye, each episode dives into the real stories behind people who’ve taken the leap...from launching startups and scaling side hustles to pivoting careers with purpose. Through candid conversations with early-stage founders, innovators, and changemakers, we explore the messy middle of entrepreneurship: the fears, breakthroughs, lessons, and mindset shifts that ...
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Building Busable: The Leap from Government Employee to Tech Founder
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In this episode of The Leap, Gavin sits down with Heroly, founder of Busable — a platform helping businesses connect with real opportunities and support networks. After years in government helping design programs for small businesses, Heroly saw the same pain points over and over: founders drowning in red tape, not knowing what support was actually…
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Mark Sowerby’s Oceans Seven: Swimming Out of the Darkness
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In this episode, we dive into the raw and unfiltered story of Mark Sowerby, founder of Blue Sky Alternative Investments, once one of Australia’s most ambitious investment firms, and the devastating collapse that followed a brutal short-seller attack. Mark opens up about how that loss shattered his identity, left him sitting on a bench in Burleigh c…
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From Nurse to Founder: How Ali Stokes Took the Leap into Health Tech
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In this episode, Gavin chats with Ali Stokes, a former nurse and Johnson & Johnson exec who left behind the safety of corporate life to build Beyond the Clinic — a virtual care platform reshaping how patients manage joint and muscle pain. Ali shares her raw, honest journey of going from a well-paid healthcare role to bootstrapping a startup with ze…
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