One Wild Ride with Pru Chapman
One Wild Ride is the exploration of a more meaningful life. A place where personal stories collide with good business and positive impact. Here we dive deep into the mindset, musings and strategies of incredible humans doing extraordinary things. Theirs are stories of positivity, hope, expansion and evolution.
Host Pru Chapman knows good business. As the founder of Owners Collective she has helped over 15,000 founders launch, leverage, and lead their businesses. She's passionate about using business as a force for good and both interviewed and worked with leading purpose-driven brands including Patagonia, Thankyou, Who Gives A Crap, Koala, TOM Organic and many more.
Instagram: @ownerscollective
LinkedIn: @pruchapman
Web: https://theownerscollective.com
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 100
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Ep 79. Paul Jarvis | Why Staying Small is the Next BIG Thing (Sample)
Paul Jarvis is a web designer, entrepreneur, educator, and author of Company of One. His past clients include Microsoft, Mercedes-Benz, and Warner Music. His writing and ideas have been published and…
Ep 78. Ārepa | Boosting Brain Health, Unlocking Peak Performance, and the Advantages of Being a Science & Technology-Led Startup with Founders Angus Brown and Zac Robinson
Ārepa is the world's first brain drink. Backed by neuroscience, this brand is on a mission to boost brain health around the world. Founded by Angus Brown and Zac Robinson in 2017, Ārepa has grown to …
Ep 77. Sustainable Table | The Future of Food, Regenerative Farming, Importance of Building Localised and Short-Chain-Supply Systems with Jade Miles
Jade Miles is a farmer, author, educator, podcaster, local food advocate, and CEO creating a culture in farming that values tomorrow. Together with her husband and three kids, Jade runs Black Barn F…
Ep 76. Surfrider Foundation & Varuna Surf | Leading National Grassroots Campaigns, Protecting the Ocean, Crafting Sustainable Wooden Surfboards, Coming Back from Head Injury with Damien Cole
Damien Cole is a well-known environmentalist, public speaker, and community leader. He is the National Campaign Director for Surfrider Foundation and led paddle-out protests across Australia in the F…
Ep 75. Thankyou | Reimagining A Better Business Future, Identifying Your Top 5%, Leading Through Failure, and Collaborating for Global Expansion with co-Founder Daniel Flynn (Full Episode)
Daniel Flynn is the co-founder and managing director of one of Australia’s most successful startups, Thankyou. He started Thankyou at the age of 19, and now 12 years later, Thankyou’s products are st…
Ep 73. The Power of Breathwork & Cold Exposure in Personal Healing with Benny Berry (Full Episode)
Benjamin Berry is a fully accredited Wim Hof Method, Oxygen Advantage, and Cold Exposure Facilitator who delivers workshops based on these practices, along with a variety of other breathwork techniqu…
Ep 72. Pleasant State | Combating Toxic Indoor Air Pollution, Creating a Consumer-Led Brand, Harnessing the Power of Deep Customer Research, and Utilising Equity Crowdfunding for Growth (Full Episode)
Ami Bateman is the CEO and Co-Founder of Pleasant State, an ethical home cleaning company, that makes non-toxic and zero-waste dissolvable cleaning bars. Australians spend almost two billion dollars …
Ep 71. Tribe Skincare | Bootstrapping to an $8m+ Turnover, The Secret to 50,000 Repeat Customers, Choosing Local over Global Markets, and Growing E-Comm Without Paid Advertising
Kayla Houlihan is the founder of Tribe Skincare, a natural, vegan-friendly, Australian-made skincare range, based in Torquay. It was while running her own skin clinic that Kayla noticed a gap in the…
Ep 70. Heaps Normal | Changing Australian Drinking Culture, Hitting a Market Valuation of $58 Million in Under 3 Years, and the Importance of Building an Inclusive Team
Andy Miller is the co-founder and CEO of Heaps Normal. On a mission to change drinking culture Heaps Normal launched in mid-2020 and at the time of this recording less than three years later they had…
Ep 69. Twoobs | From Fashion to Footwear, Leading with Disruptive Marketing Campaigns, and The Value in Being Kind in Business
Jess & Stef Dadon are the founders of fashionably kinder footwear brand Twoobs. After one too many blisters encountered traveling to global fashion weeks, the sisters discovered a need for beautiful…
Ep 68. KeepCup | Achieving Sustainable Behaviour Change through Purposefully Simple Design, Becoming One of Australia's First B-Corps, Balancing Global Expansion with Australian Manufacturing
Abigail Forsyth is the co-founder and managing director of the industry-leading brand KeepCup. Since launching the world’s first barista-standard reusable cup in 2009, KeepCup is now embraced by reus…
Ep 67. Forever Projects | Empowering Women in Tanzania: Breaking the Cycle of Poverty and Creating Self-Sustaining Futures, Juggling a Startup, Full-Time Teaching Job, and Fatherhood to Six Kids
Forever Projects helps women break the cycle of poverty and create self-sustaining futures. Founded by Mark Dombkins Forever Projects began with a simple mission - to nourish a newborn – and then hel…
Ep 66. Afends | Taking on Commercial Hemp Production in Australia, Social and Environmental Benefits of Hemp, Balancing High Quality and Affordability, Navigating Red Tape and Overcoming Red Flags.
Afends are a Byron Bay-based surf and streetwear brand pioneering hemp as a sustainable fabric of the future. Staying true to their tagline of ‘question everything’ Afends are dismissing outdated pro…
Ep 65. Young Folks Digital | Greenwashing vs. Authentic Marketing, Knowing When to DIY and When to Outsource, the Hidden Costs of Being a 'Good Business', and How Purpose-Led Brands Master their Marketing
Erin Morris is the Founder of Young Folks Digital, a B Corp Certified Marketing Agency specialising in helping grow brands that are solving today's problems for a better tomorrow. They understand th…
Ep 63. How Your Business Can Shape A Brighter Future
As the world changes at warp speed we’re currently witnessing unprecedented degradation of our society and environment. With governments slow to act, business owners are uniquely placed to take actio…
Ep 62. Trace | Becoming a Carbon Neutral Business, Steps to Lighten Your Environmental Footprint and Navigate Carbon Offsetting (Dos and Don'ts)
Cat Long is the Founder and CEO of Trace, a digital platform that helps climate-conscious individuals and businesses measure, reduce and offset their carbon footprint and track their impact over time…
Ep 61. Odette & Co | How to Hack Your Own PR, The Power of PR for Purpose-Led Brands, Stories the Media is Eager to Feature, Navigating the Changing Landscape of PR, and Staying Ahead of the Curve
Odette Barry is a publicist, PR mentor and the founder of Odette & Co. She knows that every business has a story to tell, and she’s here to help empower business owners to tell those stories through …
Ep 60. Hello Lover | Rebranding the Business of Pleasure, Making Intimacy Accessible to All, Empowering Customers to Grow in Confidence through Healthy Conversations and Community
Ella McLean is the Founder of Hello Lover, a sex-positive place that's open all hours. From the outside, Hello Lover looks like a beautifully branded and curated online sex shop where you can buy al…
Ep 59. Zero Co | Untrashing the Planet, Throwing Life-Savings into a Seemingly Good Idea, The Power of Big PR Stunts, and Cleaning Up Our Oceans
Mike Smith is the Founder of Zero Co, a company that delivers personal & home-cleaning products direct to your door, minus the single-use plastic. With its reusable bottled and refill subscription, …
Ep 58. Flow Hive | Bee’s and Business as a Force for Good
Cedar Anderson is the founder and inventor of Flow Hive, a revolutionary system that produces great honey and is easy on the bees and the beekeepers. This business path is anything but traditional, w…