Owner Insights
Owner Insights
Podcast Description
Owner Insights is a podcast that dives into the stories of business owners who have built great businesses. Hosted by James Orchard, Managing Director of Accru Harris Orchard, each episode is a candid conversation with a different business owner. Together they explore the business origins, challenges, and lessons learned along the way. These aren’t step-by-step guides on how to run a business but insightful discussions filled with personal stories of growth, resilience, and unique paths to success. Join us to discover what it truly takes to build a great business from those who've done it.
Podcast Insights
Content Themes
The podcast explores themes of entrepreneurship, resilience, and personal growth, with episodes highlighting individual journeys like Angus Sobels’ purposeful wealth creation from loss and Scott Salisbury’s rise in the construction industry and football. Each conversation delves into the unique challenges and successes faced by business owners, offering lessons grounded in personal experiences.
Owner Insights is a podcast that dives into the stories of business owners who have built great businesses. Hosted by James Orchard, Managing Director of Accru Harris Orchard, each episode is a candid conversation with a different business owner. Together they explore the business origins, challenges, and lessons learned along the way. These aren’t step-by-step guides on how to run a business but insightful discussions filled with personal stories of growth, resilience, and unique paths to success. Join us to discover what it truly takes to build a great business from those who’ve done it.
At just 28, Jitendra Ragunath walked away from a career as a commercial lawyer to take a chance on a business he had originally bought into as an investment.
That business was Vergola, the South Australian manufacturer behind the opening and closing louvred roof system. Nearly three decades later, Jit is its sole owner and Vergola products continue to be manufactured in South Australia, with a presence in markets around the world.
In this episode of Owner Insights, Jit talks to James Orchard about the decisions, mistakes and lessons that have shaped the business along the way.
They discuss:
- Buying into an established business rather than starting or inheriting one
- Recognising when a business model isn’t working and unwinding arrangements that no longer make sense
- The challenges of licensing a product in overseas markets
- Why diversification isn’t always the answer and the decision to refocus on one product
- Taking Vergola into the US with a very different business model
It’s a story of changing course, learning from mistakes and growing a South Australian manufactured product into an international business.
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