Congratulations on being Accepted into the Small Business Training Program! | Sarina Russo

In the last 15+ years, India has worked with thousands of Small Business Founders and is deeply passionate about seeing them succeed. She regards the success of others as a hallmark of her own success. India has a penchant for creatives and started her post-university life as a documentary filmmaker; he innate knowledge of the arts: music, film and television industry is reflected in her capacity to understand the needs of creative start-ups and the accelerant required for them to remain viable in the long term.  

India’s CV is populated with the world’s leading brands: Chanel, The Estee Lauder Group of Companies, The University of Queensland and most recently, Sarina Russo. She is drawn to excellence and has a wealth of experience in executive, adult education and training roles. This, combined with her commitment to on-going learning has underpinned her desire to help small businesses thrive and survive. Indeed training, and bringing the best out of people is her special skill, and one that has become her signature. 

Fundamentally India is all about giving business owners access to everything they need to be successful, to make a positive impact in their community, to contribute to the economy and seed opportunities for employment, innovation, culture and diversity. Through her experience working as a Business Mentor and Small Business Trainer, she knows where there is scope to up-skill business owners and she wants ALL start-ups to access EVERYTHING they need, when they need it. 

India is post-graduate qualified and is at the fore of adult learning principles. She speaks fluent-start-up and is has a plethora of testimonials, recommendations, professional contacts and awards. Her purpose, herein is to exclusively service the small business community and formalise what resources and actions are needed to help businesses. Help them become established. Help them Grow, Help them prosper. This is India’s why! 

Francis is an Innovative Business Strategist, People Manager and Educator with a passion for helping people and organisations identify and achieve their potential. His areas of expertise include Business Strategy, Marketing, Coaching, Stakeholder Relations, Organisational Design, Performance Management, Information Technology, Human Resources and Training Design and Implementation. He has extensive experience in Academic and Vocational Education, Property Management, Healthcare, Retail, Fashion, Entertainment and Leisure industries. During his free time, he enjoys dabbling with technology and playing video games with his kids.

Kevin is usually the voice of reason & someone that will gently nudge you in being the best version of yourself. He has a very abstract way of looking at life & will positively challenge you in understanding the things you have uncovered about yourself during the program. He will show you how you can use this newfound knowledge & confidence to get out there & boldly chase your dreams & make them a reality. 

Erwin Brem has 35 years of business ownership experience, building two successful businesses including one of the largest and longest running B2B franchises in Brisbane. Erwin has also consulted to a national franchise chain and has travelled the length and breadth of Australia to work with company and privately owned franchises, developing improved systems for sales and service standards which dramatically increased and improved client contact, service quality and trading income. 

Erwin specialises in recruitment and staff training, planning and management, sales and customer service, and brand, image and  marketing. Since 2015 he has focused attention on supporting local small business growth, developed from the lessons learnt from his own experiences over those 35 years. He has coached and mentored business growth as well as trained staff in all roles from sales, and service, to business management. 

"I believe there are only a few basic core skills that business owners and their teams need, in order for businesses to succeed and through good training and ongoing support, those skills are implemented and businesses grow."