138. Ali Terai - Founder & CEO of Future Golf on turning lemons into lemonade, business gestation and value exchange

In this episode, we meet Ali Terai, Founder & CEO of Future Golf on turning lemons into lemonade, business gestation and value exchange.

 

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Ali founded Future Golf, a passion-driven business launched with less than $200 and a Facebook post, which is now one of Australia’s fastest growing startups

 

He also founded The Inspire Project, teaching young people Entrepreneurship, and has authored, crowdfunded and published a children’s book called A Little Penguin’s Guide to Life.

 

If that’s not enough, Ali has founded and launched a wallet, travel blog, pop-up burger restaurant, pub-crawl company, professional preparation program and number of smaller golf ventures.

 

He was a winner at the 2019 Telstra Business Awards and has been nominated for various other awards.

 

In this episode we talk about: 

How an eager young Ali found a loophole in the system of selling The AFL’s matchday program, The Record, and how he “turned lemons into lemonade”; How he has built passion-based businesses and loves speaking to young people about transformation; Why he spent a long time on the sidelines waiting for the businesses to gestate before jumping in full-time; and The value-exchange business models he has devised and how they have evolved.

 

Connecting with Ali Terai

You can reach Ali on LinkedIn and through his websites, Future Golf and AliTerai.com.

 

Books and resources mentioned in the episode

The Lean Startup - by Eric Ries The E-Myth Contractor - by Michael Gerber The 4-Hour Workweek - by Tim Ferriss A Little Penguin’s Guide to Life - by Ali Terai