Driven Young

Driven Young is about using business to build a life you love. The goal isn't a $100M company. It's time with the people who matter, a body that feels good, experiences worth telling stories about, and the freedom to spend your days your way.

Byron Dempsey sits down with founders, athletes, doctors and adventurers to talk about how they built theirs: the work that funds it, the habits that keep them healthy, the friendships and trips that make it worth it, and the detours along the way. Some episodes are just Byron, with one idea you can use that day.

Past guests include Dr Michael Gervais, David Meltzer, Dr Michael Breus, Steve Sims and Dr Justin Sung.

Driven Young

Latest episodes

Teen Mum at 17 to Founder: Why Your First Business Should Cost Time, Not Money

Teen Mum at 17 to Founder: Why Your First Business Should Cost Time, Not Money

‧ 62m 52s

Adile Hoxha had her son in Year 12. By 27 she had a 10-year-old, a Sydney Uni degree and a corporate career. Then she moved to the Philippines, lobbied senators, and started a plant-milk import business that nearly broke her.

We talk about what raising a child at 17 teaches you about resilience, why your first business should cost you time and not money, the question that replaced "why me?", the social media contract she made her son sign, going viral after 83 TikToks, and what an OpenAI director wouldn't answer at a Sydney event.

CBD Business Invested in by Gordon Ramsay at 22

CBD Business Invested in by Gordon Ramsay at 22

‧ 56m 55s

From Market Stalls to Gordon Ramsay Investment - The Raw Truth About Building a CBD Empire at 22. Georgie Abbott's journey from losing her father to suicide at 17 to building a CBD company that caught Gordon Ramsay's attention is anything but ordinary. In this candid conversation, she pulls back the curtain on what really happens when you build a business straight out of university - the 10,000 times she pitched her story at weekend markets, the moment Gordon Ramsay's team scouted them at a trade show, and the unexpected reality of winning his investment on BBC's Future Food Stars....

How AI Will Affect the Average Person

How AI Will Affect the Average Person

‧ 72m 16s

Nofil is deep in the world of A.I, in this epiosde I spray him with question after question.

Hosted by Byron Dempsey. Every episode: drivenyoung.com/podcast