About Business Essentials

Business Essentials is a podcast for Australian business owners, managers and entrepreneurs looking for the best advice and ideas on business growth. It’s produced by SoundCartel.

A podcast four decades in the making: since 1984, Business Essentials® has been synonymous with high-quality, up-to-date business advice and is the world’s longest-running business audio magazine.

The next generation of Business Essentials® is now a podcast. With 40 years’ experience interviewing thousands of Australia’s leading business experts, we understand what businesses owners want to hear. Business Essentials provides around 20-minutes of easily digestible business information each week.

Every Monday listeners receive relevant, reliable and practical advice on how to grow their business in a succinct, engaging style. Interviews with leading experts cover a wide range of topics, including:

  • Leadership
  • Cash management
  • Tax, Legal
  • HR
  • Sales
  • Marketing
  • Mental health & wellbeing
  • Finance
  • Innovation
  • Digital marketing
  • Economic updates
  • Success stories

MEET THE TEAM

Nick Schildberger

Managing Director
 

The team is led by Nick Schildberger, whose passion for creating engaging audio grew as he worked alongside his father, Michael Schildberger, the founder of SoundCartel. Nick has overseen the production of audio projects with a range of organisations, including Westpac, MYOB, Telstra, Officeworks, the Department of Health and Ageing, and the Royal Australasian College of Medical administrators.

Peter Letts

Head of Audio
 

Peter is a highly skilled audio engineer, producer and technical producer with 21 years’ experience at SoundCartel. He’s a full member of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE), and has extensive experience in all facets of sound production and audio content creation. Peter holds a Bachelor of Communication and a Master of Communication from Griffith University

Grace Jennings-edquist

HOST & Producer

Grace is a podcast producer and award-winning journalist with more than 12 years experience. She’s worked for the ABC, 360info, Mamamia, the Financial Times (New York), Acuris (London) and made podcasts for Bloomberg News and Future Women. Grace is a former lawyer with a master’s of public and international law from The University of Melbourne.

Nicole Goodman

SENIOR Producer

Nicole is a podcast producer, host and an Australian Podcast Awards winner. She currently coproduces several SoundCartel audio programs and co-hosts Podcasting Essentials. Nicole also has more than 20 years’ experience working in marketing and advertising agencies such as Ogilvy and McCann. Her clients have included NAB Business Bank, Myer, seek.com, BMW, Chobani, Cancer Council, tech startups and not-for-profits.

mariah stonehewer

Producer & Marketing

Mariah is a podcast producer and marketing specialist who has worked on more than 100 shows across industries like health, finance, and lifestyle. Starting her career in writing, she naturally transitioned into podcast production, combining her love of storytelling with sound. Originally from Vancouver, Mariah has called Australia home since 2013.

Bazz Bartlett

Editor

Bazz has been in the industry for a little over decade, holding a Bachelor of Audio Engineering from JMC Academy. His career began in voiceover/advertising and has grown into the podcasting and YouTube post-production space. Bazz also produces music and he has been lucky enough to work with industry leaders in world-class studios like ‘The Castle’ in Nashville,  TN.