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E158 - Adam Schwab, CEO and Co-Founder at Luxury Escapes
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\\nAdam Scwhab runs at a million miles an hour - literally, he runs barefoot marathons! The CEO and Co-Founder of Luxury Escapes, Adam Schwab is our guest this week.\\xa0
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\\nOutside of running one of the country\\u2019s most successful, bespoke travel sites, and running really far without shoes, Adam is also a contributing journalist and writer, podcast host, father of two young children, is on the investment committee of Save The Children, and is an angel investor.\\xa0
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\\nAn ex-lawyer, Adam and Luxury Escapes co-founding partner Jeremy Same (an ex-banker), started their first business in 2004 - apartment accommodation for backpackers. Fast forward to 2023, Luxury Escape has 510 staff on its books across Australia, Sri Lanka, India, Brazil, Ukraine, and New Zealand and will turn over close to $1b this year.\\xa0
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\\nIan and Adam discuss a heap including:
\\nAnd so much more.\\xa0
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\\nQuickfire Round\\xa0
\\nBook: The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
\\nPodcast: Pivot, What The Flux\\xa0
\\nNews Source: AFR, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg\\xa0
\\nApp: BOM\\xa0
\\nTech CEO: Jeff Bezos\\xa0
\\nProductivity Tool: WhatsApp\\xa0
\\nTV Show/Movie: WeWork, Super Pumped, The Crown - fact based fiction\\xa0
\\nTed Talk Topic: n/a\\xa0
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Luxury Escapes are always hiring and Adam\\u2019s DM\\u2019s are open. Hit him up on Twitter.\\xa0
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