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Welcome back to Business, Wine & Cheese! For episode #3 we had the chance to sit down with Matthew Boyd, founder and CEO of Vollie, an online volunteering platform based in Melbourne.In this episode Matt talks us through how this innovative business idea came about and how he's managed to achieve success. Quite an inspirational character, if you ask us!Salesforce’s 1% initiative discussed in this video is called the “Pledge 1%” program, and it invites all entrepreneurs and their companies to commit important resources (product, time, and resources) to support integrating philanthropy into their business from an early stage. Since it began, they have been able to give more than $240 million in grants, 3.5 million hours of community service, and provided product donations for more than 39,000 nonprofits and education institutions. We love that we’re able to be a part of this initiative!Other key takeaways from this video include:Transitioning from traditional corporate environments to starting a new ventureHow Matt financially prepared for building his own companyHow Vollie worksThe accelerator program provided by Deakin that helped Vollie to developMarketing strategies implementedGeneral professional/personal learnings from the journey to starting a businessGrowth plans for the businessClick here to check out the Vollie website: https://www.vollie.com.au/Click here to watch the full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsMH0HBL88AClick here to find out more about what we do or to get in touch: https://outintheclouds.com/Follow us on all our socials to catch the latest!YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq66V_ncdXu0V5uD-Q3yw7wFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/outintheclouds/LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/company/outinthecloudsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/outintheclouds/?hl=en