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Search every verified Mike O'hanlon interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Mike O'Hanlon, a mechanical engineer and entrepreneur involved in several Perth enterprises, discussed his business experiences and community involvement in September 2015. He described his improvisational approach to business and acknowledged that he initially did not adhere to principles of cash flow and economic reasoning, later merging into that way of thinking after observing the success of a philosophy he attributed to someone named Pet. O'Hanlon stated that if he had listened to similar advice earlier, he would be "4 years ahead" of where he was at that time. O'Hanlon also announced his intention to run for Lord Mayor of Perth, citing a desire to invest a reported 100 million dollars in a term deposit into local opportunities. He expressed excitement about the startup community in Perth, noting the seriousness of people starting companies across retail and tech. O'Hanlon discussed his involvement with an electric motorcycle team, which he sponsored by selling a pub, and described the bike as "nuts" and "far more intimidating" than a 1000 CC road bike, noting the team won 14 from 16 starts and set a lap record. He also mentioned a project taking artists' candid jam sessions and putting them online to generate content linking to events on an app.
“I thought I was magic and I didn't have to adhere to the rules of simple cash flow and finding economic reason to do what you're doing, and with time I guess I just merged into that way of thinking by seeing so many examples of Pet's philosophy being successful.”
“If I'd listened to this kind of advice that you're being presented now, which I've been presented with for the last 5 years, if I'd listened to it all first time around I'd probably be 4 years ahead of where I'm at right now.”
“West Australia has a lot of lithium. I just don't know there's a company that offices the two doors over called Talison with you and they've got a little mine in Greenbushes that puts out 35% of the world's lithium. It's owned by the biggest lithium supplier concentrate with their silver battery; it's a joint owners 51...”
“I've decided that I'm going to run for Lord Mayor which is going to be pretty sick because they've got 100 million bucks sitting in a term deposit that's just earning three and a half percent for Hanna but it's ridiculous. We've got so many bright people and opportunities to invest here.”
“When we started The Bird I had two not about seven thousand bucks credit left credit card. I lied until the real estate agent that I own the house and I rented and I got bullets and then started smashing walls out of the sledgehammer. It was possible to like the consequence of failure in that it was just would not happ...”
“What I'm really excited about is seeing this community and seeing how many people are really serious about starting their own companies across everything from retail through to your deepest tech projects.”
“Everything that I did that was successful was because I had a co-founder who was there for the heavy lifting. They all kind of synergize with each other in a really big way.”
“If you're trying to start a company make sure you've got balance in your team. If you're really loose then find someone who's thorough and try to people in there. I don't think that you need a guy like me or the team most.”
“The bike is nuts. I've got a thousand CC road bike and the electric bike is far more intimidating. It'll go to 103 seconds so we go to 207 seconds top speed of 340. It's a real monster. We won 14 from 16 starts in the last season and took six seconds off the electrical lap record at Easton Creek.”
“I made a decision to sell the pub and sponsor the team. There's no real commercial reason for doing that at the time. It was just a hunch that this is really cool and it's important that someone does it.”
“What we started doing recently that's going well is taking artists and videoing an element of their jam and putting that online. When we give you correct created unique content, it's the guys doing something candid that there's not usually an insight into. Like a band just a lot of views and so you've got a piece of co...”
“I really enjoyed running and rolling and I've had a coach who's had this idea of any seat in a wooden boat only got one percent to make room to get all the right people in. So I think that's it just put it.”
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