FromapodcastinaspareroomtoAustralia'shomeofpodcasting.

The spark

Kyle was running a consulting business that comfortably paid six figures. But day by day, the passion was fading. The one thing still lighting him up? His podcast.

Going all in

Video podcasting was exploding in the US — aesthetic sets, cinematic production, creators building empires. The "I Am Athlete" podcast was the one that did it. Kyle leased a studio, bought a heap of equipment, hired a full-time producer, and launched Pivotal Conversations.

The bet

Kyle closed the consulting business entirely. 12 months of runway. No plan B. He rebranded the show to Startup Diaries — his love letter to business — and transformed Pivotal Conversations into a network.

Top 10 in Australia

Startup Diaries cracked the top 10 business podcasts in Australia for five weeks straight. With one month of cash left in the bank, Kyle closed a six-figure brand deal.

The pivot

The mission became clear: build Australia's home of podcasting. A direct-to-consumer offering that made starting a podcast feel simple, accessible, and world-class.

Harlow

Kyle's daughter Harlow was born and everything changed. He stepped back from Startup Diaries to pour his energy into her early life — and into scaling Pivotal Conversations.

Multi-city expansion

Studios opened in Sydney and the Gold Coast, bringing Pivotal to three major Australian cities. The team grew. The client list grew faster.

1000+ clients

Over 1,000 clients. Millions of views every month. Pivotal became home to some of Australia's fastest-growing podcasts — and Melbourne hit capacity.

The flagship

The biggest, most aesthetic podcast studio in Australia was built. Three purpose-built recording spaces — SOL, LUNA, and TERRA — plus a headquarters for the Melbourne team. Level 2, 71 Langridge Street, Collingwood.

Kyle Traynor

Closed a six-figure consulting business with one month of cash left and bet everything on a podcast studio. By November 2022, Startup Diaries hit the top 10 business podcasts in Australia. He didn't stop there — he turned the brand into the country's leading video podcast agency. Kyle built Pivotal from a single studio and a gut feeling into a national operation with locations in Melbourne, Sydney, and the Gold Coast. Everything here exists because he went all in.

Olivia Ogrisetti

Olivia co-founded Pivotal with a clear vision for how it should look, sound, and grow. Today she runs the entire marketing ecosystem — brand strategy, paid advertising, and budget — making sure every channel is earning its place and Pivotal stays positioned as Australia's home of video podcasting.

Sheree Thomson

The person who keeps the whole experience feeling effortless. Sheree is your main point of contact from day one — answering questions fast, keeping your content on schedule, and making sure you always feel looked after. She's the connective tissue between your vision and our team, and she takes that seriously.

Aydin Bozkurt

Nearly a decade across Melbourne's film and TV industry — Channel 9, Studio Kilogram, campaigns for brands like Kmart and Bundaberg. Aydin brings that level of craft to everything produced under Pivotal's roof. As Head of Production, he sets the bar and makes sure every studio, in every city, clears it.

Lottie Reisch

Responsible for keeping Pivotal front of mind. Lottie leads the organic social strategy that builds the brand from the inside out — the content, the presence, the consistency. She knows how to make a brand feel alive online, and she does it for ours every day.

Klaudia Liubinskas

Klaudia has spent 15+ years at the intersection of content, media, and brand partnerships — from radio sales at Austereo to leading creative partnerships at Zalando across Europe, with nearly four years building creator and brand ecosystems at Studio71 in London. Now she's bringing that global pedigree to Pivotal Connections — building Australia's most creator-centric advertising network, where brands don't buy ad breaks, they become part of the conversation.

Vansh Mittal

Building the tech stack that gives Pivotal its edge. Vansh develops the AI tools and automated workflows that help the team move faster, smarter, and at a scale that wouldn't be possible otherwise. The person quietly making everything more powerful.

Natasha Rofe

Turns full episodes into content that stops the scroll. Natasha manages short-form social strategy for Pivotal's clients — identifying the moments that hit, building the plans that grow audiences, and making sure every clip earns its place in the feed.

Eddie Dong

The person making sure nothing slips through the cracks. Eddie manages content scheduling across every client account — podcast clips, full episodes, social posts — keeping everything running on time, every time. The behind-the-scenes engine that keeps the whole content calendar moving.

Guillermo Ignacio

From the ABC to Pivotal, Guillermo brings serious broadcast pedigree to our Melbourne studio. With a background spanning camera operation at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, directing, and over a decade of production experience, he's the kind of all-rounder who understands every layer of what makes great content.

Podcast Studios

Podcast Editing

Social Media

YouTube Growth

Advertising

Melbourne

Level 2, 71 Langridge Street, Collingwood 3066

Sydney

Unit 1.1 Graphix Row, Alexandria NSW 2015

Gold Coast

10/48 Hutchinson St, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220