From a spare room to
Australia's home
of podcasting.

A side passion outpaces the day job.

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.

Lease the studio. Buy the gear. Hit record.

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.

Twelve months of runway. No plan B.

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.

One month of cash. A six-figure brand deal.

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.

Build Australia’s home of podcasting.

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

A daughter is born. The mission sharpens.

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.

Three cities. One studio network.

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

Millions of views. Capacity maxed out.

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

SOL. LUNA. TERRA. Collingwood HQ.

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 - ensuring every channel is earning its place and Pivotal stays positioned as Australia's home of video podcasting.

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.

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 ensures 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 bring a brand alive online, and she does it for ours every day.

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 improving everything.

Ifelola

Sits across the whole client relationship - shaping the strategy behind each show and then making sure it lands on YouTube. Ifelola turns a podcast into a channel: what gets made, how it's packaged, and why an audience keeps coming back.

Eddie Dong

The person ensuring 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.

Jaydan de Oliveira

Jaydan came up through the lighting department from 2018, working across commercials, feature films and live television - including Have You Been Paying Attention?, The Cheap Seats, The Project and Sam Pang Tonight at Network 10. That's the standard he holds our studios to: broadcast lighting, broadcast discipline, on every shoot that comes through the door.

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 defines great content.

Melbourne

Level 2, 71 Langridge Street, Collingwood 3066

Sydney

Unit 1.1 Graphix Row, Alexandria NSW 2015

Gold Coast

Unit 32/314 Burleigh Connection Rd, Burleigh Heads QLD 4220

Either. A once-off session is a single booking at a set price — the price is on the booking page and you can book it online right now, no call needed. A membership is for people recording regularly: you save up to 33% per hour and use your hours however you like across every studio in Australia, not locked to one city or one room. Membership spots are capped each month, so we confirm your rate and what's open on a 30-minute discovery call.

We recommend it - our studios are purpose-built to get the best audio and video quality. That said, we support remote recording and can work with you wherever you are in Australia.

It depends - and that's intentional. We work with some of Australia's largest podcasts on full end-to-end management, and with others who just need a studio and a great editor. Everything from studio access and post-production through to social media, YouTube, and distribution is on the table. What's right for you gets mapped out on your discovery call.

Absolutely. We offer once-off bookings and studio memberships - your choice. Every booking includes professional 4K multi-camera recording, broadcast-quality audio, an expert studio operator, and within 24 hours delivery of your fully mixed raw files, available across Melbourne, Sydney, and Gold Coast. Members get priority booking access and preferential rates, with flexible monthly plans available. The right tier for your output gets worked out together on your discovery call. No hidden fees. No surprises. What we agree on is what you pay.

SOL is our signature white studio - light, vibrant, and fresh. LUNA is dark, moody, and bold. TERRA is warm, earthy, and grounded. You're not locked in - you can try a different studio with every booking until you find your home. SOL is available across all three cities; LUNA is in Melbourne, Sydney and Gold Coast; TERRA is Melbourne only.

Yes. Once-off sessions can be booked in any city, and members can spend their hours however they like across Melbourne, Sydney and the Gold Coast — your hours are never locked to one location.