ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Jasmine Batra is an entrepreneur and Chief Catalyst who has spent nearly two decades building businesses, backing founders and connecting innovation across Australia and India.
After moving to Australia with a suitcase, ambition and no established network, Jasmine went on to co-found what is now one of the longest standing independent digital marketing agencies.
She also launched The Big LEAP, a cross-border platform helping startups navigate new markets, cultures and commercial opportunities.
Her work sits at the intersection of mindset, leadership and growth. She is particularly interested in what enables people to take bold action before they feel fully ready, adapt when the original plan stops working and keep moving when progress is uncertain.
Jasmine draws on her own experience as a first-generation migrant, founder and advisor to explore resilience, self-belief, cultural intelligence and the habits that turn ideas into momentum.
Known for combining practical strategy with honest reflection, she brings a grounded perspective on ambition, reinvention and the courage required to build something meaningful.
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Jasmine Batra arrived in Australia 22 years ago with an MBA, a background in tech and fintech, and a vision of what her life could look like. what followed was rejection after rejection, a call centre job selling credit cards, three promotions in six months, a redundancy, and eventually the founding of Arrow Digital — one of Australia's leading digital growth agencies, going strong since 2007 with clients including Telstra and the Queensland Government. in this conversation we get into the silent that tax migrants pay, what it actually takes to shift from survival mode to building something meaningful, how frustration became the fuel behind the Big Leap Accelerator, the moment a client went into liquidation and $28,000 disappeared overnight, and what liberation really means when you've spent years proving yourself to a world that wasn't always ready to see you. warm, honest, and full of wisdom. enjoy 💙
what we explored this episode
00:00 arriving in australia and hitting rejection immediately
02:27 decoding a new culture, new language and unsaid rules
05:33 from entitlement to putting in the hard yards
08:12 cold calling credit cards and the skills it built
10:54 connecting the dots in reverse
14:08 necessity as the mother of invention
16:55 the rise of the web and writing your own job description
18:45 the redundancy that became the propeller
22:03 how migrant frustration becomes entrepreneurial fuel
25:39 bridging australia and india through skills not just markets
29:27 the inner challenges of looking different, sounding different and still belonging
34:06 loosening the grip of the ego and shifting from entitlement to empathy
38:12 gratitude journaling, meditation and quieting the reptilian brain
40:00 your difference is your strength (from proving to being secure)
41:22 the $28,000 liquidation letter and what leadership required in that moment
46:02 finding optimism when the switch doesn't come automatically
49:21 richard branson and getting out of your own head
52:05 letting go of control and trusting something bigger
54:27 what liberation means to Jasmine
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