Episode 64

The Rise of the Service Based Side Business with Shandra Moran from The Transit Lounge

Published on: 14th September, 2025

Welcome to this weeks’ episode of The Australian Small Business Show!

Today we are joined by Shandra Moran from The Transit Lounge to chat about the rise of the service based side business.

The Transit Lounge helps Women grow a service-based Side Business to support them in the future – so they can earn great money, doing work they love, without burning out.

Before creating the Transit Lounge, Shandra had an eclectic career as…

• A national multi-award winning Promotions & Marketing Director in the dynamic Radio industry

• Talent Manager for the Merrick & Rosso Show on Foxtel

• Head of People & Operations at a human performance consultancy

– including managing one of the largest organisational culture change programs ever undertaken in Australia

She is also a qualified Executive, Business and Results coach, has completed the Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction [MBSR] program, is an accredited international Money Breakthrough Coach, Podcast Host and co author of international best selling book Elevate Your Success.

Shandra believes in lifelong learning, applying what I learn and sharing it with others so they can apply it too.

I want to help as many people as possible to earn great money doing what they love, without burning out on the way.

Shandra wants to help as many people as possible to create that world, by helping them to earn great money, doing what they love, without burning out on the way.

If you’d like to connect with Shandra, you can visit her website here: https://thetransitlounge.com/

You can connect with her on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shandramoran/

Or on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/thetransitlounge

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The Australian Small Business Show
The Australian Small Business Show has been created by small business owners, for small business owners.

Your hosts Matt Heighway and Kristy-Lee Billett, who have both been running businesses for over 15 years, will bring our first hand experiences to offer insights, advice and inspiration to help you build a successful small business.

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Kristy-Lee Billett

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Kristy is a nationally recognised HR expert, passionate small business advocate, podcast host, mum, wife, beach lover and runner.

She has spent more than 20 years now working in the field of Human Resources, People Management and Recruitment.

For the last 10 years she has dedicated herself to exclusively supporting small to medium sized businesses, those who employ less than 100 staff with all aspects of their HR, recruitment, people management and resource structures.

She founded her first business in 2006, and today she continues to direct this business, which is now known as People Powered Business.

Today She loves working with businesses inside our People Powered HR community to help them gain the knowledge, tools and resources to handle absolutely anything when it comes to their teams, with complete confidence.

Matt Heighway

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Matt is a CPA who has been working with business owners in multiple capacities for well over two decades. After commencing his career as an Accountant and Business Adviser, his own national start-up won numerous business awards and was featured in BRW fast 100. Since the business sold, he has been working with small-medium business owners helping them with business growth strategies and holistic business coaching.

Matt also is the Director of Lifetime SMSF, an accounting practice that specialises in Self-Managed Super Funds. Helping Australians manage their retirement nest eggs has been a lifelong project for Matt and he continues to get joy from helping.

Matt is a lifelong learner who loves to chat with other business owners. he is passionate about small business and always wants to see them win. He is at his best when things need turning around though, and gets his motivation helping small business owners come back from a set back.