22/09/2026
Two locations. 22 staff. 205 enrolled students. Three weeks in Africa while the business keeps running. Thatâs where Kylie from Bright Minds Tamworth and Mudgee is right now.
But a couple of years ago? She had 55 students of her own, a diary packed until 7.30pm, and was watching her bank account nervously every week 10. She was spending her entire school holidays chasing invoices and had no idea how to change it.
In this final episode of the Making More Money from the Hours Youâre Already Working mini series, Kylie sits down with Kirsty to share the real, unfiltered story of how she got from there to here. The mistakes, the hard calls, the moment a staff member betrayed her trust, and the small changes that made the biggest difference to her income, her freedom and her life.
In this episode, we cover:
⢠What Bright Minds looked like in the early days, and the costly mistake Kylie made with staffing that she wishes sheâd avoided
⢠Why having a full diary and a great team still wasnât translating into profit, and what finally changed that
⢠The move into micro groups, how families responded, how staff responded, and what Kylie would do differently
⢠What a normal week looks like for Kylie now compared to the days she was tutoring until 7.30pm and consuming her entire school holidays chasing invoices
⢠The staff betrayal that shattered her, and why she kept going anyway
⢠Why tightening her cancellation policy and moving payment deadlines back transformed her cash flow and gave her her holidays back
⢠The mindset shift that made it possible to ask families to pay before the term even started, and why not a single family left when she raised her prices
đŻ This episode is for anyone who is doing everything right on paper, but still feeling like something is not adding up. Kylieâs story is proof that the changes are worth making, even when they feel terrifying.
