Each week, BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald’s Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it’s the path from leaving school early to becoming a business owner. Hosted by Frances Cook.


Sometimes, school just isn’t for you, but that doesn’t mean you won’t be successful in life. 

Today’s guest decided exactly that, leaving school at 15 to become a mechanic. 

Even if she’d stopped there, that would have been a rewarding, successful and skilled career for many people. 

But she didn’t stop there. She started a side hustle worth tens of thousands of dollars by finding cars that needed a quick fix that could then be sold for thousands more. 

And as she looked for parts, she came up with a business idea, one that’s already proving profitable.

Now, at 24, she’s carving her own path. 

For the latest podcast, I talked to Kassandra Beehre, founder of Performance Kingdom.

For the interview, listen to the podcast here.


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Listen to the full interview on the Cooking the Books podcast. You can subscribe on iHeartRadio, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify.