Meet Yas Grigaliunas, founder of Circonomy—Australia’s boldest voice in the circular economy. Backed by Officeworks and a $4M capital raise, Yas is scaling reuse, repair, and recommence initiatives nationwide. But she’s not just about business—she’s about being real. Yas lives by HOT: Honest, Open, Transparent, and challenges others to Be BRAVE—Raw, Authentic & Vulnerable Every day. She’ll move you, shake you, and maybe even exhaust you—but one thing’s certain: Yas will ignite something in you that can’t be ignored.
Topics covered:
- Circular economy
- Leadership, Authenticity
- Sustainability
About Yas Grigaliunas:
Yas is a Director and Founder of the award-winning circular economy enterprise, Circonomy (formerly: World’s Biggest Garage Sale). An entrepreneur of impact and a circular economy pioneer in Australia, Yas recently closed a $4M equity capital raise to expand nationally, with Officeworks as a key investor and shareholder. Together, through expansion of reuse, repair, resource recovery and recommence initiatives, Yas is thrilled to work with partners and investors to bring the next phase of growth, seeing her Circonomy vision come to life. Beyond the ‘showreel’, Yas revels in the ‘real reel’ – the space and place where it’s HOT – Honest, Open, and Transparent! HOT is just one of the many sound bites Yas creates to synthesize knowledge and storytelling through broad and deep lived experiences as an outlier. Yas evokes emotion, inspires introspection and is boldly blunt in her unapologetic unleashed and unfiltered style. Be BRAVE, which for Yas means…Being Raw Authentic & Vulnerable Every Day. It is positively polarizing to experience the essence & energy of a truth-teller human living whole. Yas is completely comfortable sharing the gritty, shitty and unpretty, evoking emotions to help others navigate their own natural flow state. Traversing transitions and championing change is where Yas is most fearless – with a friendly and fanatical fortitude to encourage and empower others to find fullness & flow. Be warned – you’ll feel one of two things when you hear Yas speak, and that’s energized or exhausted! Don’t worry though because whatever your response, you’ll be ready to take a nap, or take things to the next level in your own life.
Connect with Yas Grigaliunas on LinkedIn here.