This is a special episode and the 2nd in our "guest host" series. This time, with Jax Vullinghs from Airtree Ventures interviewing Kim Randle, Co-Founder and CEO of FairSupply about her early influences, how she fell into law and being inspired by a movie, what led to co-founding Fair Supply and problem they’re tackling, tireless enthusiasm and being a founder + parent.In this special episode #134:We have a special guest host in Jax Vullings from Airtree Ventures. We tried this format earlier in the year with another investor in James Tynan from Square Peg, guest hosting episode #121 and it was well received so we’re doing it again! What you’re about to hear is a special conversation where Jax and Kim Randle unpack important topics very candidly including Kim’s early influences, how she fell into law and being inspired by a movie, what led to co-founding Fair Supply and the important problem they’re tackling; tireless enthusiasm and being a founder and parent. I hope you enjoy this great conversation, and if you have ideas for other iconic duos we could bring on in a similar format, send me a note. It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!(Timestamps below)***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! ***💥 This episode is brought to you by Fullstack Advisory, Australia's top tech accounting firm, designed specifically for innovative tech founders and investors. They provide founder-friendly support across Accounting & Tax, R&D Tax Incentives, Bookkeeping, and CFO Advisory -- so you can focus on what you do best, innovating and growing your business. Get in touch with Stuart and the team today! ***03:48 - Kim’s early influences07:50 - Career aspirations09:40 - bridge building between the corporate world and social justice problems 15:00 - 3 daughters and founding FairSupply17:30 - Ambition behind FairSupply19:12 - Industrial mathematician meets human rights lawyer22:55 - Modern slavery in supply chains and how FairSupply is the solution31:08 - Building a culture and employee engagement34:45 - Tireless enthusiasm being CEO36:25 - Risks and speed of learning40:00 - Being a founder and parent ***

Bec is Executive Director at Tripple, a 100% Impact private investment company that works across all asset classes and incorporates both investing and grant-making to use capital as a force for good. Outside of Tripple. Bec has extensive experience in marketing and strategy in the start-up and not for profit sectors and is a current board member of the Centre for Australian Progress, a not for profit enabling civil society to win social and environmental progress, and Steward, a crowd-lending platform focussed on regenerative farming. Bec has a particular passion for food, farming, social justice and systems change.In this episode #133 w Bec Milgrom learn about:Her sunrise in Melbourne, Australia being the middle child with two siblings and influences of her entrepreneurial parents.Bec talks about being the teachers pet in high school, the fullness of her imagination and aspirations after she graduated. I really enjoyed the human-ness Bec shows in this conversation about her journey of self exploration by traveling the world and working in the craft beer industry post university and for many years which led to the US and the realisation that driving change using capital is her calling which led to co-founding Tripple with her two brothers.We dive deep into Thoughtful vs thoughtless investing, Storytelling to change people’s world views on impact, climate and social change, the reality of Policy, Grant making and their involvement in The Australian election in 2021 through climate 200 driving historic grassroots and community change, and we unpack the structure, operations and team at Tripple.It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!(Timestamps below)***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! ***💥 This episode is brought to you by Fullstack Advisory, Australia's top tech accounting firm, designed specifically for innovative tech founders and investors. They provide founder-friendly support across Accounting & Tax, R&D Tax Incentives, Bookkeeping, and CFO Advisory -- so you can focus on what you do best, innovating and growing your business. Get in touch with Stuart and the team today! ***03:20 - Acknowledgement of country 05:00 - Where were you born and live now? 05:18 - What was your first job and now? 06:21 - High Flyer in Bec’s life 07:25 - Deep family connection 11:34 - Different learning styles 14:20 - Aspirations at age 18 and beyond 18:37 - 10 years in Craft Beer and behaviour change 22:36 - Oregon, USA 25:50 - The story behind the creation of Tripple, 100% impact multi asset private company 30:49 - Thoughtful vs thoughtless investing 36:29 - Storytelling to change people’s world views on impact, climate and social change 44:05 - Policy, Grant making and climate 200 48:38 - Structure, operations and team at Tripple 54:40 - Short term vs long term investing 01:04:20 - Rapid fire final sprint 

Osher Gunsberg is one of the most recognisable media personalities. He first came to attention as the face of Australian Idol and the voice of Australia's largest weekly radio countdown, Take 40 Australia.  He continues to be the host of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette on Channel Ten.  Until recently, Osher was also part of the Breakfast Team and co-host of Hit105's radio brekky show alongside Abby Coleman and Stav Davidson.  Osher is a keen advocate for mental health awareness and climate change. He is also the co-creator and host of Movember Radio for the Movember Foundation, and a director of the board of SANE Australia. In this episode #132 w Osher Günsberg learn about:His sunrise in Brisbane, Australia with both parents being doctors. I found his reflections on being a “white immigrant” and being a muso in a sports school really intriguingWe cover how he found clarity for his career early on, manufacturing serendipity and how that’s led to incredible opportunities, not achieving his radio or music dreams, transitioning to network TV, and evolving his identity including a name change.I was surprised to learn radio is much better to host compared to TV, and really valued Osher’s candour on his battles with addiction, exactly how he prepares for a TV show shoot (make sure to note down the 5 D’s and the 6 P’s). I enjoyed asking Osher about how he balances his public persona with his family role, and what seeded his advocacy for climate change.I went into this a little unsure, Osher is a pro at interviews but he was candid, vulnerable and this is one of my favourite conversations for sure. It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!(Timestamps below)***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! ***💥 This episode is brought to you by Fullstack Advisory, Australia's top tech accounting firm, designed specifically for innovative tech founders and investors. They provide founder-friendly support across Accounting & Tax, R&D Tax Incentives, Bookkeeping, and CFO Advisory -- so you can focus on what you do best, innovating and growing your business. Get in touch with Stuart and the team today! ***04:20 - Where were you born and live now? 04:55 - What was your first job and now? 08:20 - High Flyer in Osher’s life 10:35 - Realities of hosting TV shows 13:05 - Growing up “immigrant” in QLD 15:53 - Influence of doctor parents 19:10 - Music in a sports school 23:28 - A+ in school vs A+ in life 24:50 - Seeking professional career clarity 31:47 - Manufacturing serendipity 36:35 - Not achieving his music or radio dreams 39:50 - World class TV hosting 44:20 - Versatility of Hamish and Andy across Radio, TV, Podcasts etc 46:04 - Evolving his identity 48:00 - Only Australian to have hosted live network TV in US 49:11 - Becoming sober and noticing success 55:31 - Vulnerability on network television 59:30 - Preparation for a live gig, tv, keynote etc01:06:50 - Balancing the public and personality identity01:11:40 - Journey to Climate advocacy01:23:59 - Final Sprint rapid fire***

Michael Kim is the Founder and Managing Partner of Cendana Capital, a globally renowned "fund of funds", aka the investors behind Venture Capital funds. Cendana Capital are investors in many of the funds of our previous guests including Blackbird VC, Better Tomorrow Ventures and many more well-known funds in the US, Israel, Australia and India. Prior to Cendana, Michael was one of the original partners of Rustic Canyon Partners, a VC firm with $1B AUM. He was born in Morgantown, West Virginia and now lives in San Fransisco, USA. In this episode #131 w Michael Kim, learn about:His sunrise in Morgantown, West Virginia, in the US (a town of just 27,000 people), his cultural influences with his mum born and raised in Japan and Dad from Korea, with a family background in politics.Michael shares how he explored a career in politics and then as he calls it had a “sea change” and went into banking, which then led to a role in a technology M&A team in San Fransisco and eventually Venture Capital.We dive deep into his journey with Cendana Capital, an investment firm referred to as a fund of funds, meaning they are a fund that invests in other VC funds. We cover how he started, building track record and economics, their diligence process for new VCs they back, Investing globally, with Australia and Israel being some examples, thought process changes especially on ownership levels relative to fund size, seed vs pre seed funds, hall of fame LP’s and more. 🎉 And our 7-star events are back! Yes as many of you know — we are a special series of LIVE fireside conversations in May and June. Tickets are quickly selling out for event #2 with James Tynan, Partner at Squarepeg, get your ticket today HERE! 💥It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy! (Timestamps below)***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! ***💥 This episode is brought to you by Fullstack Advisory, Australia's top tech accounting firm, designed specifically for innovative tech founders and investors. They provide founder-friendly support across Accounting & Tax, R&D Tax Incentives, Bookkeeping, and CFO Advisory -- so you can focus on what you do best, innovating and growing your business. Get in touch with Stuart and the team today! ***02:45  - Where were you born and live now?03:10 - What was your first job and now?05:23 - High Flyer in Michael’s life06:05 - Japanese and Korean influences11:20 -  Aspirations at age 1813:56 - Sea Change from politics to banking17:27 - Accelerating career and tech M&A role post Wharton MBA19:56 - Building relationships with junior analysts, not just partners21:37 - Working with the City of San Fransisco’s $12B pension fund25:27 - Founding Cendana Capital and raising first fund32:06 - Changing landscape in VC that allowed for seed funds35:00 - Economics of a “fund of funds”38:40 - Conviction in backing new and solo VC fund managers45:42 - Investing in Israel, India, Australia, UK47:45 - Thought process changes as an LP55:10 - Australia and New Zealand startup ecosystem56:50 - Learning journey building Cendana Capital59:58 - Hall of fame LP’s01:07:20 - Rapid fire ***

Paul Bassat is the Co-Founder of the Venture Capital firm, Square Peg with operations in Australia, Singapore and Israel. Previously, he co-founded the success story that is the online recruitment website, Seek. He was born and lives in Melbourne, Australia.In this episode #130 w Paul Bassat, learn about:Paul’s sunrise in Melbourne, Australia with European heritage with his parents coming to Australia as refugees and mum being a holocaust survivor from Poland. Paul shares the influences of his mum, a lawyer and dad an IBM executive, and his two older siblings.I loved asking Paul about his personality in high school, dreams at age 18, the two catalysts to leave his law career and start Seek in the 90’s (note: startups were not a thing back then) — and he’s candid about various parts of the Seek story that haven’t been shared before including the structure of the co-founding team, competing with large incumbents and market leadership in China.We dive deep into the transition from Seek to Square Peg, including living in France with his family, the ways in which the founder experience helped and hindered his investor role, the importance of founder’s having awareness of investor conviction in follow on rounds, and his most painful learnings. And we unpack what Paul would do if he was Australian Prime Minister for a year and how he would like to leave a legacy. 🎉 And our 7-star events are back! Yes as many of you know — we are a special series of LIVE fireside conversations in May and June. Tickets are quickly selling out for event #2 with James Tynan, Partner at Squarepeg, get your ticket today HERE! 💥It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy! (Timestamps below)***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! ***💥 This episode is brought to you by Fullstack Advisory, Australia's top tech accounting firm, designed specifically for innovative tech founders and investors. They provide founder-friendly support across Accounting & Tax, R&D Tax Incentives, Bookkeeping, and CFO Advisory -- so you can focus on what you do best, innovating and growing your business. Get in touch with Stuart and the team today! ***02:47 - Where were you born and live now? 03:09 - What was your first job and now?03:55 - High Flyer in Paul’s life04:47 - Sense of identity as an Australian and Jewish06:36 - Smartass or studious as a child? 08:00 - Sporting heroes08:54 - Success at age 1810:31 - Being the youngest of 3 siblings 11:41 - Catalysts to start Seek in the 90’s16:20 - Sponsor message featuring Full Stack Advisory17:00 - Foundational learnings about team management 20:20 - Three groups of competitors22:18 - Market leadership in China 25:04 - How did he succeed as CEO27:50 - Learning about investing as a profession29:30 - Leaving seek and living in France35:05 - Sponsor message featuring Full Stack Advisory35:50 - The birth of Square Peg Capital38:20 - Realities of transition from founder to investor40:45 - Raising their first fund 44:18 - Brand awareness and high conviction investing 47:41 - Lack of Founder awareness of follow on funding50:42 - The VC fund vs the Partner? 52:40 - Most painful learnings to date55:30 - What should Australia do differently?57:45 - Decade goals vs yearly goals01:01:10 - Building relationships, not networking01:04:10 - Being grounded and relatable despite success01:06:35 - Final sprint*** 

Sam Wong is a General Partner at Blackbird Ventures, who exist to supercharge Australia's and New Zealand's most ambitious founders. She was the first hire in their Australia fund and has since invested in companies including Vow, Halter, Harrison AI and led the raising of their inaugural $59M New Zealand Fund, and $80M New Zealand Fund II (2022) + heads up their New Zealand office. Sam was born in Perth, Australia and now lives in Auckland, New Zealand. In this episode #129 w Sam Wong, learn about:Sam’s sunrise in Perth, Australia growing up in and around her parent’s business packing Soundblaster boxes, and influenced by various cultures with mum of Malaysian/Chinese heritage and Dad being half English and half Chinese but grew up in India.This one is wide ranging and Sam is very candid — we cover her highlights from 7 years as a lawyer and influences from early managers that have shaped Sam’s leadership style today as General Partner at the Venture Capital firm, Blackbird.Sam’s been at various vantage points in her career, from law to early stage startup to co-founding a startup to investing so I wanted to know where would she start her career if she could do it again? Learn about her experience co-founding a startup with her partner Ben, biases Sam had to delete switching from founder to investor and we cover the Blackbird story to date, including Sam’s reflections on her investments in companies like Vow and Halter that seemed very non obvious at the time, the story behind raising and building the NZ fund and her most painful learning to date.🎉 And our 7-star events are back! Yes as many of you know — we are a special series of LIVE fireside conversations in May and June. We are almost sold out for event #1 with Niki Scevak on the 18th May, get your ticket today HERE! 💥It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy! (Timestamps below)***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! ***02:42 - Lowest ego to bad-assess ratio03:15 - Where were you born and live now?03:27 - What was your first job and now?04:48 - High Flyer in Sam’s life06:54 - Sandblasters, Perth, 80s09:08 - Malaysian, Chinese, UK, Indian influences12:32 - Helping others come up the ranks15:50 - Not having a set path at age 1818:00 - Highlights from 7 years in Law20:56 - Niki Scevak’s “2/10 intellectually lazy” feedback26:29 - time bounded experiments and firing yourself every year31:50 - Practicalities of annual reviews32:55 - Building a startup with her now partner, Ben37:06 - Investor and founder biases40:19 - Building success foundations of a VC fund45:38 - Sam’s investments to date in Vow, Partly, Halter, Harrison.AI50:13 - Painful learnings as an investor53:19 - The story behind starting the Blackbird NZ fund58:44 - What would Sam like to change about the world of LP’s?01:01:38 - Final sprint***

Peter Huynh is the Chief Strategy Officer at Harrison AI, and previously spent over a decade as a VC investor in Asia, UK and Australia with Singtel and Qualgro Partners. He was born in Vietnam, and lives in Sydney, Australia. In this episode #128 w Peter Huynh, learn about:Peter’s Vietnamese heritage, especially how his family moved to Sydney, Australia in the late 1970’s and the early challenges they faced as his dad’s medical degree was not recognised meaning he had to study again, whilst Peter and his mum stayed in a small apartment with 9 of his relatives in Wollongong. Peter’s reflections including learning English watching TV shows on the ABC are fascinating!Peter is well known for helping founders and investors with mindfulness coaching, I had to ask him the source of this and he candidly shares his own journey including having teachers for nearly 8 years to understand his own self.We unpack his career including his most formative experiences, with Hutchison Group and Singtel in the UK, Asia and Australia, working with early versions of Spotify and Facebook in 2009 and seeding the Australian startup ecosystem when it was just taking off in 2011.Peter has recently transitioned from a decade long stint as a VC investor to became a startup executive joining Harrison AI as chief strategy officer, hear about why he made this decision and his learnings working at the intersection of health care and AI. It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy! (Timestamps below)***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! ***02:41 - Where were you born and live now?03:51 - What was your first job and now?05:37 - High Flyer in Peter’s life07:02 - Challenging adjustment setting in Australia as a child11:35 - Learning English watching TV12:42 - The desire to belong13:54 - Relationship with mindfulness and spirituality16:57 - Realising Law wasn’t an enjoyable career path19:35 - Most formative career experience22:34 - Single largest foreign investor in Western Europe23:47 - Re-connecting with Asian heritage24:39 - Working with mobile versions of Spotify and Facebook in 200928:11 - Seeding the early Australian startup ecosystem34:41 - Founding Qualgro VC, building a bridge between South East Asia and Australia36:40 - Learning to build deeper connections with people42:19 - Mindfulness practises during a work day45:42 - Educating his two children on guided meditations46:42 - What led to joining Harrison AI as Chief Strategy Officer54:58 - Government regulations in Health and AI58:17 - Rapid fire final sprint***

Michael Stocks is Head of Strategy & Operations at "FL0", previously he joined the global success story Linktree as one of their earliest hires, scaling the startup to a billion dollar business. He was born and lives in Sydney, Australia. In this episode #127 w Michael Stocks, learn about:Michael’s sunrise, a mix of the Blue Mountains in Sydney and Malaysia — his parents met bush walking (how good), and mum was a speech pathologist and dad in the navy followed by working in Oil & Gas. We connect over our shared love for quality storytelling and advertising, especially in today’s closed loop world with Netflix and Spotify where ads aren’t like live TV. We spend the majority of this episode on Michael’s career journey from starting in advertising to joining Google first in Sydney and then New York when they were slightly smaller than they are today, how this led to his MBA study at Harvard and then the big moment!How did he join Linktree when they were a dozen people and had not raised much external funding. Today they’re valued at over a billion dollars — what exactly is operations in a startup and why the perceptions can be wrong, using the vision to values framework to set team and company vision, how to strategise pricing for a global product launch, sequencing ambition and impact in a fast growing company, world class investor relations and successful off boarding and on boarding.And that’s not all — Michael has decided to go back to early stage company building, joining Flo (that’s Fl0) — the platform that empowers back end engineers to deploy code, and how he’s using his link tree experiences to see around corners, especially being the first non engineer hire.It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy! (Timestamps below)***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! ***02:48 - Where were you born and live now? 03:20 - What was your first job and now?05:04- High Flyer in Michael’s life06:18 - Malaysia and the Blue Mountains07:46 - Introverted and shy 09:02 - Advertising love from day dot13:15 - Mad Men15:02 - Young Wisdom 17:08 - Rationale to work at Google19:30 - Corporate vs startups 22:39 - Google in America vs Australia 26:35 - Harvard MBA 28:30 - Joining Linktree (when it was 34:10 - Setting up for success in early startup38:06 - Unpacking what “operations” means in a startup 42:05 - The vision to values framework44:32 - Setting pricing for a viral global company 46:57 - Executive Coach49:33 - Sequencing ambition and impact 53:06 - World class investor relations56:00 - How can investors be most helpful 58:10 - Team management being a sharp curve59:33 - Joining the startup, FL001:00:31 - Successful off boarding and onboarding 01:02:25 - Most formative experience in his career01:03:39 - Final sprint***

Dan Fitzgerald is the Managing Partner at ReGen Ventures, has been investing in climate-tech for over 10 years across early-stage, growth and real assets. Dan was previously the co-founder of a quant hedge fund and an Options Trader at UBS and Macquarie Bank.In this episode #126 w Dan Fitzgerald, learn about:His early influences with his sunrise in Brisbane, Australia when his mum was just 18! (My mum was 21 when I was born, kudos to all the incredible mums out there, you’re special). I love Dan’s candour including his dreams to play professional sport, Rugby union in particular — how that didn’t eventuate and led his foray into the world of financial markets and living a life of being present.Dan calls his 6+ years in the investment banking and hedge fund industry as a rolling epiphany as he sought to find his eventual home of fulfillment being impact investing and working with exceptional founders creating companies as the force for good and this led to the creation of ReGen Ventures, where Dan is the Managing Partner.Get excited to immerse yourself in how Dan and his team are re-imagining the world from the atom up, what it means to invest in startups from the UK, to Austria to the US to Australia and what are the raw ingredients of category defining companies in ClimateTech.This episode is dedicated to the beautiful memory of Dan’s daughter Frankie who inspires us all to live to our fullest each day, in love and wonder.It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy! (Timestamps below)***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! ***02:20  - Where were you born and live now?02:42 - What was your first job and now?03:52 - High Flyer in Dan’s life05:03 - 18 year old mum07:25 - Period of change08:37 - Everyday is a gift09:40 - Heroes10:55 - Professional athlete dreams14:27 - 4am wake ups capturing moments of quiet16:23 - First date with business and finance19:20 - Rolling epiphany 6 years in financial markets21:50 - How to review and change career identity24:28 - Founding a Quant fund26:50 - Downside limited, upside unknown and Risk Management28:10 - Creation of ReGen Ventures32:00 - “Inconvenient truth” movie inspiring change34:00 - Magic moments to building a VC fund37:47 - Breath vs depth of relationships40:20 - Thesis beyond sustainability to “Regenerative” globally45:28 - Learnings from investing in UK, Austria, USA and more48:43 - DNA of a category defining company in ClimateTech51:00 - Assessing spikes in category creating founders54:05 - Rainbow in the clouds, daughter Frankie’s memory57:50 - Final sprint***

Eytan Lenko is CEO at Boundless, on a mission to make Australia a renewable energy superpower by 2030, backed by Atlassian Co-founder, Mike Cannon Brookes. He previously was a software engineer and co-founded 2 companies including Outware Mobile.In this episode #125 w Eytan Lenko, learn about:Think of this in two parts, with the first half being a deep dive into Eytan’s life influences and career decisions and the second half, a deep dive into his love affair with climate solutions and technology, how it started first at Beyond Zero Emissions and more recently as CEO at Boundless, the non for profit to make Australia a renewable energy superpower by 2030, backed by Atlassian Co-founder, Mike Cannon Brookes.Learn about Eytan’s sunrise in Melbourne, his jewish heritage and the influences of his father, a chemical engineer turned entrepreneur and mum, a nurse turned a cosmetics sales extraordinaire, and his 3 sisters.We cover his career track especially how he went from software engineer to CEO, and founding 2 companies along the way and influences living in Japan, Darwin and the UK.I loved every minute of this, Eytan is candid, passionate, introspective and really lives up to our ethos of open direct access, and it’s a masterclass in the climate solutions today, how Eytan and his team are using the epic way of working and creating 100,000 jobs in the space today.It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy! (Timestamps below)***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! ***02:16  - Where were you born and live now?02:33 - What was your first job and now?03:45 - High Flyer in Eytan’s life04:42 - WW2 and holocaust survivors05:47 - 3 younger sisters06:21 - Chemical engineer, programming and nursing11:03 - kibbutz and Israel13:01 - Friday night dinners with family16:55 - Academic learning vs learning through doing22:09 - Learning people leadership alongside technical skills26:23 - Engineering to CEO28:07 - How to go into a new company environment and drive alignment31:00 - Founder transferable skills33:48 - Learnings from Japan, Darwin and UK37:33 - First date with climate41:47 - Working in “epics”47:44 - Electric Vehicles and Transportation49:50 - Solving with government54:38 - Cost of capital to unlock innovation57:58 - 100,000 new jobs01:01:40 - Rapid fire***

Featuring two of the co-founders, Jess Richmond & Lindsay Ellis, building from Tasmania for the world! Welcome to installment #23 of the Investment Memo series and episode #124 on the show. Submit this EOI for your company to be considered in future episodes of this special series!  This exciting startup Sumday, is empowering accountants to re-define how the world measures and reports on environmental impact.In this conversation with 2 of the  co-founders, Jess Richmond and Lindsay Ellis, based in Tasmania, Australia — learn about how their regional upbringing and global work experiences from Dubai to Norway influences their outlook on life today. This one’s candid, I asked them about how they first met which is quite the story, the magic moments that led to leaving their full time jobs and going all in on building Sumday, crucible moments including their first customer, their first product and engineer hires and transitioning from an accounting firm to a software platform.Be sure to have your notepad ready to understand what exactly is carbon accounting, what are scope 1,2 and 3 emissions. And in what can seem a crowded space, how have Sunday built their point of difference for investors, customers and employees to join them on this mission, as they bring the future today, building in Tasmania, Australia for the world.It’s time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy! (Timestamps below)***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! ***02:29 - Jess’s influences from Tasmania, Dubai, Melbourne03:55 - Linday’s influences from Perth, Norway, NZ05:04 - Most impactful career experiences to date10:37 - How Lindsay and Jess met13:35 - Playing in the arena to reduce emissions16:30 - Realising importance of analysis + storytelling17:37  - Decision to go all-in21:30 - Crucible moment this could be a large business24:00 - Funny stories of first senior hires 25:35 - Generating significant traction 28:30 - Transition from accounting firm to software platform31:33 - Defining carbon accounting and scope 1,2 and 335:59 - Sunday’s points of difference42:32 - Building from Tasmania for the world44:30 - Upcoming job openings and skill sets in team 

In this episode #123 w David Shein, learn about:David’s memories of growing up in South Africa during a divided time for the country, the influences of his father, a businessman and mother, a piano teacher — and his 2 older brothers.I asked Dave about his move to Australia in the 80’s or “gods country” as he calls it. You may be aware that he founded ComTech, Australia’s first unicorn but what you may not know is the story behind this, especially having a young family and being new in Australia.Dave was candid about his biggest regret, how’s he made career decisions, the meaning of success, how he’s managed to build a knack of understanding people quickly and maintaining high quality relationships with leaders in business, sport, politics and more.And I couldn’t release this episode without asking Dave some of the hard questions about his fund, OIF, best in class investor relationships, and his unfiltered advice to founders in this uncertain climate.It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!(Timestamps below)***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! ***02:15 - Secrets to looking young02:52 -  Where were you born and live now?03:18 - What was your first job and now?05:00 - High Flyer in David’s life07:25 - Growing up in South Africa during a divided country11:52 - Chartered Accounting family13:05 - 3 brothers15:42 - Moving to Australia in 198119:34 - Founding ComTech with a young family22:01 - Sitting on a gold mine25:00 - Financial success27:22 - Career decision making hierarchy34:55 - VC as a career path today38:00 - Judging people in 5 minutes41:00 - Cultivating high quality relationships44:37 - OIF and US connection48:26 - Best in class investor relationships52:02 - Hall of fame54:10 - Advice to founders in today’s market57:40 - Balance between growth and profitability01:00:22 - Success, respect, reputation01:02:28 - Rapid fire

In this episode #122 w Sheel Mohnot, learn about:02:15  - Where were you born and live now?02:30 - What was your first job and now?03:20  - High Flyer in Sheel’s life04:12 - Indian family influences05:19 - High school impressions06:09 - Connecting with Indian / American identity06:51 - Grandfather’s inspiration07:44 - Multi dimensional career interests09:00 - A year living in India on a $1 a day10:18 - Internalising personal values and happiness11:10 - Most painful learning12:26 - Meeting his wife thanks to a dating show12:48 - Taco Bell metaverse wedding13:44 - Hanging out with AirBnB’s Brian Cheesky16:18 - Business opportunity in podcasts17:13 - Finance, Consulting, Healthcare18:02 - Mental models for learning18:57 - Crowdfunding as part of a VC round19:50 - State of FinTech today21:07 - Founding team vs product at seed stage21:50 - Transition from angel investor to running a fund22:45 - Questions to ask in first meeting with founder23:51 - Downside of saying no to founders24:42 - Hallmarks of a great enduring Venture firm26:44 - Managing both sides: the LP’s and Founders28:44 - 5 best hall of fame investors29:54 - Best underrated investors30:35 - most unexpected successful founders31:35 - Unpacking Flexport’s business model33:09 - Indian CEO’s34:58 - Building rapport cross cultures37:20 - FinTech in Africa38:01 - Opportunity in Australia39:12 - 3 tips to become a VC today40:12 - Progression within a VC41:51 - Traits of a great investment memo42:50 - Areas founders should be more aware of44:39 - Growth vs burn rates45:15 - Final sprintIt’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

Global tech investor Squarepeg announces investment in Chronicle. Hear from James Tynan and Mayuresh Patole! In this special episode #121, learn about:▪️ 02:09 - James’ memories of first meeting with Mayuresh @ Chronicle▪️04:04 - Mayuresh’ memories of early interactions with Squarepeg ▪️06:15 - Where was Mayuresh born and lives now?▪️07:20 - Most profound experience in childhood▪️10:38 - Ultra HD vision only at age 12▪️13:07 - Parents influences and high performance▪️16:00 - Living up to family expectations▪️17:56 - The global significance of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)▪️20:13 - 800 students from a million applicants + CEO alumni▪️21:40 - First spark of interest in the world of design ▪️24:22 - Helping 300 startup founders with “how to make kickass presentations▪️27:35 - The rare package of design and analytical thinking ▪️32:22 - It’s too easy right now to make bad presentations▪️33:52 - Constraint and power together in presentations ▪️35:58 - How Chronicle is using constraint for a great storytelling experience▪️38:48 - Enabling users to design with blocks, not templates▪️45:42 - Visual metaphor designed for the overhead projector▪️49:02 - The new storytelling world using Chronicle▪️50:48 - Use cases of generative AI in presentations▪️54:20 - Final sprint rapid fire It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

New series! In this episode #120 w Alex Badran and Tim Doyle,  learn about:02:36 - Alex and Tim’s memories of meeting each other03:30 - Opportunity in marketing from capital allocation and media management04:10 - Probabilities and thinking in frameworks04:57 - Alex’s memories of winning competitions watching cricket06:56 - Grounding first principles in a logical framework from mathematics08:14 - Why not enter finance post PhD in math?10:38 - Career selection and matching interests and skills12:07 - Balance between data and judgement in decision making18:05 - Do founders have to evolve thinking from Seed stage to Series B and beyond?20:28 - Drawing inference to the needs of a population for product building22:02 - Role of data in performance marketing23:47 - Campaign at Eucalyptus that surprised Tim the most25:08 - Current phase of marketing being hyper local optimisation27:06 - Finding product market fit for the second act of the business33:24 - Customer problems, business problems, vision35:06 - Generalist vs specialists39:10 - Formulating team skill sets41:15 - Combination of personalities effective at specific times and not others44:18 - Outsource anything that doesn’t make your beer taste better47:17 - What makes someone the best?51:30 - Dreamers, leavers and settlers54:50 - Transitioning from corporate to a startup56:42 - Key learning for Alex and Tim in next 6 monthsIt’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

In this episode #119 w Wyatt Roy, learn about:Sunrise in regional Queensland and working on the family strawberry farmInfluence of high school teacher to enter politics at age 20specifics of how he become a member of parliamentSimilarities between politicians and startup founders (yep stick with us and hear the answer)Overcoming age bias, and why it exists not just in politics but in areas like Military, Sport etcGenesis for the National Innovation and Science AgendaTransitioning the Australian economy towards innovation and entrepreneurshipCreating the first renewable billionaire, from renewables and sustainability, rather than miningWhy can “innovation” be a divisive word in government“Don’t worry, a bigger idiot than you has gone before you and done it”It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

In this epsiode #118 w Anil Sabharwal learn about:Sunrise in Canada with Indian rootsReflections on his early influences and leaving home at age 17Highlights / Learnings from 10-15 year career prior to joining GoogleMoving to Australia in 2006Achieving momentum in early days at GoogleUnlocking skills working across new markets, segments and industries in building billion user products and becoming globally recognised product leaderBuilding Google Photos into a billion user productLeadership responsibility across product, design and engineeringPromotion to managing Google Chrome, ChromeOS and CommunicationsProduct DNA differences between Photos and ChromeTransition from Chrome to a blank canvas and prioritising valuesWhy is the product function king (or queen) at Google? Key metrics to monitor in your product function Make a few people very happy vs a lot of people semi happy Success at 50 It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

We're joined by Ben Simai, the program led for Startmate’s first believers and Jess Walker, the program lead for Airtree’s explorers in their first joint appearance for this episode #117 and installment #22 of the special Curiosity series. Explore your curiosity about:Quick intro on Ben and Jess and how they made they way into startups and investingWhat is an Angel Investor?Surprises about the entry points of angel investors? Helping new angels overcome imposter syndrome? What differentiates Explorers vs first believers program? Pros and Cons of new vs experienced angels Syndicates for non sophisticated investors Why does startmate charge and Airtree is a free program? Secret to earning trust with founders Current economic climatePlease enjoy! ***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including events, angel investment and 110+ podcast episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about Startmate's first believers program at https://www.startmate.com/first-believersFind out more about Airtree's Explorers program at https://www.airtree.vc/explorer-programShare your feedback and discuss sponsorship opportunities with us by directly emailing [email protected] or at https://www.curiositycenter.xyz/contact-usFollow the show on Linkedin / Instagram / Twitter

We're joined by Co-Founders and Co-Ceo’s of Different, Mina Radhakrishnan and Ruwin Perera in their first joint appearance on a podcast for this episode #116 and installment #21 of the special Curiosity series. Explore your curiosity about:Mina and Ruwin growing up 200km's away from each other in Zambia without knowing itHow they met in San Fransisco many years laterLearnings from Uber, Google, Softbank, MBA and moreHow Mina & Ruwin settled on different as their startup idea when they were travelling in 2016“Property Management as a service for real estate agencies” - what was the problem different could solve in 2017? When did they know that Different could be a big businessBusiness model working with property agenciesBiggest misconception about DifferentHaving a team across Sri Lanka and Australia Managing disagreements as founders (and life partners)Please enjoy! ***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including events, angel investment and 110+ podcast episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about Different at https://different.com.au/Share your feedback and discuss sponsorship opportunities with us by directly emailing [email protected] the show on Linkedin / Instagram / Twitter

In this special (live) episode #115 w Niki Scevak and Vince Allen, learn about:Source of Niki’s ambitionVince’s first meeting with NikiDynamic of a university student as Vince was (Phd I might add) and Niki being more experienced in his careerHow they’ve helped each other in unexpected ways given the founder/investor relationship is built on a commercial agreement but is very personalNiki and Vince’s global cultural influences Vince unpacks exactly how Australia can be the global leader in solar energyTwitter memes The two shits (Yes, you read hat right)It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterEnjoy all episodes via our website and find out all about the Curiosity Center hereEmail the host Vidit Agarwal directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback. He reads every email. Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

 Last week, we learnt this show ranked in the top 10% most shared podcasts by Spotify globally for 2022, all thanks to you!In this final episode of the year, #114 w Marcus Thompson, learn about:sunrise in Timboom, Country VICMum’s influence to have self confidence and belief - “you must be proud of yourself”How army interest began? Wanted to be an engineerAt its very core, the army is a training organisation17 moves in 34 years in the armyBehind the scenes of being deployed to Afghanistan, Iraq etc: how did he get picked, training and moreReality vs perception of missions to AfghanistanWeek in the life on deploymentBecoming inaugural head of Information Warfare @ ADFRating Australia’s cyber defence capabilitiesProtecting ourselves using Multi factor authenticationIt’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

In this episode #113 w Daniel Petre, learn about:sunrise in  Sydney and immigrant parents from Romania being sent to Australia after World war 2reflections on childhood not being the happiest and looking for a sense of belongingsuccess at age 18: be a fighter pilot in the Air Force, don’t make it from last 35 applicantspsychology being a path Daniel would explore if he was 18 againJoining Microsoft when it wasn’t a household name and rising to one of 5 global VP's under Bill GatesDoes he feel successful after time at Microsoft?How birth of first daughter and death of sister re-prioritised life focusCreating a culture of truth seeking as a leader at Airtree VenturesLearnings from Bill Bartee (co-founder of Blackbird + Main Sequence)How Australia can be a philanthropic nationIt’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

Today, we're joined by with Dr Evelyn Chan, the co-founder and CEO of Smileyscope, a leading technology company bringing virtual and augmented reality therapeutics focused on managing pain and anxiety for kids and adults, in Australia, the US and beyond.Explore your curiosity about:Evelyn’s story from working in her dad’s pharmacy growing upHer time within paediatrics at leading hospitalsHow being exposed to a VR company working on a side project whilst at the consulting firm, BCG eventually led to the creation of Smileyscope.How she met her co-founder Paul, early years of founding the business, debunking perceptions about hardware and VR and scaling the customer relationship with hospitalsThe total addressable market being kids AND adultsHow Smileyscope could lead the non drug based pain relief movementExciting new open jobs as part of their expansion into the US!Vidit Agarwal is a proud investor in Smileyscope through his syndicate FB10x AdVentures. Please enjoy! ***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including events, angel investment and 110+ podcast episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about Smileyscope at https://www.smileyscope.com.au/Share your feedback and discuss sponsorship opportunities with us by directly emailing [email protected] the show on Linkedin / Instagram / Twitter

In this episode #111 w Laura Henshaw, learn about:sunrise in Melbourne, Australia w 2 younger sisters and the effects of seeing her parents seperate when she was 11the guiding light her mum has been from the early days importance of female  financial independence especially post birthChips on shoulder and comparison being the thief of joycreating the Keep it cleaner business affectionately called KIC with her friend Steph Claire Smithhow it’s become multi faceted with a health & wellness app, grocery products and a movement amongst females with a large social media following.Building a technology app with no tech experience priorCo-founder dynamics and growing as a CEObeing an entrepreneur rather than an influencerhow she manages her social media activity and being there for her first believers.  It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

In this episode #110 w Will Richardson, learn about:sunrise in Melbourne, Australia with an asian mum and white Australian dadwhat it means to be of mixed racewhat is private equity given his 7 year stint + what made him step away in 2013importance of asking yourself “what makes you come alive” to make life and career decisionstransition to venture capital and impact investingreal founding story of Giant Leap in 2016 whilst also having his first childThe reality of capital raising and building relationships with no prior connectionsBlue sky thinking vs in the weedsLife changing moments through a believer or attending an eventIt’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

In this episode #109 w Terence Jeyaretnam, learn about:sunrise in Sri Lanka with dad, a veterinary doctor and mum a teachermemories of seeing Sri Lanka goes through a brutal civil war which resulted in his family moving to Perth, Australia on refugee statusstudying in the first cohort of an environmental engineering degree at Universityinside the founding story of Net Balance in 2005growing Net Balance to Australia's largest standalone sustainability and climate change practice, rated one of the fastest 100 growth companies in Australia and one of the first B Corps in Australia.personal sacrifices as founder / CEO concept of social dollars and building a purpose led organisationhow Net Balance was acquired by the big 4 firm, Ernst & Youngcontinuing to making sustainability a mainstream corporate agenda how we can continue to collective solve climate change, Diversity and inclusionIt’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

In this episode #108 w Rowan Simpson, learn about:sunrise in NZ with fond memories of his high school teachers, the real high flyers in societydeep love for sport and being the first in his extended family to attend university.value of ambition in the New Zealand context nd love rowan’s framing of working towards being the “biggest small country in the world"Life changing experiences in early stage tech companies, first Trade Me and then Xerohow the financial success led to creating his family office, Hokuhow wins should be celebratedchips on our shoulderconnection of sport and fast growth startupsgrandparent mindset for investorsre-defining balance and more!Rowan's essay on "world class" is worth a read (here)It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

In this episode #107 w Stew Glynn, learn about:Sunrise in Harare, Zimbabwe with political and economic instabilityFun Fact: the peak inflation in Zimbabwe in 2008 was at 230 million percent, incredible! Influences of seeing his entrepreneurial dad run various businesseswhat led to him attending university in AustraliaIntroduction into the tech world first at GE and then KPMGReflections on the transition from KPMG to co-founding a family officeInside how we met Steve Baxter (of Shark Tank fame)How they built out the brand and business in Ten13economics of operating a syndicate modelwhat led to them investing in international markets like Africa and Columbia with a number of successful startups in their portfolioIt’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

Today, we're joined by with Silvia Pfeiffer, the co-founder and CEO of COVIU, the all in one virtual care engagement platform for better healthcare.  Learn about Silvia’s fascinating journey to date, from Germany to moving to Australia at the turn of the century, studying a PHD in computer science, how she was involved in bringing video technology to the web through her first startup Vequence and then working on video caption functionality for YouTube. All these rich experiences and learnings led Silvia to create COVIU, the success HealthTech business she now leads with over 50 team members in Australia and the US. I asked her about the problem they’re solving, their business model, overcoming physical examination barriers, successful virtual care platforms and more.It’s time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy! ***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including 100+ episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about COVIU at https://www.coviu.com/Share your feedback and discuss sponsorship opportunities with us by directly emailing [email protected] the show on Linkedin / Instagram / Twitter

In this episode #105 w Simon Cant, learn about:Sunrise in Sydney when it didn’t have the big city nature it does todayInfluences of Mum (sociology lecturer) and dad (Qantas pilot)Personal tension between academic and creative side growing upThe family connection to Law, romanticised it and realised it wasn’t for him after working in it for a few yearsPainful learning after his time at social ventures including family challengesStarted Reinventure when he was 45, big lesson that life can take many paths Becoming spiritual and finding peace, know thy selfHow did the Coinbase (one of the most prominent crypto companies) investment happen? Being first Australian investors in ImmutableIt’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

In this episode #104 w Michael Overell, learn about:Sunrise in Brisbane, Australia with 3 younger sistersInfluences of Mum, an English teacher and Dad, an accountantDesire to play rugby professionally and source of ambitionHow he left Mckinsey to create his startup, RecruitLoopReflecting on his own founder journey having to step away from RecruitLoop after 8 yearsMoving from Sydney to San FransiscoHow he joined Lyft and now ClassDojoWhat it means to be high performing and successful at a fast growing tech companyForming the angel syndicate, Antipodes with an all star castWhy he didn't get Jetlag till he was 30 and more!It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via our website or email Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

In this episode #103 w Jeanette Cheah, learn about:Her global upbringing, born in Hawaii and then Japan before settling down in MelbourneChinese and Malaysian heritageHow seeing her parents, with mum an accountant and dad an economist made education the cornerstone of her early yearsStarting career in the banking sector and then realising she didn’t want to play by those rulesHow HEX started with trade missions to san Fransisco with a group of students from AustraliaBeing 3 days away from travelling to Austin, Texas on a big program and the borders shut down when COVID hit in 2020Raising money from investorsFunding challenges for female foundersCurrent economic climate + stay tuned for some very cool info about Jeanette’s assistant and more! It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via OUR WEBSITE or email  Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

Explore your curiosity with Elle and Tash from the newly formed business Co-Lab which brings together restaurant made ready meals and a selection over 1500 pantry products straight to your home! Learn about how a Linkedin message from Tash started this relationship and eventual acquisition, why this made complete sene, how they scaled their business through the pandemic and a deep dive into the acquisition process, biggest surprises and exciting things in the works including same day delivery.It’s time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including 100+ episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about CoLab at https://www.colab.com.au/Share your feedback and discuss sponsorship opportunities with us by directly emailing [email protected] the show on Linkedin / Instagram / Twitter

In this episode #101 w Rachel Yang, learn about:Sunrise in Melbourne being the youngest of 3 sisters, being raised by her mum and securing a scholarship to attend a private schoolAsian heritage and how Rachel’s become closer to it with ageWorking in north east arnhem land whilst at KPMG on projects for the indigenous First Nations communityMove into Venture Capital and the connection to an acting classProgressing from associate to partner at Giant Leap, Australia’s first 100% impact focused VC fundSecond and third order effects of impact investingExamples of some startups they’ve backed: Work 180, GoTerra, Great Wrap etcOverseas inspirations to productively use capital for good  It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via OUR WEBSITE or email  Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

In this episode #100, Natasha Ong (marketing associate) interviews Vidit Agarwal (Founder & Host)!We cover: Learnings from first job working at a restaurantMum’s influence and being the high flyer in my lifeHow has my perception of a high flyer changed?Society views on celebrating success and how this podcast plays a small role in re-creating thatOrigin story of the podcast and the name "The High Flyers"Personal growth through this podcast over past 2 yearsBehind the scenes of interview prep and research processHow to make guests comfortable to open upRanking in the top #20 shows in Aus, India, Hong KongWhat’s helped grow the podcast?How has the marketing evolved?Advice for budding podcastersRapid fire: Proudest achievement, Guest that surprised you, Piece of advice from a guest, What separates a great podcast, dream guests, Thank you to first believers It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via OUR WEBSITE or email  Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

Michael is Principal at Blackbird VC and helps uncover & invest in founders and innovation in Synthetic biology, Embedded commerce, Compute, Healthcare and Robotics.In this episode #99, learn about:Sunrise in Melbourne having rich Italian heritage and influences, with his dad being a chemical engineer and mum starting out as a high school teacher and then becoming a financial planner and always being there for Michael and his younger brother.How speaking different languages is he perfect way to see through a clear window into a cultureHow he started his career in law and then utilised an inspiring learning path to move to finance and then into Venture Capital with Playground VC in the USA (which also has a story behind it) Specific learnings of these 3 transitions and now being back in Australia with BlackbirdWhy Deep Tech investing fascinates himDistilling misconceptions about founders in Deep Tech3 key traits to be a successful VCHow he spends his perfect day off work Michael's one strength and one weaknessIt’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via OUR WEBSITE or email  Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! 

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterContact us via OUR WEBSITE or email  Vidit directly at [email protected] to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! ***Welcome to episode #98 w Daniel Madhavan! It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy! We cover: Learn about his sunrise in Melbourne, Australia in the most multicultural family with his dad being half Indian, half Chinese and mum being Dutch.Success at age 18 being to be financially independent which drove Dan’s successful 12+ year career in banking with JB Were rising to acting CEOPractical learnings that helped Dan be promoted every few years ("build bridges not boats")Specifics of the fascinating decision making process to leave the firmFunny story from early 20’s that was a big learning in hindsightUsing capital to make a positive impact for the future of the planetTop 3 impact focused investors he’s the most impressed by 

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterEmail  Vidit directly at [email protected] or contact us via www.curiositycenter.xyz to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! ***Welcome to episode #97 w Lauren Capelin! It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy! Learn about her sunrise in QLD with dad being a banker and mum working at Ansett and achieve her desire of sending Lauren and her sisters to private school. Lauren candidly shares this private schooling experience and how it changed the family dynamic and also realising success tends to be more about happiness over status.We cover a lot and Lauren shares fantastic insights about how she discovered and built her career merging creativity, community and impact with the business world - working with global thought leaders like Rachel Botsman on building the sharing economy and collaborative consumption to then how she was the first person in a community and platform role in Venture Capital in Australia.How Lauren manages to be ahead of the curve on many trends?Moving to Noosa, QLD in 2020What people get wrong about relationship building? How can Australia cultivate a successful women led VC fund?

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterEmail  Vidit directly at [email protected] or contact us via www.curiositycenter.xyz to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests or share feedback, we love hearing how to improve! ***Welcome to episode #96 w Dalton Henshaw! It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!Learn about his sunrise in Melbourne and having to grow up quickly as his parents separated when he was 6. His dad ran a fashion retail business and mum was Chief Family officer before moving into medical admin.Dalton shares his dream at 18 to play professional AFL which eventually turning into creating a prominent mens lifestyle publication called The Tailored Man, working with brands such as Tag Heuer, Hugo Boss and Mercedes Benz.I asked Dalton about the 3 successful people that he’s met that inspire him, how he prepares for client meetings, how he manages a team of 40, especially people older than him and 1% habits he and his wife Laura have added in the last 2 years. Stay tuned to learn about Dalton’s favourite fashion and running brands and lots more

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterEmail  Vidit directly at [email protected] or contact us via www.curiositycenter.xyz to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests and share how we can improve. ***Welcome to episode #95 w Joel Connolly! Please enjoy. ***TIMESTAMPS01:50  - Where were you born and live now? 02:00 - What was your first job and now? 02:31 - High Flyer in Joel’s life 03:58 - Darwin and Copacabana 06:57 - Influences of family and public figures 08:53 - Being raised by a single mum 11:18 - First time he came across music and creative world 13:13 - Career plan at age 18 17:08 - Didn’t feeling like a creative till his mid 30’s 18:10 - We’re all born creative 19:36 - Creativity in podcasting 21:39 - The move from music to Venture Capital at Blackbird 28:05 - Unlearning and trying new things at Blackbird 31:50 - How Joel created the Blackbird brand strategy: 36:15 - Community and firm building 38:25 - Most painful learning 42:01 - Balancing creative role in an investment firm 45:13 - Blackbird 2.0 49:03 - What is brand building as an expression of who you are 52:20 - What does crypto have right and wrong about culture? 55:41 - How does Australia encourage Vitaliks (founder of ETH)? 58:31 - Joel’s thinking in themes and not pictures 01:01:12 - Rapid fire 

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterEmail  Vidit directly at [email protected] or contact us via www.curiositycenter.xyz to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests and share how we can improve. ***Welcome to episode #94 w Jackie Vullinghs! Please enjoy. ***TIMESTAMPS01:55 - Where were you born and live now? 02:07 - What was your first job and now? 02:26 - High Flyer in Jackie’s life 03:10 - Childhood in the UK w immigrant parents 04:21 - History teacher influence to learn about the world 05:22 - Cultural significance of studying history and connection to VC 07:40 - Success at age 18 09:07 - Do small things and chase curiosity 10:40 - Growth between high school and university 12:54 - Painful learnings 14:50 - Working in investment banking and why she left? 17:42 - Learning more in a startup vs investment banking 19:09 - Building confidence to change professional path 21:07 - Moving from the UK to Australia 22:50 - Applying to Airtree a second time after being rejected 26:25 - Setting up for success in first 6 months at Airtree 29:30 - How did bouncing around help form a world view? 31:01 - Filtering through information 33:12 - How to get to know a company from scratch? 35:22 -  Investing in consumer 37:50 - Airtree playing a leadership role beyond B2B SaaS investments 39:40 - Becoming the first second generation fund in ANZ 41:57 - Decision making adjustment now vs boom times 43:41 - Unpacking MILKRUN 47:23 - How becoming a mother has changed Jackie? 50:08 - Rapid fire 

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterEmail  Vidit directly at [email protected] or contact us via www.curiositycenter.xyz to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests and share how we can improve. ***Welcome to episode #93 w Kelly Godfrey! Please enjoy. ***TIMESTAMPS02:02 - What was your first job and now? 02:40 - High Flyer in xx life 03:34 - Family memories 05:16 - Mum’s influence 07:19 - Gymnasts training 4x a week 08:46 - London and Brighton 10:41 - Success at age 18 12:03 - Painful learning 14:48 - Becoming Marketing Director within 6 years 18:09 - Building social capital 21:52 - Agency to in house marketing 25:33 - Leading marketing for ancestry.com 29:15 -  Role of marketing in customer discovery 30:35 - Moving roles and countries at same time 35:15 - Success in first 3 months of new role 40:34 - Taking a sabbatical in 2018 46:57 - Exploring opportunities post sabbatical 50:47 - Learnings about growth in new markets 54:00 - StockX being at the cutting edge of culture 56:07 - Rapid fire 

Explore your curiosity with Elise Kennedy, who leads the Australian equity research team covering tech and internet stocks at the investment bank, Jarden. I really wanted to have Elise on because equity markets, inflation, interest rates, and the general economy are a hot topic of interest.Learn about the status of current markets and why we’re in this position, how are companies rated as under or over valued, the role of M&A and leveraged buyouts during volatility, geographical impact, tourist investors perhaps exiting the market and more. Please enjoy! ***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including 90+ episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about Jarden at https://www.jardengroup.com.au/Share your feedback and discuss sponsorship opportunities with us by directly emailing [email protected] the show on Linkedin / Instagram / Twitter***TIMESTAMPS01:46 - Elise’ path into investment banking 02:56 - Life as an associate 03:52 - Life now as Vice President 04:32 - Perception vs reality of titles like Managing Director 05:15 - Overview of current markets (public and private) 07:18 - Tech companies seeing sell offs despite strong fundamentals 09:09 - How do investment banks rate a stock as under or overvalued? 11:55 - Tech pull back vs broader economy 14:12 - Inflation impact on the consumer 16:07 - Geographical impact and correlation between Australia and the US 18:18 - Does Elise’ role change in an up vs down market 19:29 - The role of M&A and leveraged buyouts in volatility 21:32 - Opportunities for VC’s deploying capital at better valuations 23:51 - “Tourist” investors leaving the market 25:14 - Super funds tightening capital allocation 26:56 - Cross over funds requiring re-alignment of exposure 27:36 - Metrics of EBITDA, Price to earnings ratio, CAGR 29:09 - Filtering through speculation 32:30 - Structuring work week and reports Elise reads 34:05 - Elise using her recreational pilots license to switch off 36:00 - Personal areas of investment interest 

Explore your curiosity with Gael Aitor, one of 5 hosts of the largest teen mental health podcast in the world called Teenager Therap, based in the US. We connected a few months ago through a mutual friend and this was great fun.Learn about how they started this podcast and movement in their quest to talk about and Improve mental heath, their 3 biggest learnings to date, actionable insights on how we can all improve our mental health and we went deep into the state of podcasting, media and some of the innovation and trends we’re excited to see. Please enjoy! ***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including 90+ episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about Teenager Therapy at https://teenagertherapy.com/Share your feedback and discuss sponsorship opportunities with us by directly emailing [email protected] the show on Linkedin / Instagram / Twitter***TIMESTAMPS01:46 - Moving to the US from Mexico at age 16 02:30 - Starting the largest teen mental health podcast (globally) 02:50 - Discovering podcasts for the first time 04:18 - Biggest learnings about the root cause behind mental health issues 08:30 - Core root causes of a lack of mental health amongst all age groups 10:40 - how to improve your mental health space 14:38 - Balancing performance with inner relaxation 15:51 - How mental health differs based on culture and country 18:26 - The role of social media in vulnerability and connection 22:45 - Seeking approval as a creator based on likes and comments 24:07 - Most exciting trends over next 12 months in podcasts and media 27:35 - Changing landscape of media and discovery limitations 31:15 - Building a niche vs generalist show 33:21 - Vidit & Gael riff on what they’d love to have in podcasts 

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterEmail  Vidit directly at [email protected] or contact us via www.curiositycenter.xyz to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests and share how we can improve. ***Welcome to episode #90 w Dom Pym! Please enjoy. ***TIMESTAMPS03:09 - Where were you born and live now? 03:33 - What was your first job and now? 05:20 - High Flyer in Dom’s life 07:34 - Growing up in the mountains 09:25 - Rich dad poor dad 13:33 - Always being a bullet train 16:46 - Meeting now wife when they were 6 yrs old 19:20 - 3 traits for his kids to have 22:00 -  First trip overseas, to South Korea 27:37 -  Getting through bad days and pain 30:01 - Setting goals monthly, quarterly and annually 38:43 - Importance of healthy body and mind to be successful 41:25 - How to scale Dom to have the most impact and get the rest he deserves? 43:19 - How to build trust from scratch? 46:11 - Inspiration for the creativity of Up Bank 51:30 - Biggest commercial difference between physical and digital bank 54:46 - First time investing in startups and how it happened 1:00:52 - How to add value beyond capital 01:01:48 - Final sprint 

Explore your curiosity about the community centred startup Dan & his co-founders are building in Earlywork, that’s scaled from 0 to 3000 members.I’ve enjoyed being a member of this community from the early days so this was fun to learn more about how the co-founders compliment each other, Dan’s personal learning journey, why raising funding is not the mark of success, managing quantity vs engagement and more. Please enjoy! ***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including 85+ episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about the Earlywork at https://www.earlywork.co/Share your feedback and discuss sponsorship opportunities with us by directly emailing [email protected] the show on Linkedin / Instagram / Twitter***TIMESTAMPS01:54 - Sydney, Wollongong and Bondi 03:08 - Siblings being high flyers 04:25 - Tattoos and creative 04:58 - Unknowns of co-founding team at EW 08:26 - Founding team being a community, building a community 11:31 - Dan’s own personal learning journey 14:23 - Founders 12 months ahead as support 15:49 - Growth & fundraising for a community first startup 19:33 - Initial investment not being success 24:46 - Hardest learning to date 27:48 - Revenue models for community based startup 30:02 - Managing quantity vs engagement 33:08 -Anonymity in community 36:10 - Founders not being the first line of contact 38:07 - Key opportunity in next 12 months 39:39 - Two questions Dan gets the most 42:00 - Most engaged social platforms beyond slack

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or TwitterEmail  Vidit directly at [email protected] or contact us via www.curiositycenter.xyz to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests and share how we can improve. ***Welcome to episode #88 w James Tynan! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:1. Growing up in an ambitious household, being very driven from day 12. Why James felt the need to move to the US post university3. Key learning from scaling Khan Academy from a YouTube channel to the world’s biggest ed tech (at that time)4. Energy management learnings from dealing with a number of autoimmune illnesses5. Behind the scenes of James' workings with founders & personal development areasPlease enjoy!***TIMESTAMPS02:58 - Fun facts about James 03:38 - Wife Kate being a high flyer 04:33 - Big change when James was 10 years old 05:20 - Parents in architecture and medicine 05:44 - Personality in high school 06:36 - Biggest influence in first 10 years 07:42 - Success at age 18 09:41 - How life changed in first year of university 11:38 - Learning movement building with Obama 2008 campaign 13:17 - 4 key learnings from scaling Khan Academy, joining very early 16:50 - Critical story that helped understand emotional intelligence 19:16 - How the move back to Australia happened 20:31 - Seeing the building of Australia’s startup ecosystem in 2014 22:36 - Energy vs time management 25:23 - Why energy management hacks are not useful 27:50 -  Balance in Health vs performance 29:28 - Transition from startmate to squarepeg 32:11 - Joining Squarepeg during COVID lockdowns 34:14 - Making founders comfortable in the 1st meeting 36:47 - Connection to younger vs seasoned founders 39:40 -  How does SquarePeg  differ to other big VC’s? 42:49 - SquarePeg’s global presence across ANZ, Israel and Singapore 43:58 - Analysis of current economic market 45:47 - Does the VC firm or partner matter more? 49:02 - Personal investment philosophy outside VC 51:12 - Thesis on climate-tech 54:57 - Area of improvement focus 57:45 - Final sprint 

Explore your curiosity about the exciting culinary marketplace they’re building, positioned as the amazon for food.You’ll learn about the journeys of Joint CEO/Co-founders Elle Curan and Josh Abulafia to founding ChefPrep, initial proof points in the first 3 months, how food is disrupting e-commerce, What questions should a restaurant ask before partnering, and hear about their hiring plans over the next 12 months. Please enjoy! ***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including 85+ episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about the ChefPrep at https://chefprep.com.au/Share your feedback and discuss sponsorship opportunities with us by directly emailing [email protected] the show on Linkedin / Instagram / Twitter***TIMESTAMPS02:02 - Elle’s journey to ChefPrep 06:19 - Being life and business partners 06:52 - Josh’s journey to ChefPrep 11:30 - Validating early proof points in ChefPrep 16:38 - The ChefPrep model and how it’s evolved 21:35 - Consumer behavior and range selection 27:52 - What questions should a restaurant ask before partnering? 31:46 - Managing volume vs quality when scaling 33:16 - Biggest learning to date 34:32 - Focuses on hiring over next 12 months 35:42 - How to consider the move from corporate to startups?