Five minutes with Crunchbase CEO, Jager McConnell
Jager McConnell is the CEO of Crunchbase, the leading platform used by millions of entrepreneurs and investors looking to discover innovative companies and the people behind them. Jager joined Crunchbase after it spun out from AOL, a move that was announced at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2015. Prior to joining Crunchbase, Jager spent 11 years at… Read more »
Why Silicon Valley veteran Marcus Segal is heading to Sydney to share his insights with local founders
Ask any startup founder how important it is to have successful entrepreneurs and tech veterans around them to share their insights and experiences, and they will tell you it’s crucial. When it comes to mentors who have a wealth of insights to share, it’s hard to go past Marcus Segal, who Sydney entrepreneurs will get… Read more »
Meet the International Entrepreneurs: Marcus Segal
Marcus Segal is a General Partner at Upshift Capital, a seed stage investment fund. Marcus has 17 years of experience working as strategist and operations executive in Silicon Valley. Segal spent over 7 years in total with Zynga serving in a number of roles including the SVP Global Operations, Chief Operating Officer [COO] of Game… Read more »
Meet the International Entrepreneurs: Jager McConnell
Jager McConnell is the CEO of Crunchbase, the leading platform used by millions of entrepreneurs and investors looking to discover innovative companies and the people behind them. Jager joined Crunchbase after it spun out from AOL, a move that was announced at TechCrunch Disrupt in 2015. Prior to joining Crunchbase, Jager spent 11 years at… Read more »
Meet the International Entrepreneurs: Vicki Saunders
Vicki Saunders is an entrepreneur, award-winning mentor, advisor to the next generation of change makers and leading advocate for entrepreneurship as a way of creating positive transformation in the world. Vicki is Founder of SheEO; a two-decade long initiative to dramatically transform how we support, celebrate and finance female entrepreneurs building new models, new mindsets… Read more »
How Sydney’s startup ecosystem is working to climb up the global rankings
Sydney can go head to head with any international city when it comes to lifestyle, culture, education, and a whole host of other features, given it’s regularly ranked in the top 10 of the World’s Most Liveable Cities index. Of course, it’s also home to a couple of globally recognised icons that also do their… Read more »
How Sydney’s startup ecosystem is working to climb up the global rankings
Sydney can go head to head with any international city when it comes to lifestyle, culture, education, and a whole host of other features, given it’s regularly ranked in the top 10 of the World’s Most Liveable Cities index. Of course, it’s also home to a couple of globally recognised icons that also do their… Read more »
Winning a Talent Unleashed Award helped Aumeo Audio communicate its message to the market
It may still be incredible to the rest of us who grew up with Walkmans or Discmans, but Gen Zers are growing up taking it for granted that they get to walk around with almost the entirety of all music ever recorded throughout history in the palm of their hand. As if technology hadn’t advanced… Read more »
Winning a Talent Unleashed Award helped Aumeo Audio communicate its message to the market
It may still be incredible to the rest of us who grew up with Walkmans or Discmans, but Gen Zers are growing up taking it for granted that they get to walk around with almost the entirety of all music ever recorded throughout history in the palm of their hand. As if technology hadn’t advanced… Read more »
[VIDEO] Talking everything HCF Catalyst with Slingshot Accelerator and Perx
With the HCF Catalyst accelerator program now opening applications for its third year, we looked at what the team is looking for in applicants.
International Volunteer HQ’s Dan Radcliffe loves the Talent Unleashed Awards’ celebration of social impact
With such a focus on securing venture capital funding and global domination, it can sometimes seem that the startup space will pursue fast growth ahead of all else. While these kinds of businesses may often dominate the headlines, the Talent Unleashed Awards have been celebrating businesses and founders working for social good since launch in… Read more »
International Volunteer HQ’s Dan Radcliffe loves the Talent Unleashed Awards’ celebration of social impact
With such a focus on securing venture capital funding and global domination, it can sometimes seem that the startup space will pursue fast growth ahead of all else. While these kinds of businesses may often dominate the headlines, the Talent Unleashed Awards have been celebrating businesses and founders working for social good since launch in… Read more »
Meet recent alumni from the HCF Catalyst program
Heba Shaheed, founder of The Pelvic Expert Heba Shaheed is the founder of The Pelvic Expert, an online platform providing education and solutions for women with pelvic health issues, including nutrition, exercise, and self-care advice. Tell us what gets you firing every morning? The lack of education and awareness currently out there on women’s health… Read more »