Welcome to Startup 360, this week with guest hosts AJ Koch and Claire Bull who put the microscope on medtech. While the action this week was in Melbourne for Digital Health Fest, we went under the hood of the medtech rollercoaster with two guests right at the coal face. From a funding point of view, you… Read more »
Founding cohost Kayla Medica is stepping away from the show because of work commitments and Simon Thomsen is devastated. But edge-of-millennial Kayla’s not sure if she’s heard Mental As Anything’s song, If you leave me, can I come too? (to be fair it was a hit in 1981 and the clip is from the Spotify… Read more »
Amid debates about housing, migration, the cost of living pressures and energy during the federal election campaign, there’s been a deafening silence from both the government and opposition when it comes to tech, startups and innovation policy. It’s something ACS, the voice of Australia’s technology sector, is hoping to change. ACS CEO Josh Griggs joined… Read more »
To understand a little bit of what women founders deal with in the hunt for investment, consider the comments from a VC that got back to Camille Goldstone-Henry, cofounder of biodiversity startup Xylo Systems, on episode 9 of Startup 360. Xylo helps companies address environmental protection alongside development, and landed a major international client. The… Read more »
Teenage entrepreneur Liam Fuller thought it would be funny to take a photo of him taking a client call and working on his laptop sitting in a toilet cubicle at school. The world did too, with more than 1.5 million viewed his posts on LinkedIn six months ago. The school principal was less impressed and… Read more »
Julie Trell believes play makes you a better founder. American-born Julie has been helping startup teams around the world build their imaginations and sense of adventure for decades as the founder of Playful Purpose. One way she does it is with “Yes…. and…” She gives Startup 360 host Simon Thomsen and Kayla Medica a simple… Read more »
Is the title “founder” this decade’s version of wanting to be a Masterchef or influencer? Startup 360 cohost Kayla Medica has a theory. “So many people now have glamourised being a founder, being an entrepreneur, that there’s a whole host of people who just start businesses with that in mind, and they’re not actually starting… Read more »
When do you know you’re CEO material? It’s the question Startup 360 host Simon Thomsen put to Majella Campbell, the newly appointed CEO of Fishburners, Australia’s pioneering startup coworking space. Majella talked about her mentor, Myles Baron-Hay, the former Sydney Swans CEO, saying “why not?” when she had her doubts. “When I was unsure about… Read more »
Welcome to the Startup 360 with Kayla Medica and guest cohost Cat Long from climatetech startup Trace. Tomorrow is International Women’s Day, and this year’s theme is “For ALL women and girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment. This week’s episode explores the challenges women face as founders, from funding to parenting and the self-doubt you can feel… Read more »
Welcome to the Startup 360 with Kayla Medica and Simon Thomsen. Our weekly show is all about founder fun, finding out what makes people tick and staying human. For our third show, Kayla and Simon celebrate Mardi Gras in Sydney this weekend talking about their favourite works by musicians and writers. Kayla recommends a Japanese… Read more »
The Emerging Tech Unpacked podcast unpacks emerging tech topics with diverse perspectives. Host Lucy Lin shares what she learnt about deepfake technologies and a life in intelligence. In our latest episode of Emerging Tech Unpacked, I had the privilege of interviewing one of the most fascinating guest I’ve ever met – Emerald Sage. She’s a… Read more »
Welcome to the Startup 360 product launch! We hope you like our MVP with cohosts Kayla Medica and Simon Thomsen. We want to have founder fun and find out what makes people tick – it’s not about GTM strategies and the next raise, it’s all about staying human. In our first show, Kayla and Simon… Read more »
Former Skins CEO Jaimie Fuller knows a thing or two about success and failure, after building a booming company that then folded due to a series of poor decisions. Jamie joined Cec Busby and Adam Bub on the First Act podcast and opened up about the mistakes that led to the epic demise of his sportswear company,… Read more »
Journalists and commentators Rae Johnston and Tegan Jones, cofounders of the Queens of the Drone Age podcast, are back together for a new look at the state of the industry, titled Weird Tech. The duo have signed on with ARN’s iHeart for their new podcast, which aims to dig down the back of the couch… Read more »
While podcasts have become all the rage when it comes to talking to founders about startup life, NiceTo founder Preethi Mohan has decided to take things to the next level with a live talk show shining a spotlight on the superstars of ecosystem. The Startup Palette Show, presented by NiceTo, and supported by Investment NSW,… Read more »
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