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 taking on this role, he simply asked, ‘Why not?’,” she said.
“That moment shifted my perspective. A great mentor pushes you beyond your limits and helps you see opportunities where you only see obstacles.”
She also revealed that she’s working on transforming Fishburners, which turns 15 next year, as the NSW government prepares to relocate the Sydney Startup Hub to Tech Central.
Campbell, now in her mid-20s, has been central to Fishburners’ success as it rebuilt post covid, developing a range of programs and events from its home at the Sydney Startup Hub.
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We also spoke to Zable Health‘s Matt Gregory about his journey from real estate startup founder with Hey Agent, to cofounding Zable in 2020 with his best mate, physiotherapist Scott Gentle.
Zable makes private healthcare simpler, faster and more accessible, giving patients the information they need and connecting them with the specialists that can help
While the duo are really competitive at the ping pong table and playing cricket, they complement each other in the business.
Startup 360 cohost Kayla Medica wanted to know about the biggest problem Matt faces getting an analogue health system onto a digital platform.
He talks about how to be pragmatic and take a bottom-up approach to that transformation to succeed, and also gave some great advice on hiring – treat your potential employees like investors.
“The investor’s putting in their cash, but the person working inside the business is providing their time,” Matt said.
Simon’s just back from Adelaide and the annual startup festival Southstart, and raved about the city, where WOMADelaide, the Fringe Festival, Adelaide Writer’s Week and Tasting Australia are also on at the same time.
Here’s Elisapie, the Inuk musician he’s starstruck by, with what he reckons is a great founder song Wolves Don’t Live by the Rules, a cover of fellow Inuit singer Willie Thrasher’s 1981 gem.
And if you saw Simon’s panel, But are we happy?, at Southstart – here’s the Nitin Sawhney song he played to kick things off: Definition of Happy.
As Molly Meldrum used to say, do yourself a favour and check it out – Identity is his latest album.
Meanwhile, we have to confess that the tech failed us this week, so there’s no YouTube version, but you can still listen to it by clicking on the links below.
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