The Startup Playbook Podcast

Dom Pym, the Co-founder of Up, Australia's first neobank, shares his 20 years of tech expertise. He discusses the synergy between product and purpose in building a successful business. Dom reveals the innovative digital banking strategies that propelled Up's rapid growth and highlights the importance of hiring for personality and creativity. He emphasizes customer-centric design and tools like 'roundups' that engage younger users. The conversation also touches on the future of resilient banking amid economic challenges.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep109 – Nick Crocker (General Partner – Blackbird VC) on investing with conviction April 29, 2020 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 109 of the Startup Playbook Podcast (and returning back to the show) is the General Partner of Blackbird Ventures, Nick Crocker. Prior to joining Blackbird, Nick was a successful founder. He was the Co-founder of We Are Hunted (acquired by Twitter) and Sessions (acquired by MyFitnessPal). After MyFitnessPal was acquired by Under Armour for $475M, he went on to lead their Product Strategy and Operations in San Francisco. I initially interviewed Nick for Ep39 of The Startup Playbook Podcast in March 2017, shortly after he had moved back to Australia to join Blackbird VC as a Venture Partner for the (at the time) $230M fund. Since then, Nick has become a General Partner at Blackbird Ventures (now a $500M venture capital firm) that counts companies such as Canva, SafetyCulture, Culture Amp and Zoox as part of its portfolio. Nick sits on the boards of Culture Amp, Nura, XY Sense, Applied, Bellish, Startmate and Eucalyptus. In this interview we spoke about a range of topics including: the importance of performance coachinghow Blackbird refined and defined its cultural valueshow Blackbird looks for conviction when assessing investment dealsthe importance of storytelling to your investors& much more! Show notes: Ep039 – Nick Crocker (Venture Partner – Blackbird VC) on people, culture and productsThe Y FilesMyFitnessPal buys Australian coaching app, Sessions (article)Culture AmpDidier ElzingaEp101 – Didier Elzinga (Co-founder & CEO – Culture Amp) on the key traits of successful foundersPropeller AeroRory San MiguelJodie AusterEp066 – Jodie Auster (GM – Uber Eats) on hypothesis driven problem solvingStartmateBen HudsonOptimMichael Batko“The Psychology of Executive Coaching” – Michael BatkoSunrise ConferenceSamantha WongJoel ConnollyNiki ScevakMichael FoxFable FoodsNick Beaumont – Co-founder of HeurosThe Elephants – Nick CrockerEd Cowan“In the firing line – Diary of a season” – Ed CowanA bigger picture: An Autobiography by Malcolm TurnbullSapiens: A brief history of Humankind – Yuval Noah HarariByrne Hobart – SubstackPreston PesekCulture Amp – Insights“When tailwinds vanish” – blog Join our next live podcast interview with the Co-Founder of Up, Dom Pym!Date: 5th May 2020Time: 8-9am (AEDT)Registration link: http://tinyurl.com/ep110DomPym Feedback/connect/say hello:Rohit@startupplaybook.co@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits:Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels:Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Soundcloud & Stitcher Audio Player and now also available on Spotify. Watch the video recording from the interview on Youtube! http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Ep109_-_Nick_Crocker_General_Partner_-_Blackbird_VC_on_building_conviction.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep109 – Nick Crocker (General Partner – Blackbird VC) on investing with conviction appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep108 – John Coghlan (Director – CD+Co) on valuations, due diligence & co-founder breakups July 30, 2019 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 108 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is one of the Directors of Coghlan Duffy & Co, John Coghlan. I have had a number of conversations with founders over the years discussing some of the more structural and often internal challenges of running companies such as dealing with co-founder breakups, issues with IP when a team member has left or they have outsourced their development and structural issues that have caused investors to not invest in their companies. So for this episode, I invited John Coghlan on the show to discuss how founders can think about and safeguard against some of these issues down the line. John is one of the Director of Coghlan Duffy & Co, a law firm that specialises in working with startups from the early stages to their potential IPO. He has been involved with the legal aspect of startups from all angles, representing founders as they setup and grow their business, investors through the due diligence process as well as helping companies prepare and eventually list on the public markets. He is also someone I have known for over 5 years and he has personally helped me both with personal and business legal matters so I couldn’t think of anyone better to have on this episode! In this episode we discussed: Protecting ownership of IP when outsourcing technology overseasHow to split equity fairly between cofoundersMechanisms to protect the company post founder-breakupThe investor due diligence check listHow to fairly value a company when raising capital Ps – I just launched Playbook Ventures and our first initiative, the “Investor Connect” event where we are bringing together 20 of the best VCs and Angel Investors to meet with 60 selected startups. To find out more:– Read the blog post– Check out our website (playbookventures.com.au)– Apply for the event Show notes: SAFEsVesting schedulesConvertible notesCoghlan Duffy & Co website Check out my new video series on Youtube! Feedback/connect/say hello:Rohit@startupplaybook.co@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits:Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels:Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Soundcloud & Stitcher Audio Player and now also available on Spotify. http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Ep108_-_John_Coghlan.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep108 – John Coghlan (Director – CD+Co) on valuations, due diligence & co-founder breakups appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep107 – Blake Hutchison (CEO – Flippa) on building market dynamics July 18, 2019 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 107 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is the CEO of Flippa, Blake Hutchison. Blake started his career by moving to San Francisco in 2005 as part of the team at Lonely Planet, before joining NileGuide, a trip planning startup that would go on to raise $13M just weeks before the GFC hit! Blake then moved back to Australia to launch his own startup which he eventually sold through Flippa, before going on to take senior roles at Xero and Luxury Escapes. Blake joined Flippa as their CEO 9 months ago to help accelerate the businesses expansion across all of their international markets.  With such a varied and interesting background, we covered a range of topics in this interview including: Lessons from building and growing startups in SV How Blake translates some of his own experiences across the rest of the teamThe process for doing due diligence on companiesDealing with startup failureThe process and structure when selling a companyBuilding market dynamics into marketplaces Ps – I just launched Playbook Ventures and our first initiative, the “Investor Connect” event where we are bringing together 20 of the best VCs and Angel Investors to meet with 60 selected startups. To find out more:– Read the blog post– Check out our website (playbookventures.com.au)– Apply for the event Show notes: Potrero Hill, San FranciscoLonely PlanetNileGuideGOOD44XeroChris Ridd (podcast)Rod Drury (Founder of Xero)Luxury EscapesFlippaMatt Mickiewicz (Co-founder of Flippa)Mark Harbottle (Co-founder of Flippa)EnvatoGoogle Optimise (tool)Blake (LinkedIn)Blake (Twitter) Check out my new video series on Youtube! Feedback/connect/say hello:Rohit@startupplaybook.co@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits:Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels:Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Soundcloud & Stitcher Audio Player and now also available on Spotify. http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Ep107_-_Blake_Hutchison.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep107 – Blake Hutchison (CEO – Flippa) on building market dynamics appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep106 – Phil Silverstone (GM – Eventbrite) on identifying Product-Market Fit June 20, 2019 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 106 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is the APAC General Manager for Eventbrite, Phil Silverstone. After spending 11 successful years at GE, Phil joined as the GM of Eventbrite in Australia and over the last 3 years has grown the company from 5 to 40 people and expanded out into the South East Asian markets of Singapore and Hong Kong. In this live interview we discussed: How hiring changes with scaleThe metrics and process to help you identify whether you have Product-Market FitThe benefits and challenges of satellite officesHow to making trade off decisions on where to invest time and resourcesHow to use partnership for growthFinding balance between family and career The questions from the audience were: How do you keep yourself in sync as a satellite office with the global HQ?Why Melbourne as the regional hub and are there plans to expand out into more challenging parts of the Asian market?How do you test for key characteristics during the hiring process?How do you track whether PMF has been achieved when expanding to new regions? Show notes: GE CapitalNicholas Lembo (TransferWise) podcast interviewSmiling mind appEventbrite websitePhil Silverstone (LinkedIn) Check out my new video series on Youtube! Feedback/connect/say hello:Rohit@startupplaybook.co@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits:Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels:Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Soundcloud & Stitcher Audio Player and now also available on Spotify. http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Ep106_-_Phil_Silverstone.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep106 – Phil Silverstone (GM – Eventbrite) on identifying Product-Market Fit appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep105 – Nicholas Lembo (Country Manager – TransferWise) on building trust with customers June 5, 2019 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 105 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is the Australian Country Manager for TransferWise, Nicholas Lembo. Nick was previously a Senior Manager at Yelp, where he lead Yelp’s marketing and communications across 8 International markets in the Asia and Pacific region. He also developed and implemented the launch strategy for Yelp in many of its newest APAC markets, including Malaysia, Taiwan, and the Philippines.  Alongside his dual role as the Country Manager for Australia and Lead for Marketing and Communications for TransferWise in the APAC region, Nick is on the board of Fintech Australia.   In this interview we discussed: How Nick balances his time across his Country Manager and Lead Marketing & Communications rolesHow to effectively transfer company culture into new regions when expanding globallyThe opportunities and challenges for Fintech startupsHow to develop trust with customers& much more! Don’t miss our LIVE PODCAST with Eventbrite APAC General Manager, Phil Silverstone on the 13th of June. Click here for the registration page and use the code “playbookpodcast” for discounted tickets! Show notes: YelpTransferWiseWorld BankViki Forrest podcastNick Crocker’s Twitter Thread on VC & Startup growth in AustraliaBanking royal commissionTrustpilotNicholas Lembo (Twitter)Nicholas Lembo (LinkedIn) Check out the podcast and my new video series on Youtube! Feedback/connect/say hello:Rohit@startupplaybook.co@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits:Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels:Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Soundcloud & Stitcher Audio Player http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Ep105_-_Nicholas_Lembo_Country_Manager_-_Transferwise.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep105 – Nicholas Lembo (Country Manager – TransferWise) on building trust with customers appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep104 – Steve Glaveski (CEO – Collective Campus) on efficiency and serendipity May 29, 2019 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 104 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is entrepreneur, podcaster and author, Steve Glaveski. Steve is the CEO of Collective Campus, a corporate innovation and startup accelerator that was recognised by the AFR as one of the fastest growing companies in Australia in 2018, having worked with organisations such as Village Roadshow, Microsoft, NAB and Sportsbet on corporate innovation programs. Outside of this role, Steve is also the host of the Future Squared podcast where he interviews some of the leading minds and people in business and corporate innovation from around the world and has published 2 books; Employee to Entrepreneur and the Amazon best seller, The Innovation Managers Handbook vol. 2 In this interview we discussed: How to build a low cost prototype/MVPsThe Common pitfalls of launching a new startupThe benefits and opportunities from podcastingHow to jump from being an employee to become an entrepreneurSteve’s PEAKCOAT framework to achieve greater productivity in less time! Don’t miss our LIVE PODCAST with Eventbrite APAC General Manager, Phil Silverstone on the 13th of June. Click here for the registration page and use the code “playbookpodcast” for discounted tickets! Show notes: SydStart (now known as StartCon)HotDeskNeil Patel’s Quick Sprout guideAppsterTim FerrisNPR UrbanSurfMadhouseBeware of Digital agencies doing corporate innovation (blog)Australian Institute of Company DirectorsSteve BlankFuture Squared PodcastThe Pareto principleWileyCollective CampusEmployee to Entrepreneur (book by Steve Galveski)Gary VaynerchukRed Brain, Blue Brain: Evaluative Processes Differ in Republicans and Democrats Collective CampusData Science MeetupThe case for the 6 hour work day (Blog – HBR)employeetoentrepreneur.ioSteveGlaveski.com Check out previous podcasts and my new video series on Youtube! Feedback/connect/say hello:Rohit@startupplaybook.co@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits:Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels:Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Soundcloud & Stitcher  Audio Player http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Ep104_-_Steve_Glaveski.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep104 – Steve Glaveski (CEO – Collective Campus) on efficiency and serendipity appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep103 – Viki Forrest (CEO – ANZA Technology) on how to successfully launch into new markets May 22, 2019 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 103 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is Australian business leader, Viki Forrest. At the time of this recording, Viki was the CEO of ANZA Technology. Since then, she taken on a new role as the Queensland Trade and Investment Commissioner for North America, to promote and facilitate inward and outward trade and investment between the two regions. Prior to this role, Viki had joined an early stage technology company helping it expand from 5 to over 100 people and open up it’s presence in the US before the company ultimately shut down. Since then, Viki has played a vital role in helping Australian startups break into and raise capital from the US market as the CEO of ANZA Technology over the last 14 years. In this interview we discussed a range of topics including: Lessons from a failed startup that expanded and grew too quicklyDifferences between operating in a short term and long term marketHow to break into and raise capital in the USHow to effectively build teams when breaking into new markets Show notes:– ANZA Technology networks– The Forum for Women Entrepreneurs (FWE)– Viki Forrest (LinkedIn) Check out my new video series on Youtube! Feedback/connect/say hello:Rohit@startupplaybook.co@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits:Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels:Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Soundcloud & Stitcher Audio Player http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Ep103_-_Viki_Forrest.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep103 – Viki Forrest (CEO – ANZA Technology) on how to successfully launch into new markets appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep102 – Pedram Mokrian (Investor) on the 6 T’s of investment May 15, 2019 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 102 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is Investor and Stanford Professor, Pedram Mokrian. Pedram started his career as an Engineer and commodities trader before moving into the world of Venture Capital. He joined as the Principal of the Mayfield Fund, a global Venture Capital Fund with $1.8Bn under management, investing in seed through to Series B funding. He now spends his time working with companies ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 50 companies and even The World Bank. He is also the adjunct Professor at Stanford University where he teaches and advises entrepreneurs and global companies on entrepreneurship, business model disruption and technology innovation. In this interview we discussed: How to find the right opportunities and skills to acquireUnderstanding your work vs personal risk personalityThe 6 T’s of investmentHow VCs filter through ideasThe future of corporate innovation Show notes: Sand Hill RoadMartin Eberhard (Co-founder of Tesla)Marc Tarpenning (Co-founder of Tesla)Navin Chaddha (Mayfield Fund)Mayfield FundEnronZimride Check out my new video series on Youtube! Feedback/connect/say hello:Rohit@startupplaybook.co@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits:Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels:Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Soundcloud & Stitcher Audio Player http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Ep102_-_Pedram_Mokrian.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep102 – Pedram Mokrian (Investor) on the 6 T’s of investment appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep101 – Didier Elzinga (Co-founder & CEO – Culture Amp) on the key traits of successful founders May 8, 2019 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 101 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is the Co-founder & CEO of Culture Amp, Didier Elzinga. For those of you unfamiliar with Didier and his story, at the age of 25, he was promoted to the CEO role at Rising Sun Pictures, a Hollywood Post Production Studio that worked on films such as Harry Potter, Lord of The Rings and the Batman and Superman franchises. During his time as the CEO, the company grew from 30 to 130 employees. However, after meeting with Atlassian Founders, Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar at an event, Didier realised that he wanted to move out of the film industry and into technology. Since starting Culture Amp in mid-2009, the company has raised over $75M in funding, has over 2,000 clients and has become one of the world’s fastest growing technology companies. Didier and his team truly are helping build culture first organisations all over the world In this live podcast interview we spoke about: – How he became the CEO of a Hollywood studio at 25– How to Founders can deal with and overcome adversity– The key trait of successful founders– How to get customers without a product– How to grow from 10 to 2000 customers– Culture Amp’s process for raising $75M in funding– The importance of storytelling in amplifying people performance The questions from our audience were: What business challenges keeps Didier up at night?As Culture Amp has grown, how does Didier approach building out the leadership teamWhich order does Didier prioritise the key business stakeholders (Employees, Customers & investors) What Didier has applied from his background in Hollywood to building out Culture Amp This podcast was produced by the awesome team at Playbook Media. If you would like to launch your own personal or business podcast, say hello to Rohit@playbookmedia.com.au. Show notes:– Mike Cannon-Brookes– Scott Farquhar– Atlassian– Rising Sun Pictures– Tony Clark (Rising Sun Pictures)– Wayne Lewis (Rising Sun Pictures)– Gail Fuller (Rising Sun Pictures)– Rising Sun Research– Cospective– Baraka (Film)– Ron Frike – How Great I Am – 50th anniversary for Anthony Robbins (Youtube video)– The Checklist Manifesto (Atul Gawande)– Jon Williams (Co-founder – Culture Amp)– Jason McPherson (podcast interview)– Eric Yuan (Zoom)– Felicis Ventures – Matt Cohler (Benchmark VC)– Benchmark VC– JD Peterson (Culture Amp)– Jacqueline Purcell (Culture Amp)– Sunrise Conference– Golbie Kamerai (Culture Amp)– The Management Theory of Peter Drucker Check out my new video series on Youtube! Feedback/connect/say hello:Rohit@startupplaybook.co@RohitBhargava7 (Twitter)/rohbhargava (LinkedIn)@rohit_bhargava (Instagram)My Youtube Channel Credits:Music: Joakim Karud – Dreams Other channels:Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available onSoundcloud & StitcherAudio Player http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Ep101_-_Didier_Elzinga.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep101 – Didier Elzinga (Co-founder & CEO – Culture Amp) on the key traits of successful founders appeared first on Startup Playbook.