1. Tim Fung, Co-Founder and CEO at Airtasker // How the startup which disrupted the Australian workforce started with a chicken delivery van

If you've never heard of Airtasker, you're a step behind in the business world. Tim Fung is the driving force behind Airtasker, the community marketplace platform which has disrupted how the Australian workforce operates. From tackling unemployment and underemployment to helping those with odd jobs to big projects, Airtasker facilitates everything in this brand new marketplace. Tim himself is a prominent figure in the Australian startup and entrepreneurial community since Airtasker. He started his first business, Circuit Club, when he was still at university, and since 2012 he has led Airtasker from 8 employees to a global team of over 160, with 2.5 million members posting 37,000 jobs every week. Airtasker is now achieving 100% growth year-on-year in Australia and is on a path to enter other international marketplaces. Tim knows how to make it happen - and we couldn't think of someone more fitting to kickstart our podcast series! In the first episode of The Make It Happen Show, Tim tells us how he disrupted an entire industry, runs us through the key milestones of Airtasker's initial and extreme growth stages and shares his words of advice when it comes to building, running and growing a business. Timestamps: 0:00 - Introducing Tim Fung 5:01 - Where Tim sees  services and marketplaces going 6:56 - How Airtasker started and what the key milestones in its journey are 10:31 - What the key factors to a successful marketplace are 13:28 - What the main focuses in the first periods of Airtasker's growth were 17:45 - What Circuit Club is (Tim's first business) 22:02 - What some of the lessons Tim’s learnt through multiple rounds of raising capital and the key strategies he would recommend to other businesses 24:57 - The challenges of growing a company from 20+ to 160+ employees 29:20 - How he encourages his team to give positive and clear feedback 31:17 - How Airtasker measures performance in their team 33:16 - Where Airtasker could be in 2 years 35:02  - Make It Happen In A Minute