Ep032 – Evan Thornley (Co-founder – Looksmart) on identifying opportunities

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep032 – Evan Thornley (Co-founder – Looksmart) on identifying opportunities January 17, 2017 rohitbhargava Uncategorized In Episode 32 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, I interview Evan Thornley, Co-founder of Looksmart. Evan has spent most of the last 20 years pioneering the startup scene in Australia. He was the cofounder of Looksmart which was Australia’s first NASDAQ-listed high tech company, which listed with an initial market cap of $1.2B, with a peak market cap of $14B. He was also the CEO of Better Place Australia, an audacious project that sought to provide the charging infrastructure to enable the mass adoption of electric cars around the world. It raised over $900m in venture capital from top-tier investors including GE, HSBC, Israel Corporation and Vantage Point Venture Partners In the interview Evan shares how to assess risk and identify the right opportunities, the best way to fund your business and the importance of being authentic. Show notes: – Looksmart – GetUp – Better Place – TedX Melbourne – Evan Thornley (Building a beautiful organisation to do something insanely great) – Seek – Atlassian – Martin Hosking – Redbubble – Shai Agassi – Dan Cohen – Antony Cohen – Alison Terry – Elon Musk – Evan Thornley (email) Feedback/ say hello:  [email protected] @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – personal) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Click here to listen on iTunes Click here to listen on Stitcher http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Playbook_Ep032.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. .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-moz-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-moz-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]::-webkit-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea::-webkit-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=text]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=url]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form input[type=email]:-ms-input-placeholder, .dslc-tp-comment-form textarea:-ms-input-placeholder { color: #4d4d4d; } Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep032 – Evan Thornley (Co-founder – Looksmart) on identifying opportunities appeared first on Startup Playbook.