Ep037 – Gavin Appel (Co-Founder – Onestack) on the challenges of scaling startups

In episode 37 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, I interview Gavin Appel, the co-founder of Onestack, which partners with amazing entrepreneurs to accelerate growth through experience and connectivity. Gavin has over 20 years of experience in the startup, corporate and venture capital industries. He was the General Manager of Sinewave Interactive, Australasia’s first Search Engine Optimization company, before becoming the Senior Vice President and CTO for Hitwise and being responsible for managing the global product development team. He then joined Square Peg Capital as a Partner.  Square Peg is one of the leading VC firms in Australia, counting companies such as Uber, Fiverr, Stripe and Canva in it’s portfolio. Gavin is now the co-founder of OneStack, which partners with scale stage companies to help them grow their business. In the interview, Gavin shares what startups should look for in investors, the key criteria to scale effectively, the importance of hiring the right talent and when to start fundraising. Show notes: Webcrawler Lycos Excite Looksmart Hitwise Square Peg Capital Onestack Blackbird Ventures Zoom Unlockd JJ Stripe Onestack (Twitter) Gavin (Snapchat) Live Podcast Interview with Nick Crocker (Blackbird Ventures) Australian Podcast Awards – Voting Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  [email protected] @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound The post Ep037 – Gavin Appel (Co-Founder – Onestack) on the challenges of scaling startups appeared first on Startup Playbook.