Ep044 – Terry Gold (MD – Techstars Adelaide) on values, hiring & saying yes

My guest for episode 44 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was Terry Gold, the Managing Director of Techstars Adelaide. Prior to joining Techstars, Terry was the co-founder and CEO of Gold Systems, a company he ran for 23 years, the first 9 years of which were bootstrapped before taking $10M in VC investment from Mobius (then named Softbank) in 2000. The company was a pioneer in IVR, CTI, Speech Recognition applications and the Unified Communications space with 11 of the Fortune 20 companies using Gold Systems software. He was also a mentor in the first ever batch of Techstars and is now based in Australia and is now the Managing Director for the Techstars Adelaide Accelerator program, where he helps founders build successful startups. In this episode we spoke about bootstrapping vs raising capital, how to hire and retain great staff, what Techstars looks for in startups, the ingredients of a good team and the importance of saying yes. Apply to Techstars (Applications close on 23rd April) Show notes: Techstars Jana Matthews Leading at the Speed of Growth: Journey from an Entrepreneur to CEO  – Jana Matthews Built to last – Jim Collins Bell Labs Gold Systems Moneyball – Michael Lewis Startup Communities – Brad Feld Christopher Chang Startup Week Startup Weekend Startmate 500 Startups Duncan Anderson (Edrolo) Andrew Hyde This Book Is About Travel Podcast Interview with Andrew Hyde Terry Gold (Email) Startup Playbook TV: Ep8 Feat William Nguyen. In this episode we discuss how to limit the chances of your startup failing, how to get the right feedback from customers and choosing between a career path in corporates vs startups Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  [email protected] @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound The post Ep044 – Terry Gold (MD – Techstars Adelaide) on values, hiring & saying yes appeared first on Startup Playbook.