Ep056 – Vicky Lay (Managing Director – Artesian Venture Partners) on unlocking human potential

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep056 – Vicky Lay (Managing Director – Artesian Venture Partners) on unlocking human potential July 4, 2017 rohitbhargava Podcast For Episode 56 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, I did a live podcast interview with Vicky Lay, the Managing Director of Artesian Venture Partners. At just 22, Vicky quit her degree and co-founded zookal.com – a Silicon Valley venture-backed e-learning and textbook rental company that turned over $20M in revenue last year. As their Chief Operations Officer, Vicky successfully scaled the business 10x year on year. She is now the Managing Director at Artesian Venture Partners (an early-stage venture capital business with offices in Australia, Singapore, Shanghai, New York and London). In her role at Artesian, she is actively building startup ecosystems across Australia and ASEAN, decoding the DNA of entrepreneurial success and helping more entrepreneurs secure funding. She also founded and serves on the boards of non-profit organisations fostering youth empowerment and entrepreneurship including Young Achievement Australia and JA Australia. Vicky Lay was also recognised as a Forbes 30 under 30 recipient in April 2017. In this live podcast we spoke about how to hire and retain the right talent, Vicky’s learnings from being on both sides of the table, what she looks for in early stage startups as an investor and empowering diversity in the startup ecosystem. Show notes: – Artesian Venture Partners – Zookal – Startup of You – Reid Hoffman – Reid Hoffmann – Ahmed Haider – Sarah Lacy – Pando Daily – What to include in your investor pitch deck – Vicky Lay blog – Young Achievement Australia (YAA) – Drew Corby’s Pathways Podcast – Dustin Elliott’s Why2 Podcast – Vicky Lay (Twitter) Blog: 50 Lessons from 50 successful founders, investors & experts (Part 1) Blog: 50 Lessons from 50 successful founders, investors & experts (Part 2) Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  [email protected] @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Playbook_Ep056.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 Ep056 – Vicky Lay (Managing Director – Artesian Venture Partners) on unlocking human potential appeared first on Startup Playbook.