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Glass Ceiling

by Startup Daily

Glass Ceiling is a fortnightly podcast from the team at Startup Daily that tackles the issues around diversity in the startup ecosystem in a way that inspires and educates the leaders of tomorrow. Hosts Gina and James explore everything from venture capital to gaming during their in-depth conversations with a range of high profile guests who despite their gender, race, disability, orientation have despite the many barriers against them, smashed through the proverbial glass ceiling paving the way for next to come.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 16: Ainsley Johnstone and Natalie Firth/Think Talent

    Ainsley Johnstone and Natalie Firth are cofounders and co-CEOs of Melbourne recruitment firm Think Talent. The pair founded the business in 2014, because they wanted to do something a little different in recruitment. They explain Think Talent as a marketing-led business, where they help employers...

  2. Episode 15: Valeria Ignatieva/WORK180

    Valeria Ignatieva is cofounder of WORK180, a company which looks to connect women with roles at organisations that have a focus on gender equality. The startup has created a jobs board that filters listings to accept only those that have policies or programs in place to support women, with…

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  3. Episode 14 - Emily Tuteur/littleBits

    Emily Tuteur is director of product design at New York-based edutech startup littleBits. Founded in 2011, littleBits created the electronic building block, full of magnetic ‘bits’ that snap together to turn ideas into inventions. Along with Disney and education provider Pearson, the startup also...

  4. Episode 13 - Cherie Diaz/OpenLearning

    Now managing director for OpenLearning in Australia, Cherie Diaz has had an interesting career trajectory: after starting out as a classroom teacher, she made the move to the corporate world with Ernst & Young, before progressing through a series of roles and then taking on the OpenLearning gig...

  5. Episode 12 - Nicola Farrell/muru-d

    Now program manager for the muru-D accelerator in Sydney, Nicola Farrell has been working with startups for almost a decade. Originally from Ireland, she led startup and accelerator engagement for the Web Summit conference before moving to Sydney and starting at early stage startup incubator...

  6. Episode 11: Maria Halasz/Cellmid

    Maria Halasz is the CEO of the ASX-listed life sciences & biotech company, Cellmid Limited. She has a fascinating background: she originally started in the science, working in executive positions in biotechnology firms, before moving to corporate finance and managing investment funds. Maria…

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  7. Episode 10: Ann Moffatt

    A veteran of the tech industry, Ann Moffatt has long been ahead of her time, starting her career in IT in 1959 as a programmer for Kodak in the UK. After moving to Australia in 1974 Ann worked as an IT executive at AMP Society, and later as National Development Manager for the ASX, where she…

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  8. Episode 9: Emily Rich/Microsoft for Startups

    Emily Rich is the managing director of Microsoft for Startups in Australia and partner at M8 Ventures. After starting her career in Adelaide with the Australian Tax Office, Emily then went on to study software engineering and in 2013 cofound Jemsoft, an artificial intelligence startup that was...

  9. Episode 8: Ruth Hatherley/Moneycatcha

    Ruth Hatherley is the founder and CEO of Moneycatcha, a regtech startup providing a real-time blockchain solution for regulatory and compliance reporting. After growing up on a farm, Ruth spent her career at Commonwealth Bank and Mortgage Choice in Western Australia before coming up with...

  10. Episode 07 - Oksana Goncharova/Ansarada

    Oksana Goncharova is the Managing Director of the Material Information Platform at Australian startup Ansarada. Originally from Russia, Oksana moved from Berlin to Australia in 2012 as part of the startup team created by Rocket Internet that launched The Iconic. Oksana and her team grew the...

  11. Episode 06: Kate Morris/Adore Beauty

    Kate Morris is the founder and CEO of Adore Beauty, an online cosmetics retailer. The business was founded in 1999, when Morris was working on the cosmetics counter part-time while attending university. While she loved this work, she realised that for many women, the experience of buying makeup…

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  12. Episode 05: Monica Wulff/Startup Muster

    Monica Wulff is the cofounder and CEO of Startup Muster, the largest annual survey of the Australian startup ecosystem, conducted to showcase the opportunities, progress and challenges. Mat and Gina sat down to chat with Monica after the release of the 2017 survey report, looking at the story...

  13. Episode 04: Benjamin Chong/Right Click Capital

    Benjamin Chong has been building and investing in online businesses for 15 years now, and currently, holds a whole host of jobs. Among them, he is the cofounder and partner at Right Click Capital, and also the director of the Founder Institute. Ben sits down with Gina in this episode to talk…

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  14. Episode 03: Cyan Ta'eed/Envato

    Cyan Ta'eed is the cofounder of Envato one of Australia's most successful tech companies. The platform is a digital marketplace where people buy and sell creative digital goods like music, graphics, video, photos, website themes and other products you may need for a creative project. Envato has...

  15. Episode 02: Julie Demsey/SBE Australia

    In this episode James sits down and talks with Julie Demsey, General Manager of Springboard Enterprises in Australia. Making the move after almost two decades of working in Silicon Valley she now dedicates her days helping female-founded startups in Australia build successful startups. Julie…

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  16. Episode 01: Kara Frederick/Reinventure Group

    In the premiere episode of Glass Ceiling Gina sits down with venture capitalist Kara Frederick, a Silicon Valley native who has spent her career at the intersection of innovation and technology. Among others, she has worked at goldman sachs and with Growthpoint Technology Partners, and joined...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Glass Ceiling is a fortnightly podcast from the team at Startup Daily that tackles the issues around diversity in the startup ecosystem in a way that inspires and educates the leaders of tomorrow. Hosts Gina and James explore everything from venture capital to gaming during their in-depth conversations with a range of high profile guests who despite their gender, race, disability, orientation have despite the many barriers against them, smashed through the proverbial glass ceiling paving the way for next to come.

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