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StartUp Hiring
by Simon McSorley. Founder of StartUp Hiring and Crew Talent Advisory.
StartUp Hiring is a podcast about what really happens when startups grow, through the people they bring in. Each episode features someone who’s lived it: founders making early hires, operators landing roles, and people building careers inside startups. We dig into what worked, what didn’t, and what they’d do differently. If you're building a team or trying to join one, this is for you. Subscribe to the StartUp Hiring Substack for deeper dives, tools, and real stories you won’t hear anywhere else.
Episodes
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StartUp Hiring #5 Erica Wass. Bad hires are a 2.5x salary burn.
Scaling Product Teams with Zendesk's Former Director Erica Wass.In this episode, I sit down with Erica Wass, one of Australia's most respected product leaders and Former Director of Product at Zendesk. We dive deep into the art and science of building product teams that actually drive business...
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Daragh Kan - "There's no backup"
Daragh Kan has been the first product manager at not one but two fast-growing startups — Me&U (formerly Mr Yum) and Cuttable. He’s built products under pressure, scaled alongside founders, and brought a deep sense of user empathy from years running his own hospitality venues. What I like about...
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StartUp Hiring James Dale - Joined Apple at 17 then sold a StartUp to Snapchat
Navigating Startups: Insights from Moving to Apple at 17 and Founding a BusinessIn this conversation, James Dale shares his journey from a 17-year-old intern at Apple to founding his own business. He dives deep into the challenges of being a young founder, the importance of quality hiring, and…
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StartUp Hiring #15 Ben Mostafa - Engr to CTO in 10 years.
When Ben Mostafa joined MessageMedia, he didn’t know what a CTO was. By the time he left, he’d been one. Over nearly ten years, he helped grow the company through different phases of scale, infrastructure-heavy tech, product-led SaaS, major user growth, and acquisitions. Along the way, he hired…
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StartUp Hiring #15 Paul Perrett. Billion Dollar Exec talks about hiring.
$3bn +. That's the deal value that Paul Perrett has overseen as a leader, making him without doubt one of Australia's most successful B2B SaaS leaders. In this video, you'll learn how Paul thinks about the power of hiring the right people, why he still thinks that people are the number one asset…
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StartUp Hiring # 14 Dan Mottau. Better hiring through better leadership
Welcome to Start, Scale, Grow - the ultimate destination for technology companies looking to level up their hiring game. Whether you're just starting out or well on your way to becoming a major player in your industry, we've got you covered. In each episode we'll bring you insights and actionable...
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StartUp Hiring #12 Cameron Nott. Understanding people is the key to success.
In all walks of life, trends drift in and out of popularity. Recruiting is no different. For years, personality profiling was a large part of many companies hiring processes. As the battle for talent got fiercer, hiring time became more important. Companies needed to move quickly for in-demand...
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StartUp Hiring #11 Jason Atkins. Demystifying Equity.
In this episode, Jason Atkins the Co-Founder and President of Cake Equity shares his insights and demystifies the world of staff equity. From tax breaks to staff engagement, there are so many benefits to doing this, and it's not as difficult as you may think.Cake is 5 years old and has over 150k...
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StartUp Hiring #10. Alana Bennett - New rules for employee experience?
In this episode, Alana Bennett discusses the challenges of building and maintaining connections in a remote/distributed workforce. We’re all humans. And like most other mammals we are social beats. We thrive on and need connection. Covid, Post Covid hiring blitzes, tech sector layoffs, workers...
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StartUp Hiring #9 Meqa Smith: Rethinking the way we hire.
Meqa is the owner/founder of the Unforgettable agency. She's on a mission to help companies stop employing people and start enrolling them. In this episode, we discuss how we all want to feel part of a tribe, how to inspire people to go the extra mile, leadership's role in hiring and the…
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StartUp Hiring #8 Matt Woodard: What is a Talent Strategy?
»»» Matt Woodard is a mainstay of the Australian Talent Acquisition community. With close to 2 decades of experience hiring for leading technology companies and now running his own business, Scalr, we thought he might be the best person to ask, What The F&@k is a Talent Strategy?It's a…
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StartUp Hiring #7 Adam Beck: Hiring & Interviewing tips for Software Engineers.
With over a decade of software engineering exp Adam has been through interview processes with several big-name tech companies. He’s got some great thoughts and opinions on what things stand out as really positive and what could be done better. If you’re an engineer who’s thinking of the next role...
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StartUp Hiring #6: Matthew Clements. Early Stage Sales team hiring
Matthew Clements is a "responsible steward of capital" ™️ AKA VP of Growth at Budgetly. Ker-ching 💰With 12 years of sales and 6 years of leadership experience, Matthew brings a wealth of experience in the tech space. He's grown sales teams in the B2B & B2C space and in this episode, he shares...
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StartUp Hiring #5 Catherine Toms. Is recruitment just marketing?
Catherine Toms is one half (some would say the best half) of The Toms, a digital marketing consultancy that helps marketing teams to cut through all the noise in an evolving and shifting market.As an ex-recruiter she brings a unique insight into both worlds and actually works with agencies to…
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StartUp Hiring #4 Lauren Grimes. Lessons in early stage hiring from an Engineering leader.
Engineering Leader Lauren Grimes talk to us about the challenges and fun of early-stage hiring The Melbourne success story that is Xplor was the first role where she was responsible for hiring and not just a participant. Now she’s in a new start-up, and she’s applying the lessons she’s learnt…
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StartUp Hiring #3 Sam Robb. StartUp hiring is challenging but fun.
When we say that Sam Robb is a StartUp hiring veteran we don't mean that he's 65, we mean that he's been through several fast-growth StartUp journeys. His experience with organisations such as A Cloud Guru, My Yum and now EQL mean that he's got solid operational knowledge to share and some...
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StartUp Hiring #2. Mitch King - StartUp hiring. The reality
In this episode, Talent Acquisition leader Mitch King shares his insights into StartUp hiring. When he joined a scrappy startup called Linktree that had a simple yet big idea, he couldn't have imagined growing the business from a handful of people to over 300. And that along the way, Linktree…
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StartUp Hiring #1 Caitlin Fairchild - Interview advice for fast growth businesses 🚀
Welcome to today's episode (the first!) of Start, Scale. Grow, where we delve into the crucial aspect of hiring for startups and businesses of all sizes. Interviewing is a vital aspect of building a strong team, but it can be challenging, especially when starting out. How do you know what to look...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
StartUp Hiring is a podcast about what really happens when startups grow, through the people they bring in. Each episode features someone who’s lived it: founders making early hires, operators landing roles, and people building careers inside startups. We dig into what worked, what didn’t, and what they’d do differently. If you're building a team or trying to join one, this is for you. Subscribe to the StartUp Hiring Substack for deeper dives, tools, and real stories you won’t hear anywhere else.
HOSTED BY
Simon McSorley. Founder of StartUp Hiring and Crew Talent Advisory.
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StartUp Hiring is a podcast about what really happens when startups grow, through the people they bring in. Each episode features someone who’s lived it: founders making early hires, operators landing roles, and people building careers inside startups. We dig into what worked, what didn’t, and what...
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