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The SproutCast
by The SproutCast
A podcast about finding your place in the world and growing an impactful career.
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#28: The Only Woman in the Room: Boldness and Leadership with Jill Berry, Co-founder at Adatree
Women make up just 7% of global fintech founders according to Deloitte. Women also make up only 1% of total fintech VC funding. In this episode, we chat to Jill about her experiences being in this group. Jill Berry is the CEO and co-founder of Adatree, an Australian financial technology company…
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#27: How to Win at Life: Advice for Success in your 20s with Sahil Bloom, Investor, Entrepreneur and Creator
Sahil Bloom graduated from Stanford, managed $3.5 billion in capital, has angel invested in over 30 companies, and grew to 400,000 Twitter followers. Some of his key writings include how to win without talent or luck, and how to make $10m by 30. This is a Next Chapter event that we've produced…
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#26: Making (and Keeping) New Years Resolutions in 2022 with Max and Sandithi
It's the end of January, one month down on your new years resolutions. How are they going? In this episode we chat to our friends, Max Marchione and Sandithi Lewanda about new years resolutions. We reflect on what worked well and what didn't in the last year, and take the key lessons in achieving...
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#25: From MVP to Bootstrapping, to a Venture Backed Business with Anna Podolsky, Founder at Lyka
How do you take a "new business idea!" moment to something real? In our conversation with Anna Podolsky, we learn about how she started Lyka, a direct-to-consumer pet wellness startup. We break down the journey of starting a venture-backed business chapter by chapter. Chapter 1: business...
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#24: Your Questions on Web3, Blockchain, NFTs and DAOs Answered, with Daniel Bar, Founder at Bitfwd
A term that you might have seen recently is Web 3, used to describe the way the internet is changing. In this episode, we break down how the web is evolving, where it's going and why this matters. We chat to Daniel Bar, founder at Bitfwd to unpack the impacts of the world's transition to web 3…
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#23: Performing at an Elite Level: Key Lessons with Olympian Mackenzie Little
In this episode, we unpack the key learnings from elite performance in sports and how this can be applied to your work. We chat to Olympian and medical student Mackenzie Little to understand the habits, attitude and mindset that enables her to excel at both athletics and academics. We discuss how...
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#22: Building Tech Companies with No Technical Background or Tech Co-founders with Andrew Ward, Founder of SelfWealth
Do you have an idea for a new tech solution, but feel limited by your lack of technical knowledge? In this episode, we chat to Andrew Ward, founder of SelfWealth and PlatformX about how he built fintech companies, without a technical background or tech co-founders. We chat about Andrew's key...
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#21: Advancing Equality for Women While Reducing Carbon Footprint with Dean Tavener, Co-founder at Pixii
Imagine if period products are provided everywhere, just like toilet paper is. Pixii is a social enterprise that works on bringing free and eco-friendly period products to schools and workplaces around Australia. In this episode, we chat to Dean about the journey to starting a social enterprise,...
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#20: The Secret Ingredient to Creating Impact: How Initiative Took a Case Competition Idea to Implementation, with Bianca Lao
Often when young people want to make an impact, the default advice is to work at a startup. In this episode, we chat to Bianca to show that if you have the drive, you can make an impact wherever you go. Bianca holds a role as a Culture and Engagement Advisor at Transport for NSW. In 2018, Bianca...
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#19: Young, Driven and "Busy": Balancing between Working Hard, Being Productive, and Personal Satisfaction with Byron Dempsey, Founder of Driven Young
We live in a hustle culture world where we are young and we are driven and we want to change the world. But what does it mean to be young and driven and just how "busy" should we be? In this episode we chat to Byron Dempsey, the Founder and Host of Driven Young about the skills they don't teach…
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#18: How to Figure Out the Real Problem When Everyone is Lying to You: Nailing Market Research and Building Better Solutions with Leanne, Customer Experience Design Lead at Sydney Water
If you've tried to identify a problem before, you might've found that this process is actually really hard - especially if people tend to tell you what you want to hear rather than the real truth. In this episode, we chat to Leanne Wei Yi Ng, Customer Experience Design Lead at Sydney Water and...
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#17: Solving a Problem in Health with HealthTech and Overcoming Barriers with Persistence, with Nicole Liu, Founder at Kin Fertility
In this episode, Nicole shares her journey, from working in Venture Capital, to Management Consulting at McKinsey and founding Kin Fertility. We chat about her story, the problems she identified in reproductive health and why she decided to do something about it. We hear about Nicole's founder...
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#16: How to Design Great Products and Career Advice on Working in Tech with Jürgen Spangl, CXO at Atlassian
Ever wondered what makes a good product or experience, or what you do at the C-suite level in tech? We debunk this with Jürgen Spangl, Chief Experience Officer (CXO) at Atlassian. In this episode, Jürgen provides his perspectives on what makes a good product or service, and explains why some are...
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#15: Tackling Fast Fashion, Circular Economies and Behavioural Change with Victoria Edghill, CEO at Relievables (Part 2)
In part 2, we chat to Victoria Edghill, founder and CEO at Relievables and Citizen of the Planet about the unsustainable nature of consumption. We chat about the problem with fast fashion and the need to transition from a linear to circular economy. We also talk about whether fashion can ever be...
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#14: Your Role as a Consumer in Driving Sustainability with Victoria Edghill, CEO at Relievables (Part 1)
Today we're talking about sustainability and all things responsible business! In part 1, we chat to Victoria Edghill, founder and CEO at Relievables and Citizen of the Planet about the social and environmental impact of businesses. We understand what it means to be a responsible business and why...
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#13: Side Hustling, Team Dynamics and Building a Successful Community with Earlywork's Co-Founding Team
Earlywork is the home of tech and startup careers for young people in Australia. In this episode we chat to the co-founding team from Earlywork: Daniel Brockwell, Marina Wu and Jonathan Herman about how Earlywork started, how it evolved and the key challenges along the way. We also hear about…
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#12: The Product Management Pathway for Interns/Grads: the Right to Learn and Leading without Authority with Jenny Chu, Head of Product at Eucalyptus
In this episode we chat to Jenny Chu, head of product at Eucalyptus, a healthcare technology company, about all things product management. We ask Jenny about the skills that good PMs have and the difference between the PM levels from intern to head of product. We also talk about how learnings…
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#11: From Studying in Sydney to Startups in the Silicon Valley: The Journey to Optimise For Learning with Alan Shen
Moving to the Silicon Valley to pursue startups seems like 'The Dream' for many, but what is it actually like? In this episode we chat to Alan Shen, a USYD graduate about his experience moving from Sydney to Silicon Valley where he's working at an early stage startup called Pave. We learn about...
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#9: Saving Lives on the Road with Data and Being a Young Woman in Tech with Emily Bobis, Co-founder at Compass IoT
In this episode, we chat to Emily about her experiences co-founding Compass IoT and the impactful work she's doing in using connected vehicle data to improve road safety in order to prevent death and injury. We also learn about the complex nature of city planning and Emily's experiences on being…
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#8: Climate Finance: The Role of Finance in Tackling Climate Change with Michael Lebbon, Founder of Emmi
In this episode, we chat to Michael Lebbon, founder of Emmi, about what climate finance is and the important role the financial sector plays in addressing climate change. We also discuss why carbon pricing hasn't worked so well, carbon risk, and what this means as the world moves towards net…
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#7: Building and Marketing your Personal and Business Brand with Vanessa Li, Content Creator & Founder of Ness (Part 2)
In part 2, we chat to Vanessa, Comm/Law student at Usyd and creative director, content creator, consultant and founder at ness, about how to create a strong business brand and personal brand. We ask Vanessa for advice on how to build a brand and social media presence for our businesses, as this…
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#6: Pursuing your Dreams: Smart Persistence and Low Risk Decision Making with Vanessa Li, Law Student, Content Creator, and Founder of Ness (Part 1)
In part 1, we chat to Vanessa, Comm/Law student at the University of Sydney, about the experience of pursuing what she enjoys over becoming a lawyer, which she always saw herself as growing up. Since starting her Instagram about fashion and style, she was able to grow her online presence and…
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#5: Setting Yourself Up for Success: Jamie Beaton on Building a Multimillion Dollar Edtech Company in his 20s and Supercharging Student Opportunities for Success
In this episode, we chat with Jamie Beaton, the CEO and co-founder of Crimson Education to understand what led him to Harvard, the journey of Crimson Education, and how he thinks. We learn about Jamie's competitive passion, his deliberate approach to building options for your future self and how…
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#4: Identifying, Valuing and Growing Great Brands with Adrian Johnston, Co-founder of Una Brands
Una Brands is an Australian startup that acquires and grows e-commerce businesses recently raising $50m AUD. Prior to co-founding Una Brands, Adrian was a maths teacher turned Goldman Sachs banker and BCG consultant. In this episode, we chat to Adrian about what makes a brand great, how he values...
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#3: Money 101: Managing and Investing your Money as a Young Person
In this episode, we sit down with Abhishek Maran, Investment Analyst at Folklore Ventures, to discuss the fundamentals of personal finance. We talk about how to save, how to invest, how to think about portfolio allocation across assets as a young person, and how to start today.
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#2: Networking into an (Unadvertised) Dream Job: How Hannah Became a Product Manager at Canva at the Age of 17
Hannah Ahn landed her role in Product Management at Canva at the age of just 17 and followed an unconventional path after dropping out of uni after 4 weeks. In this episode we discuss how she networked her way into her dream role at Canva even when it was unadvertised, the importance of personal...
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#1: Taking Risks and Going All In: Leaving a Grad Role to Launch a Crypto Trading Startup with Tristan Frizza
Tristan Frizza is the co-founder and CEO of Zeta, a venture capital backed DeFi options trading platform built on the blockchain. In this conversation, we learn about starting your own company after uni, leaving a stable grad role, building the right team, what exactly is DeFi and blockchain, and...
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#0: Planting the right seeds: landing internships at Goldman Sachs and Atlassian
Planting the right seeds: what led us to internships at Goldman Sachs and Atlassian. In this episode, we talk about our journeys to these roles and discuss what our recruiting process was like, the idea of giving it your 100%, and our key learnings.
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