All Episodes

Ep220 – Adam Ewart (Co-founder & CEO – Send My Bag) on bootstrapping Send My Bag from a uni side project to global service

Ep219 – Stirling Mortlock (Co-founder – XV Capital) on the journey from Wallabies Captain to Sports-Tech Investor

Ep218 – Nipun Mehra (Co-founder & CEO – Ula) On Ula’s hypergrowth, Bezos backing & the hard call to shut down

Ep217 – Dr Steven Lu (Co-founder & CMO – Everlab) on building the future of preventative health

Ep216 – Chris Withers (Founder & CEO – Klikit) on lessons from Uber & Gojek, beating cancer & solving hard problems

Ep215 – Ben Dunphy (Co-founder & Partner – January Capital) on data-driven VC & leveraging both equity & credit for growth

Ep214 – Pan Koutlakis (Co-founder & CEO – EatClub) on rebuilding EatClub from $0 revenue to global expansion after COVID

Ep213 – Rob Phillpot (Co-founder – Aconex) on scaling Aconex to a $1.6B exit and launching a $50M founders fund

Ep212 – Matt Loop (Head of Asia – Rippling) on Leadership, Hiring & Growing Iconic Tech Companies

Ep211 – Jodie Imam (Co-founder & CEO – Tractor Ventures) on startup exits, scaling with content and life-changing personal systems

Ep210 – James Fuller (Co-founder & CEO – Hnry) on turning a spreadsheet into platform processing $2.6B

Ep209 – Mathew Ellis (Co-founder & CTO – Kismet) on vertical ownership and high performing teams

Ep208 – Jane Martino (Co-founder & Chair – Smiling Mind) on founder mental health, mindfulness & multiple exits

Ep207 – Dean Swan (VP for APJ at Monday.com) on growing Monday.com zero to $100M+ in APJ

Ep206 – Adam Schwab (Co-founder & CEO – Luxury Escapes) on reinventing Luxury Escapes & Scaling to $1B+ GTV

Ep205 – Damir Cuca (Founder & CEO – Basiq) on building and exiting 2x startups and being a father of six

Ep204 – George Hartley (Co-founder & Co-CEO – Bluethumb) on lessons from building a $100M art marketplace

Ep203 – Ben Pfisterer (Co-founder & CEO – Zeller) on becoming the fastest Australian company to achieve unicorn status

Ep202 – Josh Ball (Co-founder – Farmers Pick) on using tech to save 7 million kg of food waste

Ep201 – Cheryl Mack (Co-founder & CEO – Aussie Angels) on how to get started as an angel investor

Ep200 – Jason Wyatt (Co-founder & CEO – Marketplacer) on shutting down 8 companies to go all in on Marketplacer

Ep199 – Jaimie Fuller (Former CEO & Chairman – SKINS) on building SKINS and bouncing back from bankruptcy

Ep198 – Rohan Workman (Co-founder & CEO – Skalata) on taking risks & balancing speed with discipline

Ep197 – Paul Stovell (Founder & CEO – Octopus Deploy) on turning a weekend project to a $100M ARR business

Ep196 – Cam Falloon (Founder & CEO – BFT) on overcoming adversity and scaling to 700+ studios globally

Ep195 – Leigh Jasper (Co-founder & Co-CEO – Firmable) on jumping back in the founder seat after a $1.6B exit

Ep194 – Jon Gregory (Founder & CEO – Vitruvian) on product led growth and relentless positivity

Ep193 – Llew Jury (General Partner & Exec Chairman – Sprint Ventures) on nurturing talent and building generational companies

Ep192 – Rohit Bhargava (Host – The Startup Playbook Podcast) on lessons from 8 years of podcasting (AMA episode)

Ep191 – Stew Glynn (Co-founder & Managing Partner – TEN13 VC) on lessons from investing $100M

Ep190 – Taryn Pieterse (Partner – Rampersand) on Rampersand’s AAA approach to investing

Ep189 – Jalal Shaik (Founder & CEO – GAMEFACE AI) on AI, persistence and M&A pitfalls

Ep188 – Jessy Wu (Partner – AfterWork VC) on brand, storytelling and community powered VC

Ep187 – George Peppou (Founder & CEO – Vow) on talent, health and building the future of food

Ep186 – Rohen Sood (General Partner – Reinventure) on the story behind investing in Coinbase

Ep185 – Maxine Minter (Founder & GP – Co Ventures) on pre-seed, performance and mental models

Ep184 – Adrian Osman (Co-founder & COO – Me&U) on metrics, ratios and mergers

Ep183 – Howard Leibman (Founder & General Partner – EVP) on being the “founder whisperer”

Ep182 – Rolf Weber (CEO – Marley Spoon Australia) on building culture through resilience

Ep181 – James Tynan (Partner – Square Peg Capital) on storytelling & entering the business olympics

Ep180 – Daniel Petre (Co-founder – Start Giving) on family, philanthropy and truth seeking

Ep179 – Ben Thompson (Co-founder & CEO – Employment Hero) on growth, PMF & principles

Ep178 – Tobi Skovron (Co-founder & CEO – Creative Cubes) on the curse of ambition

Ep177 – Sam Kothari (Co-founder & COO – Everlab) on building world class teams and reinventing the primary care experience

Ep176 – Luke Anear (Founder & CEO – SafetyCulture) on lessons from building a $2.7B company

Ep175 – Ed Hooper (Co-founder & CEO – GXE) on frameworks, exits and investing

Ep174 – Alexandra Zatarain (Co-founder – Eight Sleep) on branding, company DNA and category creation

Ep173 – Mark Woodland (Co-founder & CEO – Kismet) on timing, leadership & high performance

Ep172 – Ben Grabiner (Co-founder & General Partner – Side Stage Ventures) on VC as a product

Ep171 – Micha Kaufman (Co-founder & CEO – Fiverr) on risk, virality and frameworks

Ep170 – Pete Davis (Co-founder & CEO – 1FF) on building the future of football

Ep169 – Jax Vullinghs (Partner – AirTree) on valuations, IC and moats

Ep168 – Will On (Co-founder & Co-CEO – Shippit) on fundraising, secondaries and the Co-CEO model

Ep167 – Justin Lipman (Partner – EVP) on metrics, focus and valuations

Ep166 – Dan Krasnostein (Partner – Square Peg Capital) on teaching, culture and conviction

Ep165 – Glenn Rogers (Co-founder & CEO – Float) on focus, constraints & scale

Ep164 – Chris Hitchen (Managing Partner – Possible Ventures) on investing in the possible

Ep163 – Jaddan Comerford (CEO – Unified Music Group) on investing in creativity

Ep162 – Dan Peters (Managing Director – Clearco) on partnerships, benchmarks and data driven capital

Ep161 – Steve Baxter (Partner – TEN13 VC) on capability, competitors & investing

Ep160 – Sam Crowther (Co-founder & CEO – Kasada) on sales, structure and the founder journey

Ep159 – Niki Scevak (Co-founder & Partner – Blackbird VC) on raising ambition

Ep158 – Andy Fallshaw (Co-founder & CEO – Bellroy) on taking the stairs vs the elevator

Ep157 – David Shein (General Partner – Our Innovation Fund) on lessons from building Australia’s first unicorn

Ep156 – Matt Browne (Co-founder & Managing Partner – Black Nova VC) on the rise of Founder VCs

Ep155 – Ash Davies (Founder & CEO – Tablo) on pivots, side hustles and self awareness

Ep154 – Nick Franklin (Founder & CEO – ChartMogul) on pricing, metrics and fundstrapping

Ep153 – Rohit Bhargava AMA on 5 years of the Startup Playbook Podcast

Ep152 – Alister Coleman (Co-founder & Managing Partner – Folklore VC) on due diligence, focus and multigenerational funds

Ep151 – Kylie Frazer (Co-founder & Partner – Flying Fox VC) on term sheets, rolling funds and founder runway

Ep150 – Rick Baker (Partner – Blackbird Ventures) on culture, innovation & the rule of no exits

Ep149 – Phil Morle (Partner – Main Sequence Ventures) on leaps, equity and the art of flearning

Ep148 – Matt Elsley (Co-founder & CEO – Qsic) on teams, fundraising and enterprise sales

Ep147 – Wendell Keuneman (General Partner – Tidal Ventures) on building your product principles

Ep146 – Federico Collarte (Co-founder & CEO – Baraja) on building the future of autonomous vehicles

Ep145 – Ashik Ahmed (Co-founder & CEO – Deputy) on COVID, conviction and customer obsession

Ep144 – David Lemphers (Co-founder & CEO – Code Pilot) on exits, thinking big and creating gold standards

Ep143 – Justin Webb (Co-founder & Chairman – AgriWebb) on building the future of AgTech

Ep142 – Al Bentley (Founder & CEO – Simply Wall St) on building your growth engine

Ep141 – Alex Zaccaria (Co-founder & CEO – Linktree) on viral growth, customer focus and intuition

Ep140 – Kate Kendall (Founder – Atto & Indie Labs) on power dynamics, advisors & community

Ep139 – Mahesh Muralidhar (CEO – NZ ScaleUp) on creating a winning culture

Ep138 – Hugh Stephens (Founder – Galileo VC) on constraints, pricing dynamics & fundraising

Ep137 – Matt Allen (CEO – Tractor Ventures) on believers, secondaries & confidence capital

Ep136 – Manuri Gunawardena (Founder & CEO – HealthMatch) on setting your North Star

Ep135 – Gabby Leibovich (Co-founder – The Catch Group) on culture, leadership & kissing frogs

Ep134 – Jason Wilby (Co-founder & Co-CEO – Open) on risk, purpose and shared values

Ep133 – David Shein (GP – Our Innovation Fund) on legendary customer service

Ep132 – Guy Pearson (Founder & CEO – Practice Ignition) on vision, storytelling & ecosystems

Ep131 – Domm Holland (Co-founder & CEO – Fast) on networks, transparency & focus

Ep130 – Rachael Neumann (Founder – Working Theory Angels) on trust, talent & golden metrics

Ep129 – James Chin Moody (Co-founder & CEO – Sendle) on systems, reputation & hell yeahs!

Ep128 – Holly Cardew (Founder – Pixc & Vop) on TikTok, vision and channel partnerships

Ep127 – Lachlan Donald (Co-founder & CEO – Buildkite) on equity over ego

Ep126 – Ben Pfisterer (Co-founder & CEO – Zeller) on the theory of horizons

Ep125 – Adam Milgrom (Venture Partner – Giant Leap Fund) on building your decision-making muscle

Ep124 – Tim Fung (Co-founder & CEO – Airtasker) on value, trust & the longtail

Ep123 – Tim Doyle (Founder – Eucalyptus) on Discipline, Differentiation and Data

Ep122 – Leanne Kemp (Founder & CEO – Everledger) on exits, trust and coevolution

Ep121 – Robert Bell (CEO – 86 400) on balance, feedback and smarter banking

Ep120 – Simon Griffiths (Co-founder & CEO of Who Gives A Crap) on Virality, Profitability & Impact

Ep119 – DHH (Co-founder & CTO – Basecamp) on timing, feedback and bootstrapping

Ep118 – Cal Henderson (Co-founder & CTO – Slack) on pivots, product & the future

Ep117 – Fred Schebesta (Co-founder – Finder) on building phoenix companies

Ep116 – Mina Radhakrishnan (Co-founder – Different) on frameworks for decision making

Ep115 – Sam Wood (Founder – 28) on finding the right tech partners, bootstrapping and global growth

Ep114 – Malcolm Turnbull (Former Prime Minister of Australia) on timing, conviction and trust

Ep113 – Elicia McDonald (Investment Principal – AirTree) on diligence, investment & speed

Ep112 – Mark Tanner (Co-founder & COO – Qwilr) on building the future

Ep111 – Michael Fox (Co-founder & CEO – Fable Food Co) on crossing the chasm

Ep110 – Dom Pym (Co-founder – Up) on product, purpose and excellence

Ep109 – Nick Crocker (General Partner – Blackbird VC) on investing with conviction

Ep108 – John Coghlan (Director – CD+Co) on valuations, due diligence & co-founder breakups

Ep107 – Blake Hutchison (CEO – Flippa) on building market dynamics

Ep106 – Phil Silverstone (GM – Eventbrite) on identifying Product-Market Fit

Ep105 – Nicholas Lembo (Country Manager – TransferWise) on building trust with customers

Ep104 – Steve Glaveski (CEO – Collective Campus) on efficiency and serendipity

Ep103 – Viki Forrest (CEO – ANZA Technology) on how to successfully launch into new markets

Ep102 – Pedram Mokrian (Investor) on the 6 T’s of investment

Ep101 – Didier Elzinga (Co-founder & CEO – Culture Amp) on the key traits of successful founders

Ep100 – Rohit Bhargava (Host – The Startup Playbook) on the key to consistency

Ep099 – Jules Miller (Partner – IBM Blockchain Ventures) on the importance of owning a niche

Ep098 – Ian Gardiner (Jelix Ventures) on building success through culture

Ep097 – Casey Fenton (Founder – Couchsurfing) on hacking your ego

Ep096 – Tom Crago (CEO – Tantalus Media) on balance and prioritisation

Ep095 – Tom Davies (COO – Verso Learning) on persistence & perseverance

Ep094 – Chris Ridd (Ex MD – Xero) on his 3 golden rules for investing

Ep093 – Chike Ukaegbu (Entrepreneur & Presidential Candidate) on finding your passion

Ep092 – Andrew Apostola (CEO – Portable) on hiring effectively

Ep091 – Jenn Lim (CEO – Delivering Happiness) on defining core values

Ep090 – Gary Swart (Former CEO of oDesk) on focusing on your strengths

Ep089 – Anthony Kennada (CMO – Gainsight) on marketing from first principles

Ep088 – Whitney Sales (GP – Acceleprise) on building effective sales teams

Ep087 – Michael Cardamone (Managing Director – Acceleprise) on teams and vision

Ep086 – Jason Calacanis (Founder, Angel Investor, Author) on long-term thinking

Ep085 – Patrick Llewellyn (CEO – 99Designs) on planning and focus

Ep084 – James Cameron (Partner – Airtree VC) on searching for outliers

Hustle Ep010: Byron Scaf (CEO – Stile Education) on attracting the best talent

Ep083 – Lauren Capelin (Head of Venture Community – Reinventure) on using community for growth

Ep082 – James Mckinnon (Angel Investor & Founder – Sittr) on building great products

Hustle Ep009 – Patrick Gaskin (Co-founder – Cardly) on family and business

Ep081 – Craig Blair (Managing Partner – Airtree Ventures) on the need for ambition

Hustle Ep008 – Matt Jones (Co-founder – Honee) on selling effectively

Ep080 – Ben Pfisterer (Country Manager – Square) on transitions and scale

Ep079 – Bill Ketelbey (CEO & MD – Actinogen Medical) on preparing for opportunities

Ep078 – Topaz Conway (Chair – SBE Australia) on being coachable

Hustle Ep007 – Alan Crabbe (Co-Founder – Pozible & Birchal) on how to run successful Crowdfunding campaigns

Ep077 – Trena Blair (Founder – FD Global) on the need for authenticity

Ep076 – Dan Gavel (Director – Black Sheep Capital) on VC-as-a-Service

Hustle Ep006 – Tony Wu (Co-founder – Weploy) on hiring and culture

Ep075 – Ahmed Haider (Co-founder – Zookal & Flirtey) on calculated risk

Hustle Ep005 – Heidi Holmes & Lucy Lloyd (Mentorloop) on the hurdle test

Ep074 – Martin Wells (Founder & Advisor) on the minimum viable customer

Hustle Ep004 – Morgan Ranieri (Co-founder – YourGrocer) on building from first principles

Ep073 – Will Richardson (Managing Partner – Giant Leap Fund) on impact driven investment

Hustle Ep003: Tashi Dorjee (Co-founder – TwoSpace) on building effective partnerships

Hustle Ep002: Noga Edelstein (Co-founder – UrbanYou) on acquiring growth

Hustle Ep001 – Ainslie Williams (Co-founder – Qualie) on asking the right questions

Ep072 – Aaron Patzer (Founder – Mint.com) on the value of equity

Ep071 – Chris Saad (Former Head of Developer Product – Uber) on the abundance mindset

Ep070 – Jason McPherson (Chief Scientist – Culture Amp) on the science of culture

Ep069 – Michael Cameron (Co-founder & CEO – Rome2rio) on going global

Ep068 – Frank Arrigo (Evangelism and Ecosystem Engagement – Telstra) on Atoms vs Bits

Ep067 – Marisa Warren (Founder & CEO – ELEVACAO) on the ingredients of an effective pitch

Ep066 – Jodie Auster (GM – UberEATS) on hypothesis driven decision making

Ep065 – Jason Lim (GM – YBF & Director – Hoist) on learning from role models

Ep064 – Kate Morris (Founder & CEO – Adore Beauty) on the importance of resilience

Ep063 – Glen Rabie (Co-founder & CEO – Yellowfin) on the need for focus

Ep062 – Robert Wickham (Regional Vice President – Salesforce) on ecosystem strategy

Ep061 – Samantha Stein and Anthony Ha (TechCrunch) on pitching & PR

Ep060 – Holly Liu (Co-founder – Kabam) on the billion dollar exit

Ep059 – Scott Handsaker (CEO – Cyrise) on accelerators, hiring & building ecosystems

Ep058 – Ivan Lim (Co-founder & CEO – Brosa) on the future of e-commerce

Ep057 – Rachael Neumann (Head of Australia – 500 Startups) on rebuilding trust and listening to the ecosystem

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

Ep055 – Aris Allegos (Co-founder & CEO – Moula) on how to approach risk

Ep054 – Alfred Lo (Investor) on Corporate Venture Capital

Ep053 – Pete Cooper (Founder – SydStart) on the old and new economy

Ep052 – Don Peppers (Author) on the One to One Future

Ep051 – Adam Stone (Founder & CEO – Speedlancer) on teams and trust

Ep050: Followups, learnings and deep dive from the last 10 months

Ep049: Duncan Anderson (Co-Founder – Edrolo) on the cycles of learning

Ep048 – Dave Scheine (Angel Investor) on winning globally

Ep047 – Glenn Gillen (Investor – Pick & Shovel) on silver bullets and culture

Ep046 – Simon Julian (GM – Sitepoint) on content and communities

Ep045 – Andrew Walton (Co-Founder & CEO – InteractSport) on listening to customers

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

Ep043 – Jon Baer (Founder, Investor, Author) on Decoding Silicon Valley

Ep042 – Al and Lucas Ramadan (Play Bigger) On creating category kings

Ep041 – Kate Talbot (Author, Marketer, Entrepreneur) on using snapchat for business

Ep040 – Stuart Richardson & Darcy Naunton (Partners – Adventure Capital) on startups and corporates

Ep039 – Nick Crocker (Venture Partner – Blackbird Ventures) on people, culture and products

Ep038 – Simon Holland (Co-founder – Papercloud) on turning ideas into businesses

Ep037 – Gavin Appel (Co-Founder – Onestack) on the challenges of scaling startups

Ep036 – Luke Marshall (Growth at 90 Seconds) on tracking the right metrics

Ep035 – Andrew Hyde (Founder – Startup Weekend) on building communities

Ep034 – Chris Bartlett (GM – Seed Digital) on keeping promises to customers

Ep033 – Simon Walker (Partner Marketing Manager – IFTTT) on value driven marketing

Ep032 – Evan Thornley (Co-founder – Looksmart) on identifying opportunities

Ep031 – Anthony Johnston (Head of Ogilvy Ventures) on connecting startups and corporates