Startup Grind

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Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting more than 2,000,000 entrepreneurs in over 600 chapters. We nurture startup ecosystems in 125+ countries through events, media, and partnerships with organizations like Google for Startups. The cornerstone of our global community is our monthly events featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Founded in Silicon Valley, Startup Grind has helped millions of entrepreneurs build their businesses, connect with strategic partners, and secure funding. As part of that goal, we've launched this podcast to give our community another way to access our amazing library of interviews from the world's smartest and most successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders. These interviews are taken from our global series of live events, live in the field or the studio. New episodes will be added each week, featuring the best discussions from our past events as well as our latest speakers. For a full list of events, news, videos and more, check out www.StartupGrind.com, and don't forget to subscribe for more great content!

Startup Grind is the largest independent startup community, actively educating, inspiring, and connecting more than 2,000,000 entrepreneurs in over 600 chapters. We nurture startup ecosystems in 125+ countries through events, media, and partnerships with organizations like Google for Startups. The cornerstone of our global community is our monthly events featuring successful local founders, innovators, educators and investors who share lessons learned on the road to building great companies. Founded in Silicon Valley, Startup Grind has helped millions of entrepreneurs build their businesses, connect with strategic partners, and secure funding. As part of that goal, we've launched this podcast to give our community another way to access our amazing library of interviews from the world's smartest and most successful entrepreneurs and thought leaders. These interviews are taken from our global series of live events, live in the field or the studio. New episodes will be added each week, featuring the best discussions from our past events as well as our latest speakers. For a full list of events, news, videos and more, check out www.StartupGrind.com, and don't forget to subscribe for more great content!

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Location:

Australia

Genres:

Business & Economics Podcasts

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Twitter:

@startupgrind

Language:

English

Contact:

+61406422677

Website:

http://startupgrind.com/

Email:

podcasts@startupgrind.com

Episodes

Stretching the law to innovate - Ruud Hendriks - Co-Founder Startupbootcamp x Chris Joannou - CEO Startup Grind Australia

12/4/2019

After studying journalism Ruud Hendriks (1959) started his career as a DJ on board legendary pirate station Radio Caroline. At the age of 20 he got his first opportunity as a TV-reporter and with public broadcaster Veronica. During a 9-year period Ruud anchored many Dutch TV programs mainly on news, current-affairs and sports. He initiated the first non-stop Newsradio format in the Netherlands and several innovative TV formats. In the late eighties Ruud became a co-founder of Sky Radio and...

Duration:00:30:43

Scaling Australia's Fastest Growing Tech Platform - Anthony and Alex Zaccaria from Linktree

11/27/2019

Alex and Anthony Zaccaria, are the Founders of Linktree, the Australian tech platform giving users the ability to connect followers to their entire online ecosystem — not just one feed. Founded in 2016 and the first tool in market of its kind, Linktree helps users to share more, sell more, curate more and grow more. It’s become the front door to the online world of more than 3 million users worldwide (including the likes of Alicia Keys, Jamie Oliver and Chelsea Handler) and an invaluable...

Duration:00:44:50

My Fundraising Story: What Founders Should Be Prepared For — Sara Mauskopf + Lisa Q. Fetterman

11/20/2019

Sara Mauskopf is the CEO and co-founder of Winnie, a platform for modern parents. Moms & dads use the website or mobile apps to browse fun activities nearby, find quality childcare, or get advice in real-time on any parenting topic. Winnie is growing fast with over 1M users in 10K cities across the United States. International Best-Selling Author Lisa Q. Fetterman is the founder and CEO of Nomiku, the first home sous vide immersion circulator machine on the market. Lisa has been featured in...

Duration:00:23:15

Chasing the American Dream — Pedro Franceschi (Co-founder, Brex)

11/13/2019

Startup Grind Global Conference 2019 About the Speaker: Pedro Franceschi is Co-Founder of Brex — the first of its kind corporate card for startups. A Brazilian entrepreneur, Pedro built Pagar.me — the Stripe of Brazil — along with his co-founder Henrique Dubugras. At Pagar.me, Pedro was responsible for all technology and operations, scaling the company to over 100 people and establishing it as a leader in the Brazilian payments ecosystem.

Duration:00:23:28

The Case for Decentralization — Chris Dixon (General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz)

11/6/2019

Chris Dixon is an American internet entrepreneur and investor. He is a general partner at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, where he's spent the past five years as an active seed and previously worked at eBay. He is also a venture-stage investor. Previously, Chris was the co-founder and former CEO of two startups, SiteAdvisor and Hunch. Chris has been a website prolific seed investor, cofounding Founder Collective, a seed venture fund, and making a number of personal angel...

Duration:00:26:19

Ulf Ekberg (Ace of Base) hosted by Startup Grind Uppsala

10/30/2019

Ulf Gunnar Ekberg (born 6 December 1970), also known as Buddha, is a Swedish singer-songwriter, musician, businessman and television and film producer, best known as a founding member of the pop group Ace of Base, along with siblings Jonas Berggren, Linn Berggren and Jenny Berggren.

Duration:01:09:13

How to scale a startup - Aaron Levie, CEO Box

10/23/2019

A respected technologist and business leader, Steven Sinofsky is an investor, adviser, as well as a Board Partner at the Andreessen Horowitz venture capital firm. He began his career at Microsoft in 1989. He started as a software design engineer in development tools. Working in product management, he grew to be one of the company's senior executives on Microsoft Office overseeing six major releases of the full range of Office apps and creation of Office servers. Most recently he served as...

Duration:00:26:09

Maggie Zhou - Managing Director Alibaba Group x Chris Joannou - CEO Startup Grind Australia

10/16/2019

Maggie Zhou was appointed Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand in March 2016 for Alibaba Group. As one of the key veterans of the company, Maggie has witnessed major company developments as the company has expanded its businesses outside of China and as well as the progression and development of Mainland China’s e-commerce market. In her current role, as part of the company’s globalisation strategy, she is responsible for establishing a local presence for Alibaba in Australia and...

Duration:01:15:16

How to break a monopoly - Eric Yuan (Founder of Zoom) x Jim Scheinman (Maven Ventures)

10/9/2019

Prior to founding Zoom, Eric was Corporate Vice President of Engineering at Cisco, where he was responsible for Cisco's collaboration software development. As one of the founding engineers and Vice President of Engineering at WebEx, Eric was the heart and soul of the WebEx product from 1997 to 2011. Eric proudly grew the WebEx team from 10 engineers to more than 800 worldwide, and contributed to revenue growth from $0 to more than $800M. Eric is a named inventor on 11 issued and 20 pending...

Duration:00:18:19

How to creatively tell your story - Anjelika Temple (CCO Brit+Co) x Lindsey Quinn

10/2/2019

Anjelika Temple is the Chief Creative Officer + Founding Partner at Brit + Co where she is responsible for the visual identity of the brand across the company. As Brit + Co's first hire, Anjelika created the company’s distinct aesthetic and currently oversees the creative, editorial, and video teams to scale her vision. Lindsey Quinn is a writer in the Bay Area focused on the intersection of tech, business, and culture. Formerly, she was Managing Editor of The Hustle, a business newsletter...

Duration:00:23:15

Melanie Perkins - Co-founder Canva

9/27/2019

Melanie Perkins is an Australian technology entrepreneur. She is known as the CEO and co-founder of Canva, an online design and publishing tool which makes graphic design simple for everyone. Melanie is one of the youngest female CEO to be leading a tech start-up valued at over a billion dollars. Melanie has raised more than $166 million from investors including Google Maps co-founder Lars Rasmussen, Yahoo! CFO Ken Goldman, and funds such as Bond, General Catalyst, Felicis Ventures and...

Duration:00:16:06

How to Build a Brand like Google with Lorraine Twohill (Chief Marketing Officer @ Google)

9/23/2019

As Google’s Chief Marketing Officer, Lorraine manages a global team responsible for telling the evolving story of Google’s brand, driving revenue growth, and bringing Google’s products to life for billions of users every day. Her teams focus on Google’s core products, including Search, Maps, Photos and the Google Assistant; Google’s Platforms, such as Android, Chrome, Play and YouTube, and support the company's new Hardware division. Lorraine was responsible for driving Google’s social...

Duration:00:33:27

Do what you Love! Tony Wheeler - Founder of Lonely Planet.

9/18/2019

Tony and Maureen Wheeler’s six-month trip along the ‘Hippie Trail’ in 1972 led to Across Asia on the Cheap, the very first Lonely Planet guidebook. The company grew to become the world’s largest independent guidebook publisher and today has close to 150 million books in print in English as well as digital versions and a busy website. Despite the completion of the sale of the company in 2011 Tony still contributes to their publications, most recently Epic Drives and the new edition of The...

Duration:00:29:48

The Merits of Discipline. Mathilde Collin (Co-founder + CEO Front)

9/16/2019

Mathilde Collin is the co-founder and CEO of Front, the first shared inbox for teams. Front serves more than 4,000 companies around the world and has raised $79 million in venture funding from investors such as Sequoia Capital, DFJ, and Uncork Capital. Mathilde was recognized in 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 Enterprise Tech list and 2018 Inc’s 30 Under 30 Rising Star list. She is based in San Francisco and originally from Paris, and earned her Masters in Entrepreneurship from the HEC School of...

Duration:00:20:58

John Collison (Co-founder + President, Stripe) - The Case for Optimism.

9/12/2019

Startup Grind Global Conference 2019 About the speakers: John, and his brother Patrick Collison, started Stripe, the global technology company building the economic infrastructure for the internet, in 2010 while John was studying physics at Harvard. Their goal was to make accepting payments online simpler and more inclusive, after learning firsthand how difficult it was. Today, the 1200-person (and growing) Stripe team powers online businesses around the world. Prior to Stripe, John...

Duration:00:27:47

From Founder to Funder. Adora Cheung (Y Combinator) x Holly Liu (Kabam, Y Combinator)

9/11/2019

Adora Cheung was co-founder and CEO of Homejoy, which was funded by Y Combinator in 2010. Before that, she ran product at Slide. She has a bachelor's in computer science from Clemson University and is an economics PhD dropout at the University of Rochester. Holly is a Visiting Partner at Y Combinator. Prior to this she founded and exited the billion-dollar mobile gaming company Kabam - building games for IP such as The Hobbit and Marvel. She led design for their flagship game, and moved...

Duration:00:23:32

Innovate with Intention. Joe Gebbia x Alfred Lin @StartupGrind

9/5/2019

About the speakers: Joe Gebbia is the co-founder and CPO of Airbnb, serving on the Board of Directors and Executive staff, while leading Samara, Airbnb’s in-house design and innovation studio. He is involved in crafting the company culture, shaping the design aesthetic, and innovating future growth opportunities. Alfred Lin is a Partner at Sequoia Capital and works with inspiring founders focused on disrupting the mobile, marketplace, commerce, consumer services, and online-to-offline...

Duration:00:30:44

Freddy Vega Co-founder Platzi @StartupGrind Bogota

8/30/2019

Freddy Vega is CEO and co-founder of Platzi, a fast-growing e-learning platform with an impressive 70% completion rate by students who take the company's courses. At the age of 16, he created a community called Cristalab, which, six years later, became the largest community of developers in Latin America. At this point, he merged his community with that of his co-founder, Christian Van Der Henst, and created Mejorando.la, a community with an educational offering. With this growing community...

Duration:01:00:35

Breaking Rules While Breaking Ground. Arlan Hamilton (Backstage Capital) x Emily Chang (Bloomberg) @StartupGrind

8/27/2019

Emily Chang is the San Francisco-based anchor and executive producer of “Bloomberg Technology,” Bloomberg Television’s weekday technology program. She is the author of ""Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley,” which was published by Portfolio Books in February 2018. Arlan Hamilton built a venture capital fund from the ground up, while homeless. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund that is dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by...

Duration:00:27:57

You should be scared. Guy Kawasaki x Jules Lund @StartupGrind APAC Conference

8/22/2019

Guy Kawasaki Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva, a graphics-design online service, and an executive fellow at the Haas School of Business at U.C. Berkeley. Formerly, he was an advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google and chief evangelist of Apple. He is also the author of APE, What the Plus!, Enchantment, and many other books. Guy has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College. Interviewed by: Jule Lund After...

Duration:00:32:37