Growth Manifesto Podcast

This episode is with Oren Klaff - one of the world’s leading experts on sales, raising capital and negotiation. He’s the bestselling author of Pitch Anything and Flip The Script, and he’s the Director of Capital Markets at Intersection Capital, where they advise companies seeking to raise capital, with more than $1B in recent transaction volume. In this episode we talk about how to get more meetings, win more pitches and close more deals.

This episode is with Whitney Johnson - CEO of Disruption Advisors and one of the 10 leading business thinkers in the world as named by Thinkers50. She’s an award-winning author, a world-class keynote speaker, and an executive coach and advisor to CEOs. In this episode we talk about the concepts in her latest book - Smart Growth: How to grow your people to grow your company. Find out how the S-Curve applied to the people in your team can help keep them fully engaged, improve employee retention, and ultimately drive company growth.

This episode is with Niki Scevak - co-founder and partner at Blackbird Ventures, one of Australia’s leading VC funds, turning $1.2B invested since 2013 into a portfolio valued at $10B with investments including Canva, SafetyCulture and Eucalyptus. In this episode we talk about how to raise money from a VC fund with discussions around the VC industry in Australia, Blackbird Ventures' investment strategy, what they look for in a startup opportunity, how to pitch a VC, and what founders should focus on after they get funded.

This episode is with Julie Pacino - photographer, filmmaker, and who recently funded her new film ‘I Live Here Now’ through NFTs, with primary sales coming in at $1m and generating an additional $480k through secondary sales so far. In this episode we talk about how to use NFTs to fund creative projects, talking through the process that Julie went through to raise money for her new film.

This episode is with Dave Asprey - Founder at Bulletproof, four-time New York Times bestselling author, and known as the father of biohacking. In this episode we talk about how to use biohacking to achieve peak performance.

This episode is with Scott Goodson - CEO & Founder at Strawberry Frog and co-author of the book Activate Brand Purpose - How to Harness the Power of Movements to Transform Your Company. In this episode we talk about how to use Movement Thinking to become a purpose-driven company.

This episode is with Alex Salnikov - Co-Founder and Head of Product at Rarible, one of the biggest NFT marketplaces on the planet. In this episode we go deep with NFTs including what they are, how they work, their different applications, and where they are going in the future.

This episode is with Kim Scott - author of bestselling books Just Work and Radical Candour. Kim was a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter and other tech companies, and has led the AdSense, YouTube and DoubleClick teams at Google. In this episode we talk about how to be a better leader, discussing concepts from her books Radical Candour and Just Work.

This episode is with Ellen Rogin - co-author of the New York Times bestseller on turning your vision into reality, Picture Your Prosperity. She’s an acclaimed speaker, TEDx presenter, blogger, a 20-year veteran of the financial services industry, and a Certified Financial Planner. She's worked with CEOs of Fortune 500 companies and billionaires, as well as people just starting out. In this episode we talk about how prosperity thinking affects your financial success.

This episode is with Mike Whitmire - Co-Founder and CEO at FloQast, a SaaS platform that helps accountants improve their operational workflows. Floqast recently raised $110M in Series D funding valuing the company at $1.2B. In this episode we talk about how they built a billion dollar company in 8 years in the B2B SaaS space.