This week we had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with the most energetic man we’ve ever met, Muhan Zhang. Muhan was the first employee on Andrew Yangs presidential campaign, started a business out of college and currently runs the angel investing community, ’Startup Investing for All’. We went deep into the journey of a presidential campaign, Andrew Yangs values, the relationship with technology and inequality, universal basic income and feeling connected with your work. Show Notes Muhan’s Website: https://muhanzhang.com/ Quick Fire Round Favourite book: Ultralearning- Scott Young Podcast: Brene Brown (Unlocking Us & Dare to Lead) Inspirational figure: Mr Money Moustache Hobbies: Cooking

Matt Allen, founder of Tractor Ventures and prolific angel investor, discusses his early career in technology, his approach to angel investing, and the founding of Tractor Ventures, a revenue-based financing company. He explores the importance of prioritization, the benefits of practical skills in the technology industry, and the alternative financing options provided by Tractor Ventures. The conversation also touches on leadership styles, the connection between technology and music, and finding strengths to create value for others.

Kirstin Hunter is a co-founder of the super company Future Super, which manages over $900m of assets. Future Super focuses on creating a world without climate change and inequality, so they invest their assets into sustainable companies and ignore fossil fuels and harmful companies. Before Future Super she worked in management consulting at Bain & Co for six years and was also a solicitor at Freehills for two years. Kirstin studied arts/medicine/law at UNSW. Our conversation ranged on the topics of Kirstins years at university, what she learnt working in the corporate world, how her passions developed towards social justice and sustainability and her journey of co-founding Future Super. Book: The Great Gatsby.  Podcast: Masters of Scale.  Inspirational Figure: Jacinda Ardern. 

The hosts reflect on their lives, discuss favorite guests, NFTs, decentralization, and new technologies. They explore blockchain's potential in the creative economy and online payment architecture. They discuss marketplaces, small businesses, and the need for government regulation. They share excitement for the future and their plans to develop better execution skills.

Former partner at Goldman Sachs, Phil Moffitt, discusses his journey to Wall Street, his study of psychology, and co-founding Beckon Capital with a focus on 'impact 3.0'. He shares advice for future leaders and addresses the challenges of investing in small businesses. The podcast also explores the evolving concept of impact in business and the importance of measuring and verifying impact.

Harry Guinness is CEO and co-founder of Australia's newest think tank, the Blueprint Institute. The Blueprint Institute "exists to inspire reform with bold ideas, honest conversations and evidence-based research".  Before starting Blueprint, Harry had a wide-ranging career that saw him playing professional rugby for the Brumbies, studying at Oxford, working in the Attorney General's office focusing on countering violent extremism and working as a foreign policy adviser to Julie Bishop.  We discussed with Harry the lessons he's learnt from his extraordinary career, why he decided to start a think tank and the political issues that he is most passionate about.  Book mentioned: The Power of Now - Eckhart Tolle  Podcast mentioned: The Argument - NY Times

Peter Corbett is a partner at Deloitte, the Sydney head of Monitor Deloitte and is Deloitte's National Telecommunications Sector Leader. He's been advising companies on strategic business decisions at Deloitte for over 15 years. Before that he worked at Macquarie Bank and started a number of companies.  We talked to Peter about why strategy is important in business and how to think strategically, long-term strategic narratives for media, telco and tech businesses and some advice for students in their 20's.  Books/Podcasts mentioned:  Playing to Win- Alan G. Lafley and Roger Martin The Pyramid Principle- Barbara Minto Masters in Business- Bloomberg 

This week we sat down with the ever inspiring Rohit Bhargava. Rohit’s podcast ‘The Startup Playbook’ is ranked number 3 on iTunes and he has interviewed the likes of Malcom Turnbull and Cal Henderson (co-founder Slack). We spoke to Rohit about his experiences with failure, avoiding a linear career path, his learnings from guests and his passions for business. Rohit has had the opportunity to aggregate the wisdom from hundreds of the worlds business leaders and has his own experiences founding diverse businesses. His reflection and insights are extremely relevant for those considering stepping off the beaten track. Recommendations Atomic Habits- James Clear Can’t Hurt Me- David Goggins Masters of Scale- Reid Hoffman (podcast)

Peter Bruce-Clark is a partner at the venture capital firm Social Impact Capital. Social Impact Capital specialises in impact investing, which are investments that achieve strong financial returns whilst also making social impact in the domains of energy, water, food, health, environment, education, housing, access to capital, and social justice. He also makes angel investments and has previously worked with organisations such as Real Capital Innovation, Kalytix and PwC. We chatted to him about his career journey, how he identifies great investments and how he combines his vision of social impact with venture investing. Books and podcasts mentioned:  Severance - Ling Ma Masters in Business - Bloomberg 

This week we had the pleasure of sitting down with a visionary that well and truely blew us away, Jack Manning Bancroft. Jack is the founder of AIME, an award-winning social movement that uses mentoring and imagination to unlock the potential of marginalised youth to create a fairer world. Jack has been working on AIME for the last 16 years and in that time created the largest uni student volunteer movement in Australian history, taken 15,000 indigenous students out of inequality and successfully closed the educational gap for each cohort. Our conversation included Jacks vision for the world, how he grew AIME, advice to future change makers and his journey with spirituality. Enjoy! More about AIME: https://aimementoring.com/