Scale Up

What's in store for Culture Amp's future? Plenty it seems. With the increasing momentum we catch moments with the founders to hit at the possibilities and what keeps them going. More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org   LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. Our role is to help build the infrastructure for entrepreneurs and startups in Victoria.  Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Culture Amp still calls the world's most liveable city home. Scale Up takes stock of the growing startup scene here and why big fast growth companies are choosing to stay. More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. Our role is to help build the infrastructure for entrepreneurs and startups in Victoria.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While growing at lightning speed we catch some snapshots of how that growth has altered the working lives of the founders and what they've learned from the experience.   And, inevitably, the company's first competitior appears.   More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency.   Our role is to help build the infrastructure for entrepreneurs and startups in Victoria.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Product market fit, an urge to grow and a meeting with an Atlassian co-founder. What happens next? It's the first of three raises that'll get Culture Amp in with big VC players - locally and in the Valley. More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. Our role is to help build the infrastructure for entrepreneurs and startups in Victoria.Building a company whose core business is telling other companies about their culture means looking after your own.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Going from 1 to 20 to now over 180 employees Culture Amp has paid close attention to what sort of company it will be to the people working there. We hear from three employees who've all joined at very different times of scale and significant growth.The very first employee Dr Jason McPhearson, two and a half year Culture Amp veteran designer Nicole Dominic and one of the most recent hires visiting the Melbourne office from the US, Stephanie Sutton. More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. Our role is to help build the infrastructure for entrepreneurs and startups in Victoria.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do you do when a giant global software firm contact your through your website? If you're Culture Amp chat with them from a friend's bedroom, spend $800 on a plane ticket and work like crazy.The co-founders didn't come together to scale in bits, they want leaps and bounds.More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.orgLaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. Our role is to help build the infrastructure for entrepreneurs and startups in Victoria.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Didier Elzinga, CEO and founder of Culture Amp, writes the "world's simplest business plan", finds some cofounders and launches Culture Amp in a small co-working space.Welcome to the first episode of Scale Up, an 8 part series focused on startup companies scaling in Victoria, Australia.This series is all about Culture Amp. Started back in 2012 with four co-founders in a small co-working space. They're now venture capital funded with their global headquarters still in Melbourne.More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.orgLaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. Our role is to help build the infrastructure for entrepreneurs and startups in Victoria. Thanks to Blackbird Ventures and The Sunrise Conference for allowing us to use some of Didier's presentation  Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new show about startups in Melbourne scaling to global success. In this first series we'll meet Culture Amp, founded in 2012 by Didier Elzinga, Doug English, Rod Hamilton and Jon Williams. Since then it's gone from strength to strength winning clients from the Valley, opening offices across three continents and raising capital from some of the most reputable VCs. What can founders, teams, investors and fellow Melbourne entrepreneurs learn from their success and failures? Find out on Scale Up by LaunchVic. More information go to www.launchvic.org  LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. It’s role is to help build the infrastructure for entrepreneurs and startups in Victoria. Thanks to Blackbird Ventures and The Sunrise Conference for allowing us to use some of Didier's presentation More information about either - www.blackbird.vc  Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.