The Startup Playbook Podcast

Dom Pym, the Co-founder of Up, Australia's first neobank, shares his 20 years of tech expertise. He discusses the synergy between product and purpose in building a successful business. Dom reveals the innovative digital banking strategies that propelled Up's rapid growth and highlights the importance of hiring for personality and creativity. He emphasizes customer-centric design and tools like 'roundups' that engage younger users. The conversation also touches on the future of resilient banking amid economic challenges.

My guest for Episode 109 of the Startup Playbook Podcast (and returning back to the show) is the General Partner of Blackbird Ventures, Nick Crocker. Prior to joining Blackbird, Nick was a successful founder. He was the Co-founder of We Are Hunted (acquired by Twitter) and Sessions (acquired by MyFitnessPal). After MyFitnessPal was acquired by […] The post Ep109 – Nick Crocker (General Partner – Blackbird VC) on investing with conviction appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Episode 108 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is one of the Directors of Coghlan Duffy & Co, John Coghlan. I have had a number of conversations with founders over the years discussing some of the more structural and often internal challenges of running companies such as dealing with co-founder breakups, issues with […] The post Ep108 – John Coghlan (Director – CD+Co) on valuations, due diligence & co-founder breakups appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Episode 107 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is the CEO of Flippa, Blake Hutchison. Blake started his career by moving to San Francisco in 2005 as part of the team at Lonely Planet, before joining NileGuide, a trip planning startup that would go on to raise $13M just weeks before the GFC […] The post Ep107 – Blake Hutchison (CEO – Flippa) on building market dynamics appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Episode 106 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is the APAC General Manager for Eventbrite, Phil Silverstone. After spending 11 successful years at GE, Phil joined as the GM of Eventbrite in Australia and over the last 3 years has grown the company from 5 to 40 people and expanded out into the […] The post Ep106 – Phil Silverstone (GM – Eventbrite) on identifying Product-Market Fit appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Episode 105 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is the Australian Country Manager for TransferWise, Nicholas Lembo. Nick was previously a Senior Manager at Yelp, where he lead Yelp’s marketing and communications across 8 International markets in the Asia and Pacific region. He also developed and implemented the launch strategy for Yelp in […] The post Ep105 – Nicholas Lembo (Country Manager – TransferWise) on building trust with customers appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Episode 104 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is entrepreneur, podcaster and author, Steve Glaveski. Steve is the CEO of Collective Campus, a corporate innovation and startup accelerator that was recognised by the AFR as one of the fastest growing companies in Australia in 2018, having worked with organisations such as Village Roadshow, […] The post Ep104 – Steve Glaveski (CEO – Collective Campus) on efficiency and serendipity appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Episode 103 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is Australian business leader, Viki Forrest. At the time of this recording, Viki was the CEO of ANZA Technology. Since then, she taken on a new role as the Queensland Trade and Investment Commissioner for North America, to promote and facilitate inward and outward trade […] The post Ep103 – Viki Forrest (CEO – ANZA Technology) on how to successfully launch into new markets appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Episode 102 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is Investor and Stanford Professor, Pedram Mokrian. Pedram started his career as an Engineer and commodities trader before moving into the world of Venture Capital. He joined as the Principal of the Mayfield Fund, a global Venture Capital Fund with $1.8Bn under management, investing in […] The post Ep102 – Pedram Mokrian (Investor) on the 6 T’s of investment appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Episode 101 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is the Co-founder & CEO of Culture Amp, Didier Elzinga. For those of you unfamiliar with Didier and his story, at the age of 25, he was promoted to the CEO role at Rising Sun Pictures, a Hollywood Post Production Studio that worked on films […] The post Ep101 – Didier Elzinga (Co-founder & CEO – Culture Amp) on the key traits of successful founders appeared first on Startup Playbook.