The Startup Playbook Podcast

In episode 40 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, I sat down with Stuart Richardson and Darcy Naunton, the co-founders of York Butter Factory and Partners of Adventure Capital. Stuart and Darcy have played a major role in helping shape the Victoria startup ecosystem through the York Butter factory co-working space in the CBD and the […] The post Ep040 – Stuart Richardson & Darcy Naunton (Partners – Adventure Capital) on startups and corporates appeared first on Startup Playbook.

In episode 39 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, we did a live podcast interview with Nick Crocker, the Melbourne Venture Partner of Blackbird Ventures. Nick was the founder of We are Hunted, a digital music chart which sold to Twitter in 2012. He then co-founded Sessions, a digital health coaching program, which sold to MyFitnessPal […] The post Ep039 – Nick Crocker (Venture Partner – Blackbird Ventures) on people, culture and products appeared first on Startup Playbook.

In Episode 38 of The Startup Playbook Podcast I sat down with Simon Holland, the Co-Founder and Design & Strategy Director at Papercloud. Papercloud is a digital product development studio that works with founders to bring products to market and scale growth through it’s Papercloud services and Papercloud ventures model. Papercloud has worked with several […] The post Ep038 – Simon Holland (Co-founder – Papercloud) on turning ideas into businesses appeared first on Startup Playbook.

In episode 37 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, I interview Gavin Appel, the co-founder of Onestack, which partners with amazing entrepreneurs to accelerate growth through experience and connectivity. Gavin has over 20 years of experience in the startup, corporate and venture capital industries. He was the General Manager of Sinewave Interactive, Australasia’s first Search Engine Optimization […] The post Ep037 – Gavin Appel (Co-Founder – Onestack) on the challenges of scaling startups appeared first on Startup Playbook.

In Episode 36 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, I sat down with Luke Marshall who is the Head of Growth at Kiwi startup 90 Seconds, which recently raised $10M funding from Sequioa Capital and Airtree Ventures. Prior to 90 Seconds, Luke was at Google and Facebook and had consulted to startups such as Pozible and […] The post Ep036 – Luke Marshall (Growth at 90 Seconds) on tracking the right metrics appeared first on Startup Playbook.

In episode 35 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, I sat down with Andrew Hyde, an expert in building effective and engaged startup communities and ecosystems around the world. Andrew was the Founder of Startup Weekend, a movement that went from 70 people attending a hackathon to a large global community of startup enthusiasts which now […] The post Ep035 – Andrew Hyde (Founder – Startup Weekend) on building communities appeared first on Startup Playbook.

In Episode 34, I interview Chris Bartlett, the Founder and General Manager of Seed Digital. Chris started life studying theology and as a social worker, before moving into the tech space developing websites. He is now the founder and General Manager of Seed Digital, a boutique product development, creative services, technology consulting and software development […] The post Ep034 – Chris Bartlett (GM – Seed Digital) on keeping promises to customers appeared first on Startup Playbook.

In episode 33 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, I sat down with Simon Walker, Partner Marketing Manager at IFTTT (If This Then That). Aside from his role at IFTTT, Simon is also the co-founder of Gone Social, a community of 2,500+ social media, marketing and PR enthusiasts in Silicon Valley sharing best practices, tools and […] The post Ep033 – Simon Walker (Partner Marketing Manager – IFTTT) on value driven marketing appeared first on Startup Playbook.

In Episode 32 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, I interview Evan Thornley, Co-founder of Looksmart. Evan has spent most of the last 20 years pioneering the startup scene in Australia. He was the cofounder of Looksmart which was Australia’s first NASDAQ-listed high tech company, which listed with an initial market cap of $1.2B, with a […] The post Ep032 – Evan Thornley (Co-founder – Looksmart) on identifying opportunities appeared first on Startup Playbook.

In Episode 31 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, we interview Anthony Johnston, The Founder and Head of Ogilvy Ventures. Ogilvy Ventures is a subset of the Ogilvy group that focuses on the commercialisation of ideas and direct investment in business ventures. Prior to this role, Anthony was the Marketing Director at Foxtel, before leaving to start […] The post Ep031 – Anthony Johnston (Head of Ogilvy Ventures) on connecting startups and corporates appeared first on Startup Playbook.