The Startup Playbook Podcast

My guest for Episode 159 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was the Co-founder & General Partner of Blackbird Ventures, Niki Scevak. Blackbird Ventures is one of the leading Venture Capital funds in Australia and NZ, counting companies such as Canva, Culture Amp and Safety Culture as part of its portfolio. Niki and previous podcast guest, […] The post Ep159 – Niki Scevak (Co-founder & Partner – Blackbird VC) on raising ambition appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Ep158 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was the Co-founder & CEO of Bellroy, Andy Fallshaw. Andy, his brother (Matt) and sister-in-law (Lina) decided to get into business together and instead of launching 1 business, they ended up launching 9 businesses over the span of 2-3 years. One of those companies was Bellroy, […] The post Ep158 – Andy Fallshaw (Co-founder & CEO – Bellroy) on taking the stairs vs the elevator appeared first on Startup Playbook.

I’m delighted to be welcoming back David Shein, the Co-founder and General Partner of Our Innovation Fund, as my guest for Episode 157 of The Startup Playbook Podcast. We last spoke on the podcast a year ago, where David shared his lessons and journey as the Founder of Com Tech, a business that over 14 […] The post Ep157 – David Shein (General Partner – Our Innovation Fund) on lessons from building Australia’s first unicorn appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Ep156 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was Matt Browne, the Co-founder & Managing Partner of Black Nova Ventures. Prior to becoming a VC, Matt was the Co-founder and CEO of DoneSafe, a cloud based safety platform that grew to over 1.5M paying users before being acquired by HSI in 2020. He also […] The post Ep156 – Matt Browne (Co-founder & Managing Partner – Black Nova VC) on the rise of Founder VCs appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Ep155 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was the Founder & CEO of Tablo, Ash Davies. Tablo is one of the world’s leading book publishing platforms which allows over 100,000 authors to publish and distribute printed books at the touch of a button. But it hasn’t all been smooth sailing! In this interview, […] The post Ep155 – Ash Davies (Founder & CEO – Tablo) on pivots, side hustles and self awareness appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Ep154 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was the Founder and CEO of ChartMogul, Nick Franklin. ChartMogul is the leading subscription analytics platform for SaaS companies and Nick has had a unique approach to building the company. He launched ChartMogul in 2014 as a solo founder, has grown a globally distributed team of […] The post Ep154 – Nick Franklin (Founder & CEO – ChartMogul) on pricing, metrics and fundstrapping appeared first on Startup Playbook.

This week, The Startup Playbook Podcast hit the special 5 year milestone of the podcast. To celebrate we turned the mic on Rohit and got him to answer some questions for this special episode. In this Episode, Rohit answered some of the FAQs and audience submitted questions on the lessons, process and journey of the […] The post Ep153 – Rohit Bhargava AMA on 5 years of the Startup Playbook Podcast appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Ep152 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was the Co-founder & Managing Partner at Folklore Ventures, Alister Coleman. Alister started his career in portfolio management and banking for family offices before going on to become the Co-founder of ShippingEasy in 2011. 5 years later, ShippingEasy was acquired by stamps.com for $80M. He is […] The post Ep152 – Alister Coleman (Co-founder & Managing Partner – Folklore VC) on due diligence, focus and multigenerational funds appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Ep151 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was the Co-founder & Partner of Flying Fox Ventures, Kylie Frazer. Kylie started her career as a lawyer before leaving her legal career to first start an innovation lab for professional services and then a health tech business called Scancheck. After exiting out of Scancheck, Kylie […] The post Ep151 – Kylie Frazer (Co-founder & Partner – Flying Fox VC) on term sheets, rolling funds and founder runway appeared first on Startup Playbook.

My guest for Ep150 of The Startup Playbook Podcast was the Co-founder & Partner at Blackbird Ventures, Rick Baker. Blackbird is one of, if not the leading Venture Capital Fund in Australia. Since launching in 2012, Blackbird has raised 4 funds for a combined committed capital of $1.24B with an astonishing net internal rate of […] The post Ep150 – Rick Baker (Partner – Blackbird Ventures) on culture, innovation & the rule of no exits appeared first on Startup Playbook.