Podcasts about southstart

Dan packed his backpack and travelled 24 hours all the way to Austin, Texas for the annual SXSW (South by South West) festival!With his man bun tightened and beard groomed, he mixed it up with the tech bros and gals of the US... although, the stereotypes aren't exactly true.SXSW comprises tech/interactive, music and film festivals all in one, with 300,000+ people descending every year (30% from outside the US) to one of the growing entreprenuership hubs of the US, within one of the fastest growing cities in the US.Dan shares some overall take-outs from his 8 days and first time at SXSW, as well his day spent at _SOUTHSTART in Adelaide.Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.If you're an entrepreneur or in corporate innovation and want some help in idea generation and/or idea validation, get in touch with us.Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

Gabbi Ocenasek talks about how COVID distrupted charities like World Youth International, how immersive tech and simulations are helping close the sales gap with prospective sponsors, and how virtual treks and generative AI could take it to the next level.Get in contact with Gabbi: * LinkedIn * Go Beyond Marketing agency * World Youth International * Healthcare Heartbeat programAbout GabbiAs the Director of GO Beyond Marketing, Gabbi works closely with clients predominantly across the healthcare and tech spaces on strategic business development planning and execution, digital marketing, executive communications, and corporate social responsibility initiatives.Passionate about working with brands that prioritise giving back to the community, she has led campaigns resulting in major grant and volunteer support for non-profit organisations. She also sits on the Board at World Youth International, supporting their vision to educate, empower and inspire positive change within vulnerable communities through the Nurses In Action and Choose Action programs.Outside of work, she is a dedicated mum to two little girls and enjoys training for triathlons with hubby. She strongly believes in the importance of maintaining a balanced lifestyle, and as an advocate for mental well-being, she proudly launched Healthcare Heartbeat during 2020 in an effort to improve the mental health of healthcare and emergency workers.----------------This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART. While the 2024 festival in Adelaide has finished, you can still go to southstart.co for more info.Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.If you're an entrepreneur or in corporate innovation and want some help in idea generation and/or idea validation, get in touch with us.Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

In this episode of Tribe Talkin': More reflections from Southstart. Event with Vu Tran of Go1. Employment Hero V Hostplus. Hostplus calls for CEO's head. (AFR: Tess Bennett, Lucy Dean & Nick Bonyhady)  New female founder grants in South Australia.  Resources for addressing sexism, harassment, and bullying put together by Elaine Stead.  US and European data for female funding.  What are the chances your startup gets bought? Not high.  Dovetail "struggling" with staff turnover and churn. (AFR: Jessica Sier)  PWC cutting more people. The death spiral of professional 60% growth. Will the Canva secondary sale give rise to the "Canva Cartel"? (Capital Brief: Dan Van Boom)  Selling a business for $500 Mil and the founders getting almost nothing.  Statistics on VC's getting a 2nd, 3rd and 4th fund.  Smaller funds have the best returns.  TVPI= Theoretical Value, Possibly Imagined Macro/ Market charts hello@tribeglobal.vc

Gladly co-founders Chris Johnson and Nima Idel tell us why they started Gladly, an app that lets anyone start micro side hustles.The boys have many ideas but we focussed on their ideas of space coffins and a decentralised grid with virtual power plants.(30:00) Idea #1 - Space coffins(37:55) Idea #2 - Decentralised electricity grid and virtual powerplantsGet in contact with Chris and Nima: * Chris LinkedIn * Nima LinkedIn * GladlyAbout ChrisChris has a background in Behavioural Science and previous experience in government roles; ventured into entrepreneurship with a focus on security solutions. Over time, he explored diverse projects, including ventures in music discovery platforms and wearable technology. The idea behind Gladly emerged from a collective effort among friends to address the challenge of accessible side hustles, initially motivated by Chris's daughter's experiences.About NimaNima is an experienced Product Leader, passionate about fostering product adoption and growth through strategic planning, development, and execution. Boasting over 15 years in product management and design, he has spearheaded cross-functional teams to set strategic goals and launch leading-edge products that surpass customer expectations.About GladlyGadly lets you leverage your social connections to enhance your reach and unlock earning opportunities, enabling easy hustle management and connection with potential customers. ----------------This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART. While the 2024 festival in Adelaide has finished, you can still go to southstart.co for more info.Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.If you're an entrepreneur or in corporate innovation and want some help in idea generation and/or idea validation, get in touch with us.Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

In todays episode of Tribe Talkin':  We're at Southstart! Bitcoin all time highs. And so is Gold.  Employment Hero vs Hostplus. (Capital Brief: Bronwen Clune). Elon sues OpenAI Lawyers in Elon's pay case want US$6 Billion.  One Ventures breaks down venture debt myths.  Raising season is open.  Raid fire capital raises. How long it takes to get to certain points of investments. ESOPs can make life difficult. (Capital Breif: Dan Van Boom).  Secondary sales at Hopin. (AFR: Nick Bonyhady) Crossing the chasm.  Hello@tribeglobal.vc   

Summer Petrosius shares her journey towards Kindship and AI-powered Barb, including how being diagnosed with autism at age 30 has been both a pro and a con at times.We discuss the $38bn Australian health & disability sector, including how AI could help modernise prevalent paper-based systems, and an AI-powered social story generator to support communication and behaviour regulation, particularly for children. (18:32) Idea #1 - Opportunities in the paper-based health & disability sector(24:25) Idea #2 - AI-powered social story generator to support communication and behaviour regulation, particularly for childrenGet in contact with Summer: * LinkedIn * KindshipAbout SummerSummer is a passionate social entrepreneur and qualified speech pathologist with over ten years of experience in the health and disability sector. Summer is motivated by community-led systems change, peer support, and empowered parental advocacy.Summer is CEO and co-founder of Barb by Kindship, an AI-powered NDIS navigator designed to add support and reduce stress for families living with disabilities.----------------This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART in the lead up to the 2024 festival from the 5th to 7th March in Adelaide. If you're listening to this hot off the press, click HERE for tickets and more info.Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.If you're an entrepreneur or in corporate innovation and want some help in idea generation and/or idea validation, get in touch with us.Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

Today we're speaking with Nick Boniciolli, founder and CEO of Optible AI. We touch on his serial-entrepreneur-ness, starting with how his stock trading in university funded his first business, through to his current venture.He also brings two ideas to the table that we build on - a life soundtrack based on brainwave emotion detection, and a lie detector based on facial recognition and senses that detect blood flow changes in the face.And we side-track into thoughts on autonomous vehicles, and opportunities in the circular economy.(18:34) Idea #1 - Life soundtrack(25:03) Idea #2 - Blood-flow lie detector(32:11) Autonomous vehicles(33:35) Opportunity in the circular economyGet in contact with Nick: * LinkedIn * Optible AIAbout NickNick Boniciolli, with a decade in the startup technology world, has made significant strides in Alternative Funding and AI. He started trading stocks in university, which funded a string of businesses in music and entertainment, media production and alternative funding. He holds degrees in Engineering and Economics, and in his spare time he's an award-winning film composer, and rocks a six-string guitar on stage.Optible AI is a ground-breaking platform designed to transform information processing tasks into decision-ready data and automated workflows. Since Optible began in the most unlikely of places - the back of a truck on a dirt road on a Balinese island - they've gone from strength to strength. From day one, their initial project for a Government department, which automated grant application screening , predicted grant decisions with 99% accuracy and potentially saving 91% of assessment work.----------------This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART in the lead up to the 2024 festival from the 5th to 7th March in Adelaide. Click HERE for tickets and more info.Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.If you're an entrepreneur or in corporate innovation and want some help in idea generation and/or idea validation, get in touch with us.Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

Jimmy Smart unpacks the opportunity and complexity of innovating from within large organisations - including his own journey from intrapraneur to entrepreneur - as well as the growing space of Corporate Social Responsibility and Environment, Social, & Governance practices in the corporate landscape.Jimmy then gives us a few business ideas he has tucked away for a rainy day.Get in contact with Jimmy: * LinkedIn * Give BackAbout JimmyJimmy Smart is a passionate innovator and leader with over 12 years of experience in the recruitment and technology industries. He is the founder of GiveBack, a B2B SaaS that helps organisations create, capture and communicate their social and environmental impact.Jimmy has also held the position of Head of Technology Initiatives at WorkPac, where he was responsible for the identification, feasibility, and delivery of new to business technology solutions.GiveBack was born from a formative personal experience that James had in 2018 that reshaped how he believed that organisations can build connection, engagement, and loyalty with both their internal employees and external stakeholders (whether it be customers or investors). He's on a mission to help organisations everywhere achieve this.----------------This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART in the lead up to the 2024 festival from the 5th to 7th March in Adelaide. Click HERE for tickets and more info.Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.If you're an entrepreneur or in corporate innovation and want some help in idea generation and/or idea validation, get in touch with us.Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

We speak with guest Allys Todd about her career in climate impact and how ValAi is helping people fight climate change.We then move into Allys' ideas around moving from a 'unicorn' economy to a 'zebra' economy, and Doconomy, a European fintech company linking everyday transactions with carbon emissions.Get in contact with Allys: * LinkedIn * ValAiAbout AllysAllys Todd is the cofounder and Chief Executive of Val.Ai. Allys has a Bachelor of Technology, Flinders University. She has had a career in climate impact, carbon conservation and community collaboration. Allys is a shared value partnership specialist with a Prime Minister's Award for Community and Business Partnership. Allys established the world's first Art event Carbon Offset and Carbon Neutral event with Greening Australia, Arts Projects Australia and WOMADelaide (18 years strong). Allys has also led the Conservation Council of South Australia, as General Manager and facilitated the South Australian Nature Alliance.ValAi is a globally recognised climate and fintech company with a vision to decarbonise the economy and not let any household be left behind. The Val.Ai technology provides data insights to lenders, insurers, homeowners and the property sector on the financed emissions associated with homes and digital engagement platforms to manage and track home sustainability, energy use, carbon footprint & climate resilience.----------------This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART in the lead up to the 2024 festival from the 5th to 7th March in Adelaide. Click HERE for more info.Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.If you're an entrepreneur or in corporate innovation and want some help in idea generation and/or idea validation, get in touch with us.Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

Vicky Alexandrou spent 17 years in medical research, along with a several-year stint as a Greek Teacher. And now she's all-in on agricultural technology (AgTech)... what the?We learn how Vicky combined her medical background and passion for innovation to now lead Bio-Optics / Woven Optics, a company that enables wool farmers to know the value of their fleece in real-time, reducing time from about 6 weeks to 1 minute.Having done a PHD and with an intimate knowledge of the way academic research papers and journals work, we later riff on an idea to modernise the system and build a new business model.Get in contact with Vicky:LinkedInBio-Optics / Woven OpticsAbout VickyVicky is the Managing Director and co-founder of Bio-Optics Australia and a part of the core team since the company was founded in 2018.Vicky completed her research PhD in Medicine in 2020 after a 17-year career in medical research. During her time at both the University of Adelaide and University of Melbourne, she worked primarily as a Research Assistant and Laboratory Manager with a core focus in exploring the central mechanisms of chronic pain. In 2004, Vicky completed her Graduate diploma in Secondary Education and worked as a Greek language teacher for several years.During her PhD, she participated in several entrepreneurship courses including CSIRO's ON Prime, University of Adelaide's Tech eChallange and the Australian-French Entrepreneurship Challenge, where she was part of the winning team that was awarded a 10-day study tour to Paris, France.More recently Vicky was the recipient of the 2022 Women in Innovation Award for Emerging Innovator and to date has helped raise over $800K in funding for Bio-Optics Australia.----------------This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART in the lead up to the 2024 festival from the 5th to 7th March in Adelaide. Click here for tickets and more info.Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.If you're an entrepreneur or in corporate innovation and want some help in idea generation and/or idea validation, get in touch with us.Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

This week's episode features special guest Katia Dowling. We talk about longevity in ageing, the huge problem & opportunity in ageing populations, and four business ideas in the longevity space.Get in contact with Katia: LinkedIn Follow Katia on LinkedIn for Friday wrap-ups of all the best news in longevityLumen LongevityAbout KatiaKatia has spent her career helping either people or the planet and more recently, her work in the wellbeing space led her to the realisation that longevity is the final product of our life choices and activities.The way we live our second half of life is outdated: it's time to change the system and our mentality around preventative health and longevity. With Australia lagging behind other countries, she believes it's time for us to form a down-under longevity community and industry that will catalyse necessary change, as well as create new products and services to prolong our nation's healthy yearFrom this Katia has started the Lumen Longevity Festival, a dynamic and collaborative environment where individuals and organisations from various sectors and across startups, investors, industry, and government can come together to shape the future of longevity in Australia.----------------This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART in the lead up to the 2024 festival from the 5th to 7th March in Adelaide. For tickets and more info, click HERE.Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.If you're an entrepreneur or in corporate innovation and want some help in idea generation and/or idea validation, get in touch with us.Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

Special guest Ruhee Meghani tells us how being a generalist has helped her make unique connections, and how and why she started Allied Collective, an inclusion and wellbeing agency.We then get into the topic of AI + inclusion (15:04) and talk about the inherent biases in AI, what is "right" when there are different political, cultural, religious and other differences, and an idea for a service that audits and scores a company's datasets on inclusion and ethics before they use it.Get in contact with Ruhee: * LinkedIn * Allied CollectiveCheck out these (mentioned in the show): * Women in AI Ethics website * Coded Bias documentary (currently showing on Netflix)About RuheeRuhee Meghani was born and raised in India, studying psychology, political science and business management. She has spent 900 hours teaching Yoga and Philosophy. 11 years ago she moved to Australia and scaled her career through hospitality and retail into diversity and inclusion, leading to her becoming a leading voice for inclusive wellbeing in Australia and founding Allied Collective, an inclusivity and wellbeing agency.Through Allied Collective, Ruhee works with leaders and organisations within inclusive facilitation and wellbeing to bridge the gap between inclusion and wellbeing via training, workshops and conversations for a better future.-----------This episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART in the lead up to the 2024 festival from the 5th to 7th March in Adelaide. For tickets and more info, head to: https://bit.ly/3MSxeQeHelp us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.If you're an entrepreneur or intrapreneur inside a larger business and want some advice or help in idea generation and/or idea validation, get in touch with us.Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

Discover how Anu Ganugapati's journey from burnout to innovation led to StatDoctor - a groundbreaking app connecting hospitals and locum doctors.Anu also dove into his idea journal and pulled out three big ones:* (16:52) smartphone-powered cardiac defibrillator,* (24:21) AI-powered toothbrush that can identify things like diabetes and obesity through oral health in real-time, and* (28:45) 3-pack sports drinks with correct isotonic ratios for pre-, during- and post-game.If you want to get in contact with Anu:* Visit StatDoctor.app* Connect on LinkedIn* Email at anu@statdoctor.netThis episode is part of a special series with _SOUTHSTART in the lead up to the 2024 festival from the 5th to 7th March in Adelaide. Click HERE for tickets and more info.Help us grow by liking, sharing and commenting, and if you're interested in pursuing any of our ideas, or you already have, reach out to us for a chat.If you're an entrepreneur or intrapreneur inside a larger business and want some advice or help in idea generation and/or idea validation, get in touch with us on LinkedIn.Music by Rodney Hutton. Artwork by Anton Mastrullo.

This week Sam chats with entrepreneur, journalist and creator of Young Blood Men's Mental Health, Callum MacPherson. Young Blood is an amazing podcast all about men's mental health, challenging stigmas and striving for a world with less suicide. They chat about Callum's past in the media, how he is building his company, meeting amazing people and sharing life-changing stories. People's attitudes towards mental health has changed a lot over the past few years, Sam and Callum chat about what this means for workplaces, teams and how to create spaces where people can be open about issues.Links: Callum MacPhersonYoung Blood Mens Mental Health

Lauren is a Social Impact Specialist. She works for the Atlassian Foundation and was here in Adelaide to run a session at Southstart. Lauren works with dynamic, creative and purpose-driven teams and leaders. She had some great insight into companies that really live their values and encourage their teams, building aligned teams of people.

In this episode I chat with Ben Colley who works for Teamgage and founded the GOOD Product community here in Adelaide. I've been keen to have Ben on the podcast for a while, he has a really interesting background and has some great experience working with startups and building diverse teams - something I was really keen to chat about.

Craig Swann is the Event Director for SouthStart, Australia's first innovation impact festival which brings together entrepreneurs, technologists, creatives, and founders from around Australia. Craig has a long history in startups, including as co-founder of Sqribbles and Looplabs, and currently acting as Senior Advisor in Australia for the Global Entrepreneurship Network. In his conversation with Adam, Craig discusses how he first got involved with SouthStart, and his concern that a degree of complacency in Australia can result in a slower pace of innovation. See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/craig-swann

In episode 293, recorded live at https://www.southstart.co/ (SouthStart), Ajay Prakash, CEO & Founder of EntryLevel takes us through his journey from startup to an affordable, global cohort-based education platform with over 40,000 students within 6 months of inception. Ajay explains how his experience in other startup companies across deep tech, international trade, education and hospitality underpinned his startup success. Ajay details the social media strategy and techniques they used, to promote the course and most importantly, to convert sales.  ---- Are you considering starting a podcast? At Narrative Marketing, we deliver a full range of podcast production options. Or if you'd like help getting started to produce your own content, I also deliver podcast training programs, https://narrativemarketing.com.au/podcast-production-adelaide/ (more details via this link). ---- The Be The Drop podcast is brought to you by Narrative Marketing, the Brand Storytelling Superheroes! We release new content each week! https://narrativemarketing.com.au/blog/ (READ the blog here) https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/be-drop-communication-that/id1147883761?mt=2 (FOLLOW Be The Drop podcast on Apple Podcasts here) https://open.spotify.com/show/0ts4d1gKHyYmj2kO1zC2iY?si=sIbOb5MQT5y4yO7rYeab9A (FOLLOW Be The Drop on Spotify here) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLmn6vUnmpCJ01_WbcJzOYA (SUBSCRIBE on YouTube here) for behind the scenes, bloopers & more. CONNECT with us on https://www.facebook.com/narrativemarketing/?fref=ts (Facebook), follow @be_the_drop on https://www.instagram.com/be_the_drop/ (Instagram) or https://twitter.com/be_the_drop (Twitter). CONTACT US podcast@narrativemarketing.com.au

In episode 292, recorded live at https://www.southstart.co/ (SouthStart), I go on a recruitment journey with  Emma Pudney as she details how she reframed and realigned her personal goals to match her professional goals, in order to secure her dream job. Emma explains the detailed and at times confronting steps that she very consciously took, to become the Chief Technology Officer at Koala. This new job meets the specific requirements she developed in order to ensure her next executive tech role was the best possible fit for herself and the company she works for. Emma shares her approach along with tips for others looking to successfully navigate their own recruitment journey. ---- Are you considering starting a podcast? At Narrative Marketing, we deliver a full range of podcast production options. Or if you'd like help getting started to produce your own content, I also deliver podcast training programs, https://narrativemarketing.com.au/podcast-production-adelaide/ (more details via this link). ---- The Be The Drop podcast is brought to you by Narrative Marketing, the Brand Storytelling Superheroes! We release new content each week! https://narrativemarketing.com.au/blog/ (READ the blog here) https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/be-drop-communication-that/id1147883761?mt=2 (FOLLOW Be The Drop podcast on Apple Podcasts here) https://open.spotify.com/show/0ts4d1gKHyYmj2kO1zC2iY?si=sIbOb5MQT5y4yO7rYeab9A (FOLLOW Be The Drop on Spotify here) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLmn6vUnmpCJ01_WbcJzOYA (SUBSCRIBE on YouTube here) for behind the scenes, bloopers & more. CONNECT with us on https://www.facebook.com/narrativemarketing/?fref=ts (Facebook), follow @be_the_drop on https://www.instagram.com/be_the_drop/ (Instagram) or https://twitter.com/be_the_drop (Twitter). CONTACT US podcast@narrativemarketing.com.au

In episode 291, which was recorded live at https://www.southstart.co/ (SouthStart), I lean into an often taboo conversation and discuss money with https://www.linkedin.com/in/trennaprobert/ (Trenna Probert), Founder and CEO of https://superfierce.com.au/ (Super Fierce). Trenna reveals some of the alarming statistics of the current financial inequality facing women in Australia today - particularly in the superannuation gap; a space where taking a few simple steps can give you greater insight and control on your financial future. Drawing from a background in finance and her own lived experience, Trenna shares a range of highly valuable insights to arm you to make informed financial decisions. ---- Are you considering starting a podcast? At Narrative Marketing, we deliver a full range of podcast production options. Or if you'd like help getting started to produce your own content, I also deliver podcast training programs, https://narrativemarketing.com.au/podcast-production-adelaide/ (more details via this link). ---- The Be The Drop podcast is brought to you by Narrative Marketing, the Brand Storytelling Superheroes! We release new content each week! https://narrativemarketing.com.au/blog/ (READ the blog here) https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/be-drop-communication-that/id1147883761?mt=2 (FOLLOW Be The Drop podcast on Apple Podcasts here) https://open.spotify.com/show/0ts4d1gKHyYmj2kO1zC2iY?si=sIbOb5MQT5y4yO7rYeab9A (FOLLOW Be The Drop on Spotify here) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLmn6vUnmpCJ01_WbcJzOYA (SUBSCRIBE on YouTube here) for behind the scenes, bloopers & more. CONNECT with us on https://www.facebook.com/narrativemarketing/?fref=ts (Facebook), follow @be_the_drop on https://www.instagram.com/be_the_drop/ (Instagram) or https://twitter.com/be_the_drop (Twitter). CONTACT US podcast@narrativemarketing.com.au

In episode 290, which was recorded live at https://www.southstart.co/ (SouthStart), I am thrilled to be again joined by the passionate advocate for change https://www.linkedin.com/in/moirawere/ (Moira Were AM). Moira is a distinguished social entrepreneur and advocate for women and people who are impacted by systems that don't work for them, by bringing innovative and inclusive approaches to business, government and not-for- profits. We discuss the opportunity for current or emerging businesses to make impact, that this is not an ‘optional extra' and how anyone can shape some section of their business to help deliver a positive change. ---- Are you considering starting a podcast? At Narrative Marketing, we deliver a full range of podcast production options. Or if you'd like help getting started to produce your own content, I also deliver podcast training programs, https://narrativemarketing.com.au/podcast-production-adelaide/ (more details via this link). ---- The Be The Drop podcast is brought to you by Narrative Marketing, the Brand Storytelling Superheroes! We release new content each week! https://narrativemarketing.com.au/blog/ (READ the blog here) https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/be-drop-communication-that/id1147883761?mt=2 (FOLLOW Be The Drop podcast on Apple Podcasts here) https://open.spotify.com/show/0ts4d1gKHyYmj2kO1zC2iY?si=sIbOb5MQT5y4yO7rYeab9A (FOLLOW Be The Drop on Spotify here) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLmn6vUnmpCJ01_WbcJzOYA (SUBSCRIBE on YouTube here) for behind the scenes, bloopers & more. CONNECT with us on https://www.facebook.com/narrativemarketing/?fref=ts (Facebook), follow @be_the_drop on https://www.instagram.com/be_the_drop/ (Instagram) or https://twitter.com/be_the_drop (Twitter). CONTACT US podcast@narrativemarketing.com.au

In episode 289, which is recorded live at https://www.southstart.co/ (SouthStart), https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-el-tahchy-1879aa1b1/ (Anna El Tahchy), the Chief Technical Officer at Nourish Ingredients explains how she's part of a team working to find smarter, more sustainable ways to help feed the demand of the world's population in years to come. To create a real shift in our food system by 2050, creating good tasting alternative proteins is absolutely critical, a problem that Anna is passionate about solving. ---- Are you considering starting a podcast? At Narrative Marketing, we deliver a full range of podcast production options. Or if you'd like help getting started to produce your own content, I also deliver podcast training programs, https://narrativemarketing.com.au/podcast-production-adelaide/ (more details via this link). ---- The Be The Drop podcast is brought to you by Narrative Marketing, the Brand Storytelling Superheroes! We release new content each week! https://narrativemarketing.com.au/blog/ (READ the blog here) https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/be-drop-communication-that/id1147883761?mt=2 (FOLLOW Be The Drop podcast on Apple Podcasts here) https://open.spotify.com/show/0ts4d1gKHyYmj2kO1zC2iY?si=sIbOb5MQT5y4yO7rYeab9A (FOLLOW Be The Drop on Spotify here) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLmn6vUnmpCJ01_WbcJzOYA (SUBSCRIBE on YouTube here) for behind the scenes, bloopers & more. CONNECT with us on https://www.facebook.com/narrativemarketing/?fref=ts (Facebook), follow @be_the_drop on https://www.instagram.com/be_the_drop/ (Instagram) or https://twitter.com/be_the_drop (Twitter). CONTACT US podcast@narrativemarketing.com.au

This season, each episode is a mash up of different conversations centred around a theme. This week's subject is Diversity. It's something we've been thinking about and discussing on the podcast for a while. Not just integrating diversity at a "high" level in a company, but actually looking at practicalities and some real issues faced by current and new staff. All these conversations were recorded live at SouthStart.In this episode I speak with Sally-Ann Williams - CEO at Cicada Innovations, Lauren Capelin - Principal at Starmate, Katrina Dunn - Global MD Impact Capital - Catalize, Sarah Nolet - General Partner at Tenacious Ventures

This is the first episode of our new format! This season, each episode is a mash up of a few different conversations centred around a theme. All these conversations were recorded live at SouthStart.This week's topic is The Future of Work. It's something I've been thinking about for a while.With Covid and its huge impact on all of our lives, changes to the working world really were fast tracked. As expected, we spoke a lot about pandemic and how work-life has changed, but we also got into how this can and should can be personalised - something that works really well for one person could not be right for another.In this episode I speak with Emma Weston - Founder / CEO at Agridigital, Flavia Tata Nardini Co-Founder & CEO at Fleet Space, Lauren Capelin - Principal at Startmate, Julie Trell - Chief Play Officer at Playful Purpose, Katherine Boiciuc - Associate Director at Maximus, Sarah Nolet - General Partner at Tenacious Ventures and Nicole Dyson - Founder at Future Anything.

Craig SwannOur guest on the pod this week is Craig Swann, Creative Director of _SOUTHSTART. _SOUTHSTART is Australia's human-first innovation and impact festival connecting humans to ideas, possibilities, and each other. _SOUTHSTART is NOT a conference. It's a conversation. Craig is joined by his co-pilot Danielle Seymour who is Co-owner and Director at _SOUTHSTART. Get your tickets here!Neon TreehouseI'm really pleased to announce that Humans of Purpose has partnered with digital agency and major season sponsor, Neon Treehouse. Neon Treehouse are a bold and creative team, delivering bright and imaginative solutions in the digital space. They are the digital agency I would send any of my trusted friends or colleagues to.KreolKreol are now the official drink of Humans of Purpose. Kreol was founded in 2016 around a very simple vision; to create a range of guilt free, refreshing beverages that tasted good. Humans of Purpose listeners (you) can enjoy a 15% discount on their tasty range of healthy sodas. Just hit the website here, click shop and enter discount code humansofpurpose on checkout.Promotional CampaignsAll Humans of Purpose guests are hand-picked by our team, but we open to promoting opportunities that meet the needs of our growing community. Are you seeking to promote your organisation, programs, products or services on Humans of Purpose? Talk to us about collaborating on a custom campaign package that will get you the results you are after.Our SupportersHumans of Purpose is independent, primarily self-funded and locally produced. A big thankyou goes out to our amazing Patreon supporters who help us keep the show running:Deb, Joel, Carmen, Levi, Bee, Lyndon and Joe, Misha and SabinaSupport us today for as little as the price of a single coffee per month. I'll send you an awesome exclusive Humans of Purpose tote bag (valued at $25) and you will help shape the podcast moving forward.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/humansofpurpose. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

For more than 25 years, Craig has lived at the intersection of community and technology and explored the opportunities to connect people through innovative, interactive and intimate experiences. As part of his award-winning music technology, Looplabs, he's built multiple online communities in the millions and Offline, Craig co-launched and curated FITC, Canada's largest design and technology event as well as created and hosted technology unconferences in North America and Europe.Since arriving in Adelaide Craig has helped turn around _SOUTHSTART , a struggling local startup event, into the nation's leading innovation festival hosting technology, impact and investment leaders from across the country and beyond. As a long-time TEDster Craig also organised Adelaide's first TEDx youth event at Scotch College.Craig believes in prototyping the future and that if it's not fun, exciting or affecting lives it's not worth doing.We enjoyed this podcast session with Craig to learn why he chose South Australia to live and work#adelaideconnected #ichoosesa #liveinadelaide #workinadelaide #_southstart

In episode 256 https://link.chtbl.com/bethedrop (of Be The Drop), Principal at https://startmate.com/ (Startmate), https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenjcapelin/ (Lauren Capelin) explains how a well-structured pitch can help you attract investor attention. We discuss how knowing what to include and what to leave out of your story, will simultaneously demonstrate your value and build curiosity; leaving potential investors wanting to know more.  This is Lauren's version of Be The Drop LIVE from Southstart 2021 ---- Are you considering starting a podcast? At Narrative Marketing, we deliver a full range of podcast production options. Or if you'd like help getting started to produce your own content, I also deliver podcast training programs, https://narrativemarketing.com.au/marketing-adelaide-businesses/content-services/podcasts/ (more details via this link). ---- The Be The Drop podcast is brought to you by Narrative Marketing, the Brand Storytelling Superheroes! We release new content each week! https://narrativemarketing.com.au/blogs/ (READ the blog here) https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/be-drop-communication-that/id1147883761?mt=2 (FOLLOW Be The Drop podcast on Apple Podcasts here) https://open.spotify.com/show/0ts4d1gKHyYmj2kO1zC2iY?si=sIbOb5MQT5y4yO7rYeab9A (FOLLOW to Be The Drop in Spotify here) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLmn6vUnmpCJ01_WbcJzOYA (SUBSCRIBE on YouTube here) for behind the scenes, bloopers & more. CONNECT with us https://www.facebook.com/narrativemarketing/?fref=ts (on Facebook), follow @be_the_drop on https://www.instagram.com/be_the_drop/ (Instagram) or https://twitter.com/be_the_drop (Twitter). CONTACT US podcast@narrativemarketing.com.au

Talking Points Radio Toni – Every Day Business with – Briony Schadegg Briony Schadegg HCI Founder, Director & Secretary (Human Computer Interaction) Briony Shadegg, during her time as a police officer has over 15 years of lived experience in dealing with trauma and challenges to wellbeing. Together with Ben Fink, Danny Connery and Joesph Cassar founded HCI Insights, an Australian developed and owned company based in SA in 2017. Their Mission “To empower users and organizations to positively and actively manage their wellbeing for improved ability to meet positive individual and organizational goals” Welcome to Radio Toni we are so privileged to talk to you tonight Briony First lets quickly talk about how the trauma of policing changed the way you thought about wellbeing? This experience drove your desire for better and that led to the new app Frank. 1. Briony can you tell me about why you and the team developed FRANK? - was developed around concepts and research findings described in The General Theory of Crime, Social Learning Theories, the Dunedin Longitudinal Multidisciplinary Study and others like it, during Briony's Policing Studies. Protection of privacy & user information 2. How is Frank meant to be used? - Franks is designed for installation on personal devices. It analyses the user's natural language using our cutting-edge machine learning algorithms to provide mood and emotional feedback, patterns and trends for individuals and organizations. 3. How do you protect a user's privacy whilst using this app? Our user's right to privacy has been at the forefront of every design decision we have made. Not breaching the trust of our users and setting the highest standard of integrity is paramount to us. 4. What sort of positive investment to you hope to achieve for organization? For organizations seeking competitive advantage, an investment in employee wellbeing is crucial in meeting organizational goals. Frank will do this by providing insights to empower your organization to act in a timely manner to achieve positive outcomes. Frank aims to facilitate: - Reduced absenteeism and presenteeism - Improved organizational loyalty - Improved employee & recruit perception as an employer of choice 5. What sort of positive investment to you hope to achieve for organizations? According to WHO, there is a 4:1 positive return on investment in wellbeing for individuals, organizations, the community and government. 6. How will the FRANK measure its success? Frank provides a unique measure of success that previously was not captured other than by way of anecdotal or survey evidence which can be unreliable. 7. What is behind naming the app FRANK? 8. What are some of the achievements for Frank so far? Our current shareholders are all South Australian based or ex-South Australians. We are an organization of choice for Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) internship program, mainly for machine learning. Our pilot is being independently run by Dr Miranda Van Hooff, Ex Director of Military and Emergency Services Health Australia. We have started securing foundation customer organizations such as Police Health and in final stages of negotiations and approvals with SA Department of Treasury and Finance, Scotch College and Gallagher Bassett. We have regularly seek the advice of our Advisory Board Chair Leesa Chesser, former SA Minister for Disability, Mental Health and Substance Abuse. We also periodically seek advise from; Professor Alexander McFarlane Dr Paula Dabovich Raymond Spencer Glen Rosie David Knox 9. What's next for the team behind Frank? Pilot The first phase of Frank's pilot is being facilitated by Dr Miranda van Hooff and her team at MESHA. The pilot is open to Australian Android users and over 200 people have been onboard so far. With the pilot still active, we have sent some data to MESHA for preliminary analysis, with an assessment to be provided in the next couple of weeks. Early feedback regarding the open-source keyboard, utilized solely for phase one pilot, was consistent with our assumptions, and has presented some challenges for pilot users, but is providing HCI with the necessary data to make an informed and objective assessment on our hypothesis. We have secured three pilot organizations for the 2nd Phase Pilot and have generated interest from other organizations, which we are exploring. Just a reminder, please “like” us on Facebook and LinkedIn Capital Raise Our capital raise round is open with the round closing on 30 June. Thank you to those who have reinvested and welcome to our new investors. Just a reminder that we have applied for a grant through the South Australian Government's Research and Commercialisation Startup Fund (RCSF). The RCSF grant will provide significant leverage for investors, with the grant (if approved) making up 44% of our investment round. Matching the funding dollar-for-dollar is a requirement of our application, so we appreciate anyone who can make a financial commitment. The due date is 30 April 2021 to demonstrate matched funding ($350,000). Failure to do so will require HCI to restart the RCSF application process again. While not preferable, it's certainly not catastrophic. We have all of the documentation from the EOI stage, as well as the final application, and should be able to progress through quite quickly, with the results from phase one pilot in hand as well. We have submitted an application to a few VC and Angel funds. In addition to investor dinners/presentations through CoVentured and Innovation Bay, to help boost the raise. Results of some of our applications are still pending. However, our Impaqt Fund application is looking promising and we will have a result in early June. We have been selected as a finalist for Innovation Bay's Startup Showcase at Southstart and will pitch on the 4th May in Adelaide. Our Southern Angels application has also been successful and we will be presenting to them on 3rd May. We are also exploring the 2:1:1 matched funding opportunity with the Digital Health CRC after recently speaking with CEO, Dr Terry Sweeney. Briony's SheEO membership and involvement in SheEO and Chooks SA continues to be fruitful, providing great exposure and presenting some of our current opportunities and new investment. Our Social Lights Podcast interview took place last week and we are waiting for it to be published online. We presented at Australian Healthcare Week Pitchfest, after being selected as one of eight finalists from over 65 startups throughout Australia. We didn't win but were honoured to be selected amongst some very high calibre (and well-funded) startups, gained some terrific exposure, received some excellent feedback and made some great connections. Special Announcement As mentioned briefly above…. We have been selected as a finalist for Innovation Bay's Startup Showcase at Southstart in May. We have been advised by the Events Manager that the event attracted a high number of applicants resulting in a highly competitive selection process. As you can imagine, we're really excited about this opportunity. Our Southern Angels application has also been successful and we will be presenting to them in May as well. 10 How can people be part of the development?

Talking Points Radio Toni – Every Day Business with – Briony Schadegg Briony Schadegg HCI Founder, Director & Secretary (Human Computer Interaction) Briony Shadegg, during her time as a police officer has over 15 years of lived experience in dealing with trauma and challenges to wellbeing. Together with Ben Fink, Danny Connery and Joesph Cassar founded HCI Insights, an Australian developed and owned company based in SA in 2017. Their Mission “To empower users and organizations to positively and actively manage their wellbeing for improved ability to meet positive individual and organizational goals” Welcome to Radio Toni we are so privileged to talk to you tonight Briony First lets quickly talk about how the trauma of policing changed the way you thought about wellbeing? This experience drove your desire for better and that led to the new app Frank. 1. Briony can you tell me about why you and the team developed FRANK? - was developed around concepts and research findings described in The General Theory of Crime, Social Learning Theories, the Dunedin Longitudinal Multidisciplinary Study and others like it, during Briony's Policing Studies. Protection of privacy & user information 2. How is Frank meant to be used? - Franks is designed for installation on personal devices. It analyses the user's natural language using our cutting-edge machine learning algorithms to provide mood and emotional feedback, patterns and trends for individuals and organizations. 3. How do you protect a user’s privacy whilst using this app? Our user’s right to privacy has been at the forefront of every design decision we have made. Not breaching the trust of our users and setting the highest standard of integrity is paramount to us. 4. What sort of positive investment to you hope to achieve for organization? For organizations seeking competitive advantage, an investment in employee wellbeing is crucial in meeting organizational goals. Frank will do this by providing insights to empower your organization to act in a timely manner to achieve positive outcomes. Frank aims to facilitate: - Reduced absenteeism and presenteeism - Improved organizational loyalty - Improved employee & recruit perception as an employer of choice 5. What sort of positive investment to you hope to achieve for organizations? According to WHO, there is a 4:1 positive return on investment in wellbeing for individuals, organizations, the community and government. 6. How will the FRANK measure its success? Frank provides a unique measure of success that previously was not captured other than by way of anecdotal or survey evidence which can be unreliable. 7. What is behind naming the app FRANK? 8. What are some of the achievements for Frank so far? Our current shareholders are all South Australian based or ex-South Australians. We are an organization of choice for Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) internship program, mainly for machine learning. Our pilot is being independently run by Dr Miranda Van Hooff, Ex Director of Military and Emergency Services Health Australia. We have started securing foundation customer organizations such as Police Health and in final stages of negotiations and approvals with SA Department of Treasury and Finance, Scotch College and Gallagher Bassett. We have regularly seek the advice of our Advisory Board Chair Leesa Chesser, former SA Minister for Disability, Mental Health and Substance Abuse. We also periodically seek advise from; Professor Alexander McFarlane Dr Paula Dabovich Raymond Spencer Glen Rosie David Knox 9. What’s next for the team behind Frank? Pilot The first phase of Frank’s pilot is being facilitated by Dr Miranda van Hooff and her team at MESHA. The pilot is open to Australian Android users and over 200 people have been onboard so far. With the pilot still active, we have sent some data to MESHA for preliminary analysis, with an assessment to be provided in the next couple of weeks. Early feedback regarding the open-source keyboard, utilized solely for phase one pilot, was consistent with our assumptions, and has presented some challenges for pilot users, but is providing HCI with the necessary data to make an informed and objective assessment on our hypothesis. We have secured three pilot organizations for the 2nd Phase Pilot and have generated interest from other organizations, which we are exploring. Just a reminder, please “like” us on Facebook and LinkedIn Capital Raise Our capital raise round is open with the round closing on 30 June. Thank you to those who have reinvested and welcome to our new investors. Just a reminder that we have applied for a grant through the South Australian Government’s Research and Commercialisation Startup Fund (RCSF). The RCSF grant will provide significant leverage for investors, with the grant (if approved) making up 44% of our investment round. Matching the funding dollar-for-dollar is a requirement of our application, so we appreciate anyone who can make a financial commitment. The due date is 30 April 2021 to demonstrate matched funding ($350,000). Failure to do so will require HCI to restart the RCSF application process again. While not preferable, it’s certainly not catastrophic. We have all of the documentation from the EOI stage, as well as the final application, and should be able to progress through quite quickly, with the results from phase one pilot in hand as well. We have submitted an application to a few VC and Angel funds. In addition to investor dinners/presentations through CoVentured and Innovation Bay, to help boost the raise. Results of some of our applications are still pending. However, our Impaqt Fund application is looking promising and we will have a result in early June. We have been selected as a finalist for Innovation Bay’s Startup Showcase at Southstart and will pitch on the 4th May in Adelaide. Our Southern Angels application has also been successful and we will be presenting to them on 3rd May. We are also exploring the 2:1:1 matched funding opportunity with the Digital Health CRC after recently speaking with CEO, Dr Terry Sweeney. Briony’s SheEO membership and involvement in SheEO and Chooks SA continues to be fruitful, providing great exposure and presenting some of our current opportunities and new investment. Our Social Lights Podcast interview took place last week and we are waiting for it to be published online. We presented at Australian Healthcare Week Pitchfest, after being selected as one of eight finalists from over 65 startups throughout Australia. We didn’t win but were honoured to be selected amongst some very high calibre (and well-funded) startups, gained some terrific exposure, received some excellent feedback and made some great connections. Special Announcement As mentioned briefly above…. We have been selected as a finalist for Innovation Bay’s Startup Showcase at Southstart in May. We have been advised by the Events Manager that the event attracted a high number of applicants resulting in a highly competitive selection process. As you can imagine, we’re really excited about this opportunity. Our Southern Angels application has also been successful and we will be presenting to them in May as well. 10 How can people be part of the development?

In this episode, we speak with Craig Swann from Southstart. I love chatting with Craig. He is so passionate about building community and doing it in the most 'frictionless' way possible. We spoke a few weeks out from the 2021 Southstart Conference Emergence.

Welcome to another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our fortnightly series analysing the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups.Meet this week's panel...Colette Grgic, AWSSteve Fanale, DriveYellowSimon Cant, ReinventureTopics we discuss:In this edition, we discuss local startup funding news, including raises by Fast, DesignCrowd and Adatree and NAB's acquisition of Neobank 86 400. The panel also dives deep on cryptocurrency, the GameStop fiasco, what's happening in fintech and the future of work.If you are an Aussie startup founder keen to network with investors from around the country, be sure to apply to pitch at the _SOUTHSTART x Innovation Bay Startup Showcase in Adelaide this May. We will be selecting the top 16 startups to present. Apply here: https://bit.ly/southstart_showcase

Suse Reynolds is a pillar of the New Zealand startup ecosystem and a passionate believer in the power of angel investment. She is the Executive Chair of Angel Association New Zealand and sits on the board of Angel HQ, the Wellington region's angel network which she founded in 2006. Since its founding, AngelHQ has invested over $30m in 100+ New Zealand companies.In this chat with Phaedon, Suse shares...-Her personal angel investing philosophy-How she sources and evaluates deals-Her advice for founders seeking angel investment-What gets her excited to invest-Why she's focused on founder wellbeingQuickfire Round Recommendations -Book: Stalin's Wine Cellar and Upside of Stress -Podcast: Dare to Lead Brené Brown episode with Barack Obama -News Source: Newsroom, Business Desk, New York Times, BBC -Holiday Location: Palau and Tonga -Favorite Founder: Ben Gleisner (CoGo) -Productivity Tool: Spend 10 minutes everyday setting 3 goals -Ted Talk Topic: Why Open Borders Are a Good Thing If you're an early-stage startup in Australia, apply to pitch at the _SOUTHSTART x Innovation Bay Startup Showcase in Adelaide this May: https://bit.ly/southstart_showcase

After a brief holiday hiatus, we're back with another edition of the OTPBD News Special, our fortnightly series analysing the news that matters for Australian and Kiwi startups. Meet this week's panel...Marisa Warren, ALIAVIA VenturesAndy McKeon, SafetyCultureFrancis Vierboom, Propeller AeroTopics we discuss:In this edition, we discuss local startup news such as the tech stocks set to list on the ASX in 2021, Afterpay's $42B valuation and recent raises by AgriWebb and Vow. There is also lots of global news to cover, including a boom in Bitcoin, the impeachment of Trump, the inauguration of Biden, and Elon Musk's new spot atop the world rich list.If you are an Aussie startup founder keen to network with investors from around the country, be sure to apply to pitch at the _SOUTHSTART x Innovation Bay Startup Showcase in Adelaide this May. We will be selecting the top 16 startups to present. Apply here: https://bit.ly/southstart_showcase

In this episode from _southstart I sat down with three incredible people: Adam McCurdie, Mark Reading and Sarah Gun. They were a part of a panel called “Social Impact: The Time is Now”, a really interesting discussion that dove into how we can align technology with humanity to tackle some of the most pressing issues that we face. We take a look into their worlds and what lies ahead for each of them.Mark is Head of the Foundation and the Australian Lead for the Pledge 1% Foundation. This foundation encourages, inspires and assists companies to pledge 1% of either their equity, profit, time or products to a chosen cause.Adam is the co-founder and director of Humanitix. A ticketing platform that allows events to make an impact as 100% of booking fees goes towards closing the education gap. They have programs helping girls go to school, scholarships available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students, and give nutritious meals to kids who need it as well as educating them on the importance of a balanced diet for a healthy body and mind.Sarah is the founder of GOGO Events, an Adelaide based company that employs those at risk of and facing homelessness. They run elaborate gala award nights, corporate celebrations, community festivals and more. They are also founding members of Carbon Neutral Adelaide, ensuring to take care of the planet by choosing local suppliers and producers.This was such a great chat and really inspired me to want to do more. I have signed our team at Digital Noir up to Pledge 1% and everyone has really got on board with this and we're having some great conversations about how we can donate our time and expertise. Watch this space!

Business founders are hard working, driven people. We commit 100% to our business(es), but with the burden of small business financial pressures, it can often feel like we have to juggle everything ourselves. However, my guest this week understands how important it is for founders to be part of a tribe and share business resources in order to support growth. Peta Ellis knows a thing or two about growth. As CEO of River City Labs, the company grew 550% and post-acquisition expanded into 3 states. Now, as co-founder of Tribe Global and Peak Performance Persona, Peta delivers programs that help business founders to create good personal routines and helps in building healthy business eco-systems, frameworks and infrastructure. In this episode of Be The Drop, Peta discusses issues facing founders in tech and business today, including resources available to help them. She reflects on the most important factors determining business founder success and the power of storytelling in connecting with your tribe. ---- Peta's episode was recorded LIVE at SouthStart in Adelaide - a convergence of humans, impact and technology. Where humans and machines create tomorrow, today. Hit this link if you'd like to learn more about SouthStart. ----- The Be The Drop podcast is brought to you by Narrative Marketing, the Brand Storytelling Superheroes! We release new content each week! SUBSCRIBE to the blog here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop podcast in iTunes here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop in Spotify here SUBSCRIBE on YouTube here for the full interview video, behind the scenes, bloopers & more. CONNECT with us on Facebook, follow @be_the_drop on Instagram or Twitter. CONTACT US podcast@narrativemarketing.com.au

When you know what you want, decision making is easier. The hard part is figuring out what you want. Embracing the confidence in your decision making, allows you to enjoy wherever your the journey takes you. Someone who knows this through experience, is Australian entrepreneur Nick Crocker, who I had the pleasure of interviewing at Southstart 2019. Nick is a General Partner of Blackbird Ventures. His entrepreneurial tale started when he launched We Are Hunted, software that continuously scanned the Internet to identify the hottest new music. Having caught the startup bug, Nick then launched a digital healthcare company. As someone who was rubbing shoulders with the likes of MySpace, Foursquare, Flickr and Tumblr in 2009's Silicone Valley, and has written a blog posts with almost 900,000 reads, Nick has many stories to share. In today's episode of Be The Drop, Nick reflects on his extraordinary entrepreneurial journey, including selling his business to Twitter. He discusses the huge impact on his career that being surrounded by tech startup legends had and he shares his thoughts on the challenges tech companies have in demonstrating real empathy towards their customers. ---- Nick's episode was recorded LIVE at SouthStart in Adelaide - a convergence of humans, impact and technology. Where humans and machines create tomorrow, today. Hit this link if you'd like to learn more about SouthStart. ----- The Be The Drop podcast is brought to you by Narrative Marketing, the Brand Storytelling Superheroes! We release new content each week! SUBSCRIBE to the blog here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop podcast in iTunes here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop in Spotify here SUBSCRIBE on YouTube here for the full interview video, behind the scenes, bloopers & more. CONNECT with us on Facebook, follow @be_the_drop on Instagram or Twitter. CONTACT US podcast@narrativemarketing.com.au

Life as a small business owner and the desire to constantly achieve peak performance, can be hard. When you're an entrepreneur or startup founder, you need to be extremely resilient. What's interesting, and what my guest this week knows only too well, is that often, one of the main things holding us back, is ourselves. Aaron Birkby describes himself as an "eco-system builder". With a background of more than two decades as a successful startup founder, receiving a 2016 Entrepreneur Of The Year award, he is also a public speaker, hackathon facilitator, corporate innovation advisor, cultural-transformation leader, board member, investor, mentor, and "adventure-preneur"! As co-founder of Peak Persona and Tribe Global, Aaron helps startups and individuals to achieve their full potential. In today's episode of Be The Drop, Aaron discusses the importance of small, personalised behaviour changes to our psychology and work habits. He provides numerous top tips that can empower us to become better communicators, healthier individuals and help us achieve peak performance. ---- Aaron's episode was recorded LIVE at SouthStart in Adelaide - a convergence of humans, impact and technology. Where humans and machines create tomorrow, today. Hit this link if you'd like to learn more about SouthStart. ----- The Be The Drop podcast is brought to you by Narrative Marketing, the Brand Storytelling Superheroes! We release new content each week! SUBSCRIBE to the blog here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop podcast in iTunes here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop in Spotify here SUBSCRIBE on YouTube here for the full interview video, behind the scenes, bloopers & more. CONNECT with us on Facebook, follow @be_the_drop on Instagram or Twitter. CONTACT US podcast@narrativemarketing.com.au

Sitting down at SouthStart with Alex Moss over some wine sparked an exciting conversation. She is the CEO and Head designer of Canaria Technologies, a cutting edge tech company that brings together the space, mining and medicine industries into one little wearable that can monitor and track the wearers vital signs. Alex has not always worked in this space though, she comes from a fashion, design, and art background. After reflection, she decided she wanted to do something different. Something that would make a difference. For nine months, she taught herself medical device engineering in a garage and in 2016 won the NASA Hackathon Best Use of Hardware. This hardware has been altered since then, making it more appropriate for use in the mining industry. We got to discuss where the inspiration for the device came from and how she managed to keep her idea alive for long enough to see it launch. She also tells us what she has in store for the future of the company. This is a chat I'm excited to share, enjoy.

I grew up in the agri-business world and cut my teeth in content marketing creating videos on pig farming for my parents' business. I'm now fascinated by the opportunities presented in AgTech. Agriculture and technology - two of the most species-defining human inventions - joining together to create new opportunities for our future. And what better way to explore these new, disruptive ideas than at Southstart with Farmwall co-founder Serena Lee.  Farmwall, is an AgTech startup that designs urban farming technology and experiences to enhance fresh produce accessibility within cities.  With three years in business, Farmwall installs indoor vertical farms. Farmwall dares to imagine that our cities can become food-producing ecosystems and that we can all achieve better wellbeing through sustainability and good nutrition. In today's episode of Be The Drop, Serena discusses the importance of being open to critical evaluation of your product or service. She reflects on the rapid growth of the urban farming movement and how valuable crowdfunding can be in understanding your market. ---- Serena's episode was recorded LIVE at SouthStart in Adelaide - a convergence of humans, impact and technology. Where humans and machines create tomorrow, today. Hit this link if you'd like to learn more about SouthStart. ----- The Be The Drop podcast is brought to you by Narrative Marketing, the Brand Storytelling Superheroes! We release new content each week! SUBSCRIBE to the blog here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop podcast in iTunes here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop in Spotify here SUBSCRIBE on YouTube here for the full interview video, behind the scenes, bloopers & more. CONNECT with us on Facebook, follow @be_the_drop on Instagram or Twitter. CONTACT US podcast@narrativemarketing.com.au

Startup incubators are catalysts for change. While they don't develop the ideas or make the deals to turn those ideas into reality, they provide a space to nurture the people who have the drive to do great things. So who gets behind a startup incubator and how do you become a catalyst for others? Jason Neave is the inspirational Director of the Moonshine Laboratory, an incubator born of passion out of the Distillery, the digital marketing agency of which Jason is the Managing Director. Through his experience developing business strategies, positioning products, and in developing his own startup Punt Club, Jason is very fluent in the language of entrepreneurs. In today's episode of Be The Drop, a story of pursuit and passion, Jason describes the difficulty of fostering innovation, and how a startup incubator can help this. Between speaking client dialect, changing customer behaviour, and driving growth by investing in himself, Jason shares many valuable lessons. ---- When I find something useful for my business, I like to share the love! For royalty free music on podcasts and videos, we love Soundstripe; it's got lots of great tunes and no boring 'elevator music'. As a Soundstripe Partner we're excited to offer you a 10% discount code. Use this link to access the discount or enter the code: BE THE DROP at Soundstripe checkout. ----- The Be The Drop podcast is brought to you by Narrative Marketing, the Brand Storytelling Superheroes! We release new content each week! SUBSCRIBE to the blog here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop podcast in iTunes here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop in Spotify here SUBSCRIBE on YouTube here for the full interview video, behind the scenes, bloopers & more. CONNECT with us on Facebook, follow @be_the_drop on Instagram or Twitter. CONTACT US podcast@narrativemarketing.com.au

I sat down with Craig Swann who is once again the driving force behind Southstart here in Adelaide. Craig is no stranger to our podcast, in fact this is his third chat with us! We will be joining him and his team at the event this year, podcasting live and helping to share some of the incredible ideas! The theme of this year is very much in line with our new re-brand on the podcast - Convergence: Humans - Impact - Technology! Craig discussed the reasoning behind this and what we can expect from the conference convergence!

My guest has been working with the internet for almost 30 years, and in this episode shares how he progressed from being introduced to the internet as a 10-year-old in Toronto, to now finding himself as Creative and Event Director for SouthStart.Craig Swann has run his own digital agency, invented Looplabs, a free, cloud-based music studio, has worked with Macromedia, Adobe and more. These experiences saw him travelling the world and now find him in Adelaide, which he is proud to call home.I personally find it incredibly interesting to hear this outsider's perspective on my home state, through the lens of his global experience.In this episode we discuss:the opportunities and challenges for Adelaide and South Australia the mindset issues that affect many businesses and entrepreneurs the importance of really taking the time to understand your target audience the psychology of marketing and more. Craig also shares some simple and incredibly effective tips for understanding your audience and generating content ideas, along with his top tip to help you be prepared to do your best online.Get in touch with and follow our guest…Connect with Craig professionally on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-swann/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/craig-swann/)Here are some resources we mention during the episode…https://southstart.co/ (SouthStart)https://scoutdigitaltraining.com.au/the-dobcast-podcast/changing-lives-with-code/ (The Dobcast: Episode 3 – Changing lives one line of code at a time with Tina May)Customer Journey diagram (https://scoutdigitaltraining.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Scout-Customer-Journey-2018.pdf (download))https://2017bestnine.com/ (Instagram Best Nine)Learn more about Erica Stacey and Scout Digital Training...https://scoutdigitaltraining.com.au (https://scoutdigitaltraining.com.au)https://scoutdigitaltraining.com.au (https://facebook.com/ScoutSocial/)https://scoutdigitaltraining.com.au (https://instagram.com/ScoutSocial/)https://scoutdigitaltraining.com.au (https://twitter.com/ScoutSocial/)https://linkedin.com/Scout-Digital-Training/ (https://linkedin.com/Scout-Digital-Training/)https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsHyuL9trO_heoKF6ir7v_g (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsHyuL9trO_heoKF6ir7v_g)

On the last episode of our Podcasts from SouthStart series, Sam is joined by Mark Mendel, founder of 99starts. 99starts is a global on-demand conference content platform bringing you the very best keynote talks. The two discuss how to get the most out of a conference, from making connections, VIP tickets and why the word "conference" is overrated. 99starts: https://www.99starts.com/

Matthew Michalewicz is CEO of Complexica, a leading provider of Artificial Intelligence software applications that can optimise sales, marketing, & supply chain decisions. He joins Sam on the podcast at SouthStart to chat about why he moved to Australia, the business-related differences between the USA and Australia as well as the fear of failure.

Penny Locaso, founder and CEO of BKindred is the world's first Happiness Hacker, on a mission to teach 10 million humans, by 2025, how to future-proof happiness. Julie Trell, head of muru-D has a vast and varied background spanning both startup and corporate environments, working most recently as the Founder & Chief Life Officer of Playful Purpose. Suffice to say Sam is in good company for this episode of Podcasts from SouthStart.

Need to energize revenue growth, break into the next level, enter new markets or merge businesses to grow your market presence? Then Gus Quiroga is your guy. As the Acting Business Unit Leader - Watson Customer Engagement at IBM, Gus knows all about talent development, revenue focus and go to market transformation. He also knows a thing or two about iRobot, and if you want to know what we mean by that, go listen to his podcast from SouthStart.

John Henderson is a Partner at Airtree Ventures where he focuses on vertical applications of data analytics. He also co-founded London.ai, which has become Europe's premier AI meetup. On this episode of Podcasts from SouthStart, John joins Sam to chat about what the future could look like for humans in the world of AI and why the need for critical thinking is more vital than ever. Airtree Ventures: https://airtree.vc/

Actor, Singer, Filmmaker. You might be surprised to find we're talking about Co-Founder of Vinomofo, Andre Eikmeier! After recently stepping down as CEO of the company, Andre began transformation agency, Good Empire (FKA Cult Tribal), to help companies build culture-led brands and unite their own tribes by doing things right. A wealth of knowledge just waiting to be tapped, Sam sat down with Andre at SouthStart to chat about the point of difference that Vinomofo has, finding your tribe, and building a culture in your team.

In 2015, Flavia Tata Nardini co-founded Fleet Space Technologies, a connectivity company with a mission to create a digital nervous system by launching system microsatellites into space to control IoT devices. Flavia and Sam chat about her love of space, the correlation between passion & entrepreneurship, and the future of space in Adelaide. All that and more on this episode of Digital Noir Presents: Podcasts from SouthStart.

At 28 years old, Paul Vasileff, founder of Paolo Sebastian, has accomplished a lot. Being named the 2017 Young Australian of the Year, showing at London Fashion Week 2010, and graduating from Milan's Europeo Istituto di Design are just a few of his many accomplishments. Paul joins Nate and special guest Keegan Sard on the Podcast at SouthStart, as the guys talk about his journey from fashion designer to Young Australian of the Year and keeping his business in Adelaide.

 Caffeinating workplaces can be expensive, unsustainable, or, with the dreaded instant coffee, unpalatable! Nitro Cold Brew has become increasingly popular movement in the United States, and is now making waves in Australia. Using nitrogen gives the coffee a rich, creamy style without using any dairy and, I can personally verify, it tastes delicious! Jordan Cortazzo is an entrepreneur and coffee connoisseur, who during his time as a barista and coffee bean merchant, was inspired to provide a better solution for office coffee. Deciding to developing his own nitro cold brew coffee, Jordan Co-Founded NOFO to provide offices with cold brew coffee on tap > think a beer keg but only with coffee! In today's episode of Be The Drop, I speak to Jordan about his journey from film school, to barista, through to starting his own business. Along the way, Jordan has learnt to overcome the challenges of taking innovative products to market, selling as a small business to large corporations, and the effort required to develop and test new products. --- Would you like to join me on a creative podcasting journey? Then head along to my first ever Adelaide Fringe show, called "Pop Your Podcast Cherry An Interactive Podcasting Event" on Tuesday 19th or 26th Feb at The Jade. Tickets are only $20 each and are available via the Fringe website - click here to book your ticket today. I would love to see you there! --- Want more? Join our FREE Facebook Group where we provide tools and resources to help you supercharge your digital storytelling content. The Be The Drop podcast is brought to you by Narrative Marketing, the Brand Storytelling Superheroes! We release new content each week! SUBSCRIBE to the blog here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop podcast in iTunes here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop in Spotify here SUBSCRIBE on YouTube here for the full interview video, behind the scenes, bloopers & more. CONNECT with us on Facebook, follow @be_the_drop on Instagram or Twitter. CONTACT US podcast@narrativemarketing.com.au

Welcome to the first episode of Digital Noir Presents for 2019! We're starting off the year strong by launching one of the chats we recorded at SouthStart 2018, featuring speaker Lewis Horne, Founder and CEO of Uniti Sweden. Join Sam as they discuss the high stakes of the Startup world, building your business' team and "relying on the government".

Welcome to Digital Noir Presents. A podcast loosely based around life in a Digital Studio. Halfway through SouthStart 2018, Craig Swann returns to the hot seat, joining Sam on the podcast to continue their conversation from a couple of months back. The two recap the first half of SouthStart and reflect on how the event has panned out and how it has changed their perspectives on the startup game. This is the first of many podcast episodes to be released from this year's SouthStart so make sure you stay tuned for more coming soon...!

SouthStart was back with a bang in 2018 - successful in their mission to unite, connect and recognise amazing people doing incredible things. Across the 2 day conference, entrepreneurs, CEOs, and innovators came together in a celebration of people, ideas and technology. An exciting opportunity for startups to unite in their passion for shaping our future - it was eye opening to hear where some of these new directions could take us. Live from SouthStart, I speak to three people heavily involved in this space. Alex McCauley, CEO of not-for-profit organisation, StartupAus, has deep insight into technology startups in Australia, from policy to current success stories. Jason Neave, director of the Moonshine Laboratory, the organising body behind Southstart, has many years of experience in marketing and has launched his own sports-betting startup. Craig Swann, The Moonshine Labs Entrepreneur in residence, played a key role in coordinating the SouthStart conference. In today's episode of Be The Drop, Alex, Jason, and Craig discuss the importance of events like Southstart, we look at the future landscape for startups in Australia and they share advice for getting support along your startup journey.  --- This episode was produced in support of SouthStart Conference - an event that celebrates the collision of people, ideas and technology. Powered by The Moonshine Lab, if you're looking for support with your tech start-up, check out the website here. --- Would you like to join me on a creative podcasting journey? Then head along to my first ever Adelaide Fringe show, called "Pop Your Podcast Cherry An Interactive Podcasting Event" on Tuesday 19th or 26th Feb at The Jade. Tickets are only $20 each and are available via the Fringe website - click here to book your ticket today. I would love to see you there! --- Want more? Join our FREE Facebook Group where we provide tools and resources to help you supercharge your digital storytelling content. The Be The Drop podcast is brought to you by Narrative Marketing, the Brand Storytelling Superheroes! We release new content each week! SUBSCRIBE to the blog here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop podcast in iTunes here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop in Spotify here SUBSCRIBE on YouTube here for the full interview video, behind the scenes, bloopers & more. CONNECT with us on Facebook, follow @be_the_drop on Instagram or Twitter. CONTACT US podcast@narrativemarketing.com.au  

Growth in business can seem elusive and difficult to obtain, yet 26 year old Tobi Pearce, is very clear on the methods, the conditions, and the mindsets that has driven his international business success. In this forthcoming interview, Tobi shares many strategies and tools, that helped him build a global fitness business. Tobi Pearce, together with his fiancè Kayla Itsines, have built a highly successful online fitness company that attracts millions of customers and followers. His background in personal training, and the discipline gained from strict health regimes, has facilitated Tobi to run business effectively and efficiently. The couple have been very strategic in capitalising on social media trends, which has been pivotal in driving their success. In today's episode of Be The Drop, Tobi discusses the five-year journey of his business, Sweat, and shares insight on taking products to market, how to do market research, and how to manage language barriers when expanding into international markets. --- Would you like to join me on a creative podcasting journey? Then head along to my first ever Adelaide Fringe show, called "Pop Your Podcast Cherry An Interactive Podcasting Event" on Tuesday 19th or 26th Feb at The Jade. Tickets are only $20 each and are available via the Fringe website - click here to book your ticket today. I would love to see you there! --- Want more? Join our FREE Facebook Group where we provide tools and resources to help you supercharge your digital storytelling content. The Be The Drop podcast is brought to you by Narrative Marketing, the Brand Storytelling Superheroes! We release new content each week! SUBSCRIBE to the blog here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop podcast in iTunes here SUBSCRIBE to Be The Drop in Spotify here SUBSCRIBE on YouTube here for the full interview video, behind the scenes, bloopers & more. CONNECT with us on Facebook, follow @be_the_drop on Instagram or Twitter. CONTACT US podcast@narrativemarketing.com.au

Dr Michelle Perugini is an academic, entrepreneur, and an internationally renowned expert in health, medical research, advanced analytics, and cognitive AI.Michelle spent the first 13 years of her career in health and medical research, specialising in predictive genetics and translational medicine.Michelle then co-founded global technology company ISD Analytics with her husband Don, who is also an accomplished scientist, selling the business to Ernst and Young (EY) in 2015.With little time to rest, the Perugini's founded Life Whisperer, a company that uses technology to help improve the chances of IVF couples having children. This is AI-driven, cloud based image analysis that improves the accuracy of healthy embryo selection in IVF. In conjunction with Life Whisperer, the duo also launched another AI company, Presagen.It has been a remarkable journey for someone who didn’t feel born for entrepreneurship. Michelle shares her story, the naivety of her approach to her first company, and the learnings from that experience that she has taken into Life Whisperer and Presagen today.Michelle is speaking at Southstart in 2018, a conference that celebrates the collision of people, ideas and technology on 22 and 23 November 2018 in Adelaide. Make sure you join and support Adelaide’s startup community.More on Life Whisperer - https://www.lifewhisperer.co/ More on Presagen - https://www.presagen.com/More info here https://southstart.coRooster Radio is hosted by Andrew Montesi and James Begley - visit http://roosterradio.bizConnect with Rooster Radio - sign up to our mailing list at http://roosterradio.biz and join our Facebook community at http://facebook.com/roosterradioHQFor podcasting strategy, production and commercial services, visit Apiro Media http://apiropodcasts.comFor other content and marketing services, visit Apiro Consulting http://apiroconsulting.com (Andrew Montesi).For leadership and and high performance services, connect with James Begley http://jamesbegley.com.au

"I opened my cab door that morning, and watched the first plane crash into the building above our heads."Antony Ceravolo was living the corporate life as an investment banker in New York's World Trade Center when he saw the 9/11 attacks happen in front of his eyes. It was the series of moments that would change the world, including his own. In the fallout, many investment bankers lost their jobs and Antony was forced to turn to his own business ideas.Now, Antony is known for building global tech companies. First there was Red Bus Media, an out of home media network, and then LoveFilm, a DVD distribution and video streaming company that Antony sold to Amazon for around $AU300 million.He could’ve comfortably stopped there. Instead, he moved home to Adelaide and built his next company, Sine, developing technology to make it easy for visitors, contractors and staff to check in to the everyday locations they attend. Sine has checked in more than 20 million visitors, working with some of the world’s biggest brands as well as every day businesses.Antony shares his amazing story, as well as insights about winning early customers, scaling businesses and dealing with growing pains, why he has chosen Adelaide to build his global business .. and much, much more.Antony is speaking at Southstart in 2018, a conference that celebrates the collision of people, ideas and technology on 22 and 23 November 2018 in Adelaide. Make sure you join and support Adelaide’s startup community. More info here https://southstart.coRooster Radio is hosted by Andrew Montesi and James Begley - visit http://roosterradio.bizConnect with Rooster Radio - sign up to our mailing list at http://roosterradio.biz and join our Facebook community at http://facebook.com/roosterradioHQFor podcasting strategy, production and commercial services, visit Apiro Media http://apiropodcasts.comFor other content and marketing services, visit Apiro Consulting http://apiroconsulting.com (Andrew Montesi).For leadership and and high performance services, connect with James Begley http://jamesbegley.com.au

It has been quite some time since our last episode (sorry), we took a break from Rooster HQ to focus on our REAL businesses.But now we’re back with our SouthStart series, which we’re excited about. We’re interviewing some of the stars of the Southstart Conference, which celebrates the collision of people, ideas and technology in Adelaide on November 21 to 23.And first cab off the rank is the man behind SouthStart in 2018, Craig Swann. SouthStart fell into the hands of Craig and his business partners last year, and he has done an amazing job pulling together a world class event and activating an 'interesting' startup community in Adelaide.Craig is a highly successful global innovator, in his own right. The Canadian founded companies in New York City, including award winning interactive agency CRASHMEDIA and the internet’s first online music studio, Looplabs.Millions of people have benefited from Craig’s innovations, including Steve Jobs, who demoed Looplabs for the launch of the Safari Browser at an Apple Keynote. Craig has since become an industry thought leader in the interactive music space; authoring books, speaking internationally, teaching, curating technology events and developing and licensing customized online music experiences for top global brands.He has received special recognition at SxSW and has won the prestigious Webby Award.Before we get into Craig’s fascinating story, make sure you open your browser now and check out southstart.co. Southstart is activating Adelaide’s startup community by bringing together innovators, creators, founders and investors on November 22 and 23, in 2018 .. get involved, grab a ticket and we’ll see you there. If you’re late to this interview and have realised you’ve missed the event, make sure you sign up to the mailing list and follow Southstart on social media, and join the community.More info on SouthStart here https://southstart.coCheck out Looplabs https://www.looplabs.com/Rooster Radio is hosted by Andrew Montesi and James Begley - visit http://roosterradio.bizConnect with Rooster Radio - sign up to our mailing list at http://roosterradio.biz and join our Facebook community at http://facebook.com/roosterradioHQFor podcasting strategy, production and commercial services, visit Apiro Media http://apiropodcasts.comFor other content and marketing services, visit Apiro Consulting http://apiroconsulting.com (Andrew Montesi).For leadership and and high performance services, connect with James Begley http://jamesbegley.com.au

Welcome to Digital Noir Presents. A podcast loosely based around life in a Digital Studio. We had a really interesting chat with Craig Swann last week about the upcoming SouthStart conference here in Adelaide. We are lucky to have people like Craig and the forward-thinking crew at the MoonshineLab bringing events like this to SA. We chatted about the unique position that Adelaide has in the world and the exciting opportunities that are open to us if we just step up and make sh@t happen! Tickets for Southstart are on sale now and given the quality of speakers and the passion behind the event you need to get involved!! MoonshineLab: https://moonshinelab.com.au/ SouthStart: https://southstart.co/

In this episode, we are joined by Craig Swann.An award winning Music Technology Vet and Founder of Looplabs.com, a free online music making community with around 1 Million users, Craig has been living, playing and building on the internet for 27 years - since the Web was B&W.Craig is also event director of SouthStart, an event in Adelaide South Australia November this year. It is a gathering of entrepreneurs, investors, innovators and more. Find out more at http://southstart.co.We discuss all things start-up, community, robots and more.Real People is a podcast hosted by Jason Dunstone, the founder and managing director of Square Holes. Subscribe to Real People on your favourite podcast player. Jason builds on his 25 years of conducting human-centred research, interviewing average and not so average people (rich, poor, old, young, content and vulnerable) to understand what they believe and how they behave.Check out the Real People website - http://squareholes.com/realpeopleConnect with Jason Dunstone on Twitter @jasondunstone - https://twitter.com/jasondunstone?lang=enSend Jason an email - jason@squareholes.com Read more blogs from Jason Dunstone - https://squareholes.com/blog/author/jason/Find out more about Square Holes - http://www.squareholes.com/Produced with Apiro Media - https://www.apiropodcasts.com/

Leaders from three of Australia's top online marketplaces have revealed key business, growth and technical insights about their startups live at SouthStart. On the panel is Dan Draper, CTO at Expert 360, the marketplace that connects businesses to top freelance professionals, along with David Trumbull, co-founder at Car Next Door, Australia's largest car sharing network and Edward Hartley, co-founder of Bluethumb, Australia's largest online art marketplace. Andrew from Rooster Radio, the panel moderator, also shares a little bit about PickStar, the platform to book sports stars. We talk about building the marketplace ecosystem, the drivers of growth, the importance of tech and automation, funding, quality control and maintaining credibility .. and more. This is our second episode recorded live at SouthStart, a conference that showcases entrepreneurship and innovation in South Australia with great speakers, expos and workshops. James from Rooster Radio was the event MC. More - http://southstart.co Expert 360 - https://expert360.com/ Car Next Door - https://www.carnextdoor.com.au/ Bluethumb - https://bluethumb.com.au/ PickStar - http://pickstar.com.au Rooster Radio is hosted by Andrew Montesi and James Begley. We talk to interesting people doing amazing things. If you like what we're doing, you can now support the show with a few dollars (we really appreciate it): https://www.patreon.com/roosterradio Also please subscribe and review on iTunes or your favourite podcast player. Connect with Rooster Radio - sign up to our mailing list and join our Facebook community: http://roosterradio.biz http://facebook.com/roosterradioHQ For podcasting strategy, production and commercial services, visit: http://apiropodcasts.com For other content and marketing services, visit: http://www.apiroconsulting.com (Andrew Montesi) For leadership and and high performance services, visit: http://www.jamesbegley.com.au (James Begley)

We kicked off SouthStart Conference with a live interview with Dr Alex Grant, who is influencing two of the world's hottest tech industries.   Alex is doing truly amazing things. He is CEO of Myriota, an Internet of Things company which is gaining recognition globally for low cost, low power satellite technology. Before Myriota, he entered the autonomous vehicle market with his company, Cohda Wireless. This was back in 2004, well before the buzz of driverless vehicles. Both companies are now leading the world in their fields. Alex shares amazing tech insights and also his fascinating personal journey. This is the first of two episodes recorded live at SouthStart, a conference that showcases entrepreneurship and innovation in South Australia with great speakers, expos and workshops. More - http://southstart.co Myriota - http://myriota.com/ Cohda Wireless - http://cohdawireless.com/ Rooster Radio is hosted by Andrew Montesi and James Begley. We talk to interesting people doing amazing things. If you like what we're doing, you can now support the show with a few dollars (we really appreciate it): https://www.patreon.com/roosterradio Also please subscribe and review on iTunes or your favourite podcast player. Connect with Rooster Radio - sign up to our mailing list and join our Facebook community: http://roosterradio.biz http://facebook.com/roosterradioHQ For podcasting strategy, production and commercial services, visit: http://apiropodcasts.com For other content and marketing services, visit: http://www.apiroconsulting.com (Andrew Montesi) For leadership and and high performance services, visit: http://www.jamesbegley.com.au (James Begley)