Podcasts about spacecubed

For the final episode of 2023, Startup West recorded a founders' panel in front of a live audience of more than 400 at Freo Startup Fest, which is part of the annual West Tech Fest, Australia's longest-running tech festival. Host Charlie Gunningham chats with Dr Julia Reisser (Uluu), Amy Carter-James (Raaise) and Jonathan Lilley (Electro Ventures). Each company is heavily involved in developing and funding cleaner, climate-friendly products. Having raised $8.6M, Uluu is commercialising the production of red seaweed as an alternative source of plastics, to change fashion and other industries. Meanwhile, Raaise is a platform connecting investors with climate tech startups, and Electro Ventures has raised $20M and funded 13 EV-related boat, plane and vehicle companies. Julia, Amy and Jonathan talk about their challenges and successes in 2023, the climate tech sector generally, and their plans for 2024 and beyond. For more: >> https://uluu.com.au >> https://raaise.co >> https://electro.ventures >> https://electronautic.com.au ~ Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon. Startup West will return in 2024.

Danelle Cross (Curtin Uni) and Chris Tan (Spacecubed) talk with Dan Dawson, founder and director of edtech startup Paperly. Originally from New Zealand, Dan saw the need to reduce paper-based bureaucratic systems in schools. Coding 7 hours a night while holding down a full-time job, he was selected to join the Plus Eight Tech Accelerator in Perth in 2022. This year, the newly established early-stage VC fund Purpose Ventures invested in the business, and his goal is to get Paperly into 10,000 schools. “…It's one thing starting a company. It's another thing starting a company with a partner, or wife. It's next level again, once you've got kids...” ~ Dan Dawson For more: https://www.paperly.io ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

We talk with Jemma Iles, who has been working in, and promoting, innovation across various industries including local and state government for the past 20 years. Jemma is also one of the people bringing the new ‘Australian Innovation Management Institute' (AIMI) to Australia. How can governments and corporates best innovate? What can they learn from startups? How can governments and corporates best assist startups and the local innovation ecosystem? “I'd love to see more public sector officers in the startup ecosystem. I think there's lots to learn, and probably one of the biggest things I learnt in my roles in government was spending listening to the challenges that startups face, and being able to find a pathway to help them to access grants and funding, or just support, to bring their businesses to life.” ~ Jemma Iles For more: https://aiminstitute.org.au and https://thelightboxgroup.com.au ~ Co-hosts: Danelle Cross (Curtin University) and Chris Tan (Spacecubed). Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Australia's number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with Intan Oldakowska, co-founder and CEO of medtech startup Earflo. She and her team are developing a non-invasive device that drains middle ear fluid in children with chronic ear infections, avoiding developmental delay and the need for surgery. From an idea first borne over at Stanford University, California, the company was recently awarded $500,000 in WA government funding, which will help them commercialise their solution over the next few years. Originally from Jakarta, Indonesia, Intan moved to Perth during high school, wanted to be a ballerina at WAAPA, then switched to engineering, and later a PhD. “…Startup is a tough road. Don't go into it because you want to get famous or something. Because it's totally not worth it. The pain is not worth that, right? So you want to be in it for the right reason. Be ready for it to be a long journey, with lots of setbacks.” ~ Intan Oldakowska For more: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earflo/ ~ (1) Feedspot Ranking of Australian Startup podcasts: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Australia's number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with serial app entrepreneur, award-winning founder and all-round nice guy Stuart Kidd. When one startup is not enough, how about four or five? Originally from the UK, Stuart arrived in Australia aged 10, then went back to work there after school, developing his eye for design, tech and online businesses. Back in Perth, he set up Apps People, an app development business, and has launched multiple app businesses over the past few years. Last year, he was voted Startup News Most Admired Startup Founder, and in this episode he shares a lot from his journey and multiple startups. “… Sometimes you have to say to yourself 'Hey, this stuff I can do by myself, this stuff I can't do at all, I need people on board'. It's not just about collaborating, it's about understanding your business better, and understanding where your skills are, and where your skills can be better focussed.” ~ Stuart Kidd. For more: https://foodybag.com.au, https://www.blezz.co, https://www.familia.app, http://www.everythere.com.au ~ (1) Feedspot Ranking of Australian Startup podcasts: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Australia's number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with Simon Anderson, CEO and founder of Notis (student engagement platform for schools) and Swayz (prompts friends and family to share video content for you). With Notis, established in 2013 in Perth, Simon has raised US$1M over 10 years and is aiming to have a thousand US schools on board in 2023. Simon raised his first $5K thanks to Curtin Accelerate in Perth, then US$350K in an angel round, sold up everything in Australia, moved to Canada, while his kids were young. He's now back in Perth. Meanwhile, his new startup baby is Swayz, a social media engagement app, which was launched a few months ago. “… If you realise that you have time on your side, regarding that it's going to take a long time. You've got time, you're young, so do something every day… do that one thing, and it will add up.” ~ Simon Anderson. For more: https://notis.com/ and https://www.swayz.app/ ~ (1) Feedspot Ranking of Australian Startup podcasts: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Australia's number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with the CEO of tech recruiting firm Valrose and co-Chair of Women in Tech WA (WiTWA), Tina Ambrose. Growing up in west London, she took on various jobs, found herself homeless at one stage, then later made “the best decision in [her] life” to move to Perth, Western Australia. Working in recruitment, she devised and then set up her own company, and also champions women in technology through her work with WiTWA. “ If I knew then what I know now, would I have started?! There's a lot of challenges you face. And the answer is yes, absolutely …” ~ Tina Ambrose. For more: https://valrose.com.au/ ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging. (1) Feedspot Ranking of Australian Startup podcasts: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/

Australia's number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with Ingrid Rodriguez, founder of Eikonic, a dental hygiene product looking to help a billion mouths over the next ten years. Born in Chile, and growing up in Perth, Ingrid studied oral hygiene and after years of practice, saw a need to develop a revolutionary product that would assist the 3 billion people that suffer from one type of oral disease or another. “ Do whatever it takes to be you own best friend. That was another great piece of advice, and a quote that I've taken with me and my journey. Sometimes as a sole founder it can be very lonely…” Ingrid Rodriguez ~ For more: https://www.eikonic.org ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging. (1) Feedspot Ranking of Australian Startup podcasts: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/

Australia's number 1 startup podcast (1) talks with two of Veintech's co-founders, Nick Buckley and Nik Bappoo, who with a team of 10 are developing a handheld unit that visualises veins to make cannulation (drawing blood) easier. It's a disturbing fact that the standard ‘miss rate' for cannulations is around 40%, incredibly high. Once you miss twice, you have to call for help. Set up in 2020, the medtech company closed a seed round last year, won an Accelerating Commercialisation grant, and is moving towards clinical trials. “ No matter how far you get along this journey, it is that vision you define in the early days … often that's something that's skipped. It's often seen as ‘fluffy', … we were lucky as we got forced to do it through accelerators. ” ~ Nik Bappoo. For more: https://www.veintech.com.au ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging. (1) Feedspot Ranking of Australian Startup podcasts: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/

Australia's number 1 startup podcast (1) breezes into episode 101, with Rob Kelly, managing director of Agora Livestock, a price discovery marketplace for sheep, cattle and goats. Growing up on the family farm in Kojonup, in the Great Southern, 250 kilometres south from Perth, Rob was into maths and science at school, and studied ag science at university. After a decade in grains trading, he saw that banks had no efficient, real-time way of valuing livestock, which spawned the idea behind Agora. After five years as a pure B2B subscriptions business, the business has recently launched its online marketplace nationally. "If you say ‘Well I can't show you because you might steal the idea'.. your business is not robust enough for the investment. So the sooner you can start talking about what you're doing, the better, and you'll find mentors along the way" ~ Rob Kelly. For more: https://agoralivestock.com.au ~ Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon. (1) As recently judged by Feedspot: https://podcasts.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/

For our 100th episode, a real treat: we speak with the inspirational Professor Fiona Wood AM, who with research partner Marie Stoner invented spray-on skin, ‘ReCell', made famous after the Bali Bombings, for which she was made Australian of the Year in 2005. Growing up in the north of England, the daughter of a fifth-generation coalminer, the self-confessed “sporty nerd” moved to London to study medicine. Emigrating to Western Australia in the '80s, she became the state's first female plastic surgeon, and in the 1990s pioneered the ReCell technology that would greatly reduce permanent scarring in burns victims. She continues to work perfecting the technique, as director of the Royal Perth Hospital burns unit and the Western Australia Burns Service, and inspire the next generation of innovators. “ It's hard. It's a long road. So you have to have that passion and belief. So it's really worth interrogating that idea, roughing it up a bit, moulding it, shaping it, so that when you go to the table, you know it inside out, and you believe in it…” ~ Fiona Wood. For more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona_Wood ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Australia's number 1 startup podcast (1) welcomes well-known co-host of the Mix 94.5 Brekky Radio Show ('Pete, Matt and Kymba'), and, now startup founder and Plus Eight graduate Pete Curulli. A mad-keen gamer, and co-host of popular podcast for gamers, Game on Aus, he is developing a platform for independent gaming developers, Three Little Pixels, which he plans to launch later this year. Passing through the Plus Eight tech accelerator last year, Pete has been bootstrapping the development of the platform, which Australian/New Zealand developers can register (in the link below). "... Cos when it's midnight, and it's all too tough, and it's too bloody hard, and your business is going backwards, and you're losing money, you've got a month or runway left, it's the guy that sat there for 9 hours, that will find a solution to get you past that, not the guy that left in 15 minutes." ~ Pete Curulli For more:  https://register.threelittlepixels.com/login (register if you're a ANZ game developer) ~ Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon. (1) As ranked on Feedspot: https://blog.feedspot.com/australian_startup_podcasts/

Australia's number 1 startup podcast talks with former Western Australian of the Year, Bourby Webster, founder of the Perth Symphony Orchestra, who recently stepped away from the CEO role, after 13 years. Growing up in the English countryside, she was exposed to orchestral music from a young age, played viola, and went to Oxford University, where she also got into rowing as a coxswain. Moving to Perth, she did an MBA, worked for an engineering firm, and wondered why there was only one symphony orchestra whereas in Manchester, England - with less than a third of Perth's population - there are four. Setting up an orchestra - with its insanely hard business model - was tough. She received no government funding for ten years, and had to sell out every concert just to survive. ‘The orchestra that breaks the rules' plays everything from Nirvana to INXS to Mozart to Chopin, and is intent on ‘taking music to the people'. "My way of growing the orchestra was to go and speak to as many mayors and CEOs of local governments, and I identified a market of 139 shires in WA, all of whom could use music as a way to connect their community." ~ Bourby Webster For more: https://perthsymphony.com and https://www.bourbywebster.com ~ Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging. Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon.

We talk with Joanna Morris, co-founder and CEO of Matilda, a digital platform that informs, connects and assists patients of endometriosis, a painful chronic condition that afflicts 1 in 9 Australian women. A pelvic physio by background, she and her business partner Kevin started the business to improve the lives of the 190 million people around the world that suffer from the affliction. Passing through Perth BioDesign and Curtin Accelerate programs, the business has been bootstrapped and now has paying customers. “ I wish I've said, ‘Do you know what Jo, this is going to be so much fun, you just need to jump in.' Because there's no use being scared, and it's going to be a lot of fun…” ~ Joanna Morris. For more: https://matilda.health ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Chris and Steve talk with Dr Mehdi Ravanbakhsh, co-founder of two AI startups – the 7-year-old data analytics and AI company MapIzy and the brand-new cryptocurrency platform, CryptoCrispy. Originally from Iran, with a PhD from the Leibniz University of Hanover, Germany, and 20 years' experience as an academic, Mehdi moved to Melbourne for his postdoc, then to Perth as an associate professor at the University of Western Australia. Fascinated by the power of AI, he quit his job to set up MapIzy in 2015, winning contracts with Airbus and Toyota. Once the company was “in a good shape”, he set up CryptoCrispy in 2022, where he aims to improve crypto trading with AI, empowering smarter and easier trading. “ If you're interested in our innovation or solution, come and talk to us. We have an excellent track record, and we can empower people and organisations in many ways. ” ~ Mehdi Ravanbakhsh. For more: https://mapizy.com/ and https://cryptocrispy.com.au/ ~ * OFFER from sponsor Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy * Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Danelle and Chris talk with the founder of social impact startup Donut Waste, Sharka Hornakova. Born in Prague, Czech Republic, she arrived in Perth 13 years ago, and discovered “all the beautiful, happy, no worries people.” Having worked in magazines and digital media, she saw an opportunity to recycle coffee ground waste into new products, such as donut-shaped soaps, skin cream and even beer. A graduate of the Curtin Ignition program in 2021, Sharka is also a yoga teacher, and works various jobs to keep the three-year-old Donut Waste business growing. “ You can talk to your local café when you have your next caffeine fix, and tell them all about our services. You can get your local bottle shop on board collecting clips, you can bring your own clips to our 65 and more collection points…” ~ Sharka Hornakova. For more: https://www.donutwaste.com.au/ ~ * OFFER from sponsor Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy * Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Danelle and Chris talk with Nic Terpkos, co-founder and CEO of seasonal jobs site, Waytree. Set up five years ago, the fledgling business had to weave around the COVID pandemic to provide a service to seasonal farmers where back packing part time workers were very thin on the ground. Starting out as an engineer, Nic worked part-time on the startup until he and his two friends and co-founders (James Dernie and Harry Lowther) could quit work and go full-time. Established in Western Australia, the site is growing most in Queensland and NSW, and also in WA. “ I recommend getting passionate co-founders. This a long journey, and you need to have people with you who share the same values, who you can lean on, (with) different skill sets.” ~ Nic Terpkos. For more: https://waytree.com/ ~ * OFFER from sponsor Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy * Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Nadia Budihardjo speaks to Jordan Murray about the business of burgers in Perth. Plus the latest on Joondalup Health Campus, Roger Cook and Spacecubed.

Chris and Steve talk with Esther Oh, founder and CEO of health tech and AI-vision startup Agili8. Born in Singapore, and a top student at school, Esther was the only female software engineer at her consulting company. She moved to Perth in 2009 on a skilled migrant visa, as she wanted to raise her kids in WA. Agili8 was then set up after her son lost his eyesight. “The same thing with X-Ray vision. I actually see that this is the future of work. It is something we will definitely be living with, just like how we can't live without our mobile phone.” ~ Esther Oh. For more: https://agili8.com ~ * OFFER from sponsor Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy * Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Steve and Chris talk with Tim Jones, Managing Director of cyber security startup Hyprfire. Starting out as a lawyer, he moved into technology law, worked in Sydney, and then moved back to WA to work on various startups in the ASX and private space. He did some advisory work, helped fund tech startups and worked for a time at HealthEngine. Spun out of Curtin University, Hyprfire has raised some significant capital as well as an Accelerating Commercialisation grant, offering network threat prevention as a service. “Enjoy the ride. Not many people get to do this. Just recognise that, and enjoy it as much as you can. Celebrate the great moments, and try and keep things in perspective.” ~ Tim Jones. For more: https://www.hyprfire.com ~ * OFFER from sponsor Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy * Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Danelle and Brodie talk with the recently crowned WA Innovator of the Year, Kate Lewkowski, co-founder and CEO of medtech startup Neurotologix. Her company is developing a remote patient monitoring device for dizziness and vertigo, which afflicts 2.9 million Australians, prompting over 350,000 medical appointments. An audiologist with over 20 years of clinical and epidemiological research experience, Kate holds degrees in computer science, mathematics and public health, and is determined to manufacture her device in Western Australia. “She said ‘I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about it. And then I realised I was somebody.' So I always wondered why were not monitoring the attacks. And then realising… oh I think that has to be me…!” ~ Kate Lewkowski. For more: https://www.neurotologix.com/ ~ * OFFER from sponsor Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy * Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

A fantastic start for 2023 and our 5th season: Danelle and Brodie interview the Minister for Innovation and the Digital Economy, Hon Stephen Dawson MLC. Growing up in Ireland, the eldest of four children, he moved to Australia in his teens with his family, and became involved in student politics. His father had been active in the union movement. Starting out as a drama teacher, Stephen Dawson became a Labor member of the upper house of Western Australian government in 2013 becoming a cabinet minister in 2017, and Innovation Minister in 2021. Minister Dawson talks about his hopes for the local innovation ecosystem, and what it needs now. "The ideas are here. The expertise is here now as well. We're growing it locally and we're bringing it in from overseas. But money, if we had more money here we could do so much more quicker. Part of that's my role, and we'll have some announcements over the next 12 months – hopefully the next budget will be good to us – but certainly working with people in Perth who have got money, convincing them how good an investment this will be, is important." ~ Minister Stephen Dawson For more: https://www.wa.gov.au/nif ~ * OFFER from sponsor Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy * Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

For the final episode of the 4th season of Startup West and 2022: a founders' panel recorded in front of a live audience in Fremantle as part of this year's Freo Startup Fest. Charlie Gunningham chats with Dan Nembhard (Wolfit Box founder), Holly Bridgwater, (Humyn.ai founder) and Kevin Mitchem (Co-Architecture co-founder). The session was titled ‘Pets, Property and AI' for reasons that become clear in the discussion. Hear from 3 founders who have each launched (or re-launched) their startups in the past 18 months, some quirky facts, how 2022 went for them and their plans for 2023 and beyond... For more: https://wolfitbox.com.au/ https://www.humyn.ai/ https://co-architecture.com/ ~ * OFFER from Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy * Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Tekkon, Dinner Twist, RSM, the City of Perth, Spacecubed and Curtin University. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Danelle and Chris talk with Stephen Cornish, founder and managing director of Pentanet, a Perth-based internet provider providing super-fast speeds for homes and businesses. A keen gamer, Stephen set up his first tower for himself so he could enjoy faster internet to play League of Legends. Years later, the company now owns the largest private fixed network in Perth, has listed on the ASX (‘5GG'), and even owns a professional League of Legends team. “If you have an idea, you really have nothing to lose by doing it. You'll have some challenges, things will get tough, and you'll make sacrifices, but if you don't do it, it won't happen.” ~ Stephen Cornish. For more: https://pentanet.com.au/ ~ * OFFER from Dinner Twist for Startup West listeners in Perth: so you can focus on creating the next unicorn, let Dinner Twist worry about dinner. Here is $30 off your first box. Enter SW30 at the checkout. Go to https://www.dinnertwist.com.au to enjoy * Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Tekkon, Dinner Twist, RSM, the City of Perth, Spacecubed and Curtin University. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Chris Tan makes his debut on Startup West as co-host, with Danelle, and they talk with John Barrington AM, co-founder and managing director of Artrya, an ASX-listed (‘AYA') AI-driven healthcare tech company that is looking to tackle the global problem of heart disease. Every 13 minutes, an Australian dies of a heart attack. 9 million die every year around the world. The company was set up in 2018, has since raised $60 million in various rounds, including an ASX listing in November 2021 where $40M was raised on a $105M valuation. "Go for it. Pin your ears back and go for it. If there is one word to sum it up for me, what it takes is, that word would be 'persistence'. I think of that Calvin Coolidge quote: persistence and determination alone are omnipotent." ~ John Barrington. For more: https://www.artrya.com/ ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Dinner Twist, Tekkon, the City of Perth, Spacecubed, Curtin University and RSM. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Danelle and Steve talk with Tim Hyde, co-founder and CEO of SWAN (‘scheduling water and nutrients') Systems, a cloud-based platform that allows irrigators to make the most out of every drop of water and fertiliser. Former Carnarvon table grape and banana farmer Tim got together with co-founders Ivor Gaylard and Rod Campbell seven years ago to create a scalable software solution from their existing consulting business. The business won Startup of the Year in 2018 and Best Agtech Business in 2020, has gone on to raise $3.8M, has a team of 18 and has clients in several countries including the US. “2 pieces of advice: work really closely with your customers and make sure you understand them; and the other thing is to build networks in the investor world, and take them on the journey too…” ~ Tim Hyde For more: https://www.swansystems.com.au/ ~ SUBSCRIBE to ‘Startup West‘ wherever you get your podcasts, to ensure they reach you. There are 85 previous episodes, all featuring local startup founders, to listen to as well. Get inspired (if they can do it, so can you!), pick up some handy tips from their experiences. Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Brodie and Steve talk with Erin Clark, co-founder of Dark Stry (which is short for ‘Dark Story'), an app that features various immersive walking tours of Perth, including one recognising early female entrepreneurs. Originally from country Victoria, the former journalist moved to Western Australia 10 years ago with her husband, on what was supposed to be a two-year sojourn, and has fallen in love with WA. One night, after a couple of bottles of Prossecco, she had the idea. Four weeks later, she had an app in the app store and she was launched. Then the fun started... “Someone was saying to me, ‘Oh you've done so well, in such a short period of time.' You've always got to remember, it feels completely different on the inside. It feels like chaos. It feels like drama.” ~ Erin Clark. For more: https://www.darkstry.com.au/ ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Brodie and Steve talk with Kylie Dillon, co-founder and CEO of Realtime Conveyancer, a three-year-old proptech startup that is streamlining the real estate legal purchase process “from contract to keys”. With 19 years' experience in conveyancing, she felt that the whole industry needed saving with technology, and sought out to develop it herself. As is often the case, the original quotation for development ended up being about a third of the eventual cost. “I am really privileged that I come across a lot of great people and meet a lot of startups. But I think it's anybody that is prepared to be real, and the reason behind their startup. I love a startup that is doing it for a purpose…” ~ Kylie Dillon For more: https://www.realtimeconveyancer.com.au ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Danelle and Steve talk with Eliza Carbines, Founding Director of Tender Relief, who has built a tech platform to help businesses apply for tenders. Eliza has tackled a problem she saw across her client base, the tricky world of project tendering. Hear how she built Tender Relief from Karratha (in far north Western Australia), the challenges overcome and the progress to date. “If you're in that startup world, or if you're thinking of getting into it, I would suggest you hook onto something there that matters, that matters beyond you as a person and your immediate circumstance, that matters to the community, whatever that looks like…” ~ Eliza Carbines. For more: https://tenderrelief.com.au/ ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Danelle and Steve talk with Zach Nielsen, co-founder and CEO of Ascend Health Group, which includes Ascend Health services, software company Bruno Health, and hardware operation Obdo. Established in 2017, the group provides care services in the national disability and health sectors. A physiotherapist by training, Zach and his team operate in Western Australia and Queensland, and have plans to launch into other states over the next few years. “I was already building Ascend in my last year of university. I had already seen the value of having smart, dedicated young people with fire in their belly. People go into these health science degrees because they want to help people…” ~ Zach Nielsen For more: https://www.ascendhealthgroup.com.au/ ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Kate brought her spark to this episode of Weird Growth. Lover of creating and driven by people and purpose. You'll often find her in glitter, coding or hooping outside of She Codes. Why does She Codes exist? Simple. To inspire 100,000 women by 2025. Their programs involve teaching technical skills, connecting women to career pathways, and working with fantastic partners. Their flagship program, She Codes Plus, is a six-month program that is designed to supercharge the tech career of its participants – ideal for women looking to enter, or advance in, the tech industry. They also offer one-day workshops and tutorials. Kate packed a lot of brilliant advice on this episode so strap in. Problem We need another million people in tech in Australia by 2025. She Codes solves both the hiring and diversity problem of the tech scene. One big piece of advice. It never hurts to ask. Everyone is so nice. What the worst that can happen? An ignored email? And listen to you customers. Don't be afraid to ask them what they want. Bullets: 00:00 – Introduction 01:37 – The business Kate would start today 06:00 – How She Codes reached their first customers 07:14 – Why Kate took the leap 09:16 – Their first partnership with BHP 11:55 – What next level customer validation looks like 12:52 – The Cupcake Effect 14:07 – What we can learn from the cupcake effect 18:18 – Spacecubed turned 10 – Here are some of Kate's highlights 20:44 – Kate's advice for encouraging STEM 23:46 – What's next for Kate and She Codes 24:46 – How East Coast states differ to Perth 27:20 – Be helpful first 28:17 – How Kate asks customers for feedback Show & tell: - Code tutorials - code.org - https://code.org/ - She Codes Website - https://shecodes.com.au/ - Slack - https://slack.com/ - HubSpot - https://www.hubspot.com/ - Kate on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-kirwin

Steve and Brodie talk with Matt Hart, co-founder of Perth-founded smart wearables tech company Soter Analytics, who is passionate about reducing injuries at work. Scaling the business to more than 50 staff over the past five years, the company is now headquartered in London, with a development team in Estonia and an office in Perth. Their most recent funding round was more than A$16M. The boy from Armadale has done well, and does not hold back on his views about developing a startup in Perth. “…When you look at Estonia, they say ‘Look out of Estonia from day one'; because one and a half million people live there. If you're going to make a tech business, a startup, you've got to think worldwide from day one. And I think that's the same in Perth.” ~ Matt Hart. For more: https://soteranalytics.com/ ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Kate Kirwin is a passionate advocate for women in STEM and the innovation ecosystem. Founder of She Codes, she has led the steep growth of the project since 2015. Thanks to her work, more than 6000 women have learnt to code. She has hustled to source more than a million dollars from government and industry to support women in STEM. With a regional upbringing, she strongly believes in empowering women from the world‚Äôs remotest regions, from as far north as Port Hedland and Karratha, and east as far as Brisbane. Kate has also contributed to the growth of Spacecubed, and since 2014 has played a pivotal role in building community and coordinating other programs including Plus Eight, and Startup Weekend. Kate was recently awarded a Business News 40 under 40 award, the West Australian Rising Star award and was a runner up for the 2019 and 2020 Seven News Young Achiever Awards.   In our conversation, we talk about Kate's journey to STEMM, She Codes, and building community in tech. Show Notes: https://steampoweredshow.com/shows/kate-kirwin Connect with STEAM Powered: Website | YouTube | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter | Patreon | Ko-Fi

Steve and Brodie talk with Julie Adams, co-founder of Chemo@Home, who with her business partner Lorna Cook has scaled up the home-based infusion service to more than 100 staff over the past 9 years. Both Julie and Lorna mortgaged their houses to fund the business, which quadrupled in size during Covid. 1,400 doctors across the country use the service, and more and more patients can have their chemotherapy and other care therapies in their own home. “I asked him what it was like for him, and he said – ‘I used to spend all day travelling to the hospital and back, getting my treatment, it was so stressful. I did that twice a week. But the difference it made to me was nothing compared to the difference it made to my wife' … It's like you're giving people back their lives, and there's nothing that matches that feeling.” ~ Julie Adams For more: https://chemoathome.com.au/ ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Danelle and Brodie talk with Dr Paola Magni, forensic scientist and senior lecturer at Murdoch University. Originally from Turin, Italy, a centre of criminology, award-winning researcher Dr Magni has pioneered crime scene investigations (CSI) using virtual reality (VR), with her CSI VR project in Western Australia. “So we decided to sit down and storyboard the story, exactly like you do for a movie, and we imagined what kind of crime, what kind of people involved, what kind of weapon for the murder, and obviously it was huge, as it's a story, the sky's the limit…” ~ Paola Magni. For more: https://paolamagni.com.au/ ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Danelle and Brodie talk with Jon Gregory, founder and CEO of Vitruvian, a global personal fitness device and platform operating from its head offices in West Perth. A decade ago, the former investment trader realised that while the algorithms he was using were very fast and efficient, weight-training seemed to be about “pushing weights”. In 2019, he took some investment from a local angel investor, matched it with his own funding, and has since raised millions of dollars, and sells his machines around the world. “I asked him ‘How do you make money? How do you do it?' he said ‘Jon, you put yourself in a position to make money'. And I was like ‘That's either the most profound thing I've ever heard or the dumbest thing …” ~ Jon Gregory. For more: https://vitruvianform.com/ ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Brodie and Steve talk with Nicole Gazey and Rebecca Loftus, co-founders of IDEA (Innovation Design Entrepreneurship Academy), a brand new ‘alternative school' for young innovators, entrepreneurs and creatives. Having graduated from last year's Plus Eight tech accelerator program, IDEA raised some funds from BetterLabs Ventures and launched the academy earlier this year, with their first cohort currently going through their programs at the FLUX co-working space in the city. “The need for change is so great, and the amount of students that are currently struggling in the system, and being underserved by it, is so great that I think the more the merrier in terms of alternatives…” ~ Rebecca Loftus. For more: https://ideacademy.com.au/ ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Brodie and Steve talk with Professor Peter Klinken AC, the Chief Scientist of Western Australia, about his role as a government advisor and cheerleader for researchers, innovators and startups. He's been in the role for 8 years, and has just signed up for another three years. He talks about the startup sector, which had been almost ignored when he first came into the job, but now seems to be flourishing, and could be about to take off. “I have to dips my lid to the entire (startup) sector, as I've watched them do it themselves, with very little external support, with very little government support, to say ‘we're going to have a crack at this', and so I've stood back with admiration to watch the sector grow, and now to see it flourishing…” ~ Peter Klinken. For more: https://www.wa.gov.au/government/people/peter-klinken ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Brodie and Steve talk with David Pettit, cofounder and Group CEO of PictureWealth, a fast-growing fintech company that has successfully digitised financial services, which it sells to its tens of thousands of clients. Originally from Queenstown in New Zealand, David landed in Perth, worked in financial services and saw a gap in the market to set up PictureWealth in 2018. Since then, the company has bought up various financial advisor companies and raised many tens of millions of dollars of capital. In only their second trading year, the business grew to tens of millions in revenue, and has more than $2 billion of funds under advice. “For those in Perth, you're in a great spot, because there's a heap of people around you who have got money, or you are one step away from knowing the person that does…” ~ David Pettit. For more: https://picturewealth.com/ ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Steve and Brodie talk with Angie Keeler, cofounder and CEO of Zella DC, a next-generation data centre provider disrupting traditional server rooms. Originally from South Africa, together with husband Clint, Angie and her team have developed a mobile data centre - about the size of a fridge - that can be placed in harsh environments such as remote mine sites and pretty much anywhere. “Definitely it's all about really getting your name out there and talking to people, and networking, and getting to know everybody… and that's how you will find the right investors who are going to help you…” ~ Angie Keeler. For more: https://www.zelladc.com/ ~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Danelle and Steve talk with Mihailo Bozic, founder of Envited, an events platform that does not need Facebook, and works across all social media platforms. Only 2% of teens use Facebook, so this cohort needs another means to set up and share events. He started working on the concept last year while still at university, recently raised a $350,000 pre-seed round to employ some staff, and is about to launch the service. “When I was raising money for Envited, I spoke to over 70 investors, and only one of them invested, and they took the lead. So you just have to just talk to as many as you can, and you have to grind it out…. People at an early stage invest in founders. They don't invest in your business.” ~ Mihailo Bozic. For more: https://www.envited.io/ ~~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pays respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Danelle and Steve talk with James Flanagan, co-founder of newly launched HoverIT (‘Hover It') which is looking to provide a single platform for small businesses to reach and sell to their customers directly. Originally from the west of Ireland, the former oil and gas worker and commercial diver launched the service in Fremantle earlier this year with his Uncle Luke as co-founder. “Definitely the best people I've met have been at events, some that I was not even going to go to, and then I left and I was like – I'm so happy I went to that event…” ~ James Flanagan. For more: www.hoverit.com ~~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Danelle and Brodie talk with Annie Brox, the founder of Origo Farm, an agtech business that recently won both a Boosting Female Founding grant (one of only 3 in WA) as well as an Accelerating Commercialisation grant in 2019, for her farm-based IoT platform and devices business. From growing up in a farming family in Norway, to working in telecoms, she arrived in Western Australia to found Origo, that works with farmers to improve connectivity as well as providing IoT hardware devices and a platform to improve efficiency. "Get to know your customers, early on, really really get to know your customers. Do the hard yards with your customers. Get in customers, early early on. And just tell them, openly, I'm thinking about this, would you like to be on board, in terms of giving me feedback. Don't choose all the nice ones that say yes, yes, yes, yes…” ~ Annie Brox. For more: www.origo.farm ~~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Startup West is back for series 4 and 2022, with two of our new co-hosts Danelle Cross and Brodie McCulloch. In this episode, they talk with Louise Matson, founder of Louise M - a corporate shoe brand for women. Working in the aviation industry for more than twenty years, Louise always felt there should be a better, more comfortable yet stylish shoe, that women could wear all day. She created Loiuse M brand, with quality shoes made in Italy, and has recently quit flying to concentrate on the business full-time. “... ‘Louise, don't ever stop supplying these shoes, they're the best work shoes'. So I get little hints from the universe to keep going down the track I'm going, which is really lovely…” ~ Louise M. For more: https://www.louisemshoes.com/ Louise's own podcast: 'Louise M Empowerment' - https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/louise-m-empowerment/id1570844081 ~~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth, Dinner Twist and Tekkon. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

For the final episode of the 3rd season of Startup West and 2021: a founders' panel recorded in front of a live audience at Little Creatures in Fremantle as part of this year's Freo Startup Fest. Charlie Gunningham (Startup News) chats with Julian Ilich (founder and CEO of Tiller Rides), Mel Bainbridge, (co-founder of The Pack Australia) and Glen McIvor (founder and CEO of Solv). The session was titled ‘The launch, the raise and the exit' as each founder had had a significant launch, raise or exit during the past year. “… I love startups, I love that part of it, and I also think [that] I don't want to run a big business. You end up being an HR manager, which is not fun at all. But the actual startup part is really fun.” ~ Glen McIvor. For more: https://www.tillerrides.com/ https://www.thepackaustralia.com.au/ https://solv.com.au/ Photos of the event: https://www.facebook.com/freostartupfest ~~ Startup West is recorded in Western Australia, produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Danelle is back, and together with Charlie, we hear from Katie Liew, founder of The Underground Collaborative, a not-for-profit organisation providing employment and housing solutions to break the cycles of homelessness. Loving English at school, but choosing Science and Maths subjects, Katie started out as an accountant for ten years working for various mining companies before embarking on a big overseas trip that opened up a new world view. Returning to Perth, she set up her social enterprise, which runs the Ground & Co coffee shop in the State Library. “I've always felt that I want to give… I didn't realise that til I was older, the need to do more. But I was always very passionate about volunteering, children, international aid and things like that... because I felt so lucky.” ~ Katie Liew. For more: https://theunderground.org.au/ ~~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Charlie talks with the co-founder and CEO of Agworld, Doug Fitch. The 11-year old agtech business was sold to Vancouver-headquartered Semios earlier this year for more than A$100 million. With his two co-founders, Doug pioneered data-driven farm management, working with agronomists and growing the business to more than 16,000 farms in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada and the US. Growing up in Perth, he always wanted to be a farmer, and got there via a stint being a mechanic then working for the German multinational Bayer. His family has a farm out in Bruce Rock, in the central wheatbelt of Western Australia. “When it comes to running a tech company, it's a whole new language of SaaS metrics. I didn't know what SaaS was. You have to build process into the business from day one, and it has to be repeatable, scalable, measurable processes, and then you have to be disciplined.” ~ Doug Fitch For more: https://www.agworld.com/au/ and https://semios.com/ ~~ Startup West is recorded at MurdochxSpacecubed studio, during Perth Podcast Week, in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Charlie talks with the co-founders of mining tech startup MiPlan, Louise and Rob Daw. The couple met in a former software business, and decided to set out on their own to solve a problem they saw in the resources industry. Seven years in, they had built it up to a scale that they were acquired by major mining software conglomerate Hexagon Mining, where Rob is now CTO. They both share their journey, through the startup phase, winning clients, fund-raising and hiring staff through to exit. "He has a really good vision where technology and the mining industry should go, and often I'm very risk averse… even though we did take on all this risk of having a business, I didn't want to take on more debt, or go into too many unknown markets… we did get there eventually, but we probably could have got there faster…" ~ Louise Daw. For more: http://miplanconsulting.com and https://hexagonmining.com/ ~~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Charlie talks with the co-founder and former CEO of iiNet, Michael Malone. A maths graduate with an early interest in the emerging internet, Michael calculated he needed to sign up 200 clients at $25 a month to allow himself access to the Net in 1993. Working out of his parent's garage in Padbury, he built up one of the largest ISPs in the country with over $1B in sales over the next 20 years, taking on industry giants and even Hollywood studios. One of WA's true tech success stories, Michael is now a non-executive director at Seven West Media and NBN Co, as well as an investor in several startups and tech businesses. "It's pretty special when you're sitting down with an 18-year-old (South African) kid, we were paying 6 times the average national income, youth unemployment was 50% at the time, and that 18-year-old kid can buy his Mum her first house." ~ Michael Malone. For more: https://iinet.net.au/customers/ and https://www.perth.net.au/ ~~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.

Danelle and Charlie talk with Cullum (Ash) Ashton, founder of BuilderzWA, and also Proptech Hub, the first and only home for WA proptechs in Perth. Ash has had a variety of jobs, from running pizza shops to organising town competitions, a stint in the army and then into selling new homes. He's the embodiment of the entrepreneur, always hustling, always creating, putting his infectious enthusiasm into all he does. “… So I put a sign out the front that's said ‘Toilet this way' so I'd have the people using the park, come into the display home and I'd give them stuff to give to their friends and family to move into the area, and then they'd come and chat with me!” ~ Cullum Ashton. For more: https://builderzwa.com.au/ and: https://builderzwa.com.au/proptech-hub-wa ~~ Startup West is recorded at Riff studios in beautiful downtown Perth, Western Australia; produced by Startup News, edited by Carmen Yee Kai Wen and brought to you thanks to support from the New Industries Fund, Spacecubed, Curtin University, RSM, the City of Perth and Dinner Twist. Startup West acknowledges the Whadjuk Nyoongar people, traditional owners of the lands and waters of Perth, where this podcast was recorded, and we pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging.