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“I was the geeky gamer kid who failed subjects in school and nobody wanted to be friends with. I was the kid who got picked last in basketball.” --- Fong Wai Hong In this podcast episode, Wai Hong shares how he suffered from computer gaming addiction that caused him to fail five subjects in university. Wai Hong then talks about how he became an accidental entrepreneur. He shares some of the challenges faced while scaling Storehub (his latest venture) rapidly, and the importance of culture and values in an organisation.  Fong Wai Hong is Chieftain and co-founder at StoreHub, an omnichannel operating system for over 12,000 retailers and restaurants across South East Asia. Wai Hong grew up in Malaysia, spent 4 years in Singapore as an ASEAN Scholar and lived 10 years in Melbourne. Immediately after completing his BA at the University of Melbourne, Wai Hong co-founded and was managing director for 5 years at OZHut, a multi-niche online retailer. Wai Hong was also named Australia's Best Young Entrepreneur in 2011 by StartupSmart and amongst Melbourne's top 100 most influential people by The Age Newspaper that same year. Wai Hong has since spent 1.5 years living in Shanghai where he studied Mandarin and eventually returned to Malaysia in 2013 where he founded StoreHub.    If you enjoy the podcast, do leave us feedback on Apple Podcasts/ iTunes! It will help us understand our listeners better and help convince high profile guests to join us on the show. Follow our host, Derek Toh: Instagram: instagram.com/derektohc Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/derektoh

Stephanie Palmer-Derrien is the Startup Editor at StartupSmart.  Take a peak into the PR side of the Start Up world. Magnify You is hosted by Monica Rosenfeld, founder of Wordstorm PR, and produced by Piccolo Podcasts. Leave feedback or get in touch here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monica-rosenfeld/ Facebook@Monica Rosenfeld Magnify You Facebook @WordStorm Public Relations www.wordstormpr.com.au www.monicarosenfeld.com Twitter @WordStormPR https://www.instagram.com/wordstormpr/ Monica Rosenfeld Sizzle Reel Producer: Andrew Menczel http://piccolopodcasts.com.au/

In episode 23 of The Startup Playbook Podcast, I interview Adrian Stone, one of Australia's most active Angel Investors. Adrian is one of the most well known and respected angel investors in the Australian startup ecosystem. After a successful career at IBM, Adrian became a serial entrepreneur who had multiple exits across the USA, Australia and NZ. Adrian is the founder and CEO of AngelCube, Melbourne's first venture accelerator, which provides seed funding and mentoring for technology start­ups. AngelCube's mission is to invest in and graduate 40 technology start­ups over the next 4 years. They also recently won StartupSmart magazine's “Best Start­up Investor” award. Adrian is also the Co-founder of Investors Org, which helps high net worth individuals invest in technology startups. In the interview Adrian shares, what he looks for in founders when deciding to invest, the opportunities for Australian startups and the importance of understanding finance and metrics. Show notes: How to structure a good investor updated - Nathan Sampimon Inspire9 General Assembly Investors Org Jonathan Teo TopACar Beepi Why hiring employees starts with a beer and a bbq Adrian Stone (Twitter) Office Hours with Adrian Stone Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound. A special thank you to General Assembly Melbourne for hosting the event and First Press Coffee for the delicious Espresso Martinis! Click here to listen on iTunes Click here to listen on Stitcher       The post Ep023 – Adrian Stone (Angel Investor) on assessing opportunities appeared first on Startup Playbook.

For the season finale of Starting Change, we’re joined by a telco giant, a cosmetics brand and a B-corporation. What could they possibly have in common? Social purpose. In this episode, we find out why social purpose is as critical as a viable business model for startups today. Join Optus chairman Paul O’Sullivan, Lush Australia and New Zealand brand manager Natasha Ritz and Spark Strategy managing director George Liacos as we help you discover your greater purpose. Produced and hosted by StartupSmart journalist Dinushi Dias.

With more than 90% of consumers around the world willing to choose brands associated with having a positive impact, the opportunity for social entrepreneurs is at an unprecedented high. But how do you create a business model that works? How do you turn profit into real-world impact? How do you get people to back your idea, your product and brand? In this episode of Starting Change, we look at Thankyou Group as a case study, and its founder Daniel Flynn helps us answer these questions. Produced and hosted by StartupSmart journalist Dinushi Dias.

Crowdfunding is a multibillion-dollar industry that’s changing the game for social entrepreneurs and the charity sector. In this episode of the Starting Change podcast, we sit down with the creators of some of the biggest and most exciting crowdfunding platforms to come out of Australia. Rick Chen co-founded Pozible, a platform that is used in more than 100 countries around the world, and has one of the highest success rates of any crowdfunding platform on the market. Produced and hosted by StartupSmart journalist Dinushi Dias.

In the age of digital disruption, savvy social change-makers are collaborating with the tech world to create revolutionary solutions. There are now apps to help you find brands that perform well on labour rights, connect with stories of traditional owners and even save children from sex trafficking. So what does it take to build a life-changing app? In this episode, we speak with technology expert Mike Ebinum to uncover the process of creating great tech solutions. Ebinum’s startup Seed Digital specialises in app and web development. Produced and hosted by StartupSmart journalist Dinushi Dias.

Kaitlin and Aaron Tait run accelerator programs in developing communities around the world. By fostering entrepreneurs in Australia, Bangladesh, Kenya and South Africa, YGAP's Spark International has improved the lives of more than 150,000 people living in poverty by helping founders on the ground launch ventures to drive change in areas like education and health. The former development workers are shifting social change from the realm of charities to the business of startups. Produced and hosted by StartupSmart journalist Dinushi Dias

Want to make a difference but don’t know where to start? In this episode of #StartingChange, we sit down with Australian impact accelerator, consultancy and investment group One10 to uncover what it takes to turn big ideas into reality. One10 CEO Veronica Munro discusses the importance of having purpose as a business, why all social ventures should think like startups and the growing interest in impact investing. You’ll also hear from an Australian-first company working with One10 to raise $6 million. Produced and hosted by StartupSmart journalist Dinushi Dias

Adam Franklin is the Amazon #1 best selling co-author of Web Marketing That Works. - He is also the host of a top rating iTunes podcast, is an international social media speaker and the marketing manager of Bluewire Media – the web marketing firm he co-founded in 2005. - Adam’s Bluewire Media blog is currently Australia’s #1 business blog and has been named in the top 20 blogs for the last 5 years. - He has also written for The Australian, Sydney Morning Herald, Smart Company and StartupSmart and dozens of widely read blogs. He has been interviewed on 2UE, 4BC and ABC radio, as well on many popular podcasts. - Adam co-created the free Web Strategy Planning Template which has been seen by hundreds of thousands of marketers worldwide, and his weekly 'Bluewire News' email goes out to over 20,000 readers.

New York's Makerspace cofounder Anil Dash discusses the critical need for tech creators and users to develop an online world that prevents abuse. Read the full story at [goo.gl/iUbYcn] | Produced by StartupSmart journalist Dinushi For support call Lifeline: 13 11 14 How to talk about suicide: goo.gl/hxcUWs

FutureCrunch founder & Random Hacks of Kindness Australia Manager Dr Angus Hervey discusses how change-makers and technologists are working together to give hackers a new face. Read the full story at goo.gl/CttzGk | Produced by StartupSmart journalist Dinushi

David:    Why is digital marketing so gray to most people? What are the best marketing tips for entrepreneurs? What are the current new technologies that SMEs should pay attention to? Those are just three of the questions that I intend to ask my special guest today Sharon Latour. Sharon, welcome to DMR. Sharon:    Thank you David. Thanks for having me. David:    Thanks for joining me. Sharon is CEO of a full service marketing agency called Marketing Bee, specializing in small business marketing. According to StartupSmart, she was one of the top 25 hottest entrepreneurs to watch in 2013. Sharon, what are the biggest marketing challenges that small businesses are facing at the moment? Sharon:    That's a great question David. From my perspective, the biggest gap that I can see at the moment in small businesses executing marketing very well and more specifically digital marketing is that there's a big gap between what they do online and the actual business vision and business strategy. What I mean by that is, they would go out and seek out a web developer or someone to work with, but there's a big lack of connection between the actual business vision and what it is that they're actually working on. I see a lot of people planning their social media presence or even their digital presence, so their website or digital branding, that kind of thing, with no reference at all to what it is that they're actually planning to achieve within zero to three months, three to six months, and six to twelve months of their business. I kind of see it as that being the biggest issue at the moment. The second biggest problem to me would be that we, unfortunately, in the last five years, we've seen a bit of a rise in a very under-regulated industry. It's very easy nowadays for someone to go do a course for half a day or a couple of hours a week and to become a digital marketer without actually having strong commercial knowledge. Small business with itsy-bitsy pieces of cash are going out there and seeking out the wrong professionals to execute their presence and their strategy. That's kind of the two main things that I see as a big gap in terms of how small business can benefit from the digital industry in general at the moment.