Startup Must-Read

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Angus Hervey, Co-founder, Future Crunch

Fundraising Ted Talk

The Guardian and The Australian (Tim reckons the truth is somewhere in between)

Tim Power, CEO & Cofounder, Inquisitive

Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder

Brian Chesky, Airbnb

Mike Kleine, U.S. Consul General to Melbourne, U.S. Department of State

TechTalk - if you could do a TedTalk on anything what would it be on?

Why We Care About Our Children but Don't Give Them a Voice in Society

Clare O'Neil, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Technology and the Future of Work, Australian Labor Party

Startup Must-Read

The Twenty Minute VC, Notion Capital, Where Should We Begin with Esther Perel

Chris Hitchen, Founder & Managing Partner, Inventures

Fundraising Ted Talk

New York Times

Melissa Widner, CEO, Lighter Capital

App

Microsoft To Do

Daniel Darling, Founder & Managing Partner, Darling Ventures

Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder

Mike Cannon-Brookes

David Walsh, Founder & CEO, CIM

Best Leadership Book

Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger

Olympia Yarger, Founder & CEO, GoTerra

Startup Must-Read

• Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman
• How I Built This with Guy Raz

David Shein, Partner, Our Innovation Fund

App

Evernote

Tom Humphrey, Partner, Access Venture Partners

Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder

N/A

Sarah Nolet, Founder, Agthentic & Tenacious Ventures

TechTalk - if you could do a TedTalk on anything what would it be on?

The Need for New Antibiotics

Stephen Thompson, Partner, Brandon Capital Partners

Best Leadership Book

"Leonardo da Vinci" by Walter Isaacson

Vuki Vujasinovic, Founder & CEO, Sling & Stone

Fundraising Ted Talk

WSJ, The Information, Twitter

Sam Chandler, Founder & CEO, Nitro

App

Monday, Excel, Whatsapp

Leigh Jasper, Co-founder & CEO, Aconex

TechTalk - if you could do a TedTalk on anything what would it be on?

How to be a Rockstar CEO & Win: "You don't need to be a straightlaced suit CEO to still create a great company. Being different and innovating can help you win."

Fred Schebesta, Co-founder, Finder

Best Leadership Book

The complete works of Charles Dickens (in chronological order)

Dan Phillips, Executive Director, Macquarie Capital

App

Trello, Meditation apps like Calm and Headspace

Michael Pryor, Co-founder and current Head of Trello at Atlassian, Trello, Atlassian

Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder

Elon Musk

Nick Carter, Senior Vice President - Energy Technology & Solutions, Macquarie Group

TechTalk - if you could do a TedTalk on anything what would it be on?

Falling Into Fear

Sally-Ann Williams, CEO, Cicada Innovations

Best Leadership Book

I’m a fiction guy, the last one I read “Stalingrad” recently translated by Vasily Grossman. Before that was actually a non-fiction “Let my people so surfing” Yvon Chouinard, Patagonia. What a great story and a great individual!

Toby Norton-Smith, Managing Director , X15

Startup Must-Read

99% Invisible

Jodie Fox, Co-founder, Shoes of Prey

Fundraising Ted Talk

- New York Times
- Guardian
- Strictly VC
- Fortune's 'The Broadsheet'

Hannah Field, Principal , Tempus

Gadget

Katherine McConnell

Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder

Melanie Perkins, Canva

Rick Baker, Co-founder, Blackbird Ventures

App

Tandem: tool for remote teams
Notion: note-taking and collaboration application

Grant McCarthy, Andrea Kowalski & Wendell Keuneman, Managing and General Partners, Tidal Venture

Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder

Andrea Pasinetti, Founder of Teach for China

Lucy Liu, President and Co-founder, Airwallex

TechTalk - if you could do a TedTalk on anything what would it be on?

Maori community in NZ and their values, 'How not to series' and future of investment in NZ.

Dylan Lawrence, General Manager (Investment), New Zealand Trade & Enterprises (NZTE)

Startup Must-Read

My dad wrote a porno.

Cal Henderson, Co-founder & CTO, Slack

Fundraising Ted Talk

Sydney Morning Herald & CNN

Damien Mahoney, Co-founder & CEO, Stackla

App

Hey You

Darren Miller, CEO, ARENA