Jaime Bott is a partner at Sequoia Capital, managing the Talent Advisory function. She leads a talent team of 14 who help Sequoia’s portfolio companies hire amazing talent, assemble a recruiting function, and build a board. Since Jaime started at Sequoia about 10 years ago, talent has become an essential function for…
Continue ReadingWelcome to episode two of the OTPBD News Special. It’s a fortnightly podcast looking at the stories behind the headlines of the news that matters for the Australian and Kiwi startup ecosystem. Meet this weeks panel: VC: Paul Naphtali, Rampersand Founder: Rob Loewenthal, Whooshkaa Ecosystem: Yolanda Redrup, AFR Topics we…
Continue ReadingToday we speak with Michael Pryor, co-founder and current Head of Trello at Atlassian. Trello was acquired by Atlassian in 2017 for $425M and stands as Atlassian’s largest-ever acquisition. Trello is one of many products developed by Fog Creek Software, a company Michael co-founded with Joel Spolsky back in 2000….
Continue ReadingNick Carter is one of Australia’s leading energy experts; he is currently Senior Vice President of Energy Tech and Solutions at Macquarie in Australia. He joined Macquarie from Tesla, where he was in charge of APAC business development for the Tesla energy software suite. Nick has a long career in…
Continue ReadingWelcome to our first OTPBD News Special. It’s a fortnightly podcast looking at the stories behind the headlines of the news that matters for the Australian and Kiwi startup ecosystem. Meet this weeks panel: VC: Alister Coleman, Tempus Partners Founder: Emma Lo Russo, Digivizer Ecosystem: Fleur Brown, TechSydney, Launch Group…
Continue ReadingIn this episode, Phaedon chats with Luke Anear, founder and CEO of SafetyCulture. Luke founded SafetyCulture in his garage in Townsville back in 2004 and has scaled the company globally, attracting thousands of customers from a wide range of industries and completing millions of inspections with SafetyCulture’s iAuditor app. The…
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