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All the info and knowledge you need to start up from expert founders & investors
Angel Voices: Angelique Mentis
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Angelique Mentis, founder of thatsmyspot.com.au and angel investor, shares how she transitioned from a career in corporate finance law to startups, her passion for smart cities and advice for prospective angel investors.
Angel Voices: Andrew Sypkes
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Andrew Sypkes, one of Australia’s most active family office technology investors, discusses why and how he started angel investing, the key determinants of startup success and his take on secondaries in the Australian VC ecosystem.
Startup Reading List: #OTPBD 100th Episode Edition
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By far the best part of running our podcast Open the Pod Bay Doors is learning more about the journeys and mindsets of our ecosystem’s most talented founders and investors. Another perk? An endless supply of recommendations of what to read and listen to from the quickfire rounds! At the end of each episode, our hosts Ian and Phaedon ask our guests to share their favourite book, podcast, productivity tool and more.
People Investing: An Angel Investing Perspective
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Amanda has 20 years of experience managing businesses in Financial Markets and Private Banking. She has held senior roles at Commonwealth Bank, National Australia Bank, and ANZ. Now, Amanda leverages her extensive experience as Executive Director to One Alpha Technologies, Advisor to the CEO of Patterson Cheney Group, and Chair of two Not For Profit boards.
7 Aussie Podcasts All About Startups
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The Australian startup ecosystem is home to some great podcasts about tech, entrepreneurship, and venture capital. Whether you’re a big podcast person or only dabble, we recommend giving some of these pods a listen for advice, information, and inspiration. In no particular order, these are seven of our favourite Aussie startup podcasts.
Diversity & Inclusion Toolkit
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A living collection of apps, tools, groups, and resources aimed at helping the Aussie startup ecosystem grow into a more diverse and inclusive community.
Pitch Deck Pointers Part 10: The Ask Slide
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The finish line is in sight: we‘ve reached the last slide in our Pitch Deck Pointers series. At Innovation Bay, our mission is to help startup founders along their journey, and we hope that this series has proved a useful fundraising resource. Thanks to our many friends in venture capital who contributed their expertise to Pitch Deck Pointers.
Pitch Deck Pointers Part 9: The Team Slide
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The pitch deck is an essential tool for startup founders trying to fundraise. We created Pitch Deck Pointers to take the guesswork out of the pitch deck. We brought in those who know pitch decks best — investors — and asked them to analyse each slide of the pitch deck.
Pitch Deck Pointers Part 8: The Traction Slide
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At Innovation Bay, we’ve seen thousands of pitch decks. We’ve hosted hundreds of pitch events and always work with founders to hone their deck before presenting to investors. These experiences sparked the creation of the Pitch Deck Pointers series. We wanted to reach founders outside of our events and help them perfect their pitches.
Pitch Deck Pointers Part 7: The Business Model Slide
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Hopefully, you’ve been following along with our series: Pitch Deck Pointers. It’s our newest resource aimed at achieving the Innovation Bay mission of supporting founders along their journey from idea to IPO. We tapped our VC friends to help us pull together a guide to composing an investor-friendly pitch deck.
Pitch Deck Pointers Part 6: The Competition Slide
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The pitch deck is an essential fundraising tool for startup founders trying to raise capital. That’s why the Innovation Bay Team is partnering with top Aussie VCs on the Pitch Deck Pointers series, a slide-by-slide analysis of what investors want to see in a pitch deck.
Pitch Deck Pointers Part 5: The Unfair Advantage Slide
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At Innovation Bay, we’re all about helping startup founders on their journey. The Pitch Deck Pointers series is aimed at assisting founders to craft their perfect pitch deck. With a hand from some of our friends in the Australian venture capital world, we’re covering the basics of the pitch deck, slide by slide.