Lessons from how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Australia’s startup ecosystem.
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Best Leadership Book
The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova
Angus Hervey, Co-founder, Future Crunch
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Startup Must-Read
Conversations with Richard Fidler and The Mojo Sessions
Tim Power, CEO & Cofounder, Inquisitive
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Fundraising Ted Talk
AFR
Matt Allen, CEO, Tractor Ventures
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App
Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Headspace
Mike Kleine, U.S. Consul General to Melbourne, U.S. Department of State
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Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder
Didier Elzinga
Clare O'Neil, Shadow Minister for Innovation, Technology and the Future of Work, Australian Labor Party
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Best Leadership Book
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Evans, The Road to Character by David Brooks
Chris Hitchen, Founder & Managing Partner, Inventures
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Startup Must-Read
Squiz, Pivot, and Grammar Girl
Melissa Widner, CEO, Lighter Capital
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App
Slack
David Walsh, Founder & CEO, CIM
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TechTalk - if you could do a TedTalk on anything what would it be on?
Social Media's Impact on Popular Opinion
Olympia Yarger, Founder & CEO, GoTerra
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Best Leadership Book
• The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Bob Iger
• Control Your Destiny or Someone Else Will: How Jack Welch is Making General Electric the World's Most Competitive Company by Noel M. Tichy & Stratford Sherman
• The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers by Ben Horowitz
David Shein, Partner, Our Innovation Fund
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Startup Must-Read
Dan Carlin's Hardcore History
Kristo Käärmann, Co-founder & CEO, TransferWise
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App
Asana
TandemSarah Nolet, Founder, Agthentic & Tenacious Ventures
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Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder
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Stephen Thompson, Partner, Brandon Capital Partners
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TechTalk - if you could do a TedTalk on anything what would it be on?
The Value & Power of Skepticism
Vuki Vujasinovic, Founder & CEO, Sling & Stone
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Startup Must-Read
The Portal with host Eric Weinstein
Sam Chandler, Founder & CEO, Nitro
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Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder
Goes through phases of all different kinds of CEOs. Some current favourites: Jack Dorsey (Twitter), Tobias Lütke (Shopify)
Fred Schebesta, Co-founder, Finder
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TechTalk - if you could do a TedTalk on anything what would it be on?
36 Real-life Investor Stories
Dan Phillips, Executive Director, Macquarie Capital
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Best Leadership Book
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
Jeremy Liew, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
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Gadget
Oculus Quest
Michael Pryor, Co-founder and current Head of Trello at Atlassian, Trello, Atlassian
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App
Trello
Nem Watch
Nick Carter, Senior Vice President - Energy Technology & Solutions, Macquarie Group
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Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder
Alan Noble
Sally-Ann Williams, CEO, Cicada Innovations
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TechTalk - if you could do a TedTalk on anything what would it be on?
I would love to do it about surfing, the truth is it would be about unlocking corporates with potential. How in a new world and ways of working, we can find new ways of working with talented people in corporations and help them find a sense of purpose.
Toby Norton-Smith, Managing Director , X15
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Best Leadership Book
"The Hard Things About Hard Things" by Ben Horowitz
"Reboot: Probably More Than You Ever Wanted to Know about Starting a Global Business" by Jodie FoxJodie Fox, Co-founder, Shoes of Prey
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Startup Must-Read
The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish
Hannah Field, Principal , Tempus
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Fundraising Ted Talk
Katherine McConnell
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App
Seabreeze
Rick Baker, Co-founder, Blackbird Ventures
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Fundraising Ted Talk
Google News
Anil Sabharwal, Vice President, Chrome, Comms and Photos + Australia Site Lead, Google
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App
Keep, Nike, Evernote
Lucy Liu, President and Co-founder, Airwallex
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Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder
Shantanu Narayen, Adobe
Dylan Lawrence, General Manager (Investment), New Zealand Trade & Enterprises (NZTE)
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TechTalk - if you could do a TedTalk on anything what would it be on?
Need for Aus to embrace innovation
Paul Bassat, Co-Founder, Square Peg Capital
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Startup Must-Read
OTPBD & SEN breakfast podcast
Damien Mahoney, Co-founder & CEO, Stackla
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TechTalk - if you could do a TedTalk on anything what would it be on?
The Thucydides Trap
Unconscious bias & decision makingMatt Clunies-Ross & Tim Heasley