Best Leadership Book

The Biggest Bluff by Maria Konnikova

Angus Hervey, Co-founder, Future Crunch

Startup Must-Read

Conversations with Richard Fidler and The Mojo Sessions

Tim Power, CEO & Cofounder, Inquisitive

Fundraising Ted Talk

AFR

Matt Allen, CEO, Tractor Ventures

App

Zoom, Microsoft Teams and Headspace

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

Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder

Didier Elzinga

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

Best Leadership Book

Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Evans, The Road to Character by David Brooks

Chris Hitchen, Founder & Managing Partner, Inventures

Startup Must-Read

Squiz, Pivot, and Grammar Girl

Melissa Widner, CEO, Lighter Capital

App

Slack

David Walsh, Founder & CEO, CIM

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

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

Startup Must-Read

Dan Carlin's Hardcore History

Kristo Käärmann, Co-founder & CEO, TransferWise

App

Asana
Tandem

Sarah Nolet, Founder, Agthentic & Tenacious Ventures

Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder

N/A

Stephen Thompson, Partner, Brandon Capital Partners

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

Startup Must-Read

The Portal with host Eric Weinstein

Sam Chandler, Founder & CEO, Nitro

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

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

Best Leadership Book

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini

Jeremy Liew, Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners

Gadget

Oculus Quest

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

App

Trello
Nem Watch

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

Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder

Alan Noble

Sally-Ann Williams, CEO, Cicada Innovations

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

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 Fox

Jodie Fox, Co-founder, Shoes of Prey

Startup Must-Read

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish

Hannah Field, Principal , Tempus

Fundraising Ted Talk

Katherine McConnell

App

Seabreeze

Rick Baker, Co-founder, Blackbird Ventures

Fundraising Ted Talk

Google News

Anil Sabharwal, Vice President, Chrome, Comms and Photos + Australia Site Lead, Google

App

Keep, Nike, Evernote

Lucy Liu, President and Co-founder, Airwallex

Favourite Tech CEO / FOunder

Shantanu Narayen, Adobe

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

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

Startup Must-Read

OTPBD & SEN breakfast podcast

Damien Mahoney, Co-founder & CEO, Stackla

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

The Thucydides Trap
Unconscious bias & decision making

Matt Clunies-Ross & Tim Heasley