Open the Pod Bay Doors
Episodes
E30 - Vanessa Wilson, Storreduce
20 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Vanessa is the founder and CEO of Storreduce, an Australian deep-tech startup playing in the storage area. She moved the business to Silicon Valley a ...
E29 - Peter Nichol, Instaclustr
13 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I caught up with Peter Nichol, the CEO of Instaclustr in Las Vegas during AWS's re:Invent conference. Instaclustr is a Canberra-based software busines...
E28 - Jeremy Kwong-Law, Grok Ventures
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Kwong-Law manages Grok Ventures, which is Mike Cannon-Brookes's family office fund. Jeremy has a law degree from Sydney Uni, a stint at Macqu...
E27 - Michelle Perugini, Life Whisperer
29 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Michelle Perugini is an academic, entrepreneur, and an internationally renowned expert in health, medical research, advanced analytics, and cognit...
E26 - Partick Llewellyn, 99Designs
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Slight change in format this week. Ian is off in Hawaii cycling up a volcano, so has handed the microphone over to his Innovation Bay co-founder Phaed...
E25 - Katherine McConnell, Brighte
15 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Katherine is the founder and CEO of Brighte, a Sydney-based fintech startup. Its proposition is to lend to households looking to buy big-ticket items ...
E24 - Bill Bartee, Main Sequence Ventures
08 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Bill has had a long career in the startup and venture space. He was a co-founder at Blackbird Ventures (with Niki Scevak and Rick Baker). He has a hug...
E23 - Alister Coleman, Tempus Partners
01 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Al is one of the new generation of Aussie VCs. Tempus Partners was formed after his successful exit from ShippingEasy. He's now launched a $40m fund...
E22 - Alison Deans, Westpac, Cochlear, ex-Netus
25 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Alison brings some unique insights to the podcast this week. She's done just about everything from early stage startups to a stint as a VC and now as ...
E21 - Dan Cohen, Flare HR
18 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Cohen is an Australian serial entrepreneur. He successfully built and sold his first business Park Assist after a 10 year journey. In 2015 he co-f...
E20 - Luke Anear, SafetyCulture
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I know you shouldn't have favourite children, or, I suppose, favourite startup CEOs. But Luke is definitely one of my favourite CEOs. Luke's story, an...
E19 - Jason Georgatos, Partners for Growth
04 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jason is a prinipal at Partners for Growth (PFG), a specialty lending company from Silicon Valley with an active presence in Australia. When it comes ...
E18 - James MacGregor, Biteable
27 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We took the "studio" on the road with us to Hobart in Tasmania. Caught up James MacGregor, the founder and CEO of video animation startup Biteable. Ja...
E17 - Amanda Price, KPMG High Growth Ventures
20 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Price is the head of KPMG's High Growth Ventures team. Their aim is to help founders build successful startups by helping them with access to c...
E16 - Flavia Tata Nardini, Fleet
13 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Flavia is my favourite rocket scientist. Passionate, driven, intelligent and with unbelievable amounts of tenacity, it seems there is nothing that Fla...
E15 - Karen Lawson, Slingshot
06 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Karen is the CEO of corporate startup accelerator Slingshot. She has spent most of her career in various tech roles, most recently as CEO of News-owne...
E14 - Niki Scevak, Blackbird
30 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Niki Scevak is the founder of Australian accelerator program Startmate as well as a founding partner at VC Blackbird. He's been passionately involved ...
E13 - Nico Chu, Sinorbis
23 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nico Chu is a very accomplished senior executive from the global IT corporate ranks. He has held senior global roles with companies like Expedia and O...
E12 - Gen George, Tamme
16 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Gen is a remarkable young woman. Smart, driven, humble. She has demonstrated a remarkable ability in her short career so far to (ahem) "get shit done"...
E11 - Rob Loewenthal, Whooshkaa
09 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rob is the CEO and founder of podcasting platform Whooshkaa. An accountant by background, Rob was formerly the CEO at Macquarie Radio Network before h...
E10 - Jennifer Tejada, Pagerduty
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Tejada is the CEO of Pagerduty, a company that provides (I'm quoting from their web site) - "full-stack visibility and actionable insights fo...
E09 - VC Panel with Paul Bassat (Squarepeg), Craig Blair (Airtree) and Kara Frederick (Reinventure)
26 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We held an Innovation Bay event in Melbourne recently where we hosted Partners from three of the country's best VCs (Airtree, Reinventure and Squarepe...
E08 - Terry Gold - Techstars Adelaide
19 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Gold is the Managing Directors of Techstars in Adelaide. I don't think he would mind being described as a "veteran" of this industry, having fou...
David Thodey - Jobs NSW
14 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On Thursday 13 July 2017, Jobs NSW announced the creation of the "Sydney Startup Hub", a new, 17,000 sq m space dedicated to housing, and nurturing, m...
Paul Bennetts - Spaceship
12 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Slightly different episode format this week. This was recorded at an Innovation Bay event in Sydney, so we had the fun of recording at a live event in...
E05 Ed Husic MP
05 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Based in Western Sydney, Ed Husic was elected to the House of Representatives as the Federal Member for Chifley in 2010. Currently in his third term, ...
E04 Paul McCarney - Data Republic
28 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Over the course of Paul's career he has built and sold four previous companies and has then become an active consultant and non-executive director of ...
E03 Elaine Stead - Blue Sky Ventures
21 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Elaine is Head of Venture Capital at Blue Sky and is responsible for the management of the Blue Sky venture capital fund and portfolio. Established in...
E02 Andrea Boyd - European Space Agency/International Space Station
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The sharp-eyed amongst my listeners will have noted the reference to "2001 - A Space Odyssey" in the title of this podcast. Whilst certainly no HAL 90...
E01 Daniel Petre - Airtree Ventures
08 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel is one of the most successful Venture Capitalists in Australia. He is a founder of Airtree Ventures, a technology-focused venture capital comp...