The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal

[Replay] Anil Sabharwal: Multicultural roots to leading THREE of Google's nine BILLION active user products!

29 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a replay of our very popular episode with Anil Sabharwal (one of his only public interviews to date!). Anil is Vice President of Product Manag...

#151 Sam Sicilia (Rare Public Interview): Humble roots, theorotical physics, Chief Investment Officer for $100B+ retirement fund, Hostplus!

20 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Sam Sicilia in a very rare public interview appearance. Sam is the Chief Investment Officer for the multi-billion dollar superannuatio...

#150 Simon Holmes à Court (First Ever In-Depth Public Interview): Life influences, tech, energy, politics, climate 200 and the "trim tab"

06 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate this milestone episode 150, we're joined by Simon Holmes à Court in a very rare public interview appearance, and we believe his first ab...

#149 Roundtable musings w Barnaby Marshall + Vignesh Kumar: Demistifying the fast growing NZ tech ecosystem w Icehouse Ventures and GD1

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Barnaby Marshall, Partner at Icehouse Ventures and Vignesh Kumar, Co-Managing Partner at GD1 in this special "round table musings" dem...

#148 Martijn Wilder (First Ever In-Depth Public Interview): Book publishing family to building Pollination & the $15B National Reconstruction Fund

05 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Martijn Wilder is the Founder & CEO of Pollination, a global climate change advisory and investment firm. He is also the chair of the $15B National Re...

#147 Sarah Hamilton: Entreprenurial upbringing to building Bella Box + how she's now an investor and advisor to leading companies!

31 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah Hamilton is the co-founder of Bellabox, Asia Pacific’s market leading beauty box that she co-founded with her twin sister, and raised investme...

#146 Toby Hall: Early influences in the UK and South Africa to becoming a highly regarded healthcare and not for profit executive leader

22 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Toby Hall is an experienced not-for-profit and healthcare executive, having most recently served for 8 years as CEO of  St Vincent’s Health Austral...

#145 Beezer Clarkson: The untold story to becoming partner at Sapphire and unpacking the behind the scenes of global Venture Capital

09 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Beezer Clarkson leads Sapphire Partners‘ investments in venture capital funds in the USA and internationally -- and is widely recognised as one of t...

#144 Piruze Sabuncu: Stripe's first hire in South East Asia, turkish influences, partner at SquarePeg!

21 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Piruze Sabuncu is a Partner at the Venture Capital firm Squarepeg. She was born in Turkey and currently lives in Singapore. Piruze built and scaled th...

#143 Aneetha De Silva: From Singapore to bridging worlds, relatable journey in law, infrastructure and people leadership

04 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Aneetha De Silva is the managing director, government for Aurecon’s Australia and New Zealand business is a leading public infrastructure expert. Sh...

#142 Carol Schwartz (Rare Public Interview): 3 siblings, victorious female advocacy, creating an institution of ideas, innovation and scholarship!

31 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Carol is recognised as one of most dynamic business and community leaders with a diverse career across property, the arts, finance, investment, entrep...

#141 Leigh Jasper: Service stations to Silicon Valley, unpacking the $1.6B success of Aconex, chairing Second Quarter Ventures & LaunchVic

27 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Leigh Jasper is a leading entrepreneur, investor and business executive. Leigh previously co-founded Aconex, the world’s most widely used cloud coll...

#140 Ben Grabiner: UK upbringing, selling startup to Apple, building Side Stage Ventures and more

20 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Ben Grabiner is a Partner at Side Stage Ventures, a newly formed Venture Capital firm in Australia. Previously he co-founded Platoon which was acquire...

#139: (First ever public interview) w the combined $400B+ Telstra Super and Australian Super - powering your retirement growth through Venture Capital ft Amy Waite and Sheetal Cicutto

15 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this very special and rare episode, we're joined by Amy Waite and Sheetal Cicutto, the private equity managers for two of Australia’s premier sup...

#138 Tom Humphrey: 3 siblings, scaling a successful startup with his sister to becoming partner at Blackbird & the economics of happiness!

04 Aug 2023

Contributed by Lukas

 Tom Humphrey is an Investor with Blackbird Ventures, a globally top ranked venture capital fund supercharging the most ambitious founders. Prior to ...

#137 Michael Traill: Humble upbringings to co-founding Macquarie Capital's Private Equity arm, spotting talent & jumping ship to social impact!

20 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Traill was the founding CEO of Social Ventures Australia from 2002 -14. Prior to this role, Michael spent 15 years as a Co-Founder and Executi...

Investment Memo: How Eugene is helping you take control of your health ft Co-Founders Zoe Milgrom & Kunal Kalro

12 Jul 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Founded in 2017 by Zoe Milgrom and Kunal Kalro, Eugene offers medical-grade genetic testing and counselling services to people anywhere at any time. W...

#135 James Alcorn: Inside the AI revolution with one of the world’s leading investors focused in this space since 2015, Zetta Venture Partners!

27 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

James Alcorn is a partner at Zetta Venture Partners, one of the world's leading AI focused VC investors, serving technical founders building AI-native...

#134 Kim Randle: Human rights lawyer to accelerating the world's transition to sustainable supply Chains, guest hosted by Jax Vullinghs

20 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

This is a special episode and the 2nd in our "guest host" series. This time, with Jax Vullinghs from Airtree Ventures interviewing Kim Randle, Co-Foun...

#133 Bec Milgrom (Rare Public Interview): Regenerative Farming, Self Discovery, Exactly how Tripple is using capital to create a better future!

13 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Bec is Executive Director at Tripple, a 100% Impact private investment company that works across all asset classes and incorporates both investing and...

#132 Osher Günsberg: Doctor parents, Realities of hosting The Bachelor + Australian Idol, How network TV operates & manufacturing serendipity!

04 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Osher Gunsberg is one of the most recognisable media personalities. He first came to attention as the face of Australian Idol and the voice of Austral...

#131 Michael Kim: Korean, Japanese & American upbringing + unpacking how Cendana Capital invests in VC funds around the world!

23 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Kim is the Founder and Managing Partner of Cendana Capital, a globally renowned "fund of funds", aka the investors behind Venture Capital fund...

#130 Paul Bassat: Family grounding, Realities of creating success at Seek + Square Peg Capital, Building a legacy & Australia's future!

16 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Paul Bassat is the Co-Founder of the Venture Capital firm, Square Peg with operations in Australia, Singapore and Israel. Previously, he co-founded th...

#129 Sam Wong: Soundblasters, Mixed Heritage, Blackbird's first hire to building the NZ fund + Finding alpha outcomes in non-obvious companies

09 May 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sam Wong is a General Partner at Blackbird Ventures, who exist to supercharge Australia's and New Zealand's most ambitious founders. She was the first...

#128 Peter Huynh: Vietnamese connection, Mindfulness, Seeding the Aus + South East Asia startup ecosystems, State of Health Care and AI

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Huynh is the Chief Strategy Officer at Harrison AI, and previously spent over a decade as a VC investor in Asia, UK and Australia with Singtel a...

#127 Michael Stocks: Sydney to New York, Harvard MBA, Early Linktree hire, Demystifying operations in a high growth startup!

18 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Stocks is Head of Strategy & Operations at "FL0", previously he joined the global success story Linktree as one of their earliest hires, scali...

#126 Dan Fitzgerald: Rugby union, living zen, re-imagining the world from the atom up w ReGen Ventures + his daughter Frankie's inspiration

11 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Fitzgerald is the Managing Partner at ReGen Ventures, has been investing in climate-tech for over 10 years across early-stage, growth and real ass...

#125 Eytan Lenko (Rare Public Interview): Leading "Boundless" to make Australia a renewable energy superpower with Mike Cannon-Brookes (Co-Founder of Atlassian)

04 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Eytan Lenko is CEO at Boundless, on a mission to make Australia a renewable energy superpower by 2030, backed by Atlassian Co-founder, Mike Cannon Bro...

Investment Memo: How "Sumday" is enabling every business to measure their carbon impact

28 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Featuring two of the co-founders, Jess Richmond & Lindsay Ellis, building from Tasmania for the world! Welcome to installment #23 of the Investment M...

#123 David Shein: Influences of South Africa + Australia, founding a billion $ company with young family & unpacking investing in the best at OIF

21 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode #123 w David Shein, learn about:David’s memories of growing up in South Africa during a divided time for the country, the influences...

#122 Sheel Mohnot: Living on $1 a day to learn his customers, Becoming one of the best seed FinTech investors, Metaverse weddings & more!

07 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode #122 w Sheel Mohnot, learn about:02:15  - Where were you born and live now?02:30 - What was your first job and now?03:20  - High Fly...

#121 Mayuresh Patole: Breaking news! Announcing Squarepeg's investment in Chronicle, helping unleash your inner storyteller, guest hosted by James Tynan

21 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Global tech investor Squarepeg announces investment in Chronicle. Hear from James Tynan and Mayuresh Patole! In this special episode #121, learn abou...

#120 Tim Doyle + Alex Badran: Provocations & Round tables with the founders of Healthcare Tech startup, Eucalyptus and Pocket Money App, Spriggy

16 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

New series! In this episode #120 w Alex Badran and Tim Doyle,  learn about:02:36 - Alex and Tim’s memories of meeting each other03:30 - Opportunity...

#119 Wyatt Roy (Rare Public Interview): How he became the youngest EVER national govt minister + creating the national science & innovation agenda

07 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode #119 w Wyatt Roy, learn about:Sunrise in regional Queensland and working on the family strawberry farmInfluence of high school teacher...

#118 Anil Sabharwal (Rare Public Interview): Indian, Canadian & Aussie connection + Building THREE of Google's nine Billion user products!

31 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this epsiode #118 w Anil Sabharwal learn about:Sunrise in Canada with Indian rootsReflections on his early influences and leaving home at age 17Hig...

Investment memo: How Startmate & Airtree are building the next gen of angel investors, explorers vs first believers + a special announcement!

24 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Ben Simai, the program led for Startmate’s first believers and Jess Walker, the program lead for Airtree’s explorers in their firs...

Investment memo: ":Different", The power duo's quest from holiday idea to re-thinking property mgmt using learnings as early hire at Uber & more!

17 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

We're joined by Co-Founders and Co-Ceo’s of Different, Mina Radhakrishnan and Ruwin Perera in their first joint appearance on a podcast for this epi...

#115 The hungry not the proven, LIVE at the Sunrise festival ft. Niki Scevak, Blackbird VC & Vince Allen, SunDrive

08 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In this special (live) episode #115 w Niki Scevak and Vince Allen, learn about:Source of Niki’s ambitionVince’s first meeting with NikiDynamic of ...

#114 Marcus Thompson: Rising up to Major General in the Australian Army, Suprises about deployment in Afghanistan & Iraq + setting up the Information Warfare division

13 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

 Last week, we learnt this show ranked in the top 10% most shared podcasts by Spotify globally for 2022, all thanks to you!In this final episode of t...

#113 Daniel Petre: Insecurities, reporting to Bill Gates, founding Airtree VC, realities of philantrophy

08 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode #113 w Daniel Petre, learn about:sunrise in  Sydney and immigrant parents from Romania being sent to Australia after World war 2refle...

Investment memo: "Smileyscope", VR & AR therapeutics focused on managing pain and anxiety for kids and adults

22 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we're joined by with Dr Evelyn Chan, the co-founder and CEO of Smileyscope, a leading technology company bringing virtual and augmented reality...

Laura Henshaw: Parents seperation early, importance of financial independence, building the multi-faceted KIC business, social media following & more!

15 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode #111 w Laura Henshaw, learn about:sunrise in Melbourne, Australia w 2 younger sisters and the effects of seeing her parents seperate w...

Will Richardson: Mixed race family, making career & life changes, real founding story of Giant Leap & abundance mindset!

02 Nov 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode #110 w Will Richardson, learn about:sunrise in Melbourne, Australia with an asian mum and white Australian dadwhat it means to be of m...

Terence Jeyaretnam: Sri Lanka civil war & refugee status, building one of the first B corps in Australia & acquisition by EY; solving climate change, diversity & inclusion

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode #109 w Terence Jeyaretnam, learn about:sunrise in Sri Lanka with dad, a veterinary doctor and mum a teachermemories of seeing Sri Lank...

#108 Rowan Simpson (Rare Public Interview): NZ lifestyle, high flyer teachers, scaling success stories in Trade Me + Xero from early days, investing, ambition & more

12 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode #108 w Rowan Simpson, learn about:sunrise in NZ with fond memories of his high school teachers, the real high flyers in societydeep lo...

Stew Glynn: Early years in Zimbabwe, Big transition from corporate to family office + meeting Steve Baxter, inside how Ten13 invests in emerging markets of Africa + Columbia

09 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode #107 w Stew Glynn, learn about:Sunrise in Harare, Zimbabwe with political and economic instabilityFun Fact: the peak inflation in Zimb...

Investment memo: "COVIU", the all-in-one virtual care engagement platform for better care + creating the video caption function for YouTube!

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Today, we're joined by with Silvia Pfeiffer, the co-founder and CEO of COVIU, the all in one virtual care engagement platform for better healthcare.  ...

#105 Simon Cant: Balancing creative and academic side, Co-founding Reinventure at age 45 and why it's never too late to start + being early investors in Coinbase & Immutable!

28 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode #105 w Simon Cant, learn about:Sunrise in Sydney when it didn’t have the big city nature it does todayInfluences of Mum (sociology l...

Michael Overell: Nuclear family sunrise, learnings building startup for 8 yrs, growth @ Lyft + ClassDojo & more!

20 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode #104 w Michael Overell, learn about:Sunrise in Brisbane, Australia with 3 younger sistersInfluences of Mum, an English teacher and Dad...

Jeanette Cheah: Global upbringing and asian heritage + inside how they're bringing fun innovation education for the next gen at HEX!

07 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode #103 w Jeanette Cheah, learn about:Her global upbringing, born in Hawaii and then Japan before settling down in MelbourneChinese and M...

Investment memo: "CoLab", announcing the merger of restaurant ready meals and 1500+ gourmet pantry products!

02 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Explore your curiosity with Elle and Tash from the newly formed business Co-Lab which brings together restaurant made ready meals and a selection over...

Rachel Yang: Youngest of 3 sisters, career changing work w indigenous community & inside building Giant Leap, first 100% impact VC in Aus!

29 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode #101 w Rachel Yang, learn about:Sunrise in Melbourne being the youngest of 3 sisters, being raised by her mum and securing a scholarsh...

Natasha Interviews Vidit about the origin story, interview process unknowns, 99 learnings, fav guest stories & a suprise!

22 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode #100, Natasha Ong (marketing associate) interviews Vidit Agarwal (Founder & Host)!We cover: Learnings from first job working at a res...

Michael Tolo: Rich italian heritage, transtition from law to finance & VC, Investing in deep tech founders and creating net new categories of entrepreneurship!

17 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Michael is Principal at Blackbird VC and helps uncover & invest in founders and innovation in Synthetic biology, Embedded commerce, Compute, Healthcar...

Daniel Madhavan: Multicultural family upbringing, specifics on how he became acting CEO by buiding bridges over boats, What is impact investing & falling down stairs!

15 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on I...

#97 Lauren Capelin: QLD connection & defining success; merging business, creativity, community w impact, networldling over networking and more!

02 Aug 2022

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Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on I...

Dalton Henshaw: Sunrise in Melbourne w sporting dreams turning into creating a major men's lifestyle publisher & now leading 40+ ppl at age 29 @ Bullfrog

31 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on I...

#95 Blackbird's Creative Director Joel Connolly: Early influences of Darwin + Copacabana, inside the transition from music and creative to venture capital

19 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on I...

Jackie Vullinghs: Mum's early influence, unknowns about Milkrun, great consumer investing & Airtree VC's second generation

13 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on I...

Kelly Godfrey: Growing up with 3 brothers in the UK, How she reached marketing director and country GM at global tech unicorns, ancestry.com and StockX!

12 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on I...

Investment memo: What is really going on in the economy, inside the current state of markets

06 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Explore your curiosity with Elise Kennedy, who leads the Australian equity research team covering tech and internet stocks at the investment bank, Jar...

Investment memo: "Teenager Therapy", how 5 high schoolers created the largest teen mental health podcast in the world!

04 Jul 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Explore your curiosity with Gael Aitor, one of 5 hosts of the largest teen mental health podcast in the world called Teenager Therap, based in the US....

Dom Pym: Life experiences, people & learnings that've led to building Up, Australia's most loved bank!

28 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on I...

Investment memo: "Earlywork", the community centred startup with 3k+ members

20 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Explore your curiosity about the community centred startup Dan & his co-founders are building in Earlywork, that’s scaled from 0 to 3000 members.I’...

James Tynan: Energy management post auto immune illnesses, scaling Khan Academy to the world's biggest EdTech, Venture capital unknowns & climate tech thesis

14 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show! Follow us on I...

Investment memo: "ChefPrep", The culinary marketplace, building the Amazon for food

13 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Explore your curiosity about the exciting culinary marketplace they’re building, positioned as the amazon for food.You’ll learn about the journeys...

Kate Cornick (Rare Public Interview): Grandma's influence, studying engineering accidentally to building a career across Academia, Business & Govt

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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Part 3 of #3 series: Unpack DAO Under, how web3 is bringing a new spin to community across Asia Pacific w Abhi Maran + Ange Ching

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This 3 part series is brought to you by Minke, wave hello to better savings. Explore your curiosity w Abhi Maran & Angela Ching, about the ABC’s of...

Alan Jones: Dreamer parents, birth of the internet + being 2nd employee for Yahoo, founder coaching advice & scaling M8 ventures

30 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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Part 2 of #3 series: Inside the future of decentralised finance w Josh Reyes, co-founder @ Minke

26 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This 3 part series is brought to you by Minke, wave hello to better savings. Explore your curiosity w Josh Reyes, co-founder of Minke, the future of ...

Part 1 of #3 series: Inside NFTs, how cute pics took over the world w String Nguyen, co-founder @ Chubbiverse

24 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

This 3 part series is brought to you by Minke, wave hello to better savings. Explore your curiosity w String Nguyen, the co-founder of Chubbiverse, a...

Investment memo: "Athletic Ventures", how elite professional athletes unlock value as investors

18 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Explore your curiosity w Christie Jenkins + Josh Thomas about bout professional athlete transitions into the business world and how Christie, Josh and...

#80 Bill Bartee (Rare Public Interview): Growing up around NASA to Co-Founding Southern Cross, Blackbird & Main Sequence Ventures

16 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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Investment memo: "Journalist at the Financial Review", how news operates

12 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Explore your curiosity w Yolanda Redrup about media, journalism and how news operates in startups, technology and capital markets. Please enjoy! ***...

Matt Allen: Sydney's western suburbs upbringing, how revenue based financing works, 3 use cases & differences vs VC + hall of fame investors!

09 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

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Rachael Neumann: Being a social chameleon growing up in New York, medicine morphing into business, building the live event online ticketing biz in Australia, investing in the next tech startup

04 May 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the s...

Curiosity: Inside Character + Distinction & Protagonist Capital - Creating connection for your biz & investing in protagonists w Kate Dinon

28 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Explore your curiosity w Kate Dinon about PR, communications and investment to scale startups.Learn about how Kate had her break into PR & Communicati...

Ed McManus: Behind the scenes of childhood in Ireland to PHD qualified biochemist, leading Deliveroo in Aus, amateur bee keeper, structured exec education & being generalist

25 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the s...

Investment memo: "Letter of Intent", How anonymity created a newsletter growth engine read by thousands daily!

19 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hear from Kal Jamshidi, founder of Letter of Intent -- the daily Australian business activity newsletter read by 6k subscribers. This conversation wil...

Adrian Petersen: Deep seeded professional athlete ambitions in Tennis & Cycling to co-founding AfterWork Ventures, and how they're doing things a little different

11 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Learn about drive and determination at a young age with a deep desire to be a professional athlete, to then having his startup shut down and making hi...

Mac Conwell: Loosing his dad and being homeless to creating Rare Breed Ventures through 1100 Twitter meetings, unpacking how he learnt Venture Capital + startups in Africa & Pakistan

04 Apr 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Learn about power of self belief, dreaming big, dealing with the lowest of lows and coming out stronger with a level headed perspective on work and li...

Michelle Wade: From small town to growing trade, investment & education between Australia and India, Italy, Malaysia & Spain + Managing the $45M covid relief fund

31 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Learn about the the Diplomacy & International Relations Industry, What it means to adjust to new cultures every few years, Providing value to stand ou...

Curiosity: Inside startups 360 - Scaling stripe from 8 to 30 people in 12 mths, mentoring early stage founders + angel investing w Tom Richardson, Head of Startups @ Stripe

25 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hear from Tom Richardson, Head of Startups & SMB for APAC + Japan @ Stripe. We take you inisde: the exciting world of startups and specifically the 3 ...

$69 Jaddan Comerford: Inspired by dad and starting music record label at age 17 to $20M Unified Music Group today, how monetisation and artist model works & unpacking spotify

21 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode #69 w Jaddan Comerford! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:How his parents inspired him t...

Investment memo: "The Mintable", the empowerment platform where the best people managers come to succeed; built for managers by managers.

17 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hear from Lauren Humphrey, co-founder of The Mintable about how they are building the empowerment platform where the best people managers come to succ...

#67 Blackbird's Niki Scevak: Zero to one, Courageous ambition, Dandelions and Orchids + secrets to be supremely well read

14 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode #67 w Niki Scevak! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:How accessing his first internet mo...

Investment memo: "Nutromics", future of continuous health monitoring prevent deaths & chronic disease

09 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hear from Peter Vranes & Hitesh Mehta, co-founders of Nutromics about how they are building the future of health monitoring to prevent chronic disease...

Prisca Ongonga-Daehn: Global experiences in Africa, Asia, Australia to founding Baresop, reducing single plastic waste via sustainable products better for humans + planet

08 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode #65 with Prisca Ongonga-Daehn! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:How growing up in Kenya...

Investment memo: "Vexev", the next generation of intelligent patient monitoring

28 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hear from John Carroll, co-founder at Vexev: Imaging, reimagined in the fight against vascular disease and welcome to episode 3 of this new segment ta...

Hunter Johnson: 27 detentions and 6 injuries by age 21 to how he built the national charity teaching emotional intelligence to teenage boys, Man Cave + working w Prince Harry

22 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode #63 with Hunter Johnson! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:How rebelling against family ...

Investment memo: "Mainak Dhar", the process behind publishing 26 books (many becoming best sellers)

18 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hear from Mainak Dhar, Best selling author and leader of India & South Asia at Kimberly Clark; and welcome to episode 2 of Curiosity Center.Please enj...

Steve Solomon: Unpacking the journey, mindset and habits to becoming 2x Olympic athlete + critical painful learning from missing 2016 olympics by 4/100th of a second!

13 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to episode #61 with Steve Solomon! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:Steve's advice to parents with...

Josh Ismin: Journey from New York to Sydney, creating a new last name, unpacking angel investing, why he's building Psylo: psychedelic-inspired medicine to treat mental illness

08 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Please do consider supporting the show with a rating and review on your Apple Podcasts or Spotify app so we can continue to have brilliant guests join...

Investment memo: "Arrive & Thrive", the social enterprise supporting 12,000 students in 53 schools to achieve career goals

03 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Hear from Tyson Day, co-founder of Arrive & Thrive and welcome to episode 1 of Curiosity Center.Arrive & Thrive is a career education social enterpris...

Michelle Hu: Drive to suceed from immigrant parents, banking analyst turned beauty startup founder with operations in Melbourne and recently New York & social media marketing tricks!

31 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Inspiring and raw conversation with Michelle Hu, founder of founder of Etoile Collective, online beauty accessories store with operations in Melbourne...

Michael Batko: Feeling lost in 2018 unsure of himself to becoming CEO of Australia's largest startup accelerator: startmate, habits and rhytms to increase his 'surface area for luck to strike', and influences from polish heritage

24 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Knowledge packed episode with the one and only Michael Batko! Batko was born in Vienna, Austria to polish parents and had quite a humble sunrise. His...

Ed Cowan: Inside the journey of playing professional cricket for Australia, 1% habits of best athletes, successful transitions out of sport, founding tripod coffee & the cake recipe!

18 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

You only need to google Ed Cowan to find out about his accomplishments on the sporting field, transitioning to becoming an investor at TDM Growth Part...

Michael Fox: Countryside sunrise, optimise for rate of learning in career, closing fashion biz, now building meat free movement + worrying stats about our diets!

10 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The brilliant and inspiring Michael Fox  and I chat about his sunrise in broken hill NSW with dad being a mining engineer and mum a part time account...

Introducing Curiosity Center: Specific episodes w founders & leaders in every industry, showcasing what they do, why and how to help you thrive at work and achieve your potential!

05 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Introducing Curiosity Center!Listen in to find out:Show highlights of 2021Why, How and where for Curiosity Center Subscribe to the curiosity center n...

Crossover Special: Vidit joins Chloe Temple on the Leadership Confidence series - "What I'm learning from 50+ episodes re-imagining the traditional high flyer"

15 Dec 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Thanks to Chloe Temple for inviting the host of this show, Vidit Agarwal on the Leadership Confidence series!*****Points covered/ timestamps:02:10 - c...