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Joining us, is a former guest, Malcom Turnbull. As most people know him, Malcolm Turnbull was the former Prime Minister of Australia and had an extensive career across law, journalism and has written a number of books.

What not as many people know, is that he was one of the early investors of technology companies in Australia and had a large role to play with the development of the startup ecosystem in Australia, with his innovation policy during his time in politics.

We chatted to him about his involvement in the tech industry and his current views on a number of issues in tech concerning social media, Australia’s attitude to risk and more.



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About us

We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech leaders, by asking the vulnerable questions that no one else does. Guests have included former Prime Ministers, unicorn tech founders and the world’s top investors.

Join us for these interviews and get a real behind the scenes look into 25 year old best friends building the company of their dreams.

This week we sat down with the founder of Hustle Fund, Elizabeth Yin.

Hustle Fund is one of the most well known pre-seed brands in the US and has over $100 million of assets under management.

In a former life, Elizabeth was an entrepreneur, worked at google and was a partner at 500 startups. We chatted to her about all her career learnings and how she has built such a strong VC brand. 

This week we were joined by one of the most insightful and storied technology leaders Wesley Chan. Wesley started his career as chief of staff to Larry Page and Sergey Brin the Google co-founders. In this role he founded Google Analytics, Google Voice and Google Ventures. Wesley then went on to become the managing director at Felicis ventures before co-founding FPV ventures. We dived into Wesleys learnings at Google, his early life, why he is motivated by acceptance and the characteristics of a great investor.

FPV ventures: https://fpvventures.com/

This episode is also sponsored by Recess a great Aussie startup providing furniture for your home and office. They’ve fitted out thousands of Aussies including the offices of Eucalyptus, Lyka and Afterwork. Mention our name for a cheeky discount. Check them out: https://recess.com.au/

We talked with Nicole Quinn, a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, one of the leading VC firms in the US with over $20 billion of AUM.

She focuses on early stage consumer internet companies and has invested in breakout startups like Calm and Cameo. Before this she was the head of US consumer research sales at Morgan Stanley.

We chatted about her early life, the influence of her mentor Jeremy Liew (who lead Snapchat's first investment), how she wins in consumer investing and what to look for in great consumer companies.

This week we were delighted to be joined the legendary Abheek Anand partner at Peak XV (formerly Sequoia). We dived into how Abheek manufacturers luck, founding a company that was acquired by Facebook and becoming a great investor at Sequoia. We also spent some time talking about the future of VC in SEA.

Peak XV: https://www.peakxv.com/

This episode is supported by our friends at Employment Hero. Make sure you search Global Teams by Employment Hero. You can get your first months management fee free! All you need to do is go onto the employment hero website and click on the “request a demo” button on the website, and mention Sachin & Adam. You can find more at https://employmenthero.com/products/e...

This episode is also sponsored by Recess a great Aussie startup providing furniture for your home and office. They’ve fitted out thousands of Aussies including the offices of Eucalyptus, Lyka and Afterwork. Use the code SACHINANDADAM for 20% off your next order. Check them out: https://recess.com.au/

This week we talked with Ben Thompson, who is the founder of unicorn startup Employment Hero.

Ben is the first repeat guest on The Sachin and Adam Show and is said by many to be one of the great tech CEO's in Australia.

We chatted with Ben about how he has navigated growing his company during the difficult macro environment, some of the new products he's releasing and how he thinks about business strategy.

We are also very lucky to have Employment Hero support us as a sponsor of the podcast. Make sure you search Global Teams by Employment Hero. You can get your first months management fee free! All you need to do is go onto the Employment Hero website and click on the “request a demo” button on the website, and mention Sachin & Adam. You can find more at https://employmenthero.com/products/employer-of-record/

This episode is also sponsored by Recess a great Aussie startup providing furniture for your home and office. They’ve fitted out thousands of Aussies including the offices of Eucalyptus, Lyka and Afterwork. Use the code SACHINANDADAM for 20% off your next order. Check them out: https://recess.com.au/