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18/02/2024

Craig Blair Shares Insights on Investing and Building a VC Fund

Episode Summary:In this enlightening episode of the podcast, co-hosts Cheryl Mack and Maxine Minter engage with venture capital veteran Craig Blair to unpack the intricacies of successful early-stage investing. From sage wisdom to navigating the ever-evolving VC landscape, this conversation is a trove of insights for aspiring and seasoned investors alike. Craig discusses his journey starting from an entrepreneurial venture in the Czech Republic to establishing AirTree Ventures, which has shaped the Australian investment scene. With a particular emphasis on strategic risk-taking and intuition in investment, the episode dissects the balance between data-driven decision-making and the human element in evaluating startups. Craig also shares his pivotal ‘big cajones’ moment—a personal story of bravery and recovery. About the Guest(s):Craig Blair is a seasoned venture capitalist with an entrepreneurial background and a track record of successful investments in the tech industry. With a career spanning over two decades, Craig has become a distinguished figure in the VC market since 2002. He co-founded AirTree Ventures, a leading Australian venture capital fund dedicated to investing in visionary technology entrepreneurs. With his expertise, Craig has developed a reputation for making strategic and often contrarian investment decisions that have significantly impacted the Australian ecosystem. His risk-taking prowess isn't limited to investments though; he's also known for engaging in adventurous activities such as ocean sailing. Key Takeaways:A founding partner of AirTree Ventures, Craig Blair emphasizes the importance of being contrarian in investment decisions.The discussion reveals the significance of developing investment theses and being prepared with better information about verticals or opportunities.Avoiding the herd mentality and challenging personal biases are vital for successful VC investments, underscoring the need for continuous learning.Craig shares a personal anecdote of tenacity, underlining the importance of dedication and resilience in the face of adversity.Discipline surrounding fund size and alignment with LPs helps maintain investment theses, ensuring the sustainability of both venture funds and startups. Notable Quotes:"If everyone in VC, for example, is going into something right now, I don't want to be there. I want to be somewhere outside that.""It's a humbling experience to see a company and be like, oh, it's not going to work for these reasons, or it hasn't worked in the past, and therefore it's not going to work again in the future, and then it really works in the future.""It's very dangerous if you start morphing your investment plan to suit your LPs.""You might not work before, but why would it work now?""I've done a lot of adventurous things. I do a lot in my previous...well, probably still do a lot of crazy stuff. I love risk." Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this episode of First Cheque possible:Scendar: Scendar is the OG startup accounting firm in Australia. Free 1-hour consultation about your Business' growth plans and finance needs. https://dayone.fm/scendar Turo: Turo is the world's largest carsharing marketplace and it's the perfect app for travel. Download the Turo app and book cars from $38/day Download the Turo app and book cars from $38/day. https://dayone.fm/turo Mentioned in this episode: FC Vanta Ad March 2025_02 FC Vanta Ad March 2025_02 November 2024 - Galah Cyber This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

18/02/2024

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51 min
30/11/2022

From Food Waste to Climate Solutions: Olympia Yarger and Goterra's Innovative Approach

Olympia Yarger is the CEO of Goterra, a Canberra-based company using an innovative approach to food waste management to help solve the climate change crisis. Using a combination of nature and automation, Goterra provides businesses with modular, autonomous insect farms which convert food waste into sustainable protein and fertiliser. In this episode, Olympia discusses how better food waste management can be part of the solution for climate change, some of the challenges she has faced as a female founder, and how she takes hope and inspiration from her strong relationships with her team members. Join Australia's largest community for Climate Tech founders at Climate Salad. ResourcesGoterra: https://goterra.com.au/ Olympia on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/olympiayarger This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

30/11/2022

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56 min
15/10/2024

Andrew Butt Discusses Enable's Global Growth and Rebate Management

Episode Summary:In this engaging episode of Fintech Fun, host Chris Titley sits down with Andrew Butt, co-founder and CEO of Enable, a leading B2B SaaS platform in the supply chain sector. Andrew shares his journey from the initial conceptualisation of Enable to becoming a globally recognised software solution, highlighting the company's unique approach to managing incentive agreements and rebates for retailers, distributors, and manufacturers. As Enable continues to expand its footprint in the Australian market, this episode delves into the company's history, growth, and future plans. Enable has created a new software category through innovative rebate management solutions, capturing significant global market share. Andrew discusses how the company bootstrapped its way to securing initial clients and subsequently raised series A through D funding from prestigious venture capital firms like Menlo Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, and Lightspeed. He explains the role of rebates in driving revenue and margin improvement within supply chains, emphasising the vast potential and ROI Enable provides to its clients. Andrew also touches on developing AI features to enhance the platform, ensuring Enable maintains its cutting-edge position in the industry. Key Takeaways:• Emergence of Rebate Management as a Software Category: Enable is pioneering a relatively new software category focused on managing incentives and rebates within supply chains, demonstrating a significant global demand. • Significant ROI for Clients: Enable’s platform offers substantial ROI for businesses by optimizing rebate agreements and uncovering previously untracked revenue. • Global Expansion and Funding: Enable has successfully expanded internationally, supported by significant investment rounds from top-tier venture capital firms. • AI Integration Plans: AI is a key focus for Enable, with plans to integrate it further into their platform to provide more substantial insights and optimization capabilities. Thanks to our sponsors for helping to make this episode of Fintechfun possible:Vanta: Join 7,000 global companies like Atlassian and Dovetail that use Vanta to build trust and prove security in real-time. Get 10% off Fintechfun is part of Day One.Day One helps founders and startup operators make better business decisions more often. To learn more, join our newsletter to be notified of new First Cheque episodes and upcoming shows. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

15/10/2024

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17 min
20/03/2022

Phil Morle explains the struggles that incubators often face

Phil Morle is a Partner at Main Sequence Ventures, a venture capital firm founded by the CSIRO which invests in early stage technology companies with science at their core. Prior to this role Phil co-founded and was CEO of Pollenizer, one of Australia’s earliest startup incubators. In his conversation with Adam, Phil discusses how the experiences in a previous career as a theatre director have helped him in the startup world, and why incubators like Pollenizer often struggle to find a sustainable business model. See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/phil-morle Mentioned in this episode: This episode is sponsored by NTP This episode is sponsored by NTP NTP is the technology recruitment company that values community and who are invested in seeing the growth of Australia's local tech community. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policyMentioned in this episode: Standard Ledger Standard Ledger is your all-in-one finance team for startups. From bookkeeping and payroll to R&D claims and fractional CFO support, they help founders stay on top of their numbers and make smarter decisions. Ready to scale? Book your free chat at https://dayone.fm/standard This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

20/03/2022

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45 min
10/05/2022

Leslie Delaforce highlights the unique challenges facing Indigenous founders

Leslie is the Indigenous Entrepreneurship Director at Minderoo Foundation, an Australian not-for-profit organisation seeking effective, scalable solutions to persistent problems. Leslie’s role at Minderoo is part of their Generation One initiative, with the goal of creating employment parity with and for Indigenous Australians. Leslie also founded DreamSpark, a tech, investment and Web 3.0 enterprise, and co-founded Covocate, a HR Tech platform that helps companies identify their best job candidates. In his conversation with Adam, Leslie discusses some of the unique challenges facing Indigenous founders, as well as what he sees as the role of government in the startup ecosystem. See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/leslie-delaforce Mentioned in this episode: This episode is sponsored by NTP This episode is sponsored by NTP NTP is the technology recruitment company that values community and who are invested in seeing the growth of Australia's local tech community. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policyMentioned in this episode: Standard Ledger Standard Ledger is your all-in-one finance team for startups. From bookkeeping and payroll to R&D claims and fractional CFO support, they help founders stay on top of their numbers and make smarter decisions. Ready to scale? Book your free chat at https://dayone.fm/standard This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

10/05/2022

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34 min
16/10/2022

Pauline Fetaui discusses the difference between the corporate and startup worlds

Pauline Fetaui is General Manager at River City Labs, a startup community hub in Brisbane, as well as founder of CheeHoo, a personal assistant app designed to help busy people get things done. Originally from a corporate background, Pauline joined the startup ecosystem when she joined the River City Labs team in 2019. In her conversation with guest host Will Tjo, Pauline discusses what she sees as the difference between the corporate and startup worlds, as well as the differences between the startup communities in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/pauline-fetaui Mentioned in this episode: Standard Ledger Standard Ledger is your all-in-one finance team for startups. From bookkeeping and payroll to R&D claims and fractional CFO support, they help founders stay on top of their numbers and make smarter decisions. Ready to scale? Book your free chat at https://dayone.fm/standard This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

16/10/2022

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43 min
19/04/2022

Anna Wright: why "fail fast" is the greatest advice

Anna Wright is the CEO and co-founder of BindiMaps, a smartphone app that helps anybody find their way around complicated indoor spaces such as shopping centres and hospitals. Their mission is to make every indoor space 100% accessible, with the early focus of the company on accessibility for people with vision impairment. In her conversation with Adam, Anna discusses how her rare retina condition brought the importance of accessibility for the vision impaired to the forefront of her awareness, and her belief that “fail fast” is great advice for founders. See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/anna-wright Mentioned in this episode: This episode is sponsored by NTP This episode is sponsored by NTP NTP is the technology recruitment company that values community and who are invested in seeing the growth of Australia's local tech community. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policyMentioned in this episode: Standard Ledger Standard Ledger is your all-in-one finance team for startups. From bookkeeping and payroll to R&D claims and fractional CFO support, they help founders stay on top of their numbers and make smarter decisions. Ready to scale? Book your free chat at https://dayone.fm/standard This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

19/04/2022

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21 min
11/09/2022

Don Wright believes the various startup ecosystems within Australia should work cooperatively

Don Wright is the Director of Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Western Sydney University, as well as co-founder of Western Sydney University Launch Pad, a business and innovation support program that provides facilities, assistance and resources for startups and high growth technology based businesses in Western Sydney. Don is also Senior Vice President of Western Sydney Business Connection, a resource hub for Western Sydney based businesses. In his conversation with guest host Will Tjo, Don discusses the growth of the startup ecosystem in Western Sydney over the last decade or so, as well as his belief that the various geographical startup ecosystems within Australia should work in cooperation, rather than competition, and focus on competing on a global stage. See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/don-wright Mentioned in this episode: This episode is sponsored by NTP This episode is sponsored by NTP NTP is the technology recruitment company that values community and who are invested in seeing the growth of Australia's local tech community. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policyMentioned in this episode: Standard Ledger Standard Ledger is your all-in-one finance team for startups. From bookkeeping and payroll to R&D claims and fractional CFO support, they help founders stay on top of their numbers and make smarter decisions. Ready to scale? Book your free chat at https://dayone.fm/standard This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

11/09/2022

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24 min
08/11/2022

Brad Parsons talks about the risk tolerances of different startup ecosystems

Brad Parsons is CEO and founder of Movus, a company that provides monitoring tools for industrial equipment with the mission of preserving the earth’s resources by improving the efficiency and life of industrial assets. At the time of recording Movius is active in 16 countries, and has ambitions for further growth. In his conversation with guest host Will Tjo, Brad discusses how he has seen an increased emphasis on funding for startups with a focus on environmental sustainability, as well as his belief that Australia’s startup ecosystem suffers from a greater degree of risk aversion than other nations. See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/brad-parsons Mentioned in this episode: Standard Ledger Standard Ledger is your all-in-one finance team for startups. From bookkeeping and payroll to R&D claims and fractional CFO support, they help founders stay on top of their numbers and make smarter decisions. Ready to scale? Book your free chat at https://dayone.fm/standard This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

08/11/2022

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25 min
22/05/2022

Alan Noble discusses the contrast between Silicon Valley and Australia in the 2000's

Alan Noble is the founder of AusOcean, a not-for-profit organisation with the mission of helping the world’s oceans through technology. Alan also worked for 11 years as the Engineering Director of Google Australia, during which time he oversaw the hiring of hundreds of engineers to Google Australia’s team and got to know many of the people working within Australia’s startup ecosystem. In his conversation with Adam, Alan discusses the contrast between Silicon Valley and Australia in the early 2000’s, and how the failure of Google’s service, Google Wave, played an important role in the growth of Australia’s startup ecosystem. See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/alan-noble Mentioned in this episode: This episode is sponsored by NTP This episode is sponsored by NTP NTP is the technology recruitment company that values community and who are invested in seeing the growth of Australia's local tech community. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policyMentioned in this episode: Standard Ledger Standard Ledger is your all-in-one finance team for startups. From bookkeeping and payroll to R&D claims and fractional CFO support, they help founders stay on top of their numbers and make smarter decisions. Ready to scale? Book your free chat at https://dayone.fm/standard This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/

22/05/2022

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37 min

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