Six Four

Bradley Scott

A podcast that tells stories of successes, failures and learnings from Kiwi tech organisations. Each episode guests tell a story of an important part of a Kiwi tech organisation’s journey. An account of that history told from their perspective.

  1. Xero’s cloud migration - Realities of the undertaking

    2022/11/17

    Xero’s cloud migration - Realities of the undertaking

    In 2014 Xero was experiencing exponential customer growth. But they were about to hit a wall. Unless they did something drastic, and soon, they would be unable to continue to scale their platform to handle new customers.  This episode tells of what happened when the team realised the complexity of the migration they were undertaking and how they pulled the project back onto the tracks

    24分
  2. Xero’s cloud migration - The need for speed

    2022/09/23

    Xero’s cloud migration - The need for speed

    In 2014 Xero was experiencing exponential customer growth. But they were about to hit a wall. Unless they did something drastic, and soon, they would be unable to continue to scale their platform to handle new customers.  This episode tells the story of probably the largest cloud migration undertaken by a SaaS company in NZ.

    23分
  3. Vend: The compromises we made

    2022/05/04

    Vend: The compromises we made

    Startups are an exercise in compromise due to scarce time and money. This episode talks about some of the tradeoffs that Vend made on its way to acquisition Vend started off in 2010 and by 2013 they were bringing awesome sauce and chuck taylors to the tech scene in Auckland. Vend sprang back into the collective tech community attentions last year by being acquired for 350M USD by Lightspeed.  The Stables vs Volatiles article Nick mentioned in this episode is available here: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/stables-and-volatiles/

    22分
  4. Vend on what it’s like to break up a family

    2022/03/21

    Vend on what it’s like to break up a family

    When you have built your culture on family what happens when you have to break it up? Vend started off in 2010 and by 2013 they were bringing awesome sauce and chuck taylors to the tech scene in Auckland. Vend sprang back into the collective tech community attentions last year by being acquired for 350M USD by Lightspeed.

    38分
  5. Growing families and growing Vend

    2022/02/10

    Growing families and growing Vend

    This episode is a story of growing the Vend family. Vend started off in 2010 and by 2013 they were bringing awesome sauce and chuck taylors to the tech scene in Auckland. Vend sprang back into the collective tech community attentions last year by being acquired for 350M USD by Lightspeed.

    24分
  6. Pushpay founders, CEOs and Product management

    2021/11/22

    Pushpay founders, CEOs and Product management

    Pushpay emerged quickly to become a fixture of the NZ tech. Valuation at over $2B and with revenues >$250M Pushpay is still growing steadily after hypergrowth periods during 2014 and 2015. This episode talks about the influence of founders, CEOs and the discipline of product management.

    27分
  7. Pushpay on building product and engineering teams

    2021/11/07

    Pushpay on building product and engineering teams

    Pushpay emerged quickly to become a fixture of the NZ tech. Valuation at over $2B and with revenues >$250M Pushpay is still growing steadily after hypergrowth periods during 2014 and 2015. This episode discusses attracting and growing talented product and engineering teams.

    24分
  8. Pushpay and hypergrowth

    2021/10/26

    Pushpay and hypergrowth

    Pushpay emerged quickly to become a fixture of the NZ tech. Valuation at over $2B and with revenues >$250M Pushpay is still growing steadily after hypergrowth periods during 2014 and 2015. This episode outlines near death experiences and discusses how to navigate extreme growth

    31分
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番組について

A podcast that tells stories of successes, failures and learnings from Kiwi tech organisations. Each episode guests tell a story of an important part of a Kiwi tech organisation’s journey. An account of that history told from their perspective.

情報

  • クリエイター
    Bradley Scott
  • 配信期間
    21年 - 22年
  • エピソード
    13
  • 制限指定
    不適切な内容を含まない
  • Copyright
    © Bradley Scott
  • 番組のWebサイト
    Six Four