Six Four

Bradley Scott

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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.

17/11/2022

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 min
23/09/2022

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 min
04/05/2022

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 min
21/03/2022

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 min
10/02/2022

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 min
22/11/2021

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 min
07/11/2021

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 min
26/10/2021

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 min

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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.

Creator

Bradley Scott
Years Active

2021 - 2022
Episodes

13
Rating

Clean
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Six Four

Six Four

Xero’s cloud migration - Realities of the undertaking

Xero’s cloud migration - The need for speed

Vend: The compromises we made

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

Growing families and growing Vend

Pushpay founders, CEOs and Product management

Pushpay on building product and engineering teams

Pushpay and hypergrowth

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Six Four

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Xero’s cloud migration - Realities of the undertaking

Xero’s cloud migration - The need for speed

Vend: The compromises we made

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

Growing families and growing Vend

Pushpay founders, CEOs and Product management

Pushpay on building product and engineering teams

Pushpay and hypergrowth

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