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WFLS Podcast Talent Army Media
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5.0 • 4 Ratings
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The We F*@kin Love Startups podcast comes from the best Recruiters in the Startup ecosystem in Talent Army. Listen to Troy Hammond, our founder, talk to people from the startup ecosystem in New Zealand and beyond, and tell their stories of how they got into the industry.
Hear more of the lives that led them there. Now they are in the industry, they break down what they are doing and how they are doing it.
And a lot of laughs along the way.
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Our commercial model is to make you wealthy
In this episode we chat with Leighton Roberts the Co-CEO & Co-Founder of Sharesies.
It’s the second WFLS episode on Sharesies and we explore the growth story of how Sharesies has become the success story it is today.
This podcast explores the highs and lows of the Sharesies story coming about partly from Leighton’s school friends investment club.
Follow Leighton - http://linkedin.com/in/leightonroberts
Follow Sharesies - https://www.linkedin.com/company/sharesies
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It's not "Survive to '25, it's Drive to '25"
Bron Thomson founded Springload in 2002 and grew it to one of Aotearoa's most successful and longest-standing independently-owned digital agencies.
Springload is a bi-cultural lead, purpose lead digital agency and Bron is one of the nicest and most admired founders in Wellington.
Troy and Bron talk about the highs and lows of service businesses and teaches us how to navigate the highs and lows of business.
Follow Bron:
linkedin.com/in/bron-thomson
Follow Springload: https://www.linkedin.com/company/springload-te-pipitanga/
Thank you to our sponsor:
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"How I built New Zealand's most successful payroll company!"
Asantha Wijeyeratne QSM provides us with our most emotional and uplifting episode to date.
From founding Smart Payroll, the most successful SMB payroll company in NZ above a bakery in Lower Hutt.
To then selling it to Datacom and now re-upping and founding Paysauce to now be the best in the world.
In 2013 he was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for his duty to NZ business and community.
We talked with Asantha to learn how he has decided he could not retire and is now building a product that is bigger than ever.
Follow Asantha - linkedin.com/in/asanthawijeyeratne
Follow Paysauce - https://www.paysauce.com/
Thank you to our sponsor:
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New Zealand. You too can change the WORLD! 🌏
Mahesh Muralidhar has done it all.
From helping to take Canva globally as employee number 25, to launching PhaseOne Ventures in New Zealand and even running for Auckland Central in politics.
We talk with Mahesh to learn how he has been helping founders to take on the world from NZ and listen to his sage advice from being so early at Canva and now sharing this with his home in NZ.
Follow Mahesh - linkedin.com/in/maheshmuralidhar
Follow PhaseOne - https://www.phaseone.ventures/
Thank you to our sponsor:
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It takes a village to create 417 startups worth $1.3 B
Creative HQ recently released their 20 years of Impact report where they provide insights on the 1029 founders they’ve worked with.
We wanted to share the learnings of this highly impactful organisation who has helped create $1.3B in total valuation for the startup industry.
Catherine Jones is the highly talented CEO of Creative HQ and we discuss the opportunity of wealth that the startup ecosystem has for us all. For the founders, investors and more importantly for the NZ Government and us tax payers.
Watch how some 1029 founders have provided Creative HQ with the compounding knowledge over 20 years to help you on your journey today!
Follow Catherine: http://linkedin.com/in/catherine-jones-431213b
Follow Creative HQ: https://www.linkedin.com/company/creative-hq/
Thank you to our sponsor:
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Let me teach you the Dark Arts of building a SaaS business globally.
Too many Kiwi startups spend so much time getting things right in the New Zealand market before heading overseas.
We need to go global from day one!
Hear how Tim Boyle took Whip Around to the US immediately and found product market fit in the United States before they had even picked up a kit customer.
Our host Troy Hammond talks with Tim who has recently joined HealthNow as their Chief Marketing Officer to help simplify employee benefits For modern companies. We ask him what he has learned from his first startup, what he failed, and what changes he will make this time around.
Follow Tim - linkedin.com/in/timothyjboyle
Follow HealthNow - https://healthnow.co.nz/
Thank you to our sponsors
Talent Army - https://www.talent.army/
Talent Army is NZ's premier startup recruitment company
Oxygen Advisors - https://www.oxygenadvisors.co.nz/For 8 years, Oxygen Advisors has stood behindover 100 New Zealand innovators
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