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2022 — A Year in Review

2022 in Review + 2023 Goals — 2021, 2020, 2019 , 2018, 2017 in Review here. Status Quo 🏡 Location — Live in Australia, Melbourne (Sydney from next week) 👩‍❤️‍👨 Girlfriend/🆕 Fiance — Gabby (8Y anniversary in July 2022), lawyer @ Square Peg 🧳 Work — Startmate the Community for Startup Ambition ✈️ Travel — 5 weeks in Europe…

Year In Review

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2022 — A Year in Review
2022 — A Year in Review
Year In Review

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Startmate 10 Year Masterplan

Happy Birthday, Startmate! 10 years ago, Niki Scevak and 25 first believers launched Startmate in a coffee shop in Surry Hills with not much more than a ‘strayan name, skin in the game and conviction that Aussies have a shot on the global stage they can claim. In the first…

Startmate

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Startmate 10 Year Masterplan
Startmate 10 Year Masterplan
Startmate

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MBReads

·Apr 25

Book Summary —Project Hail Mary

You can find all my book summaries — here. — 1 paragraph summary: Looooved this book, it started off super fun with lots of action. Took a completely unexpected turn and held the tension really well by going back and forth between the past and the present. On top of a bit of science, a fair bit of action, I…

Project Hail Mary

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Book Summary —Project Hail Mary
Book Summary —Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary

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·Apr 25

Book Summary — Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs And Their Radically Rational Blueprint For Success

You can find all my book summaries — here. 1 paragraph summary: Personally not the biggest fan of the book. Very dry read, but one key concept that I enjoyed — the idea of the CEO as an investor. You really only need to know three things to evaluate a…

Outsiders Ceo Blueprint

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Book Summary — Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs And Their Radically Rational Blueprint For…
Book Summary — Outsiders: Eight Unconventional CEOs And Their Radically Rational Blueprint For…
Outsiders Ceo Blueprint

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·Mar 27

Insights from 15 Interviews on ‘How do you CEO?’

A learning journey of how startup CEOs work. — What a journey this has been! Nine months of 15 quality conversations coming to an end. I hope you enjoyed and learned as much as I have along the way. A big kudos to all the CEOs + links to their interviews 👏🙇‍♀️ Benjamin @ Dovetail Thomas @ Forage Kate…

How Do You Ceo

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How Do You Ceo

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·Mar 23

How do you CEO? / Kim Teo @ Mr Yum

A learning journey of how startup CEOs work. — #16 Kim Teo / CEO @ Mr Yum How do you CEO? I just wing it. I’m trying to figure out what my own role is. Mr Yum is 4 years old. It changes every 6 months, and each is so different to the previous 6 months. As the company changes, the role of the CEO evolves. I try to figure out…

Kim Teo

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How do you CEO? / Kim Teo @ Mr Yum
How do you CEO? / Kim Teo @ Mr Yum
Kim Teo

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·Mar 20

How do you Deputy-CEO? / Nicole Kuepper-Russell @ 5B

A learning journey of how startup CEOs work. — #15 Nicole Kuepper-Russell / Deputy-CEO @ 5B How do you Deputy-CEO? Chris (CEO) and I have known each other for 17 years and worked together for 2.5 years. We have enormously complementary skills. Chris generates and advocates a really long-term vision of product and expertise in delivering technology on commercial solar projects. He’s an inventor, a tinkerer…

Nicole Kuepper Russell

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Nicole Kuepper Russell

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·Mar 15

How do you CCO? / Zoë Milgrom @ Eugene

A learning journey of how startup CEOs work. — #14 Zoë Milgrom / CCO @ Eugene How do you CCO? I co-founded Eugene in 2017 with Kunal, but didn’t have a title at the time. I have no legal, accounting, or “traditional” business background whilst Kunal is a serial entrepreneur. …

Zoe Milgrom

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How do you CCO? / Zoë Milgrom @ Eugene
How do you CCO? / Zoë Milgrom @ Eugene
Zoe Milgrom

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·Mar 14

How do you CEO? / Lauren Humphrey @ Mintable

A learning journey of how startup CEOs work. — #13 Lauren Humphrey / CEO @ The Mintable How do you CEO? For me, CEO has been a shape-shifting title. Every month my cofounder and I write out and prioritize the jobs to be done in order for the business to succeed. We ask: What can I best do with my skills? And Mel with hers? What can the team handle best? …

Lauren Humphrey

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How do you CEO? / Lauren Humphrey @ Mintable
How do you CEO? / Lauren Humphrey @ Mintable
Lauren Humphrey

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·Mar 9

How do you CEO? / Michael Batko @ Startmate

A learning journey of how startup CEOs work. — #12 Michael Batko / CEO @ Startmate How do you CEO? I keep reminding myself about my own job description as a CEO and pull out of the day-to-day as much as I can. Set a vision and strategy. Get the money to execute. Hire the team to execute. Hold the team accountable. Evangelise the vision. The job keeps changing as…

Michael Batko

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How do you CEO? / Michael Batko @ Startmate
How do you CEO? / Michael Batko @ Startmate
Michael Batko

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