🔥The 9th Round of Easy Loan, Earn $40 Reward is in progress❗️ ⏰ Promotion Period: January 15th - Feburary 15th, 2025 👉 Register now and check more details at gate.io/campaigns/358

Over the past few weeks, I’ve enjoyed sharing some lessons I’ve learned about building tech companies. Hopefully some of my mistakes and lessons learned can be instructive for other startup founders and business builders. Thanks to everyone who’s engaged so far, I’ve enjoyed the

Great overview of the Payapps story… How this reluctant CEO sold his company for $600m afr.com/wealth/people/…

These founders with nothing to lose are coming back for a second act afr.com/technology/the…

It’s the question on every sales leader’s mind: will AI agents replace sales reps? I think AI agents represent the biggest disruption to sales tools since the invention of the CRM - which was 20 years ago. I believe sales reps who use AI agents and tools as part of their

How do founders release control as their company grows? First thing I’ll say is - it’s bloody hard. In response to my ‘Ask me anything’ Bruce Taylor asked “As your business grows larger, how do you learn to release control and trust others to do what is needed?" I’ve built two

I’m often asked by founders - how do I compete in a crowded space? But sometimes, it’s useful to think more narrowly about the space you’re ‘competing’ in. How do you segment your customers so you’re selling into a segment that you can serve better than anyone else? For

Thanks Sarah Grace Worboys for the great work you do across our venture portfolio and managing our investments at Saniel Ventures. Yolanda Redrup Meet the women controlling the wealth of Australia’s richest families afr.com/wealth/investi…

Founders need to be comfortable allowing their team to make mistakes. Crucially - it’s a founder’s job to help their team understand which of these mistakes are critical and need to be fixed. And most important of all - it’s the founder’s job to help their team understand how

Almost every single founder I know has the tendency to hang on for too long. I’m guilty of this - I hung onto things I should have let go of much sooner. These days, I make the decision simple - If it’s not something I can do better than anyone else in the business, then I

In the very beginning, founders often think their job is strategy, fundraising, or hiring. But none of that matters if you don’t have product-market fit (PMF). Before you have PMF, I think founders’ focus should almost singularly be on the intersection of product and sales. On

Decades ago, I took a massive risk leaving McKinsey to start Aconex. Backing myself was not easy. I realised there will never be an ideal time to have a go. It's undeniable that Australia needs to do more to support founders to get over that initial fear of stepping into the

Let’s be real - AI will replace some sales roles. But I think a fundamental part of sales will still be done best by a human. Being able to use AI effectively will be essential for sales organisations. Using AI and data can help businesses identify their ideal customer persona,

Australia has a deep bench of experienced VC investors. But one thing that’s missing from most VC partnerships is investors who’ve been founders themselves. Professional investors have lot to offer startups, but people who have been founders themselves bring something unique -

I grew up in country Victoria, where the people around me (i.e. farmers) were always taking risks. Farming is unpredictable, so you have to take risks, day in and day out. If I hadn’t had this experience, I wonder if I would have had the risk tolerance to leave my corporate job

It’s a tax on innovation. It’s a tax on creating the jobs of the future. - My comments on the proposed super tax on unrealised gains. afr.com/wealth/superan…

It’s a tax on innovation. It’s a tax on creating the jobs of the future. The super tax on unrealised gains is a disaster for venture capital funds in Australia, and will significantly reduce future capital raised to support the startups building our future. SecondQuarter

The super tax on innovation, stupidly taxing unrealised gains, is not just a problem for SMSFs, it’s a compliance headache for all super funds. Meaning less funds for venture. afr.com/technology/how…

Perfectly explained. The super tax on unrealised gains is a terrible tax on innovation in Australia. afr.com/policy/tax-and…

This announcement has been a few years in the making… After many months of work, we're excited to finally introduce Glitch Capital. Glitch is a first of its kind in Australia: a VC fund for founders by founders. Across our GPs and LP network, we have more than 15 unicorn