Season 2 Episode 6: Meggie Palmer – PepTalkHer  

For the final episode of 37 Degrees Latitude Season 2, Meggie Palmer is on a mission: fixing the gender pay gap by empowering women with the technology they need to fight for the pay they deserve. A journalist by background, Meggie came upon the idea for PepTalkHer when she experienced her own inequality at work. 

Meggie realized women aren’t taught the skills to negotiate and position for a promotion. Living by the wise words, “leap and the net will appear,” Meggie moved to the United States and started working on her idea: a platform to help women track their success and understand the value they bring to their company.  

U.S. Consul General Mike Kleine hosts Meggie to discuss her U.S. success story, the importance of getting comfortable having uncomfortable conversations about money, and moving the needle on a global issue. 

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In this podcast, U.S. Consul General to Melbourne Michael Kleine meets the Australian founders and entrepreneurs who cut a path between 37˚ N & S and found capital, partners, markets, and success in the United States. 

Mike Kleine is a career diplomat for the U.S. Department of State Officer who is currently the U.S. Consul General to Melbourne. As a former founder turned diplomat, he has a deep-seated interest in entrepreneurship, a fascination with innovation, and a passion for the U.S-Australia relationship.

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Season 2 Episode 5: Anthony Goldbloom – Kaggle

Anthony Goldbloom is bringing together the world’s best data scientists to solve incredibly challenging problems with data and AI.  For Anthony, being an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley was never on the radar, but an uninspiring job with the government, some free hours each evening, and a love of programming was all he needed to start a big idea: Kaggle.  Launched in 2010, Google acquired Kaggle in 2017 and Anthony stayed on as CEO – building the company and going from strength to strength.

Kaggle is like a virtual colosseum for data scientists, where the best compete to build problem-solving algorithms for prizes.  Over the years, scientists on Kaggle have tackled mapping dark matter, aggregating COVID research, predicting earthquakes, and teaching AI to chat like characters on Star Trek. 

U.S. Consul General Mike Kleine hosts Anthony to reflect on the importance of a move to the U.S. with the E3 visa, the traps of self-deprecation in Silicon Valley, and how to build a vibrant and healthy online community.

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In this podcast, U.S. Consul General to Melbourne Michael Kleine meets the Australian founders and entrepreneurs who cut a path between 37˚ N & S and found capital, partners, markets, and success in the United States. 

Mike Kleine is a career diplomat for the U.S. Department of State Officer who is currently the U.S. Consul General to Melbourne. As a former founder turned diplomat, he has a deep-seated interest in entrepreneurship, a fascination with innovation, and a passion for the U.S-Australia relationship.

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Season 2 Episode 4: Vanessa Wilson – StorReduce 

Vanessa Wilson walked the path so many entrepreneurs aspire to – an innovative idea, a gap in the market, expansion, and acquisition.  That innovative idea, born from the loss of family photos after losing a laptop, was StorReduce – backups in the cloud.  StorReduce, founded in 2014, developed world-leading technology to reduce the cost and time associated with moving, storing, backing up and analyzing large amount of data through its unique de-duplication capabilities. 

Now living in Aspen, Colorado, Vanessa started out as an Australian based lawyer with a talent for communication and hustle. Together with her co-founder, Hugh Emberson, Vanessa knew the power of their product, choosing to scale and sell it to the U.S. enterprise market. Springboard Enterprises Australia (SBE Australia) and Heads Over Heels helped StorReduce find their partners in the United States and the E3 visa helped Vanessa to move and establish an all-important local presence. 

After partnerships with Amazon, Google and other major names, Pure Storage acquired StorReduce in 2018.  Vanessa’s advice for entrepreneurs? Do it! But know that you need to track your unique product, work out your market and partners, and figure out your financial journey.  

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In this podcast, U.S. Consul General to Melbourne Michael Kleine meets the Australian founders and entrepreneurs who cut a path between 37˚ N & S and found capital, partners, markets, and success in the United States. 

Mike Kleine is a career diplomat for the U.S. Department of State Officer who is currently the U.S. Consul General to Melbourne. As a former founder turned diplomat, he has a deep-seated interest in entrepreneurship, a fascination with innovation, and a passion for the U.S-Australia relationship.

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Season 2 Episode 3: Flavia Tata Nardini – Fleet Space Technologies

Flavia Tata Nardini is connecting the world – one nanosatellite at a time, before moving onto her next project: connecting the Moon and Mars. A rocket scientist from Italy, now living in Adelaide, Flavia’s company Fleet Space Technologies is now attracting attention – and capital - from both Australia and the United States.  Investors all believe in Flavia’s vision of the future: an interconnected Internet of Things (IoT) reliant on billions or trillions of sensors.

Founded in 2015, Fleet Space is deploying nanosatellites the size of a shoebox to democratize access to data. Through these technologies, the world is moving beyond the historic norm of billion-dollar satellites atop billion-dollar rockets, representing a step-change like the move from room-sized computers to smartphones.

Flavia is an inspiration for a generation of female founders but believes it’s her dtrive to be the best that built her success. And her advice for other founders? Don’t do it… it’s hard work! But if you’re passionate enough, she knows you’ll ignore that advice.

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In this podcast, U.S. Consul General to Melbourne Michael Kleine meets the Australian founders and entrepreneurs who cut a path between 37˚ N & S and found capital, partners, markets, and success in the United States. 

Mike Kleine is a career diplomat for the U.S. Department of State Officer who is currently the U.S. Consul General to Melbourne. As a former founder turned diplomat, he has a deep-seated interest in entrepreneurship, a fascination with innovation, and a passion for the U.S-Australia relationship.

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Season 2 Episode 2: Nick Stone – Bluestone Lane

Nick Stone knows the power of the underdog, where sometimes the bottom team can beat the top team, simply because they have nothing to lose. Now on his third career, Nick Stone is using his AFL and banking skills to create a sensation: bringing Melbourne coffee to the U.S. through his incredibly popular Bluestone Lane. 

Starting his career in the AFL, and working his way around the world in finance, Nick joins Consul General Mike Kleine on 37 Degrees Latitude to talk about commitment, customer-centricity, and coffee culture.  

Bluestone Lane grew from a single basement café on Park Avenue in 2013, to a network of over 40 cafes spanning the United States. COVID-19 has hit Bluestone Lane, but Nick explains the importance of making the tough decisions early, how valuable the U.S. market can be, and how a strong value proposition that will take a business to the next level.  

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In this podcast, U.S. Consul General to Melbourne Michael Kleine meets the Australian founders and entrepreneurs who cut a path between 37˚ N & S and found capital, partners, markets, and success in the United States. 

Mike Kleine is a career diplomat for the U.S. Department of State Officer who is currently the U.S. Consul General to Melbourne. As a former founder turned diplomat, he has a deep-seated interest in entrepreneurship, a fascination with innovation, and a passion for the U.S-Australia relationship.

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Season 2 Episode 1: Maria Sipka, Linqia

Maria Sipka found her purpose bringing consciousness and personality to advertising – creating a conduit between brands and people. After years of globetrotting, Maria has lived by the entrepreneur’s mantra: “the joy is in the journey.”

Maria Sipka, Chief Evangelist and co-founder of Linqia, a company at the forefront of influencer marketing kicks off season two of 37 Degrees Latitude, talking about her incredible global journey from Australia to San Francisco via Switzerland, Germany, and Spain.

U.S. Consul General Mike Kleine hosts Maria to reflect on the importance of passion, having a great co-founder, and knowing how a carefully timed move to the U.S. market can turn a startup’s fortunes around.  A founding member of the “attention economy,” Maria started Linqia when influencer marketing barely existed – an industry now worth billions.

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Linqia

Xing

Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell

SXSW

Simon Sinek – How Great Leaders Inspire Action TED Talk

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In this podcast, U.S. Consul General to Melbourne Michael Kleine meets the Australian founders and entrepreneurs who cut a path between 37˚ N & S and found capital, partners, markets, and success in the United States. 

Mike Kleine is a career diplomat for the U.S. Department of State Officer who is currently the U.S. Consul General to Melbourne. As a former founder turned diplomat, he has a deep-seated interest in entrepreneurship, a fascination with innovation, and a passion for the U.S.-Australia relationship.

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We are flipping the script for season two of 37 Degrees Latitude.  Last season, we were talking 37 degrees south, with founders in Australia who have scaled their startups to the USA.  We start this season tracking down Australian founders now in the States, and bring you their stories from 37 degrees north.  

Join U.S. Consul General Mike Kleine for the next six weeks to hear how these founders followed their dreams and built their destiny.

Credits

Mike Kleine is a career diplomat for the U.S. Department of State who is currently the U.S. Consul General to Melbourne. As a former founder turned diplomat, he has a deep-seated interest in entrepreneurship, a fascination with innovation, and a passion for the U.S-Australia relationship.

Thanks to Courtney Carthy of the Mushroom Group for producing the series; U.S. Mission Australia staff Nicola Taylor, Gabrielle Connellan, and Jacob Goldschlager for production assistance; Tim Dolstra for artwork; and Jack Bourke from Melbourne’s City Calm Down for the original soundtrack.

Season 2 guests in order of appearance:

Maria Sipka, Linqia

Nick Stone, Bluestone Lane

Flavia Tata Nadini, Fleet Space Technologies

Vanessa Wilson, StorReduce

Anthony Goldbloom, Kaggle

Meggie Palmer, PepTalkHer

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In this podcast, U.S. Consul General to Melbourne Michael Kleine meets the Australian founders and entrepreneurs who cut a path between 37˚ N & S and found capital, partners, markets, and success in the United States. 

Mike Kleine is a career diplomat for the U.S. Department of State Officer who is currently the U.S. Consul General to Melbourne. As a former founder turned diplomat, he has a deep-seated interest in entrepreneurship, a fascination with innovation, and a passion for the U.S-Australia relationship.

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Martin Hosking, Redbubble 

Martin Hosking recognizes all startups need two things: “the gap in the market and the market in the gap.” 

This week on 37 Degrees Latitude, Martin Hosking, CEO and co-founder of Redbubble, talks about a career that spans international diplomacy, Web 1.0 startups, the dot-com bubble, an Australian unicorn, and now, an Australian based print-on-demand marketplace supporting artists around the world.  

U.S. Consul General Mike Kleine hosts Martin to reflect on the lessons learned in his career that include the value of focus, the realities of building a business with a global mindset, and navigating delayed-onset culture shock – with a little help from the San Francisco Giants. 

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Redbubble 

Glassdoor 

SF Giants 

E3 Visa Guidance 

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In this podcast, U.S. Consul General to Melbourne Michael Kleine meets the Australian founders and entrepreneurs who cut a path between 37˚ N & S and found capital, partners, markets, and success in the United States. 

Mike Kleine is a career diplomat for the U.S. Department of State Officer who is currently the U.S. Consul General to Melbourne. As a former founder turned diplomat, he has a deep-seated interest in entrepreneurship, a fascination with innovation, and a passion for the U.S-Australia relationship.

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Episode 4: Evelyn Chan, Smileyscope 

Evelyn Chan thinks more about the big picture after her experience in the U.S. because Americans "want to see the whole thing."

This week on 37 Degrees Latitude, Dr. Evelyn Chan, MD, and CEO of Smileyscope talks about navigating pitch meetings, building a proven medical technology from the ground up, and introducing Poggles the Penguin to the world. 

Smileyscope, a virtual reality medical device, is taking off both in Australia and the United States thanks to an innovative product, some warm contacts, and both Americans and Australians who were willing to go out of their way to help a new business.  

U.S. Consul General Mike Kleine hosts Evelyn to find out more about how gymnastics, pediatrics, and an Italian village combined to build a cutting-edge business that turns needle procedures from something scary into an undersea adventure.  

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Smileyscope 

Two Bulls 

The Melbourne Accelerator Program (MAP) 

SXSW 

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In this podcast, U.S. Consul General to Melbourne Michael Kleine meets the Australian founders and entrepreneurs who cut a path between 37˚ N & S and found capital, partners, markets, and success in the United States. 

Mike Kleine is a career diplomat for the U.S. Department of State Officer who is currently the U.S. Consul General to Melbourne. As a former founder turned diplomat, he has a deep-seated interest in entrepreneurship, a fascination with innovation, and a passion for the U.S-Australia relationship.

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Patrick Llewellyn, 99 Designs 

Patrick Llewellyn thinks the U.S. is “The land of anything is possible”...and that hipsters everywhere are making great coffee these days. 

This week on 37 Degrees Latitude, Patrick Llewellyn, CEO of 99 Designs talks about his journey from the circus in Melbourne to loaning Instagram some internet bandwidth in San Francisco, and growing a truly international business. 

Patrick found his success in San Francisco with the help of fellow Aussie entrepreneurs, the E3 visa, and by building a culture-first company, all while reveling in his company's “unique Australianness.” 

U.S. Consul General Mike Kleine hosts Patrick to dive into Patrick’s story that winds its way through a winery, a condemned startup hub, gruff Australians, polite Americans, and some average coffee - all of which helped shape his experience to grow 99 Designs at 37˚  north and south.  

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99 Designs  

SitePoint 

E3 Visa Guidance 

TaskRabbit 

Instagram 

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In this podcast, U.S. Consul General to Melbourne Michael Kleine meets the Australian founders and entrepreneurs who cut a path between 37˚ N & S and found capital, partners, markets, and success in the United States. 

Mike Kleine is a career diplomat for the U.S. Department of State Officer who is currently the U.S. Consul General to Melbourne. As a former founder turned diplomat, he has a deep-seated interest in entrepreneurship, a fascination with innovation, and a passion for the U.S-Australia relationship.

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