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Judy Anderson-Firth, the Group CEO of Euphemia, shares insights into their investment strategy, including their focus on supporting diverse founders and making a positive impact on the Australian startup ecosystem. She emphasizes the importance of transparency and accessibility in the family office world and discusses the value of building a strong network and connecting founders within their portfolio. Judy also explores the concept of gracefully exiting failed startups and the potential for an "anti-accelerator" that rewards founders for pivoting and trying new ideas. She concludes by introducing the Euphemia Syndicate, a platform that provides access to unique deal flow and lowers the minimum check size for angel investors.

Judy Anderson-Firth is the Group CEO of Euphemia, a family office that invests in fintech, climate tech, and women-led startups. She has extensive experience in the startup ecosystem, having previously served as the CEO of Startup Victoria, Australia's largest startup community for entrepreneurs.

• Euphemia invests in fintech, climate tech, and women-led startups, prioritizing founders from disadvantaged backgrounds.
• Transparency and accessibility are crucial in the family office world.
• Building a strong network and connecting founders within their portfolio is highly valuable.
• Celebrating and facilitating the graceful exit of failed startups can accelerate the growth of the ecosystem.
• The Euphemia Syndicate offers access to unique deal flow and lowers the minimum check size for angel investors.

• "A failed founder is an experienced founder." - Judy Anderson-Firth
• "Australia is not doing a good job at the moment of celebrating and facilitating founders to gracefully exit." - Maxine Minter
• "If we make failing easier, more respectful, and celebrate the benefits, we'll move much faster as an ecosystem." - Maxine Minter
• "We've now built the Euphemia Syndicate... to share some of those deals and lower the minimum check size and share the love." - Judy Anderson-Firth
• "Cheryl, you're building an incredible platform, a piece of financial infrastructure for the startup ecosystem to unlock capital." - Judy Anderson-Firth

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On this episode of the Digitally Diverse podcast, Ellen talks to Sophie Benjamin, Content Designer at Canva. Sophie talks about going through three career changes, and the process of transitioning into tech. We discuss the principles of content design and the similarities and differences between them and UX or Product Design. The episode also covers a wide range of topics spinning out of Sophie's varied career history, including how to build a sustainable culture, find your workplace fit, manage the risk of burnout, and grow your career.

In this episode - I chat with Chris Chardon about many topics - mainly CDR, Mortgage Broking as well as his next startup! Lot's of learnings as well as his views on the current property environment!

In this episode, James talks to Michelle Crawford, Chief Conversationalist of Being More Human.  Michelle sheds light on the power of good leadership. People often forget that leadership and management is a technical capability and shares tips to help listeners develop that skill. 

We also look at how the best leaders have excellent strategic thinking capabilities and embrace ambiguity. We discuss your genius zone, where you are most efficient, and how to identify and assist your team to work in that zone, too. 

Michelle then dives into her experiences with start ups; culture building, developing a sales funnel, managing multiple priorities and identifying high-performers.

This podcast is for anyone interested in start-ups, leadership or culture. We hope you enjoy the show!

In today's episode we chat with Greener around how they want to assist 2.5m businesses not only save money but also help the planet. Greener for business is now live, and Tom goes in to the detail around how businesses can explore these savings and some examples.

On this episode of Digitally Diverse, we talk to Jalissa Lawson, a Senior Product Designer at Zip Co. Jalissa talks about her experience transitioning from marketing to product design and UI, what it's like working in the fintech space and how she's adapted to a start-up way of thinking. Jalissa also shares how she's upskilled via university, boot camps and good old-fashioned YouTube, along with what makes a stand-out workplace culture, and more.

Edward Farrell is Director & Principal Consultant for the Australian company Mercury Information Security Services. Edward has nearly two decades experience in the IT sector, having worked early on in network design and IT operations, before transitioning into a focus on infosec. He’s an Industry Fellow at the University of NSW, teaching in the cyber security masters program, and a board member and advisor to multiple organisations. In this episode, Cole Cornford chats with Edward about his career journey, using automation to make teams more efficient, his belief that the infosec industry would benefit from further professionalisation, and plenty more.

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6:25 - Edward’s career background

10:00 - Did Edward enjoy living in Wollongong? 

11:20 - Value of work experience while at Uni

14:00 - What led Edward to start his own business

15:40 - Using automation to make a business more efficient

18:10 - Career pathways within info security

19:00 - The big 4 firms in cybersecurity

20:40 - A broader issue with the Australian market

22:30 - Financial planning

25:40 - The best blog posts that Edward has written recently

27:10 - The professionalisation of cybersecurity 

32:00 - Too many tech solutions, not enough service providers?

36:00 - Edward anecdote: one guy in the company who knows all the systems

37:20 - Rapid fire questions

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Dan Gavel, founder of Black Sheep Capital Fund and the Flock Syndicate, shares his unique approach to investing and discusses the importance of understanding risk. He emphasizes the need for investors to have the capacity to accept risk and adapt their investment strategies to the changing market. Dan also talks about the benefits of running a fund, a syndicate, and making personal angel investments simultaneously. He explains how he decides which investments go to each channel and the importance of building relationships with founders. Dan believes that being a lead investor is more about post-investment support and guidance rather than pre-investment due diligence. He also shares a personal story of a risky investment that didn't go as planned.

Dan Gavel is the founder of Black Sheep Capital Fund and the Flock Syndicate. He has a background in financial planning and has made numerous successful angel investments. Dan is known for his down-to-earth and innovative approach to investing.

• Understanding risk is more important than trying to fully comprehend it.
• The investment landscape is constantly changing, and investors need to adapt their strategies accordingly.
• Running a fund, a syndicate, and making personal angel investments simultaneously allows for a more diversified portfolio and greater exposure to the ecosystem.
• Being a lead investor is about building relationships with founders and providing post-investment support and guidance.
• It's important to have conviction in an investment and be willing to take risks.

• "For us, the pre-seed stage is all or nothing. We're aware that it's a risky business, and we accept that." - Dan Gavel
• "The lead investor is the person who wants to build a relationship with the founder and do what it takes to get the deal across the line." - Dan Gavel

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To celebrate our 100th NTP Podcast episode, we filmed our first-ever live episode! In this episode, we take time to reflect on the progress that Newcastle has made from a steel city into a technology hub. We talk about how the technology community fuels and is fuelled by this evolution and how we can keep it growing strong into the future. We also reflect on a massive 100 episodes, with many more to come!

This podcast features previous guests of the podcast and some new faces, including Justin Hales, CEO of Camplify, Matt Finch, Head of Emerging Technology at NIB, Linda Apostolidis, Director at NewyTechPeople, Ria O'Donnell, Managing Director at Custom Learning Solutions, Daniel Van Heerden, CTO at BiscIT and many more! 

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In this special episode of Secured, Abhijeth Dugginapeddi takes the reins as guest host and Cole Cornford answer the questions for once. Cole discusses some of the ups and downs of his career, what advice he has to share, and plenty more. 

Abhijeth Dugginapeddi is currently Head of AppSec at BigCommerce, an ecommerce platform used by thousands of companies across 150 countries, as well as lecturer at the University of New South Wales. Abhijeth has worked in cybersecurity for well over a decade, including roles at Adobe and Commonwealth Bank. 

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2:56 - Cole’s career background

4:30 - Cole rapidly becoming head of AppSec function 

8:20 - Looking back, was Cole’s career background a good start?

10:20 - Cole’s advice for people getting into cybersecurity

13:30 - The 3 “A”s of consulting

16:00 - Is elitism still common in cybersecurity?

16:50 - Cybersecurity: we’re taught an adversarial mindset by default

20:10 - What were the motivations and challenges for Cole starting a company?

22:40 - Cole’s experience at a recruitment fair

25:50 - What a day in the life of Cole looks like

31:00 - Tips for leaders on how to build a successful security team

34:00 - Importance of good relationships/communication among team

35:30 - Does Cole have frustrating days? What are some challenges he’s overcome?

44:00 - Rapid fire questions

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