Day One®

Fresh connects investors with listed companies raising capital.

"Companies should be thinking about their shareholders as subscribers..."

• Ben talks about how the business started and why they started
• How they saw early traction (under a different name)
• How their customers gave them feedback to scale
• Why they play an important role in equity markets
• Recent Fresh Milestones
• Their Goal to get to 100 companies in 12 months

Lana Weal is the founder of Market Mindfully, a marketing consultancy company that aims to support impact-driven startups in Australia and New Zealand to tell their stories, make more impact and connect with partners for mutual benefit. Lana first entered the startup world when she joined the accelerator BlueChilli as Marketing Manager in 2018, a role in which she learned a great deal about the Australian startup ecosystem.

In 2021, Lana joined the Atto Accelerator to support the next generation of female founders. Atto.vc is a startup school that supports female founders to launch tech companies independently, scalable, and sustainably.

In her conversation with Adam, Lana discusses the potential for burnout and mental health challenges working in the fast-paced startup world, as well as the importance of support networks when embarking on a founder's journey.

See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/lana-weal

This series is made possible thanks to our sponsors & partners.

Major Sponsors:

MYOB, Amazon Web Services

Standard Sponsors:

UTS Startups

The Guild of Entrepreneurs

Western Sydney University's LaunchPad

Canberra Innovation Network

Curtin University

CSIRO

University of South Australia

LaunchVic

The Office of the South Australian Chief Entrepreneur

ANSTO

Newcastle University's Integrated Innovation Network

The University of Adelaide's ThincLab

Flinders University's New Venture Institute

UNSW Founders

UQ Ventures

James Cook University

Partners:

Startup Daily

Fishburners

Spark Festival

Spacecubed

Stone & Chalk

River City Labs

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Arthur Sinodinos is an Australian diplomat and former Liberal Party politician who has served as Ambassador to the United States since February 2020. He served as Chief of Staff to Prime Minister John Howard from 1997 to 2007, and was a Senator for New South Wales from 2011 to 2019, becoming a minister in the Abbott and Turnbull Governments. In his conversation with Adam, Arthur discusses what he sees as positive attributes of the US startup ecosystem which Australia could learn from, as well as his views on the role of government in the Australian startup ecosystem.

See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/arthur-sinodinos

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This episode is sponsored by NTP

Petr Adámek is the CEO of the Canberra Innovation Network (CBRIN), a not for profit with the mission of empowering entrepreneurs to create positive change. Peter, originally from the Czech Republic, first entered the startup ecosystem in 2008, working as one of the co-founders of a consulting company in Prague, and has since spent time working in a variety of roles in the startup ecosystems of New Zealand and Australia. In his conversation with Adam, Petr discusses what the ACT’s startup ecosystem looked like when he first arrived in 2014, as well as his belief that while the diversity of startups within various geographies in Australia is a strength, as a nation we would benefit from a greater cohesion of the national startup ecosystem.

See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/petr-adamek

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This episode is sponsored by NTP

"The way you approach a technology problem is very similar to the way you approach jumping out of a plane in a world sky diving competition"

• Ash talks his background and how ended up at OneTwo
• What does OneTwo do and why do they exist?
• The mortgage application process - how do it better!
• His background as a professional pianist as well as World Champion SkyDiver
• The adrenalin of music, sport, tech and life!

Ashley Baxter is the founder of Monty Compost Co, a clean-tech startup building hardware and software technology for monitoring and managing organic waste recycling. With a passion for environmentalism at its core, Ashley had the idea for Monty Compost Co after learning that composting could be part of the solution for various environmental problems, and that there was little innovation happening in the space. In her conversation with Adam, Ashley discusses how UQ Ventures, a program run out of The University of Queensland, was “invaluable” in getting Monty Compost Co off the ground, as well as her opinion that some people within the startup community could afford to be more humble and less driven by ego.

See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/ashley-baxter

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This episode is sponsored by NTP

Peter Devine is CEO of Uniseed, Australia’s longest running venture fund which works with researchers, businesses and industry to provide the best pathway to commercialise cutting-edge research. Peter has been with Uniseed since 2003, and additionally in his long career has served as Chair or Non-Executive Director for more than twenty organisations, including many technology and biotechnology startups. In his conversation with Adam, Peter discusses how he started his career as a researcher before moving into the business side of research commercialisation, as well as his belief that while there is a significant amount of funding for early stage software and B2B startups, for those reliant on cutting-edge research, what he refers to as “deep tech”, early stage funding is harder to come by.

See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/peter-devine

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This episode is sponsored by NTP

Alares Insights delivers a monthly snapshot of unique insights into current and emerging credit risk factors.

• Patrick talks about why he started the business and the gap he saw
• The uses for Alares ranging from lending to legals
• Why he has bootstrapped the entire business
• The importance of revenue and customers v raising
• The next phase of growth for the business

Tim Fung is founder of Airtasker, a local services marketplace connecting people and businesses who need work done with people wanting to work. He is also co-founder and Director of Tank Stream Labs, a tech startup co-working space in Sydney. In his conversation with Adam, Tim discusses how people work from co-working spaces for a sense of community, not just desk space, as well as why he believes Australia is a great market to test startup ideas locally before going global.

See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/tim-fung

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This episode is sponsored by NTP

This episode is sponsored by NTP

Simon Thomsen is editor of Startup Daily and host of the Startup Daily show which airs on the business streaming service AusBiz.com.au. He is also an investor in early stage startups, and was previously Associate Editor of Business Insider Australia as well as a range of other roles in journalism and publishing. In his conversation with Adam, Simon discusses how during his time working on a journalist he saw technology alter the news and publishing landscape, as well as what he sees as a common trait among the many successful startup founders he has interviewed over the years.

See full show notes: https://w2d1.com/simon-thomsen

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This episode is sponsored by NTP