How To Be Moderately Successful.

Welcome to the 'how to be moderately successful' podcast, I’m your host Mike Scott and I am also the co-founder and CEO of Nona Digital.

This podcast is all about helping you to build better businesses, better tech products and a better version of yourself.

Today’s episode is sponsored by ourselves, Nona Digital.

Building software is difficult and building software that scales and that your users love is very difficult. 

In today's environment you just can't afford to get it wrong, but you also need to focus on building your business, closing your next round and making the impact that you need to make

This is where we come in.

With an impressive track record of delivering scalable beautiful software for clients around the world we are a great choice of tech partner.

If you would like to accelerate your software project with a team of experts at an excellent quality to cost ratio, we’d love to hear from you.

 You can get in touch at [email protected] or follow any of our contacts in the show notes.

Today my guest is Katryna Dow founder and CEO Meeco.

Katryna is one very impressive woman in business. 

With extensive experience in both the corporate and startup spaces her main focus today is Meeco.

Meeco is a multi award-winning  platform that gives people and organisations the tools to access. Control and create mutual value from personal data. And do this privately, securely and with explicit consent.

Katryna is a pioneer in the blockchain and distributed ledger space.

Katryna has grown the team to 25 people and has raised around $12.5m to date.

Welcome Katryna, it’s great to have you on the show.

If you'd like to get in touch with me to discuss a tech project that you would like to accelerate or to apply to come onto the podcast as a guest, please do:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/
[email protected]
 https://www.nona.digital
https://dribbble.com/nonadigitalteam

Welcome to the 'how to be moderately successful' podcast, I’m your host Mike Scott and I am also the co-founder and CEO of Nona Digital.

This podcast is all about helping you to build better businesses, better tech products and a better version of yourself.

Today’s episode is sponsored by ourselves, Nona Digital.

Building software is difficult and building software that scales and that your users love is very difficult. 

In today's environment, you just can't afford to get it wrong, but you also need to focus on building your business, closing your next round and making the impact that you need to make.

This is where we come in,

With an impressive track record of delivering scalable beautiful software for clients around the world, we are a great choice of tech partner.

If you would like to accelerate your software project with a team of experts at an excellent quality to cost ratio, we’d love to hear from you.

You can get in touch at [email protected] or follow any of our contacts in the show notes.

Today I’ve got Will Green and Ed O’Reilly with me.

WIll is a seasoned entrepreneur and has been involved in a wide range of  startups both his own and as an advisor and mentor.

His current focus is as program director at The Grindstone Accelerator, a structured entrepreneurship development programme that assists high-growth innovation-driven companies to get the fundamental building blocks in place to scale quickly and become sustainable and fundable.  Incidentally, Nona was in th grindstone program a few years back and it was pretty great.

Will brings a massive amount of experience with him, he is a critical thinker and a really nice guy.

Ed is my co-founder and the COO of Nona.

Having worked on over 200 software projects over his career around the world he brings a massive amount of first-hand experience building products for a diverse range of businesses from bootstrapping fledgeling startups barely able to afford to eat through to startups that have raised multiple hundreds of millions of dollars.

He holds a degree in Actuarial science and is one of the smartest people I have ever met.

Welcome Will it’s great to have you on and welcome back Ed.

If you'd like to get in touch with me to discuss a tech project that you would like to accelerate or to apply to come onto the podcast as a guest, please do:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/
[email protected]
 https://www.nona.digital
https://dribbble.com/nonadigitalteam

Welcome to the 'how to be moderately successful' podcast, I’m your host Mike Scott and I am also the co-founder and CEO of Nona Digital.

This podcast is all about helping you to build better businesses, better tech products and a better version of yourself.

Today’s episode is sponsored by ourselves, Nona Digital.

Building software is difficult and building software that scales and that your users love is very difficult. 

In today's environment, you just can't afford to get it wrong, but you also need to focus on building your business, closing your next round and making the impact that you need to make.

This is where we come in,

With an impressive track record of delivering scalable beautiful software for clients around the world, we are a great choice of tech partner.

If you would like to accelerate your software project with a team of experts at excellent quality to cost ratio, we’d love to hear from you.

You can get in touch at [email protected] or follow any of our contacts in the show notes.

Today my guest is Tarek Ayoub from Beforepay.

Tarek is a serial entrepreneur who previously worked as a management consultant generating more than $1.5bn dollars for companies through his consulting.

Tareks current focus is as the co-founder and CEO of beforepay and has recently closed a $6m funding round to accelerate their growth.

Beforepay is an app that helps its members budget better, spend smarter and get access to a portion of their pay when they need it.

It is rumoured that he is currently undergoing a $10m pre-IPO capital raise.

Just recently Beforpay won the Fintech Startup of the year award in AUS and they have attracted some very strong investors already.

He has a great energy and I can tell from the small amount of time that I have spent speaking to him that he is super passionate about what he and his team are building. And that he is absolutely a subject matter expert that saw a gap in the market and is doing really to take advantage of it.

Tarek has raised over $9m in funding already and has built a team of 25 that is quickly growing.

Great to have you on the show today Tarek.

If you'd like to get in touch with me to discuss a tech project that you would like to accelerate or to apply to come onto the podcast as a guest, please do:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/
[email protected]
 https://www.nona.digital
https://dribbble.com/nonadigitalteam

Welcome to the 'how to be moderately successful' podcast, I’m your host Mike Scott and I am also the co-founder and CEO of Nona Digital.

This podcast is all about helping you to build better businesses, better tech products and a better version of yourself.

Today’s episode is sponsored by ourselves, Nona Digital.

Building software is difficult and building software that scales and that your users love is very difficult. 

In today's environment, you just can't afford to get it wrong, but you also need to focus on building your business, closing your next round and making the impact that you need to make.

This is where we come in. 

With an impressive track record of delivering scalable beautiful software for clients around the world we are a great choice of tech partner for your project.

If you have a project that you would like to discuss, we’d love to hear from you. 

You can get in touch at [email protected] or follow any of the contacts in the show notes.

Today my guest is Daniel Guasco who is one of South Africa's top tech entrepreneurs and someone who's name you can't escape if you are in the African tech circles.

 I’ve actually known Dan since my school days at Westerford in Cape Town so it’s been pretty incredible to watch his journey.

Dan’s list of achievements in businesses is too long to mention but to pick out a few highlights:

Dan was the CO-CEO of Groupon South Africa which, at its peak was rumoured be around R500m but Dan would not confirm nor deny in revenue, employing over 200 people and ended with a very significant exit. 

Dan, together with his partner from his Groupon days is also the Co-CEO of team Africa Ventures, an early-stage investment fund that has got 17 portfolio companies in Africa including Lula lend and LifeQ two great companies doing great things. 

Dan holds a string of awards which include being recognised as having made the biggest impact on e-commerce in Africa.

Dan's current focus is Click2sure a SaaS platform that enables businesses offering insurance, omnichannel distribution, reduction in administration costs, and better decisions with real-time reporting and insights.

Dan holds an MBA from London Business School and this is quite amazing because has was diagnosed with ADHD but didn’t let that stop him.

Dan is an obsessive entrepreneur - he even runs his family home as an Airbnb, not because he needs to but because he just can't help himself.

Really stoked to have you on the show Dan, welcome.

If you'd like to get in touch with me to discuss a tech project that you would like to accelerate or to apply to come onto the podcast as a guest, please do:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/
[email protected]
 https://www.nona.digital
https://dribbble.com/nonadigitalteam

Welcome to the how to be moderately successful podcast, I’m your host Mike Scott and I am also the co-founder and CEO of Nona Digital.

This podcast is all about helping you to build better businesses, better tech products and a better version of yourself.

Today’s episode is sponsored by ourselves, Nona Digital.

Building software is difficult and building software that scales and that your users love is even harder. 

In today's environment, you just can't afford to get it wrong.

This is where we come in. 

With an impressive track record of delivering scalable beautiful software for clients around the world at difficult to match quality to cost ratios we are a great choice of tech partner for your project.

If you have a project that you would like to discuss, we’d love to hear from you. 

You can get in touch with us on [email protected] or follow any of the contacts in the show notes.

Today my guest is Ben Smit.

He is a co-founder and CEO of Teamgage, software that enables team collaboration, wellbeing, and continuous improvement which is now serving clients across Australia, Asia Pacific and the US.

Bens team is now 18 and growing and last financial year they saw growth of over 130% on their annual recurring revenue.

Ben is also the winner of the 40 under 40 award.

Welcome Ben, it’s great to have you on the show.

If you'd like to get in touch with me to discuss a tech project or an episode, please do:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/
[email protected]
 https://www.nona.digital
https://dribbble.com/nonadigitalteam

Welcome to the 'how to be moderately successful' podcast, I’m your host Mike Scott and I am also the co-founder and CEO of Nona Digital.

This podcast is all about helping you to build better businesses, better tech products and a better version of yourself.

Today’s episode is sponsored by ourselves, Nona Digital.

Building software is difficult and building software that scales and that your users love is very difficult. 

In today's environment, you just can't afford to get it wrong, but you also need to focus on building your business, closing your next round and making the impact that you need to make.

This is where we come in. 

With an impressive track record of delivering scalable beautiful software for clients around the world, we are a great choice of tech partner for your project.

If you have a project that you would like to discuss, we’d love to hear from you. 

You can get in touch at [email protected] or follow any of the contacts in the show notes.

Today my guest is Rupert Taylor Price who is someone that I have come to know quite well since moving to Australia and someone that is so impressive it’s hard to keep up.

His story is great and we’ll learn more about it but here are some highlights:

First job at 12 years old in a warehouse in the UK.

He then did an honours degree in physics before working in the recruitment world where he learned some valuable lessons for his future career.

At 23 he Started Hivetec, a SaaS platform that delivers flexible software for employment care and support services in Australia. 

This business grew to around $5m in revenue with extremely impressive margins.

He then started Vault Cloud at 29 years old a secure cloud solution for governments and critical industries.

Rupert raised a staggering $350m of committed capital for Vault cloud which has got to be one of the biggest raises in Aussie history for such an early-stage startup.

When he is not totally killing it in business he is flying his plane, sailing a boat somewhere or running a marathon.

Rupert humility is quite staggering, and it blows my mind that from time to time he asks me for my opinion on something which seems nuts but I suspect this is why he is so far ahead because he is open to learning from anyone about whatever he needs to learn about.

Rupert, welcome, it’s great to have you on the show.

If you'd like to get in touch with me to discuss a tech project or an episode, please do:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/
[email protected]
 https://www.nona.digital
https://dribbble.com/nonadigitalteam

Welcome to the 'how to be moderately successful' podcast, I’m your host Mike Scott and I am also the co-founder and CEO of Nona Digital.

This podcast is all about helping you to build better businesses, better tech products and a better version of yourself.

Today’s episode is sponsored by ourselves, Nona Digital.

Building software is hard and building software that scales and that your users love is even harder. 
In today's environment, you just can't afford to get it wrong.

This is where we come in. 

With an impressive track record of delivering scalable beautiful software for clients around the world, we are a great choice of tech partner for your project.

If you have a project that you would like to discuss, we’d love to hear from you. 

You can get in touch at [email protected] or follow any of the contacts in the show notes.

Today my guest is Nick Jones who is an impressive tech entrepreneur and investor.

Nick’s current focus is as the co-founder and CEO of Zumo.

Zumo is a wallet that makes your money and cryptocurrency work seamlessly together.

Welcome Nick, great to have you on the show.

You can get hold of Nick at [email protected]

If you'd like to get in touch with me to discuss a tech project or an episode, please do:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/
[email protected]
 https://www.nona.digital
https://dribbble.com/nonadigitalteam

Welcome to the 'how to be moderately successful' podcast, I’m your host Mike Scott and I am also the co-founder and CEO of Nona Digital.

This podcast is all about helping you to build better businesses, better tech products and a better version of yourself.

Today’s episode is sponsored by ourselves, Nona Digital.

Building software is hard and building software that scales and that your users love is even harder. 

With an impressive track record of delivering scalable beautiful software for clients around the world, we are a great choice of tech partner. 

If you have a project that you would like to discuss, please do get in touch. You can reach us at [email protected] or through any of the contacts in the show notes.

Today my guest is Lindsay Rogers co-founder and MD of Chello, a 20 person brand and creative agency based in Sydney.

Chello puts out some seriously awesome work and this is evidenced by some impressive clients which include: 

• Shopify
• Volkswagon
• Qudos bank
• and many more

Lindsay has been recognised by more than a few awards, not least of which include:

• Forbes 30 under 30
• Telstra women's business award
• Mumbrella 
• B and T

Lindsay is also a communications expert for the APAC region of the entrepreneurs organization. 

I met Lindsay a while back in Sydney and I was really impressed at her super relaxed demeanour despite clearly being an operator of note.

Lindsay is one of those people that just makes shit look easy.

Welcome Linds, it’s great to have you.

You can get hold of Lindsay here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindzrogers/

If you'd like to get in touch with me to discuss a tech project or an episode, please do:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/
[email protected]
 https://www.nona.digital
https://dribbble.com/nonadigitalteam

Welcome to the 'how to be moderately successful' podcast, I’m your host Mike Scott and I am also the co-founder and CEO of Nona Digital.

This podcast is all about helping you to build better businesses, better tech products and a better version of yourself.

Today’s episode is sponsored by ourselves, Nona Digital.

Building software is hard and building software that scales and that your users love is even harder. 

With an impressive track record of delivering scalable beautiful software for clients around the world, we are a great choice of tech partner for your project.

If you have a project that you would like to discuss, we’d love to hear from you. 

You can get in touch at [email protected].

Today my guest is Fred Schebesta one of Australia's top entrepreneurs who is best known for co-founding one of the world's leading comparison websites, Finder.com.

Today Finder is in 83 countries and sees over 10 million visitors each month. 

Fred also leads Finder's venture capital arm, Finder Ventures and is currently focused on the firm's biggest project yet which is a $5m investment into the Finder app.

Fred is on the young rich list and has amassed an impressed $193m personal net worth and I get the sense that he has not even hit his stride yet.

I’m going to stop there with his introduction because if I list all of his achievements, awards, contributions and accolades we won't have any time to talk!

He is a force of energy and inspiration, a fierce cryptocurrency advocate and what has impressed me since I first met Fred in New York in 2018 is just how accessible he is to like-minded people.

Welcome Fred, I’m psyched to have you on the show.

You can follow  Fred here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredschebesta/

If you'd like to get in touch with me to discuss a tech project or an episode, please do:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/
[email protected]
 https://www.nona.digital
https://dribbble.com/nonadigitalteam

Welcome to the 'how to be moderately successful' podcast, I’m your host Mike Scott and I am also the co-founder and CEO of Nona Digital.

This podcast is all about helping you to build better businesses, better tech products and a better version of yourself.

Today’s episode is sponsored by ourselves, Nona Digital.

Building software is hard and building software that scales and that your users love is even harder. 

With an impressive track record of delivering scalable beautiful software for clients around the world, we are a great choice of tech partner. 

If you have a project that you would like to discuss, we’d love to hear from you. You can get in touch at [email protected].

Today I’ve got Dave with me again.

Dave is my partner at Nona and our CTO.

Dave has been programming since ‘91 and has worked with some of the world's leading brands on a massive range of projects across too many industries and technologies to mention.

He holds a computer science degree with honours in Semantic Computing.

Naval Ravikant is one of my favourite sources of wisdom and he speaks about how to determine who is worth listening to and who isn’t and one of his main points is to differentiate between people who are memorizing their content and essentially just repeating it and people who understand their subject matter from first principles. Dave is the best example that I know personally. Dave explains highly complex concepts from first principles and he does it in a way that is accessible and in a way that actually leaves the person that he is speaking to feeling smarter rather than overwhelmed and that's a gift.

Dave also likes cool t-shirts, BMW’s and computer games.

You can get hold of Dave here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davedavedave/

The book Dave mentioned: The DynamoDB Book by Alex Debrie

If you'd like to get in touch with me to discuss a tech project or an episode, please do:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeadamscott/
[email protected]
 https://www.nona.digital
https://dribbble.com/nonadigitalteam