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Kate Cornick (Rare Public Interview): Grandma's influence, studying engineering accidentally to building a career across Academia, Business & Govt
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Welcome to episode #86 w Kate Cornick! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:
1. Grandma’s influence to believe, and outdoorsy childhood with mad passionate for animals
2. Accidentally falling into engineering after moving to Australia in her teens from the UK
3. How shyness evolved and building public speaking skills (great tips for anyone looking to develop!)
4. Building a life of work across academia, business and government, including deputy Chief of Staff
5. Being headhunted to be CEO @ LaunchVic role after moving on from scaling her startup through to IPO
Please enjoy!
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TIMESTAMPS
03:07 - Fun facts about Kate
03:39 - Re-imagining a high flyer
04:14 - Influence of family growing up in London
06:00 - Learning responsibility and power of work through horses
07:40 - Grandma being a big influence to dream big
10:24 - Accidentally falling into engineering
11:56 - How Kate got past being shy and nervous
17:00 - Nerves are selfish
18:00 - Success post PhD
22:04 - Learning how to build trust from politics
29:09 - Exterior vs Interior leadership
33:18 - Insecurity becoming arrogance
38:30 - Understanding the business and academic worlds
43:38 - Being headhunted to lead LaunchVic as CEO
48:28 - LaunchVic funding startmate and other champions
50:45 - The unique unlock of government funding for a startup
54:50 - Final sprint
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By Vidit AgarwalThank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show!
Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter
Email Vidit directly at [email protected] or contact us via www.curiositycenter.xyz to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests and share how we can improve.
***
Welcome to episode #86 w Kate Cornick! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:
1. Grandma’s influence to believe, and outdoorsy childhood with mad passionate for animals
2. Accidentally falling into engineering after moving to Australia in her teens from the UK
3. How shyness evolved and building public speaking skills (great tips for anyone looking to develop!)
4. Building a life of work across academia, business and government, including deputy Chief of Staff
5. Being headhunted to be CEO @ LaunchVic role after moving on from scaling her startup through to IPO
Please enjoy!
***
TIMESTAMPS
03:07 - Fun facts about Kate
03:39 - Re-imagining a high flyer
04:14 - Influence of family growing up in London
06:00 - Learning responsibility and power of work through horses
07:40 - Grandma being a big influence to dream big
10:24 - Accidentally falling into engineering
11:56 - How Kate got past being shy and nervous
17:00 - Nerves are selfish
18:00 - Success post PhD
22:04 - Learning how to build trust from politics
29:09 - Exterior vs Interior leadership
33:18 - Insecurity becoming arrogance
38:30 - Understanding the business and academic worlds
43:38 - Being headhunted to lead LaunchVic as CEO
48:28 - LaunchVic funding startmate and other champions
50:45 - The unique unlock of government funding for a startup
54:50 - Final sprint
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