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This week's guest is Founder of the early-stage start-up, Canopy, Sam Garven.

Sam's journey has taken her from one end of the world, starting in rural Canada, to where she now calls home, Sydney. Like many seeking a new start down under, she started her career in recruitment before she launched Canopy earlier this year. Purpose-led and with the goal of better supporting people experiencing workplace discrimination and harassment. 

Very thoughtful and considered in her approach, Sam was a joy to speak with and this is well worth a listen. 

Her book recommendations are also worth checking out: 

• Man Made - Tracey Spicer
• Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin

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A stalwart of the Australian start-up scene, this week I had the pleasure to speak with the fantastic Gaz Williams. 

We talk start-ups, F*ck Up Nights and how he's developed himself into one of the most renowned and connected people in tech. Fascinating insights shared along with some solid advice on thriving in the chaos that is start-up life. 

Gaz shared three books that have had a lasting impact on him that he was eager to share: 

• Feck Perfuction - James Victore
• Misfit Economy - Alexa Clay & Kara Maya Phillips
• How To Lead A Quest - Dr Jason Fox

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This week we're joined by the wonderful Helena Turpin. Having spent over 20 years in agency recruitment land, she launched GoFIGR in late 2020. With a growing team of 10, she has supported numerous businesses to, in turn, support, develop and retain their staff.

Helena provided some very frank observations around the challenges and opportunities she's enjoyed and provides some very sound advice for fellow entrepreneurs to follow.

She highlighted the book, Alchemy, by Rory Sutherland as one that has been a big support for her on her journey and highly recommends checking it out. 

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We are delighted to be joined by a recruitment legend, Troy Hammond, for this week's episode.

During a career spanning over 20 years, he has grown and led established and well-regarded recruitment agencies in Wellington, NZ. During the last decade, however, he has built the go-to agency for tech start-ups in NZ, Talent Army.

He's also the host of the top-rated podcast, We F*@KIN Love StartUps Podcast and his new one, TABLE TALK.

Never shy to share an opinion, Troy doesn't disappoint and provides insights and some solid advice on building relationships with your Talent teams/support and scaling your business.

During the discussion, Troy nominated the book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things, as one of his most inspirational reads, well worth checking out. 

The scalr sagecast is proudly brought to you by scalr, a recruitment and talent advisory business headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

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The scalr sagecast is proudly brought to you by scalr, a recruitment and talent advisory business headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Want to identify potential gaps in your current TA process? Take the free TA Readiness Scorecard or reach out to the team for a free 30-minute discussion.

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Welcome to the scalr sagecast - bite-sized wisdom for ambitious business minds.

Every week, we bring you inspiring stories and hard-won wisdom from a different business leader, so get ready to learn, grow and scale your success!

Joining me this week is Chris McGowan, founder of ThunderLabs.

Having spent north of 20 years in agency recruitment and TA (talent acquisition), Chris began his entrepreneurial journey nearly 10 years ago. He's enjoyed success in recruitment, health tech and now ThunderLabs, a consultancy focused on full-stack engineering, identity and talent acquisition. 

This was an open and candid discussion about the challenges he's faced, doubts he's had and the importance of surrounding himself with the right people for the journey. 

A great listen. 

The scalr sagecast is proudly brought to you by scalr, a recruitment and talent advisory business headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

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Welcome to the scalr sagecast - bite-sized wisdom for ambitious business minds.

Every week, we bring you inspiring stories and hard-won wisdom from a different business leader, so get ready to learn, grow and scale your success!

Joining me this week is Laura Johnson, founder of Strivin.

Born from the desire to support learning and development during COVID, Laura has created a community of professionals who have enhanced their skills while also becoming part of a broader ecosystem that pays it forward. 

Like every entrepreneur, her journey has been an interesting one. Having started her marketing career in Jersey (UK Channel Islands), she moved to London and eventually found a home in Sydney. This was where her career in tech equipped her with the skills to build a platform that caters to a broad audience of professionals seeking career growth and human connection.

Earlier this year she became a best-selling author on Amazon with her superb book "Women in Leadership" - available now!

The scalr sagecast is proudly brought to you by scalr, a recruitment and talent advisory business headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Want to identify potential gaps in your current TA process? Take the free TA Readiness Scorecard or reach out to the team for a free 30-minute discussion.

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Welcome to the scalr sagecast - bite-sized wisdom for ambitious business minds.

Every week, we bring you inspiring stories and hard-won wisdom from a different business leader so get ready to learn, grow and scale your success!

Joining me this week is Craig Watson. Having initially begun his career in teaching, Craig embraced the entrepreneurial life over a decade ago and has run a number of successful ventures within talent acquisition and agency recruitment.

During COVID Craig (and co-presenter, Lauren Sharp) created the ITAs - Internal Talent Awards - as a way of acknowledging and rewarding innovation and achievement within the industry. Between them, they also run the very successful podcast, TaPod, which has become a core part of the TA landscape here in Australia.

Craig's journey has been an interesting one and the insights he shares here are valuable.

The scalr sagecast is proudly brought to you by scalr, a talent advisory headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Want to identify potential gaps in your current TA process? Take the free TA Readiness Scorecard or reach out to the team for a free 30-minute discussion.

The scalr sagecast is proudly brought to you by scalr, a recruitment and talent advisory business headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Want to identify potential gaps in your current TA process? Take the free TA Readiness Scorecard or reach out to the team for a free 30-minute discussion.

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Welcome to the scalr sagecast - bite-sized wisdom for ambitious business minds.

Every week, we bring you inspiring stories and hard-won wisdom from a different business leader so get ready to learn, grow and scale your success!

For this first episode, we welcome Mark Armstrong. 

Having spent 30 years in the property game, creating the wildly successful Rate My Agent platform, he's now changed focus to create MyIncentive,  a tool to help organisations better manage their short and long-term incentives.

Mark will share an overview of his journey, how robust TA strategies have helped support his success and some of the key lessons he's learnt along the way. 

The scalr sagecast is proudly brought to you by scalr, a recruitment and talent advisory business headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Want to identify potential gaps in your current TA process? Take the free TA Readiness Scorecard or reach out to the team for a free 30-minute discussion.