In 2000 the Nokia 3310 debuted and become one of the most successful mobile phones of all time. It was also then that the NZ startup M-Com was founded. 

M-Com went on to develop a mobile banking platform that is used by 1,000s of global financial institutions and millions if not tens of millions of users.

The full interview with Andrew Tokeley, Xero's first Product Manager. 

Today Xero is an often cited example of success in NZ tech. However in 2009 with just 6,000 customers + 1M of revenue this success was far from guaranteed. It was then that today’s guest joined the team. Over the next 6 years he had a front row seat to see customers grow to nearly 500,000 and annual revenues surpass 150M

Today Xero is an often cited example of success in NZ tech. With nearly 2.5M customers, ARR of nearly 900M and a market capitalisation of 20B- Xero is now a local SaaS juggernaut.

However in 2009 with just 6,000 customers + 1M of revenue this success was far from guaranteed. It was then that today’s guest, one of Xero’s 1st Product Managers joined the team. Over the next 6 years he had a front row seat to see customers grow to nearly 500,000 and annual revenues surpass 150M