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Get ready for another episode of the Perfect Pitch show with your host Brandon Burns. Today we talk to Co-Founder and CEO of Safewill, Adam Lubofsky. Safewill is an online will writing platform that allows users to generate a fully functioning, legally binding will in record time, then all they need to do is print it out and sign it. You can prepare a will without the burden of travelling to a lawyer and the costs associated with a consultation in order to ensure your will is up to date with current laws. With Safewill it is easy to track these changes and edit your will accordingly. You can notify of relevant parties of their inclusion in the will, receive notifications of updates and overall create a will with ease.

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Welcome back to the Perfect Pitch Show, today our host Brandon Burns, head of community of Runway Virtual, interviews CEO of Cake Equity, Jason Atkins. Cake Equity are, similar to us, passionate about aiding regional and remote entrepreneurs, as their mission is to simplify how startups and scaleups raise capital. Jason is constantly talking to founders, lawyers, incubators, accelerators and accountants to inform them of what Cake is and what it does. It's like the name suggests, equity should be a piece of cake and whether you want to raise capital quicker or manage your investors, Jason and his team at Cake can help. We all know that being well funded is critical for startups, so Cake puts everything into a cloud based registry to make it all simple and fast. Jason knows that raising capital can take months but by streamlining and systematizing services on the Cake platform, they enable businesses to raise more money and grow quicker.

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On today's episode of the Perfect Pitch Show, Brandon Burns chats with Stevan Premutico, a tech investor and leading entrepreneur who has founded me&u. me&u makes it easier than before to order your food and pay your bill so that the waiting staff are more available to elevate the overall restaurant experience. me&u is an app that connects with 'billy the beacon' that sits on the table of the restaurant, and allows users to see the a digital menu that is caters to their dietary needs and lets you pay with your preferred method. No more queues and long waits while also removing the awkwardness of splitting and paying bills. me&u has a team of 50 people across Australia and Stevan's typical day starts at 5am, powering through until 7pm. He aims to inspire, motivate and drive his team and spend most of his day doing this, then the other side involves connecting with the restaurant owners that use his application. Such a development is so critical in today's time with all of us adjusting to the current COVID-19 situation, and for the future with the ever growing hospitality industry.

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Welcome back to the Perfect Pitch Show, today Brandon Burns is interviewing the CEO of StarRez, Travis Knipe. StarRez is a global leader in housing and software, namely specialising in student residence. Their traditional clients include large universities such as Columbia and Standford but also to lesser known colleges, and more broadly they serve residential communities. With over 750 customers in 15 countries with over 1,850,000 student residents, StarRez is a cloud delivered, web-based application that allows users to book their room, pay their bills and have that experience online, but is also an enterprise solution that automates billing and occupancy and delivers reporting and insights.

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Welcome to another episode of the Perfect Pitch Show. Today our host Brandon Burns interviews CEO and Founder of GippsTech, Elena Kelareva. Founded with the goal of growing regional and remote start up and tech ecosystems, GippsTech is headquartered in Gippsland where the people are hungry for support for start ups. At Runway Virtual this is definitely something that resonates with us as we do our own part at helping entrepreneurs in these regional areas by bringing them these resources. Elena is a start up and small business mentor who is passionate about creating regional jobs by supporting these tech communities in Gippsland. She is an ex-Googler and tech industry thought leader, making her an invaluable resource of knowledge and information for all entrepreneurs looking to make a start in this field. They deliver programs such as Start Up Gippsland, and run a program called 'Work My Own Way' for those just getting started as well as having a professional services side. They have a team that can support small businesses in going digital by building websites, apps and helping with software integrations. GippsTech do it all, and all with the goal of helping regional and remote tech startups.

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Today's episode of the Perfect Pitch Show sees Brandon Burns, Head of Community at Runway Virtual, sitting down with CEO and Founder of Pelikin, Sam Brown. Pelikin is a travel money card that can be used to make purchases online and in-store and to withdraw cash from ATMs, holding up to 5 different currencies at once that can be sent and received instantly. Sam wanted to make it easier for people to spend and use their money overseas as he knows your relationship with your bank gets a bit more complicated once you leave the country. He wanted to make travel money normal, just like if you were spending money at home. Pelikin is also ideal for travelling groups, able to create spending groups where you can split bills, costs and manage IOUs and group spend. You can get in-app help as soon as you need it too, saving the call costs to call your bank back home or speaking to someone in a foreign country to sort out your finances.

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On today's episode of the Perfect Pitch Show, Head of Community at Runway Virtual Brandon Burns is chatting with Adrian Stone. Adrian is a serial entrepreneur, founder, angel investor and global business person. He has a soft spot for start-ups in regional and remote Australia, understanding their struggles in being removed from major cities and their resources. However, in today's current condition, with everyone self-isolating, Adrian believes that our remote and regional entrepreneurs are in a better position to get through this as they are used to being more flexible to gain information and resources while being isolated. He has a portfolio of over 30 startups that he has invested in and he knows how much of a struggle it can be to raise money. He talks to us about how to stay afloat as a startup and as an investor in these difficult circumstances.

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Welcome back to the Perfect Pitch Show, and today Brandon Burns is in Melbourne at Austrade interviewing Prathayana (Prat) Chandrakumar and Lasya Rao. Prat is a Senior Adviser for the Landing Pad Programs and a coordinator of the program as well. Based in Melbourne, he is very engaged with their partners there. He works with companies to help them develop their go-to-market strategies, help them submit their applications for the program and liaising between off-shore staff once they're picked for the program. Lasya is the Community Engagement Manager for the Landing Pad Programs, and is usually based in Sydney. She works with companies across Australian to help them find places in their Landing Pads around the world, essentially being the public face for the program in Australia. Together they are supporting Australian startups on their venture to grow globally through their programs with the rest of Austrade.

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Today on the Perfect Pitch Show, Brandon Burns interviews Runway's own Program Facilitator and Co-Founder of Wevour, Eleni Nott. Wevour is one of the fastest growing fashion start-ups, a company that is connecting seamstresses and independent designers with individuals who are fashion forward. On top of that she is also a liaison to the Geelong Angel Investor Network, and our program manager at Runway HQ. Each day is different, working at Runway involves working closely wit hthe incubators partipants to try and solve any problems they have, teaching them how to pitch their idea and getting them to tap into emotion. At Wevour it's working with developers to upgrade user experiences, managing workflow and that end-to-end customer journey. She'll also be connecting with other enterprising women at networking events, all with the passion of cherishing clothes. Eleni looks for opportunities and looks for problems she thinks she can help solve, so she wears a lot of hats because these opportunities allow her to up skill herself.

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On today's episode of the Perfect Pitch Show, Brandon Burns talks to business coach, father and husband, Julien Marchand. Julien is passionate about helping early-stage entrepreneurs keep a healthy work-life balance, having gone through these challenges himself and understanding how important it is to keep that balance. Julien is the Co-Founder of Micro Skills Academy, where they are passionate about using their experiences as Academic teachers to offer others an opportunity to learn and enhance their current skill sets. Julien brings nearly a decade worth of teaching entrepreneurship experience and running start-ups to the team as well as holding a PhD. With their programs, Julien and the rest of the team at Micro Skills Academy promote 'future-proofing' and how their courses can help you stabilize your business for the future using their micro programs. He is passionate about empowering and coaching early-stage entrepreneurs to aid them in starting and growing their venture!

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