The Raise

Debra Taylor is the Co-founder and COO of OpenSparkz, a platform which brings together the trillion dollar industries of payments and loyalty programs.

Debra has founded over 10 companies and had 4 exits from them. She won the Innovation Award at the Women in Payments Symposium in 2019 and was included in Cardlinx’s list of Top 20 Women in Digital Commerce in 2020. In 2021, she was nominated for the Women in Finance – Entrepreneur of the Year award.

In this episode, you'll hear Debra talk about the importance of mentors and how to meet them; the struggles and juggling act of running her business during a huge family challenge; and how you are always capital raising, even when you think you aren’t.

Resources and links:

• Opensparkz 
• Debra Taylor | LinkedIn
• Atomic Habits by James Clear
• Taihe Gemini on-to-go monitor
• Johnny Cash | Spotify
• Leonard Cohen | Spotify
• Nelson Mandela | Nelson Mandela Foundation
• Jackie Onassis | JFK Library and Museum

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• Raise capital for your startup quickly without spending hours in dead-end investor meetings with Term Sheet Guru. Register here for our free capital raising webinars. 

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Rebekah Campbell is the Co-founder of Zambesi and Hey You. She raced through her 20s and most of her 30s building businesses and focussing on her career. Having raised more than $17M from investors and grants to grow her business, Rebekah turned to her next big, audacious dream: to find the perfect life partner and to start a family.

She set herself a New Years’ resolution: to go on one date every week for an entire year. Her story is shared in her fantastic new book “138 Dates”. In this episode, you'll hear how Rebekah applied the lessons she learned from raising capital for her start-ups to help her find her perfect man and how she used the often painful lessons she learnt from dating to improve her capital raising. Rebekah also shares lots of great tips that she learnt pitching her start-up to over 700 investors in twelve months!

Resources and links:

• Rebekah Campbell
• Rebekah on Instagram
• 138 Dates
• Dare to Lead podcast, Brene Brown
• Unlocking Us podcast, Brene Brown
• The Gifts of Imperfection, Brene Brown
• Airtasker
• Solar Power, Lorde | Spotify
• Happier Than Ever, Billie Eilish

Connect:

• Raise capital for your startup quickly without spending hours in dead-end investor meetings with Term Sheet Guru. Register here for our free capital raising webinars. 

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Dr Kevin Cheng is the Founder of Osana, a social enterprise that is changing the way healthcare is delivered: from a reactive, price-driven model; to a proactive, value-based model. Osana supports its patients by focussing on prevention through wellness, managing chronic illness and reducing hospital risk. Kevin is a GP and has over 20 years of experience as a doctor working in Australia and overseas; advising on policy and has worked with some of the most prestigious global consulting firms.

In this episode, you'll hear Kevin talk about the value and potential of preventative healthcare and the real results they’re getting for their patients. You’ll also hear the story of how Osana came to be; how Kevin decided to give up a stable and prestigious career for a shot in the perilous start-up world; how he raised $13M from a single private investor to bring his vision to life; and how he did all that whilst juggling the demands of his beautiful young family.

Resources and links:

• Dr Kevin Cheng | LinkedIn
• Osana
• White Paper: A New GP Model
• Saving lives during COVID-19, Dr Kevin Cheng
• Prevention Hacks podcast
• Green Lights, Matthew McConaughey
• Coronacast podcast
• The High Performance Podcast
• Pamela Reif | YouTube 
• Hardcore Hiit - Jordan Yeoh | YouTube
• Elon Musk | Wikipedia

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• Raise capital for your startup quickly without spending hours in dead-end investor meetings with Term Sheet Guru. Register here for our free capital raising webinars. 

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