This week we were lucky enough to chat to the amazing Lily Wu who is the founder of Austern international and the Head of Programs at NewCampus. Lily has lived an incredibly colourful life that ranges from starting a 6-figure business in high school to being a delegate at Harvard Project of Asian International Relations. We spoke about how she started two incredibly successful businesses, chooses what she wants to do in life and her advise to university students. Lily is an artist at heart and this episode is filled with many interesting stories.

This week we spoke to Kat Dunn who has had an amazing and diverse career. Kat started out in the corporate world, first working for top law firm Clayton Utz and then finding her way to working for an investment firm. After many years in corporate she was able to engage in her passion for social business when she became CEO of Grameen Bank Australia in 2018. After finishing up at Grameen she started working for the social venture capital firm Cataliize. We talk to Kat about these different experiences and what she's learned along the way.  2:10 Kat’s time at University and being president of the Australian Law Students Association 4:30 Combining impact and passion in your career 8:50 What it was like working at a top law firm 11:36 Following your intuition after university 16:30 Starting your own startp-up after uni 20:00 Following linear paths 22:45 The importance of strong relationships in your career 27:08 Best tips for networking & how it helped in Kats career 35:40 The future of Microfinance and companies like Grameen 40:45 Entering the world of venture capital with Cataliize 48:40 Final advice for students

“Marc was the most capable networker I have ever met, he could parachute into any developing country and within 24h arrange a meeting with the president” - Bill Browder, Red NoticeAt 20 years old Marc was the youngest person to run a statewide political campaign in the US, when he headed Ronald Reagan’s Pennsylvania campaign for his 1980 presidential election. He founded one of the first investment banks in Russia following the privatisation of the market. Following that he became president of the University of Denver from 2003-2005 and is now the chairman of a number of banks in Kazakhstan and Rwanda.

This week we talked to Sam Refshauge who has had an incredibly interesting career spanning roles in the for-purpose and not-for-profit sector. We talked to Sam about his journey from working for the Indonesian Rugby team, to being a general manager at AIME mentoring to becoming CEO of Batyr, the mental health organisation, in his late 20s.  1:00 Living in Jakarta working as Indonesia’s rugby coach 9:00 Working as general manager of AIME mentoring 13:10 The journey to becoming CEO of Batyr 18:00 Biggest leadership lessons from Batyr 20:24 Challenges of being a CEO at a young age 22:50 Going on the path less travelled 27:00 Batyrs impact 30:55 Advice for graduates going into a difficult job market 33:15 Sam’s move from Sydney to Byron Bay 36:48 Impacts to the ego from shifting to a CEO in a capital city to moving to a lifestyle oriented life 40:16 Sam’s perspective on his career move

This week we sat down with the extremely talented Elisa Lillicrap. At the age of 21 she has interned for a Y Combinator company, won the Hult Prize in the Asia region, completed the ASES course at Stanford and co-founded a startup Logieq. We spoke up her experiences in Silicon Valley, asked her what businesses the world needs now and discussed if innovation can sometimes go too far.

This week we interview Peter Stevens who is the founder of financial newsletter 'Insufficient Capital'. Peter is a keen investor who writes about his different trades and investing beliefs on a regular basis. He also studies Commerce/Engineering. Insufficient Capital Website: https://insufficientcapital.com/Insufficient Capital Twitter: https://twitter.com/insufficientcap 2:16 Why Peter is interested in financial markets10:46 Principles for investing14:03 The rise of the retail investors24:25 ASX market overvalued or not?38:28 Brokerage firms in Australia45:00 The macroeconomy53:53 Quantitative easing and inflation60:01 Where Peter see’s himself in the future

This was an incredible episode where we got to chat with Michael Batko, the CEO of Startmate. We spoke about his journey from the corporates to startups, most impressive founders his met, his systems of thinking and as always his advice to university students. Highly recommend this episode to anyone that's interested in startups, productivity or confused about their direction. Show notesMichaels Blog: https://batko.substack.com/  or https://medium.com/@michaelbatko Startmate: https://www.startmate.com.au/

This week we tried something a little different. Join us for a drink as we ask each-other a couple of spontaneous questions and get chatting about geo political tensions, reflections on university and our political views.

This week we spoke to Brendan Ma who is an Investment Banker with Goldman Sachs, a UN Youth Director and an Australian delegate to the G20 Youth Forum. Previously he has also been a tutor at Sydney University and worked in the legal industry.  We spoke with him about his research in Chinese debt lending in the  developing world and the human rights implications of this as well as other geopoltical topics. We also spoke about his work in the finance industry and the impact that can be created through finance.  1:39: Brendan’s thesis on Chinese lending 4:55: Implications of Chinese lending on foreign power struggles 7:34: Implications for human rights 14:00: Key learnings from time at Uni 18:20: Creating impact through finance 26:30: What’s it actually like to be an investment banker? 30:10: Foreign relations in a post-coronavirus world 37:20: Advice for Uni students