TWISTA - This Week in Startups Australia

TWISTA's Series 9 review of what we've learned about success concludes with UTS Startups' Murray Hurps reflecting upon what we've learned about successful startup hires - and hacks. Plus, a big announcement about the future of this podcast.

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Every TWISTA series 9 guest shared insights on what makes a startup and a founder successful. UTS Startups' Murray Hurps joins us to review what we've learned about customer focus, self-knowledge, listening, communication - and resilience.

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Ian Gardiner, one of the founders of Australia's startup ecosystem, tells TWISTA what he's learned about success, the hallmarks of success he looks for in startup founders - and in himself. Maxine Sherrin, director of Spark Festival, visits TWISTA with event hosts Adriana Belotti and Biliana Rajevic to spruik this year's Australia-wide celebration of all things startup.

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Startup ecosystem legends Petra Andren and Alan Jones join TWISTA to examine the Afterpay purchase (or is it a merger?) - and the largest philanthropic donation in Australian history. From a startup! All the news startups need on the last news special of series 9.

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You can't improve what you don't measure. Co-founders (and partners) Noelle and Ben Smit built SaaS firm Teamgage to make it easy for organisations to measure themselves - and improve. Does it work? And have they used their own tool to improve their chances for success?

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Plant-based proteins could form as much as fifty-percent of our diets within the next thirty years, so there's enormous opportunities for 'foodtech' startups to redesign global agricultural supply chains around the changing diet of a warming planet. Harvest B's founders have a vision - and a mission. Does that spell success?

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Fintech has mostly meant doing what banks do - but better, faster and cheaper. Cryptocurrencies live outside our banking and payments system - until now. Cryptospend offers a VISA that allows users to BPAY with Bitcoin! Is this the future of payments?

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Tim Fung has charted a course to success - from plucky startup entrepreneur to newly listing AirTasker on the ASX. Why did he take his firm public -- and how has it changed his startup? Along the way, what has Tim learned about success?

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How are startups adapting to the in-and-out-and-in-again of pandemic lockdowns? Is Go1, Australia's newest unicorn, on a growth path to be the next Canva? Microsoft for Startups' Annie Parker and Main Sequence Ventures' Phil Morle offer their insights - and their secrets for startup success.

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From inside a pandemic lockdown of uncertain duration, how do Sydney's startups operate - and thrive? We ask Tractor Ventures' Matt Allen for insights from Melbourne's 111-day lockdown, then check in with Inspace CEO Justin Liang - who pivoted his startup during the first lockdown. Timely tips for all of Australia's startup community.

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