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Wednesday, July 26

Paul Bassat (SquarePeg Capital /SEEK)

Fireside Chat

Paul is a co-founder of Square Peg Capital. Prior to founding Square Peg, Paul co-founded SEEK in 1997 and served as Joint CEO from 1997-2011. SEEK is the world’s largest online employment business and in 14 years went from a start up to one of Australia’s top 100 companies. SEEK has market leading businesses in numerous markets throughout Australasia, Asia and Latin and South America....

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Wednesday, August 23

Startup Grind hosts Nick Bell (WME group)

Fireside Chat

Nick Bell is one of Australia’s most prolific self-made businessmen. Bell started WME a digital marketing firm in 2008 with his last $400 in his bedroom before rapid growth led to staff of over 200. In May 2017 Bell finalised a deal which saw him sell WME to Melbourne IT for $39million and will exit the company at the end of June 2017.

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Past Events

Paul Naphtali (Rampersand)

Paul Naphtali (Rampersand)

 Startup Grind hosts Taryn Williams (TheRight.Fit)

Startup Grind hosts Taryn Williams (TheRight.Fit)

 Steve Baxter (Shark Tank / River City Labs)

Steve Baxter (Shark Tank / River City Labs)

 Maggie Zhou (Alibaba Group)

Maggie Zhou (Alibaba Group)

 Startup Grind hosts Holly Liu (Kabam)

Startup Grind hosts Holly Liu (Kabam)

 Jules Lund (Tribe)

Jules Lund (Tribe)

 Andrew Hyde (Startup Weekend)

Andrew Hyde (Startup Weekend)

 Santa Claus (Kringle Global Logistics, Inc)

Santa Claus (Kringle Global Logistics, Inc)

 Gretta Rose van Riel (Nichify)

Gretta Rose van Riel (Nichify)

 Matt Mickiewicz (Hired.com)

Matt Mickiewicz (Hired.com)

 The Hon. Philip Dalidakis (Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade)

The Hon. Philip Dalidakis (Minister for Small Business, Innovation and Trade)

 Sarah Hamilton (Bellabox)

Sarah Hamilton (Bellabox)

 Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures)

Niki Scevak (Blackbird Ventures)

 Péter “HP” Halácsy (Prezi)

Péter “HP” Halácsy (Prezi)

 Derek Andersen (Startup Grind)

Derek Andersen (Startup Grind)

 Nathan Chan (Foundr Magazine)

Nathan Chan (Foundr Magazine)

 Alan Jones (Blue Chilli)

Alan Jones (Blue Chilli)

 Elaine Stead (BlueSky Venture Capital)

Elaine Stead (BlueSky Venture Capital)

 Christian Mischler (HotelQuickly)

Christian Mischler (HotelQuickly)

 Chrys Bader-Wechseler (Secret)

Chrys Bader-Wechseler (Secret)

 Charlie Wood (Dropbox)

Charlie Wood (Dropbox)

 Matt Bullock (eWay)

Matt Bullock (eWay)

 Craig Blair (Airtree Ventures)

Craig Blair (Airtree Ventures)

 Hon Julia Gillard (Ducere)

Hon Julia Gillard (Ducere)

 Peter Shankman (HARO)

Peter Shankman (HARO)

 Adrian Stone (AngelCube)

Adrian Stone (AngelCube)

 Gabby Leibovich (CatchOfTheDay)

Gabby Leibovich (CatchOfTheDay)

 Gen George (OneShift)

Gen George (OneShift)

 Mathew Jacobson (Dūcere)

Mathew Jacobson (Dūcere)

 Vaughan Rowsell (Vend)

Vaughan Rowsell (Vend)

 Danny Gorog and Eytan Lenko (Outware Mobile)

Danny Gorog and Eytan Lenko (Outware Mobile)

 Caroline & Melissa Shawyer (The PR Group)

Caroline & Melissa Shawyer (The PR Group)

 Ruslan Kogan (Kogan)

Ruslan Kogan (Kogan)

 Domenic Carosa (Future Capital)

Domenic Carosa (Future Capital)

 Collis Ta'eed (Envato)

Collis Ta'eed (Envato)

 Greg Roebuck (Carsales)

Greg Roebuck (Carsales)

 Laura Mckenzie (Scale Investors)

Laura Mckenzie (Scale Investors)

 Justin Dry and Andre Eikmeier (Vinomofo)

Justin Dry and Andre Eikmeier (Vinomofo)

 Paul Bassat (SEEK + Square Peg Capital)

Paul Bassat (SEEK + Square Peg Capital)

 Diana Williams (Fernwood Fitness)

Diana Williams (Fernwood Fitness)

 Adam Schwab (Aussie Commerce)

Adam Schwab (Aussie Commerce)

 Kevin & Julia Hartz (Eventbrite)

Kevin & Julia Hartz (Eventbrite)

 Susan Wu (Stripe)

Susan Wu (Stripe)

 Tessa Court (IntelligenceBank)

Tessa Court (IntelligenceBank)

 Gavin Appel (Square Peg Capital)

Gavin Appel (Square Peg Capital)

 Roy Hui (MMGN)

Roy Hui (MMGN)

 Heath Kilgour (Footytips.com.au)

Heath Kilgour (Footytips.com.au)

 Tony Wheeler (Lonely Planet)

Tony Wheeler (Lonely Planet)

 Alan Noble (Google)

Alan Noble (Google)

 Stuart B. Richardson (Adventure Capital)

Stuart B. Richardson (Adventure Capital)

 Jordan Green (Melbourne Angels)

Jordan Green (Melbourne Angels)

 Patrick Llewellyn (99Designs)

Patrick Llewellyn (99Designs)

 Rick Chen (Pozible)

Rick Chen (Pozible)

 Mikkel Svane (Zendesk)

Mikkel Svane (Zendesk)

 Martin Hosking (Founder of RedBubble.com)

Martin Hosking (Founder of RedBubble.com)

 Tom Howard (Adioso)

Tom Howard (Adioso)

 World's Largest Holiday Startup Party with Adioso

World's Largest Holiday Startup Party with Adioso

 Chris Ridd (CEO of Xero.com)

Chris Ridd (CEO of Xero.com)

 Stuart Mcleod (Founder of Paycycle and VP of Global Payroll Operations at Xero.com)

Stuart Mcleod (Founder of Paycycle and VP of Global Payroll Operations at Xero.com)

 Brent Chandler (Zwift.com.au)

Brent Chandler (Zwift.com.au)

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Chris Joannou

Melbourne Director

CREATIVE. TECH. ENTREPRENEUR. 

Is the founder of Cleanstack an Australian Botanic Nutrition and Technology Company and the founder of DreamPushers an agency focused on digital storytelling. 

He is the CEO of Startup Melbourne and the Entrepreneur in Residence for Collective Campus, Melbourne's premier enterprise innovation hub.

He is also the Founding Director and General Manager of Startup Grind Australia and New Zealand connecting, inspiring, and educating the local startup ecosystem serving over 9000 entrepreneurs. Ranked as one of the top 50 Australian startup influencers by Startup Daily.

From the Blog

Underwear Gnomes and Startup's

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Eben Piazza 2015-04-30T14:56:19+00:00
Startup Grind Buffalo hosted Niall Wallace (Infonaut) last night, and Niall had some great advice for entrepreneurs relating to South Park's underwear gnomes.
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Susan Wu counsels startups to question the core of what they do

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Ash Anand 2014-05-08T00:52:44+00:00
Investor and adviser, Susan Wu, has worked on the early developments of some of the most revered consumer technology startups, including Twitter, Square, Findery, Canva and Jawbone, amongst others. Having recently relocated from San Francisco to Melbourne, she now heads up the Australian arm of Stripe – a service that makes it easier to process transactions online and through mobile apps. A venerated hacker and entrepreneur, Wu was named as one of the "100 Most Creative People in Business" and the "Most Influential Women in Technology” by Fast Company. The San Jose Mercury News also proclaimed her as one of the "10 Most Influential People in Silicon Valley".
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Learn. Play. Connect.

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Ash Anand 2014-04-28T08:49:31+00:00
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