Best Tractor Ventures Podcasts (2024)

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Tipping Point with Seedooh 37:10

1+ y ago37:10

37:10

Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode featuring Seedooh Founder & CEO Tom Richter in conversation with Tractor Ventures Co-Founder and Co-CEO Matt Allen. Seedooh is a fully automated, data-led Independent Verification Platform for public space advertising campaign reporting - the first of its kind. They’re committed to helping Australia develop a ne…

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Macro Trends with Social Media College 52:36

1+ y ago52:36

52:36

Welcome to Hard Mode with Social Media College Co-Founders & Co-CEO's Daniele Tanner & Jonathon Tanner in conversation with Tractor Ventures Entrepreneur in Residence, Noga Edelstein. Social Media College is the market leader for social media education. They work with the world's top social media experts who use all the social platforms every day t…

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Validation & Discipline with Cartelux 40:20

1+ y ago40:20

40:20

Welcome to Hard Mode with Joshua Williams, Founder & CEO of Cartelux. The Cartelux story is fascinating - they are shaping the future of retail marketing, empowering local area marketers to run digital campaigns in the most time efficient, cost efficient and brand compliant fashion possible, and have found particular product market fit within the a…

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Network Effect with Syncio 49:03

1+ y ago49:03

49:03

Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode with Syncio Founder Jimmy Zhong in conversation with Tractor Ventures Co-CEO Matt Allen. Jimmy and Matt talk about the bootstrapped progression for Syncio, achieving network effect along the way Syncio is on a mission to take commerce to its next stage - Collaborative Commerce. This is a world where merchants ca…

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Language & Business Growth with The English Farm 45:32

2y ago45:32

45:32

Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode featuring The English Farm Founder Matthew Radich. The English Farm was created by teachers to be the best place on the Internet to learn English - They’re a community of more than 120 teachers, based all around the world, with Matthew himself residing in Auckland New Zealand. During the podcast chat with Tracto…

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Greener Tomorrow with Urban Plant Growers 56:42

2y ago56:42

56:42

Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode featuring Urban Plant Growers Co-Founders Dilhan Wickremanayake & Peter Cole. Urban Plant Growers address the issue of food wastage and environmental degradation by selling indoor plant growing products to the average person. Much of the food we eat comes from industrial farms that rely heavily on fertilisers an…

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Digital Swiss Army Knife with Paperform 48:54

2y ago48:54

48:54

Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode featuring Paperform Co-Founders Diony & Dean McPherson. Paperform is a flexible online form builder like no others. It combines beautiful design with serious digital smarts to create endless possibilities - you’ll hear the company referred to as a digital Swiss Army knife more than once in this episode. Payments…

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Large Scale Problem-Solving with Talisium 44:36

2y ago44:36

44:36

Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode featuring Talisium Founder Tony Brennan. Talisium are reimagining global health education by providing a global focussed training platform that enables health employers and professionals to access thousands of health courses to upskill and stay current. During this conversation with Tractor Ventures Entrepreneur…

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Transforming Boring Industries with Framefox 36:48

2y ago36:48

36:48

Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode featuring Framefox Founder George Coltart. George helps people design simple, beautiful custom framing to easily frame any poster, print, or photo without leaving the house. Framefox have been a predominantly bootstrapped business that has benefitted from particular marketing techniques and word of mouth, which …

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Wealth Horizon with Dashdot 41:08

2y ago41:08

41:08

Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode featuring Dashdot Co-Founder & CEO Goose McGrath. Goose & his Co-Founder Gabi Billing lead a team of ~70 people helping people to achieve their life and financial goals and with much less risk. Dashdot are Property Portfolio Growth Partners, on a mission to transform the way the world invests. They help their cl…

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Fast Data Insights with Glow 31:55

2y ago31:55

31:55

Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode featuring Glow Founder & CEO, Tim Clover. Glow is best-in-class research-tech that makes it easier and faster to gather actionable human insights. Glow gives users the power to get their market research right and the confidence to act on insights now. Teams within brands, consultancies, market research agencies …

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10X Teams with Multitudes 30:18

2y ago30:18

30:18

Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode featuring Multitudes Founder & CEO, Laurent Peate. Multitudes helps engineering leaders and teams deliver well without burning people out. It's an ethical team analytics tool that uses GitHub (and soon, Slack and Jira) integrations to uncover everything from key DevOps metrics to who’s missing out on feedback an…

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Research as a Product with UsabilityHub 35:47

2y ago35:47

35:47

Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode featuring Usability Hub Co-Founder & CEO, Matt Milosavljevic. UsabilityHub is a remote usability testing platform that allows you to backup design decisions with real user data. In this conversation with Tractor Co-Founder & CEO Matt Allen, the chat dives into how UsabilityHub operate with their 3 co-founders, t…

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Innovation Gap Year with HEX 35:37

2+ y ago35:37

35:37

Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode Podcast featuring HEX founder Jeanette Cheah. The HEX team help thousands of young people bring their future to life by training up future startup founders, social activists and corporate innovators ,and giving them the skills, tools and brain-hacks they need. HEX are creating a generation of leaders who take ac…

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Innovation in non-alcoholic drinks with Andy Miller (Heaps Normal) 47:28

2+ y ago47:28

47:28

In this episode of The Richards Report host Ted Richards and Heaps Normal Co-Founder & CEO, Andy Miller discuss the rise of no/low alcoholic drinks. Discussion includes the following; •Global trends of non-alcoholic drinks around the world •The brands having most success with non alcoholic drinks •New ways non-alcoholic beer can be brewed •Starting…

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Jobe Watson discussing Australian property, New York cafes and launching his new business venture 38:31

2+ y ago38:31

38:31

In this episode of The Richards Report host Ted Richards and guest Jobe Watson discuss; •How commentary of AFL games has changed due to COVID •The latest on Jobe's cafes (Hole in the Wall) in the US and navigating an American hospitality business through COVID •Jobe's new business venture, Morning Joe high-quality instant coffee. If you would like …

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The Horizon with Niki Scevak (Blackbird) 35:30

2+ y ago35:30

35:30

Blackbird Co-Founder Niki Scevak joins Tractor Ventures Co-Founder Matt Allen on the Hard Mode Podcast to talk about the history of starting Blackbird Ventures and the interactions with numerous founders shaping the trajectory of the AU/NZ technology ecosystem. Blackbird is a venture capital firm with the mission to be a partner to the greatest bus…

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Advocating for the Consumer with Claimo 43:02

2+ y ago43:02

43:02

Welcome to Hard Mode with the founder of Financial Services group Claimo: Nathan Mortlock. Claimo are specialists in claiming back junk insurance refunds for thousands of consumers that have outlaid on car finance, credit cards, personal loans and mortgages. This team do the investigative work with finance institutions to recover these funds on beh…

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Time as the Ultimate Currency with Float 48:34

2+ y ago48:34

48:34

This episode of Hard Mode features the founders of Float: CEO Glenn Rogers & CTO Lars Gelfan. Float brings the most powerful set of resource management features together in one place to make scheduling your team’s time faster, easier, and more efficient. Built for teams big and small across all industries, the world’s top companies rely on Float to…

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The Numbers Don’t Lie with Versus Merch 45:24

2+ y ago45:24

45:24

This Hard Mode Podcast focusses on Versus Merch, welcoming CEO & Founder Evan McLellan and COO Scott Cooper to the microphone for a chat. Versus Merch provides custom branded merchandise and promo item solutions for businesses, events, sporting clubs, peak bodies and more, with uniforms, employee onboarding packs, gift packages and literally anythi…

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Monetising Creative Passion with Creatively Squared 45:43

2+ y ago45:43

45:43

Welcome to this episode of Hard Mode featuring the Founders of Brisbane based visual content production platform Creatively Squared - Ruth Stephensen and Scott Thomas. Companies like Johnson & Johnson, Unilever, Heineken and Google use the Creatively Squared platform to maximise their content budget and create original photos and videos at scale, v…

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All Aboard the Submarine with Disco Labs 57:09

2+ y ago57:09

57:09

Disco Labs Founder & CEO Gavin Ballard joins us on Hard Mode to talk about Disco’s next phase of life - transitioning to a product-first company for future growth. Disco Labs are a world–leading agency specialising in custom software and integrations for Shopify Plus merchants. They’re inaugural Shopify Plus Partners, having worked with the platfor…

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Ready for Mega Trends with Accurassi 31:50

2+ y ago31:50

31:50

This episode of Hard Mode Podcast features Accurassi Founder and Executive Chair, Ross Sharman. Accurassi are a modular Customer Acquisition and Management Platform for the next generation of energy retailers. Their energy retail software supports the decentralisation of energy infrastructure, and they deploy renewable technology at scale to facili…

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Care Planning with Age Up Health 33:44

2+ y ago33:44

33:44

Age Up Health Founder Grace Petherick joins us on the Hard Mode podcast to talk about her journey impacting and changing the way aged care is planned and delivered. Age Up Health are an Aged Care Provider offering a more flexible approach to in-home support and their services are driven by their cornerstones of health, individuality and community. …

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Technology and People with Rowan Simpson (Hoku) 37:53

2+ y ago37:53

37:53

Rowan Simpson joins us to have a conversation with Matt Allen on the Hard Mode podcast, discussing his journey in navigating technology ecosystems and his role over the years as a founder of and early investor in multiple high-growth technology businesses, including companies such as Timely, Vend, Xero and Trade Me. Rowan is the Chairman of Hoku Gr…

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Reducing the Time Horizon with SignOnSite 45:09

2+ y ago45:09

45:09

Joining Tractor Ventures Co-Founder Aprill Allen on this episode of Hard Mode is Alexandria Garlan (COO) and Mitchell Harmer (CEO) - the Co-Founders of construction-technology startup SignOnSite. SignOnSite is an in-field connected worker platform for the construction industry, which removes roadblocks for people on site. They discuss with Aprill t…

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Challenging the Norm with Amplified Intelligence 43:43

2+ y ago43:43

43:43

Professor Karen Nelson-Field, the Founder and CEO of Adelaide based Amplified Intelligence, joins the Hard Mode podcast to discuss the company's significant impact and upwards trajectory. Amplified Intelligence lead the global attention economy - recognising that current metrics fail advertisers and cause media spend to disappear with minimal value…

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Continuous Improvement with Teamgage 43:19

2+ y ago43:19

43:19

Joining Tractor Ventures CEO & Co-Founder Matt Allen on the very first episode of Hard Mode is Noelle & Ben Smit, the founders of Adelaide-based software company Teamgage. Teamgage are the modern alternative to pulse and engagement surveys, enabling everyone to continuously improve their own team and organisation. Teamgage were the first company to…

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Ep 0: HARD-MODE with Matt Allen 7:52

2+ y ago7:52

7:52

Welcome to the Hard Mode podcast - a storytelling series focusing on the startup founder reality as they embarked on their journey towards growing impressive, sustainable businesses, on their terms. We feature Tractor Ventures CEO & Co-Founder Matt Allen on this launch episode, where Matt talks about what we're doing here for the Hard Mode podcast,…

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Whisky Loot and Gin Loot with Joel Hauer 25:30

3y ago25:30

25:30

Whisky Loot and Gin Loot are liquor subscription businesses. In the discussion we cover;- How Joel is disrupting the traditional retail model/experience for selecting and buying spirits- The benefits of a direct to consumer business like this- The paradox of choice when it comes to making a decisionIf you are interested in trying Whisky Loot and/or…

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Nick Hungerford - Co-Founder of Nutmeg [REPLAY] 33:40

3y ago33:40

33:40

Here is a re-release of an episode I recorded back in May of 2019 and I want to bring it back to the top of your feed if you missed it the first time as much has happened since it was first released.Nick Hungerford is the founder of Nutmeg, the largest robo-adviser in Europe. He is also a digital ambassador for the UK Department of International Tr…

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Early stage investing with Matt Allen (Tractor Ventures ) 39:40

3y ago39:40

39:40

Ted and Matt discuss the following topics;- The usual venture capital (VC) model and what makes the Tractor model different- Typical risks investing in early-stage investments (and potential rewards) - What makes a good early-stage investor- The Startmate programTo sign up and join the Richards Report Team for Fred's Big Run click here; https://www…

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Sam Wood - Entrepreneur and Start-up founder 51:17

3+ y ago51:17

51:17

In this episode of The Richards Report podcast Ted speaks with Sam Wood about his journey, calculated risks he has taken and lessons learned from starting different businesses. In particular they discuss;- How Sam's career in fitness all started (changing university degrees)- Identifying new business opportunities and backing himself (28, Gecko)- T…

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2020 year in review with Pat Garrett (Six Park) 39:00

3+ y ago39:00

39:00

In this episode Ted speaks with Six Park co-founder and co-CEO Pat Garrett. They revisit some of the events that occurred in 2020 and discuss the following topics; •Quarter by quarter break down •Stock market movements versus economic conditions •2020 winners & losers •Successful pivots •Who got lucky •Rebalancing For show notes and to listen to pr…

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Scott Galloway - Post Corona, investing and Amazon 52:03

3+ y ago52:03

52:03

This episode I spoke with Scott Galloway, Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern, serial entrepreneur and author of the book Post Corona: From Crisis to Opportunity. Show notes for the episode are available here At the beginning of 2020, approximately 16% of retail was transacted via digital channels. Eight weeks after the pandemic reached the U.S. (M…

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Investor Psychology with Morgan Housel 50:49

3+ y ago50:49

50:49

In this episode I'm speaking with Morgan Housel. Morgan is a partner at the Collaborative Fund, an award winning columnist and author of the book The Psychology of Money. Episode show notes: The Richards Report show notes In this episode we cover the following topics; •Our similar non-traditional paths into finance and investing •The similarities b…

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COVID and the US election - market update with Pat Garrett (Six Park) 39:30

4y ago39:30

39:30

In this episode we cover; •What is creating more uncertainty; COVID or the US election •The effect forex can have on returns •Volatility in 2020 •The perils of trying to predict the future This episode is brought to you by Six Parkwww.sixpark.com.auBy Ted Richards

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Financial Autonomy with Paul Benson 49:53

4y ago49:53

49:53

Paul Benson is a financial adviser, a fellow podcaster, and an author. I'm interested in all three 'hats' that Paul wears so we cover a lot of different topics in this episode.We discuss;Goal Setting and why it's importantBudgets to help you achieve your goal •The 50/20/30 Method •The Reverse Budget •The big cut strategy •The track your spending ap…

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Fintech, Financial Services and Superannuation with Senator Jane Hume 36:36

4y ago36:36

36:36

In this episode I speak with Senator Jane Hume, the Assistant Minister for Financial Services, Fintech and Superannuation. We discuss the following topics; Open BankingThe Consumer Data Right involves the sharing of your data with an accredited provider, and allows Open Banking to fuction. Launched in July 2020, it will focus for now on the banking…

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