Best Victoria Amp Courtney Podcasts (2024)

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4.10 Celebrate your successes 26:13

3+ y ago26:13

26:13

What makes a good mentor? And what should you do to be a good mentee? In our final episode of Level Up, we'll answer these questions and talk about how to get started with your own mentorship relationship. We're joined by Lucy Lloyd, Co-founder of Mentorloop, which is an online matchmaking site for mentoring relationships. She shares the lessons sh…

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4.9 Question everything 25:04

3+ y ago25:04

25:04

Katy Stevens had already built a career working in Customer Success (with experience in huge corporations like Microsoft) when she met her future mentor, Didier Elzinga. Little did she know, Didier was about to make her question everything … She took a role working at Culture Amp; a homegrown, Melbourne-based, high-growth technology start-up. But K…

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4.8 Evolving together 20:48

3+ y ago20:48

20:48

Today's episode captures one of the more unique styles of mentoring relationships — 'co-mentoring'. Mark and Marty are, independently, two very successful entrepreneurs. And they've joined forces to leverage the power of co-mentoring one another. But … their relationship began under some pretty unique circumstances as well. It all started when Mark…

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4.7 Confronting the unique issues women face as founders 26:34

3+ y ago26:34

26:34

With success comes unexpected challenges. And Renee found this out the hard way … Renee Moore is the Founder and CEO of Cinch Skin, a multi-award-winning skincare brand that exploded onto the shelves of Priceline — one of Australia's largest beauty retailers. But when Cinch Skin grew 400% in a short space of time, Renee realised she needed some hel…

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4.6 Conquering the chaos 21:26

3+ y ago21:26

21:26

Kinfolk is a social enterprise cafe that provides training and work experience for people in marginalised communities. It was started by Jarrod Briffa, who's lack of hospitality experience often led to struggles. Enter Paul McConville, a loyal customer at Kinfolk, and a hospitality industry veteran. It wasn't uncommon for challenges to be afoot at …

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4.5 Navigating a male-dominated industry 24:04

3+ y ago24:04

24:04

Liz B, and her mentor Jacqui Loustau, are two powerful women working in cybersecurity. They first crossed paths at an industry event where Liz made quite an impression on Jacqui before they even spoke for the first time. Fast forward to today, where Liz and Jacqui have set up the AWSN (the Australian Women in Security Network) which supports, inspi…

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4.4 Facing conflict head-on 19:28

4y ago19:28

19:28

Australian radio legend, Jules Lund, had a great business idea and the determination, confidence and contacts to pull it off. However, he quickly realised that although he had the enthusiasm, he didn't quite have the business acumen to make TRIBE successful … Enter Anthony Svirskis, an experienced entrepreneur who Jules hired to be TRIBE's CEO (and…

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4.3 It's hard work (but we have fun along the way) 20:13

4y ago20:13

20:13

This story begins with Kirsteene Phelan throwing it all on the line. After she witnesses Rome2rio's CEO, Rod Cuthbert, meeting with a PR firm in their shared office space, she saunters over and tells him to ditch the PR firm and hire her instead! This moment marks the beginning of Kirsteene's career in the travel industry. Kirsteene and Rod begin w…

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4.2 Growing through discomfort 20:39

4y ago20:39

20:39

Disrupting a billion-dollar industry can prove to be a … traumatic experience. At least, that’s what DJ Dikic discovered when building Palette and Tint — two really exciting start-ups — with the mission to change the century-old industry of paint. Helping DJ on his path is Adam Lewis, an established businessman with a mentoring style that is pretty…

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4.1 The quest to level up 27:18

4y ago27:18

27:18

In this episode, we follow one company on a journey of growth. Nathan Chan is the CEO of Foundr Magazine, an online media and education business which is fast becoming the go-to online source for entrepreneurs and start-ups. Over the years, Nathan had interviewed people like Richard Branson, Tony Robbins and Gary Vee. And Foundr had been producing …

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Season 4 - Level Up 3:30

4y ago3:30

3:30

You've definitely heard the stories about visionary entrepreneurs and how they built their companies to incredible heights. But behind these icons of business, there's a story which often goes untold ... the story of the mentorship that helped them get there. Level Up is a show about the personal growth of some great Australian entrepreneurs and st…

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3.8 Horizons 26:42

5y ago26:42

26:42

Envato's capacity to create new products is relentless. They don't all work but there's one product that's tipped to be a very large part of the business in the coming years. Even in the early days of the company it had created not one but three marketplaces. This is the final episode of the third season. Share the show and leave a review where you…

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3.7 Like a spaceship 26:52

5y ago26:52

26:52

Envato is strangely unencumbered by external deadlines, forces, companies, weather, politics and many other things that traditional businesses might be. In the head office on King Street there’s a peculiar but positive sense of calm that exists as soon as you swipe into the building. Scale Up is a podcast by LaunchVic, Victoria's startup ecosystem …

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3.6 Hunting people down 17:28

5y ago17:28

17:28

You've never heard of a company profit share like this. Wanting to take a more systematic approach to how the company shares its profit the team at the top gets a small team in HR together to keep a secret and get busy. What they do will only ever and can only ever happen once at Envato. Scale Up is a podcast by LaunchVic, Victoria's startup ecosys…

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3.5 It’s all miserable, please help. 19:22

5y ago19:22

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Being a huge website makes you a big target for people with bad intentions. And when they decide to act it can often come in the form of a distributed denial of service attack - a DDOS attack. What happens when Envato's targeted and how do they respond? Whoever's on call get's to work quickly. Scale Up is a podcast by LaunchVic, Victoria's startup …

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3.4 Such a weird number 26:03

5y ago26:03

26:03

"When the community succeeds, we succeed" One of the the values (see last episode) and emblematic of the focus Envato retains on its treasured and longtime community of authors. Building the global community has been a focus from the start. It is why Envato can keep diversifying, scaling and increasing the huge amount of revenue that flows through …

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3.3 Tell it like it is 24:53

5y ago24:53

24:53

In a Friday meeting Collis Ta'eed's phone starts buzzing. Someone appears at the window. Then half the executive team are waiting outside. Something's going on. It's one thing to have values, it's another to stand by them even if it negatively affects the business. When push came to shove Envato's made those choices. Almost more than any other, "Va…

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3.2 A bootstrapped war chest 21:45

5y ago21:45

21:45

Envato has never taken outside investment. For a tech company if this size that’s a very rare feat. While many start ups chase venture capital to aid growth, validation and scale, Envato has been building over a decade uninfluenced by investors looking for an exit. Scale Up is a podcast by LaunchVic, Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency.…

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3.1 Who needs Times Square? 31:54

5y ago31:54

31:54

What's it like to join Envato? The process from the outside to inside reveals some telling characteristics of Envato’s culture and values. People from around the world are landing in Melbourne to start work on King Street. Scale Up is a podcast by LaunchVic, Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. For more information on the series or anyt…

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Season 3 - Envato 4:10

5y ago4:10

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This season we look into a Victorian company that's best described as a spaceship. Experiencing Envato from within makes the world outside that's not on either side of the marketplace almost irrelevant. Though it's in Envato's powerful and human focused values that keep it familiar, give it a conscience and inspire those who work for or with the in…

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2.8 They just get it now! 39:05

6y ago39:05

39:05

Redbubble's First XI travel to Sydney. It's been a 10 year slog to get here. Chairman and CEO stand in front of the gathered crowd at the Australian Securities Exchange while the brass bell waits patiently on the wall behind the lectern. But Redbubble didn't have to put itself through the scrutiny of the market, even though it chose to. Links menti…

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2.7 Australia's largest global consumer internet company 29:44

6y ago29:44

29:44

From about day 1 Redbubble's market was the world while it's base has always, except for a brief moment of consideration, remained Melbourne. It's rare for Australian companies to do this immediately for the global market, and even rarer for them to succeed to the level Redbubble has. But they've pulled it off, with a few lessons along the way. Lin…

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2.6 $1 in damages 22:29

6y ago22:29

22:29

After a threat in the media, a vote in Federal Parliament and movie partnerships. Redbubble has managed to significantly lessen the chances it will be in court over copyright infringement through a couple of moves and Martin's hard time in the public eye driven by the mission. Links mentioned in the episode Ground Hog Day brand partnership State Li…

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2.5 It is actually ok 21:21

6y ago21:21

21:21

Drifting from crisis to crisis in an uncontrolled environment created by yourself, entrepreneurship is hard. And there's a good chance you'll waste a lot of time and hopefully develop some coping mechanisms. Is there a way out if you need it? Martin Hosking, founder and CEO of Redbubble, opens up about disassociation, the hard Mondays, and where he…

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2.4 Pans of boiling water 31:04

6y ago31:04

31:04

Behind the website is an immense logistics network that Redbubble initiates, drives yet barely owns. We drive to Horsham and meet the very first supplier still printing stickers and artwork to this day. It's just one of 15 suppliers globally that prints the creative on the products shipped to individual customers. Scale Up is brought to you by Laun…

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2.3 Has it occurred to you, Redbubble 29:25

6y ago29:25

29:25

Martin had drawn a small circle on a bit of paper, then a bigger circle around the small circle. It's the bigger circle that would become and still is the backbone, the mission and the life of Redbubble - the community, both inside the company and on the website. This early strategy, focus and passion for Redbubble remains consistent, nourished and…

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2.2 Setting up 'shop' 34:33

6y ago34:33

34:33

The concept is mapped out by Peter, Paul and Martin. Then the pivot. Redbubble company raises $2 million from a business plan and an office is rented, but it's not an office. With enthusiasm and a vision they set about getting the company off the ground. Redbubble is chosen as the name. The early days of Redbubble are in full swing and it seems tha…

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2.1 No cash in the ATM 27:18

6y ago27:18

27:18

A two year old Redbubble was also reeling from the Global Financial Crisis. Shocked faces of Wall Street traders and the phrase "we don't know where the bottom is" beomes commonplace on the TV news. The GFC sets in and Redbubble's expansion plans are rapidly rolled back. A "Down Round" becomes necessary. Scale Up is brought to you by LaunchVic. Lau…

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Season 2 - Redbubble 3:17

6y ago3:17

3:17

Redbubble was founded in Fitzroy, Victoria in 2006 when Peter, Martin and Paul sat around to talk about an idea. It's since become a global three-sided creative marketplace for artists to upload their work and it reproduced on-demand for customers. In 2018 Redbubble, still based in Melbourne, has been through it all; leadership changes, the Global …

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Bonus: Martin Hosking of Redbubble 16:44

6+ y ago16:44

16:44

Martin Hosking, co-founder of Redbubble, from when we spoke to him on Scale Up. Like Culture Amp, Redbubble has their global head office in Melbourne, does the majority of it's business internationally and has scaled enormously. Don't forget to leave a review where you're listening, and please let a friend know about Scale Up. More information abou…

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1.7 I wouldn’t do it any other way 17:49

6+ y ago17:49

17:49

What's in store for Culture Amp's future? Plenty it seems. With the increasing momentum we catch moments with the founders to hit at the possibilities and what keeps them going. More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. Our role is to help build the infrastructu…

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1.6 World's most livable city 23:02

6+ y ago23:02

23:02

Culture Amp still calls the world's most liveable city home. Scale Up takes stock of the growing startup scene here and why big fast growth companies are choosing to stay. More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. Our role is to help build the infrastructure for…

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1.5 Hockey stick lessons 33:12

6+ y ago33:12

33:12

While growing at lightning speed we catch some snapshots of how that growth has altered the working lives of the founders and what they've learned from the experience. And, inevitably, the company's first competitior appears. More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development ag…

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1.4 The bank account looks different 24:15

6+ y ago24:15

24:15

Product market fit, an urge to grow and a meeting with an Atlassian co-founder. What happens next? It's the first of three raises that'll get Culture Amp in with big VC players - locally and in the Valley. More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. Our role is to…

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1.3 The Enso 33:17

6+ y ago33:17

33:17

Going from 1 to 20 to now over 180 employees Culture Amp has paid close attention to what sort of company it will be to the people working there. We hear from three employees who've all joined at very different times of scale and significant growth. The very first employee Dr Jason McPhearson, two and a half year Culture Amp veteran designer Nicole…

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1.2 I think they're serious 27:00

6+ y ago27:00

27:00

What do you do when a giant global software firm contact your through your website? If you're Culture Amp chat with them from a friend's bedroom, spend $800 on a plane ticket and work like crazy. The co-founders didn't come together to scale in bits, they want leaps and bounds. More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org Lau…

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1.1 10,000 times 10,000 22:55

6+ y ago22:55

22:55

Didier Elzinga, CEO and founder of Culture Amp, writes the "world's simplest business plan", finds some cofounders and launches Culture Amp in a small co-working space. Welcome to the first episode of Scale Up, an 8 part series focused on startup companies scaling in Victoria, Australia. This series is all about Culture Amp. Started back in 2012 wi…

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Season 1 - CultureAmp 3:35

6+ y ago3:35

3:35

A new show about startups in Melbourne scaling to global success. In this first series we'll meet Culture Amp, founded in 2012 by Didier Elzinga, Doug English, Rod Hamilton and Jon Williams. Since then it's gone from strength to strength winning clients from the Valley, opening offices across three continents and raising capital from some of the mo…

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