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E25S06 PollenOne

Can a startup serve a community first and still thrive? Brian Lim‘s PollenOne offers free, searchable database of grants and tenders – first for Australia, and eventually for every country where Australian startups can do business with governments (including the USA, UK, Singapore, and several others). Just getting the data is a big ask – once you have it, how do you monetise it – while respecting your users? Brian Lim walks the tightrope between doing good and doing well on THIS WEEK IN STARTUPS AUSTRALIA.

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S10E05 Election News Special

With just 10 days until the Federal Election, TWISTA consults VCs Andrea Gardiner (CEO, Jelix Ventures) and Dean Dorrell (Partner, Carthona Capital) on the election sweeteners for startups – and the policy needs of a nation that fancies itself an innovation leader. Plus: Fast fails and Canva gets repriced. Before you cast your ballot, have a listen!

TWISTA S10E05 Election News Special

Dean and Andrea both nominated two WORLDCHANGING Australian startups…

PathZero is a startup that helps businesses do accurate accounting of their carbon emissions.

Quantum Brilliance is working on a room-temperature quantum computing device.

Big thanks to our series 10 TWISTA Sponsors:

Zendesk – Build lasting customer experiences from the ground up – https://zendesk.com/twista
OurCrowd – Bringing you companies with the greatest growth potential – https://ourcrowd.com/twista
UserTesting – Put yourself in your customer’s shoes – https://usertesting.com/twista

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S10E03 Jason Calacanis Goes Remote

We invite ‘Mister Angel’ Jason Calacanis back for more of our recent wide-ranging interview. This time we focus on how the transition to remote work has radically changed the management of startups – and how it aids investors to increase their deal flow by 5x.

TWISTA S10E03 Jason Calacanis Goes Remote

Big thanks to our sponsors:

OurCrowd – Bringing you companies with the greatest growth potential – https://ourcrowd.com/twista
UserTesting – Put yourself in your customer’s shoes – https://usertesting.com/twista
Zendesk – Build lasting customer experiences from the ground up – https://zendesk.com/twista

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S10E02 News Special with Cheryl Mack and Mike Nicholls

Has a cash splash in the pre-election Federal Budget changed the landscape for startups? Is the global talent shortage creating runway problems? Are female founders finally getting their due? These are just some of the issues angel investor extraorinaire Cheryl Mack and VC ‘Rescue’ Mike Nicholls cover in TWISTA’s first news special of Series 10.

TWISTA S10E02 News Special with Cheryl Mack and Mike Nicholls

Thanks to our Series 10 sponsors:

Zendesk – Build lasting customer experiences from the ground up – https://zendesk.com/twista
OurCrowd – Bringing you companies with the greatest growth potential – https://ourcrowd.com/twista
UserTesting – Put yourself in your customer’s shoes – https://usertesting.com/twista

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Episode 09E16 Teamgage’s Noelle and Ben Smit

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?

TWISTA S09E16 Teamgage’s Noelle and Ben Smit

Big thanks to our sponsors

UserTesting – Find out how your users really use your products – https://usertesting.com/twista
Squarespace – Web hosting for everyone made easy – https://squarespace.com/twista
Odoo – The office stack that scales with your startup – https://odoo.com/twista

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Episode S09E05 Tractor Venture’s Matt Allen

Matt Allen found a gap in the startup funding model. Now he’s driving Tractor Ventures through it, providing unsecured loans to startups with accelerating revenues. Are loans a better deal than selling shares? This episode is a must for every startup raising capital.

EXPLICIT CONTENT WARNING – Matt gets a bit sweary (in a good way)

TWISTA S09E05 Tractor Venture’s Matt Allen

Big thanks to our sponsors:

Squarespace – Web hosting for everyone made easy – https://squarespace.com/twista
Odoo – The office stack that scales with your startup – https://odoo.com/twista
UserTesting – Find out how your users really use your products – https://usertesting.com/twista

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Episode S09E02 News Special

TWISTA welcomes back SheEO Country Lead Julie Trell and Main Sequence GP Mike Nicholls to explore the post-pandemic landscape for startups, emerging funding models – and what their experience has taught them are the key elements for a successful startup.

TWISTA S09E02 News Special

Big thanks to our sponsors:
Squarespace – Web hosting for everyone made easy – https://squarespace.com/twista
Odoo – The office stack that scales with your startup – https://odoo.com/twista
UserTesting – Find out how your users really use your products – https://usertesting.com/twista

A big shout out to HerShee, who joined us for this podcast!
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Episode S08E01 Jason Calacanis

From lockdown in Silicon Valley, legendary startup investor and mentor Jason Calacanis explains how startups operate in pandemic conditions.

TWISTA S08E01 Jason Calacanis

Big thanks to sponsors UTS Startups – driving the next generation of entrepreneurs – more at https://startups.uts.edu

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Episode S07E04 VR Special

On our first VR special, the tech seemed poised to become the Next Big Thing. What happens to startups – like InspaceXR and EqualReality – when an enabling technology fails to reach scale?

TWISTA S07E04 VR Special
InspaceXR has a potential market of hundreds of billions of dollars.

InspaceXR provides a plug-in one-click pathway between architectural programs like AutoCAD and immersive visualisation using virtual reality…

EqualReality creates environments that help expose and educate people the unconscious biases and behaviours within the workplace…

Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors Pitney Bowes and LAUNCH Sydney — their support makes our podcast possible!

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Episode S06E08 – Cap in Hand

Asking for investment is never easy – but it’s surprisingly easy to get wrong. We’ll look at what investors really want to see, then we’ll dive into the TWISTA archives to hear from Switch Automation CEO Deb Noller about her own fundraising process – some of the best advice given to listeners of this show!

Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, Startups@UTS and Creative3 — their support makes our podcast possible!

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