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James Tynan is Principal at Square Peg, which is currently Australia’s largest independent Venture Capital firm with $1.6 billion under management and offices in Sydney, Melbourne, Singapore and Tel Aviv. Prior to taking this role, James was CEO at Startmate, an organisation of investors and mentors that runs two accelerator cohorts a year. In his conversation with Adam, James discusses his experi...

Pete Horsley is the founder of Remarkable, a tech accelerator for early stage startups in the disability tech space. Starting his career as a landscape architect, Pete now has more than 10 years’ experience working in the not-for-profit sector. In his conversation with Adam, Pete discusses how an idea for a solar powered wheelchair led to the founding of Remarkable, and why diversity within Austra...

Mick Liubinskas is the founder of Climate Salad, an organisation that aims to boost climate tech companies in Australia and New Zealand by providing tools, programs and community support. Mick has a long history working within the startup ecosystem both in Australia and overseas, and notably was co-founder of Pollenizer, one of Australia’s first startup incubators. This is a special episode featur...

On this episode of the NTP Podcast we interview Cathy Lill, Head of Product Engineering at Hireup. We discuss her career to date, how Hireup approaches remote work and recommendations/resources for technology professionals. Hope you enjoy the episode!

Three key reasons why startups have long sales cycles: 1) You're talking about your product far too much 2) You don't understand the risk to the organisation 3) You don't understand all of the key parts of how an infrequent buyer makes a buying decision Timestamps 00:00 - 3:25: JD's history and the impact he has made so far with Sales Director Central 3:26 - 10:40: Biggest mistakes...

On this episode of the NTP Podcast we interview Martin Carr, Founder/Director of Applied Virtual Simulation. You may recognise him from a previous episode on the podcast. Martin returns to discuss their 3 year contract with Land Simulation Core 2.0. Hope you enjoy the episode!

On this episode we chat about the growth of the business, recommendations for young tech professionals and what they look for in tech hires within the company. Hope you enjoy the episode!

On this episode of the NTP Podcast we interview Jonathan Milgate for the second time. The last time we spoke to Jonathan was over two years ago and in that time he has transitioned into his role as CTO at Camplify. Hope you enjoy the episode!

3 quick tips from Will:  1) Structure your sales teams into vertical territories instead of geographical. Each vertical has its own jargon and if you’re a salesperson who’s trained on a particular vertical, you’ll be better placed to have intelligent conversations with your prospects.  2) Don’t make Customer Success responsible for renewals because this can compromise the role. The CS rep gets foc...

On this episode of the NTP podcast we interview Daniel Van Heerden, Software Development Manager at Biscit. We talk about his experience working in Newcastle, how working from home affected his team, his perspective on university as a pathway into technology and transitioning from a technical role into a people management role. Hope you enjoy the episode!

On this episode of the RemoteTechPodcast series we interview Ben May from the Code Company. Ben shares his advice on building culture remotely as well as how he has scaled the Code Company from Hervey Bay Queensland to a worldwide audience. Hope you enjoy the interview!

On this episode of the NTP podcast we interview Cole Cornford, Director at Galah Cyber. We talk about his experience working in cyber security, his interest in the Newcastle technology community and growing cyber security in the area. Hope you enjoy the episode. 

3 quick tips for cold calls from Alex: 1) Energy, tonality and confidence are super important when calling people you don't know. 2) Get to the point. Be direct about the intention of your call. The modern attention span is shrinking, fluff less and you will get much better engagement 3) Understand the client's objection before trying to overcome it. Ask questions before offering a solutio...

On this episode of the NewyTechPeople Podcast we are sharing snippets from all of our 2021 interviews. Thank you for all of your continued support and we look forward to bringing some exciting new podcast episodes to you next year. Hope you enjoy the episode!

Welcome to another episode of the NewyTechPeople Podcast. We'll be sharing advice our guests would give to those wanting to start a career in technology. From educational pathways, to resources they have used and what they might change if they had the chance to start over again. Hope you enjoy the episode!

On this episode of the NewyTechPeople Podcast we interview Ben Lamb about his experience working overseas, starting a business in the middle of a pandemic and advice he would give to professionals wanting to start a career in technology.  Hope you enjoy the episode!

On this episode we share the best bits from our episodes so far this year. 

On this episode of the NewyTechPeople Podcast we interview David Lynch, CEO at OAS Technology. We talk about David's educational pathway into his career in technology, OAS' future plans for growth and the recent refresh of their brand.  Hope you enjoy the episode!

On this episode of the NTP podcast we interview Aaron and Witold from Cordel, an organisation that helps generate high detail point cloud maps of large scale infrastructure. Hope you enjoy the episode!

Summary Hi, and welcome to day one, the podcast for regional startups and the organisations that support Australian entrepreneurship. Welcome to day one is brought to you by the city of Newcastle and Newihub. Newihub is a growing and vibrant community of Newcastle's startups & founders. It's a central hub where you can learn about what's going on in our ecosystem, with events, available jobs a...

Show Notes Sponsor Welcome to Day One is supported and the founder spotlights are made possible by our major sponsor the City of Newcastle’s Newihub . Join the community made up of entrepreneurs from Newcastle & the surrounding areas. Go to Newihub to sign up for your free account. Summary Hello and welcome to a new episode of Welcome to Day One, the podcast for Aussie founders, startups &...

In this episode of the NTP podcast we interview Daniel Pludek about his education to date, his transition into a CTO role and advice he would give to those starting out in their tech career. We hope you enjoy the episode!

Show Notes Sponsor Welcome to Day One is supported and the founder spotlights are made possible by our major sponsor the City of Newcastle’s Newihub . Join the community made up of entrepreneurs from Newcastle & the surrounding areas. Go to Newihub to sign up for your free account. Summary Hi, and welcome to day one, the podcast for regional startups and the organisations that support Australi...

Show Notes Sponsor Welcome to Day One is supported and the founder spotlights are made possible by our major sponsor the City of Newcastle’s Newihub .   Join the community made up of entrepreneurs from Newcastle & the surrounding areas. Go to Newihub to sign up for your free account. Summary Hello and welcome to a new episode of Welcome to Day One, the podcast for Aussie founders, startups &am...

Show Notes Sponsor Welcome to Day One is supported and the founder spotlights are made possible by our major sponsor the City of Newcastle’s Newihub .   Join the community made up of entrepreneurs from Newcastle & the surrounding areas. Go to Newihub to sign up for your free account. Summary Hi and Welcome to Day One, the podcast for regional startups & the organisations that support Austr...