DevReady Podcast

Summary: Our guest on this episode of the DevReady podcast is Matt Vitale, Co-founder of Birchal equity crowdfunding. Matt and the other co-founders combined their knowledge from their different industries to create Birchal with the goal of making the site mainly focused on the companies and facilitating a seamless process for the transaction from beginning to end. Birchal was an integral part of...

On this episode of the DevReady Podcast, Andrew and Anthony speak with Ahron Young, the founder and CEO of Ticker TV, a Melbourne-based news streaming service. Just out of high school, Ahron got a job at a local newspaper. There he got his toes wet in journalism. This continued with a job at a local TV station, and the Russian news service, RT then Sky News. Ahron chose the name Ticker because it...

On this episode of the DevReady Podcast, Andrew and Anthony speak with Adam Turner, freelance technology journalist who writes for the Sydney Morning Herald. Starting out working for The Age, he developed a passion for tech and decided to go freelance – writing consumer tech for magazines like PC Authority and MacWorld, along with biztech for publications like the AFR and CRN. He also has his own...

On this episode of the DevReady Podcast, Andrew and Anthony speak with Mark Milanese, founder at OneLenz, a tech platform that connects startups to VCs and investors. Over the course of the episode, the guys speak with Mark about how companies should approach investors, what things young startups should consider, and how to avoid common pitfalls when seeking funding. The main takeaways here are th...

On this episode of the DevReady Podcast, Andrew and Anthony speak with Saleem Qureshi, investor and CEO of Assessment Fund, based in London. They talk about the need for digital transformation in the wake of COVID, the very apparent digital divide, and the tools (and rationale) for successful digital transformation. COVID has pushed virtually all companies to consider a work-from-home model, and t...

On this episode of DevReady Podcast, Andrew and Anthony speak with Hamed Ghajarnia, Managing Director and polymer engineer at DreamLaunch, a company that helps people bring hardware visions to life. During the conversation, Hamed speaks to the processes surrounding idea generation and execution for hardware needs. He also breaks down what it’s like for a new company to wrestle with their software...

On this episode of DevReady Podcast, Andrew and Anthony speak with Paul Lange, “Business Growth Accelerant”, about working in private equity, the life of buying companies to scale, and the importance of understanding how to grow your business. When looking to draw investors, what you really need to be able to do is demonstrate that you can sell what you want to sell. “Sweat-equity” is great but in...

In this episode, startup founder Anne Miles talks about her journey with her company, Suits and Sneakers — where she started, what has worked and what hasn’t, and where she’s headed in the future. The name “Suits and Sneakers” comes from the essence of her business: the combination of strategic people like project managers (suits) and the technology, creative, and production people (sneakers). Sui...

In this episode Andrew and Anthony get to know Philip Nowell of Ontogo. Philip shares his knowledge of entering the medical device industry. With his experience as a surgeon and passion for medical devices, Philip began working in the private sector. In 2003 he led and developed Cook Medical, a medical device company based in the United States. Once he retired and moved to Australia, Philip saw a...

On today’s episode, Andrew and Anthony speak with angel investor Hamish Hughes about how he got his start as an investor, and how the process of seeking investment rounds actually works. After a short stint in politics, he was drawn to the VC world based on how popular it was in the UK. Moved by how under-developed the industry was in Australia, he took up investing work there. Hamish discusses th...

On today’s episode, Andrew and Anthony speak with CEO and founder of FinalCall, Paul Arnost. Paul’s interest out of high school was initially as a heavy metal vocalist, proving you can be anything. Shortly after, he worked his way into a career in the banks before starting a career in the tech world. Over the course of this episode, Paul and the hosts get into many different topics related to succ...

On today’s episode, Andrew and Anthony speak with Aurecon’s Digital Futures Leader, Stewart Bird. The three talk about forging client-focused initiatives, dealing with challenges in the corporate world, and looking into the future to adapt for a digital and automated world. In addition to the world of automation, Andrew and Anthony hear from Stewart about how mindset might be the number one change...

On today’s episode, Andrew and Anthony speak with William Strange about his company, Sports Performance Tracking (SPT), his history of entrepreneurship, and the future of tech. From Melbourne, Will got his start in real estate, he saw successes in the industry and moved over to the property development side of things. Not long after, in 2013, he founded a subscription-underwear business for men. H...

In this weeks episode of the DevReady Podcast, we spoke to Terry Wilson from Chat Metrics | Conversation as a Service - CaaS | Live Chat | Lead Generation. When developing a #Saas product, we can sometimes focus all our energy on the building the tech. But in the end, like every other business, we need to understand how to market, nature and convert our leads. Chatbots is a new piece of tech that...

In this week's episode of the DevReady Podcast, we were joined Miriana Taflaga, Principle - Experience Design from Symplicit. During this episode, we explored how Human-Centred design can dramatically increase your likelihood of success. In simple terms... Work with your users! Throughout our journey of designing and developing software solutions, we have heard this time and time again. "We want i...

On this week's episode of the DevReady Podcast, we interviewed Adam A. Jacoby, founder of MiVote, Chairman Esport Mogul (ASX:ESH), 2 X Codex World's Top 50 Innovator, Director Global & Strategic Innovation Swinburne University of Technology Innovation Precinct. This story of a non-tech founder describes what it takes to deliver upon a moonshot idea. Through MiVote, Adam's objective is to reima...

In this weeks episode of the DevReady Podcast, we were joined by Joana Inch from Hat Media Australia talking about all things marketing. Joana and her team at Hat Media help SaaS businesses better execute their marketing and social media campaigns. In the episode, we discussed how understanding your niche and buyer personas could dramatically increase your marketing results. With competition ever...

Would you like 43.5% of every dollar that you invest in innovation paid back to you? On this week's episode of the DevReady Podcast, we were joined by Caitlin Harvey and Alexander Paykin from RnD360 Advisory Group. During this conversation, we took a deep dive into the R&D Tax Incentive. - What you need to know - How you need to structure your business - Assessing your likely eligibility - The...

"Right now, your chances being published in the media and building your profile is HUGE" - Jules Brooke from Handle Your Own PR. We enjoyed talking to Jules about her tech journey so much that we had to invite her back to explore how PR can help non-techs build their brand and business profile. Have you ever wanted to be published in the Fin Review or share your story on the Evening News? In this...

On this week's episode of the DevReady Podcast, we were joined by Jules Brooke, founder of Handle Your Own PR. Handle Your Own PR is a #SaaS and educations business helping small business manage and run their PR campaigns. Jules discussed the challenges that she faced when running a development project as a non-tech and even how she had to SELL THE HOUSE to continue to fund the development process...

In the DevReady Podcast this week we were joined by Christina Gerakiteys, CEO of SingularityU Australia, to discuss how they are helping startups and businesses utilise technology to better serve humanity. Christina shared how we can all shoot for that moonshot idea and create new and innovative possibilities with technology to impact a billion people. In this inspiring look at technology, Christi...

We are all overload by data. They say "data is the new oil", but does that lend us to capturing data for the sake of capturing data? In today's episode of the DevReady we joined be Jacinta Outlaw from The Fifth Element. During this episode, we explored how startups and businesses can better utilise and collect data to increase their value and solve greater problems. Learn how Jacinta and her team...

“Opportunity is everywhere, except most of us have our eyes closed” – Neville Christie In Today’s Special Episode of the DevReady Podcast. Neville joined us to talk about the current state of the economy given the coronavirus crisis. 78 years young, Neville has been involved in 44 venture, 41 successful. A profound track record by anyone’s account. During this episode, Neville shared his amazing j...

In today's episode of the DevReady Podcast, we had Daniel Mumby "That StartUp Guy" join us again. In this episode, we discussed an approach to building a team around you to increase your likelihood of investment and long term success in your tech venture. Dan's advice for founders; build a team of advisors and ensure that they meet the following criteria: 1. Walked the path before and 2. are emoti...

In today's episode of the DevReady Podcast, we were joined by Craig McFarlane, Director - Education and Professional Services at Essilor Asia-Pacific, Middle East, Mediterranean-CIS, Russia & Africa at Essilor Group. In his time at Essilor, Craig has been instrumental in moving the organisational training from face-to-face to blended (online and offline) and now even microlearning approaches....