Give It A Nudge

Daniel Callaghan is the CEO of global background screening and reference checking platform Veremark. He joins Give It A Nudge to talk about his entrepreneurship journey, and how Veremark is on a mission to help the world trust faster. About Veremark Veremark seamlessly enables you to verify the credentials and integrity of existing or prospective employees whilst delivering the best candidate expe...

James Spence, Product Strategy Manager at Shift, one of Australia's fastest-growing technology companies is the latest guest to join the Give It A Nudge show. He joins Steve to talk about how Shift can provide businesses with finance on demand, the company's rebrand from GetCapital, and his own startup journey. About Shift: Originally established as GetCapital in 2014, the company rebranded as Shi...

Daphne Ng, co-founder & CEO of Dedoco, joins Steve Grace on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about building a Blockchain-based digital document management company. Dedoco is a digital DMaaS (document management as-a-service) platform that focuses on data privacy, document sercurity and provides customers across a range of sectors with trusted, verifiable and connected documents. For m...

Nick Flynn, the co-founder of QuickaPay (which has been acquired by legal services payments platform RapidPay), joins Steve on the Give It A Nudge to talk about building and scaling a FinTech start-up. For more startup stories subscribe to our channel here! Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/give-it-a-nudge--4623437/support .

Anna Podolsky, the founder & CEO of Lyka, joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about the inspiration behind her launching a start-up to disrupt the pet food industry; the company's incredible growth over the past few years; and their recent $6.5 million funding round. For more startup stories subscribe to our channel here! The Nudge Group connects you with world-class talen...

Natalie Feehan, Chief Customer & Commercial Officer at EstimateOne, joins Steve Grace on the latest episode of the Give It A Nudge show to talk to us about her start-up journey and her current role at EstimateOne. EstimateOne is a tender management platform connecting commercial builders and subcontractors. More than 40,000 organisations have used the platform in the last 12-months to tender over...

Great to have Krish Raja, the General Manager at Captify Australia, join Steve Grace on the Give It A Nudge show. Krish talks about his career journey to date, Captify starting up mid-pandemic, and how they're building the workplace for the future. Captify is the leading Search Intelligence Platform for the open web and the largest independent holder of first-party search data outside of Google, c...

This is a very special 50th episode of Give It A Nudge! 🥳 🍾 In previous Give It A Nudge episodes, it's usually our founder & CEO Steve Grace doing the interviewing. This time, we're flipping the script and having our very own Dayna Stewart doing the interviewing. Steve and Dayna had a fantastic conversation about what inspired Steve to start The Nudge Group, his love for the start-up & scale-up...

Peter Dunne joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about his dual roles as Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills and VP, Corporate Development & General Counsel at SafetyCulture. Over the years, Peter has advised on some of Australia's largest capital raising, working with companies such as Atlassian, Campaign Monitor, Deputy, Expert360, Nura, Buckitdream, Social Garden, BigComm...

Brodie Haupt is the CEO and co-founder of WLTH, a Brisbane-based startup, digital lending and payments provider. It was great to have him on Give It A Nudge to talk about his story behind building a fintech startup. For more startup stories subscribe to our channel here! The Nudge Group connects you with world-class talent from startup to unicorn. Find out more here: https://thenudgegroup.com/ Bec...

Pioneera founder & CEO, Danielle Owen Whitford, joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about the inspiration behind launching the company. It was during the successful corporate career that Danielle burnt out because she didn't see the warning signs until it was too late. So she left the corporate world to help prevent this from happening to others. Just like Grammarly helps...

Reach Alternative Investments's co-founder & CEO, Sam Phillips, joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about how they're building a platform to provide Australian sophisticated investors with access to the world’s leading private market opportunities. For more startup stories subscribe to our channel here! The Nudge Group connects you with world-class talent from startup to u...

With housing affordability a constant topic in the news, and record high growth in Australia's property sector, a lot of first home buyers are finding it challenging to find their way into the market. Ayumi Uyeda, the founder of the mortgage-sharing matchmaker start-up Proppie, joined Steve Grace on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about how her platform is helping millennials get the...

Andrew Sims, CEO of cloud document management software SuiteFiles, joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about his company's journey, and the opportunities & challenges of scaling globally. For more startup stories subscribe to our channel here! The Nudge Group connects you with world-class talent from startup to unicorn. Find out more here: https://thenudgegroup.com/ Become...

Sam Khalef, founder & managing director of MYBOS, joins Steve Grace on Give It A Nudge to talk about his epic journey and the amazing story behind the company's launch. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/give-it-a-nudge--4623437/support .

Zaheer Jappie, Founder & CEO of car loan platform CarClarity, joins us on the Give It A Nudge show to talk about his company's rapid growth over the past two years. The Give It A Nudge podcast showcases the world of start-ups, founders, venture capital and private equity through their stories. Subscribe now so you don't miss our weekly episodes: https://thenudgegroup.com/podcast/ Become a supporte...

Aliaa Remtilla is the co-founder and CEO of StoryTiling, a start-up on a mission to keep family stories alive by capturing life experiences and family stories with rich videos, voice and narratives. The Give It A Nudge podcast showcases the world of start-ups, founders, venture capital and private equity through their stories. Subscribe now so you don't miss our weekly episodes: https://thenudgegr...

Steve Torso, Managing Director of Wholesale Investor, joined the Give It A Nudge show to talk about how the company started out as a magazine, and has now grown to become a leading, AI-driven private investment platform. The Give It A Nudge podcast showcases the world of start-ups, founders, venture capital and private equity through their stories. Subscribe now so you don't miss our weekly episod...

It was great having Ellie Malouf, CEO of Ahoy Club, recently join Steve Grace on our latest episode of Give It A Nudge. Ellie shared her story about how she went from selling household bin bags door-to-door, to running the number one global digital platform for yacht charterers. The Give It A Nudge podcast showcases the world of start-ups, founders, venture capital and private equity through their...

Ali Lord, CEO of HeadBox Australia joins Steve Grace on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about how she went from being a customer to running the company down under. The Give It A Nudge podcast showcases the world of start-ups, founders, venture capital and private equity through their stories. Subscribe now so you don't miss our weekly episodes! Available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple...

We’re super excited to be having Gillian Findlay from AirTree join us as a guest for a special edition of the Give It A Nudge show! This episode will be a part of our Spark Festival series, which will also feature Alexandra King and Stephanie King, the Co-Founding powerhouse behind Ask Marketing. For her interview, Gill will be joining Steve Grace to chat about some of the most buzzing topics in t...

If there’s one thing that we all know start-up founders love doing, it’s marketing. Right?! 🙄 Let’s face it, when you’re trying to grow your start-up with limited resources, it can be hugely challenging to know where to best spend your marketing budget to get the biggest ‘bang for buck’. And if you’re focused on building your product, you don’t want to be thinking about: - Which are the important...

Employment Hero's Chief People Officer, Alex Hattingh, joins Steve Grace on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about how the company has managed to expand globally while maintaining a strong staff retention. Alex also talks about: - Employment Hero's recent $140 million Series E funding round - working in New York for 10 years - choosing Yahoo over Google - hiring a lot of young people...

Pendula CEO and founder, Alex Colvin, joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about his start-up journey building a conversational SMS and email platform. The Give It A Nudge podcast showcases the world of start-ups, founders, venture capital and private equity through their stories. Subscribe now so you don't miss our weekly episodes! Available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple P...

Jacqui Henderson, CEO of financial planning technology platform, advice intelligence, joins Steve on the latest episode of Give It A Nudge to talk about her mission to transform the financial services industry as well as her challenges around being a female founder in a male-dominated industry. The Give It A Nudge podcast showcases the world of start-ups, founders, venture capital and private equi...