The Sachin and Adam Show

This week we talk with Jessy Wu. Jessy recently left her role as Partner at Afterwork Ventures to start her own communications agency. We dive into the announcement of her company and what she's learned as an investor. Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sponsors Slice: https://www.slicegroup.co/ Zed Law: https://www.zed.law/ About us We tell the raw storie...

This week we chatted with Elli Hanson, an investor at Side Stage Ventures and formerly the founder of two consumer brands. We delved into all things brand, marketing and Australian venture capital with her. Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sponsors Vanta: vanta.com/kindling Zed Law: https://www.zed.law/ About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech leaders,...

In this episode, we dive into the journey of Mark Woodland, an Australian business executive and former Australian Army NCO. Mark shares insights from his time in the Royal Australian Artillery and the Australian Army Psychology Corps, and how those experiences shaped his entrepreneurial journey. As the founder of Kismet and Explore, he discusses the values he instills in his companies, the challe...

We interviewed Frank Greeff who sold his bootstrapped company Realbase to Domain for $180 million. He's now on a mission to raise $1mil for charity by writing a cookbook called ‘Eat with Purpose’ designed for high performing people who are health conscious and time poor. We talked to him about the reality of bootstrapping a company to $180 after working as a chef, what he's doing next and...

This week we interviewed Roman Teslyuk the founder of Earth AI. The company uses AI to explore clean energy materials and it has the potential to disrupt the $10T Mining Industry. Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sponsors Zed Law: https://www.zed.law/ Vanta: vanta.com/kindling About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech leaders, by asking the vulnerable q...

This weeks guest was Vu Tran, former co-founder of Go1, a $3 billion education business. On our podcast, he announced his new company he's building in the defence tech space. Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Sponsors Zed Law: https://www.zed.law/ Vanta: https://www.vanta.com/ About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech leaders, by asking the vul...

Michelle Simmons is a leading Quantum Physicist, former Australian of the year and founder of Silicon Quantum Computing. She pioneered the world’s first single atom transistor and is attempting to produce the first integrated circuit at an atomic scale. We had a wide ranging conversation with her on DNA, quantum supremacy, geopolitics, religion and so much more. Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠...

We sat down today with our good friend Dan Brockwell! He's the co-founder of Earlywork, Australia's first tech sales school. We chatted about all things tech sales and the reflections he has from building Earlywork into what it is now. Socials Linktree - https://linktr.ee/SachinandAdam Sponsors Zed Law: https://www.zed.law/ About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech leaders, by a...

Mario Gabriele is the founder of The Generalist and writes to 110,000 of the worlds best technology minds. This week we decoded his writing process, the effects of Generative AI on his business, how tech intersects with morality / philosophy, Marios drivers and a lot more. The Generalist: https://www.generalist.com/ Socials Linktree - https://linktr.ee/SachinandAdam Sponsor Zed Law: https://www.ze...

Socials Linktree - https://linktr.ee/SachinandAdam Sponsors Zed Law: https://www.zed.law/ Open Source CEO by Bill Kerr: https://www.opensourceceo.com/ About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech leaders, by asking the vulnerable questions that no one else does. Guests have included former Prime Ministers, unicorn tech founders and the world’s top investors. Join us for these interviews an...

How did Emil Michael raise more than $20b for Uber in 3 years to make it the most valuable private company in the world? This week we had one of the worlds best business minds break down his deal making strategies as Travis Kalanicks right-hand man. We also dived into his inner dialogue, hiring tactics, approach to finding mentors, boundless ambition and a lot more. Socials Linktree - https://link...

This week we sat down with Henry Innis of Mutinex to hear all about his thoughts on marketing and advice he can give us as a seasoned founder. Socials Linktree - https://linktr.ee/SachinandAdam Sponsors Zedd Law: https://www.zed.law/ Open Source CEO by Bill Kerr: https://www.opensourceceo.com/ About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech leaders, by asking the vulnerable questions that no...

We talked with Jack Zhang, founder of Airwallex, an $8 billion fintech company born out of Australia. We chatted about who the real Jack Zhang is, the challenges of scaling Airwallex and more. Socials Linktree - https://linktr.ee/SachinandAdam Sponsors Zed Law: https://www.zed.law/ Open Source CEO by Bill Kerr: https://www.opensourceceo.com/ About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech lea...

Socials Linktree - https://linktr.ee/SachinandAdam Sponsors Zedd Law: https://www.zed.law/ Open Source CEO by Bill Kerr: https://www.opensourceceo.com/ About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech leaders, by asking the vulnerable questions that no one else does. Guests have included former Prime Ministers, unicorn tech founders and the world’s top investors. Join us for these interviews a...

This week we sat down with David Booth, the co-founder of On Deck. On Deck are the community company that helps people start their startups, having helped launch over 1000 early stage companies. He's since returned to ANZ to join Blackbird as an investor. We talked to him about the wild ride of On Deck, why he's come back to ANZ and what he's learned from investing in over 300 companie...

This is the deepest Alex Liberman (founder of Morning Brew) has ever gone on a podcast. We delved into relationships, future of advertising, love, creator economy and so much more. If you sit with this conversation it could genuinely change your life. Sponsors Zedd Law: https://www.zed.law/ Open Source CEO by Bill Kerr: https://www.opensourceceo.com/ About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s...

This week we reflected on launching companies, context switching, creativity, purpose and so much more with our good friend Max Marchione (co-founder of Superpower). It's special when your best friend is also a world class founder and we recorded a conversation we'd normally have. Maxs company: superpower.com More S&A: https://linktr.ee/SachinandAdam Sponsors Zed Law: https://www.zed.l...

Episode Four of our Build in Public Series. A raw journal of us building a tech company as best friends. We explore the highs, lows, insights and the funny moments in between. This week we talked about our launch week! Links ⁠⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech leaders, by asking the vulnerable questions that no one else does. Guests...

Georgia is the superhuman co-founder of Human Health an app that allows you to track and manage chronic health conditions. Prior to this Georgia was head of product at Canva. We dived deep into her early motivations, founder psychology, relationships, challenges and so much more. More about Human: https://www.human.health/ Zed Law: www.zed.law Links ⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠ (all socials) ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Ins...

Episode Three of our Build in Public Series. A raw journal of us building tech company as best friends. We explore the highs, lows, insights and the funny moments in between. This week we explored relationships as a founder and work-life balance! Links ⁠⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠⁠ (all socials) ⁠⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Youtube Vlogs⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech...

We talked with the writer David Perell. He’s a well known writer on the internet, frequently writing about technology. He also is the founder of How I Write. We talked with him about seminal pieces, authenticity, religion and more. Links ⁠⁠Linktree⁠⁠ (all socials) ⁠⁠Youtube⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Youtube Vlogs⁠⁠ ⁠⁠Newsletter⁠⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ Sponsors Kinde About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech leaders, b...

Episode two of our Build in Public Series. A raw journal of us building tech company as best friends. We explore the highs, lows, insights and the funny moments in between. Socials Linktree Vlog channel Instagram About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech leaders, by asking the vulnerable questions that no one else does. Guests have included former Prime Ministers, unicorn tech founders...

Daniel Petre is the godfather of Technology in Australia. He was a VP at Microsoft, Founder of Ecorp, Airtree and has served on a number of boards. Daniel is currently the founder of Start Giving inspiring a new culture of giving in Australian tech. Links: Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/TheSachinandAdamShow ⁠ Newsletter: https://kindling-weekly.beehiiv.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sachin_and_Ad...

Introducing our Build in Public Series. A raw journal of us building a tech company as best friends. We explore the highs, lows, insights and the funny moments in between. Links Linktree (all socials) Youtube Instagram About us We tell the raw stories of the world’s tech leaders, by asking the vulnerable questions that no one else does. Guests have included former Prime Ministers, unicorn tech fou...

This week we interviewed Katherine Boyle, a partner at a16z, which is the world's largest venture capital group. Katherine leads their American Dynamism practice which invests in founders and companies supporting the national interest: aerospace, defense, safety, education, and manufacturing. We talked all about Katherines values, identifying cultural shifts in the world of tech and American D...