The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem: Interview Series
Business:Entrepreneurship
Alex Carpenter is the founder (or as he puts it, the “Initial Nudger, Steward and Groundskeeper”) of The Guild of Entrepreneurs, an independent organisation that draws on Alex’s experience, as well as that of many mentors within Australia’s startup ecosystem, to support entrepreneurs. Before starting The Guild of Entrepreneurs, Alex founded half a dozen companies, including Citrus WA, a hospitality supplier, and Atlas Events, which organises community events to promotes affordable opportunities for people to lead a healthy and active lifestyle. In his conversation with Adam, Alex discusses how Australia’s startup ecosystem is radically more cooperative and collaborative than in corporate settings, as well as his belief that Australia needs to get better at providing entrepreneurial role models to kids in order to promote startups as a viable career opportunity.
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This episode is sponsored by NTP
This episode is sponsored by NTP NTP is the technology recruitment company that values community and who are invested in seeing the growth of Australia's local tech community.
Lana Weal highlights the mental health challenges faced by founders
Arthur Sinodinos discusses the positive attributes Australia could learn from the US
Petr Adámek sees the benefits of greater cohesion of the national startup ecosystem
Ashley Baxter discusses how UQ Ventures was invaluable for her startup
Peter Devine discusses his move to research commercialisation
Tim Fung explains why Australia is a great market to test startup ideas
Simon Thomsen saw technology alter the news and publishing landscape
Rohit Bhargava discusses the benefits of reshaping wholesale investor requirements
Louise Nobes: Australian startup ecosystem needs to be brave enough to “think untraditionally”
Darren Winterford believes Australian Entrepreneurs would benefit from more networking
Craig Swann fears complacency may slow innovation
Serina Bird discusses her inspiration from Taiwan's startup ecosystem
Moira Were discusses what metrics companies can use to measure "good"
Tim Boyle sees a bias towards digital technologies in the ecosystem
Bill Tai highlights the key similarities and differences between Silicon Valley and Australia
Rohan McDougall highlights the current risks to Western Australia's economy
Kate Jones explains why the Tech Council of Australia was founded
Kylie Frazer discusses some common causes co-founders separate
James Tynan shares his unpopular views on startup accelerators
Pete Horsley explains why diversity is so important in the ecosystem
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