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Startup 360

Every Friday, Startup 360 hosts Simon Thomsen and Majella Campbell, dissect the news of the week in ANZ startups, before they’re joined by a guest to explore what makes them tick. Think of it as your startup guide to staying human. It’s all about lifting the bonnet on people to understand how they see the world and what inspires and drives them, and what they’ve learnt from both success and failure.

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48:54

Using AI to deal with 'carenting' in the Sandwich years

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2026/04/24

The term Sandwich Generation was coined in the early 80s to describe people, aged in their 30s to 60s, who found themselves not only raising a family, but also caring for their parents - "carenting" - at the same time.In the middle of all those competing demands, they're also trying to build their careers and the pressures can make it all feel overwhelming. The numbers are stark - caregiving is a second job taking an average 31 hours weekly, in a journey that typically lasts 5+ years. The cost to

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48:02

This teenage entrepreneur is using AI to help people...

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2026/04/17

School and Malachy Doyle were never the best of mates.Our guest for episode 53 is now 17 and left school for entrepreneurship, founding his first startup Venty.Never mind the education, even being told when to have lunch got on his goat. And Malachy likes to have control of his destiny."I like building cool things," he explained to Majella and Simon, having launched his first business - making and selling Valentine's Day card, when he was just 12. Venty is an AI‑powered emotional support and

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63:56

Let's get metaphysical - learning from great books...

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2026/04/10

If, like Startup 360 cohost Simon and Majella, you have a pile of non-fiction books beside the bed that you're trying to get around to reading, you'll love episode 52's guest.Shruta Satam left nearly 20 years as a corporate consultant for the likes of Deloitte and PwC to become a startup cofounder last year. Pustakh (the Sanskrit word for books), launched in Sydney in late 2025.The idea came from a pattern Shruta watched repeat during her consulting career. "The smartest, most well-read leaders

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70:12

Tim Fung on 13 years of being Airtasker in chief

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2026/04/02

The wild thing about building a marketplace for jobs is that you never know what your customers will need.Airtasker cofounder and CEO admits on episode 51 of Startup 360 that when a man wanted someone to fly from Australia to the US to pick up an engagement ring and bring it back, they deleted, thinking it was a hoax.A slightly indignant, but also very anxious and hopeful future fiancé set the record straight and the Tasker who said yes is probably still a hit at dinner parties with that

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67:21

OG Finder co-founder Jeremy Cabral on maintaining...

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2026/03/27

⁠Finder.com⁠, one of the first generation of Australian tech startups, has just turned 20. So for the 50th episode of Startup 360, we have a very special guest - co-founder Jeremy Cabral. It was so long ago that two new inventions, Twitter and the iPhone, played a central role in Jeremy's next two decades after his co-founder-to-be, Fred Schebesta, asked on the social media site whether to buy the new Apple product or Nokia N95. Jeremy already had an iPhone and shared his thoughts with Fred

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2026/03/20

This week on Startup 360, we talk to veteran startup recruiter Dexter Cousins about work in the AI era.With WiseTech Global cutting 2,000 jobs, nearly a third of its global workforce, the Commonwealth Bank shedding 300 tech roles, Block reducing its workforce by 40% - 4,000 more jobs gone, the employment landscape is changing faster than ever before as artificial intelligence transforms how people work. Dexter wrote about it for Startup Daily earlier this month, and founded Tier One People a

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57:23

Olympian Bronte Campbell on being a team player and...

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2026/03/13

It's a special episode of Startup 360 this week with Earthletica cofounder Bronte Campbell.The triple Olympic gold medallist and a former World Champion's had a bit of a career pivot since Paris. She's now CEO of the sustainable activewear brand after competing in four Olympics - her first as a teenager in 2012. Bronte and cofounder Libby Babbett are now raising capital for Earthletica on the crowdfunding platform Birchal, having already generated more than $200,000 in revenue, selling out its

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69:40

Stone & Chalk's Chris Kirk on CEO life and being a...

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2026/03/05

Startup 360 takes a deep dive into leadership this week with Chris Kirk, one of the OGs with Stone and Chalk .Chris recently announced he was stepping down as CEO after three years, and 11 with the organisation since it began in Sydney. It's not so much an exit interview as a rumination on what he's learnt about what it takes to be a great founder and also leader. Chris took the top job at a time when the not-for-profit's finances were in a perilous state, with losses in the millions, and has

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46:16

Eucalyptus exit, WiseTech's AI cuts, Canva's...

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2026/02/27

It's a slightly different Startup 360 this week with no special guest, so cohosts Simon and Majella take the time to kick around the big news of the last few weeks, from Canva buying two more startups, to WiseTech slashing 2000 coding jobs in favour of AI, UpGuard's $105 million raise and SafetyCulture founder Luke Anear returning as CEO ahead of an AI rebuild of the workplace safety platform.Simon and Majella also cover Growth Summit in Melbourne, where Aconex cofounder Leigh Jasper offered

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60:30

AI hacks, tuning out of tech and keeping up with the...

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2026/02/20

It’s all about artificial intelligence this week with In the Blink of AI host Georgie Healy joining the show to talk about what many see as the 4th industrial revolution.Majella’s away this week, so Simon enlisted Georgie to talk about this week’s news, including the loss of Techstars Sydney, before they got into the weeds on AI. Georgie’s podcast, In the Blink of AI, is out every Friday and recently spoke with AWS AI guru Rada Stanic, who admits even she’s struggling to keep up with the rapid

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59:58

No jerks, leadership Startmate's social enterprising,...

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2026/02/13

This week Startup 360 discusses leadership - and how to do it without being a jerk, with Karlie Cremin, CEO of Dynamic Leadership Programs Australia.Karlie wrote a book about it - Don’t Lead like a Jerk - and Simon and Majella talk to her about the ups and downs of being the boss, confessing the jerk bit can happen to anyone - what you do next is what matters.Karlie reminds us that first and foremost, we're not machines, we're humans and that means there are good days and bad ones. It's a

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60:58

Brian Collins, Tasmania's new startup champion,...

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2026/02/05

Startup 360 looks south this week, for a conversation with fintech investor Brian Collins about his new role as CEO of Enterprize Tasmania.Brian, deputy chair of Fintech Australia, and cofounder of fintech VC Triple Bubble with Dom Pym and Judy Anderson-Firth, spent more than a decade in Silicon Valley before calling Melbourne home in recent years.Brian shares the stories of some remarkable Tassie startups, as well as the joys of life on the Apple Isle - from a caring community’s support and

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68:13

Airwallex, SXSW Sydney, Sendle and GreenPay's Maddi...

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2026/01/30

Welcome back to Startup 360 for 2026.For the first episode of the year, Majella and Simon talk about the big news of Summer: · The sudden collapse of parcel delivery platform Sendle · The end of SXSW Sydney · Airwallex calling in lawyers to ask media to take down critical stories Our guest for episode 42 is Maddi Ingham, cofounder of GreenPay, a social enterprise payment processor that donates 50% of its profits to biodiversity and conservation. Maddi started her career in

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68:36

What Australia can learn from US startup life - and...

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2025/12/05

When Jim Cooper, CEO of Blue-X, a California-based innovation services company for startups, moved to the US three decades ago, he had some trepidations.Now he loves it, but the former Sydneysider is back "home" for Christmas and in his shorts, to share his experiences on the final Startup 360 episode for 2025. Jim, who coaches an AFL team in Orange County, not far from Disneyland, has some strong thoughts on the Australian mindset and how to hustle."We've only got really one metric and that is

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57:27

Blackbird's investment ups and downs, key sales...

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2025/11/28

Back in 2016, around the time LaunchVic was kicking off in Melbourne, Dave McManus left the city for Silicon Valley, determined to become a startup founder.Now he's back in Melbourne and the founder of Lightning Ventures has plenty of stories to tell and advice to share on episode 40 of Startup 360. Explaining Lighting, his no-code innovation studio, which helps early-stage startups rapidly build, test and launch software without needing a technical founder or large amounts of capital, Dave

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56:08

Kiki's NYC red card, CSIRO cuts, finding your next...

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2025/11/20

Alex Miller was having rapid success with his subscription management platform Hudled when he spotted a nugget of insight in that startup and launched a second, Rechargly.Like a Marvel movie spinoff, he's now enjoying even more success, as Alex explains on episode 39 of Startup 360. Cohosts Simon Thomsen and Majella Campbell asked Alex about the lessons and mistakes along the way and how startup No. 2 came about. "What we discovered [in Hudled] is that accounting firms were managing hundreds of

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59:14

StrongRoom liquidation latest, Warren Buffett's final...

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2025/11/13

This week's Startup 360 kicks off with cohost Simon Thomsen recounting the two days spent in the NSW Supreme Court this week as senior council for the liquidators of failed medtech StrongRoom AI probed cofounder and former CEO Max Mito, and director Divesh Sangvhi, about the potential insolvency of the business.Sangvhi sold his company, Medical Benefits Australia (MBA), to StrongRoom when it had no cash, having already rented the company's IP to the startup, which is was also, frequently unable to

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41:40

The joy of giving: lessons in philanthropy from...

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2025/11/07

Startup 360 cohost Simon Thomsen is flying solo this week, taking a deep dive into philanthropy with Antonia Ruffell, CEO of StartGiving, and the Australian MD of global tech charity initiative Pledge 1%.Technology is transforming the art of giving - with companies such as Atlassian, Canva and now Airtree cofounder Daniel Petre, founder of StartGiving, leading the way. StartGiving is not-for-profit, funded by Petre, who was inspired by his time working with Bill Gates, to change the culture of

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52:19

From corporate law to being a better bloke - Luna's...

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2025/10/30

A decade ago, Ronen Heine tossed in his career as a corporate lawyer at a top tier law firm for life as a startup founder and adviser."I was doing lots of fancy work on the outside, but dead on the inside," the founder of Luna tells Startup 360. "It was funny because no one took me seriously. Founders didn't take legal and accounting seriously. It was a startup helping startups start up."But it worked and Luna, his professional services advisory firm, which has worked with the likes of LaunchVic,

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47:59

Why air conditioning is more power hungry than...

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2025/10/17

Air conditioning is doesn't sound like a sexy startup problem, but Conry Tech cofounder Sam Ringwaldt knows more than most how profound its impact on us and the planet will be as climate change takes hold."It's a really vicious irony that the main solution that we're relying on to mitigate the change is also accelerating the change faster than nearly anything else," he explained on the Startup 360 podcast. "I mean, there's 864,000 new air conditioners being installed every day from now until

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