WFLS Podcast

23/05/2024

WFLS is BACK with Mahesh Muralidhar 💥
New Zealand. You too can change the WORLD! 🌏

Mahesh Muralidhar has done it all.

From helping to take ⁠Canva⁠ globally as employee number 25, launching ⁠Phase One Ventures⁠ in New Zealand and even running for Auckland Central in politics.

We talk with Mahesh to learn how he has been helping founders to take on the world from NZ and listen to his sage advice from being so early at Canva and now sharing this with his home in NZ.

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17/04/2024

𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞: 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋 🚑

Healthcare is broken. We all know it….

Though too many were scared to take on the behemoths who have owned this space forever.

Enter ⁠Vital.io the product built by kiwi ⁠Te Riu Warren as their founding CTO.

Hear how Te and Founder & CEO ⁠Aaron Patzer⁠ formally of Mint.com got together and Decided to take on the United States healthcare tech industry from New Zealand 🇳🇿

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15/04/2024

"𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧"

This was the sage advice Erika Palmer gave when we asked her:

"𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘪𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 Cupla 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥?"

What advice would you give people in the pit of despair right now?
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28/02/2024

𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐨𝐧 4 guests are booked for the first four episodes. 🎉

1. : Founder & CO-CEO,
2. .amoore: Founder of .app
3. Tim Boyle: Co-Founder of
4. : Founding CTO, Vital.io

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22/11/2023

Episode #60, Samantha Wong, "The compounding snowball of the NZ tech ecosystem!"

🔔 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐬? 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐟 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞.

Sam is a Partner at ⁠Blackbird⁠.
Originally from Australia, she now heads up the office in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland), where she raised its inaugural $60M New Zealand fund in 2020 and is continuing Blackbird’s Kiwi adventure!

Sam has broad investment interests,z including digital healthcare, robotics, IoT, and B2B software. Sam sits on the boards of Halter, First AML, Foundry Lab, Partly, Harrison.ai, and Workyard.

Sam is passionate about diversity in technology and venture capital and spear-headed the release of the Model Code of Conduct for the Startup Community as well as a venture capital internship program for women.

Prior to joining Blackbird she was a legaltech startup founder, an e-commerce product and strategy manager, and practiced in corporate and litigation teams at Minter Ellison before career-pivoting into startups in 2010.

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰:

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25/10/2023

Episode #56, Cameron Adams, "We built a $39B company in Canva, but we are only 1% of the way there!"

In this episode of the WFLS podcast, we chat with ⁠⁠Cameron Adams

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Cameron Adams is co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Canva, the only all-in-one visual communication and collaboration platform with a mission to empower the world to design.
Since launching in 2013, Canva’s global community has grown to over 135 million monthly users in over 190 countries who have collectively created more than 15 billion designs.

Cameron is responsible for heading up the design and product teams, playing a key role in future product directions and innovations.

Prior to Canva, he ran his own design consultancy before joining Google, where he worked closely with Lars and Jens Rasmussen (co-founders of Google Maps) to develop Google Wave.
He then moved on to build email startup Fluent, before meeting Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht and deciding to bring Canva to the world.

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15/08/2023

Episode #51, Constant Meiring, “We exist within the world you’ve created”

In this episode of the WFLS podcast, we chat with ⁠Constant Meiring⁠.

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Constant is the Co-founder and Chief AI Wrangler at In Game Collectables⁠.

Having been introduced to computers at age four, he was hooked and has been geeking out on technology ever since.
He's spent the past 15 years shipping successful technology products as a software engineer and product manager in startups as well as public companies.

IGC’s generative AI brings your game characters to life with the wave of your wand- or rather, a click of a button.

No leaving the game, no third parties, no mounds of unpurchased, premade collectables sitting in a warehouse or landfill.

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐬 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰:

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18/07/2023

Episode #47, Claudia Batten, "Think like a robot, act like a human"

In this episode of the WFLS podcast, we chat with Claudia Batten.

Claudia is currently is Chairperson of NZX and ASX listed digital travel company Serko Ltd. and a Director of NZX and ASX listed Vista Group and NZX listed Air New Zealand.

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We talk on this podcast about a lot of topics, from Claudia’s roots in commercial law to how she has been a founding member of two highly successful entrepreneurial ventures. As part of the founding team of Massive Incorporated, a network for advertising in video games, she helped pioneer “digital” as a media buy.
Massive was sold to Microsoft in 2006, where Claudia then spent 3 years scaling the in-game network. In 2009 she co-founded Victors & Spoils, the first advertising agency built on the principles of crowdsourcing.
After two years in market, V&S was acquired by French holding company Havas Worldwide. Claudia also spent three years running North American operations for NZTE, supporting disruptive thinking for the growth of NZ exports in North America.

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21/05/2023

12/05/2023

Introducing 𝐅𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 💃🏾🕺🏻

We are now showcasing a few startups in New Zealand that we think you should check out by shining the
𝐅𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🔦 on them.

Like, share, and comment to help these businesses in Aotearoa 🇳🇿

𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒆𝒆𝒌 𝒘𝒆 𝒘𝒐𝒖𝒍𝒅 𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒄𝒌 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒑𝒔.

1. Bike Matrix 🚲

😤 Buying replacement parts for your bicycle is difficult. Unlike most industries, online cycling stores don't provide an option to enter your bike's brand and model and display compatible parts.
👉 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐁𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐱!
😩 Customer confusion and frustration ultimately affect dealers in sales, returns, loyalty, and the costs of providing support.
👨‍💻 Bike Matrix is building software that will enable the entire bicycle industry to determine which parts fit a chosen bike.
🛍️ Bike Matrix APIs instantly filter and display only compatible products when a customer selects their bike and shops online, a salesperson selects a bike through their POS system, or the mechanic searches through their workshop portal.
📅 They'll be testing their MVP in July and they hope to flesh it out by the end of the year ready for a '24 launch.
💰 They have secured $50k in funding, and are looking for another $50k right now if you like what you see.

2. Loaded Reports 📊

🏔 Queenstown's SaaS scene is starting to take off.
👉 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬!
🍽️ They've built a pretty kick-ass platform for managing a hospitality business after building their own nationwide hospitality group.
🍸 If you've been out for a drink or a bite to eat in Auckland, Christchurch, Queenstown, or Dunedin in the last couple of years, chances are you did it in one of their venues.
🤔 Queenstown may not be the first place that comes to mind for the next great SAAS business, but Loaded has a full engineering, product, and Go To Market team based in their head office down there.
☕️ If you're heading to Queenstown for a ski or a bike ride, look up Loaded's CEO Richard McLeod for a coffee or beer to discuss future opportunities.

3. Magic Beans App 🫘

🌎 The world has been looking for education and inspiration for people to grow their own food at home.
👉 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬!
🌱Magic Beans does exactly this and also facilitates the swapping and sharing of surplus homegrown produce between locals.
📱 They're about to launch an app NZ-wide in approximately 6 weeks, and they have global ambitions.
👭 Magic Beans is two women who love community, gardening, and homegrown food, and they just so happen to have super complementary skills.
💰 We hear a house was sold to fund the app build.
🌍 While their website is being built, you can find them on Facebook 👉🏻 https://rb.gy/ua5j0

Get in touch with Troy if you want to be featured on the......
𝐅𝐮𝐜𝐤 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 🔦

03/04/2023

Episode #26, Mary Haddock-Staniland "A mana enhancing wahine"

Mary is the SVP of Global DEIB & People APAC EMEA at EverCommerce⁠ a global software company.

In this episode, Troy and Mary talk about Mary's journey, transitioning into one of the most remarkable and mana-enhancing wahine we have ever had the privilege of talking with.

They cover Mary's personal story, what it is like being a trans woman in New Zealand and now sitting at the exec table of a global software company.
Mary has garnered an impressive reputation for championing change and advocating for a more equitable world, sparking positive change, in the corporate world as a highly regarded thought leader and in social spheres as a committed advocate.

She joined EverCommerce after Timely was acquired by us back in 2021; Mary held the role of Chief People & Inclusion Officer at Timely, the first people and inclusion role at an executive level to exist in New Zealand.

We absolutely loved our chat with Mary and believe that if the world was as empathetic, curious, and kind as this chat...
Everything would be so much better.

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26/03/2023

Episode #23, Lee Timutimu, "Ka mua, ka muri"

"𝘒𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘢, 𝘬𝘢 𝘮𝘶𝘳𝘪" is a whakatauki that many will know means "𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦"

The idea we should look to the past to inform the future.

We felt that this podcast with Lee really embodies "walking backwards into the future" as Lee helps the next generation of young Māori and Pasifika understand that the things, they need to be innovators are all told in the stories of their ancestors.

In this episode Troy Hammond chats with Lee Timutimu.

We chat about Lee's mission to increase both representation and participation of Māori in tech. His personal background
kōrero of how he personally got into STEM and what he is doing to help young Māori and Pasifika to enter STEM.

Lee is CEO of Arataki Systems - a Māori owned, whānau (family) owned tech company that he founded in 2016.

He has 20+ years working in IT and is a Founder & Co-Founder of multiple community initiatives that seek to empower Māori communities in the tech and digital space.

Born and raised in Whakatāne, Lee now lives with his whānau in Kirikiriroa (Hamilton).

Troy and Lee had a wonderful chat about the great work that Lee is doing and we hope you enjoy this podcast as much as we did shooting it.

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17/03/2023

👀 Episode #21 with Vaughan Fergusson drops soon.

🎞 Here’s a teaser where he mentions how he and Zoe Timbrell write what they want to achieve each year on a blank bit of paper.

🏷 After the $484m sale of Vend, Vaughan decides to shoot for the stars and *write "Get on the We F* Love StartUps Podcast with Troy Hammond and drink whiskey.

😉 *May or may not be 100% accurate.

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15/03/2023

It’s pretty wild that a niche podcast about startups, can be listened to more than a major radio show.

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12/03/2023

Episode #19, Danny Smith
“The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank” 🏃🏻‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️🏦

In this episode, Troy Hammond speaks with Danny Smith on the fall of Silicon Valley bank due to the bank run.

They go deep into what has happened, why it happened, and what could happen in the future.

Danny breaks down the information in an eloquent non-financial talk conversation so that everyone can understand the reasoning behind the 18th largest bank in the US falling down.

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11/03/2023

“When organisations have such a lead, it’s difficult to do innovation“

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09/03/2023

Joel Lieser was at Netflix before and during the move from DVD rentals to online streaming.

He and Troy talk about culture and Joel gives his take on the famous Netflix “Culture Deck”

Why it was developed to stop people coming to Netflix and not actually a marketing tool for joining.

Do you agree or disagree? 🤔

08/03/2023

Episode #18, Lieser - "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘵𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘹 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘥" 🌿

Do you agree with Joel's thoughts on architecture? Let us know in the comments below. 🤔

In the full episode, Troy Hammond and Joel chat about culture, engineering, the differences between US and NZ, and how Joel thinks we can help get more people into startups. 🚀

Joel Lieser is the CTO of Trove Money, a child company of Forsyth Barr.

His career has spanned seven states and three countries, where he has held positions from global banks to Silicon Valley technology juggernauts like Netflix, companies like Nike along with multiple startups along the way. 🌎

His passions lie in technology innovation and building teams.

In this episode Joel goes deep on his career and how our lives are a culmination of the choices we make against our adjacent possibles.

It is a really interesting episode and we hope you enjoy watching and or listening as much as we did. 🙌🏻

Please join us and subscribe to help us. We want to help New Zealand to support its own when it comes to innovation.

To quote Joel:
"𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘺 𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘒𝘪𝘸𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥."

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07/03/2023

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07/03/2023

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06/03/2023

Episode #17, Dale Clareburt
“When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro”

In this episode, we chat with Dale Clareburt from Weirdly

Dale has been the CEO/Co-Founder of Weirdly since the beginning of 2014.

She has 20+ years in the recruitment industry before going into tech.

Starting out in the agency land where the focus is on delivering a 1:1 service, Dale and three other founders banded together to create a product to improve the experience for candidates in the recruitment process.

From culture, values, and purpose quizzes to a fully automated end-to-end talent platform for first jobbers in the frontline/retail sector.
Weirdly has over 1m candidates who are hungry to get their first work experience under their belts.

Dale is very committed to guiding youth on their first steps into adulthood.

She says:
"It's about more than just the culture shock of that first job away from your home and school, but also the life skills you need to become an independent and fulfilled young adult."

We chat about the Weirdly story from the early days to finding market fit and all things in between.

Dale shares all her successes and attempts and we have some laughs along the way.

We really enjoyed this weird chat with Dale and hope you do also.

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27/02/2023

Episode #16, James Fuller, “In this world, nothing is certain except death and taxes.”

In this episode, we chat with James Fuller from Hnry.
James began his career as an application developer, before moving into technology strategy and consultancy.

After senior roles at Thomson Reuters and Deloitte, he decided to strike out on his own as a growth consultant for startups, corporate, and government clients.

It was rewarding work, but James found himself struggling with the amount of tax and financial admin involved in being self-employed.
To solve the issue, he and co-founder Claire created a simple, homemade system to automate calculating and paying self-employed taxes.

They shared their system with self-employed friends, realised that there was a market for it, and got to work improving their solution.

In 2018, James and Claire officially launched Hnry; a service designed to automatically calculate, pay, and file taxes for sole traders.

We chat about James and Claire's story and how they realised they were building a new category when their lawyer had no idea if what they were doing was legal or not.
We discuss what it is like working with IRD and contributing over 1% of NZ's total tax bills.

Hnry recently raised funding of $35m and we discussed how this happened and where the money will be spent.

We really enjoyed this chat with James and hope you do also.

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20/02/2023

Episode #15, Jessica Halley, “What can anthropology teach us about startups?”

In this episode, we chat with Jessica Halley.
Jessica is a Wellington-born social anthropologist. Her Ph.D. research focuses on the intersection between precarious labour, entrepreneurialism, and identity across Wellington’s digital workforce.

As an anthropologist, Jessica collects human stories.

She tells us that ethnographic research allows us to mine everyday stories.
Bringing these stories into a startup context will enable us to build the next generation of technologies in a way that counts.

We discuss many topics including Jessica's current research, which focuses on Wellington startups, social enterprises, and software development.

Additionally, her experiences conducting ethnographic research amongst Bhutanese refugee women and what this taught her about Facebook, selfies, and user experience.

Jessica says that gone are the simple days of broad-based solutions to user experiences. Instead, future technologies will demand a specific, localised, and culturally-relative approach to problem-solving.

Qualitative research, specifically ethnography, can provide methodological tools for startups seeking to solve the problems of the future.

We really enjoyed this chat with Jess and hope you do also.

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06/02/2023

Episode #13 - Adrienne Muir, “Hands on the heart of the business”

In this episode, we chat with Adrienne Muir who is the Chief Operating Officer of VoxSmart which is headquartered in London, though Adrienne is now based in Queenstown.

Born and Bred in Wellington, Adrienne Muir has spent decades working overseas in the global capital markets and financial technology sectors.

When she started at VoxSmart in London in 2017, the business communications surveillance and analytics firm had seven employees.

Now Muir oversees a worldwide team from Queenstown, serving over 100 international clients.

We chat about everything from being a successful woman in tech to making deliberate career choices, global vs NZ, and the very sad death of Adrienne's twin son John.

Adrienne was absolutely delightful and we are sure you will enjoy watching or listening to this podcast as much as we did making it.

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31/01/2023

31/01/2023

Episode #12 - Jonty Hodge, "Getting Kepla on the Awesome Index"

In this episode, we chat with Jonty Hodge who is a Wellington-based entrepreneur, co-founder, and CEO of Kepla, an emerging SaaS that makes it incredibly easy for any business to run incredibly effective digital advertising campaigns.

Dubbed 'a digital advertising agency in your pocket'.

Previously co-founded Aro Digital, a digital marketing agency based in Oriental Bay.

We chat about Jonty's journey from a cricket coach in high school to a founder of two companies and his highs and lows in between.

Jonty is very mature and wise for his years. He is honest and tells us where he is in his journey and the road ahead.

We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did.

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23/01/2023

Episode #11 - Owen Evans,

"Enable a space where great work can happen"

In this episode, we chat with Owen Evans.

Owen is the Senior Vice President Of Technology (CTO) of Timely

He talks about his many attempts in startups and his growth as a leader of engineering teams.

Owen has been a software developer and technologist since being introduced to the early stages of the internet in the early 90s.

Since then he's gone on to help found a number of startups, including Xero, Hoist, 8i, Zapier, and JRNY | AI, not all of them successful.

He's passionate about good people leadership in the technical space and has worked with a number of technical executives as a coach to try and improve management and strategic thinking across the board.

He's passionate about startups and the people that make them, as well as enabling great remote decision-making.

Owen was brought into Timely to take over from the founding CTO during their acquisition by EverCommerce and currently holds the SVP of Technology role for their Wellness group.

In his lack of spare time, he likes to brew beer, play golf, shoot arrows, and generally spend time with his family, his wife and two daughters, in Upper Hutt, New Zealand.

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23/01/2023

We had so many new listeners to the podcast over the weekend 🙌🏻

Thank you 🙏🏻

Which one is your fav episode so far? 🤔

0️⃣ - James Wood “Talent Army’s new CEO.”
1️⃣ - Serge van Dam, “Embracing uncertainty.”
2️⃣ - Alicia McKay, “Burnouts & bourbon.”
3️⃣ - Simon Small, “Serendipity & SaaS Elevator”
4️⃣ - Auriga Martin, “Positivity, purpose & innovation.”
5️⃣ - Mike Dawes, “Knocking out suicide.”
6️⃣ - Diana Minnée, “Pattern matching.”
7️⃣ - Ben Pujji, “I need two out of three.”
8️⃣ - Kristen Lunman, “Say yes to the unknown.”
9️⃣ - Andrew Tokeley, “Product Leaders & community.”
🔟 - Julie Reddish, “Engineering happiness in tech.”

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16/01/2023

Episode #10 - Julie Reddish, “Engineering happiness”

In this episode we chat with Julie about her pursuit of engineering happiness in startups.

Julie was the first Happiness Engineer at Xero and has since gone on to become the Head of People & Culture at Optimal Workshop.

She has traveled throughout the world leading programmes that transform people’s lives and now she empowers teams of tech humans as they navigate moving from start-up to scale-up.

Julie is highly invested in growing people.

She is their champion.

Julie has seen the positive impact this has on an individual basis, on a team, on an organisation - and globally.

She believes in people's ability to influence positive change and wants to make a difference in the NZ tech startup ecosystem.

In her spare time, Julie is into sports, jewelry making, brain science, parenting, and dog-breed identification.

We hope you enjoy this episode.

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Listen to this episode from We F* Love Startups Podcast on Spotify. In this episode, we chat with Julie Reddish. Julie is the Head of People and Culture at Optimal Workshop and was formerly the happiness engineer at Xero. She has traveled throughout the world leading programmes that transform pe...