The Startup Playbook Podcast

By Rohit Bhargava - Entrepreneur | Blogger | Podcaster. I help launch, grow and fund startups and online businesses

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Episodes: 190

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Every week, I interview successful entrepreneurs, investors and business industry experts on how they got started, the strategies they used to succeed and their advice to current and future entrepreneurs

Episode Date
Ep180 – Daniel Petre (Co-founder – Start Giving) on family, philanthropy and truth seeking
Apr 25, 2024
Ep179 – Ben Thompson (Co-founder & CEO – Employment Hero) on growth, PMF & principles
Apr 18, 2024
Ep178 – Tobi Skovron (Co-founder & CEO – Creative Cubes) on the curse of ambition
Apr 11, 2024
Ep177 – Sam Kothari (Co-founder & COO – Everlab) on building world class teams and reinventing the primary care experience
Mar 28, 2024
Ep176 – Luke Anear (Founder & CEO – SafetyCulture) on lessons from building a $2.7B company
Mar 21, 2024
Ep175 – Ed Hooper (Co-founder & CEO – GXE) on frameworks, exits and investing
Mar 14, 2024
Ep174 – Alexandra Zatarain (Co-founder – Eight Sleep) on branding, company DNA and category creation
Feb 22, 2024
Ep173 – Mark Woodland (Co-founder & CEO – Kismet) on timing, leadership & high performance
Feb 15, 2024
Ep172 – Ben Grabiner (Co-founder & General Partner – Side Stage Ventures) on VC as a product
Feb 08, 2024
Ep171 – Micha Kaufman (Co-founder & CEO – Fiverr) on risk, virality and frameworks
Feb 01, 2024
Ep170 – Pete Davis (Co-founder & CEO – 1FF) on building the future of football
Aug 02, 2023
Ep169 – Jax Vullinghs (Partner – AirTree) on valuations, IC and moats
Aug 25, 2022
Ep168 – Will On (Co-founder & Co-CEO – Shippit) on fundraising, secondaries and the Co-CEO model
Jul 28, 2022
Ep167 – Justin Lipman (Partner – EVP) on metrics, focus and valuations
Jul 14, 2022
Ep166 – Dan Krasnostein (Partner – Square Peg Capital) on teaching, culture and conviction
Jun 30, 2022
Ep165 – Glenn Rogers (Co-founder & CEO – Float) on focus, constraints & scale
Jun 03, 2022
Ep164 – Chris Hitchen (Managing Partner – Possible Ventures) on investing in the possible
May 26, 2022
Ep163 – Jaddan Comerford (CEO – Unified Music Group) on investing in creativity
May 19, 2022
Ep162 – Dan Peters (Managing Director – Clearco) on partnerships, benchmarks and data driven capital
May 12, 2022
Ep161 – Steve Baxter (Partner – TEN13 VC) on capability, competitors & investing
May 05, 2022
Ep160 – Sam Crowther (Co-founder & CEO – Kasada) on sales, structure and the founder journey
Apr 27, 2022
Ep159 – Niki Scevak (Co-founder & Partner – Blackbird VC) on raising ambition
Apr 21, 2022
Ep158 – Andy Fallshaw (Co-founder & CEO – Bellroy) on taking the stairs vs the elevator
Oct 21, 2021
Ep157 – David Shein (General Partner – Our Innovation Fund) on lessons from building Australia’s first unicorn
Oct 14, 2021
Ep156 – Matt Browne (Co-founder & Managing Partner – Black Nova VC) on the rise of Founder VCs
Oct 07, 2021
Ep155 – Ash Davies (Founder & CEO – Tablo) on pivots, side hustles and self awareness
Sep 30, 2021
Ep154 – Nick Franklin (Founder & CEO – ChartMogul) on pricing, metrics and fundstrapping
Sep 23, 2021
Ep153 – Rohit Bhargava AMA on 5 years of the Startup Playbook Podcast
Jul 22, 2021
Ep152 – Alister Coleman (Co-founder & Managing Partner – Folklore VC) on due diligence, focus and multigenerational funds
Jul 08, 2021
Ep151 – Kylie Frazer (Co-founder & Partner – Flying Fox VC) on term sheets, rolling funds and founder runway
Jun 24, 2021
Ep150 – Rick Baker (Partner – Blackbird Ventures) on culture, innovation & the rule of no exits
Jun 03, 2021
Ep149 – Phil Morle (Partner – Main Sequence Ventures) on leaps, equity and the art of flearning
May 27, 2021
Ep148 – Matt Elsley (Co-founder & CEO – Qsic) on teams, fundraising and enterprise sales
May 13, 2021
Ep147 – Wendell Keuneman (General Partner – Tidal Ventures) on building your product principles
Apr 29, 2021
Ep146 – Federico Collarte (Co-founder & CEO – Baraja) on building the future of autonomous vehicles
Apr 21, 2021
Ep145 – Ashik Ahmed (Co-founder & CEO – Deputy) on COVID, conviction and customer obsession
Apr 01, 2021
Ep144 – David Lemphers (Co-founder & CEO – Code Pilot) on exits, thinking big and creating gold standards
Mar 25, 2021
Ep143 – Justin Webb (Co-founder & Chairman – AgriWebb) on building the future of AgTech
Mar 18, 2021
Ep142 – Al Bentley (Founder & CEO – Simply Wall St) on building your growth engine
Mar 11, 2021
Ep141 – Alex Zaccaria (Co-founder & CEO – Linktree) on viral growth, customer focus and intuition
Mar 04, 2021
Ep140 – Kate Kendall (Founder – Atto & Indie Labs) on power dynamics, advisors & community
Feb 25, 2021
Ep139 – Mahesh Muralidhar (CEO – NZ ScaleUp) on creating a winning culture
Feb 18, 2021
Ep138 – Hugh Stephens (Founder – Galileo VC) on constraints, pricing dynamics & fundraising
Feb 10, 2021
Ep137 – Matt Allen (CEO – Tractor Ventures) on believers, secondaries & confidence capital
Jan 28, 2021
Ep136 – Manuri Gunawardena (Founder & CEO – HealthMatch) on setting your North Star
Dec 10, 2020
Ep135 – Gabby Leibovich (Co-founder – The Catch Group) on culture, leadership & kissing frogs
Dec 03, 2020
Ep134 – Jason Wilby (Co-founder & Co-CEO – Open) on risk, purpose and shared values
Nov 26, 2020
Ep133 – David Shein (GP – Our Innovation Fund) on legendary customer service
Nov 12, 2020
Ep132 – Guy Pearson (Founder & CEO – Practice Ignition) on vision, storytelling & ecosystems
Oct 29, 2020
Ep131 – Domm Holland (Co-founder & CEO – Fast) on networks, transparency & focus
Oct 22, 2020
Ep130 – Rachael Neumann (Founder – Working Theory Angels) on trust, talent & golden metrics
Oct 01, 2020
Ep129 – James Chin Moody (Co-founder & CEO – Sendle) on systems, reputation & hell yeahs!
Sep 24, 2020
Ep128 – Holly Cardew (Founder – Pixc & Vop) on TikTok, vision and channel partnerships
Sep 17, 2020
Ep127 – Lachlan Donald (Co-founder & CEO – Buildkite) on equity over ego
Sep 03, 2020
Ep126 – Ben Pfisterer (Co-founder & CEO – Zeller) on the theory of horizons
Aug 27, 2020
Ep125 – Adam Milgrom (Venture Partner – Giant Leap Fund) on building your decision-making muscle
Aug 20, 2020
Ep124 – Tim Fung (Co-founder & CEO – Airtasker) on value, trust & the longtail
Aug 13, 2020
Ep123 – Tim Doyle (Founder – Eucalyptus) on Discipline, Differentiation and Data
Aug 06, 2020
Ep122 – Leanne Kemp (Founder & CEO – Everledger) on exits, trust and coevolution
Jul 30, 2020
Ep121 – Robert Bell (CEO – 86 400) on balance, feedback and smarter banking
Jul 23, 2020
Ep120 – Simon Griffiths (Co-founder & CEO of Who Gives A Crap) on Virality, Profitability & Impact
Jul 16, 2020
Ep119 – DHH (Co-founder & CTO – Basecamp) on timing, feedback and bootstrapping
Jul 09, 2020
Ep118 – Cal Henderson (Co-founder & CTO – Slack) on pivots, product & the future
Jul 02, 2020
Ep117 – Fred Schebesta (Co-founder – Finder) on building phoenix companies
Jun 25, 2020
Ep116 – Mina Radhakrishnan (Co-founder – Different) on frameworks for decision making
Jun 18, 2020
Ep115 – Sam Wood (Founder – 28) on finding the right tech partners, bootstrapping and global growth
Jun 11, 2020
Ep114 – Malcolm Turnbull (Former Prime Minister of Australia) on timing, conviction and trust
Jun 04, 2020
Ep113 – Elicia McDonald (Investment Principal – AirTree) on diligence, investment & speed
May 28, 2020
Ep112 – Mark Tanner (Co-founder & COO – Qwilr) on building the future
May 21, 2020
Ep111 – Michael Fox (Co-founder & CEO – Fable Food Co) on crossing the chasm
May 14, 2020
Ep110 – Dom Pym (Co-founder – Up) on product, purpose and excellence
May 07, 2020
Ep109 – Nick Crocker (General Partner – Blackbird VC) on investing with conviction
Apr 29, 2020
Ep108 – John Coghlan (Director – CD+Co) on valuations, due diligence & co-founder breakups
Jul 29, 2019
Ep107 – Blake Hutchison (CEO – Flippa) on building market dynamics
Jul 17, 2019
Ep106 – Phil Silverstone (GM – Eventbrite) on identifying Product-Market Fit
Jun 20, 2019
Ep105 – Nicholas Lembo (Country Manager – TransferWise) on building trust with customers
Jun 05, 2019
Ep104 – Steve Glaveski (CEO – Collective Campus) on efficiency and serendipity
May 29, 2019
Ep103 – Viki Forrest (CEO – ANZA Technology) on how to successfully launch into new markets
May 22, 2019
Ep102 – Pedram Mokrian (Investor) on the 6 T’s of investment
May 15, 2019
Ep101 – Didier Elzinga (Co-founder & CEO – Culture Amp) on the key traits of successful founders
May 07, 2019
Ep100 – Rohit Bhargava (Host – The Startup Playbook) on the key to consistency
May 02, 2019
Ep099 – Jules Miller (Partner – IBM Blockchain Ventures) on the importance of owning a niche
Apr 23, 2019
Ep098 – Ian Gardiner (Jelix Ventures) on building success through culture
Mar 20, 2019
Ep097 – Casey Fenton (Founder – Couchsurfing) on hacking your ego
Mar 05, 2019
Ep096 – Tom Crago (CEO – Tantalus Media) on balance and prioritisation
Feb 26, 2019
Ep095 – Tom Davies (COO – Verso Learning) on persistence & perseverance
Feb 19, 2019
Ep094 – Chris Ridd (Ex MD – Xero) on his 3 golden rules for investing
Feb 12, 2019
Ep093 – Chike Ukaegbu (Entrepreneur & Presidential Candidate) on finding your passion
Feb 05, 2019
Ep092 – Andrew Apostola (CEO – Portable) on hiring effectively
Feb 01, 2019
Ep091 – Jenn Lim (CEO – Delivering Happiness) on defining core values
Jan 24, 2019
Ep090 – Gary Swart (Former CEO of oDesk) on focusing on your strengths
Jan 15, 2019
Ep089 – Anthony Kennada (CMO – Gainsight) on marketing from first principles
Jun 26, 2018
Ep088 – Whitney Sales (GP – Acceleprise) on building effective sales teams
Jun 20, 2018
Ep087 – Michael Cardamone (Managing Director – Acceleprise) on teams and vision
Jun 04, 2018
Ep086 – Jason Calacanis (Founder, Angel Investor, Author) on long-term thinking
May 28, 2018
Ep085 – Patrick Llewellyn (CEO – 99Designs) on planning and focus
May 01, 2018
Ep084 – James Cameron (Partner – Airtree VC) on searching for outliers
Apr 23, 2018
Hustle Ep010: Byron Scaf (CEO – Stile Education) on attracting the best talent
Apr 12, 2018
Ep083 – Lauren Capelin (Head of Venture Community – Reinventure) on using community for growth
Apr 10, 2018
Ep082 – James Mckinnon (Angel Investor & Founder – Sittr) on building great products
Mar 27, 2018
Hustle Ep009 – Patrick Gaskin (Co-founder – Cardly) on family and business
Mar 22, 2018
Ep081 – Craig Blair (Managing Partner – Airtree Ventures) on the need for ambition
Mar 20, 2018
Hustle Ep008 – Matt Jones (Co-founder – Honee) on selling effectively
Mar 15, 2018
Ep080 – Ben Pfisterer (Country Manager – Square) on transitions and scale
Mar 12, 2018
Ep079 – Bill Ketelbey (CEO & MD – Actinogen Medical) on preparing for opportunities
Mar 06, 2018
Ep078 – Topaz Conway (Chair – SBE Australia) on being coachable
Feb 26, 2018
Hustle Ep007 – Alan Crabbe (Co-Founder – Pozible & Birchal) on how to run successful Crowdfunding campaigns
Feb 21, 2018
Ep077 – Trena Blair (Founder – FD Global) on the need for authenticity
Feb 19, 2018
Ep076 – Dan Gavel (Director – Black Sheep Capital) on VC-as-a-Service
Jan 30, 2018
Hustle Ep006 – Tony Wu (Co-founder – Weploy) on hiring and culture
Dec 20, 2017
Ep075 – Ahmed Haider (Co-founder – Zookal & Flirtey) on calculated risk
Dec 18, 2017
Hustle Ep005 – Heidi Holmes & Lucy Lloyd (Mentorloop) on the hurdle test
Dec 13, 2017
Ep074 – Martin Wells (Founder & Advisor) on the minimum viable customer
Dec 11, 2017
Hustle Ep004 – Morgan Ranieri (Co-founder – YourGrocer) on building from first principles
Dec 06, 2017
Ep073 – Will Richardson (Managing Partner – Giant Leap Fund) on impact driven investment
Dec 04, 2017
Hustle Ep003: Tashi Dorjee (Co-founder – TwoSpace) on building effective partnerships
Nov 30, 2017
Hustle Ep002: Noga Edelstein (Co-founder – UrbanYou) on acquiring growth
Nov 30, 2017
Hustle Ep001 – Ainslie Williams (Co-founder – Qualie) on asking the right questions
Nov 30, 2017
Ep072 – Aaron Patzer (Founder – Mint.com) on the value of equity
Nov 27, 2017
Ep071 – Chris Saad (Former Head of Developer Product – Uber) on the abundance mindset
Nov 20, 2017
Ep070 – Jason McPherson (Chief Scientist – Culture Amp) on the science of culture
Oct 09, 2017
Ep069 – Michael Cameron (Co-founder & CEO – Rome2rio) on going global
Oct 02, 2017
Ep068 – Frank Arrigo (Evangelism and Ecosystem Engagement – Telstra) on Atoms vs Bits
Sep 25, 2017
Ep067 – Marisa Warren (Founder & CEO – ELEVACAO) on the ingredients of an effective pitch
Sep 18, 2017
Ep066 – Jodie Auster (GM – UberEATS) on hypothesis driven decision making
Sep 11, 2017
Ep065 – Jason Lim (GM – YBF & Director – Hoist) on learning from role models
Sep 04, 2017
Ep064 – Kate Morris (Founder & CEO – Adore Beauty) on the importance of resilience
Aug 28, 2017
Ep063 – Glen Rabie (Co-founder & CEO – Yellowfin) on the need for focus
Aug 21, 2017
Ep062 – Robert Wickham (Regional Vice President – Salesforce) on ecosystem strategy
Aug 14, 2017
Ep061 – Samantha Stein and Anthony Ha (TechCrunch) on pitching & PR
Aug 07, 2017
Ep060 – Holly Liu (Co-founder – Kabam) on the billion dollar exit
Jul 31, 2017
Ep059 – Scott Handsaker (CEO – Cyrise) on accelerators, hiring & building ecosystems
Jul 24, 2017
Ep058 – Ivan Lim (Co-founder & CEO – Brosa) on the future of e-commerce
Jul 17, 2017
Ep057 – Rachael Neumann (Head of Australia – 500 Startups) on rebuilding trust and listening to the ecosystem
Jul 10, 2017
Ep056 – Vicky Lay (Managing Director – Artesian Venture Partners) on unlocking human potential
Jul 03, 2017
Ep055 – Aris Allegos (Co-founder & CEO – Moula) on how to approach risk
Jun 26, 2017
Ep054 – Alfred Lo (Investor) on Corporate Venture Capital
Jun 19, 2017
Ep053 – Pete Cooper (Founder – SydStart) on the old and new economy
Jun 12, 2017
Ep052 – Don Peppers (Author) on the One to One Future
Jun 05, 2017
Ep051 – Adam Stone (Founder & CEO – Speedlancer) on teams and trust
May 30, 2017
Ep050: Followups, learnings and deep dive from the last 10 months
May 23, 2017
Ep049: Duncan Anderson (Co-Founder – Edrolo) on the cycles of learning
May 15, 2017
Ep048 – Dave Scheine (Angel Investor) on winning globally
May 08, 2017
Ep047 – Glenn Gillen (Investor – Pick & Shovel) on silver bullets and culture
May 01, 2017
Ep046 – Simon Julian (GM – Sitepoint) on content and communities
Apr 25, 2017
Ep045 – Andrew Walton (Co-Founder & CEO – InteractSport) on listening to customers
Apr 17, 2017
Ep044 – Terry Gold (MD – Techstars Adelaide) on values, hiring & saying yes
Apr 10, 2017
Ep043 – Jon Baer (Founder, Investor, Author) on Decoding Silicon Valley
Apr 03, 2017
Ep042 – Al and Lucas Ramadan (Play Bigger) On creating category kings
Mar 27, 2017
Ep041 – Kate Talbot (Author, Marketer, Entrepreneur) on using snapchat for business
Mar 20, 2017
Ep040 – Stuart Richardson & Darcy Naunton (Partners – Adventure Capital) on startups and corporates
Mar 13, 2017
Ep039 – Nick Crocker (Venture Partner – Blackbird Ventures) on people, culture and products
Mar 06, 2017
Ep038 – Simon Holland (Co-founder – Papercloud) on turning ideas into businesses
Feb 27, 2017
Ep037 – Gavin Appel (Co-Founder – Onestack) on the challenges of scaling startups
Feb 20, 2017
Ep036 – Luke Marshall (Growth at 90 Seconds) on tracking the right metrics
Feb 13, 2017
Ep035 – Andrew Hyde (Founder – Startup Weekend) on building communities
Feb 06, 2017
Ep034 – Chris Bartlett (GM – Seed Digital) on keeping promises to customers
Jan 30, 2017
Ep033 – Simon Walker (Partner Marketing Manager – IFTTT) on value driven marketing
Jan 23, 2017
Ep032 – Evan Thornley (Co-founder – Looksmart) on identifying opportunities
Jan 16, 2017
Ep031 – Anthony Johnston (Head of Ogilvy Ventures) on connecting startups and corporates
Jan 09, 2017
Ep030 – Adam Jacobs (Co-founder & MD – The Iconic) on the importance of customer experience
Dec 19, 2016
Ep029 – Simon Cant (Co-founder & MD – Reinventure Group) on the relationship between startups and corporates
Dec 12, 2016
Ep028 – Matt Allen (Angel Investor) on how to attract technical cofounders
Dec 05, 2016
Ep027 – Brett Adam (Managing Director – Zendesk) on creating pills vs vitamins
Nov 28, 2016
Ep026 – Nathan Chan (Founder & Editor in Chief – Foundr Magazine) on the building blocks of success
Nov 21, 2016
Ep025 – Alan Jones (Angel Investor & Startup Evangelist) on understanding customer intent
Nov 15, 2016
Ep024 – Paul Bassat (Co-founder – Square Peg Capital) on solving important problems
Nov 08, 2016
Ep023 – Adrian Stone (Angel Investor) on assessing opportunities
Nov 04, 2016
Ep022 – Leigh Jasper (Co-Founder & CEO – Aconex) on building a billion dollar business
Oct 31, 2016
Ep021 – Ben Sand (Co-founder – Meta) on empathy and storytelling
Oct 24, 2016
Ep020 – Paul Bennetts & Kaushik Sen (Co-founders – Spaceship) on building from first principles
Oct 17, 2016
Ep019 – Ben Dunphy (Investment Director – Blue Sky VC) on creating long term value
Oct 12, 2016
Ep018 – Jodie Fox (Co-founder – Shoes of Prey) on the value of offline marketing
Oct 10, 2016
Ep017 – Tom Ellis (Investment Director – Mai Capital) on opportunities in China
Oct 03, 2016
Ep016 – Sam Wong (Head of Operations – Blackbird VC) on going global from day 1
Sep 26, 2016
Ep015 – Ash Maurya (Creator – Lean Canvas) on applying Lean Methodology to scaling businesses
Sep 19, 2016
Ep014 – Ben Chan (Executive GM – Envato) on building successful marketplaces
Sep 12, 2016
Ep013 – Peter Huynh (Partner – Qualgro VC) on the challenges and opportunities in Asia
Sep 05, 2016
Ep012 – Adir Shiffman (Chairman – Catapult Sports) on the challenges of scaling and the characteristics of fast growing startups
Aug 29, 2016
Ep011 – Tristan Pollock (EIR & Venture Partner – 500 Startups) on funding, marketplaces and sex, drugs & rock’n’roll of Silicon Valley
Aug 22, 2016
Ep010 – Sujan Patel (Founder, Author, Writer) on creating scalable and shareable content
Aug 15, 2016
Ep009 – Angus Mcculloch (Growth – The Fifth) on the Instagram algorithm, how to get trending and building a business on top of social media platforms
Aug 08, 2016
Ep008 – James Cattermole (Founder | Investor) on moving from corporate life to startup, building and selling enterprise software startups and how to find and spot good ideas
Aug 01, 2016
Ep007 – (part 2) Matt Snowden and James Nguyen (m5859 Apps) on Creating virality, getting 500,000 downloads and building marketplaces
Jul 25, 2016
Ep006 – (part 1) Matt Snowden and James Nguyen (M5859 Apps) on finding the right co-founder, giving away value and contacting Taylor Swift
Jul 18, 2016
Ep005 – Paul Naphtali (Rampersand Venture Capital) on how to contact VC’s, the common ingredients in successful founders, the Rampersand investment process and the biggest turnoffs for investors.
Jul 18, 2016
Ep004 – Alex Mcbride (Founder – The Fifth Watches) on building a business from a blog, turning weaknesses intro strengths and how to grow a social media following
Jul 18, 2016
Ep003 – Justin Dry (Co-CEO – Vinomofo) on the importance of building a community, deciding when to pivot and how to choose between multiple options on the table.
Jul 18, 2016
Ep002 – Shelli Trung (Angel Investor) on how to approach investors and what gets investors interested
Jul 18, 2016
Ep001 – Tim Mundy (Director – Digital Affair) on how to get clients, foster partnerships and build teams
Jul 18, 2016