Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
By Laura Nicol
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Episodes: 46
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Join Laura Nicol (your host) as she dials into the stories of startup operators in the trenches of building and scaling companies. Together, we master the art of ‘building the plane while flying it', drawing on insights from leaders and rising stars at companies like Tracksuit, Canva, Culture Amp, Atlassian, me&u, Airwallex, Eucalyptus, and more. Laura's day job is Chief of Staff to Maxine Minter﹢Co Ventures—all views shared on this podcast are her own.
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Ep 45. Scale and Soul: Anitta Krishan on Leading People and Culture Transformation at trivago, Grab, TikTok & Hoogly AI
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May 19, 2025 |
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Ep 44. Scaling Hnry with Karan Anand—Inside the Chief Strategy Officer Role, His Operating Philosophy, Abductive Logic
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May 06, 2025 |
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Ep 43. Sophie McKay on Launching Tech Brands Across Asia-Pacific—Qualtrics to Notion
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Ep 42. Culture Drivers with Olivia Panzic—Leading Marketing Communications and Building High-Performing Teams at TikTok ANZ
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Ep 41. Rach Matters on Turning OCD Anxiety into Her Superpower and Scaling to Senior Program Manager at Linktree
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Ep 40. Shipra Mahindra: From Software Engineer to Canva’s First PM and Product Leader at Octopus Deploy
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Ep 39. Harry Uffindell on Scaling Partly, The ONE Thing and Lessons from the Climb
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Ep 38. Alice Hehman on Being a Glue Person—From Facebook to Quip to Glue Club
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Ep 37. Emma Seymour’s CFO Journey at Deputy—How Rebalancing Led to Profitability and Unicorn Status
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Ep 36. Annie Liao on Designing a Dream Career and Building a Training Campus for 1 Million AI Builders by 2026
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Nov 26, 2024 |
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Ep 35. Deena Metz on Building a Customer Success Function at Flagship—From Digital Health to Retail Tech
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Ep 34. From Clinical Medicine to Product: Dr Jackie Rabec’s Journey to Heidi Health and Google
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Ep 33. George Hatzis on Product Design: Journey from Startups to Scale-Ups and Fractional Impact for Early-Stage Teams
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Ep 32. Coaching with Maxine Minter: How to Be the Best on the Field as a High-Impact, High-Performing Startup Operator
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Ep 31. Growth Enzyme Mindset: Taylor Fox-Smith on Academia, Channel Partnerships and Building Community at Airwallex
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Ep 30. Emily Robinson on Scaling with Purpose: From Leading People and Culture at Linktree to Driving Growth as GM at Kic
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Ep 29. Building Scar Tissue: Albert Patajo’s Path from Venture Capital to Fatherhood and Scaling Nexl Beyond Series A
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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Ep 28. From Rowing to an All-Women-Founded Exit: Maddi Ingham’s Playbook for Building Unstoppable Chief of Staff Partnerships and Mastering M&A
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Ep 27. Mikayla Hopkins on Building a World-Class Marketing Function and Brand at Tracksuit—Journey from Beer to Beauty to B2B SaaS
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Ep 26. A new era, Handing over Calling Operator to Laura Nicol, from front row with Anna Wintour to Chief Of Staff at Co Ventures
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Ep 25. Shilpa Mohan's journey from award winning interior designer to head of ops at ProcurePro and finding confidence through changes
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Ep 24. Georgia Marshall on Building community, co-living across the world and small changes for big impact
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Ep 23. Jared Bergman's Journey to Vow — From Bionic Eyes to Blowing Up the Bioreactor (Not Literally, Yet)
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May 13, 2024 |
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Ep 23. Gaby Howard on Navigating the Shift from Founder to Operator in Tech: Insights from Carted and Flaunter
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Ep 22. Polina Nesterova on Pioneering Meaningful Change in Health Tech with Neurode, Inventia Life Sciences, and HealthMatch
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Ep 21. Emma Earley From Unconventional Paths to Remarkable Outcomes: Defying Norms & Embracing Inclusive Leadership at Remarkable
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Ep 20. Deanna Hood on Becoming a technical leader in Health Tech robotics at Vexev and Inventia, Embracing Learning as a Skill and Shattering STEM Stereotypes.
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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Ep 19. Sam Garven from dreaming of living in the forrest studying gorilla's to people leadership at ZipCo, Kinde + more
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Ep 18. Holly Brooks - From Childhood in Doha to Overcoming Early Career Hurdles, Achieving Her Dream Job at Startmate
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Ep 17. Nicole Meaker on studying Engineering in adulthood, figuring out what you actually find interesting and working at Marqo as a Product Manager
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Ep 16. Alex Crawshaw from boarding school to a grad job at Deloitte and then finally landing a dream role at Halter
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Sep 10, 2023 |
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Ep 15. Dr Izzy Bigio from six years at med-school, to two years as a Doctor and then a massive personal rebrand before landing at Blackbird as a community partner
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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Ep 14. Gemma Clancy & Will Richards, creators of the Overnight Success newsletter talk about building something from nothing
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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Ep 13. Monica Masaoka from Airwallex on pushing against the conventional path, going from retail at Mecca to Zip co and finding her place in RevOps at Airwallex
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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Ep 12. Royina Bakshi from Nutromics on turning adversity into a superpower and finding the perfect spot in a MedTech hardware start-up
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May 08, 2023 |
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Ep 11. Carrie Gray from Atlassian on being a humming bird person and using her experience to cross pollinate the world
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Apr 18, 2023 |
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Ep 10. Garry Williams on a non-linear pathway into tech, loving life at Tractor Ventures and hard life stories
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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Ep 9. Estelle Berton on landing at Eucalyptus, the power of peer learning and removing 'sorry' from your vocabulary
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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Ep 8. Bronte McHenry, Storyteller, Ex-Startmate, Ex-SmartCompany 5 Life lessons & 20+ resources wrapped in a beautiful story
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Jan 31, 2023 |
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Ep 7. Lance Hodgson, from semi-professional soccer to VP of marketing at Sitemate. It's all about intentionality, and consistency.
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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Ep 6. Sophia Witherington on scaling the Startmate fellowship through push back, Product management at Canva (and cleaning the fryer at KFC)
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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Ep 5. Jessica Telford on vulnerability as a superpower, what customer success actually is and the world of Culture Amp
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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Ep 4. Katie Noonan from being a Lawyer to democratising access to learning with Forage.
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Ep 3. Daphne Shen from LiDAR to Lyka and how having a service-oriented attitude can take you anywhere.
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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Ep 2. Daragh Kan, from falling into hospitality at 13 to becoming the first product hire at Mr. Yum
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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Ep 1. Harry Hamilton on moving from the big 4 to product management at Safety Culture, to coaching product at Minnow.
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Oct 04, 2022 |