Businesses of Tomorrow
Navigating the path from start-up to scale-up for four fascinating Australian businesses.
In this five-part podcast series, follow four businesses as they travel to Silicon Valley, Shanghai and back to Australia as they attempt to rise from local player to world beater.
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Episode 1: Poised for greatness
Our four Australian businesses have already tasted success. But they are poised for something bigger. Meet Will Davies of Car Next Door, Hana Krawchuk of Love to Dream, Jordan O’Reilly of Hireup and Christian Damstra of Damstra Technology to find out they got their start, where their business is going and what they need to get to the next level.
People are investing huge amounts in something they use bugger all of the time. It’s really stupid the way we are doing it
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Episode 2: AirBnB’s Joe Gebbia, LinkedIn’s Allen Blue and the secrets of Silicon Valley
Our four founders go on the trip of a lifetime to Silicon Valley to learn the secrets of scaling a business. Will is looking for tips to help him raise much needed capital, Jordan needs to work out how to deal with runaway growth, Christian is looking for tips on how to make it in America when he moves his business there and Hana is looking for the right marketing message to help clinch a major US retailer.
“Get shit done, have fun, dream big”
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Episode 3 — Can a visit to China kickstart global domination?
Our businesses of tomorrow fly from Silicon Valley to Shanghai to see the most dynamic country in the world. China is growing rapidly and its middle class moving up the value chain to spend more on both goods and services. We meet some Australian founders who are kicking goals with some very interesting ideas and discover how fitting into China’s five-year plans is good way to think about entering such a competitive market.
“In China, policy influences business in a massive way”
Episode 4: The businesses of tomorrow attempt to transform their companies following the global study tour.
Our four businesses have returned from their trip visiting Silicon Valley and Shanghai and are brimming with ideas.
Car Next Door needs to convince investors to tip money into their capital raise; Love to Dream is trying to bag Target in the US as their next big retailer; Damstra Technology has opened up US office and is trying to get a new client and HireUp is looking to see how they can keep their disability support platform as safe as possible.
“There are high stakes but the rewards are bigger.”
Episode 5: The power of refining the vision and mission.
In this episode we speak to Simon Cant, founder of $100m venture capital fund, Reinventure, Tim Fung, CEO of Airtasker and Rob Koczkar of Social Ventures Australia to pick apart how our Businesses of Tomorrow can scale to the next level. Our founders, Will Davies, Hana Krawchuk, Christian Damstra and Jordan O’Reilly, respond to their concerns and reflect on how they, and their businesses, have changed since they went on the program.
“It is all about unconstrained thinking.”
This content was produced in association with Westpac. To apply for the program go to businessesoftomorrow.com.au
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