#005 Wendy Franks – A woman who won’t give up – A tenacious and authentic entrepreneurial Journey
Wendy is a single mum, entrepreneur and passionate creative. Wendy discusses her journey as a businesswoman with a passion for the new and interesting, balancing off life’s real challenges and valuing one’s self during the tough times. From the sea to the land, Wendy is a testament to resilience, passion and dedication to what’s important.
#004 Norm Jenkins – CEO of i4Connect, the evolving life of an entrepreneur, dad and life partner.
Norm was the CEO of i4 Connect, the delivery partner for the Australian Government’s Accelerating Commercialisation Program, helping start-ups commercialise their ventures. An ex Defence Force veteran, Norm brings insights rarely discussed, from making a living and raising a family while having an entrepreneurial mindset to working with defence and the business of commercialising innovation.
#003 Sylph Hawkins – Carbon Offsets using Blockchain, Austrian Economics & Incentives driving behaviour
Sylph is a cofounder of Treecoin, a blockchain startup business offering carbon offsets. This is a fun and deeply intelligent conversation about the trials and tribulations of business from 16 years old to late 30’s. Sylph is an extraordinary meld of Eastern wisdom and brute force entrepreneur. He spent the last 14 years working with...
#002 Balendran Thavarajah – Get Mee Founder and the boy who ate his mother.
Balendran Thavarajah (Bala), Founder and CEO of GetMee, a personal AI coach that teaches users to speak more clearly, directly and effectively. I worked closely with Bala during my time with the Accelerating Commercialisation program over 12 months and got to know him well; I consider him a friend. Bala’s life journey into tech entrepreneurship...
#001 Peter Long, Silicon Valley Vet, Tech Founder and Investor
Peter Long is a Vet Engineer of Silicon Valley, Founder and Investor. He has completed projects involving big data, near real-time visualisation, security (identity, authorisation, encryption, etc) and cloud-based services. He has held senior technical, marketing, and management positions in Australia and the US – including an eight-year stint in Silicon Valley as a global...
Welcome from Peter Christo
Hi, I’m Peter Christo, the host of entrepreneurship.au.I want to introduce you to this podcast, and to do that, it is important to clarify what I mean by entrepreneur and entrepreneurship.The lens I look at entrepreneurship through includes inventive people building businesses, corporate venturing but ‘out of necessity’ innovative thinking, and the power dynamics, policy...
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