The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal Archiv
286 Episoden
60 Minuten
In this episode #108 w Rowan Simpson, learn about:
sunrise in NZ with fond memories of his high school teachers, the real high flyers in society
deep love for sport and being the first in his extended family to attend university.
value of ambition in the New Zealand context nd love rowan’s framing of working towards being the “biggest small country in the world"
Life changing experiences in early stage tech companies, first Trade Me and then Xero
how the financial success led to creating his family office, Hoku
how wins should be celebrated
chips on our shoulder
connection of sport and fast growth startups
grandparent mindset for investors
re-defining balance and more!
Rowan's essay on "world class" is worth a read (here)
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sunrise in NZ with fond memories of his high school teachers, the real high flyers in society
deep love for sport and being the first in his extended family to attend university.
value of ambition in the New Zealand context nd love rowan’s framing of working towards being the “biggest small country in the world"
Life changing experiences in early stage tech companies, first Trade Me and then Xero
how the financial success led to creating his family office, Hoku
how wins should be celebrated
chips on our shoulder
connection of sport and fast growth startups
grandparent mindset for investors
re-defining balance and more!
Rowan's essay on "world class" is worth a read (here)
It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
***
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1 Stunde 1 Minute
In this episode #107 w Stew Glynn, learn about:
Sunrise in Harare, Zimbabwe with political and economic instability
Fun Fact: the peak inflation in Zimbabwe in 2008 was at 230 million percent, incredible!
Influences of seeing his entrepreneurial dad run various businesses
what led to him attending university in Australia
Introduction into the tech world first at GE and then KPMG
Reflections on the transition from KPMG to co-founding a family office
Inside how we met Steve Baxter (of Shark Tank fame)
How they built out the brand and business in Ten13
economics of operating a syndicate model
what led to them investing in international markets like Africa and Columbia with a number of successful startups in their portfolio
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Sunrise in Harare, Zimbabwe with political and economic instability
Fun Fact: the peak inflation in Zimbabwe in 2008 was at 230 million percent, incredible!
Influences of seeing his entrepreneurial dad run various businesses
what led to him attending university in Australia
Introduction into the tech world first at GE and then KPMG
Reflections on the transition from KPMG to co-founding a family office
Inside how we met Steve Baxter (of Shark Tank fame)
How they built out the brand and business in Ten13
economics of operating a syndicate model
what led to them investing in international markets like Africa and Columbia with a number of successful startups in their portfolio
It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
***
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45 Minuten
Today, we're joined by with Silvia Pfeiffer, the co-founder and CEO of COVIU, the all in one virtual care engagement platform for better healthcare.
Learn about Silvia’s fascinating journey to date, from Germany to moving to Australia at the turn of the century, studying a PHD in computer science, how she was involved in bringing video technology to the web through her first startup Vequence and then working on video caption functionality for YouTube.
All these rich experiences and learnings led Silvia to create COVIU, the success HealthTech business she now leads with over 50 team members in Australia and the US. I asked her about the problem they’re solving, their business model, overcoming physical examination barriers, successful virtual care platforms and more.
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Learn about Silvia’s fascinating journey to date, from Germany to moving to Australia at the turn of the century, studying a PHD in computer science, how she was involved in bringing video technology to the web through her first startup Vequence and then working on video caption functionality for YouTube.
All these rich experiences and learnings led Silvia to create COVIU, the success HealthTech business she now leads with over 50 team members in Australia and the US. I asked her about the problem they’re solving, their business model, overcoming physical examination barriers, successful virtual care platforms and more.
It’s time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
***
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Find out more about COVIU at https://www.coviu.com/
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1 Stunde 4 Minuten
In this episode #105 w Simon Cant, learn about:
Sunrise in Sydney when it didn’t have the big city nature it does today
Influences of Mum (sociology lecturer) and dad (Qantas pilot)
Personal tension between academic and creative side growing up
The family connection to Law, romanticised it and realised it wasn’t for him after working in it for a few years
Painful learning after his time at social ventures including family challenges
Started Reinventure when he was 45, big lesson that life can take many paths
Becoming spiritual and finding peace, know thy self
How did the Coinbase (one of the most prominent crypto companies) investment happen?
Being first Australian investors in Immutable
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Sunrise in Sydney when it didn’t have the big city nature it does today
Influences of Mum (sociology lecturer) and dad (Qantas pilot)
Personal tension between academic and creative side growing up
The family connection to Law, romanticised it and realised it wasn’t for him after working in it for a few years
Painful learning after his time at social ventures including family challenges
Started Reinventure when he was 45, big lesson that life can take many paths
Becoming spiritual and finding peace, know thy self
How did the Coinbase (one of the most prominent crypto companies) investment happen?
Being first Australian investors in Immutable
It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
***
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1 Stunde 4 Minuten
In this episode #104 w Michael Overell, learn about:
Sunrise in Brisbane, Australia with 3 younger sisters
Influences of Mum, an English teacher and Dad, an accountant
Desire to play rugby professionally and source of ambition
How he left Mckinsey to create his startup, RecruitLoop
Reflecting on his own founder journey having to step away from RecruitLoop after 8 years
Moving from Sydney to San Fransisco
How he joined Lyft and now ClassDojo
What it means to be high performing and successful at a fast growing tech company
Forming the angel syndicate, Antipodes with an all star cast
Why he didn't get Jetlag till he was 30 and more!
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Sunrise in Brisbane, Australia with 3 younger sisters
Influences of Mum, an English teacher and Dad, an accountant
Desire to play rugby professionally and source of ambition
How he left Mckinsey to create his startup, RecruitLoop
Reflecting on his own founder journey having to step away from RecruitLoop after 8 years
Moving from Sydney to San Fransisco
How he joined Lyft and now ClassDojo
What it means to be high performing and successful at a fast growing tech company
Forming the angel syndicate, Antipodes with an all star cast
Why he didn't get Jetlag till he was 30 and more!
It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
***
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1 Stunde 4 Minuten
In this episode #103 w Jeanette Cheah, learn about:
Her global upbringing, born in Hawaii and then Japan before settling down in Melbourne
Chinese and Malaysian heritage
How seeing her parents, with mum an accountant and dad an economist made education the cornerstone of her early years
Starting career in the banking sector and then realising she didn’t want to play by those rules
How HEX started with trade missions to san Fransisco with a group of students from Australia
Being 3 days away from travelling to Austin, Texas on a big program and the borders shut down when COVID hit in 2020
Raising money from investors
Funding challenges for female founders
Current economic climate
+ stay tuned for some very cool info about Jeanette’s assistant and more!
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Her global upbringing, born in Hawaii and then Japan before settling down in Melbourne
Chinese and Malaysian heritage
How seeing her parents, with mum an accountant and dad an economist made education the cornerstone of her early years
Starting career in the banking sector and then realising she didn’t want to play by those rules
How HEX started with trade missions to san Fransisco with a group of students from Australia
Being 3 days away from travelling to Austin, Texas on a big program and the borders shut down when COVID hit in 2020
Raising money from investors
Funding challenges for female founders
Current economic climate
+ stay tuned for some very cool info about Jeanette’s assistant and more!
It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
***
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37 Minuten
Explore your curiosity with Elle and Tash from the newly formed business Co-Lab which brings together restaurant made ready meals and a selection over 1500 pantry products straight to your home!
Learn about how a Linkedin message from Tash started this relationship and eventual acquisition, why this made complete sene, how they scaled their business through the pandemic and a deep dive into the acquisition process, biggest surprises and exciting things in the works including same day delivery.
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Learn about how a Linkedin message from Tash started this relationship and eventual acquisition, why this made complete sene, how they scaled their business through the pandemic and a deep dive into the acquisition process, biggest surprises and exciting things in the works including same day delivery.
It’s time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
***
Find out more about Curiosity Center, including 100+ episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz
Find out more about CoLab at https://www.colab.com.au/
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1 Stunde
In this episode #101 w Rachel Yang, learn about:
Sunrise in Melbourne being the youngest of 3 sisters, being raised by her mum and securing a scholarship to attend a private school
Asian heritage and how Rachel’s become closer to it with age
Working in north east arnhem land whilst at KPMG on projects for the indigenous First Nations community
Move into Venture Capital and the connection to an acting class
Progressing from associate to partner at Giant Leap, Australia’s first 100% impact focused VC fund
Second and third order effects of impact investing
Examples of some startups they’ve backed: Work 180, GoTerra, Great Wrap etc
Overseas inspirations to productively use capital for good
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Sunrise in Melbourne being the youngest of 3 sisters, being raised by her mum and securing a scholarship to attend a private school
Asian heritage and how Rachel’s become closer to it with age
Working in north east arnhem land whilst at KPMG on projects for the indigenous First Nations community
Move into Venture Capital and the connection to an acting class
Progressing from associate to partner at Giant Leap, Australia’s first 100% impact focused VC fund
Second and third order effects of impact investing
Examples of some startups they’ve backed: Work 180, GoTerra, Great Wrap etc
Overseas inspirations to productively use capital for good
It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
***
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1 Stunde 1 Minute
In this episode #100, Natasha Ong (marketing associate) interviews Vidit Agarwal (Founder & Host)!
We cover:
Learnings from first job working at a restaurant
Mum’s influence and being the high flyer in my life
How has my perception of a high flyer changed?
Society views on celebrating success and how this podcast plays a small role in re-creating that
Origin story of the podcast and the name "The High Flyers"
Personal growth through this podcast over past 2 years
Behind the scenes of interview prep and research process
How to make guests comfortable to open up
Ranking in the top #20 shows in Aus, India, Hong Kong
What’s helped grow the podcast?
How has the marketing evolved?
Advice for budding podcasters
Rapid fire: Proudest achievement, Guest that surprised you, Piece of advice from a guest, What separates a great podcast, dream guests, Thank you to first believers
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We cover:
Learnings from first job working at a restaurant
Mum’s influence and being the high flyer in my life
How has my perception of a high flyer changed?
Society views on celebrating success and how this podcast plays a small role in re-creating that
Origin story of the podcast and the name "The High Flyers"
Personal growth through this podcast over past 2 years
Behind the scenes of interview prep and research process
How to make guests comfortable to open up
Ranking in the top #20 shows in Aus, India, Hong Kong
What’s helped grow the podcast?
How has the marketing evolved?
Advice for budding podcasters
Rapid fire: Proudest achievement, Guest that surprised you, Piece of advice from a guest, What separates a great podcast, dream guests, Thank you to first believers
It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
***
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1 Stunde 10 Minuten
Michael is Principal at Blackbird VC and helps uncover & invest in founders and innovation in Synthetic biology, Embedded commerce, Compute, Healthcare and Robotics.
In this episode #99, learn about:
Sunrise in Melbourne having rich Italian heritage and influences, with his dad being a chemical engineer and mum starting out as a high school teacher and then becoming a financial planner and always being there for Michael and his younger brother.
How speaking different languages is he perfect way to see through a clear window into a culture
How he started his career in law and then utilised an inspiring learning path to move to finance and then into Venture Capital with Playground VC in the USA (which also has a story behind it)
Specific learnings of these 3 transitions and now being back in Australia with Blackbird
Why Deep Tech investing fascinates him
Distilling misconceptions about founders in Deep Tech
3 key traits to be a successful VC
How he spends his perfect day off work
Michael's one strength and one weakness
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In this episode #99, learn about:
Sunrise in Melbourne having rich Italian heritage and influences, with his dad being a chemical engineer and mum starting out as a high school teacher and then becoming a financial planner and always being there for Michael and his younger brother.
How speaking different languages is he perfect way to see through a clear window into a culture
How he started his career in law and then utilised an inspiring learning path to move to finance and then into Venture Capital with Playground VC in the USA (which also has a story behind it)
Specific learnings of these 3 transitions and now being back in Australia with Blackbird
Why Deep Tech investing fascinates him
Distilling misconceptions about founders in Deep Tech
3 key traits to be a successful VC
How he spends his perfect day off work
Michael's one strength and one weakness
It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
***
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1 Stunde
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Welcome to episode #98 w Daniel Madhavan! It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
We cover:
Learn about his sunrise in Melbourne, Australia in the most multicultural family with his dad being half Indian, half Chinese and mum being Dutch.
Success at age 18 being to be financially independent which drove Dan’s successful 12+ year career in banking with JB Were rising to acting CEO
Practical learnings that helped Dan be promoted every few years ("build bridges not boats")
Specifics of the fascinating decision making process to leave the firm
Funny story from early 20’s that was a big learning in hindsight
Using capital to make a positive impact for the future of the planet
Top 3 impact focused investors he’s the most impressed by
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Welcome to episode #98 w Daniel Madhavan! It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
We cover:
Learn about his sunrise in Melbourne, Australia in the most multicultural family with his dad being half Indian, half Chinese and mum being Dutch.
Success at age 18 being to be financially independent which drove Dan’s successful 12+ year career in banking with JB Were rising to acting CEO
Practical learnings that helped Dan be promoted every few years ("build bridges not boats")
Specifics of the fascinating decision making process to leave the firm
Funny story from early 20’s that was a big learning in hindsight
Using capital to make a positive impact for the future of the planet
Top 3 impact focused investors he’s the most impressed by
1 Stunde 1 Minute
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Welcome to episode #97 w Lauren Capelin! It’s now time to explore your curiosity.
Please enjoy!
Learn about her sunrise in QLD with dad being a banker and mum working at Ansett and achieve her desire of sending Lauren and her sisters to private school.
Lauren candidly shares this private schooling experience and how it changed the family dynamic and also realising success tends to be more about happiness over status.
We cover a lot and Lauren shares fantastic insights about how she discovered and built her career merging creativity, community and impact with the business world - working with global thought leaders like Rachel Botsman on building the sharing economy and collaborative consumption to then how she was the first person in a community and platform role in Venture Capital in Australia.
How Lauren manages to be ahead of the curve on many trends?
Moving to Noosa, QLD in 2020
What people get wrong about relationship building?
How can Australia cultivate a successful women led VC fund?
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Welcome to episode #97 w Lauren Capelin! It’s now time to explore your curiosity.
Please enjoy!
Learn about her sunrise in QLD with dad being a banker and mum working at Ansett and achieve her desire of sending Lauren and her sisters to private school.
Lauren candidly shares this private schooling experience and how it changed the family dynamic and also realising success tends to be more about happiness over status.
We cover a lot and Lauren shares fantastic insights about how she discovered and built her career merging creativity, community and impact with the business world - working with global thought leaders like Rachel Botsman on building the sharing economy and collaborative consumption to then how she was the first person in a community and platform role in Venture Capital in Australia.
How Lauren manages to be ahead of the curve on many trends?
Moving to Noosa, QLD in 2020
What people get wrong about relationship building?
How can Australia cultivate a successful women led VC fund?
55 Minuten
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Welcome to episode #96 w Dalton Henshaw! It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
Learn about his sunrise in Melbourne and having to grow up quickly as his parents separated when he was 6. His dad ran a fashion retail business and mum was Chief Family officer before moving into medical admin.
Dalton shares his dream at 18 to play professional AFL which eventually turning into creating a prominent mens lifestyle publication called The Tailored Man, working with brands such as Tag Heuer, Hugo Boss and Mercedes Benz.
I asked Dalton about the 3 successful people that he’s met that inspire him, how he prepares for client meetings, how he manages a team of 40, especially people older than him and 1% habits he and his wife Laura have added in the last 2 years. Stay tuned to learn about Dalton’s favourite fashion and running brands and lots more
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Welcome to episode #96 w Dalton Henshaw! It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!
Learn about his sunrise in Melbourne and having to grow up quickly as his parents separated when he was 6. His dad ran a fashion retail business and mum was Chief Family officer before moving into medical admin.
Dalton shares his dream at 18 to play professional AFL which eventually turning into creating a prominent mens lifestyle publication called The Tailored Man, working with brands such as Tag Heuer, Hugo Boss and Mercedes Benz.
I asked Dalton about the 3 successful people that he’s met that inspire him, how he prepares for client meetings, how he manages a team of 40, especially people older than him and 1% habits he and his wife Laura have added in the last 2 years. Stay tuned to learn about Dalton’s favourite fashion and running brands and lots more
1 Stunde 5 Minuten
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Welcome to episode #95 w Joel Connolly! Please enjoy.
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TIMESTAMPS
01:50 - Where were you born and live now?
02:00 - What was your first job and now?
02:31 - High Flyer in Joel’s life
03:58 - Darwin and Copacabana
06:57 - Influences of family and public figures
08:53 - Being raised by a single mum
11:18 - First time he came across music and creative world
13:13 - Career plan at age 18
17:08 - Didn’t feeling like a creative till his mid 30’s
18:10 - We’re all born creative
19:36 - Creativity in podcasting
21:39 - The move from music to Venture Capital at Blackbird
28:05 - Unlearning and trying new things at Blackbird
31:50 - How Joel created the Blackbird brand strategy:
36:15 - Community and firm building
38:25 - Most painful learning
42:01 - Balancing creative role in an investment firm
45:13 - Blackbird 2.0
49:03 - What is brand building as an expression of who you are
52:20 - What does crypto have right and wrong about culture?
55:41 - How does Australia encourage Vitaliks (founder of ETH)?
58:31 - Joel’s thinking in themes and not pictures
01:01:12 - Rapid fire
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Welcome to episode #95 w Joel Connolly! Please enjoy.
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TIMESTAMPS
01:50 - Where were you born and live now?
02:00 - What was your first job and now?
02:31 - High Flyer in Joel’s life
03:58 - Darwin and Copacabana
06:57 - Influences of family and public figures
08:53 - Being raised by a single mum
11:18 - First time he came across music and creative world
13:13 - Career plan at age 18
17:08 - Didn’t feeling like a creative till his mid 30’s
18:10 - We’re all born creative
19:36 - Creativity in podcasting
21:39 - The move from music to Venture Capital at Blackbird
28:05 - Unlearning and trying new things at Blackbird
31:50 - How Joel created the Blackbird brand strategy:
36:15 - Community and firm building
38:25 - Most painful learning
42:01 - Balancing creative role in an investment firm
45:13 - Blackbird 2.0
49:03 - What is brand building as an expression of who you are
52:20 - What does crypto have right and wrong about culture?
55:41 - How does Australia encourage Vitaliks (founder of ETH)?
58:31 - Joel’s thinking in themes and not pictures
01:01:12 - Rapid fire
54 Minuten
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Welcome to episode #94 w Jackie Vullinghs! Please enjoy.
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TIMESTAMPS
01:55 - Where were you born and live now?
02:07 - What was your first job and now?
02:26 - High Flyer in Jackie’s life
03:10 - Childhood in the UK w immigrant parents
04:21 - History teacher influence to learn about the world
05:22 - Cultural significance of studying history and connection to VC
07:40 - Success at age 18
09:07 - Do small things and chase curiosity
10:40 - Growth between high school and university
12:54 - Painful learnings
14:50 - Working in investment banking and why she left?
17:42 - Learning more in a startup vs investment banking
19:09 - Building confidence to change professional path
21:07 - Moving from the UK to Australia
22:50 - Applying to Airtree a second time after being rejected
26:25 - Setting up for success in first 6 months at Airtree
29:30 - How did bouncing around help form a world view?
31:01 - Filtering through information
33:12 - How to get to know a company from scratch?
35:22 - Investing in consumer
37:50 - Airtree playing a leadership role beyond B2B SaaS investments
39:40 - Becoming the first second generation fund in ANZ
41:57 - Decision making adjustment now vs boom times
43:41 - Unpacking MILKRUN
47:23 - How becoming a mother has changed Jackie?
50:08 - Rapid fire
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Welcome to episode #94 w Jackie Vullinghs! Please enjoy.
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TIMESTAMPS
01:55 - Where were you born and live now?
02:07 - What was your first job and now?
02:26 - High Flyer in Jackie’s life
03:10 - Childhood in the UK w immigrant parents
04:21 - History teacher influence to learn about the world
05:22 - Cultural significance of studying history and connection to VC
07:40 - Success at age 18
09:07 - Do small things and chase curiosity
10:40 - Growth between high school and university
12:54 - Painful learnings
14:50 - Working in investment banking and why she left?
17:42 - Learning more in a startup vs investment banking
19:09 - Building confidence to change professional path
21:07 - Moving from the UK to Australia
22:50 - Applying to Airtree a second time after being rejected
26:25 - Setting up for success in first 6 months at Airtree
29:30 - How did bouncing around help form a world view?
31:01 - Filtering through information
33:12 - How to get to know a company from scratch?
35:22 - Investing in consumer
37:50 - Airtree playing a leadership role beyond B2B SaaS investments
39:40 - Becoming the first second generation fund in ANZ
41:57 - Decision making adjustment now vs boom times
43:41 - Unpacking MILKRUN
47:23 - How becoming a mother has changed Jackie?
50:08 - Rapid fire
