Henslow Innovator Series: Recent Episodes
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Up, also known as Up Money and Up Banking, is an Australian digital bank based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia with more than 400,000 mostly young Australian customers. Founded in 2018, Up was created as a collaboration between software development company Ferocia and Bendigo & Adelaide Bank.
This podcast covers the founder of Up Bank, Dominic Pym’s many adventures through Silicon Valley, from pre-Google to navigating the fintech industry in 2023. He talks through the challenges faced, learning from failed companies and taking those experiences, to apply to and grow current successes.
InternMatch is the leading internship platform connecting people with a world of opportunity. They are building a global network to better match people with companies across the world.
Through fully supported internship placements, job readiness education and career planning, they break down barriers to meaningful employment, empowering impact for everyone.
Our interview with Gerard Holland, co-founder and CEO of InternMatch covers his funding strategy and journey. He elaborates on how he learned about business while thrown head-first into things, how to pivot the entire business, and ultimately clarifying the importance of company culture and creating a good place to work.
The Card Network (TCN) is an Australian-based company founded in 2019. Proudly Australian-owned, TCN was founded by fintech pioneers Nick Sims and Richard Hewitt and supported by Australia’s most credentialed team of gift card professionals. Fearing that the “gift” had been lost in “gift card”, the team is committed to building solutions to inspire gifting and making the experience so much more personal.
In conversation with Henslow, Nick Sims, co-founder and director of The Card Network, discusses how cash flow and dealing with major competitors were some of the biggest challenges when starting their business. He also touches upon disciplines needed to keep business management flowing smoothly, and the importance of a good team that supports each other.
Sportsnet Holidays (Sportsnet) is Australia and New Zealand’s premier sports travel and experience business. For over two decades, Sportsnet has formulated successful partnerships with some of the world’s largest and prolific sporting event stakeholders. They have assisted with making the dreams of hundreds of thousands of sports fans come true over a 23-year history.
Rob Cecconi, founder of SportsNet, talks about his journey setting up a business in a field he had little expertise in. He shares his best and worst decisions through this journey — from the acquisition of their largest competitor to going on an acquisition spree. He emphasises on the importance of staying focused on the core values of the company, and the effect that can have on your team.
Comms Group (ASX:CCG) has grown and evolved into a leading telecommunications service provider with a broad product suite servicing small-medium enterprises & corporate mid-market businesses as well as wholesale & partner customers.
Our interview with Managing Director & CEO Peter McGrath explores the opportunities in the telecommunications industry, the growth journey of the business, as well as the future of Comms Group.
Alcidion (ASX:ALC) is a digital health company that provides hospitals and other healthcare organisations with smart, cloud native, technology solutions to support the transformation of healthcare delivery by enabling better clinical decision making and hospital workflow processes.
During our interview with Kate Quirke, we explore the challenges of moving into a new market, while focusing on growth and expansion in the healthcare industry. Hear more about Kate’s strategy for Alcidion, the company’s initial challenges, and now their plans for growth over the next year.
Earlypay (ASX:EPY) offers a wide range of financing solutions to SME businesses in the form of secured invoice and trade finance along with complementary equipment finance. Focused on their core invoice finance product, Earlypay provide SMEs with an advance payment of up to 80% of a client’s invoice to help businesses overcome the cash pressure of delivering goods or services in advance of payment from their customers.
Daniel Riley talks about the evolving nature of Earlypay, key features that make them successful, the Australian fintech landscape and core lessons learned across his years as CEO.
Converge is Australia’s most established B2B workplace mental health and wellbeing service provider, enabling corporate and government organisations to provide their employees and employee’s families with the mental health and wellbeing support they need.
Our interview with Jenny George covers Converge’s latest expansion and growth strategy. She elaborates on the importance of wellbeing services in our current work landscape while shedding light on how Converge is making sure its name is known in the health and wellness space.
Founded in 2008, Zamira is an Australian animal health business with a mission to improve the health, wellbeing and productivity of animals across the world. In 2019 the company raised external capital to accelerate its expansion, including diversification into companion animal health in 2021.
Stewart Cairns talks about his venture into the private market and the many challenges that came with it. Zamira continues to expand globally, focusing on both domestic and farmland animal health as it builds towards its goal to become the number one animal health brand in Australia.