Twista - This Week In Startups Australia

Dan Palmer and Eddie Huang - cousins and co-founders of Tribefire - explain how a new startup learns from customers and pivots product, match market need to founder vision. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors Pitney Bowes and LAUNCH Sydney — their support makes our podcast possible!

On our first VR special, the tech seemed poised to become the Next Big Thing. What happens to startups - like InspaceXR and EqualReality - when an enabling technology fails to reach scale? Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors Pitney Bowes and LAUNCH Sydney — their support makes our podcast possible!

Australian startup legend Mick Liubinskas likes to do things the hard way, so he moved to Silicon Valley to scale his skills as a startup entrepreneur - and shares what he's learned. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors Pitney Bowes and Mobile Experience — their support makes our podcast possible!

We're joined by 'Rescue Mike' Nicholls and Anne-Marie Elias, discussing the big stories for startups: the Access Act, Startup Muster funding, Shoes of Prey collapsing - and paying yourself enough as a founder! Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors Pitney Bowes and Mobile Experience — their support makes our podcast possible!

What did Jason Calacanis learn about Australia's startup ecosystem at LAUNCH Sydney? He spills the beans, and shares his hopes for a thriving angel ecosystem - and how to make that happen. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors Pitney Bowes and Mobile Experience — their support makes our podcast possible!

Ian Gardiner has run Innovation Bay for sixteen years - we explore his journey from VIOCORP through AWS to Jelix, startups at the centre. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, UTS Startups and Campaign Monitor — their support makes our podcast possible!

Carthona Capital principal Dean Dorrell and muru-D Global Head Julie Trell join TWISTA to discuss Startup Muster, diverse talent needs, and politics. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, UTS Startups and Campaign Monitor — their support makes our podcast possible!

Annie Parker, Global Head of Microsoft for Startups, has the history (and now the resources) to transform the way startups achieve global scale. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, UTS Startups and Campaign Monitor — their support makes our podcast possible!

Data Republic founders Danny Gilligan and Paul McCarney discuss data ecosystems, then 'metabanking' with Frankie Financial's Simon Costello. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, UTS Startups and Campaign Monitor — their support makes our podcast possible!

The fifth annual Startup Muster survey of the Australian startup ecosystem contains a wealth of sobering statistics about where we're going backward. Monica Wulff and Murray Hurps go through the good, the bad, and the data. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, UTS Startups and Campaign Monitor — their support makes our podcast possible!

Pandora Shelley's journey - from UTS undergraduate to CEO of Fishburners - is a microcosm of Australia's startup ecosystem. Their stories - past and future - on this episode of TWISTA. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, UTS Startups and Campaign Monitor — their support makes our podcast possible!

TWISTA talks to Stockland's Robyn Elliott - launching a new PropTech Accelerator with Blue Chilli, then we explore local data with Neighbourlytics CEO Jessica Christiansen-Franks. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, UTS Startups and Campaign Monitor — their support makes our podcast possible!

Morse Micro co-founder and co-CEO Andrew Terry tells TWISTA about the next big thing in wireless networking. 802.11ah promises to wire the Internet of Things - via Morse Micro chips. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, UTS Startups and Campaign Monitor — their support makes our podcast possible!

Alan Jones has a growing reputation as THE MENTOR for Australian startups. TWISTA finds out what makes a great mentor tick. Then TWISTA catches up with GoFar - who have gone far since they first appeared on the show back in 2014. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, UTS Startups and Campaign Monitor — their support makes our podcast possible!

TWISTA sits down with Main Sequence GP Mike Nicholls and Spark Festival Director Maxine Sherrin to discuss the profusion of hubs and funds; Canva, Australia's latest unicorn startup; and the crash and burn of Zoox' CEO. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, UTS Startups and Campaign Monitor — their support makes our podcast possible!

Few have done more to bootstrap the Australian startup ecosystem than Murray Hurps. Now Murray has moved to UTS -- where he wants to turn every graduate into a startup founder. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, UTS Startups and Campaign Monitor — their support makes our podcast possible!

Failure feels like the end of the world, yet startup entrepreneurs regularly emerge from failure better than ever before. TWISTA explores a personal tale of failure - and recovery. Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, Startups@UTS and Creative3 — their support makes our podcast possible!

Asking for investment is never easy - but it's surprisingly easy to get wrong. We'll look at what investors really want to see, then we'll dive into the TWISTA archives to hear from Switch Automation CEO Deb Noller about her own fundraising process - some of the best fundraising advice given to listeners of this show! Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, Startups@UTS and Creative3 — their support makes our podcast possible!

Our first episode of TWISTA featured AirTasker co-founder and CEO Tim Fung. We caught up with Tim again last week to explore his journey as an entrepreneur, and what he learned growing AirTasker to become one of Australia's most successful startups. Tim sounds wiser, speaking with the authority of hard-earned experience. His observations about how to experiment the right way to grow the business are worth their weight in gold! Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, UTS and Creative3 for making this show possible!

TWISTA talks to TechSydney CEO Bede Moore about their big plans for a major hub - for tech companies big and small - at Sydney's Central Station, and how that must be paired with the right policy settings. Then we sit down for a mind-blowing interview about quantum computing with researcher and Q-CTRL founder Mike Biercuk at the Sydney University Nanoscience Lab. What does it takes to make these weird and unreliable machines more trustworthy? Big thanks to TWISTA sponsors MYOB, UTS and Creative3 for making this show possible!