People

Startup 360: The election’s tech vacuum, idiolects, a 1st time & the end of Zuck’s luck?

- April 24, 2025 2 MIN READ

Amid debates about housing, migration, the cost of living pressures and energy during the federal election campaign, there’s been a deafening silence from both the government and opposition when it comes to tech, startups and innovation policy. It’s something ACS, the voice of Australia’s technology sector, is hoping to change.  ACS CEO Josh Griggs joined… Read more »

Life hacks

Startup 360: Female founders fluke it, bringing back biodiversity, New Zealand bachs and the law

- April 11, 2025 2 MIN READ

To understand a little bit of what women founders deal with in the hunt for investment, consider the comments from a VC that got back to Camille Goldstone-Henry, cofounder of biodiversity startup Xylo Systems, on episode 9 of Startup 360. Xylo helps companies address environmental protection alongside development, and landed a major international client. The… Read more »

Simon Thomsen, Liam Fuller, Kayla Medica and Richard Savoie
Business

Startup 360: StrongRoom AI latest and lessons, the teen suspended from school for being a viral founder and what makes a good cofounder

- April 4, 2025 2 MIN READ

Teenage entrepreneur Liam Fuller thought it would be funny to take a photo of him taking a client call and working on his laptop sitting in a toilet cubicle at school. The world did too, with more than 1.5 million viewed his posts on LinkedIn six months ago. The school principal was less impressed and… Read more »

Business strategy

Startup 360: How to CEO, Fishburners transforms & thinking about staff like investors

- March 14, 2025 2 MIN READ

When do you know you’re CEO material? It’s the question Startup 360 host Simon Thomsen put to Majella Campbell, the newly appointed CEO of Fishburners, Australia’s pioneering startup coworking space. Majella talked about her mentor, Myles Baron-Hay, the former Sydney Swans CEO, saying “why not?” when she had her doubts. “When I was unsure about… Read more »

Life hacks

Startup360 – the Valentine’s Day launch: workplace relationships, how to win when you fail & why the standards you set come from the ones you ignore

- February 14, 2025 2 MIN READ

Welcome to the Startup 360 product launch! We hope you like our MVP with cohosts Kayla Medica and Simon Thomsen. We want to have founder fun and find out what makes people tick – it’s not about GTM strategies and the next raise, it’s all about staying human. In our first show, Kayla and Simon… Read more »