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Candi Clare is a Comedy Booker. Single Mom. Dipping in early 40's. Steve Lipman is a Comedian. Actor. Dipping in early 20's. Together they balance the universe and know it ALL. This is the podcast to listen to when you need advice from political choices to what to wear on a date. Oh! and we'll diagnose that rash. Disclaimer: We know absolutely nothing.
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"Envision this podcast as a meticulously researched audio biography, unveiling the extraordinary lives, stories and decisions of the most remarkable individuals and companies." Thanks to you, we rank in the top ten podcast shows globally for the past 2 years running, with listeners in 27 countries. Established in 2020. With Founder & Host Vidit Agarwal, re-imagine the traditional high flyer and celebrate the world's best and most relatable role models, and their journeys from their sunrise ( ...
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Forhad speaks with Margaret Donohoe of Donohoe Talbert LLP about her experience as a family law attorney and her thoughts on how to deal with businesses when it comes to marriage/divorce. Learn more about Margaret here: https://donohoetalbert.com/ You can connect with Margaret on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/margaret-donohoe-6348b06/ Send …
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Sam and Jack are Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Cuttable. Sam co-founded A Cloud Guru, which revolutionised cloud education and sold for $2 billion. Jack has 20 years in advertising. He co-founded Sunday Gravy in 2021, quickly becoming a leading creative agency in Australia, and he comes from a highly credential family lineage of creative excellence. C…
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Dom Price has a diverse career spanning Europe, the US, and Asia Pacific. As Work Futurist at Atlassian for 11+ years, he helps teams maximise their potential and navigate transformation. A renowned global speaker and avid traveler, Dom has visited over 53 countries but has called Australia home for 21 years. Hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Cur…
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We're joined by Sam Sicilia in a very rare public interview appearance. Sam is the Chief Investment Officer for the multi-billion dollar superannuation Fund (Retirement savings) Hostplus, often referred to as a 'giant' in the industry with around 1.7 million members and over $100b funds under management. Hostplus were pioneers in laying the foundat…
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Forhad speaks with Steve Grant, CEO of Castor Vali Group about his career, the unique risk management challenges that Africa poses and how to mitigate them. Learn more about Castor Vali : https://www.castorvali.com/ You can connect with Steve on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-grant-msyl-9115b110/ Send your comments and/or questions to …
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In another edition of our Round Table and Provocation series, hear from Justin Lipman and Henry Innis in their first ever public interview together (and a particularly rare appearance for Justin in the public domain)! Justin has been with EVP since 2015 and has developed a reputation as a leading software investor and is actively involved in the Fu…
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Will Davies was the co-founder and CEO of Australia’s biggest peer-to-peer car sharing platform, Car Next Door. Founded in 2012, they grew to over one million trips taken through the platform. In January 2022 Car Next Door was acquired by Uber for an estimated $105M. Will was born in Regional NSW and now lives in Sydney, Australia. Hosted by Vidit …
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Forhad speaks with Bruce Petrie, Managing Director of Tectrix, Ltd, a risk management firm based in the United Kingdom. A retired law enforcement official and former British Armed Forces Officer, Bruce offers his perspective about managing risks to US Companies with interests in the region. Learn more about Tectix : https://tectrix.co.uk/ You can c…
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James is a General Partner at Airtree Ventures and this is a very rare public interview with him, we understand his first since 2018. James has a particular interest in software, infrastructure and fintech and led Airtree's investments in A Cloud Guru, Constantinople, DroneDeploy, Zepto, Buildkite and Secure Code Warrior. Prior to joining Airtree, …
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Sarah is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Tenacious Ventures - Australia's first AgTech venture firm. Their $35M first fund was backed by Grok Ventures, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) with investors including primary producers, and agribusiness executives. Tenacious Ventures has so far backed 14 startups building a more sustainab…
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Former FBI Swat team member Ed Deck joins Forhad to discuss his FBI career, his role on the personal security team for former President Donald Trump before he was elected and provides insight on how protection details are handled for public appearances. Learn more about Ed at : http://xmarkgroup.com/ Send your comments and/or questions to info@inte…
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Scott served as the recent Head of Innovation for Customer Engineering at Google. He worked at the company from 2015 through 2024 in the Ads Data Platforms, Analytics and Google Cloud product areas in ANZ and APAC. Before Google, Scott worked with Adobe on digital strategy and transformation. Scott is a also recent graduate of the VC catalyst progr…
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In this special conversation, hear from three relatable role models: Adam Milgrom, Partner at Giant Leap; Jacqui Purcell, Operating Advisor at TDM Growth Partners (She's also ex CFO of two leading tech companies in Culture Amp + Deputy) and Ashleigh Camm, Board Course Director/VP of Labs at LUNA about how exactly Founders and Investors should build…
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Steve Baxter is a Tech entrepreneur and Investor. He co-founded the Investing Platform, TEN13 and recently a VC Fund, Beaten Zone Venture Partners focused on DefenseTech. He has built and sold two startups: SE Net and PIPE Networks (for $373M). He was a 'Shark' on the hit TV series, Shark Tank for four seasons, showcasing his business expertise. Th…
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Phoebe is a Partner in Blackbird’s NZ team with investments in Tracksuit, VeVe and Carepatron. Prior to joining Blackbird, she was a Director in the Growth Equity fund at Generation (Al Gore's Growth Equity Fund). David is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Blackbird NZ and previously an early employee at Angel List, Carta, and 500 Startups. He then b…
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This is our 50th Episode!! To commemorate this milestone, we wanted to pay homage to the place that gave Forhad, Tony and Rob their start in the security business - Guardsmark. Friend, and former principal of Guardsmark joins Forhad to discuss the company. This is the first episode we recorded in person. We also took video for the first time which …
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Craig Blair is the Co-Founder and Partner at Airtree, a globally recognised Venture Capital firm with $1B+ funds under management. Before AirTree, he was a partner at Netus, a venture fund with a global top decile track record. He has also been a founder of three software businesses -- two of which were successful and one of which was a painful lea…
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Welcome to installment #25 of the Investment Memo series and overall episode #167 on the show. Submit this EOI for your company to be considered in future episodes of this special series! *** Adam Jones and Ringo Thomas are the Co-Founders of CLT Toolbox, a software company building solutions for structural engineers and architects that radically s…
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Forhad speaks with retired police officer and veteran Private Investigator Bill Losefsky about the differences between conducting investigations in the public and private sectors. You can connect with Bill at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamlosefsky/ Learn more about Bill from his website : http://www.investigate-it.com/ Send your comments and/…
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Alasdair is Executive Chairman of Macdoch, a private investment company with offices in Sydney and London. Macdoch comprises of Macdoch Ventures, investing in early stage tech startups, Macdoch Agriculture using capital to drive global climate solutions and the Macdoch foundation. Al was previously a senior leader at Newscorp for over 20 years and …
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Jillian Broadbent is one of the leading Business and Industry minds, with extensive investment banking industry knowledge and markets expertise, including a deep knowledge of risk management and regulation. She has served on the boards of many organisations, encompassing finance, the arts, and other sectors. She is currently a Member of the Board o…
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Connor is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Tracksuit. Tracksuit provides always-on, beautiful tracking to measure brand health. Tracksuit today covers 1,300 brands including many household names and recently raised $20M dollars in funding from leading investors to fuel their next phase of Growth. Connor was born in California, USA and now lives in Auck…
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Grant Dooley is an experienced international funds manager and the CEO of the $2B Fund, Breakthrough Victoria, with prior roles at Hastings and heading ARA Infrastructure. Grant had a distinguished career as a Foreign Affairs and Diplomatic trade official for the Australian Government, including two years as the Australian Consul General in China a…
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Adam Jacobs is the Co-Founder of THE ICONIC - A globally recognised online fashion retailer, and the Co-Founder of Hatch - a new venture whose mission is for all people to find meaning in work. Adam was born and lives in Sydney, Australia with brief stints living in Boston and Copenhagen. It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Click the links bel…
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Scott Wilcox of the Sicuro Group joins Forhad to discuss navigating risk in the United Arab Emirates and adjacent areas. Learn more about Sicuro Group on their website: https://www.sicurogroup.com/ You can connect with Scott on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-wilcox-135328277/ Send your comments and/or questions to info@integrasintel.co…
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Holly Ransom is an internationally acclaimed leadership speaker and consultant – paving the way for leaders across the globe to turn knowledge into action for real-world change. She is CEO of Emergent Global and author of The Leading Edge. Holly was personally requested by Barack Obama to interview him on stage. She delivered a Peace Charter to His…
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Robert Silbering joins Forhad to discuss his career with the Manhattan DA's office, Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, Private Sector, and his new book. You can connect with Bob on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-silbering-66197215/ Bob recently wrote a new book called Law and Disorder: How a Kid from the Bronx Became America's T…
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Kell is the newest Partner at the Venture Capital firm, Airtree. Before joining Airtree, he spent most of his career in Silicon Valley at renowned firms such as Dragoneer, D1 Capital Partners and General Atlantic, investing in some of the most interesting consumer and enterprise companies in technology (Airbnb, Appfolio, Atlassian, Gitlab, Gusto, S…
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Matteo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Eight Sleep, the sleep fitness company. Eight Sleep developed a proprietary technology which is redesigning sleep by developing cutting-edge AI and machine learning models to track bio signals during the night and optimising body recovery and rest while asleep. The end goal of the Pod is to compress sleep and sca…
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Judy is the Group CEO of Euphemia, the family office for Australian entrepreneur and technologist, Dom Pym. Together they manage ~$65m in investments globally, focussing on Fintech, ClimateTech, women-led startups and startup infrastructure. Prior to teaming up with Dom, Judy was the CEO of Startup Victoria, Australia’s largest network for entrepre…
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Jack Zhang is the Co-founder and CEO of Airwallex, last valued at $5.6B. Airwallex is a leading global financial platform for modern businesses, offering trusted solutions to manage everything from payments, treasury, and spend management to embedded finance, serving over 100,000 companies around the world. Jack is responsible for devising and impl…
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Forhad speaks with attorney Michael Barasch of Barasch & McGarry about his career and work with 9/11 victims. Michael talks about the Victim Compensation Fund (VCF), how you may qualify and the steps you need to take to receive benefits. Many, many people who qualify don't even know it. We would highly recommend this episode to anyone who spent tim…
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This is the second and final part of a 2 part special conversation with Ahmed Fahour in a rare public interview appearance. Ahmed is a prominent business executive who has held leadership positions in various organizations around the world. He moved to Australia from Lebanon at a young age, and is currently CEO of The Gurner Group. Previously, he h…
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This is part 1 of a 2 part special conversation with Ahmed Fahour in a rare public interview appearance. Ahmed is a prominent business executive who has held leadership positions in various organizations around the world. He moved to Australia from Lebanon at a young age, and is currently CEO of The Gurner Group. Previously, he has held well known …
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Dr. Larry Marshall is a distinguished scientist, technology innovator, and business leader with over 25 years of experience. He holds a PhD in Physics and As the longest-serving chief executive of CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, he led a transformation that resulted in the first growth in 30 years and the first emissions reduction in 10…
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ADIC James Smith joins Forhad to discuss his career with the FBI, being in charge of the New York office, risks for the upcoming year and how you can help the FBI’s mission. Reach out to Jim on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-smith-51893487/ You can report suspicious activities and crime by contacting the FBI 2/47 at FBI NY Office – 2…
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Mark Suster is a globally renowned Investor, being Partner at Upfront Ventures, based in LA, California. He previously was the founder & CEO of two successful enterprise software companies, the most recent of which was sold to Salesforce.com where Mark became VP, Product. Mark was born in Philadelphia, and now lives in Los Angeles, California in th…
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We're joined by Holly Kramer in a very rare public interview appearance. Holly is an experienced non-executive Director and Chief Executive. She is on the boards of leading companies such as Woolworths, ANZ, Fonterra and more. Holly is the former CEO of Best & Less and has more than 25 years’ experience in general management, marketing and sales, i…
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This is a replay of our very popular episode with Daniel Petre. He was one one of 5 global VP's under Bill Gates at Microsoft, Co-founded three Venture Capital firms including the globally successful Airtree, and is now building his non for profit in Start Giving. **** In this (replay) episode #113 w Daniel Petre, learn about: sunrise in Sydney and…
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This is a replay of our very popular episode with Anil Sabharwal (one of his only public interviews to date!). Anil is Vice President of Product Management at Google. The company has nine products that have achieved the coveted Billion active users goal, and Anil has built and led three of them in Google Photos, Google Chrome and Google Drive. He i…
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We're joined by Sam Sicilia in a very rare public interview appearance. Sam is the Chief Investment Officer for the multi-billion dollar superannuation Fund (Retirement savings) Hostplus, often referred to as a 'giant' in the industry with around 1.7 million members and over $100b funds under management. *** Learn about Sam’s sunrise in Melbourne, …
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To celebrate this milestone episode 150, we're joined by Simon Holmes à Court in a very rare public interview appearance, and we believe his first about his own story! Simon has stood at the intersection of community, climate action and politics since May 2007 when he began chairing the community cooperative that set out to build Australia’s first …
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ATF SAC John Devito joins Forhad to share his personal story, discuss gun violence and the impact of the ATF. Learn more about the ATF at https://www.atf.gov/ Reach out to John on Linkedin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnd3618/ Please subscribe to our podcast and follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube; links are below. …
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We're joined by Barnaby Marshall, Partner at Icehouse Ventures and Vignesh Kumar, Co-Managing Partner at GD1 in this special "round table musings" demystifying the fast growing New Zealand tech ecosystem. *** Episode guiding points: Think of this conversation as a balcony view of the state of play in the tech ecosystem in NZ and a round table of mu…
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Martijn Wilder is the Founder & CEO of Pollination, a global climate change advisory and investment firm. He is also the chair of the $15B National Reconstruction Fund set up by the Australian Government and was previously Head of Baker & McKenzie’s global climate law and finance practice for twenty years working with governments and bodies to acce…
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Sarah Hamilton is the co-founder of Bellabox, Asia Pacific’s market leading beauty box that she co-founded with her twin sister, and raised investment from leading investors including SquarePeg. Sarah is now an investor, and advisor to many of the leading companies and CEOs in the consumer and beauty industry, and a graduate of the Wade Institute V…
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Retired FBI Special Agent Joseph Pistone joins Forhad and Jo discuss his career, going undercover as Donnie Brasco and the qualities of being an effective clandestine operative. To learn more about Joe, his books or request him for a speaking engagement, visit: https://www.globalsecurityresolutions.com/joe-pistone.html Please subscribe to our podca…
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Toby Hall is an experienced not-for-profit and healthcare executive, having most recently served for 8 years as CEO of St Vincent’s Health Australia, Australia’s second largest healthcare provider, until February 2022. Prior to St Vincent’s, Toby was the CEO of Mission Australia for nearly a decade, and during his time at Mission, Toby oversaw the …
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Beezer Clarkson leads Sapphire Partners‘ investments in venture capital funds in the USA and internationally -- and is widely recognised as one of the most prominent LP's (Limited Partners) thanks to her decade plus time in the industry and initiatives such as #OpenLP. Beezer was born in London, UK and now lives in Austin, USA. *** Episode guiding …
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Retired Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police and security expert, Jeffrey B. Miller joins Forhad to discuss his career, offers his insights on event security and provides advice to those that have responsibility for security at events. Learn more about Jeff's company at https://www.jeffreymillerconsulting.com/ Reach out to Jeff on Linkedin…
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