What a way to end the season! Amanda Price is one person I have been dying to connect with for such a long time. To my absolute delight she shared so much of her journey and importantly herself, one I think so many in this space will resonate with and perhaps share her lived experience.

Amanda’s background as a startup operator put her at the forefront of the nascent Australian startup world back in the 2000s. Amanda was the CEO of AirWORKS Media in 2003, before relocating to Los Angeles to become EYE Corp’s Vice President of Business Development, Partner Relations and Operations.

Amanda then founded Ausemerge in 2010 representing Australian-based ventures, working with 80 high growth technology-enabled companies to accelerate their entry into the US.

Along with Advance, Amanda developed the elevate61accelerator and ran it for 3 years before joining KPMG as the Head of High Growth Ventures in late 2016, a role she continues to hold today.

Amanda not only shares so much of herself in this episode but also some fantastic tips on the importance of self awareness, working with people NOT like you, coaching and the icebox concept on staying focused.

If you loved this season and our Connect to Capital podcast, let us know and send an email to ceo@scaleinvestors.com.au on who you want to hear from in 2024. If there is enough interest, we will run season 3.

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Tracey Warren has busted into the startup scene like a lotus flower, currently flourishing at significant speed! If you didn’t know, Tracey is the CEO at F5 Collective, the newest women focused fund to enter the Aussie market. Her energy is infectious and I vibed her passion and conviction on backing women founders.

F5 Collective invests in women building high-growth tech ventures at early stage from Seed through to Series A. There on a mission to catalyse change for 1 BILLION women across the Asia Pacific region.

Trace talks to me about her recent trip to India for Startup20 in Delhi. Completing an Executive private equity and venture capital course dominated by men at Harvard business school and the work she is doing across the ecosystem including the Female Founder Circle a partnership with The Startup Network. As well as her lived experience as a Founder.

The alignment with Scale Investors is electric as is the conversation. We always say picking apart early stage businesses is easy, building conviction however, is, what sets apart the best in the biz. Tracey's institutional grade business development background really shines through in her articulate high conviction in women founders and I loved every single moment!

Links and Resources

F5 Collective

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We, and by we I mean my business partners co-CEO Chelsea Newell and CIO Roo Harris always say, if we could clone Phil Dolan we would do it in a heartbeat. He is our number one advocate and supporter.

Phil Dolan’s list of credentials are akin to the super long list of credits at the end of a great movie. He has played a multitude of roles over his illustrious career and is at the cutting edge of how the latest tech can permanently and fundamentally shift ways of working. This is particularly evident in his current role as Executive Director of the Institute for the Future of Business at The University of Melbourne.

Phil begun his foray into academia after running the research team at Macquarie for 15 years, an extremely prestigious role in the world of finance. He then transitioned into Professor life, starting in the role of Professor at Macquarie University. He completed his PhD from Stanford University under Bill Sharp, was the Dean at The University of Western Australia and adjunct Professor at both Monash and La Trobe Universities.

Phil talks to me about some of extensive angel portfolio of Scale companies and why he invested in them. Phil is also a member of our inaugural Investment Committee for our new fund, The Scaling Women’s Fund. We couldn’t be more honoured to have him.

I am sure you will find this conversation as intriguing and insightful as I always find my conversations with Phil. Thank you Phil for being our number one fan and most loyal advocate. Carol would be so proud.

Resources and Links

Phil Dolan on LinkedIn

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Noise by Daniel Kahneman

Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Shift

The Rest is History

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