This is the story of Mike McKiernan and Deckee, a free mobile app designed to provide up to date information to people out on the water when boating, fishing or sailing in order to keep them safe. At the time of recording, Deckee was approaching a million dollars raised through investors and was officially endorsed by three state governments in Australia. The app is also available worldwide, and international expansion was one of the priorities for the company.
How did Mike go from studying visual communications at Newcastle University to becoming an investor-backed entrepreneur overseeing a team of employees and scaling a tech company internationally? To answer that question, we go back to day one, and hear how a job Mike got as a student would reveal a whole set of problems he didn’t even know existed.
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