Pauline Fetaui discusses the difference between the corporate and startup worlds

Pauline Fetaui discusses the difference between the corporate and startup worlds

Pauline Fetaui discusses the difference between the corporate and startup worlds

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Pauline Fetaui is General Manager at River City Labs, a startup community hub in Brisbane, as well as founder of CheeHoo, a personal assistant app designed to help busy people get things done. Originally from a corporate background, Pauline joined the startup ecosystem when she joined the River City Labs team in 2019. In her conversation with guest host Will Tjo, Pauline discusses what she sees as the difference between the corporate and startup worlds, as well as the differences between the startup communities in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Day One Podcast

00:32 Meet Pauline Fetaui

01:44 Pauline's Role at River City Labs

02:32 Pauline's Journey into Entrepreneurship

06:31 The Transition from Corporate to Startup

09:42 The Importance of Community and Networking

10:50 Initial Challenges in the Startup Ecosystem

19:00 The Unique Traits of Different Ecosystems

25:04 Messages for Founders and Ecosystem Enablers

29:44 Unpopular Opinions on Startup Processes

33:58 The Future of the Australian Startup Ecosystem

36:23 Advice for New Founders

37:35 Pauline's Current Projects and Closing Remarks

Resources

River City Labs: https://rivercitylabs.acs.org.au/CheeHoo: https://cheehoo.me/index.htmlPauline on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulinefetaui/

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