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The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series

Serina Bird discusses her inspiration from Taiwan’s startup ecosystem

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GuestSerina BirdFounder, The Joyful Frugalista Show HostAdam SpencerFounder & Managing Director, W2D1 Media Show HostWill TjoCo-founder, COO & CRO, W2D1 Media
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Why does everything have to be defined in terms of negativity and scarcity? Why can't we define it in terms of abundance?
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Serina Bird is the author of The Joyful Frugalista, a personal finance guide, and runs online courses on money and finance. She also founded The Joyful Business Club which aims to support women pursue their career goals through mentoring, networking and training, and is the author of The Joyful Startup Guide. In her conversation with Adam, Serina discusses being inspired by witnessing the innovative startup ecosystem in Taiwan, as well as her belief that Australia could massively benefit from an increase of women and non-binary led startups.

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The Joyful Frugalista: web.archive.org
The Joyful Business Club: web.archive.org
Serina on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/serinabird

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