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Daniel Flynn

Co-Founder & Managing Director at Thankyou Group

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About Daniel Flynn

Daniel Flynn is a co-founder of Thankyou, the Melbourne social enterprise he started in 2008 with Justine Flynn and Jarryd Burns. Thankyou sells personal care products, baby wipes and books through retailers including Coles, Woolworths and Chemist Warehouse, and says it has raised more than $20 million towards ending extreme poverty.

Flynn has led the business as managing director. His 2015 book Chapter One, sold on a pay-what-you-want basis, made $1.4 million in its first month. He was named Victorian Young Australian of the Year for 2014.

In Day One's History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem interview series, he explained why he believes leaders have to keep learning, including how working with a psychologist changed the way he leads.

In conversation.

2 episodes

Start hereDaniel Flynn explains why leaders are learnersHis full interview on how he learned to lead Thankyou.

Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem

The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem - Part 5

With Mark Pesce, Steve Grace, Eloise Hall, Isobel Marshall, Darryl Lyons, Megan Sebben, Phil Ireland, Wayne Gerard, Sam Jockel, Samantha Finnegan, Arthur Sinodinos, Peter Devine, Tim Fung, Peter Tippett, Trevor Folsom, Dean McEvoy, Moira Were, Kate Jones, Mick Liubinskas, Peter Bradd, Rachael Neumann, Chad Renando, Annie Parker, Aaron Birkby, Rachel Yang, Melissa Widner, Sarah Pearson, Colin Kinner, Lauren Capelin, Bruce Tulloch, Matt Barrie, Kate Cornick, Cheryl Mack, Andrea Gardiner, Niki Scevak

Go straight to the good bits.

Key moments from Daniel Flynn explains why leaders are learners.

  1. 0:29Meet Daniel Flynn
  2. 0:45Daniel's Journey in the Startup Community
  3. 2:02Observations on the Ecosystem in 2011
  4. 3:05The Social Enterprise Landscape
  5. 4:28The Importance of Lifelong Learning
  6. 6:40Gaps in the Business Landscape in Australia
  7. 9:18Positive Changes in the Community
  8. 10:20Personal Growth and Leadership Journey
  9. 14:11The Challenge of Extreme Poverty
  10. 16:30Unpopular Opinions on the Startup Ecosystem

In their own words.

“Leaders are learners. And sometimes that's a book, other times it's a podcast.”
Daniel Flynn — Daniel Flynn explains why leaders are learnersThe History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Interview Series · 5 April 2022

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Thankyou is an Australian social enterprise that sells personal care, cleaning and baby products, such as hand and body wash, deodorant, hand sanitiser and baby wipes…

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