Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem Launch Event Bonus Episode
Recorded as Co-founder, Earlywork
With Malcolm Turnbull, Michelle Deaker, Larry Marshall, Niki Scevak, Cheryl Mack, Preethi Mohan, Alan Jones, Simon Thomsen
About Marina Wu
Marina Wu is the founder of Quiet Mode and a co-founder of Earlywork, the Sydney careers business she started in 2020 with Dan Brockwell and Jono Herman.
Earlywork began in September 2020 as a weekly newsletter of early-career resources for young people looking to work in tech and startups, and Wu wrote for it while working in product at Finder. Square Peg backed Earlywork's pre-seed round in 2022. The company went on to run a tech sales bootcamp with a job guarantee, and in 2025 relaunched as a sales school.
She was one of eight panellists at Day One's launch event for its documentary The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem, recorded at Fishburners during Spark Festival in October 2022, where she spoke for Earlywork.
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- Startup Lessons, Venture Capital
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Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem The path so far.
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- From 2020 · Startup
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Adam SpencerHost, Documentary: The History Of The Australian Startup Ecosystem 
Malcolm TurnbullFormer Prime Minister of Australia Michelle DeakerFounding & Managing Partner, OneVentures Larry MarshallLead Independent Director, Fortescue 
Niki ScevakPartner, Blackbird Ventures 
Cheryl MackCo-Founder & CEO, Ventari 
Preethi MohanFounder, NiceTo 
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