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Let’s go back to day one, where this story begins…
The podcast for Aussie founders, startups and organisations that support Australian entrepreneurship.
Let’s go back to day one, where this story begins…
Startup Muster – Featuring Murray Hurps & Maria MacNamara
Post Published: 19.09.2019 Post Updated: 02.06.2023 Episode Summary Today you’ll hear the story of Startup Muster through its founder Murray Hurps. Startup Muster is a report that produces the most comprehensive data on the Australian startup ecosystem to measure...
Damien Mahoney from Stackla
Hi, and welcome to day one, the podcast for regional startups and the organisations that support Australian entrepreneurship. Welcome to day one is brought to you by the city of Newcastle and Newihub. Newihub is a growing and vibrant community of Newcastle’s startups & founders. It’s a central hub where you can learn about what’s going on in our ecosystem, with events, available jobs and other resources. I’ll tell you more about Newihub later in the episode, but for now, let’s jump into the story of Damien Mahoney.
Today, Stackla is a global company with dozens of employees and offices in the US and UK. Many of their clients are household names: Macdonalds, Nintendo, Toyota, and Sony just to name a few. But the growth of the company has not always been smooth sailing, and in recent years they’ve weathered two major storms: the pandemic, which all but wiped out many of their key clients, and a legal battle with Facebook which required Damien to make an incredibly difficult decision to keep the company afloat.
But before we hear about how Stackla has been able to emerge from multiple catastrophes, first we need to go back to day one, and hear the story of how a part-time job in radio that was too good to pass up would ultimately lead Damien to become the CEO of a global technology startup.
Antony Martin from Hone
Hello and welcome to a new episode of Welcome to Day One, the podcast for Aussie founders, startups & the organisations that support Australian entrepreneurship. Welcome to Day One is brought to you by the City of Newcastle's brand new innovation platform,...
Mike McKiernan from Deckee
Hi, and welcome to day one, the podcast for regional startups and the organisations that support Australian entrepreneurship. Welcome to day one is brought to you by the city of Newcastle. The City of Newcastle is a big supporter of entrepreneurship in our region and...
Colin Goudie from Social Pinpoint
Hello and welcome to a new episode of Welcome to Day One, the podcast for Aussie founders, startups & the organisations that support Australian entrepreneurship. Welcome to Day One is brought to you by the City of Newcastle's brand new innovation platform,...
Ryan MacPherson from Coassemble
Hi and Welcome to Day One, the podcast for regional startups & the organisations that support Australian entrepreneurship. Welcome to Day One is brought to you by the City of Newcastle. Today I'd like to share the story of a Newcastle startup that has been flying...
Innovation in Newy
Hello and welcome to a brand new season of Welcome to Day One. The podcast for regional startups & the organisations that support Australian entrepreneurship. Welcome to Day One is brought to you by the City of Newcastle's brand new innovation platform, Newihub....
Monica Zarafu from BYKKO
Today you’re going to hear the story of BYKKO and it’s founder Monica Zarafu. Born in Romania, Monica moved to Australia in two thousand and ten. Motivated by a need to mitigate the threat of climate change, and seeing the mass adoption of bicycles in parts of Europe,...
Naomi Findlay the Renovation Queen
Melanie Mury from IMBY
Linda Bergskas from Visionise with Kara Armstrong
Becky Kiil from Newcastle Afoot – By Andy Jones
Lauren & Cara from Your Food Collective
Liam Scanlan from Eat Your Water
Startmate – Featuring Michael Batko
Alan “The Nice One” Jones
Yolanda Surjan from Creatures & Co – formerly Radvet
Daniel & Alicia Edge from CompEAT Nutrition
Follow us on Instagram for updates, announcements and exclusive stories we post only to Instagram. Today you’re going to hear the story of Alicia, Daniel and CompEAT Nutrition. The concept of CompEAT first planted itself in Daniel & Alicia’s mind in 2016....
Joss Kesby from Diffuse Energy featuring James Bradley
Follow us on Instagram for updates, announcements and exclusive stories we post only to Instagram. Today you’re going to hear the story of Diffuse Energy and it’s founders Joss Kesby, James Bradley and Sam Evans. Diffuse Energy is a company that, right now, is...
Andrew Mears from SwitchDin
Follow us on Instagram for updates, announcements and exclusive stories we post only to Instagram. Today you’re going to hear the story of Andrew Mears and SwitchDin. SwitchDin provides software and hardware solutions for managing distributed energy resources....
Jade Ryan from Cake Server
Follow us on Instagram for updates, announcements and exclusive stories we post only to Instagram. Today you’re going to hear the story of Cake Server and Jade Ryan. Jade blew me away. Jade went to university to study structural engineering, became a structural...
Heath Raftery from Newie Ventures
Follow us on Instagram for updates, announcements and exclusive stories we post only to Instagram. Today you’re going to hear the story of Heath Raftery from Newie Ventures. Newie Ventures is an engineering agency. They build solutions to their client's problems....