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    The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal

    Founded 6.5+ years ago by Vidit Agarwal, The High Flyers Podcast is a global top ranked show exploring the personal and professional journeys behind the most relatable role models shaping our world.

    Enjoy 275+ in-depth (and often rare) conversations with the world’s most influential and relatable role models in business, tech, finance, government and sport — going beyond the headlines to explore their life and work including their formative years, inflection points, industry insights, and how they think, lead and build.

    Episodes are listened to by CEOs, C-Suite Executives, Investors, Founders, and Government Leaders across Australia, USA, India, UK, Singapore, Canada and New Zealand.

    Alongside the podcast, we host an annual High Flyers Growth Summit in Sydney and San Francisco.

    This podcast is one of five products under our parent company, Curiosity Centre.

    We’re proud that more than 60% of our 275+ guests have trusted us for their first-ever public interview — or to go in-depth on their personal story for the first time. These include:

    Malcolm Turnbull (Prime Minister of Australia), Jason Collins (CEO, BlackRock, Asia Pacific), Brad Banducci (CEO, Woolworths), Keith Rabois (MD, Khosla Ventures), Michael Schneider (CEO, Bunnings), Elena Verna (Head of Growth, Lovable), David Haber (a16z Partner), David Schneider (Growth Fund Co-Lead Partner, Cotaue), Vandita Pant (CFO, BHP), Jodie Auster (Uber’s Global Head of Travel), Shiv Rao (CEO, Abridge), Ryan Beiermeister (Partner, Founders Fund), Jesse Zhag (CEO, Decagon), Rob Giglio (CCO, Canva), Gautam Chari (Head of Capital Commitments, Bank of America), Mel Silva (Managing Director, Google), Jean-Michel Limieux (CTO, Shopify and Atlassian), David Eckstein (CFO, Legora), Stevie Case (CRO, Vanta), John Haddock (CBO, Harvey), Mark Suster (Partner, Upfront Ventures), Niki Scevak (Partner, Blackbird), Craig Tiley (CEO, USA Tennis), Jeanne DeWitt Grosser (COO, Vercel), Paul Bassat (Partner, Square Peg), Bowen Pan (Creator, Facebook Marketplace), Sam Sicilia (CIO, Hostplus), Jack Zhang (CEO, Airwallex), Tim Doyle (CEO, Eucalyptus), Sukhinder Singh Cassidy (CEO, Xero), Sanjeev Gandhi (CEO, Orica), Philip Green (Australia’s Ambassador to India), Vivek Bhatia (CEO, MUFG), Cristina Cordova (COO, Linear) and more.

    Engage with us via:

    Email: contact@curiositycentre.com

    Website: https://highflyerspodcast.com

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    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/thehighflyers

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    Ed McManus: Behind the scenes of childhood in Ireland to PHD qualified biochemist, leading Deliveroo in Aus, amateur bee keeper, structured exec education & being generalist Apr 25, 2022
    Show notes

    Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners.

    Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!

    Contact Vidit directly at vidit@curiositycenter.xyz to discuss sponsorship opportunities, recommend future guests and share feedback.

    ***

    Learn about how curiosity has driven his professional journey in Science, Retail, Pharmaceuticals, Energy & currently Last Mile Delivery leading Deliveroo in Australia. Ed shares how to transition well into a new industry, how to build strong personal relationships, how to manage up authentically, and the advantages and disadvantages of being a generalist. I was curious for Ed’s take on structured education and whether an MBA is helpful on your journey to being a leader. And stay tuned to learn about Ed’s varied interests including Bee Keeping, Archery and more!

    Welcome to episode #75 w Ed McManus! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:

    1. How parents shaped Ed and his 2 siblings

    2. Curiosity leading to PHd in Biochemistry and transition to business

    3. How to manage up authentically in your career

    4. Should you do structured education to position yourself to become CEO

    5. Advantages and disadvantages of being a generalist leader

    ***

    TIMESTAMPS

    03:08 - Ireland and Australia

    04:08 - Primary and secondary carers

    05:27 - Growing up in Ireland in the 80’s in a fractured country

    07:30 - How parents shaped Ed and his 2 siblings

    12:27 - Sporting heroes

    13:57 - Curiosity driving work in science, business & more

    16:44 - Doctors and nurses being high flyers for Ed’s family

    19:47 - Transition from biochemist to commercial business roles

    23:26 - How to build strong personal relationships

    26:58 - How to figure out a new environment and where to add value

    30:20 - Don’t be under pressure to come up with answers only

    32:54 - Transparency, performance and managing up

    37:50 - Advantages and disadvantages of being a generalist vs specialist

    41:21 - Side hobby as amateur bee-keeper

    43:45 - Should you do structured executive education?

    46:59 - Supporting startups through capital and knowledge

    Please enjoy!

    Investment memo: "Letter of Intent", How anonymity created a newsletter growth engine read by thousands daily! Apr 19, 2022
    Show notes

    Hear from Kal Jamshidi, founder of Letter of Intent -- the daily Australian business activity newsletter read by 6k subscribers. This conversation will take you inside: How and why Kal started this newsletter, being anonymous at the beginning, utilising the power of LinkedIn, Creating a habit for the readers and serving utility, defensibility, media trends and we end with some of your most requested community questions.

    Please enjoy exploring your curiosity as I did mine through this conversation!

    ***

    TIMESTAMPS

    —————

    02:30 - Life before Letter of Intent

    04:23 - How 6 years in San Fransisco was inspiration

    06:57 - Building a habit for the consumer

    09:52 - The growth engine of LinkedIn

    11:04 - Anonymous marketing

    14:05 - 5 hours each night

    15:20 - Filtering news into 1 page

    16:22 - Creating habits and serving utility

    17:38 - Peleton and RM Williams

    19:44 - Balancing gossip and facts

    21:04 - The Aussie corporate

    21:34 - Unique community

    23:55 - Changing landscape in Media

    28:28 - Community questions

    ***

    Find out more about Curiosity Center at www.curiositycenter.xyz

    Find out more about Letter of Intent at https://www.letterofintent.com.au/

    Share your feedback or questions directly with us at vidit@curiositycenter.xyz or via Linkedin / Instagram

    Adrian Petersen: Deep seeded professional athlete ambitions in Tennis & Cycling to co-founding AfterWork Ventures, and how they're doing things a little different Apr 11, 2022
    Show notes

    Learn about drive and determination at a young age with a deep desire to be a professional athlete, to then having his startup shut down and making his way into VC and co-founding AfterWork Ventures, a community led VC doing things differently for the next gen.

    Welcome to episode #73 w Adrian Petersen! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:

    1. Deep determination and focus to be a professional athlete, being obsessed with Tennis & Cycling at a young age
    2. The importance of be team first and win collectively with an "open up" policy
    3. Adrian's non traditional path to Venture Capital
    4. The birth of AfterWork and the cold start challenge of building a community
    5. Biggest surprise about investing in Sports Tech startups

    ***

    TIMESTAMPS

    02:31 - Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra

    03:48 - Dream to become a tennis player

    05:25 - Both parents worked in grandpa’s scaffolding company

    06:25 - Roger Federer and Lance Armstrong

    07:25 - Australian Institute of Sport

    08:45 - importance of be team first now vs being single mildly focused in his past

    10:11 - Working with people smarter than you

    12:00 - Learning the importance of “open up” when closing his first business

    15:12 - First 3 months re-setting to find next opportunity

    16:40 - The path to becoming a VC

    19:55 - The birth of AfterWork

    24:28 - Cold start challenge of building a community

    26:20 - Deal flow sources being a community first VC

    30:23 - Ability to significantly follow on

    32:21 - Direct to consumer investments

    34:15 - Investor changing sentiment

    36:46 - Mentors that have shaped his thinking

    38:20 - Going from zero to one and beyond

    40:26 - In house team complimenting the community advisors

    42:14 - Investing in sports focused startups

    43:30 - final sprint

    ***

    Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners.

    Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!

    Contact Vidit at vidit@curiositycenter.xyz

    Mac Conwell: Loosing his dad and being homeless to creating Rare Breed Ventures through 1100 Twitter meetings, unpacking how he learnt Venture Capital + startups in Africa & Pakistan Apr 04, 2022
    Show notes

    Learn about power of self belief, dreaming big, dealing with the lowest of lows and coming out stronger with a level headed perspective on work and life, Mac shares his journey to founding the VC firm, Rare Beed.

    Welcome to episode #72 w Mac Conwell! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:

    1. How his father always made Mac dream big and push to do more
    2. Figuring out life at age 19, after loosing his dad and being homeless to securing a job in government that paid more than what his parents earnt
    3. How to secure 1000+ meetings via Twitter to raise Rare Breed Ventures and 3 secrets of cold emailing
    4. How should founders get the attention of investors through succinct company updates
    5. VC's that inspire Mac and markets outside of the US he wants to invest in

    ***

    TIMESTAMPS

    02:30 - From seasoning fried chicken to venture capital

    03:10 - Mac’s father being a high flyer

    03:45 - Dad was postal worker and Mum was bank teller

    05:55 - Mr Davis & Patrick Jackson

    08:00 - Success at age 20

    09:15 - From lowest of lows to making an impact today

    11:23 - Heroes

    12:15 - Most painful learning

    14:55 - Attraction to Venture Capital

    16:48 - learnings about people from 1000 meetings to start RareBreed VC

    20:12 - 3 biggest secrets about effective cold messaging

    23:00 - Managing influx of requests

    24:20 - Giving founders the room not to be perfect

    28:00 - How to get VC’s attention with company performance update

    29:35 - Founders that make the receptionist rich, make everyone rich

    32:38 - Not hiring the quarterback

    36:46 - Market outlook

    38:00 - Interest in Africa and Pakistan startup ecosystem

    39:45 - Inspiring VC’s and founders

    42:05 - Final sprint

    ***

    Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners.

    Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!

    This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!

    Contact Vidit at vidit@curiositycenter.xyz

    Michelle Wade: From small town to growing trade, investment & education between Australia and India, Italy, Malaysia & Spain + Managing the $45M covid relief fund Mar 31, 2022
    Show notes

    Learn about the the Diplomacy & International Relations Industry, What it means to adjust to new cultures every few years, Providing value to stand out and dealing with unconscious bias

    Welcome to episode #71 w Michelle Wade! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:

    1. How being a "small fish in a large pond but aware of the ocean" provided perspective in her childhood
    2. Applying 6 years of symphony orchestra learnings to diplomacy
    3. Adjusting to new cultures every 4 years in India, Spain, Malaysia, Italy
    4. Managing the $45M covid relief fund for the Victorian Government
    5. Opening the eyes of employers to the value of hiring foreign students

    ***

    TIMESTAMPS

    02:08 - First women life guard

    04:25 - Michelle’s sunrise: small fish in a large pond but aware of the ocean

    06:02 - Influences growing up in a small town

    07:30 - Finding success at age 16

    08:50 - Full circle now living in India

    10:40 - Painful learning: Unconscious Bias

    12:55 - Dealing with repercussions of speaking up

    16:10 - Applying 6 years from music to diplomatic career

    18:10 - Transition from symphony orchestra to Aus Govt posting in Milan

    21:40 - Building her diplomatic career in the first 5 years to stand out

    27:10 - Adjusting to new cultures every 4 years in India, Spain, Malaysia, Italy

    32:40 - The unknown human element of having a global transient career

    35:55 - Opening the eyes of employers to the value of hiring foreign students

    38:35 - Learnings and inspiration from the Israeli Consulate General in India

    40:50 - Managing the $45M covid relief fund for the Victorian Government

    44:20 - How can International students integrate into Australia and stand out

    47:00 - Role of universities supporting students with practise alongside theory

    51:05 - Final sprint

    ***

    Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners.

    Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!

    This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!

    Contact Vidit at vidit@curiositycenter.xyz

    Curiosity: Inside startups 360 - Scaling stripe from 8 to 30 people in 12 mths, mentoring early stage founders + angel investing w Tom Richardson, Head of Startups @ Stripe Mar 25, 2022
    Show notes

    Hear from Tom Richardson, Head of Startups & SMB for APAC + Japan @ Stripe. We take you inisde: the exciting world of startups and specifically the 3 roles Tom plays, what they are, how they look in practise and his biggest learnings.

    Learn about how Tom joined Stripe and what his focuses are as head of startups for APAC & Japan, his biggest learning from scaling the team from 8 to 30 people in 12 months. I asked Tom how he’s gone about using his experiences at Stripe and previously in various markets to now mentor startup founders and what it looks like in practise. And the 3rd aspect of this flywheel you’ll learn about is how Angel Investing became another avenue for Tom to be of service to startups and some examples of founders he’s helped and how.

    Please enjoy exploring your curiosity as I did mine through this conversation!

    ***

    KEY POINTS COVERED

    03:40 - How did Tom join Stripe?

    05:25 - What does a head of startups role mean?

    06:50 - Biggest learning in scaling Stripe from 8 people to 30 people

    11:40 - Using his leadership and operator knowledge to mentor startup founders

    14:50 - Which areas can Tom help startup founders with and how?

    17:55 - What does mentoring founders look in practise?

    21:00 - Mentoring is not a transaction

    22:45 - How did Tom start Angel Investing?

    27:30 - Balancing value add vs cheque size as an angel investor?

    29:40 - How to contact Tom for mentoring / support

    ***

    Find out more about Curiosity Center at www.curiositycenter.xyz

    Find out more about Tom Richardson at https://www.tomrichardson.info/

    Share your feedback or questions directly with us at vidit@curiositycenter.xyz or via Linkedin / Instagram

    $69 Jaddan Comerford: Inspired by dad and starting music record label at age 17 to $20M Unified Music Group today, how monetisation and artist model works & unpacking spotify Mar 21, 2022
    Show notes

    Welcome to episode #69 w Jaddan Comerford! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:

    1. How his parents inspired him to have a go which led to starting his music record label at age 17?
    2. What helped Jaddan succeed starting his own business right out of high school? Unified Music Group today has 70 employees and $20M in revenue without any external capital raised.
    3. A-Z of Unified Music Group and the support it provides artists
    4. The challenging economics in music and why artists earn less than 20c a stream on Spotify?
    5. How did Jaddan get started investing 4 years ago?

    BONUS: Jaddan mentions, “not all that glitters is gold” and ask yourself, is it an opportunity or a distraction?

    ***

    TIMESTAMPS

    03:00 - Jaddan quick facts

    03:45 - High Flyer in Jaddan’s life

    04:50 - Jaddan’s sunrise: influence of family + environment

    07:30 - Inspiration from his entrepreneurial parents

    08:50 - Not fitting into private school

    11:05 - Average marks graduating high school

    11:50 - First 3 months of starting Boom Town records at age 17

    14:35 - Learning how to run a startup early on

    16:20 - What helped him succeed starting out at 17?

    20:30 - Balance between inner belief and over confidence

    24:00 - Dynamics of people in music industry: trust in relationships

    27:15 - Basic introduction into Unified Music Group and operations?

    30:20 - How does an artist get discovered?

    32:20 - Monetisation model in Music: Do Artists earn less than 20c a stream on spotify?

    36:40 - Independence vs going direct to audience and discovery

    38:50 - Touring provides biggest return for artists and how it’s returning after COVID downturn

    40:35 - Involvement in MODA DAO and Web3 for Music

    42:45 - How did Jaddan get started investing 4 years ago?

    48:00 - How has Rachael made him a better person?

    49:40 - Final sprint

    ***

    Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners.

    Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!

    This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!

    Contact Vidit at vidit@curiositycenter.xyz

    Investment memo: "The Mintable", the empowerment platform where the best people managers come to succeed; built for managers by managers. Mar 17, 2022
    Show notes

    Hear from Lauren Humphrey, co-founder of The Mintable about how they are building the empowerment platform where the best people managers come to succeed; learning, community, and tools built for managers by managers and welcome to episode 5 of this curiosity series taking you inside topics, companies and industries.

    Please enjoy exploring your curiosity as I did mine through this conversation!

    ***

    KEY POINTS COVERED

    02:45 - What is The Mintable?

    03:15 - Problem they’re solving and co-founders based in USA & Australia

    05:55 - How they turned an idea into reality to create the startup?

    08:30 - How did they go about customer discovery?

    11:00 - How to ensure Learning & Development is continuous and engaging, not a set and forget exercise?

    13:30 - Focusing on current managers or aspiring to help them become managers?

    15:15 - How to commercialise and Go-To-Market?

    19:00 - Marketplace and How does The Mintable provides differentiation?

    20:45 - Difference between Australia and US for Managers?

    22:50 - Career paths available at The Mintable?

    25:15 - Expectations of having great managers in-house

    26:30 - Risks to mitigate

    28:55 - COVID impact on management style

    ***

    Find out more about Curiosity Center at www.curiositycenter.xyz

    Find out more about The Mintable at https://getmintable.com/

    Share your feedback or questions directly with us at vidit@curiositycenter.xyz or via Linkedin / Instagram

    #67 Blackbird's Niki Scevak: Zero to one, Courageous ambition, Dandelions and Orchids + secrets to be supremely well read Mar 14, 2022
    Show notes

    Welcome to episode #67 w Niki Scevak! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:

    1. How accessing his first internet modem in his childhood changed Niki's world
    2. What is the source of his courage and ambition and seeking it in others
    3. How does Niki structure his week to balance thinking, meeting founders and growing Blackbird?
    4. Applying the Orchids and Dandelions concept to parenting and business
    5. What prevents investors from making the first move?

    BONUS: Starting Blackbird Ventures in 2012: out of 500 meetings, 97 people said yes to raise $29M fund

    ***

    TIMESTAMPS

    03:05 — Niki quick facts

    04:30 - High Flyer in Niki’s life

    06:45 - Niki’s family unit and growing up in Newcastle

    08:25 - How the internet very early on influenced Niki

    10:00 - Source of being courageous and highly ambitious

    12:15 - Learnings about successful characteristics in people

    14:05 - Living in New York in the early 2000’s

    18:10 - How leading thinkers like Peter Thiel have shaped Niki’s mindset

    22:30 - How does Niki structure his week to balance thinking, meeting founders and growing Blackbird?

    26:00 - Being out of his comfort zone in last 12 months?

    28:35 - Niki’s insights on his framework to taking a meeting and pitch decks

    32:40 - A career is not a 10 move chess match

    34:10 - Applying Orchids and Dandelions concept to parenting and Blackbird

    38:30 - Managing the dynamics with Blackbird going from the new kid to now one of the big players

    40:15 - The key mechanisms that scaled Blackbird

    45:10 - Media first investor landscape in the USA and Australia

    47:35 - Providing value add as a board member

    52:15 - What prevents investors from making the first move?

    56:44 - Starting blackbird in 2012: out of 500 meetings, 97 people said yes to raise $29M fund

    57:20 - Final sprint

    ***

    Thank you for rating / reviewing this podcast on iTunes and Spotify, as it helps others find us and convince guests to come on the show and grow the show with sponsors and partners.

    Follow us on Instagram, LinkedIn or Twitter for more!

    This show showcases relatable role models, re-imagining a high flyer to help you achieve your potential and be 1% better everyday!

    Contact Vidit at vidit@curiositycenter.xyz

    Investment memo: "Nutromics", future of continuous health monitoring prevent deaths & chronic disease Mar 09, 2022
    Show notes

    Hear from Peter Vranes & Hitesh Mehta, co-founders of Nutromics about how they are building the future of health monitoring to prevent chronic disease (and deaths) and welcome to episode 4 of this curiosity sseries taking you inside topics, companies and industries.

    Please enjoy exploring your curiosity as I did mine through this conversation!

    ***

    KEY POINTS COVERED

    03:50 - What is Nutromics and the problem they’re solving?

    05:20 - How did they turn their idea into reality?

    07:00 - Creating an impact with medical devices

    11:00 - How does the operation in the ecosystem work?

    13:20 - Example of therapeutic drug monitoring with vancomycin

    14:45 - Does Nutromics save the system money by managing outpatients vs inpatients?

    17:03 - How is the dosing of Vancomycin cost effective through technology?

    20:35 - Potential size of the opportunity and market

    26:30 - Biggest threat to their technology

    28:30 - Biggest surprise to date

    30:50 - Smart watches and wearable devices

    ***

    Find out more about Curiosity Center at www.curiositycenter.xyz

    Find out more about Nutromics at https://www.nutromics.com.au/

    Share your feedback or questions directly with us at vidit@curiositycenter.xyz or via Linkedin / Instagram

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