E223 | Rowan Simpson

30 Jun

Written By Ana Morris

00:00 Rowan Simpson: From TradeMe to Xero

05:01 Randi Zuckerberg's "Pick 3"

10:00 Startup Myths and the Reality of Success

14:25 Three Ways to Be Wrong in Business

17:21 Joining TradeMe and Building From Scratch

23:03 The $750M Sale and Life After TradeMe

30:16 Investing Early in Xero

39:10 Vend’s Near Collapse and the Berlin Phone Calls

47:03 Taking a Year Off to Travel the World

53:28 Olympics, High Performance Sport & Innovation

1:00:07 What Great Founders Actually Show

1:06:35 AI, Deep Curiosity & the Future

1:27:02 Company Values: More Than Just Buzzwords

1:36:59 Why NZ's Startup Future Looks Bright

E222 | Robyn Malcolm