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Scale Up

LaunchVicwww.launchvic.org

A new show about startups founded in Melbourne scaling to global success. What can founders, teams, investors and fellow Melbourne entrepreneurs learn from their success and failures? Find out on Scale Up by LaunchVic.

More information go to www.launchvic.org

Season 1: Culture Amp - founded in 2012 to help medium to large companies scale and grow their culture. In 2018 they raised a $49 million Series C round.

Season 2: Redbubble - founded in 2006 as a three sided global artist marketplace with easy to use print on demand services. In 2016 Redbubble went public, listing on the ASX. LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency.

It’s role is to help build the infrastructure for entrepreneurs and startups in Victoria.

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Episodes

1.7 I wouldn’t do it any other way

What's in store for Culture Amp's future? Plenty it seems. With the increasing momentum we catch moments with the founders to hit at the possibilities and what keeps them going. More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. Our role is to help build the infrastructure for entrepreneurs and startups in Victoria. Support the show: http://www.launchvic.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 17, 201718 minSeason 1Ep. 7

1.6 World's most livable city

Culture Amp still calls the world's most liveable city home. Scale Up takes stock of the growing startup scene here and why big fast growth companies are choosing to stay. More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. Our role is to help build the infrastructure for entrepreneurs and startups in Victoria. Support the show: http://www.launchvic.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....

Dec 10, 201723 minSeason 1Ep. 6

1.5 Hockey stick lessons

While growing at lightning speed we catch some snapshots of how that growth has altered the working lives of the founders and what they've learned from the experience. And, inevitably, the company's first competitior appears. More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. Our role is to help build the infrastructure for entrepreneurs and startups in Victoria. Support the show: http://www.launchvic.org See omnystud...

Dec 03, 201733 minSeason 1Ep. 5

1.4 The bank account looks different

Product market fit, an urge to grow and a meeting with an Atlassian co-founder. What happens next? It's the first of three raises that'll get Culture Amp in with big VC players - locally and in the Valley. More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. Our role is to help build the infrastructure for entrepreneurs and startups in Victoria.Building a company whose core business is telling other companies about thei...

Nov 26, 201724 minSeason 1Ep. 4

1.3 The Enso

Going from 1 to 20 to now over 180 employees Culture Amp has paid close attention to what sort of company it will be to the people working there. We hear from three employees who've all joined at very different times of scale and significant growth. The very first employee Dr Jason McPhearson, two and a half year Culture Amp veteran designer Nicole Dominic and one of the most recent hires visiting the Melbourne office from the US, Stephanie Sutton. More information about the series and LaunchVic...

Nov 19, 201733 minSeason 1Ep. 3

1.2 I think they're serious

What do you do when a giant global software firm contact your through your website? If you're Culture Amp chat with them from a friend's bedroom, spend $800 on a plane ticket and work like crazy. The co-founders didn't come together to scale in bits, they want leaps and bounds. More information about the series and LaunchVic - www.launchvic.org LaunchVic is Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. Our role is to help build the infrastructure for entrepreneurs and startups in Victoria. Su...

Nov 12, 201727 minSeason 1Ep. 2

1.1 10,000 times 10,000

Didier Elzinga, CEO and founder of Culture Amp, writes the "world's simplest business plan", finds some cofounders and launches Culture Amp in a small co-working space. Welcome to the first episode of Scale Up, an 8 part series focused on startup companies scaling in Victoria, Australia. This series is all about Culture Amp . Started back in 2012 with four co-founders in a small co-working space. They're now venture capital funded with their global headquarters still in Melbourne. More informati...

Nov 05, 201723 minSeason 1Ep. 1

Season 1 - CultureAmp

A new show about startups in Melbourne scaling to global success. In this first series we'll meet Culture Amp, founded in 2012 by Didier Elzinga, Doug English, Rod Hamilton and Jon Williams. Since then it's gone from strength to strength winning clients from the Valley, opening offices across three continents and raising capital from some of the most reputable VCs. What can founders, teams, investors and fellow Melbourne entrepreneurs learn from their success and failures? Find out on Scale Up b...

Oct 29, 20174 min
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