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TWISTA - This Week in Startups AustraliaSeries 5 Episode 4 - News Special with Dean Dorrell and Paul WallbankUPDATED: In our first news special for Series 5, host Claire Connelly talks to Carthona Capital's Dean Dorrell and journalist Paul Wallbank about Australia's struggle to commercialise research, the arrival of Silicon Valley tech accelerator powerhouse 500 Startups - in Melbourne, Uber's no good very bad week and what start-ups get wrong about the press.2017-03-2232 minTWISTA - This Week in Startups AustraliaSeries 5 Episode 3 - Wyatt RoyTWISTA Co-hosts Claire Connelly and Mark Pesce in conversation with Wyatt Roy, the former Parliamentarian and Assistant Minister for Innovation, freshly back from his travels overseas, and deep into an artificial intelligence startup. Together we take a post-mortem look at the the government’s “Ideas Boom” as we ask Wyatt ‘what happened’? The inside scoop from the ultimate source, on this episode of This Week in Startups Australia.2017-03-0746 minTWISTA - This Week in Startups AustraliaSeries 5 Episode 2 - Paul ShetlerTWISTA Co-host Claire Connelly in conversation with Paul Shetler, the former chief of the Digital Transformation Office (now the Digital Transformation Agency). With more than 20 years experience, Shetler has worked in digital transformation for both the UK government’s Cabinet Office and the UK's Ministry of Justice, as well as in the US private sector for companies including Oracle and Microsoft. He recently had some frank words for Turnbull administration - and the public service more broadly - and its role in the quote ‘predictable’ raft of recent IT failures across the ATO, ABS and Centrelink, to name a few.2017-02-2138 minTWISTA - This Week in Startups AustraliaSeries 4 Ep 17 - Nicola Hazell, Nicole Williamson and Claire ConnellyHow do we get more and better women entrepreneurs in Australia's startup ecosystem? SheStarts Managing Director Nicole Hazell tells TWISTA to start by recruiting the best, putting them through a bootcamp, then give them the resources they need to succeed. Then TWISTA closes out Series 4 in conversation with ecosystem mentor Nicole Williamson and journalist Claire Connelly - and drops two bombshell surprises!2016-11-2748 minTWISTA - This Week in Startups AustraliaSeries 4 Ep 15 - Final News Special of 2016We've had a federal election, the announcement of some huge VC funds, yet still find ourselves mired in sexism in the tech industry. Fortunately our expert panel of SCALE Investors Managing Director Laura Mckenzie and award-winning journalist Claire Connelly cuts through the noise to deliver some excellent analysis about the latest developments in Australia's startup ecosystem.2016-10-1236 minTWISTA - This Week in Startups AustraliaSeries 4 Ep 8 - News Special with Dean Dorrell and Claire ConnellyWith the Federal election right around the corner, will it matter to startups if there's a change in government? TWISTA talks with Carthona Capital's Dean Dorrell and journalist Claire Connelly and searches for answers. Also: what's up with Tech Sydney, the US venture capital implosion, and do we really need another peak body?2016-06-1444 min