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Calling Operator with Laura NicolEp 46. Operators and Burnout with Laura Nicol—Solo ReflectionsToday, I’m turning the mic inward for my first-ever solo episode of Calling Operator. I’m Laura Nicol, your host and Chief of Staff at Co Ventures—and in this conversation, we’re talking burnout. The kind that creeps up. The kind that hits hard. The kind that startup operators know all too well. It comes up on the pod all the time—for a reason. I'm calling it my #buildinpublic reflection on this topic from the operator’s seat. I chat through: The aha moment: Being a great operator starts with self-workMy journey from an epilepsy di...
2025-06-0356 min
Calling Operator with Laura NicolEp 39. Harry Uffindell on Scaling Partly, The ONE Thing and Lessons from the ClimbToday, I'm connecting with Harry Uffindell, Chief People Officer at Partly. Harry’s worn just about every startup hat—founder, growth, bizops, revops, people, culture—you name it. But he ultimately found his calling in the people space. Now, he’s scaling Partly, hiring the world’s top 1% talent, and building a culture where people stay excited about their work a decade in.In today’s episode, we discuss:Scaling Partly from its first non-technical hire to ~100 employees—and the lessons behind making it the best startup to work for.Building a company culture that lasts—where 10 years i...
2025-02-2448 min
Nic Neame Versus The WorldEpisode 36: September 2022. The News That WasSeptember was one hell of an eventful month both here and abroad. The Queen was laid to rest, Sam Uffindell was a good little boy, I tried to contact over 100 media companies and journalists, Drag week happened in the USA, Trump might finally be on the hook, Council elections are underway in NZ, Google Transframer was released, Meta is going down the poop shoot and Pork tags Wellington. #queen #SamUffindell #journalists #podcast #dragweek2022 #haulassgarage #politics #council #google #transframer #meta #pork #nicneame
Check out Harry’s channel Haulass Garage on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/HaulassGarage
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2022-12-0617 min
The MVP Show#2 HARRY UFFINDELL - Founder, Operator and Angel InvestorHarrison Uffindell has a background in technology startups, management consulting and law. He is currently VP of Operations and Growth at Partly. Prior to this, he was of Head of Business Operations for Airbnb across Australia and New Zealand. He was also the first employee on the ground in APAC and Australian Country Manager for Tilt (a VC-backed tech startup acquired by Airbnb in early 2017), and in 2016, was named on the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list. Harrison previously founded, raised funding and exited his own startup (“Meatmail” – a subscription-based food service). He also practiced as a lawyer at a tier-1 corpora...
2022-02-061h 25