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The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#211 How Go1 Promotes From Within ft. their CEO, SVP Marketing & VP Product (Playbooks Report Feature)This episode is part of our recently released Startup Playbooks Report -- unpacking the playbooks of 9 of Australia’s fastest-growing startups and scale ups for the first time. Thanks to the report sponsors - Google Cloud, Vanta and Notion.Read the Playbooks Report here: http://playbooksreport.com/In this conversation, we go inside Go1's playbook on hiring, promoting from within, acquisitions and building a high performing culture.You'll hear from CEO, Chris Eigeland, SVP of Marketing, Madi Shove & VP of Product Kristina Ryan, in conversation with our Founder/Host, Vidit Agarwal. I...2025-06-211h 04
Rats d'OpéraAïdaAïda est souvent traité comme un opéra à grand spectacle qui nelésine ni sur les moyens – je parle ici des décors et accessoires- ni surle nombre de personnes présentes sur le plateau. On oublie alorsqu’il y a une dimension intimiste dans l’œuvre notamment à partir du3 ème acte lorsque se précise le drame qui se joue entre les trois rôlesprincipaux ou deux femmes – Aïda et Amnéris – se disputent lemême homme : le chef des armées égyptiennes : le généralRadamès.Celui-çi se rêve...2025-06-2058 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#210 Heidi's US & UK Expansion — Lessons from the Startup Growing Faster Than Canva (Playbooks Report Feature)This episode is part of our recently released Startup Playbooks Report -- unpacking the playbooks of 9 of Australia’s fastest-growing startups and scale ups for the first time. Thanks to the report sponsors - Google Cloud, Vanta and Notion.In this conversation, we go deep into Heidi's global expansion journey: how they’ve grown from Australia into the US and UK, what’s worked (and what hasn’t), and the key lessons featured in the report that so many of you have found actionable.You''ll hear from CEO Tom Kelly, US lead Jesse Creighton, and UK lead...2025-06-171h 06
Rats d'OpéraLe grand brigand Offenbach premier voletLes Brigands de J. Offenbach sont créés, avec succès, en 1869 au Théâtre des Variétés. Le compositeur est à son zénith. Il règne depuis 14 ans de façon « impériale » sur le divertissement. Le mot « impérial » doit être pris dans toute sa littéralité et dans toute son ambiguïté puisque Napoléon III brille de ses derniers feux. Capturé à Sedan par le Kaiser l’Empire s’effondre. S’annonce pour Offenbach une période plus difficile où d’autres compositeurs apparaissent qui disputent leur place sous les projecteurs de la célébrité. Le livret de ses deux compères fav...2025-06-0657 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#208 Simon Baume: Raised on Logic, Hardened by Chaos — The Eucalyptus COO’s First-Ever InterviewSimon Baume is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Eucalyptus, a global healthtech company valued at over $500 million and backed by Investors including Blackbird and Bond. Eucalyptus builds digital preventative healthcare clinics and serves hundreds of thousands of patients across Australia, the UK, Japan and more. Simon leads their Australian business and oversees internal operations including legal, HR, risk, and systems — playing a key role in scaling the company’s complex, multi-brand platform.This is Simon's first ever interview. It’s time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy.+++ To support this podcast, check out our some o...2025-06-031h 25
Rats d'OpéraParis au temps de BelliniDans cette émission nous allons essayer de comprendre le parcours personnel et artistique, de la période de l’émergence de la dernière œuvre de V.Bellini. Les Puritains furent effectivement la dernière œuvre de Vincenzo Bellini puisque le musicien décède le 23 Septembre 1835 à Puteaux non loin de Paris soit 9 mois après la création des Puritains. Peu avant, au printempsde 1833, Bellini créé son neuvième et avant dernier opéra - Béatricede Tende - à Venise au Teatro La Fenice qui fût de l’avis même ducompositeur un « fiasco...2025-05-3059 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#207 Craig Tiley: Rare Interview Ft. Tennis Australia CEO on Army Lessons, Leading the Australian Open, and Tennis’s FutureCraig Tiley is the CEO of Tennis Australia and long-time Tournament Director of the Australian Open — the largest annual sporting event in the Southern Hemisphere and the most-watched global sporting event each January, with over 14,000 staff, 800 players, and 2.5 billion viewers worldwide.This is one of Craig’s most personal and rare long-form interviews. It’s time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy.***To support this podcast, check out our some of our sponsors & get discounts:→ $1,000 off Vanta: Your compliance superpower. Get it now at https://vanta.com/high→ Get up to 6 mo...2025-05-271h 12
Rats d'OpéraEtoile Filante 2...Nous poursuivons en compagnie de Danielle Pister l’évocation de labrillante mais courte carrière de Mado Robin décédée, des suitesd’une longue maladie, à l’âge de 42 ans alors qu’elle était au sommetde son art. Nous allons surtout suivre le trajet de Mado Robin autravers de l’œuvre de Leo Delibes – Lakmé – dont elle fut une desinterprètes les plus marquantes en raison de la puissance assezincroyable de sa voix de colorature dans les aigus les plus hauts. On adonc souvent pensé ou dit qu’il s’agissait de...2025-05-2357 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#206 Employment Hero’s Ben Thompson: Curiosity-Driven Builder, Global Expansion, Customer Growth, Team Rewards, and His Son’s Rare DiseaseBen Thompson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Employment Hero — one of Australia’s most successful tech companies, valued at over A$2 billion and used by more than 300,000 businesses worldwide. Before that, he bootstrapped multiple companies, blending legal expertise with product thinking to build tools for employers.In this candid long-form public interview, Ben shares the lessons, missteps, and mindset behind one of the most enduring and quietly influential founder journeys in Australian tech.***Sponsor offers just for you:-> Find out more about Vanta's special offer exclusively for you at http...2025-05-201h 22
Rats d'OpéraEtoile Filante 1Nous sommes en compagnie de Danielle Pister qui va retracer pour nous le parcours de l’une des plus belles voix de la galaxie lyrique française qui malheureusement s’est brisée le 10 Décembre 1960 des suites d’’une longue maladie comme il est d’usage de pudiquement. Le mélomane ou l’homme de la rue est d’abord admiratif à l’écoute de sa voix, voix dont l’étendue vocale dans l’aigu est exceptionnelle pour ne pas dire unique. The « French stratospheric colorature » comme la surnommait les admirateurs américains prend rapidement une place remarquable sur l’échiquier vocal. Pourtant, rien ne...2025-05-1658 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#205 Gill Findlay: Rare Interview ft. the Powerhouse COO Behind SafetyCulture & Immutable; Career Planning & "Friend" over titleGill Findlay is the former COO of SafetyCulture and Immutable — two of most influential tech companies globally to originate from Australia. She scaled SafetyCulture from Find out more about Vanta's special offer exclusively for you at https://vanta.com/high and get a special offer of $1,000 off to access your very own compliance superpower for your business today.-> Get 3 months free of Notion Plus with unlimited AI — exclusive to High Flyers Podcast listeners. That’s over $3K in value to help you move faster, automate notes, summarise research, and streamline ops. Claim it at https://ntn.so/hig...2025-05-131h 25
Rats d'OpéraTosca Regards croisésNous allons grâce à la complicité de deux fins connaisseurs de l’opéra italien Gilles Dupont et Alain Madella habitués à faire les présentations publiques lors des retransmissions de ces opéras et d’autres sur écran. Il va s’agir, pour cette première expérience, de faire débattre ces deux amateurs éclairés sur un même opéra afin de croiser leurs regards et leurs points de vue. Cette discussion et cet échange a pour but de nous le mieux faire connaître afin d’en augmenter et affiner notre compréhension. N’oublions pas que si nous...2025-05-0958 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#204 Miro’s Founder Andrey Khusid (LIVE): Rare Interview — Scaling from Whiteboard Tool to $17.5B Giant with 90M+ usersAndrey Khusid is the founder and CEO of Miro, the world’s leading visual collaboration platform used by 90M+ users with $400M+ in ARR and a $17.5B valuation. ***Sponsor offers just for you:-> Find out more about Vanta's special offer exclusively for you at https://vanta.com/high and get a special offer of $1,000 off to access your very own compliance superpower for your business today.-> Get 3 months free of Notion Plus with unlimited AI — exclusive to High Flyers Podcast listeners. That’s over $3K in value to help you mov...2025-05-0659 min
Rats d'OpéraCarmen a 150 ans Deuxième voletA l’occasion du 150 ème anniversaire de la première de Carmen le 3 Mars 1875.Nous poursuivons son déroulement à partir du second acte. Tchaïkovski avait raison dans son jugement puisqu’ayant vu l’opéra de Bizet plusieurs fois à Paris, il n'avait prédit cet indéniable succès planétaire. Nous avons également compris les enjeux qui peu à peu se tissent entre Carmen et Don José lequel tombe tout d’un coup subitement amoureux de la belle cigarière qui lui demande alors qu’elle a été arrêtée pour bagarre de la libérer et de le suivre. Donc rien moins...2025-05-021h 00
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#203 Airtasker’s Tim Fung: Asian-Australian Roots, Happiness, Playbook on Formula 1 & TV Partnerships and public company realitiesTim Fung is the founder and CEO of Airtasker, the leading local services marketplace with over $1.7 billion in job creation and a community of more than 2 million users. Since launching in 2012, Tim has scaled Airtasker from a Sydney startup to a publicly listed company on the ASX, expanding into the UK and US with a bold media-for-equity model and high-impact partnerships—including a recent deal with Formula 1’s Racing Bulls team. A former investment banker at Macquarie, Tim’s career spans modelling agencies, telcos, and marketplaces, underpinned by contrarian thinking and sharp execution.***Sponsor offers just f...2025-04-301h 12
Rats d'OpéraCarmen a 150 ans premier voletC’est le 3 Mars 1875 que Carmen est créée sur la scène de l’Opéra-Comique : il y a donc tout juste 150 ans. On sait la carrière de cet opéra. Il figure parmi les plus joués au monde. Toutefois la première fut un échec assez retentissant à sa création qui affecta beaucoup son compositeur. Blessé par cet échec, il se retire dans sa maison de Bougival aux bords de Seine où il se baigne dans les eaux glacées. Il est pris, peu après, d’une crise aiguë de rhumatisme articulaire puis d’un infarctus dans la nuit...2025-04-2558 min
Rats d'OpéraL’Oratorio de Pâques de J.S.BachL’Oratorio de Pâques de J.S.Bach. Nous retrouvons Jean-Pierre Pister du Cercle Lyrique de Metz qui va nous accompagner pour mieux saisir cette œuvre de Jean-Sébastien Bach qui traite du thème de la Résurrection. Un Oratorio plus qu’une cantate malgré sa brièveté (40 minutes) en raison de sa foisonnante composition musicale. En effet, la richesse des morceaux instrumentaux initiaux, le soin apporté aux parties vocales et sa place dans les compositions de l’année liturgique (1734-1735) donnent à cette œuvre un caractère spécifique. A l’inverse de l’Oratorio de Noël, l’Oratorio de Pâqu...2025-04-2053 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#202 Brad Banducci: Former Woolworths CEO in a Rare Interview on Identity, Intrapreneurship & Why Directionally Correct Beats PerfectBrad Banducci is the Former CEO of Woolworths Group and the newly appointed CEO of TEG (The parent company of Ticketek and SXSW). His career spans consulting at BCG, early-stage leadership at Tyro Payments, and senior roles at Cellarmasters and Woolworths, bringing together deep experience across startups, retail, private equity and transformation.***Sponsor offers just for you:-> Find out more about Vanta's special offer exclusively for you at https://vanta.com/high and get a special offer of $1,000 off to access your very own compliance superpower for your business today....2025-04-171h 09
Rats d'OpéraLe triomphe de Némorimo : BelliniSi Donizetti occupe une place de choix dans le belcanto italien, il est talonné de près par Bellini qui n'a pas moins de 71 Opéras sur la liste de ses œuvres lyriques.Il ompte parmi ceux ci des têtes d’affiches : particulièrement L'elisir d'amore, Lucia di Lammermoor, Don Pasquale, sa trilogie des Reines d'Angleterre, La Fille du Régiment et La Favorite. né le 29 novembre1797 à Bergame et mort le 8 avril 1848 dans la même ville. Précisons, au passage qu’il y un festival Donizetti qui a lieu tous les 2 ans dans cette magnifique ville qu’est Bergame. La vie de Do...2025-04-1159 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#201 Carol Schwartz: Pioneering Philanthropy, Driving Boardroom Change, Founding The Women's Leadership Institute & Raising 4 Kids with PurposeSponsor offers just for you:-> Find out more about Vanta's special offer exclusively for you at https://vanta.com/high and get a special offer of $1,000 off to access your very own compliance superpower for your business today.-> Get 3 months free of Notion Plus with unlimited AI — exclusive to High Flyers Podcast listeners. That’s over $3K in value to help you move faster, automate notes, summarise research, and streamline ops.Claim it at https://ntn.so/highflyers — select Curiosity Centre / The High Flyers Podcast as your referral partner and use code h...2025-04-0842 min
Rats d'Opéra400 emeCette émission aura un caractère un peu spécial puisqu’elle sera l’occasion de fêter la 400 ème émission. Si on se retourne en arrière, Rats d’Opéra dure depuis plus de 8 ans à raisond’une émission par semaine…sauf pendant l’été où nous rediffusons celles qui nous semblent les meilleures de l’année. Le titre de l’émission a été tiré d’amalgame entre « Rats de bibliothèque » et les célèbres petits élèves de l’école de danse de l’Opéra de Paris. Nous avons décidé pour cette « spéciale » de mettre en valeur tous ceux...2025-04-0459 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#200 Malcolm Turnbull: Raised by His Dad, Backed by Packer, Battled Trump, Becoming PM (his most in-depth interview ever)Malcolm Turnbull, is a former Australian Prime Minister and one of the most fascinating public figures of our time. He built a global career spanning law, media, business, and tech. He and his wife, Lucy won the Spycatcher case against the British government that rose him to prominence, He was Kerry Packer's Lawyer for many years, and then an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. Malcolm co-founded OzEmail, led key reforms like legalising same sex marriage in Australia, and now invests in technology and renewable energy.***Sponsor offers just for you:-> Find out...2025-04-021h 03
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#200 Former PM, Malcolm Turnbull: Raised by Dad, Mentored by Packer, Sparred with Trump; Realities of building a successful lifeMalcolm Turnbull, is a former Australian Prime Minister and one of the most fascinating public figures of our time. He built a global career spanning law, media, business, and tech. He and his wife, Lucy won the Spycatcher case against the British government that rose him to prominence, He was Kerry Packer's Lawyer for many years, and then an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. Malcolm co-founded OzEmail, led key reforms like legalising same sex marriage in Australia, and now invests in technology and renewable energy.***Sponsor offers just for you:-> Find out...2025-04-011h 04
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#200 Former PM, Malcolm Turnbull: Raised by Dad, Mentored by Packer, Sparred with Trump; Realities of building a successful lifeMalcolm Turnbull, is a former Australian Prime Minister and and one of the most fascinating public figures of our time. He built a global career spanning law, media, business, and tech. He and his wife, Lucy won the Spycatcher case against the British government that rose him to prominence, He was Kerry Packer's Lawyer for many years, and then an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. Malcolm co-founded OzEmail, led key reforms like legalising same sex marriage in Australia, and now invests in technology and renewable energy.***Sponsor offers just for you:-> Find...2025-04-011h 04
Rats d'OpéraLes puritains : le dernier opéra de BelliniL’opéra de Paris-Bastille met à son programme le dernier opéra deBellini en trois actes intitulés « I puritani et I cavalieri ».Parallèlement, l’actualité concerne le disque puisque sort un CDsobrement intitulé I Puritani avec 5 clefs par Opéra Magazine.L'action se déroule près de Plymouth, en Angleterre au coursdu XVII e siècle, à l'époque d'Oliver Cromwell pendant la guerre civileentre les Puritains et les Royalistes. Une histoire d'amour se noue lorsd'une rencontre entre ennemis politiques, un partisandes Puritains et celui des Stuart, après la d...2025-03-2858 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#199 Farnaz Azmoodeh: Iran to LA, Mastering Engineering at Google, Monetising Snapchat, and becoming CTO at LinktreeFarnaz is the CTO at Linktree, a platform with 70M+ users helping creators and businesses unify and monetise their online presence.She started at Google in the 2000s during their OG era, working on ad tech and ML, then joined Snap (375M+ daily users today), leading AR monetization and later platform engineering.This is a rare public interview with Farnaz Azmoodeh. Hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The High Flyers Podcast.It’s now time to explore your curiosity. ***Sponsor offers just for you:...2025-03-251h 10
Rats d'OpéraMessager et un coup de roulis Volet 2Poursuivons notre découverte de l’œuvre de Jean Messager « Coup de Roulis » sur le livret d'Albert Willemetz. Elle fut créée au théâtre Marigny, à Paris, le 29 septembre 1928. Nous sommes à bord du cuirassé « Montesquieu ». Les membres de l'équipage du « Montesquieu » attendent, nerveux, la feuille de permission avant de partir pour à leur retour, en manœuvres dans la Méditerranée.Mais le député Puy-Pradal - à la tête d'une commission d'enquête parlementaire – arrive à bord le 20 décembre – pour comprendre un accident dont le cuirassé a été victime. Puy-Pradal est accompagné de « son » secrétaire – qui est, en fait, sa fille Béatrice - mais une fois à...2025-03-2158 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#198 Max Bausher & Brian Swift: From Twitter, Atlassian & New Relic to Twine - Cracking Product + GTM by Turning Customer Conversations into ActionMax Bausher and Brian are the Co-Founders of Twine, bridging product and go-to-market teams by integrating insights across calls, CRM, and roadmaps.Max, Twine’s COO, brings expertise from leadership roles at CrowdStrike and New Relic, specialising in technical-business alignment.Brian, Twine’s CEO, has led product and GTM teams at SafetyCulture, Atlassian, Dovetail, and Twitter.Together, they are redefining how teams collaborate to deliver exceptional customer experiences.This is their first ever in-depth public interview.Hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The High Flyers Podcast.2025-03-181h 16
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#197 Rory San Miguel: 40-Hour Weekends, Building Propeller, Winning Enterprise Deals, Going Global—And the Secret Behind His Relentless OptimismRory San Miguel is the co-founder and CEO of Propeller, a global tech company transforming worksites with drone data. Since 2014, he’s scaled Propeller to 300+ employees across Australia and the U.S., secured well known enterprise customers, and raised over $35M from investors like Blackbird and Costanoa Ventures to fuel international growth.This is Rory's first ever in-depth public interview. Hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The High Flyers Podcast.It’s now time to explore your curiosity. ***Sponsor offers just for you:-> Find ou...2025-03-131h 23
Rats d'OpéraConte d'Hoffmann 02Les récits de Hoffmann - qui ont inspiré le livret de Jean-Michel Carré - traitent souvent de la dualité entre le réel et l’irréel ainsi que le thèmes des figures de l’amour – surtout – mais aussi de la folie et de l’art.Pendant le déroulement de cet opéra l’un des personnage – la cantatrice Stella – entre en scène pour jouer Don Giovanni de Mozart qui se terminera en même temps que notre œuvre. Mais Offenbach et son librettiste vont subtilement mêler à ces thèmes rebattus le fil de l’histoire personnelle du compo...2025-03-0759 minThe High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#196 Piruze Sabuncu: Diplomat Aspirations, Turkey, USA, Building Stripe in Asia, Square Peg (Rare Public Interview)To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts:-> Get $1,000 off to access your very own compliance superpower for your business today with Vanta's special offer exclusively for you at https://vanta.com/high -> Get 10% off at https://remote.com/ by using our exclusive promo code EVREMOTE10 for Employer of Record services on all full-time hires, Contractor Management Plus services and Global Payroll services during your first year with Remote.-> Apply now to participate in the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship's leading VC Catalyst program at https://wadeinstitute.org.a...2025-03-041h 13
Rats d'OpéraLes contes d’OffenbachLa dernière œuvre de Jacques Offenbach créée en1881 à l’Opéra-Comique consacre comme un compositeur reconnupar le public et la presse: Jacques Offenbach. Celui-ci fût longtempsboudé, ostracisé par les cercles des « connaisseurs » qui pour desmotifs beaucoup moins nobles bloquaient son accession dans leslieux officiellement consacrés au lyrique. Un léger relentd’antisémitisme, un fort courant anti-allemand ainsi qu’une bonnerasade de rivalités vont mettre à mal celui qui est à son apogée dansles années 1870 et à l’affiche de nombreux théâtres. La Francevaincue...2025-02-2859 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#195 Steve Vamos: Former Xero, Apple & Microsoft CEO Shares His Playbook for Scaling Companies, Building Winning Teams & Mastering TransitionsTo support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts:-> Get $1,000 off to access your very own compliance superpower for your business today with Vanta's special offer exclusively for you at https://vanta.com/high -> Get 10% off at https://remote.com/ by using our exclusive promo code EVREMOTE10 for Employer of Record services on all full-time hires, Contractor Management Plus services and Global Payroll services during your first year with Remote.-> Apply now to participate in the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship's leading VC Catalyst program at https://wadeinstitute.org.a...2025-02-261h 30
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#194 Laura Henshaw: Modelling Struggles to becoming 'Kic' CEO; Empowering Women, Financial Independence & Embracing AuthenticityTo support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts:-> Get $1,000 off to access your very own compliance superpower for your business today with Vanta's special offer exclusively for you at https://vanta.com/high -> Get 10% off at https://remote.com/ by using our exclusive promo code EVREMOTE10 for Employer of Record services on all full-time hires, Contractor Management Plus services and Global Payroll services during your first year with Remote.-> Apply now to participate in the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship's leading VC Catalyst program at https://wadeinstitute.org.a...2025-02-181h 00
Rats d'OpéraBonta et musica : CenerentolaLa Cenerentola de Giaocchino Rossini est une« dramma giacoso » comme l’appelle Alain Duault . Le « drammagiocoso » selon le journaliste est, littéralement, un « drame joyeux »« désignant ces œuvres lyriques tantôt légères , tantôt plus graves etdramatiques dans les thèmes qu'elle explore... ». Cenerentola est ledernier opéra bouffe composé pour le public italien. Il est constituéde deux actes dont le livret est signé de Jacopo Ferreti d’après leconte de Perrault dont le librettiste s’est inspiré librement. Lapremière a eu lieu au Teatro Valle le 28 Janvier...2025-02-1459 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#193 Paul Naphtali: From PR to VC—What Sequoia-Backed Startups Taught Me, Building Rampersand & How founders win!To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts:-> Get $1,000 off to access your very own compliance superpower for your business today with Vanta's special offer exclusively for you at https://vanta.com/high -> Get 10% off at https://remote.com/ by using our exclusive promo code EVREMOTE10 for Employer of Record services on all full-time hires, Contractor Management Plus services and Global Payroll services during your first year with Remote. -> Apply now to participate in the Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship's leading VC Catalyst program at https://wa...2025-02-111h 16
Rats d'OpéraMessager et un coup de roulisLes Frivolités parisiennes est une jeune compagnie artistique qui,depuis déjà un certain nombre d’années, remet au goût du jour toutun répertoire des années 1920. Le moins que l’on puisse dire estqu’il ne manquait pas d’esprit ni du sens d’un humour parfoisdécapant ou grivois. Nous leur avions consacré un numéro de Ratsd’Opéra pour leur reprise de La-Haut de Maurice Yvain que vousretrouverez aisément sur les podcasts de RCF sur le site de RCF ou surcelui du Cercle Lyrique de Metz ww.cerclelyroiquedemetz.com...2025-02-0758 min
Rats d'OpéraJules Styne et GypsyNous abordons pour l’émission de cette semaine l’une des figures marquantes de la comédie musicale américaine des années 50/70 Jules Styne. Il est tout à fait important de noter que les comédies musicales de cette époque véhiculaient un certain nombre de valeurs ou de modèles identificatoires qui correspondaient à ces populations qui affluaient comme immigrants aux USA. Jules Styne fait partie de ces émigrants qui débarquent, après un passage en Angleterre, et s’installent avec sa famille à Chicago.Très tôt, Styne montre des aptitudes musicales remarquables. À l’âge de 8 ans, il impressionne déjà les pian...2025-02-0759 min
Rats d'OpéraBonta et musica : CenerentolaLa Cenerentola de Giaocchino Rossini est une« dramma giacoso » comme l’appelle Alain Duault . Le « drammagiocoso » selon le journaliste est, littéralement, un « drame joyeux »« désignant ces œuvres lyriques tantôt légères , tantôt plus graves etdramatiques dans les thèmes qu'elle explore... ». Cenerentola est ledernier opéra bouffe composé pour le public italien. Il est constituéde deux actes dont le livret est signé de Jacopo Ferreti d’après leconte de Perrault dont le librettiste s’est inspiré librement. Lapremière a eu lieu au Teatro Valle le 28 Janvier...2025-02-0759 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#192 RØDE Founder Peter Freedman: Swedish Outsider, High School Dropout, Insecurities, Building a Global Audio EmpirePeter Freedman AM is the Founder and Chairman of RØDE and The Freedman Group. He received Australia’s highest national honor, the Order of Australia (denoted by AM) in 2016 for his efforts to Australian and global society.Established in 1991 as a brand under Freedman Electronics – the sound installation company started by his parents in 1967 – Peter has grown RØDE into the world’s leading creator technology brand. RØDE’s microphones and audio products are the number one in a range of categories, including content creation, podcasting, studio recording and broadcast.Today, RØDE is a global co...2025-02-041h 17
Rats d'OpéraComme elles font toutes…de W.A.MozartTel est le titre, traduit en français, du célèbre opéra de W.A. Mozartqui sera présenté pour la première fois le 26 Janvier 1790 au Burgtheater de Vienne. Sur le plan du catalogue, cette œuvre vient après Les Noces de Figaro en 1786 puis Don Giovanni en 1787. S’il se situe après, il représente la troisième collaboration de Mozart avec l’Abbé Da Ponte qui était devenu, après les succès des Noces et de Don Giovanni, le librettiste presqu’attitré du compositeur. L’Abbé Da Ponte avait d’ailleurs proposé le livret à Antonio...2025-01-3159 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#191 Aliavia VC’s Marisa Warren: Grandmother’s Legacy, 3 Redundancies, Redefining Venture Capital for Female FoundersMarisa Warren is the Founder and Managing Partner of ALIAVIA Ventures, investing in female-founded tech startups across the U.S. and Australia. Established in 2021, ALIAVIA has delivered it's first exit, Loupe Art to Stingray (TSX: RAY.A; RAY.B), and invested in 12 early stage companies. With 26 years of experience at companies like SAP, Microsoft, and Workday, Marisa brings a wealth of knowledge and a relentless drive to create opportunities for women in tech. She’s also the founder of ELEVACAO, a not-for-profit that helped 175 women raise over $120 million in funding, leading to five exits.Hosted by Vidit Agar...2025-01-211h 17
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#190 Rod Hamilton: Rare Interview ft. Culture Amp’s Co-Founder on Playfulness, Empathy, and Redefining Workplace CultureThis is a rare and in-depth public interview with Rod Hamilton, Co-founder and Board Director at Culture Amp, where he spent over 12 years as Chief Product Officer leading the creation of its Employee Experience platform, now used by 6,500+ companies to improve millions of working lives.He’s also a Venture Partner at Rampersand, helping Australia’s most ambitious tech companies tackle product and people challenges.***Hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The High Flyers Podcast.It’s now time to explore your curiosity. If you're keen to disc...2025-01-141h 27
Rats d'OpéraDeux rois de l’opérette.Le Chanteur de México est une opérette àgrand spectacle qui date de 1951 dont l’air emblématique est danstoutes les mémoires. Le Chanteur de Mexico - que l’on associespontanément et à tout coup à Luis Mariano - dont la musique est deFrancis Lopez le livret de Félix Gandera et Raymond Vincy qui signaitavec Henri Wernert les paroles. Elle a été créée au Châtelet le 15Décembre 1951. Elle a même été adaptée à l’écran en 1956 parRichard Pottier. Francis Lopez, après des études qui le mène à...2025-01-1058 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#189 Matt Kean: Chair of Australia’s Climate Authority & Former NSW Treasurer on Climate Action, Mental Health, and LeadershipMatt Kean is the Chair of the Climate Change Authority in the Australian Government, appointed in 2024 after a distinguished 13-year career in NSW politics. Matt held senior roles including Treasurer and Energy Minister, he led groundbreaking initiatives like the Electricity Infrastructure Roadmap, which boosted renewable energy investment while reducing power bills. Matt was also Deputy Leader of the NSW Liberal Party and Shadow Minister for Health, and was known for his leadership on climate action and economic reform. He now drives innovation and sustainability as Director of Regulatory Affairs at Wollemi Capital, and is a a qualified Chartered Accountant.2025-01-071h 10
Rats d'OpéraBruno de Sà, mille émotionsNous nous attarderons dans cette émission à lacarrière de Bruno de Sà, un sopraniste d’origine brésilienne dont lepremier disque « Roma Travestita » avait reçu un bel accueil par lacritique. On peut d’ailleurs se reporter aux podcasts de cettepremière émission en allant sur le site de RCF et en suivant le lien :https://www.rcf.fr/culture/rats-dopera puis en cherchant l’émission 2321 quicorrespond au premier disque. Notons, au passage, que ce nouveaudisque intitulé « Mille Affeti » est mis en valeur dans Opéra Magazinepar un Diamant ce qui est, dan...2025-01-0359 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#188: Kate Cornick’s Rare Interview on Accidentally Finding Engineering to Leading Victoria’s Startup Revolution as LaunchVic CEODr. Kate Cornick is the CEO of LaunchVic, leading efforts to build Victoria’s startup ecosystem and she has been in the role since 2016, and her impact has been incredible in funding and supporting numerous Venture Capital firms, angel networks, accelerators and more. With a Ph.D. in telecommunications engineering, she has held key roles at NBN Co and the University of Melbourne. Recently appointed to the Australian Government’s R&D Advisory Committee demonstrating her impact and contribution; and Kate continues to be strong advocate for innovation, diversity, and entrepreneurship, driving programs that empower founders and attract investment to t...2024-12-301h 00
Rats d'OpéraSpécial Nouvel An : Le chanteur de MexicoL’émission qui débute aura un caractère spécial puisque c’est la dernière de l’année. Dans le même mouvement, elle va nous permettre de parler d’un genre : l’opérette à grand spectacle typique de cette période de l’après-guerre et d’un compositeur a succès, Francis Lopez, pour l’une de ses œuvres emblématiques, Le Chanteur de Mexico. Au passage, nous allons évoquer la carrière de celui qui est immédiatement associé à ce genre de spectacle – Luis Mariano - qui fera une carrière qui lui vaudra un réel statut de « star » associé à u...2024-12-2759 minThe High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#187 Paul Bassat Unplugged: Migrant parents, SEEK’s Breakthrough, Building Square Peg, and Driving Community Impact through AFL and 'Amplify'Paul Bassat is a visionary leader in venture capital, technology, and community impact.As Co-founder and Partner at Square Peg, a top venture capital firm spanning Australia, Israel, and Southeast Asia -- Paul champions founders building transformative global startups. His portfolio includes investments in icons like Canva, Airwallex, and Rokt.In 1997, Paul co-founded SEEK, pioneering one of Australia’s first globally successful tech companies in employment and education.In 2023, he launched AMPLIFY, a non-partisan platform empowering Australians to shape national conversations. Paul also serves as an AFL Commissioner, former Wesfarmers board member, and ad...2024-12-221h 10
Rats d'OpéraSpécial NoëlNous allons évoquer, pour ce Spécial Noël, en compagnie de Jean-Pierre Pister la carrière non pas d’un chanteur mais celle d’uneœuvre chantée dans toutes les églises du monde entier : le MinuitChrétien. Il sera mis en musique en 1847 par Adolphe Adam uncompositeur français qui s’appuyait sur un texte de Placide Cappeauqui a été écrit en 1843. La première exécution eut lieu à l’occasiondes travauwx de rénovation de l’église de Roquelaure pour la messede minuit. Il va de soi que cette œuvre tr...2024-12-2059 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#186 Bunning’s boss Mike Schneider: Childhood struggles, career decisions, humility and how he became CEOIn this interview, hear from Mike Schneider, Managing Director (MD) at Bunnings.As MD of Bunnings, Mike leads nearly 53,000 team members and drives one of Australia’s most trusted brands that is recognised globally. Since joining in 2005, Mike has worked his way up through various roles to lead a business that reported $18.97 billion in revenue in 2024. Beyond Bunnings, Mike gives back through board roles with organisations like the Corporate Mental Health Alliance of Australia, Melbourne United Basketball Club, and FightMND, among others.***Hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The High Fl...2024-12-171h 23
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#185 Sitemate's Hartley Pike: Mum’s Support and Rugby Dreams to 'SaaS'ifying the Built World with No-Code Software GloballyIn this rare public interview, hear from Hartley Pike, Co-founder and CEO of Sitemate.Sitemate builds software products for the built world, with over 2000 customers and 150 employees across both remote roles as well as five offices in Melbourne, Sydney, London, Vancouver and Toronto.Sitemate is the 8th most valuable startup to come out of accelerator Startmate since it started in 2011. It was valued at between $100 and $200-million by Startmate earlier this year.***Hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The High Flyers Podcast.It’s now time to...2024-12-101h 18The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#184 Osher Günsberg: Doctor's Son to TV Icon—Navigating Sobriety, Hosting The Bachelor & Australian Idol, Life’s 5 D's and 6 P'sOsher Günsberg is one of the most recognisable media personalities. He first came to attention as the face of Australian Idol and the voice of Australia's largest weekly radio countdown, Take 40 Australia. He was recently host of The Bachelor and The Bachelorette on Channel Ten. Osher was also part of the Breakfast Team and co-host of Hit105's radio brekky show alongside Abby Coleman and Stav Davidson. Osher is a keen advocate for mental health awareness and climate change. He is also the co-creator and host of Movember Radio for the Movember Foundation, and a director of the boar...2024-12-031h 18
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#183 Jean-Michel Lemieux: CTO at Shopify & Atlassian, Vagabonding Life, Art and EngineeringThis is a rare public interview with Jean-Michel Lemieux, a highly acclaimed technology leader who was CTO at Shopify, where he grew the engineering team from 50 to 4,000. Prior to that, he served as VP of Engineering at Atlassian working very closely with the world renowned Founders, Mike-Cannon Brookes and Scott Farquhar. He recently co-founded SeaPeople, owns/runs the Arlo Wine and Restaurant in Canada, has authored a book and holds two U.S. patents in software management.Hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The High Flyers Podcast.It’s now time to ex...2024-11-271h 23
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#182 Shaun Christie-David: Uniting the World Through Hospitality—How his restaurants have donated 560,000+ meals to those in need“Man who tries to create impact, and take a charitable and social enterprise movement to a forever movement. We are immediate responders.” is how Shaun describes his work today.Shaun Christie-David is a visionary leader transforming the way we think about food and social impact. As the founder of the Plate It Forward movement, he has created a network of socially driven restaurants and initiatives that have provided employment opportunities for over 200 people from marginalised communities and have donated more than 560,000 meals to those facing food insecurity locally and globally.His innovative approach has earned him n...2024-11-201h 18
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#181 Stevie Case: World's First Female Pro Gamer to Renowned Chief Revenue Officer - Career Growth & Sales MasteryStevie case is the Chief Revenue Officer at Vanta, a leading cloud-based security and compliance company that has surpassed $100 million in annual recurring revenue and serves over 8,000 customers globally. In her role, she leads Vanta's go-to-market team, driving initiatives that support the company's rapid growth.And Stevie has an all-star resume to back this up. She was previously vice president of mid-market sales at Twilio, joining as one of Twilio's first account executives. She was instrumental in generating over $400 million in annual recurring revenue and expanding the sales team from a dozen to over 1,000 members.H...2024-11-061h 26
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#180 Bill Bartee in a rare public interview: NASA's Influence to Co-Founding Blackbird + Main Sequence VenturesBill is the Co-founder and Managing Partner of Main Sequence, Asia Pacific's largest dedicated deep tech VC fund backed by the Australian National Science Agency, CSIRO, the Australian Federal Government, and private investors including Temasek in Singapore. Bill is a prominent voice in the Technology, Venture Capital and Startup ecosystem. Prior to Main Sequence, he co-founded Blackbird Ventures where he was one of three general partners and an investment committee member. Blackbird’s first fund, which invests in every type of technology from software to space, is among the top one percent globally for its vintage.B...2024-10-2953 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#179 Cuttable's Sam Kroonenburg & Jack White on why they're re-shaping advertising to make ads at scale, great again!Sam and Jack are Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Cuttable.Sam co-founded A Cloud Guru, which revolutionised cloud education and sold for $2 billion.Jack has 20 years in advertising. He co-founded Sunday Gravy in 2021, quickly becoming a leading creative agency in Australia, and he comes from a highly credential family lineage of creative excellence.Cuttable is an ad creation platform, that combines the creativity of advertising with the technology of AI and Automation. Cuttable helps marketing teams and as agencies quickly create, personalise and scale ad campaigns across multiple channels.Hosted by Vidit...2024-10-221h 24
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#178 Atlassian's Work Futurist Dom Price: His untold personal story + realities of being a "team doctor" and Renowned TED Speaker!Dom Price has a diverse career spanning Europe, the US, and Asia Pacific.As Work Futurist at Atlassian for 11+ years, he helps teams maximise their potential and navigate transformation. A renowned global speaker and avid traveler, Dom has visited over 53 countries but has called Australia home for 21 years.Hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The High Flyers Podcast.It’s now time to explore your curiosity. If you're keen to discuss sponsorship and partnering with us, email us at vidit@thehighflyerspodcast.com today! ***CLICK HERE...2024-10-171h 19The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#177 Hostplus CIO Sam Sicilia in a rare public interview: Italian roots & theorotical physics to managing $100B+ Retirement Fund, Hostplus!We're joined by Sam Sicilia in a very rare public interview appearance. Sam is the Chief Investment Officer for the multi-billion dollar superannuation Fund (Retirement savings) Hostplus, often referred to as a 'giant' in the industry with around 1.7 million members and over $100b funds under management.Hostplus were pioneers in laying the foundations of various VC funds including Blackbird, Square Peg, Airtree, One Ventures and more thanks to Sam's leadership. Please note: This a replay of the episode that was released in December 2023. Hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The Hi...2024-09-251h 11
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#176 EVP’s Justin Lipman + Henry Innis from Mutinex: Decoding A-Players, Competitive edge in fundraising, Power of speaking numericallyIn another edition of our Round Table and Provocation series, hear from Justin Lipman and Henry Innis in their first ever public interview together (and a particularly rare appearance for Justin in the public domain)!Justin has been with EVP since 2015 and has developed a reputation as a leading software investor and is actively involved in the Fund’s portfolio management activities. He is a Board Member at Hnry, Shippit, Mutinex, Explorate, Pendula, VendorPanel amongst others.Henry Innis is the CEO and Co-Founder of Mutinex. Mutinex’s GrowthOS software platform uses foundation modelling to analyse bill...2024-09-081h 13
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#175 Will Davies: Farm Life to Acquisition by Uber; the inspiring in-depth story of "Car Next Door" in a rare public interviewWill Davies was the co-founder and CEO of Australia’s biggest peer-to-peer car sharing platform, Car Next Door. Founded in 2012, they grew to over one million trips taken through the platform.In January 2022 Car Next Door was acquired by Uber for an estimated $105M.Will was born in Regional NSW and now lives in Sydney, Australia.Hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The High Flyers Podcast.It’s now time to explore your curiosity. If you're keen to discuss sponsorship and partnering with us, email us at vid...2024-08-291h 14
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#174 James Cameron: Becoming VC investor at Accel + Airtree, Embracing Career Uncertainty, Why diversity matters (in his first public interview since 2018)James is a General Partner at Airtree Ventures and this is a very rare public interview with him, we understand his first since 2018. James has a particular interest in software, infrastructure and fintech and led Airtree's investments in A Cloud Guru, Constantinople, DroneDeploy, Zepto, Buildkite and Secure Code Warrior.Prior to joining Airtree, James spent 15 years working in the US, UK and Asia. He was Vice President at Accel Partners, the VC fund behind Slack, Dropbox, Facebook and Spotify.James was born in Canberra and now lives in Sydney, Australia.Hosted b...2024-08-211h 11
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#173 Sarah Nolet: Multi-Sport Athlete, Building Tenacious Ventures, State of AgTech, Making Vulnerability a StrengthSarah is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Tenacious Ventures - Australia's first AgTech venture firm. Their $35M first fund was backed by Grok Ventures, the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) with investors including primary producers, and agribusiness executives. Tenacious Ventures has so far backed 14 startups building a more sustainable and resilient agri-food system. To confirm her incredible talents, Sarah has engineering degrees from MIT and Tufts University. She was a three-sport varsity athlete (soccer, basketball, and track & field), recognized as an All-American (soccer).Sarah was born in San Diego, California in the US and n...2024-08-141h 07
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#172 Scott Thomson: Becoming head of Innovation at Google, Navigating International Childhood, Why Engineers lead Tech CompaniesScott served as the recent Head of Innovation for Customer Engineering at Google. He worked at the company from 2015 through 2024 in the Ads Data Platforms, Analytics and Google Cloud product areas in ANZ and APAC. Before Google, Scott worked with Adobe on digital strategy and transformation. Scott is a also recent graduate of the VC catalyst program delivered by The Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship. This episode is brought to you in partnership with The Wade Institute of Entrepreneurship. Check out their award winning VC Catalyst Program.Hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and T...2024-07-301h 15
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#171 Jacqui Purcell, Adam Milgrom & Ashleigh Camm: The Raw Ingredients in 'zero to great' relationshipsIn this special conversation, hear from three relatable role models: Adam Milgrom, Partner at Giant Leap; Jacqui Purcell, Operating Advisor at TDM Growth Partners (She's also ex CFO of two leading tech companies in Culture Amp + Deputy) and Ashleigh Camm, Board Course Director/VP of Labs at LUNA about how exactly Founders and Investors should build 'zero to great' relationships, a key ingredient inter linked with building your startup's board.This episode is brought to you in partnership with LUNA. It is hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The High Flyers Podcast....2024-07-231h 00
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#170 Steve Baxter: Army to building startup with wife, Shark Tank Stardom, Ten13 + Defence Tech InvestingSteve Baxter is a Tech entrepreneur and Investor. He co-founded the Investing Platform, TEN13 and recently a VC Fund, Beaten Zone Venture Partners focused on DefenseTech. He has built and sold two startups: SE Net and PIPE Networks (for $373M). He was a 'Shark' on the hit TV series, Shark Tank for four seasons, showcasing his business expertise.This episode is hosted by Vidit Agarwal, Founder of Curiosity Center and The High Flyers Podcast.It’s now time to explore your curiosity. If you're keen to discuss sponsorship and partnering with us, email us...2024-07-1755 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#169 Silicon Valley to Aotearoa: Unfiltered debunking of NZ's startup myths with Blackbird's Phoebe Harrop & David BoothPhoebe is a Partner in Blackbird’s NZ team with investments in Tracksuit, VeVe and Carepatron. Prior to joining Blackbird, she was a Director in the Growth Equity fund at Generation (Al Gore's Growth Equity Fund).David is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Blackbird NZ and previously an early employee at Angel List, Carta, and 500 Startups. He then built and led the global education startup + founder community “On Deck” as CEO, raising over $100M from some of the world's top investorsThey both hail from New Zealand and have lived/worked in London, San Fransisco, New Yo...2024-07-021h 23
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#168 Craig Blair: Trials and Tribulations; Co-Founder of a $1B+ VC Fund in his most candid interview everCraig Blair is the Co-Founder and Partner at Airtree, a globally recognised Venture Capital firm with $1B+ funds under management.Before AirTree, he was a partner at Netus, a venture fund with a global top decile track record. He has also been a founder of three software businesses -- two of which were successful and one of which was a painful learning experience.Craig was born in Ontario, Canada and now lives in Sydney, Australia.This episode is brought to you by KPMG High Growth Ventures and Curiosity Center.It’s no...2024-06-261h 17
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#167 Investment Memo: How CLT Toolbox is eliminating 39% of global carbon emissions from buildings ft. Adam Jones & Ringo ThomasWelcome to installment #25 of the Investment Memo series and overall episode #167 on the show. Submit this EOI for your company to be considered in future episodes of this special series!***Adam Jones and Ringo Thomas are the Co-Founders of CLT Toolbox, a software company building solutions for structural engineers and architects that radically simplifies the process for designing with zero- and low-carbon materials.Did you know — Buildings are currently responsible for 39% of global energy-related carbon emissions?!Adam is the CEO and Ringo is the Chief Commercial Officer. Adam hails from...2024-06-1351 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#166 Alasdair MacLeod (Rare Public Interview): Murdoch's Newsrooms to Soil Carbon Pioneer & Reshaping AgricultureAlasdair is Executive Chairman of Macdoch, a private investment company with offices in Sydney and London. Macdoch comprises of Macdoch Ventures, investing in early stage tech startups, Macdoch Agriculture using capital to drive global climate solutions and the Macdoch foundation.Al was previously a senior leader at Newscorp for over 20 years and fun fact: he is married to one of Rupert Murdoch’s daughters.Al was born in Glasgow, Scotland and now splits his time between Sydney and London. It’s now time to explore your curiosity.If you're keen to discu...2024-05-2956 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#165 Jillian Broadbent: The Trailblazing Board Director in a rare public InterviewJillian Broadbent is one of the leading Business and Industry minds, with extensive investment banking industry knowledge and markets expertise, including a deep knowledge of risk management and regulation. She has served on the boards of many organisations, encompassing finance, the arts, and other sectors.She is currently a Member of the Board of Macquarie Group, and previously Coca Cola, Qantas, Woolworths, Reserve Bank of Australia. She was Chancellor of the University of Wollongong for 11 years up until late 2020. In 2019, she was made a Companion of the Order of Australia for her contribution to corporate, financial, clean...2024-05-151h 09
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#164 Connor Archbold: Living in 28 homes, Unpacking the magic and learnings building 'Tracksuit', New York, NZ & Family!Connor is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Tracksuit. Tracksuit provides always-on, beautiful tracking to measure brand health. Tracksuit today covers 1,300 brands including many household names and recently raised $20M dollars in funding from leading investors to fuel their next phase of Growth.Connor was born in California, USA and now lives in Auckland, New Zealand.It's now time to explore your curiosity. If you're keen to discuss sponsorship and partnering with us, email us at vidit@thehighflyerspodcast.com today! ***💥💥 LINKS MENTIONED:--> Register for our special ClimateTech event on...2024-05-071h 13
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#163 Grant Dooley (Rare Public Interview): Learnings as Counsul General in China + Indonesia, Inside Breakthrough VictoriaGrant Dooley is an experienced international funds manager and the CEO of the $2B Fund, Breakthrough Victoria, with prior roles at Hastings and heading ARA Infrastructure. Grant had a distinguished career as a Foreign Affairs and Diplomatic trade official for the Australian Government, including two years as the Australian Consul General in China and previously working in Jakarta, Indonesia.It’s now time to explore your curiosity. If you're keen to discuss sponsorship and partnering with us, email us at vidit@thehighflyerspodcast.com today! ***💥💥 REGISTER BELOW TO THE TWO LIVE-EVENTS COMING UP!...2024-05-021h 18
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#162 Adam Jacobs: How he built 'The Iconic' and now 'Hatch', Learnings from selling kitchen knives, personal identity and dad's influence!Adam Jacobs is the Co-Founder of THE ICONIC - A globally recognised online fashion retailer, and the Co-Founder of Hatch - a new venture whose mission is for all people to find meaning in work.Adam was born and lives in Sydney, Australia with brief stints living in Boston and Copenhagen. It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Click the links below to listen and enjoy now. If you're keen to discuss sponsorship and partnering with us, email us at vidit@thehighflyerspodcast.com today! ***💥💥 THREE LIMITED-TIME OPPORTUNITIES. REGISTER BELOW!2024-04-251h 03
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#162 Adam Jacobs: How he built 'The Iconic' and now 'Hatch', Learnings from selling kitchen knives, personal identity and dad's influence!Adam Jacobs is the Co-Founder of THE ICONIC - A globally recognised online fashion retailer, and the Co-Founder of Hatch - a new venture whose mission is for all people to find meaning in work.Adam was born and lives in Sydney, Australia with brief stints living in Boston and Copenhagen. It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Click the links below to listen and enjoy now. If you're keen to discuss sponsorship and partnering with us, email us at vidit@thehighflyerspodcast.com today! ***CLICK HERE to read show...2024-04-251h 03
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#161 Holly Ransom: Inspiring journey from Perth to working w Obama, Branson, Gladwell + world events, her grandma and more!Holly Ransom is an internationally acclaimed leadership speaker and consultant – paving the way for leaders across the globe to turn knowledge into action for real-world change. She is CEO of Emergent Global and author of The Leading Edge. Holly was personally requested by Barack Obama to interview him on stage. She delivered a Peace Charter to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and was chosen by Sir Richard Branson as a nominee for Wired Magazine’s prestigious ‘Smart List’ of Future Game Changers to watch.Holly’s interview portfolio spans from thought leaders like Malcolm Gladwell to powerful figures su...2024-04-1757 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#160 Kell Reilly: Lessons from investing in Spotify, Uber, Atlassian in his first ever public interviewKell is the newest Partner at the Venture Capital firm, Airtree.Before joining Airtree, he spent most of his career in Silicon Valley at renowned firms such as Dragoneer, D1 Capital Partners and General Atlantic, investing in some of the most interesting consumer and enterprise companies in technology (Airbnb, Appfolio, Atlassian, Gitlab, Gusto, Samsara, Spotify, Uber).Kell was born in Sydney, Australia and has recently returned back to Sydney after spending the last 14 years in the US.It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Click the links below to listen and enjoy no...2024-03-271h 21
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#159 Matteo Franceschetti: From Late English Learner to Building "Eight Sleep" with Khosla & Founders Fund BackingMatteo is the Co-Founder and CEO of Eight Sleep, the sleep fitness company. Eight Sleep developed a proprietary technology which is redesigning sleep by developing cutting-edge AI and machine learning models to track bio signals during the night and optimising body recovery and rest while asleep. The end goal of the Pod is to compress sleep and scan your body while asleep to monitor your health.Eight Sleep is currently used by pro athletes and top performers across multiple industries and was recognised as one of TIME’s “Best Inventions” in 2018 and 2019, was named one of Fast Compan...2024-03-141h 07
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#158 Judy Anderson-Firth: Source of "abundant giving" personality, becoming CEO w Dom Pym, democratising access to investing + personal news with her wife!Judy is the Group CEO of Euphemia, the family office for Australian entrepreneur and technologist, Dom Pym. Together they manage ~$65m in investments globally, focussing on Fintech, ClimateTech, women-led startups and startup infrastructure. Prior to teaming up with Dom, Judy was the CEO of Startup Victoria, Australia’s largest network for entrepreneurs with over 60,000 people in the community. She is also Chair of the advisory board at LUNA and is a board observer at Birchal on behalf of Euphemia.Judy was born in Penrith, in NSW, a bit outside Sydney and now lives in Melbourne, Australia....2024-03-061h 17
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#157 Jack Zhang: Airwallex's $6.2B Ascent – From Melbourne Café to Global Fintech Powerhouse (First In-Depth Interview)Jack Zhang is the Co-founder and CEO of Airwallex, last valued at $6.2B (As of 2025). Airwallex is a leading global financial platform for modern businesses, offering trusted solutions to manage everything from payments, treasury, and spend management to embedded finance, serving over 100,000 companies around the world. Jack is responsible for devising and implementing the overall strategic vision of the company. Under his leadership, Airwallex has raised over US$800 million in funding, supported by top-tier investors including Lone Pine Capital, Greenoaks Capital, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, Sequoia, Tencent and SquarePeg. Prior to starting Airwallex, Jack had over a decade of...2024-02-2156 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#156 Ahmed Fahour (pt 2 of 2 - Rare Public Interview): How he became the highly acclaimed CEO of Citigroup, NAB & Australia PostThis is the second and final part of a 2 part special conversation with Ahmed Fahour in a rare public interview appearance. Ahmed is a prominent business executive who has held leadership positions in various organizations around the world. He moved to Australia from Lebanon at a young age, and is currently CEO of The Gurner Group. Previously, he has held well known roles including as CEO of Australia Post, NAB, Citigroup and Latitude Financial Services alongside board roles with Invest Victoria and the $15B National Reconstruction Fund. Ahmed is an active member of Muslim community and was Australia’s Sp...2024-02-141h 07
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#155 Ahmed Fahour (pt 1 of 2 - Rare Public Interview): Early life influences, Lebanon, Adversity, Re-marriage + new CEO role!This is part 1 of a 2 part special conversation with Ahmed Fahour in a rare public interview appearance. Ahmed is a prominent business executive who has held leadership positions in various organizations around the world. He moved to Australia from Lebanon at a young age, and is currently CEO of The Gurner Group. Previously, he has held well known roles including as CEO of Australia Post, NAB, Citigroup and Latitude Financial Services alongside board roles with Invest Victoria and the $15B National Reconstruction Fund. Ahmed is an active member of Muslim community and was Australia’s Special Envoy to...2024-02-121h 16
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#154 Larry Marshall: Loosing dad early, building 6 tech companies, 30 yrs in the US, transforming Australia's National Science Agency (CSIRO)Dr. Larry Marshall is a distinguished scientist, technology innovator, and business leader with over 25 years of experience. He holds a PhD in Physics and As the longest-serving chief executive of CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, he led a transformation that resulted in the first growth in 30 years and the first emissions reduction in 100 years, achieving 83% of Net Zero. He has led 2 companies to IPOs and served as CEO of 6 companies in various sectors, and has 100 publications and conference papers, holds 20 patents, and has served on 20 boards of high-tech companies operating in the US, Australia, and China. Larry was bo...2024-02-061h 15
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#153 Mark Suster: Battling ADHD, Selling to Salesforce, Good vs Bad Acquisitions, Venture Capital predictions for 2024!Mark Suster is a globally renowned Investor, being Partner at Upfront Ventures, based in LA, California. He previously was the founder & CEO of two successful enterprise software companies, the most recent of which was sold to Salesforce.com where Mark became VP, Product. Mark was born in Philadelphia, and now lives in Los Angeles, California in the USA. ***CLICK HERE to read show notes from this conversation between our host, Vidit Agarwal and Mark Suster. It’s now time to explore your curiosity. Please enjoy!***Follow us on Instagram, Linked...2024-01-231h 15
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#151 Sam Sicilia (Rare Public Interview): Humble roots, theorotical physics, Chief Investment Officer for $100B+ retirement fund, Hostplus!We're joined by Sam Sicilia in a very rare public interview appearance. Sam is the Chief Investment Officer for the multi-billion dollar superannuation Fund (Retirement savings) Hostplus, often referred to as a 'giant' in the industry with around 1.7 million members and over $100b funds under management.***Learn about Sam’s sunrise in Melbourne, Australia and the influences of his parents, who migrated from Sicily to Melbourne in the 1950s. Learnings from his Father who worked in heavy metal forging for aircrafts, heavy trucks, shaping hot steel and Mother was a seamstress. Sam refers to his ch...2023-12-201h 10
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#150 Simon Holmes à Court (First Ever In-Depth Public Interview): Life influences, tech, energy, politics, climate 200 and the "trim tab"To celebrate this milestone episode 150, we're joined by Simon Holmes à Court in a very rare public interview appearance, and we believe his first about his own story!Simon has stood at the intersection of community, climate action and politics since May 2007 when he began chairing the community cooperative that set out to build Australia’s first community-owned wind farm. Fifteen years later to the month, at the May 2022 national federal election, one of this former Silicon Valley dot com engineer’s startups, Climate 200, harnessed community, climate awareness and politics to play a major role in shaking up Austr...2023-12-061h 07
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#149 Roundtable musings w Barnaby Marshall + Vignesh Kumar: Demistifying the fast growing NZ tech ecosystem w Icehouse Ventures and GD1We're joined by Barnaby Marshall, Partner at Icehouse Ventures and Vignesh Kumar, Co-Managing Partner at GD1 in this special "round table musings" demystifying the fast growing New Zealand tech ecosystem.***Episode guiding points:Think of this conversation as a balcony view of the state of play in the tech ecosystem in NZ and a round table of musings. We deep dive into various aspects including Barnaby and Vignesh’s varied and interesting entry points into Venture Capital and how their prior experiences in different domains helped; Unpacking the historical and current state of pl...2023-11-2154 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#148 Martijn Wilder (First Ever In-Depth Public Interview): Book publishing family to building Pollination & the $15B National Reconstruction FundMartijn Wilder is the Founder & CEO of Pollination, a global climate change advisory and investment firm. He is also the chair of the $15B National Reconstruction Fund set up by the Australian Government and was previously Head of Baker & McKenzie’s global climate law and finance practice for twenty years working with governments and bodies to accelerate the global net zero transition.***Episode guiding points:Learn about Martijn’s sunrise in Sydney, Australia being of British and dutch heritage with his parents having immigrated to Aus in their early 20’s and a strong family...2023-11-051h 03
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#147 Sarah Hamilton: Entreprenurial upbringing to building Bella Box + how she's now an investor and advisor to leading companies!Sarah Hamilton is the co-founder of Bellabox, Asia Pacific’s market leading beauty box that she co-founded with her twin sister, and raised investment from leading investors including SquarePeg. Sarah is now an investor, and advisor to many of the leading companies and CEOs in the consumer and beauty industry, and a graduate of the Wade Institute VC catalyst program! ***Episode guiding points:Learn about Sarah’s sunrise in Geelong, just outside Melbourne, Australia being one of 4 kids and the influences of her dad, who ran a carpet and furniture store and mum who w...2023-10-3150 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal#146 Toby Hall: Early influences in the UK and South Africa to becoming a highly regarded healthcare and not for profit executive leaderToby Hall is an experienced not-for-profit and healthcare executive, having most recently served for 8 years as CEO of St Vincent’s Health Australia, Australia’s second largest healthcare provider, until February 2022. Prior to St Vincent’s, Toby was the CEO of Mission Australia for nearly a decade, and during his time at Mission, Toby oversaw the group’s contribution to the formation of Goodstart Early Learning. Toby maintained involvement with Goodstart through a seat on the Board until 2014.Prior to Mission Australia, Toby was COO of World Vision Australia and before that, CEO of South Taranaki District Council...2023-10-2259 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit AgarwalNatasha Interviews Vidit about the origin story, interview process unknowns, 99 learnings, fav guest stories & a suprise!In this episode #100, Natasha Ong (marketing associate) interviews Vidit Agarwal (Founder & Host)!We cover: Learnings from first job working at a restaurantMum’s influence and being the high flyer in my lifeHow has my perception of a high flyer changed?Society views on celebrating success and how this podcast plays a small role in re-creating thatOrigin story of the podcast and the name "The High Flyers"Personal growth through this podcast over past 2 yearsBehind the scenes of interview prep and research processHow to make guests comfortable to open upRanking in the top #20 shows in Aus, India, Hon...2022-08-221h 01
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit AgarwalInvestment memo: "Vexev", the next generation of intelligent patient monitoringHear from John Carroll, co-founder at Vexev: Imaging, reimagined in the fight against vascular disease and welcome to episode 3 of this new segment taking you inside topics, companies and industries. Please enjoy exploring your curiosity as I did mine through this conversation!***KEY POINTS COVERED03:45 - What does Vexev do? 06:10 - What is vascular disease and how it can affect you? 07:45 - How did John & Eamon get validation their solution can become into a business? 11:45 - How do you the...2022-02-2832 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit AgarwalHunter Johnson: 27 detentions and 6 injuries by age 21 to how he built the national charity teaching emotional intelligence to teenage boys, Man Cave + working w Prince HarryWelcome to episode #63 with Hunter Johnson! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:How rebelling against family values and society growing up shaped his character to do good At age 21, having his dream to play professional sport crushed through injury: How he carved out a path to re-create a new lifeHow he's built has the Man Cave brand to become attractive to the likes of Prince Harry, the United Nations and more partnering What led to creating the personal care brand for men, STUFF when he saw there was no brand fo...2022-02-221h 00
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit AgarwalInvestment memo: "Mainak Dhar", the process behind publishing 26 books (many becoming best sellers)Hear from Mainak Dhar, Best selling author and leader of India & South Asia at Kimberly Clark; and welcome to episode 2 of Curiosity Center.Please enjoy exploring your curiosity as I did mine through this conversation!***KEY POINTS COVERED04:05 - What does Mainak do? 05:40 - What led to writing his 26th book, “leadership in 100 words” 08:30 - How to get better at writing and Mainak’s learnings 11:40 - Should we write the way we talk? 13:55 - Systems and habits...2022-02-1836 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit AgarwalSteve Solomon: Unpacking the journey, mindset and habits to becoming 2x Olympic athlete + critical painful learning from missing 2016 olympics by 4/100th of a second!Welcome to episode #61 with Steve Solomon! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:Steve's advice to parents with kids showing athletic potential (context: Steve didn't consider Athletics seriously till ageCritical learning from not qualifying for the 2016 Olympics by 4/100th of a second that's now made him a better athleteWhy sport is the perfect vehicle to find yourself and developDealing with negative thoughts: Steve breaks down the psychology behind managing the lizard brain pre and during racesHow to Become your best self and why we should all have Olympic like goals. ***2022-02-131h 03
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit AgarwalJosh Ismin: Journey from New York to Sydney, creating a new last name, unpacking angel investing, why he's building Psylo: psychedelic-inspired medicine to treat mental illnessPlease do consider supporting the show with a rating and review on your Apple Podcasts or Spotify app so we can continue to have brilliant guests join us.Article 2 of my curiosity centre newsletter is live! I wrote about the power of play, and who can solve more problems: MBA’s, engineers or kids? Read here: https://vidags10.substack.com/p/the-power-of-play***Welcome to episode #60 with Josh Ismin! Here are 5 key takeaways that I think you will learn from this episode today:1. Reflections on growing up in New York and now li...2022-02-081h 00
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit AgarwalInvestment memo: "Arrive & Thrive", the social enterprise supporting 12,000 students in 53 schools to achieve career goalsHear from Tyson Day, co-founder of Arrive & Thrive and welcome to episode 1 of Curiosity Center.Arrive & Thrive is a career education social enterprise, helping students set and achieve career goals with school based workshops, coaching and facilitation. Tyson and his team have worked with 53 schools and supported 12,000 students with their 12 programs.Today, you’ll learn about how this business started, how they found schools as their key market, the economics of building an education first business, who are the other plays that inspire Tyson and how COVID has changed the landscape for learning providers like Ar...2022-02-0335 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit AgarwalIntroducing Curiosity Center: Specific episodes w founders & leaders in every industry, showcasing what they do, why and how to help you thrive at work and achieve your potential!Introducing Curiosity Center!Listen in to find out:Show highlights of 2021Why, How and where for Curiosity Center Subscribe to the curiosity center newsletter here to receive every article directly in your inbox: https://vidags10.substack.com/welcomeFollow Curiosity Center on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/curiositycentre/Follow Curiosity Center on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/curiositycentre/Contact Vidit to share your thoughts, questions or advice at vidit@curiositycenter.xyzAs we get into 2022, I’ll leave you with this: Humility is...2022-01-0507 min
The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit AgarwalCrossover Special: Vidit joins Chloe Temple on the Leadership Confidence series - "What I'm learning from 50+ episodes re-imagining the traditional high flyer"Thanks to Chloe Temple for inviting the host of this show, Vidit Agarwal on the Leadership Confidence series!*****Points covered/ timestamps:02:10 - celebrating 50 episodes of The High Flyers Podcast02:55 - Did Vidit start the podcast with a goal to do 50 episodes?04:10 - Release pattern of episodes: weekly vs fortnightly05:35 - what is the definition of a high flyer and how did Vidit choose the podcast name?08:04 - How relationships have improved thanks to the podcast09:35 - Podcast recognised in the top 20 shows2021-12-1544 min