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The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal

The High Flyers Podcast with Vidit Agarwal

125 Episodes • By Vidit Agarwal • www.curiositycenter.xyz/podcast...
Thanks to you, we rank in the top 10% most shared podcasts globally, with listeners in 27 countries. With host Vidit Agarwal, re-imagine the traditional high flyer and celebrate relatable role models, and their journeys from their sunrise to today, across 40+ walks of life around the world! Cont ...more
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Investment Memo: How "Sumday" is enabling every business to measure their carbon impact
Featuring two of the co-founders, Jess Richmond & Li... more
Mar 28 2023 48m
Launching a Consulting Business
Chapter 1 1 min
Jess’s influences from Tasmania, Dubai, Melbourne
Chapter 2 1 min
Linday’s influences from Perth, Norway, NZ
Chapter 3 5 mins
Most impactful career experiences to date
Chapter 4 2 mins
How Lindsay and Jess met
Chapter 5 2 mins
Playing in the arena to reduce emissions
Chapter 6 1 min
Realising importance of analysis + storytelling
Chapter 7 3 mins
Decision to go all-in
Chapter 8 2 mins
Crucible moment this could be a large business
Chapter 9 1 min
Funny stories of first senior hires
Chapter 10 2 mins
Generating significant traction
Chapter 11 3 mins
Transition from accounting firm to software platform
Chapter 12 4 mins
Defining carbon accounting and scope 1,2 and 3
Chapter 13 6 mins
Sunday’s points of difference
Chapter 14 1 min
Building from Tasmania for the world
Chapter 15 4 mins
Upcoming job openings and skill sets in team
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#123 David Shein: Influences of South Africa + Australia, founding a billion $ company with young family & unpackin...
In this episode #123 w David Shein, learn about:Davi... more
Mar 21 2023 1h 5m
From High-Speed to Idle
Chapter 1 3 mins
Moving to Australia in 1981
Chapter 2 36 sec
Secrets to looking young
Chapter 3 25 sec
Where were you born and live now?
Chapter 4 1 min
What was your first job and now?
Chapter 5 2 mins
High Flyer in David’s life
Chapter 6 4 mins
Growing up in South Africa during a divided country
Chapter 7 1 min
Chartered Accounting family
Chapter 8 2 mins
3 brothers
Chapter 9 2 mins
Founding ComTech with a young family
Chapter 10 2 mins
Sitting on a gold mine
Chapter 11 2 mins
Financial success
Chapter 12 7 mins
Career decision making hierarchy
Chapter 13 3 mins
VC as a career path today
Chapter 14 2 mins
Judging people in 5 minutes
Chapter 15 3 mins
Cultivating high quality relationships
Chapter 16 3 mins
OIF and US connection
Chapter 17 3 mins
Best in class investor relationships
Chapter 18 2 mins
Hall of fame
Chapter 19 3 mins
Advice to founders in today’s market
Chapter 20 2 mins
Balance between growth and profitability
Chapter 21 2 mins
Success, respect, reputation
Chapter 22 2 mins
Rapid fire
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#122 Sheel Mohnot: Living on $1 a day to learn his customers, Becoming one of the best seed FinTech investors, Meta...
In this episode #122 w Sheel Mohnot, learn about:02:... more
Mar 7 2023 48m
Exploring a Multidimensional Career Path
Chapter 1 14 sec
Where were you born and live now?
Chapter 2 49 sec
What was your first job and now?
Chapter 3 51 sec
High Flyer in Sheel’s life
Chapter 4 1 min
Indian family influences
Chapter 5 49 sec
High school impressions
Chapter 6 41 sec
Connecting with Indian / American identity
Chapter 7 52 sec
Grandfather’s inspiration
Chapter 8 1 min
Multi dimensional career interests
Chapter 9 1 min
A year living in India on a $1 a day
Chapter 10 51 sec
Internalising personal values and happiness
Chapter 11 1 min
Most painful learning
Chapter 12 21 sec
Meeting his wife thanks to a dating show
Chapter 13 55 sec
Taco Bell metaverse wedding
Chapter 14 2 mins
Hanging out with AirBnB’s Brian Cheesky
Chapter 15 54 sec
Business opportunity in podcasts
Chapter 16 48 sec
Finance, Consulting, Healthcare
Chapter 17 54 sec
Mental models for learning
Chapter 18 52 sec
Crowdfunding as part of a VC round
Chapter 19 1 min
State of FinTech today
Chapter 20 42 sec
Founding team vs product at seed stage
Chapter 21 54 sec
Transition from angel investor to running a fund
Chapter 22 1 min
Questions to ask in first meeting with founder
Chapter 23 50 sec
Downside of saying no to founders
Chapter 24 2 mins
Hallmarks of a great enduring Venture firm
Chapter 25 1 min
Managing both sides: the LP’s and Founders
Chapter 26 1 min
5 best hall of fame investors
Chapter 27 40 sec
Best underrated investors
Chapter 28 59 sec
most unexpected successful founders
Chapter 29 1 min
Unpacking Flexport’s business model
Chapter 30 1 min
Indian CEO’s
Chapter 31 2 mins
Building rapport cross cultures
Chapter 32 40 sec
FinTech in Africa
Chapter 33 1 min
Opportunity in Australia
Chapter 34 59 sec
3 tips to become a VC today
Chapter 35 1 min
Progression within a VC
Chapter 36 58 sec
Traits of a great investment memo
Chapter 37 1 min
Areas founders should be more aware of
Chapter 38 35 sec
Growth vs burn rates
Chapter 39 3 mins
Final sprint
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#121 James Tynan + Mayuresh Patole: Breaking news! Announcing Squarepeg's investment in Chronicle, helping unleash ...
In this special episode #121 w James Tynan and Mayur... more
Feb 21 2023 57m
Highlight
Chapter 1 1 min
James’ memories of first meeting with Mayuresh @ Chronicle
Chapter 2 2 mins
Mayuresh’ memories of early interactions with Squarepeg
Chapter 3 1 min
Where was Mayuresh born and lives now?
Chapter 4 3 mins
Most profound experience in childhood
Chapter 5 2 mins
Ultra HD vision only at age 12
Chapter 6 2 mins
Parents influences and high performance
Chapter 7 1 min
Living up to family expectations
Chapter 8 2 mins
The global significance of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
Chapter 9 1 min
800 students from a million applicants + CEO alumni
Chapter 10 2 mins
First spark of interest in the world of design
Chapter 11 3 mins
Helping 300 startup founders with “how to make kickass presentations
Chapter 12 4 mins
The rare package of design and analytical thinking
Chapter 13 1 min
It’s too easy right now to make bad presentations
Chapter 14 2 mins
Constraint and power together in presentations
Chapter 15 2 mins
How Chronicle is using constraint for a great storytelling experience
Chapter 16 6 mins
Enabling users to design with blocks, not templates
Chapter 17 3 mins
Visual metaphor designed for the overhead projector
Chapter 18 1 min
The new storytelling world using Chronicle
Chapter 19 3 mins
Use cases of generative AI in presentations
Chapter 20 3 mins
Final sprint rapid fire
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#120 Dreamers, Leavers & Settlers; Blitzscaling & more ft the cool founders, Alex Badran & Tim Doyle
In this episode #120 w Alex Badran and Tim Doyle,  l... more
Feb 16 2023 58m
Exploring a School Canteen Problem
Chapter 1 53 sec
Alex and Tim’s memories of meeting each other
Chapter 2 39 sec
Opportunity in marketing from capital allocation and media management
Chapter 3 46 sec
Probabilities and thinking in frameworks
Chapter 4 1 min
Alex’s memories of winning competitions watching cricket
Chapter 5 1 min
Grounding first principles in a logical framework from mathematics
Chapter 6 2 mins
Why not enter finance post PhD in math?
Chapter 7 1 min
Career selection and matching interests and skills
Chapter 8 5 mins
Balance between data and judgement in decision making
Chapter 9 2 mins
Do founders have to evolve thinking from Seed stage to Series B and beyond?
Chapter 10 1 min
Drawing inference to the needs of a population for product building
Chapter 11 1 min
Role of data in performance marketing
Chapter 12 1 min
Campaign at Eucalyptus that surprised Tim the most
Chapter 13 1 min
Current phase of marketing being hyper local optimisation
Chapter 14 6 mins
Finding product market fit for the second act of the business
Chapter 15 1 min
Customer problems, business problems, vision
Chapter 16 4 mins
Generalist vs specialists
Chapter 17 2 mins
Formulating team skill sets
Chapter 18 3 mins
Combination of personalities effective at specific times and not others
Chapter 19 2 mins
Outsource anything that doesn’t make your beer taste better
Chapter 20 4 mins
What makes someone the best?
Chapter 21 3 mins
Dreamers, leavers and settlers
Chapter 22 1 min
Transitioning from corporate to a startup
Chapter 23 2 mins
Key learning for Alex and Tim in next 6 months
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#119 Wyatt Roy: How he became the youngest EVER national govt minister + creating the national science & innovation...
In this episode #119 w Wyatt Roy, learn about:Sunris... more
Feb 7 2023 57m
Transitioning From Politics to Business
Chapter 1 10 mins
Reimagining the High Flyer
Chapter 2 6 mins
Success Through Politics
Chapter 3 9 mins
Achieving Success Through Fear
Chapter 4 7 mins
Building Relationships
Chapter 5 9 mins
Different Perspectives Decision-Making
Chapter 6 6 mins
Transitioning From Politics to Business
Chapter 7 7 mins
Success Through Relationships and Learning
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#118 Anil Sabharwal: The Indian, Canadian & Aussie connection + Building THREE of Google's nine Billion user produc...
In this epsiode #118 w Anil Sabharwal learn about:Su... more
Jan 31 2023 1h 9m
Self-Perception vs. External Perception
Chapter 1 4 mins
Exploring a Cross-Cultural High Flyer
Chapter 2 6 mins
Navigating Cultural Identity
Chapter 3 5 mins
Finding Inner Security and Self-Acceptance
Chapter 4 7 mins
Learning From Career Experiences
Chapter 5 3 mins
Risk-Taking in Business
Chapter 6 6 mins
Nature vs Nurture
Chapter 7 4 mins
Leading Product Teams
Chapter 8 4 mins
User Problems at Google
Chapter 9 12 mins
Prioritizing Values in Career Choices
Chapter 10 13 mins
The Philosophy of Successful Product Development
Chapter 11 45 sec
High Fly Role Model
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Curiosity: How Startmate & Airtree are building the next gen of angel investors, explorers vs first believers + a s...
We're joined by Ben Simai, the program led for Start... more
Jan 24 2023 40m
The Purpose of the Explore Program
Chapter 1 7 mins
What Is an Angel Investor?
Chapter 2 5 mins
Diversity in Angel Investing
Chapter 3 7 mins
Benefits of Being an Angel Investor
Chapter 4 7 mins
Diverse Programs in the Angel Investor Ecosystem
Chapter 5 10 mins
The Ecosystem of Angel Investing
Chapter 6 50 sec
Goodwill and Sweat Equity
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Curiosity: Inside ":Different", The power duo's quest from holiday idea to re-thinking property mgmt + learnings as...
We're joined by Co-Founders and Co-Ceo’s of Differen... more
Jan 17 2023 38m
Mina, Radakrishnan, and Rowan Pereira
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#115 The hungry not the proven ft. Niki Scevak (Blackbird) & Vince Allen (SunDrive) -- LIVE at the Sunrise festival...
In this special (live) episode #115 w Niki Scevak an... more
Jan 8 2023 42m
Hospitality Mindset in Business
Chapter 1 7 mins
The Hungry, Not the Proven
Chapter 2 4 mins
Hospitality in Investor Pitches
Chapter 3 3 mins
Humbling Yourself as an Entrepreneur
Chapter 4 13 mins
The Importance of a Good Team
Chapter 5 7 mins
The Hungry Not the Proven
Chapter 6 5 mins
The Power of Being an Original
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#114 Marcus Thompson: Rising up to Major General in the Australian Army, Suprises about deployment in Afghanistan &...
 Last week, we learnt this show ranked in the top 10... more
Dec 13 2022 1h 3m
British Army Officer in Afghanistan
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#113 Daniel Petre: Dealing with insecurity despite enormous success, becoming Global VP reporting to Bill Gates, Fe...
In this episode #113 w Daniel Petre, learn about:sun... more
Dec 8 2022 1h 4m
Cost of Being a Successful CEO
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Curiosity: Inside Smileyscope, how they're building a fun patient experience bringing VR and non drug based relief ...
Today, we're joined by with Dr Evelyn Chan, the co-f... more
Nov 22 2022 32m
Simplicity in VR Technology
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Laura Henshaw: Parents seperation early, importance of financial independence, building the multi-faceted KIC busin...
In this episode #111 w Laura Henshaw, learn about:su... more
Nov 15 2022 59m
Partnership Agreement for Co-Founders
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Will Richardson: Mixed race family, making career & life changes, real founding story of Giant Leap & abundance min...
In this episode #110 w Will Richardson, learn about:... more
Nov 2 2022 1h 1m
Paying it Forward
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Terence Jeyaretnam: Sri Lanka civil war & refugee status, building one of the first B corps in Australia & acquisit...
In this episode #109 w Terence Jeyaretnam, learn abo... more
Oct 24 2022 59m
The Magic Moment
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Rowan Simpson: NZ culture & school teachers, scaling success stories in Trade Me + Xero from early days, celebratin...
In this episode #108 w Rowan Simpson, learn about:su... more
Oct 12 2022 59m
Reflecting on Early Professional Experiences.
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Stew Glynn: Early years in Zimbabwe, Big transition from corporate to family office + meeting Steve Baxter, inside ...
In this episode #107 w Stew Glynn, learn about:Sunri... more
Oct 9 2022 1h 1m
Hustling to Build a Brand.
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Curiosity: Inside COVIU, the all-in-one virtual care engagement platform for better care + creating the video capti...
Today, we're joined by with Silvia Prefiffer, the co... more
Oct 3 2022 44m
I feel for your sales team
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Simon Cant: Balancing creative and academic side, Co-founding Reinventure at age 45 and why it's never too late to ...
In this episode #105 w Simon Cant, learn about:Sunri... more
Sep 28 2022 1h 4m
Starting Things When Older
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Michael Overell: Nuclear family sunrise, learnings building startup for 8 yrs, growth @ Lyft + ClassDojo & more!
In this episode #104 w Michael Overell, learn about:... more
Sep 20 2022 1h 4m
Reflecting on Failure
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Jeanette Cheah: Global upbringing and asian heritage + inside how they're bringing fun innovation education for the...
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Sep 7 2022 1h 4m
The Innovation Gap Year
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Curiosity: Inside CoLab, announcing the merger of restaurant ready meals and 1500+ gourmet pantry products!
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Sep 2 2022 36m
The Total Acquisition
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Curiosity: Inside CoLab -- The merger of restaurant ready meals and 1,500+ gourmet pantry products!
Explore your curiosity with Elle and Tash from the n... more
Sep 2 2022 36m
The Total Acquisition
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Rachel Yang: Youngest of 3 sisters, impact driven work w indigenous community & inside building first 100% impact V...
In this episode #100 w Rachel Yang, learn about:Sunr... more
Aug 29 2022 1h
Public Speaking
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