Starting Line - The New Founders Podcast

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Dom Woolrych is the co-founder of Lawpath — Australia's number one online legal platform that has helped over 300,000 small businesses across Australia. His mission is to transform and digitalise the legal industry to make it accessible to all small businesses and show lawyers that there are many non-traditional opportunities in the legal sector.Dom is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Technology and the Australian Legal Technology Association (ALTA) board member. In 2022, Dom became a finalist at SmallBiz Week Young Hero Awards in the Young Innovator category and was voted the top 20 University of Technology Alumni.In this episode, Dom shares his own journey as an entrepreneur and we discuss the way he dealt with early setbacks in achieving his career goals, the vision that became Lawpath, and more. You can follow Dom on LinkedIn, and learn more about Lawpath at https://lawpath.com.au/

Hear a quick note from host Scotty Allen about our plans for 2022, new ways to interact with us, and a call for founders with interestingly imperfect stories to tell on new episodes of Starting Line!

Co-Founder and CEO of Paper Moose Nick Hunter is incredibly passionate about building teams and purpose driven brands. Having built Paper Moose from the ground up from first principles he cares deeply about creating an environment where creativity and people thrive. Coming from an entertainment background Nick delivers creative work that either entertains or adds value to the end customer and loves working with businesses that are working towards a better future. Paper Moose is on a mission to spark positive change through creativity, this year saw the company’s 10th anniversary and to mark the milestone they shifted their positioning to the change makers and launched a buy on give one initiative in which creative resources are donated to organisations that are helping decarbonise the planet.You can learn more about Paper Moose at http://papermoose.com

Anthony Kwok - Co-founder of Zilio, shares his journey from a bullied kid to professional martial artist to startup co-founder, and how his 3D Virtual Fit technology came to be. It's a raw and honest chat about the challenges of childhood, identity, and the hurdles involved with being a non-technical founder. You can learn more about Zilio at https://www.zilio.com.au/

Lisa Reiner was frustrated by the lack of size options in designer clothing, and so she decided to do something about it. This episode tells the story of Lisa's journey from social worker and young mum in Alice Springs, Australia to owner and creator of her own inclusively sized slow fashion label, Curvature Clothing. As well as the story of Lisa learning design, ecommerce, and general business management, we also discuss her approach to social media, and how going viral on TikTok helped connect her with local customers. Learn more about Curvature Clothing at https://www.curvatureclothing.com.au/ or find Curvature Clothing on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. 

The Nudge Group is a disruptive force within the recruitment industry, offering a system known as “the nudge experience” aimed at fast-growth businesses, the start-up space (in particular after series A, B or C funding), and transforming businesses resulting in accelerated hiring and change management.Nudge is Steve Grace's third business. His honest, raw, and funnt retelling of his pathway through two businesses prior to founding Nudge has something for everyone on the founder journey. You can learn more about The Nudge Group at https://thenudgegroup.com/ - or check out "Give it a Nudge" on YouTube. In this episode Scotty mentions the Osterwalder Value Proposition Canvas  - you can download this great free resource at https://www.strategyzer.com/canvas/value-proposition-canvas 

With a computer science degree and background, Emeka joined the Royal Australian Air Force with dreams of flight, but these were soon grounded, and he began to seek his true calling. After a failed tech startup and a decision not to pursue commercial piloting, Emeka and his wife founded Neta Care, an NDIS registered allied health service provider, at the beginning of Covid, and have turned it from a single client to a service employing 100 people servicing hundreds of clients. The story of the Neta Care journey is a story about resilience and the importance of being governed by clear values.You can learn more about Neta Care at http://https://netacare.com.au