In this episode of The Path, Yash Patel, General Partner at Telstra Ventures, and Hussein Fazal, co-founder and CEO of Snapcommerce, discuss personalized messaging and its role in changing the way people shop on their smartphones, the role of the celebrity investor (like Steph Curry), trusting your business partners and employee culture. Snapcommerce, formerly Snaptravel, found its niche by working out what the customer used messaging for. Now its mission is to “change the way people shop on their phones ..read more

  In this episode of The Path, Gup Ghuliani, Telstra Ventures' Operations Partner, and Andrew Butt, co-founder and CEO of Enable discuss the digitisation of the global supply chain, finding a lucrative gap in this market, successfully determining product fit and finding the right investors to build a truly global software company.   Enable is a SaaS solution to manage complex global trading agreements between suppliers and customers by automating rebate management ..read more

Subscribe to The Path in one Click: http://bit.ly/TelstraSub Reinventing insurance to change the world. In this episode of The Path, Gup Ghuliani, Telstra Ventures’ Operations Partner, and Phil Edmundson, founder, and CEO of Corvus, discuss Phil’s passion for making the world a safer place by helping organizations mitigate or eliminate negative impacts when bad things happen.   Topics addressed in this episode:   1. How to find the right investment partner 2. Why it's vital to work with venture capital investors with subject matter expertise 3. How to create a working environment whe ..read more

In this episode of The Path, Gup Ghuliani, Telstra Ventures' Operations Partner, and Thomas Brunskill, co-founder and CEO of Forage discuss equality of access to education and training, building a bridge between the world of learning and the world of work and how the recruitment landscape has changed dramatically.   Forage is a virtual work experience platform where recruiters and organisations train and find the next generation of talent ..read more

Gup Ghuliani, Telstra Ventures' Operations Partner, and Bassam Tabbara, founder and CEO of Upbound discuss the future of cloud innovation, attracting employees who share your vision and maintaining the original culture as the business grows. “It’s a very exciting space we’re in and a very opportune time to be in cloud computing,” enthuses Bassam.   ..read more

Episode 2: Gautum Tambay of Springboard THE PATH: An Entrepreneur’s View on When and How to Raise Capital Welcome to The Path, hosted by Gup Ghuiliani, Operating Partner at Telstra Ventures. In this videocast and podcast series, we uncover how successful entrepreneurs navigate the world of venture capital to scale rapidly. For each episode, we invite the founders of successful businesses to share their experiences and insights on what they’re going through and the changes they’ve made going forward. Today, we talk with Gautam Tambay, co-founder and CEO of Springboard, a mentor-led online educa ..read more

In this episode of The Path, Gup Ghuliani, Telstra Ventures' Operations Partner, and Asad Khan, co-founder, and CEO of LambdaTest, discuss the role of the CEO, the importance of stories, business culture and harnessing an insane vision. LambdaTest is a testing infrastructure company that allows users to run manual and automated tests on their websites and web apps across 2000+ different browsers, browser versions, and operating system environments. The platform has performed over 12 million tests in just three years and is now being used by over 350,000 users across 132 different countries ..read more

Welcome to The Path, a videocast and podcast series about how successful entrepreneurs navigate the world of venture capital to help them scale rapidly.   Join us, as we welcome the founders of successful businesses to share their experiences and insights on what they’re going through, challenges faced, lessons learned and the changes they’re making moving forward.  Video Series: Subscribe to The Path in one Click: http://bit.ly/TelstraSub ..read more

Visit us at http://www.telstraventures.com In this 1st (1 of 2) episode of The Path, Gup Ghuliani, Telstra Venture’s Operations Partner, speaks with Andrew McLeod, C3O and co-founder of Certn. Hear how Andrew built a massively successful human risk intelligence solutions business to accelerate the ‘global trust economy.’ Andrew believes that trust is a two-way street, and that breaking down barriers between employers and candidates gives businesses access to a global talent pool they would have otherwise been unable to reach. Andrew shares his journey of starting the company with two close fri ..read more

Subscribe to The Path in one Click: http://bit.ly/TelstraSub This week, I’m excited to welcome Jing Wang, co-founder and CEO of FinTell Financial Services, a leading independent technology provider that’s helping financial institutions adapt to the digital economy with its big‒data risk management products and solutions. • Tell me about the company, why you started it, the problems you solve, and how you’re helping financial institutions adapt to the digital economy. • Leadership/Management o I understand this is your first startup since you left Amex. How does your experience running a startu ..read more