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Essential Reading
5 reasons why Launch Club will change the game for early stage & aspiring founders
By
Maisy Bennett
Maisy Bennett
Why joining Launch Club will be the best thing you do as an aspiring or early stage founder.
December 17, 2023
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Bridging the divide between students and startups
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Cameron Ensor
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Students are to startups what pineapple is to pizza. Don't believe us? Read on...
March 24, 2021
When startup ambition collides
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Sascha Kerbert
Sascha Kerbert
When you mix the right ingredients together, in the right order, with the right proportions in the right environment, magical things can happen.
March 17, 2021
How to optimise your time in a startup — with Blackbird's Sam Wong
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Careers in startups are generally filled with high levels of risk and unexpected turns. And Sam Wong’s career is no different, writes Student Fellow Monique Leung.
July 29, 2021
The no code revolution: How to build a startup with just an idea
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In the first week of the W21 Student Fellowship, the Pitchblak team ran a no code session. Here are Angela Huang's takeaways.
August 4, 2021
Pursue an adventurous career by saying 'yes': Advice from Folklore VC's Hannah Field
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For students on the cusp of making career-defining decisions, Folklore VC Partner Hannah Field's journey is both inspiring and reassuring.
August 4, 2021
From Wish to Seachange: How engineer Adam Flynn navigated the “long and messy” process of finding his purpose
By
Bronte McHenry
Bronte McHenry
Adam Flynn describes the journey from first engineer at e-commerce startup Wish to VP of Engineering at Seachange as “deeply, deeply, deeply difficult”.
October 8, 2021
November 2021 Monthly Update
By
Michael Batko
Michael Batko
Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
December 1, 2021
Book review: Ask Your Developer
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Many of the insights shared in Ask Your Developer are relevant to a budding marketer wanting to supercharge a tech business.
January 31, 2022
Everything Moonshot's co-founders learnt from applying for Y Combinator
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"I wasn’t expecting anything; I was sure we had a horrible application."
February 1, 2022
March 2022 Monthly Update
By
Michael Batko
Michael Batko
Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
April 1, 2022
April 2022 Monthly Update
By
Michael Batko
Michael Batko
Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
May 1, 2022
May 2022 Monthly Update
By
Michael Batko
Michael Batko
Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
May 31, 2022
July 2022 Monthly Update
By
Michael Batko
Michael Batko
Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
August 5, 2022
August 2022 Monthly Update
By
Michael Batko
Michael Batko
Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
September 2, 2022
Investment notes: Femmi
By
Megan Woff
Megan Woff
We're proud to invest in Femmi as part of our Winter22 Accelerator cohort. Here's why.
September 26, 2022
Investment notes: Tutero
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We're proud to invest in Tutero as part of our Winter22 Accelerator cohort. Here's why.
September 26, 2022
September 2022 Monthly Update
By
Michael Batko
Michael Batko
Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
October 3, 2022
An ode to ambition
By
Phoebe Pincus
Phoebe Pincus
Let Phoebe Pincus introduce you to our motley, inspiring, ambitious and bullish Winter22 founders.
October 12, 2022
Inside Aquila's mission to power a limitless future for humanity
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Billy Jeremijenko and Nelson Smith want to create an entirely renewable and global energy system. Take a moment and think about that.
October 28, 2022
Head of Finance & Fund Operations
By
Phoebe Pincus
Phoebe Pincus
The Head of Finance & Fund Operations will holistically run Startmate’s funds and finance functions.
November 2, 2022
October 2022 Monthly Update
By
Michael Batko
Michael Batko
Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
November 3, 2022
November 2022 Monthly Update
By
Michael Batko
Michael Batko
Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
December 3, 2022
January 2023 Monthly Update
By
Michael Batko
Michael Batko
Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
February 3, 2023
February 2023 Monthly Update
By
Michael Batko
Michael Batko
Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
March 3, 2023
March 2023 Monthly Update
By
Michael Batko
Michael Batko
Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
April 3, 2023
April 2023 Monthly Update
By
Michael Batko
Michael Batko
Dive into Startmate CEO Michael Batko's GBU update to learn what we've been up to this month.
May 1, 2023
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How to actually create a go-to-market strategy
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When Alisha Geary googled “Go To Market Strategy Template”, Google let her down.
February 14, 2022
Why Matt Hollis and Jarrad Seers’ startup kicked off Startmate's Accelerator with paying customers... and emerged with a new name and product
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They say you won’t recognise your company and product by the end of Startmate’s Accelerator. When my co-founder and I heard first this, we had a little laugh to ourselves...
February 14, 2022
Everything Moonshot's co-founders learnt from applying for Y Combinator
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"I wasn’t expecting anything; I was sure we had a horrible application."
February 1, 2022
Culture Amp Co-Founder Rod Hamilton reflects on the startup’s first product, sale, Geek-Up, enterprise customer and funding round
By
Sascha Kerbert
Sascha Kerbert
From Culture Amp’s origin story and first product to long-standing focus on community and decision to bootstrap, there are insights galore in this AMA with Rod Hamilton.
November 15, 2021
Pory’s co-founders met pre-idea, pre-startup — and it has set them up for success
By
Bronte McHenry
Bronte McHenry
There’s a narrative in startupland that all you need to get an idea off the ground is a stellar founding team. Pory’s story flips this sentiment on its head.
July 14, 2021
Five things Muso Co-Founder Alan Jin has learnt about pounding the pavement, speaking with early-stage customers and generating traction
By
Bronte McHenry
Bronte McHenry
If Muso's founding story was a movie, “Hustlin’” by Rick Ross would lead the soundtrack.
May 26, 2021
Validating an idea as an early-stage founder is all about rapid prototyping and testing: Six learnings from Ajay Prakash
By
Bronte McHenry
Bronte McHenry
Underlying all of Ajay Prakash’s success (and failure) is a commitment to “rapid prototyping and testing”.
May 4, 2021