In 2014 Xero was experiencing exponential customer growth. But they were about to hit a wall.Unless they did something drastic, and soon, they would be unable to continue to scale their platform to handle new customers. This episode tells of
In 2014 Xero was experiencing exponential customer growth. But they were about to hit a wall.Unless they did something drastic, and soon, they would be unable to continue to scale their platform to handle new customers. This episode tells the
Startups are an exercise in compromise due to scarce time and money. This episode talks about some of the tradeoffs that Vend made on its way to acquisitionVend started off in 2010 and by 2013 they were bringing awesome sauce and chuck taylors
When you have built your culture on family what happens when you have to break it up?Vend started off in 2010 and by 2013 they were bringing awesome sauce and chuck taylors to the tech scene in Auckland. Vend sprang back into the collective t
This episode is a story of growing the Vend family.Vend started off in 2010 and by 2013 they were bringing awesome sauce and chuck taylors to the tech scene in Auckland. Vend sprang back into the collective tech community attentions last year
Pushpay emerged quickly to become a fixture of the NZ tech. Valuation at over $2B and with revenues >$250M Pushpay is still growing steadily after hypergrowth periods during 2014 and 2015. This episode talks about the influence of founders, CE
Pushpay emerged quickly to become a fixture of the NZ tech. Valuation at over $2B and with revenues >$250M Pushpay is still growing steadily after hypergrowth periods during 2014 and 2015. This episode discusses attracting and growing talented
Pushpay emerged quickly to become a fixture of the NZ tech. Valuation at over $2B and with revenues >$250M Pushpay is still growing steadily after hypergrowth periods during 2014 and 2015. This episode outlines near death experiences and disc
Our first 2 episodes in this series told the story of M-Com’s founding and then growth story. This episode looks at some of the areas that M-Com did particularly well- including their US market entry. We look at why M-Com succeeded where subse
Our previous Six Four episode focused on M-Com's founding story: a story of scrappiness, pivots and poor timing that eventually brought M-Com to product market fit and then on to explosive growth. This episode discusses this period of growth a
In 2000 the Nokia 3310 debuted and become one of the most successful mobile phones of all time. It was also then that the NZ startup M-Com was founded. M-Com went on to develop a mobile banking platform that is used by 1,000s of global financi
The full interview with Andrew Tokeley, Xero's first Product Manager. Today Xero is an often cited example of success in NZ tech. However in 2009 with just 6,000 customers + 1M of revenue this success was far from guaranteed. It was then that
Today Xero is an often cited example of success in NZ tech. With nearly 2.5M customers, ARR of nearly 900M and a market capitalisation of 20B- Xero is now a local SaaS juggernaut. However in 2009 with just 6,000 customers + 1M of revenue this