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Re: AMA - Sally-Ann Williams | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 01 Mar 2017 21:03:28 -0000

The Google name is an incredible honeypot for community stakeholders. How have you developed a framework for choosing which initiatives to be a part of? How much of the discovery is inbound people contacting you versus you going deep into a mission/area?

Re: AMA - Holly Cardew | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 23:00:56 -0000

What is the greatest lesson you have learnt about startups since the beginning of Pixc? What do you see being done wrong in the very early stages over and over in other teams you've had the chance to get to know?

Re: AMA - Simon Griffiths | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 20:11:18 -0000

What in your life led to the creation of Who Gives a Crap and what was the original inspiration?

Re: AMA - Simon Griffiths | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 20:09:46 -0000

Who were and are your inspirations in being able to create a company/foundation that serves a worthy mission? What are the important lessons you have learnt?

Re: AMA - Simon Griffiths | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 20:08:46 -0000

How much has the world of startups been engendered into the world of non-profits and being able to serve a mission that is done via a business instead of donations?

Re: AMA - Lachlan McKnight | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:03:45 -0000

There have been many attempts at building a marketplace of lawyers. Describe your thoughts on whether a marketplace actually makes any sense and the discovery you have gone through over the years in terms of the right way to think about the structure of a service that customers love?

Re: AMA - Lachlan McKnight | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 16:02:35 -0000

Why does nearly every lawyer at large law firms dislike their job? What are the most common sources of discontent and why do you think this has so consistently happened in the past few decades?

Re: AMA - Melissa Widner | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 16:47:06 -0000

We're constantly told that the 'ecosystem' in Sydney and Melbourne is not as good as the major American cities. But what is one very concrete story or aspect that illustrates that for you? What do you pay attention to the most to know whether we are making progress as an ecosystem or not?

Re: AMA - Melissa Widner | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 16:45:20 -0000

So many investors focus on evaluating the founders of startups and rightly so. But do you think markets and market timing in particular plays a greater role in the success of a startup?

Re: AMA - Duncan Anderson | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:47:27 -0000

Bankers/Consultants/Lawyers are lambasted by the nerds but what are the greatly underestimated qualities you have learnt from those types of folks?

Re: AMA - Duncan Anderson | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 17:46:12 -0000

You have an incredible work ethic and pace of execution. Can you trace back in your life to where and from who you learnt the art of working hard?

Re: AMA - Manish Jain | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:59:21 -0000

What are the strong principles of what you have learnt about hiring great engineers? What are some of the anti-signals of non-great developers?

Re: AMA - Manish Jain | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 18:58:27 -0000

What do companies get wrong in terms of creating an environment for developers to do their best work? What common assumptions are wrong in running a product team?

Re: AMA - Martin Hosking | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 23:28:33 -0000

Who have been the greatest mentors to you and what are the key things you've learnt from them? More broadly who have you learnt the most from regardless or whether you know them or not?

Re: AMA - Martin Hosking | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 22:42:18 -0000

Building the brand to young smart people, the recruitment process and then the onboarding and training of Mckinsey is a formidable juggernaut. What can small startups learn from the flawless execution?

Re: AMA - Martin Hosking | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 21 Sep 2016 21:13:45 -0000

You've accomplished a whole lot on a very small amount of capital. After going through that initial stage of not dying, reaching break even and figuring out you are doing something right, how did you then motivate the team and keep pushing to make the ambitions of the team grow ever larger?

Re: AMA - Michael Traill | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 07 Sep 2016 18:52:41 -0000

What have you learnt about people who will make the biggest impact in the world across both traditional business and social ventures? What is a common thread on what makes them great?

Re: AMA - John Henderson | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 21:48:24 -0000

I know you're a student of AI and so what problems are you most excited in the world that will be solved with AI within the next 5 years?

Re: AMA - Susan Wu | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 18:11:33 -0000

How did you originally meet Ev Williams and Jack Dorsey? What is the biggest thing you've learnt from them?

Re: AMA - Susan Wu | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 03 Aug 2016 18:11:11 -0000

What motivations do you look for in the founders you've had a chance to work with? What have you observed about what drives the great entrepreneurs?

Re: AMA - James Alexander | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 18:33:41 -0000

When we talk about entrepreneurship and Universities in Australia it's nearly solely to do with students. Why do you think researchers, professors and lecturers have been so lacklustre in their thirst to see their discoveries make it into the hands of customers?

Re: AMA - James Alexander | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 18:32:41 -0000

Besides Stanford, what Universities have been inspirational to you in encouraging entrepreneurship the right way? How do they do that best?

Re: AMA - Gavin Appel | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 18:14:18 -0000

What are the great weaknesses of truly wonderful founders that you have observed?

Re: AMA - Gavin Appel | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 18:12:52 -0000

Having been on both sides of the table, what do you think founders most commonly misunderstand about investors and vice versa?

Re: AMA - Zoe Pointon | Sunrise

nikiscevak — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 22:58:18 -0000

Do you think you've learnt more from the successful moments of OpenAgent than your failures? What have been the important inflection points?