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Building Pin Payments and the Hidden Cost of Taking On Australian Banks
Grant Bissett co-founded Pin Payments in 2011 to solve a problem that was holding back the entire Australian startup ecosystem. Payments!
Feb 16
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Scott Handsaker
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12 Years, Near-Death Experiences, and a Strategic Exit
A candid conversation with Tom Amos, founder and CEO of Sidekicker, about the unglamorous reality of building a marketplace startup
Feb 12
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Scott Handsaker
The Octopus Deploy Story: Building to $80M ARR Without VC
Paul and Sonia Stovell bootstrapped Octopus Deploy for a decade before taking investment from Insight Partners. The company now does $80M in annual…
Oct 26, 2025
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Scott Handsaker
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Phil Bosua on Reinventing the Light Bulb
Phil Bosua went from electrician to founder of one of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns ever. Then he lost control of his own company. Here's…
Oct 5, 2025
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Scott Handsaker
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Taking Buildkite from a Side Project to a Global Company
How an Australian developer turned his frustration with CI tools into a 13-year journey that redefined developer tooling.
Sep 7, 2025
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Scott Handsaker
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From Bug Bounties to $100M Exit: The Bootstrapped Journey of AssetNote
How two Australian hackers built a global cybersecurity company without taking a single dollar of VC funding
Aug 26, 2025
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Scott Handsaker
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GDPR Took Half Their Revenue But Made Them Stronger: The Lexer Story
How Aaron Wallis started his SaaS platform from his bedroom and survived GDPR killing half his revenue to go global.
Aug 18, 2025
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Scott Handsaker
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From Corporate Life to Cybersecurity Founder
Building Avertro through cofounder drama and a financial crisis.
Jul 27, 2025
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Scott Handsaker
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