When Anthony Woods was growing up in Perth, he and his dad had a deal: “He [dad] would break the home computer, and I would fix it.” 

The seeds of his career would grow from this family pastime. 

The software engineer is now the co-founder of Grafana Labs, a tech company valued at $13 billion with 25 million users around the world who rely on its simple-to-use data visualisation services.

In the final episode of season six of How I Made It, host Lauren Sams finds out how this founder turned a little-known start-up into a software giant.

This podcast was sponsored by Sinch Engage.

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