David Shein first emigrated from South Africa to Australia in 1986. 9 months after touching down he founded his company Com Tech, a specialist supplier of networking and communications products. He grew the business for 14 years and eventually sold it to Dimension Data for over $1bil. At the time of David's exit, Com Tech employed over 1,400 people, had offices Australia wide, and achieved revenues of $700 million. After leaving Com Tech, David transitioned into becoming an investor and mentor to a number of startups. He is the GP and cofounder of Our Innovation Fund, an early stage venture capital fund that invests in exciting Australian startups, as well as a founding partner in the Israeli Venture Capital enterprise, OurCrowd, the first Global Equity Based Crowd Funding Platform.
In this episode, David discusses:-Where his love of mentoring startups comes from-Why he feels lucky to have landed a terrible job when he first arrived in Australia-How customer service fueled his company's growth-Why he was called a "one minute manager"-The challenge of transitioning out of the role of founder after exiting-His philosophy towards the investor-founder relationship
...and a whole lot more! Ian loved having a chat with David and we think you'll love giving it a listen.

<div>David Shein first emigrated from South Africa to Australia in 1986. 9 months after touching down he founded his company Com Tech, a specialist supplier of networking and communications products. He grew the business for 14 years and eventually sold it to Dimension Data for over $1bil. At the time of David's exit, Com Tech employed over 1,400 people, had offices Australia wide, and achieved revenues of $700 million. After leaving Com Tech, David transitioned into becoming an investor and mentor to a number of startups. He is the GP and cofounder of Our Innovation Fund, an early stage venture capital fund that invests in exciting Australian startups, as well as a founding partner in the Israeli Venture Capital enterprise, OurCrowd, the first Global Equity Based Crowd Funding Platform.</div><div><br></div><div>In this episode, David discusses:</div><div>-Where his love of mentoring startups comes from</div><div>-Why he feels lucky to have landed a terrible job when he first arrived in Australia</div><div>-How customer service fueled his company's growth</div><div>-Why he was called a "one minute manager"</div><div>-The challenge of transitioning out of the role of founder after exiting</div><div>-His philosophy towards the investor-founder relationship</div><div><br></div><div>...and a whole lot more! Ian loved having a chat with David and we think you'll love giving it a listen.</div>

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David Shein first emigrated from South Africa to Australia in 1986. 9 months after touching down he founded his company Com Tech, a...

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