What Led You Here with Steve Vamos
What Led You Here with Steve Vamos
In an increasingly complex and fast changing world, Steve Vamos, CEO of Xero talks to CEOs, founders and entrepreneurs about their path to success and how they have embraced change, made sacrifices, overcome fear and demonstrated true belief in their ideas. Guests on the show share their tips, experiences and learnings and how they instil their belief in others who are on the journey with them.Social links:
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Meet Xero’s new CEO: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy
In a fascinating final episode of What Led You Here - Steve Vamos closes out the podcast with one of the most important discussions yet. He speaks with Sukhinder Singh Cassidy - a founder, entrepreneur and Xero’s newly appointed global CEO. With an entrepreneurial spirit developed from an early age…
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Having the self belief to create your own path with Jules Lund
In this episode Steve Vamos chats with Jules Lund, well known Australian TV and radio celebrity, and founder of the hugely successful social media and influencer marketing company, TRIBE. The company entered the realm of influencer making with a different idea, rejecting the traditional focus on re…
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Refusing to take 'no' for an answer with Connor McLeod
In this episode, Steve Vamos speaks with Connor McLeod who at just 12 years of age and blind from birth, started a petition to the Australian government to introduce tactile banknotes letting blind or vision-impaired people quickly identify its value. When he was initially brushed off, he lobbied …
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Kicking Goals with Bex Smith
In this episode Steve Vamos talks with Rebecca Smith, or Bex as she is known in the professional football world. This conversation reflects on Bex’s journey from a top professional football player including being a two-time Olympian, and captain of the New Zealand side in two World Cup… to a busine…
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Riding the waves of inspiration with Jenn Low
Steve Vamos is joined by Jenn Low, founder and CEO of Wanderlust + Co, the Malaysian-based brand creating high-street fashion jewellery priced for real people. Jenn started her company on the floor of her bedroom in Melbourne when she was in her early 20s and describes how her 12 year journey has b…
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The twists and turns on the path to success with Cal Henderson
Steve Vamos is joined by Cal Henderson, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Slack - the fastest startup to reach “unicorn” status, achieving a billion-dollar valuation in just over a year. This is a fascinating discussion about how staying true to your purpose can lead you in many different…
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Steve's Favourite Tips from Season One
In this episode, Steve Vamos recaps on his favourite tips and insights from his guests in the first season of What Led You Here. You'll hear from John Collison, Co-Founder of Stripe and Rod Drury, Founder of Xero, about the importance of having belief in your idea and how using this belief helps to…
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Emma Lewisham I Co-Founder & CEO of Emma Lewisham I Giving More Than You Take
In this episode, Steve chats to Emma Lewisham, Co-Founder and CEO of the natural skincare company by the same name…. Emma Lewisham. Over the course of the last three years Emma and her team has pioneered her line of scientifically backed,100 percent natural skincare products that have challenged th…
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Anthony Zaccaria I Co-founder of Linktree I The Great Social Hack
In this episode, Steve chats with Anthony Zaccaria, co-founder and CCO of Linktree - a company that has created the market leading tool enabling creators, brands, artists, publishers, agencies, and businesses of all sizes to curate an online ecosystem, engage with their audience and monetize their …
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Rod Drury I Founder of Xero I Built on Belief
In this episode Steve Vamos chats to Xero’s Founder, Rod Drury. As the company celebrates its 15th year anniversary, they discuss Rod’s unwavering belief in the key role technology could play in making life better for people in small business, their advisors and communities all around the world. Th…
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