Founder Institute Australia & NZ
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Founder Institute @founding #NewZealand & #Australia chapter. Running 2 cohorts a year including 2026! Great founders start here: https://t.co/iYnV5HinDE
Sydney, New South Wales
Joined October 2017
Thank you Rebecca Dooley #Partner at #Addisons @addisonslawyers for being our @founding #Founder Institute #Australia #NewZealand #NZ #ANZ #legal #mentor #Lawyer for #startup #founders #StartupLegals Scan the QR code for a kind Thank you from a #FounderInstitute portfolio startup
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@realaniskhan Figure out what works by running cheap experiments. Do more of that.
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One thing you'll notice in a business: If Sales start selling more, everything else seems to fall into place magically. Production will figure out how to deliver more product. Accounting will determine how to collect the increased accounts receivable. Support will figure out to
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Keep your sales messaging simple - here is your problem - here is the impact of solving it - here is why what you're doing is failing - here is how we're having success using x All you're doing is identifying a big enough pain to solve for from a unique new angle they missed
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startups - from my experience its much harder to get free users to start paying than to acquire paid users from the start
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Thanks @clarktweeting for taking @founding #Australia sailing again. Chris Clark #TEEM #FractionalTalent #fractional #talent #Australian #startup #startOz #startupAUS #fiWorldwide #FounderInstitute #Sydney
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Thanks @clarktweeting for taking @foundingSYD @founding #Australia sailing again. Chris Clark #TEEM #FractionalTalent #fractional #talent #Australian #startup #startOz #startupAUS #fiWorldwide #FounderInstitute #Sydney
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Our most recent @founding face to face #networking #event in person in #Auckland #NewZealand #ANZ #NZ ahead of our next #startup #accelerator #PreAccelerator cohort February 2026 for four months part-time, online #Remote #Virtual
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New Zealand fintech Wych has raised NZ $1.5 million (A$1.32m) to accelerate open banking delivery in New Zealand and Australia . https://t.co/lWKbhPkAwz
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The round was New Zealand FinTech Fund with participation from the NZX-listed Booster Innovation Fund and other strategic investors.
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Great startup ideas aren’t born perfect. They are built, tested, and refined, just like Slack, Instagram, YouTube, Shopify, and Pinterest. The same process applies to your idea. With structure, feedback, and accountability, you can go from “I think” to “I know”.
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from my startup experience selling high cost things is a lot easier than selling low cost things
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Thanks @foundingSYD mentors #FiWorldwide @founding #NSW #Australia #StartOz #StartupAUS #StartupNZ #ANZ #NZ
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Watch a short intro to @foundingSYD the #Sydney #NSW timezone chapter for @founding running again February 2026 to June 2026 for anyone across #Australia and #NewZealand New Zealand #NZ #ANZ including Regional, Rural, Remote #startup #founders
#Founder Institute overview by @foundingSYD #Australia #NewZealand @founding #FiWorldwide #Startup #accelerator #StartOz #StartupAUS #StartupNZ #ANZ #NZ #Startups
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it’s 100x harder to go from $0 to $1k MRR than to go from $100k to $1M MRR
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Startups require you to stay in the game long enough to let things compound. There are no overnight success stories. It all takes years. Keep going.
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here's something most folks don't realize until they spend enough time in sales sales material should be sent near bottom-of-funnel, seldom at top-of-funnel
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