DevReady Podcast

Redefining Content Creation with Copydash.ai | Ep 105 | DevReady Podcast

In this episode of the DevReady Podcast, our hosts, Andrew Romeo and Anthony Sapountzis are joined by the guest JP Tucker, Co-Founder of Copydash.ai, who discusses his journey in the e-commerce space. He talks about how a need within his business led to the creation of Copydash.ai, a platform that helps businesses and brands create content 100x faster than other platforms and reduce project costs by up to 80%.
Topics Covered:
• The inspiration behind creating copydash.ai
• Challenges faced in the e-commerce space and the need for compelling content generation
• The role of AI in content creation and its impact on businesses
• Differentiating copydash.ai from other content generation platforms
• Strategies for optimizing product feeds and improving rankings
• The importance of trust and building credibility in the market
• Integration of copydash.ai with popular platforms like Shopify and WordPress
• Expansion plans and reaching out to larger e-commerce brands
• The value of local talent and minimizing turnover in tech teams
• Managing team dynamics
Social Media Clips (Time Stamps):
• Journey from a liquor business to an AI startup (0:37 – 6:30)
• Challenges in content creation and the ultimate power of user feedback (5:49 – 8:35)
• Empowering teams for success (9:20 – 11:59)
• AI as an empowering assistant (12:00 – 12:37)
• Navigating development challenges and the value of communication (12:38 – 16:58)
• Building engagement in virtual teams (17:04 - 19:33)
• How is copydash.ai different from Chat GPT? (19:35 – 21:24)
• Expanding platform integration (21:30 – 22:33)
• Overcoming the awareness barriers (23:24 – 24:13)
• What the future looks like for copydash.ai (24:23 – 27:03)
• Team dynamics and the power of values (27:16 – 28:51)
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The Innovation Race | Ep 104 | DevReady Podcast

In this episode of the DevReady Podcast, our hosts, Andrew Romeo and Anthony Sapountzis are joined by Andrew Grant, Director of Tirian Innovative Solutions and the Author of two highly acclaimed books, The Innovation Race and Who Killed Creativity. Andrew recorded a three-part Creativity Series with the DevReady Podcast, centered around his book, Who Killed Creativity and, in this episode, he talks about The Innovation Race. In this book, he and Gaia Grant take the latest academic research and present it in an accessible way to make a compelling case for forging a sustainable future driven by innovation. Listen to the episode to understand how to ask critical questions like - Why do we innovate? Are we at risk of innovating for the sake of innovation? What could we be doing better? – and to know why ambidexterity is vital in leadership.
Topics Covered:
What is sustainable innovation?
The two leadership styles: exploration and preservation
Need for ambidexterity
Understanding tension and managing it well
Learning from ancient cultures
Is AI the future?
Important Time Stamps:
From uncovering creativity to decoding innovation (0:48 – 3:26)
Ambidexterity as a balance between exploration and preservation (3:37 – 6:24)
Nested dimensions of exploration and preservation (6:25 – 8:28)
Overcoming the natural bias in leaders (8:33 – 11:52)
Leaders need to balance the tension in the team (11:53 – 15:37)
Learning ambidexterity from ancient cultures (18:26 – 19:13)
Collaborative Canvas (19:31 – 22:03)
Leader needs to be purpose-driven (23:55 – 26:56)
Is the future AI? (28:24 – 33:50)
iCLi assessment (43:30 – 44:38)
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Solving Today’s Problems to Build a Better Tomorrow | Ep 103 | DevReady Podcast

In this episode of the DevReady Podcast, our hosts Andrew Romeo and Anthony Sapountzis are joined by Chris Tran, Founder & Managing Partner at CapConnect; and Board of Directors at TiE. Chris talks about the Southeast Asian market and the founders' elemental role in shaping a better tomorrow by solving today's problems. Chris compares the markets in the West with the emerging market of Southeast Asia and explains how solving problems and gaining traction are essential, regardless of the market. 
Topics Covered
Chris’s work in the South East Asian Market
What founders need to consider when moving into a new market
Government’s vital role in making Singapore a tech hub
Australia’s underutilized opportunities in the tech space
Inconsistency in policies can be problematic for founders
How do the founders tap into the South East Asian market?
Understanding VCs
Why do founders succeed?
Important Time Stamps
Factors to consider when entering the South East Asian market (1:20 – 5:29)
Why is money coming to Singapore? (5:49 – 7:36)
The Australian Advantage (7:38 – 8:09)
Founders navigating the inconsistencies in policies (8:35 – 11:34)
Move towards AI? (13:36 – 15:12)
How do the founders tap into the South East Asian market? (17:06 – 19:59)
What types of start-ups/businesses are funded in Singapore? (21:13 – 23:19)
Evolution of the Fintech market in Singapore and new opportunities (23:49 – 27:20)
Market for the VCs (27:58 – 30:03)
What fuels Chris’s passion? (30:39 – 32:36)
Who are the ones that succeed? (33:55 – 35:54)
Building support for the Founder (36:39 – 39:06)
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Innovate for Growth | Ep 102 | DevReady Podcast

In this episode of the DevReady Podcast, our hosts Andrew Romeo and Anthony Sapountzis are joined by Guy Brunsdon, Founder and Managing Director of Sazoma Systems. Guy is a technologist and a product leader with global experience—from Silicon Valley (USA) to Cambridge (UK) to Australia. In this episode of the podcast, Guy talks to our hosts about his extensive networking and product management career and how he strives to help people discover and create cutting-edge products, services, and solutions from conception to launch that solve their most critical customer problems.
Topics Covered:
Background in Networking
Product Management
Sales-led growth as opposed to product-led growth
Challenges faced
The secret to Cisco’s success
Don’t find a solution that fits a problem
Focus on the discovery process
Why do products and digital transformations fail?
Jobs Theory
Systems Thinking
Important Time Stamps:
Guy’s Background and Learnings in Networking (0:56 – 4:38)
Entering the start-up space with Context Relevant (12:41 – 13:40)
Going back to Cisco (13:41 – 15:13)
Australia and product management (15:15 – 16:45)
Challenges when launching products (17:18 – 22:09)
What led to Cisco’s success?  (24:30 – 26:03)
Move from a problem space to a solution space (26:56 – 28:14)
Why do products and digital transformations fail? (30:20 – 36:07)
Systems Thinking (43:16 – 47:38)
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Unleash the Power of Sports and Join the ‘Heros Club’ | Ep 101 | DevReady Podcast

In this episode of the DevReady Podcast, our hosts, Andrew Romeo and Anthony Sapountzis, are joined by Stuart Thornton, Founder of heros.xyz, a membership club of athletes and fans committed to inspiring and investing in each other. Listen in to understand Stuart’s journey—of how he co-founded hoolah (now Shopback), Asia’s omnichannel ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ ecosystem headquartered in Singapore, and how he then went on to found heros.xyz.
Topics Covered
• Stuart’s background and how hoolah was founded
• What are the elements for a start-up?
• How to form the right team at the right time?
• Understanding merchant engagement models
• Need for MVP
• Value of communicaton in a team
• How heros.xyz was founded
Important Time Stamps
• Setting up the ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ ecosystem (1:51 – 5:12)
• The Start-Up Allure (5:13 – 7:38)
• Working With the Right People at the Right Time (9:08 – 12:33)
• The Sales Process (15:21 – 19:09)
• How to Build Traction (20:51 – 22:47)
• We Made a Sale in 10 minutes (22:48 – 25:00)
• Value Communication in the Team (31:21 - 33:05)
• How heros.xyz came to be? (33:17 – 39:32)
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Investing in a Future Driven by Creative & Responsible Technology | Episode 100 | DevReady Podcast

In this episode of the DevReady Podcast, our hosts Andrew Romeo and Anthony Sapountzis are joined by Jordan Green, President Emeritus/Founder of Melbourne Angels. Jordan has spent decades focusing on doing things that have never been done before and is passionate about investing in a future driven by creative and responsible technology development. In this episode, he talks about what fuels his work and how he realizes his vision through action, leadership, investment, education, and collaboration.
Topics Covered
• What fascinates Jordan about the start-ups.
• Introducing cutting-edge technology in the market.
• How investment works.
• How Jordan started Angel Investment in Australia.
• What matters when investing in a start-up.
• What motivates Jordan.
• Jordan’s advice to start-up founders.
Important Time Stamps
• It is exciting to be living in a world of constant change (1:06 - 3:13)
• Use cases of introducing technology in the market (2:22 - 9:39)
• Introduction of new technology (9:49 - 11:17)
• No one wants to be the first to take a risk (16:24 – 19:00)
• How Angel Investment started in Australia (19:01 - 23:07)
• Jordan's investment thesis (26:35 - 33:34)
• What keeps Jordan going? (40:02 - 40:50)
• Jordan’s advice for start-up founders (43:04 – 49:44)
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STEEP Renaissance | Episode 99 | DevReady Podcast

In this episode of the DevReady Podcast, our hosts, Andrew Romeo and Anthony Sapountzis, are joined by Neville Christie, Future Maker at STEEP Renaissance. In this episode, he talks about STEEP Renaissance and the need to change mindsets and practice gratitude. 
Neville has been an entrepreneur since the age of 12. During his 69 years in innovation, entrepreneurship, and research, he always found that the biggest problems in the world are the source of the most significant opportunities. When in 2018, he sat down and spent time researching the social, technological, economic, ecological, and political trends, and he came up with two firm conclusions:
1. The decade will see substantial structural changes in the social, technological, economic, ecological, and political fabric
2. As a result of the changes, most nations will experience 40 tsunami-like events (pandemic, recession, financial crisis, war, changes in supply chains across the world, among others)
Topics Covered
• With chaos come opportunities
• What is the STEEP Renaissance?
• Importance of changing the mindset
• Need to practice gratitude
• Need to form communities
• Importance of understanding values
Impoortant Time Stamps
• A decade of great destruction and great opportunities (2:02 – 4:58)
• Need to reinvent (5:03 – 5:53)
• How STEEP Renaissance came into being (5:55 – 7:28)
• What is the STEEP Renaissance? (10:35 – 15:00)
• Need to change the mindset (15:03 – 19:56)
• Psychology of gratitude (19:57 – 22:02)
• The power of communities (23:53 – 26:35)
• Advice for those entering business (32:09 – 35:42)
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Assembling the Right Team | Episode 98 | DevReady Podcast

In this fun episode of the DevReady Podcast, our hosts, Andrew Romeo and Anthony Sapountzis are joined by Rex Kelly, General Manager & Manager of Marketing and Sales at Aerion Technologies. The conversation centers around the parallels that can be drawn between business and the movie in the spotlight for this edition of the Podcast—Ocean’s 11.
Danny Ocean assembled an A-Team in the movie. And there’s so much to learn from the movie if you are a start-up founder or the owner of a business.
Read Anthony's article here 👉https://aerion.com.au/blog/movie-business/how-to-assemble-the-right-team-like-danny-ocean/
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SHAZAMME: Leading the Digital Recruitment Revolution with Rick Maré & Nicole Clark - Episode 97

In this episode of the DevReady Podcast, our hosts Andrew Romeo and Anthony Sapountzis talk to Rick Maré, CEO and Co-Founder of SHAZAMME, and Nicole Clarke, Co-Founder of SHAZAMME about how they created the Canva of recruitment websites. The episode is about all things business and how a business can be grown and scaled.
Topics Covered:
· How Shazamme came into being
· Catering to the needs of the recruitment industry
· Different silos of clients
· Offering services that no one else offers
· Challenges faced and lessons learned
· Evolution from the first MVP to now
· Benefits of operating in a niche market
Important Time Stamps:
· The Rolls Royce Solution for Recruitment (4:32 – 5:03)
· SHAZAMME and the Use of Cutting-Edge Tech (5:10 – 5:58)
· What Sets SHAZAMME apart from Competitors (6:00 – 11:11)
· Lessons Learned (15:09 – 20:08)
· Benefits of Low Code, No Code (27:50 – 28:59)
· MVP is crucial (29:01 – 32:45)
· Benefits of Operating in a Niche Market (32:51 – 36:26)
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Digital Healthcare & Biotech Consulting with Mark Luhovy - Episode 96

In this episode of the DevReady Podcast, our hosts Andrew Romeo and Anthony Sapountzis talk to Mark Luhovy, Founder & Principal at BioEnginuity, which provides strategic digital healthcare & biotech consulting. Listen in as the conversation takes us through Mark’s medical career, the possibilities in the digital health space, his start-up experience, and the exciting world of robotics.
Mark has spent most of his career in the medical device sector. Towards the end of his medical school journey, he decided not to pursue additional clinical training. Instead, he rolled up a lot of his experience into his own consulting business, which is what BioEnginuity. And since 2018, he has been doing really several different consulting projects with clients as large as Johnsons & Johnsons but also small as emerging medical health companies in the digital health space. When working in the US, Mark fell in love with the practical side of engineering: from product design to product implementation to sales. To him, it brought together the best of both worlds: sound fundamentals of a scientific discipline and the actuality of making tangible things.
Topics Covered
• Mark’s career in the medical sector
• Foray into the digital health space
• Possibilities for start-ups in digital health
• Surviving a major failure
• The highs and lows of running a start-up
• Challenges faced
• Key Learnings
• The exciting world of Robotics
Time Stamps
• Foray into the digital health space (2:51 – 4:57)
• Possibilities for start-ups in digital health (4:59 – 6:39)
• Why do start-ups fail? (8:27 – 11:42)
• The start-up experience is a roller coaster (15:34 – 17:43)
• Roadblocks along the way (17:44 – 20:25)
• Key learnings (24:03 – 25:42)
• Exciting world of Robotics (29:29 – 31:55)
• Connect with Mark (39:25 – 40:51)
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