This week’s Startup 360 sees Simon Thomsen return with a brand new cohost – Fishburners CEO Majella Campbell.
And to have a good time episode 15’s new workforce, their friends this week are two “Fishies” founders – Barb Woodruff Swanson from Achieved Life, and Mossy Taheri from proptech Rising Returns.
There’s a little bit of a journey theme to this week’s present, and with Majella’s dad and mom at present cruising off the coast of Italy, Simon needs to know why they’re not recording on the boat.
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Barb’s a veteran founder and single mom of three children who’s led high-growth SaaS gross sales groups throughout the US and APAC, and had her first startup – a precursor to Uber Eats within the pre-smartphone period – greater than 25 years in the past. Having successfully managed world groups of lots of of individuals throughout 9 international locations, she was struck by the truth that she couldn’t discover a CRM-like product to cope with household life in a equally environment friendly manner (so that you don’t neglect it’s your flip to convey the oranges for sport on the weekend).
And so she’s constructed Achieved Life.
“I had a one, three, and a 5 yr outdated, and I used to be the managing director for TeamViewer in Asia Pacific, and I used to be touring each single week. In 9 months, I did 36 journeys,” Barb recollects.
“The youngsters nonetheless had all their actions… so how do you coordinate all these folks? And there was no type of calendaring system that everybody may very well be on, so I really simply began making copies of no matter CRM I used to be utilizing on the time… I’ve purchased each single paper and digital calendar, job checklist, like, integration instrument on the planet. I’ve tried every thing… The truth is that right here I used to be working these large groups, and I may do it very simply as a result of I had a CRM that introduced all the data I wanted into one place, allowed me to handle that data with clicks…and there nonetheless just isn’t an answer on the market [for families].
Achieved Life is solves that downside.
Startup 360’s discuss with Barb concerned tears, laughter and the practicalities of life within the startup lane whereas elevating teenagers.
Mossy’s additionally nicely travelled, having visited greater than 40 international locations.
Whereas working his purchaser’s company, he joined Fishies started spending extra time round tech founders and recognised a possibility to innovate. Mossy’s now growing a proptech startup that leverages AI to assist Australians make smarter, quicker property selections.
Given property is our nationwide obsession, Majella couldn’t resist asking him the place to spend $2 million, the shocking reply is he recommended shopping for 3 homes in 3 totally different capital cities.
A mechanical engineer and information nerd, Mossy defined the way it analytics reveal deeper truths when investing in property.
He additionally shared his adventures in Russia in the course of the world cup and the well-known identify he’d make use of if he may.
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