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What makes a good mentor? And what should you do to be a good mentee? In our final episode of Level Up, we'll answer these questions and talk about how to get started with your own mentorship relationship. We're joined by Lucy Lloyd, Co-founder of Mentorloop, which is an online matchmaking site for mentoring relationships. She shares the lessons she's learned from observing hundreds of mentorship relationships in action. In an interesting twist, however, we learn that Lucy's own relationship with her mentor isn't the formal relationship you might expect from someone who runs a business focused on mentoring. Sure, Lucy and her mentor Aaron Wallis guide each other through some tricky business challenges, but they also like to enjoy a few cheeky wines along the way.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Katy Stevens had already built a career working in Customer Success (with experience in huge corporations like Microsoft) when she met her future mentor, Didier Elzinga. Little did she know, Didier was about to make her question everything … She took a role working at Culture Amp; a homegrown, Melbourne-based, high-growth technology start-up. But Katy ended up getting more than she bargained for. Some might find Didier's mentoring methods a little challenging. But Katy credits her success to those moments, and she's thankful for being pushed to new heights. She credits her relationship with Didier as a driving factor in her success today.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's episode captures one of the more unique styles of mentoring relationships — 'co-mentoring'. Mark and Marty are, independently, two very successful entrepreneurs. And they've joined forces to leverage the power of co-mentoring one another. But … their relationship began under some pretty unique circumstances as well. It all started when Mark turned up to a job interview at Marty's company wearing a neck brace. As it turns out, he'd broken his neck.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With success comes unexpected challenges. And Renee found this out the hard way … Renee Moore is the Founder and CEO of Cinch Skin, a multi-award-winning skincare brand that exploded onto the shelves of Priceline — one of Australia's largest beauty retailers. But when Cinch Skin grew 400% in a short space of time, Renee realised she needed some help. So she turned to SBE Australia, an organisation which supports and accelerates women-led business through programmes and mentorship. This is where she met her mentor, Jodie Imam. After bonding over sleepless nights and the unique challenges women face in business, Renee and Jodie soon decided to make their business relationship official.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kinfolk is a social enterprise cafe that provides training and work experience for people in marginalised communities. It was started by Jarrod Briffa, who's lack of hospitality experience often led to struggles. Enter Paul McConville, a loyal customer at Kinfolk, and a hospitality industry veteran. It wasn't uncommon for challenges to be afoot at Kinfolk. But one day, after the power tripped out yet again, Paul decided that Kinfolk needed a bit of help. Paul began to help out, and eventually became Jarrod's mentor. But what he didn't expect was the impact this experience would have on him. In this episode, you'll hear how Paul and Jarrod have been inspiring one another, both professionally and personally, for over ten years.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Liz B, and her mentor Jacqui Loustau, are two powerful women working in cybersecurity. They first crossed paths at an industry event where Liz made quite an impression on Jacqui before they even spoke for the first time. Fast forward to today, where Liz and Jacqui have set up the AWSN (the Australian Women in Security Network) which supports, inspires and mentors women working in security. In this episode, you'll hear some of the challenges they've faced over their careers, the lessons they've learnt along the way, as well as a heartbreaking story (with a happy ending) that really drives home the value of having a mentor.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Australian radio legend, Jules Lund, had a great business idea and the determination, confidence and contacts to pull it off. However, he quickly realised that although he had the enthusiasm, he didn't quite have the business acumen to make TRIBE successful … Enter Anthony Svirskis, an experienced entrepreneur who Jules hired to be TRIBE's CEO (and Jules' new boss). But from the get-go, their relationship was pretty unconventional. In today's episode of Level Up, Jules and Ant teach us what they've learnt about open communication, how to learn from each other's strengths, and the value of confronting conflict head-on.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This story begins with Kirsteene Phelan throwing it all on the line. After she witnesses Rome2rio's CEO, Rod Cuthbert, meeting with a PR firm in their shared office space, she saunters over and tells him to ditch the PR firm and hire her instead! This moment marks the beginning of Kirsteene's career in the travel industry. Kirsteene and Rod begin working together at Rome2rio, and as the years go by they develop a wonderful friendship. They travel to industry conferences together, and Rod helps elevate Kirsteene's career in the travel industry by inviting her on conference panels and by opening new doors for her. And yes, the travel industry is a lot of hard work. But the duo do get up to some shenanigans along the way. And one particular prank they play at an industry conference leads to an interesting outcome …Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Disrupting a billion-dollar industry can prove to be a … traumatic experience. At least, that’s what DJ Dikic discovered when building Palette and Tint — two really exciting start-ups — with the mission to change the century-old industry of paint. Helping DJ on his path is Adam Lewis, an established businessman with a mentoring style that is pretty unconventional. And as you'll hear, DJ's reaction to being confronted is quite striking! On this episode, you’ll learn about growing through discomfort as we follow DJ’s journey through adversity and personal growth.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, we follow one company on a journey of growth. Nathan Chan is the CEO of Foundr Magazine, an online media and education business which is fast becoming the go-to online source for entrepreneurs and start-ups. Over the years, Nathan had interviewed people like Richard Branson, Tony Robbins and Gary Vee. And Foundr had been producing great content and top-level training resources. But in 2016, Nathan found himself struggling with an issue that all successful start-ups find themselves struggling with at some point in time: scaling. And that's where Steve McLeod comes in.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You've definitely heard the stories about visionary entrepreneurs and how they built their companies to incredible heights. But behind these icons of business, there's a story which often goes untold ... the story of the mentorship that helped them get there. Level Up is a show about the personal growth of some great Australian entrepreneurs and start-ups, and the mentors who've helped them along the way.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Envato's capacity to create new products is relentless. They don't all work but there's one product that's tipped to be a very large part of the business in the coming years.  Even in the early days of the company it had created not one but three marketplaces. This is the final episode of the third season.  Share the show and leave a review where you're listening.   Scale Up is a podcast by LaunchVic, Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. For more information on the series or anything happening in Victoria's startup scene visit launchvic.org.   GhostPatrol website / Instagram Medium: Fair revenue share for independent designers, Xavier Russo Medium: How To Make Streaming Royalties Fair(er), Sharky Laguana LaunchVic: a review of Melbourne's Digital Marketplace McKinsey: The three horizons of growth   All the sounds and music in this season of Scale Up are from Envato Elements.   Credits Hosted by Courtney Carthy Thanks to the following people in this episode in no particular order. Ghostpatrol AKA David Booth Collis Ta'eed James Ross Prof Michael Vitale Monica McCormick Xavier Russo Julian DohertySupport the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Envato is strangely unencumbered by external deadlines, forces, companies, weather, politics and many other things that traditional businesses might be.  In the head office on King Street there’s a peculiar but positive sense of calm that exists as soon as you swipe into the building.   Scale Up is a podcast by LaunchVic, Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. For more information on the series or anything happening in Victoria's startup scene visit launchvic.org.   Credits Hosted by Courtney Carthy Thanks to the following people in this episode in no particular order Lindsay Andrew Matthew Cox James Giroux Collis Ta-eed Nick Rasmussen Julian Doherty Gus Gollings James Ross Monica McCormickSupport the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You've never heard of a company profit share like this. Wanting to take a more systematic approach to how the company shares its profit the team at the top gets a small team in HR together to keep a secret and get busy. What they do will only ever and can only ever happen once at Envato.   Scale Up is a podcast by LaunchVic, Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. For more information on the series or anything happening in Victoria's startup scene visit launchvic.org.   Credits Hosted by Courtney Carthy Thanks to the following people in this episode in no particular order Mary-Anne Cosgrove Peter Rhoades Collis Ta-eed Amber Johnson Nick Rasmussen Julian Doherty Briany Kalms Kelly DentSupport the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Being a huge website makes you a big target for people with bad intentions. And when they decide to act it can often come in the form of a distributed denial of service attack - a DDOS attack. What happens when Envato's targeted and how do they respond? Whoever's on call get's to work quickly.   Scale Up is a podcast by LaunchVic, Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. For more information on the series or anything happening in Victoria's startup scene visit launchvic.org.   Credits Hosted by Courtney Carthy Thanks to the following people in this episode Mario Visic Lindsay Andrew James RossSupport the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"When the community succeeds, we succeed" One of the the values (see last episode) and emblematic of the focus Envato retains on its treasured and longtime community of authors. Building the global community has been a focus from the start. It is why Envato can keep diversifying, scaling and increasing the huge amount of revenue that flows through it to the community. Scale Up is a podcast by LaunchVic, Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. For more information on the series or anything happening in Victoria's startup scene visit launchvic.org. Credits Hosted by Courtney Carthy Thanks to the following people in this episode Collis Ta'eed Cyan Ta'eed Kate McInnes Mario Visic James Giroux Brett Elliott Josh Janssen Julian Doherty Nick RasmussenSupport the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In a Friday meeting Collis Ta'eed's phone starts buzzing. Someone appears at the window. Then half the executive team are waiting outside. Something's going on. It's one thing to have values, it's another to stand by them even if it negatively affects the business. When push came to shove Envato's made those choices. Almost more than any other, "Values" is the word people at Envato used when describing the company. Scale Up is a podcast by LaunchVic, Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. For more information on the series or anything happening in Victoria's startup scene visit launchvic.org. Credits Hosted by Courtney Carthy Thanks to the following people in this episode Collis Ta'eed Jo Miller Kate McInnes Mary-Anne Cosgrove Matthew Cox Cyan Ta'eed Paul MoranSupport the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Envato has never taken outside investment. For a tech company if this size that’s a very rare feat. While many start ups chase venture capital to aid growth, validation and scale, Envato has been building over a decade uninfluenced by investors looking for an exit. Scale Up is a podcast by LaunchVic, Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. For more information on the series or anything happening in Victoria's startup scene visit launchvic.org. CREDITS Hosted by Courtney Carthy Thanks to the following people in this episode Cyan Ta'eed Gus Gollings Brett Elliott Xavier Russo Kate Kendall Collis Ta'eed Music in this episode was supplied through Envato Elements. Experimental Piano Flickering Lights Relaxin' Jazz Loop Inspirational OrchestraSupport the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What's it like to join Envato? The process from the outside to inside reveals some telling characteristics of Envato’s culture and values. People from around the world are landing in Melbourne to start work on King Street. Scale Up is a podcast by LaunchVic, Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. For more information on the series or anything happening in Victoria's startup scene visit launchvic.org. CREDITS Hosted by Courtney Carthy Thanks to the following people in this episode Nick Rasmussen Amber Johnson Lindsay Andrew Gus Gollings Annie Denton Mario Visic Jay Hyett Adam Noonan Michelle Ridsdale Collis Ta'eed Xavier Russo Ben Leong Mario Cuba Music in this episode was supplied through Envato Elements. Tracks included;  Experimental Piano Flickering Lights Dreamy Big Show Opener Relaxin' Jazz Loop Fun Indie Pop AdventureSupport the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This season we look into a Victorian company that's best described as a spaceship. Experiencing Envato from within makes the world outside that's not on either side of the marketplace almost irrelevant. Though it's in Envato's powerful and human focused values that keep it familiar, give it a conscience and inspire those who work for or with the incredibly successful digital marketplace. Actually it's many marketplaces. And more. Over 50 interviews with employees of all levels, past and present, reveal what a lightning strike this company is and how it'll have a hand in so much of what we see, hear, watch and experience online. Scale Up is a podcast by LaunchVic, Victoria's startup ecosystem development agency. For more information on the series or anything happening in Victoria's startup scene visit launchvic.org Subscribe where you're listening or on your favourite podcast app. Please leave a review of the series and let us know what you think. Check out LaunchVic.org for more information.Support the show: http://www.launchvic.orgSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.