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Saurav Risbud 4 Episodes Aug 20, 2026

An interview show about the messy, winding path to doing meaningful work.

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From startup investing to building his own | Kevin Lu
From startup investing to building his own | Kevin Lu Aug 20, 2026 00:40:25 Kevin Lu is the founder of Atrium, an AI comms and relations team built to help founders, execs, and investors manage and nurture relationships. Before founding, Kevin spent six years on the other side of the table as a VC at Reinventure and AirTree.Kevin and Saurav talk about the pain point that sparked Atrium, the joy of building with his brother, lessons from fundraising in the US versus Austra
From Eucalyptus to $100M robotics startup | Joe Harris
From Eucalyptus to $100M robotics startup | Joe Harris Aug 12, 2026 00:47:22 Joe Harris is the founder of Alloy, an AI-native data platform helping robotics companies manage their data and ship safer, more reliable robots. Alloy just closed an $11.5M seed round at a $115M valuation, backed by leading Australian VCs and angels from OpenAI, Tesla, Anthropic and more.Before Alloy, Joe led growth at telehealth company Eucalyptus, which recently sold to Hims for over $1 billion
From email newsletter to Australia's first sales school | Dan Brockwell
From email newsletter to Australia's first sales school | Dan Brockwell Aug 7, 2026 00:46:35 Dan is the co-founder of Earlywork, Australia's first sales school helping people build 6-figure careers in sales. He's also an R&B musician, performing under the name BROCKNROLL.Saurav and Dan chat about building a business around pain instead of passion, why he and his co-founders took the decision to pivot and halve their revenue, how posting online has been a huge source of opportu
From Canva PM to seven-figure design studio | Audrey T
From Canva PM to seven-figure design studio | Audrey T Jul 20, 2026 00:39:49 Audrey runs Mapo Studio, offering product design for AI-first startups and scaleups like Heidi Health, Relevance AI, Eucalyptus and Lorikeet. She's also grown to over 100K followers across social media platforms, posting about working in tech, freelancing and running a business. In this episode, Audrey and Saurav talk about the importance of asking for what you want, what good AI product desig
From VC investor to debut novelist | Jessy Wu
From VC investor to debut novelist | Jessy Wu Jul 7, 2026 00:46:19 Jessy Wu spent seven years as a management consultant and VC investor before walking away to do two things: start a business and write a novel. A year and a half later, she's done both — running her comms agency, Encour, and publishing her debut novel, Good Intentions.In this episode, Jessy and Saurav talk about why she left a stable career in finance to chase writing, how she turned her real expe
From redundancy to 600K+ podcast listeners | Vidit Agarwal
From redundancy to 600K+ podcast listeners | Vidit Agarwal Jun 15, 2026 01:00:32 Vidit Agarwal is the Founder & CEO of Curiosity Centre, an Insights, Marketing & Consulting Firm trusted across the USA, Australia, India and New Zealand. He also hosts The High Flyers podcast, releasing over 250 episodes with senior leaders in tech, government, sports and beyond.But the path here was anything but linear. A below-average ATAR, a pathway diploma at RMIT, three years at Cole
Build Australia, startup marketing and sabbaticals | Franko Ali
Build Australia, startup marketing and sabbaticals | Franko Ali Jun 1, 2026 01:09:21 Franko Ali has spent over a decade in marketing and storytelling, from growing YouTube channels at Discovery Media in San Francisco to brand-building for one of Australia's leading venture capital firms. This year, he's taking a sabbatical to reset while still staying in motion. He's helping to launch Build Australia: a grassroots movement turning collective anxiety about the future in

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