Alan Jones: Dreamer parents, birth of the internet + being 2nd employee for Yahoo, founder coaching advice & scaling M8 ventures

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Welcome to episode #84 w Alan Jones! Here are 5 key takeaways you will learn from this episode:

1. Influences of growing up with dreamer parents and living in 28 houses before age 17

2. Two biggest learnings being a journalist

3. Reflections on being the 2nd employee at Yahoo and employee share plans

4. What do the best founders do when speaking to investors?

5. Five people in the startup ecosystem he's learnt from the most

Please enjoy!

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TIMESTAMPS

03:13 - Where were you born and live now?

03:53 - What was your first job and what do you do now?

05:17 - Why the unsung hero co-founder of Canva is the most talent technologist in ANZ

06:48 - Influenced by “dreamer” parents and learning what entrepreneur meant

10:31 - Learning from mum and her perseverance

11:25 - Trying journalism, programming and medical paths as career paths

15:07 - The power of building your brand recognition and reputation

20:45 - Painful learning investing in hardware

24:55 - Being the 2nd employee at Yahoo and stock ownership learnings

32:12 - Nurturing up and coming investors

37:20 - What are founders not doing to stand out to investors?

42:41 - Creating your learning room of 5 operators, founders and investors

49:00 - How he’s raising a pre-seed fund in M8 ventures

55:33 - Do you feel successful?

57:35 - Best investment

1:00:23 - Appearing on the 20VC podcast