I'm delighted to be welcoming back David Shein, the Co-founder and General Partner of Our Innovation Fund, as my guest for Episode 157 of The Startup Playbook Podcast.

We last spoke on the podcast a year ago, where David shared his lessons and journey as the Founder of Com Tech, a business that over 14 years he grew to 1,400 staff before being acquired by Dimension Data for $1B.

We also spoke about David’s role as the Co-founder &amp; General Partner at our Innovation Fund, an early stage VC fund that has just closed it’s 3rd fund worth over $100M to invest in exciting Australian startups.

David is coming back on the podcast to discuss his recently published a book titled; “The Dumbest Guy at the Table: How I founded Australia’s first unicorn” to uncover many of the lessons he picked up from his time as a founder &amp; investor.

Not only is the book full of fantastic insights and lessons, the book is supporting a great cause as well with 100% of the proceeds from this book going to The Black Dog Institute to raise money for mental health research.

In this episode we discussed a wide range of topics including:
- The importance of keeping A players and how to deal with bad hires
- What David looks for in early stage investments
- Lessons from having legendary sports starts such as Bob Dwyer and Ian Chappel on the Com Tech Board
- Why founders should focus on simplicity
& much more

Full show notes available at startupplaybook.co

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Ep157 - David Shein (GP - Our Innovation Fund) on lessons from building Australia's first unicorn

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Ep157 - David Shein (GP - Our Innovation Fund) on lessons from building Australia's first unicorn

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