Ep 12: HYPOTHESIS-DRIVEN with Rachael Neumann - a podcast by ALTS Projects

Rachael Neumann plays across many parts of the startup ecosystem, recently as the founder of Working Theory Angels - a new angel network designed to mobilise more investment into early stage startups and attract new investors to the space and previously as Head of Startups in Australia & New Zealand for Amazon Web Services.

She is a  strategic advisor and investor to a number of founders and their early stage companies and is a Partner in Startmate, Australia’s most ambitious accelerator. She also works to create the right policy environment that’s conducive to a thriving sector, serving on the Board for StartupAus - Australia's national startup advocacy and lobby group.

Rachael was the Managing Director of Eventbrite Australia, and also served as Eventbrite’s Director of Customer Experience Strategy in Silicon Valley after a stint as a Case Team Leader at Bain & Company in Silicon Valley and throughout Australia, advising Technology, Private Equity, Consumer Products and Retail businesses.

Matching her passion for startups is her love for modern art, and she proudly serves on the Council of Trustees for the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV).

A few points in the chit-chat:

1. Not forgetting the real and valuable lessons of recent times
2. A career that takes curvy winding paths
3. Preparing for the jobs of the future by being hypothesis driven
4. Preparing youth for the future
5. Selling solutions to human pain points
6. An unconventional career path into startups and technology
7. Solving real problems for large and growing markets through innovative business models and technology
8. An opportunity for everyone to get involved 

Notes and Links:

• Working Theory Angels
• Startmate
• Startmate Fellowship
• Startup Australia
• Amazon Web Services Activate
• Bain & Company
• Blackbird
• Columbia University
• Council of Trustees, National Gallery of Victoria
• Culture Amp
• Eventbrite
• Fuckup Nights Melbourne
• John Doerr (Kleiner Perkins)
• LaunchVIC
• New Schools Ventures Fund
• NGV Open platform during COVID
• Singularity University
• Stanford University

Follow @rneumann6826 on Twitter and @WorkingTheoryAU on Twitter

 

Music by Gareth Leach Music by way of Bateman

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