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WTF does an Operations Lead do?
Startmate Collective
Career
WTF does an Operations Lead do?

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Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

“Operations is probably one of the most misunderstood startup roles”, says Dovetail’s Business Operations and Finance Lead Kanav Bhama.
How world-class athlete Christie Jenkins trained her way into venture capital
First Believers
How world-class athlete Christie Jenkins trained her way into venture capital

By

Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

Learning to invest in startups is just like training as an elite athlete, says Christie Jenkins.
From 0 to 50,000: Wild Hearts host Mason Yates’ five podcasting tips
Community
From 0 to 50,000: Wild Hearts host Mason Yates’ five podcasting tips

By

Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

Blackbird Associate Mason Yates has amassed more than 50,000 listens since launching Wild Hearts in 2020.
An ode to ambition
Accelerator
An ode to ambition

By

Phoebe Pincus

August 28, 2025

Let Phoebe Pincus introduce you to our motley, inspiring, ambitious and bullish Winter22 founders.
Why talented women need startups, and why startups need talented women
Startmate Collective
Career
Why talented women need startups, and why startups need talented women

By

Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

Send the women in your life who are wasting their time in rigid, boring or soul-sucking roles to our Women Fellowship page.
Why this crash-course on management might be the best thing you ever do for your career.
Community
Why this crash-course on management might be the best thing you ever do for your career.

By

Phoebe Pincus

August 28, 2025

If you’re lucky enough, at some point in your career, you’ll be promoted into a management position.‍
WTF does a Chief of Staff do?
Startmate Collective
Career
WTF does a Chief of Staff do?

By

Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

What are the day-to-day responsibilities of a chief of staff? And how do you move into this role? I put these questions to Harrison.ai’s Thuy Thai and Forage's Anna Prell.
WTF does a Head of Talent do?
Startmate Collective
Career
WTF does a Head of Talent do?

By

Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

What are the day-to-day responsibilities of someone in talent acquisition? How do you break into this space? I put these questions to EVP’s Head of Talent Fred Callaghan.
Welcome to Startmate City
Startmate
Welcome to Startmate City

By

Michael Batko

August 28, 2025

One of our 10-year goals is to build a 1-million-person technology city in Australia or New Zealand that attracts ambition, ignites innovation, boosts quality of life and fosters human connection.
From Wish to Seachange: How engineer Adam Flynn navigated the “long and messy” process of finding his purpose
Community
From Wish to Seachange: How engineer Adam Flynn navigated the “long and messy” process of finding his purpose

By

Bronte McHenry

August 28, 2025

Adam Flynn describes the journey from first engineer at e-commerce startup Wish to VP of Engineering at Seachange as “deeply, deeply, deeply difficult”.
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