What Led You Here with Steve Vamos

Feb 07 2023 21 mins
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In an increasingly complex and fast changing world, Steve Vamos, CEO of Xero talks to CEOs, founders and entrepreneurs about their path to success and how they have embraced change, made sacrifices, overcome fear and demonstrated true belief in their ideas. Guests on the show share their tips, experiences and learnings and how they instill their belief in others who are on the journey with them.

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Meet Xero’s new CEO: Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

Feb 07 2023 25 mins  
In a fascinating final episode of What Led You Here - Steve Vamos closes out the podcast with one of the most important discussions yet. He speaks with Sukhinder Singh Cassidy - a founder, entrepreneur and Xero’s newly appointed global CEO. With an entrepreneurial spirit developed from an early age, Sukhinder shares the many career decisions, steps, risks and leadership lessons s

Having the self belief to create your own path with Jules Lund

Dec 19 2022 26 mins  
In this episode Steve Vamos chats with Jules Lund, well known Australian TV and radio celebrity, and founder of the hugely successful social media and influencer marketing company, TRIBE. The company entered the realm of influencer making with a different idea, rejecting the traditional focus on reach to concentrate on the power of smaller, more personal micro-influencers to promot

Refusing to take 'no' for an answer with Connor McLeod

Nov 14 2022 20 mins  
In this episode, Steve Vamos speaks with Connor McLeod who at just 12 years of age and blind from birth, started a petition to the Australian government to introduce tactile banknotes letting blind or vision-impaired people quickly identify its value. When he was initially brushed off, he lobbied MPs and lodged a formal complaint to the Human Rights Commission. He even went to Canb

Kicking Goals with Bex Smith

Oct 03 2022 20 mins  
In this episode Steve Vamos talks with Rebecca Smith, or Bex as she is known in the professional football world. This conversation reflects on Bex’s journey from a top professional football player including being a two-time Olympian, and captain of the New Zealand side in two World Cup… to a business leader and founder of two companies. Bex is a powerhouse who tells a heartfelt

Riding the waves of inspiration with Jenn Low

Jul 26 2022 29 mins  
Steve Vamos is joined by Jenn Low, founder and CEO of Wanderlust + Co, the Malaysian-based brand creating high-street fashion jewellery priced for real people. Jenn started her company on the floor of her bedroom in Melbourne when she was in her early 20s and describes how her 12 year journey has been influenced by sources of inspiration including; the discovery of an unserved mark

The twists and turns on the path to success with Cal Henderson

Jul 13 2022 26 mins  
Steve Vamos is joined by Cal Henderson, Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer at Slack - the fastest startup to reach “unicorn” status, achieving a billion-dollar valuation in just over a year. This is a fascinating discussion about how staying true to your purpose can lead you in many different directions on the path to success. Cal shares details of his journey and the many

Steve's Favourite Tips from Season One

Mar 14 2022 10 mins  
In this episode, Steve Vamos recaps on his favourite tips and insights from his guests in the first season of What Led You Here. You'll hear from John Collison, Co-Founder of Stripe and Rod Drury, Founder of Xero, about the importance of having belief in your idea and how using this belief helps to overcome fear or doubt. You'll hear from Emma Lewisham and Anthony Zaccaria about wh

Emma Lewisham I Co-Founder & CEO of Emma Lewisham I Giving More Than You Take

Dec 07 2021 17 mins  
In this episode, Steve chats to Emma Lewisham, Co-Founder and CEO of the natural skincare company by the same name…. Emma Lewisham. Over the course of the last three years Emma and her team has pioneered her line of scientifically backed,100 percent natural skincare products that have challenged the accepted operating methods in the super-competitive global market for luxury

Anthony Zaccaria I Co-founder of Linktree I The Great Social Hack

Nov 15 2021 20 mins  
In this episode, Steve chats with Anthony Zaccaria, co-founder and CCO of Linktree - a company that has created the market leading tool enabling creators, brands, artists, publishers, agencies, and businesses of all sizes to curate an online ecosystem, engage with their audience and monetize their passion. This is one of the truly great hacks in the world of social commerce. Today

Rod Drury I Founder of Xero I Built on Belief

Oct 18 2021 25 mins  
In this episode Steve Vamos chats to Xero’s Founder, Rod Drury. As the company celebrates its 15th year anniversary, they discuss Rod’s unwavering belief in the key role technology could play in making life better for people in small business, their advisors and communities all around the world. This belief was his north star and a little known company in New Zealand wa