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Episode Synopsis
I’m sure you’d agree that by the time you’ve got 100,000 customers on your platform, almost 1 million users and have a valuation of over 1bn you’ve probably learned a thing or two about scaling an organisation!
But Employment Hero, led by Founder and CEO Ben Thompson has not been an overnight success. There was a series of businesses Ben led before Employment Hero in the same space, solving similar but related problems with different solutions. Each were successful in their own right, but Employment Hero has expanded rapidly and globally by truly making employment easier for SMEs across the world. And they’re just getting started.
Founder psychology is everything when you’re seeking to maximise your impact and you’re going to learn a lot about how one of Australia’s most successful Founders has thought about the principles and frameworks that drive scalability, innovation and impact when you tune into this week’s episode on ScaleUps Podcast. Enjoy this interview with Ben Thompson, Founder and CEO of Employment Hero – Australia’s most recent unicorn.
Here’s What We Cover This Week….
02:53 – Employment Hero’s (EH) Heritage and Reason for Being
14:42 – A Glimpse into Future EH Offerings
21:37 – The Benefits of a Remote-First Workforce
26:07 – Business Practices Critical to Scaling and Leading Remote Teams
30:07 – How Healthy Paranoia and Curiosity Supported Scale and Impact
33:48 – Better Innovation and Problem Solving via First Principles
39:01 – Surviving the Most Difficult Days
43:15 – Advice That Mattered – The Zoo vs The Jungle and Finding the Right Peers
50:25 – Ben’s Critical Advice to Founds – Above All Else…
57:03 – How to Follow Employment Hero’s Journey
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Watch the full episode at ScaleUps Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLlvcqAuqJMYBVUBoiixChQ
You can connect with Ben Thompson and Employment Hero at:
Website: www.employmenthero.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/employment-hero/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bthompsonemploymenthero/
or you can reach out to connect with Sean directly via:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seansteeleprofile/
Website: www.seansteele.com.au
But Employment Hero, led by Founder and CEO Ben Thompson has not been an overnight success. There was a series of businesses Ben led before Employment Hero in the same space, solving similar but related problems with different solutions. Each were successful in their own right, but Employment Hero has expanded rapidly and globally by truly making employment easier for SMEs across the world. And they’re just getting started.
Founder psychology is everything when you’re seeking to maximise your impact and you’re going to learn a lot about how one of Australia’s most successful Founders has thought about the principles and frameworks that drive scalability, innovation and impact when you tune into this week’s episode on ScaleUps Podcast. Enjoy this interview with Ben Thompson, Founder and CEO of Employment Hero – Australia’s most recent unicorn.
Here’s What We Cover This Week….
02:53 – Employment Hero’s (EH) Heritage and Reason for Being
14:42 – A Glimpse into Future EH Offerings
21:37 – The Benefits of a Remote-First Workforce
26:07 – Business Practices Critical to Scaling and Leading Remote Teams
30:07 – How Healthy Paranoia and Curiosity Supported Scale and Impact
33:48 – Better Innovation and Problem Solving via First Principles
39:01 – Surviving the Most Difficult Days
43:15 – Advice That Mattered – The Zoo vs The Jungle and Finding the Right Peers
50:25 – Ben’s Critical Advice to Founds – Above All Else…
57:03 – How to Follow Employment Hero’s Journey
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If you got value from today’s episode, please remember to:
Rate and review us on Apple Podcasts
Register to be the first to know when new episodes drop and free tools are published at www.scaleupspodcast.com, or
Drop us a question about scaling using Speakpipe on the website, or email [email protected].
Follow us on your favourite socials:
ScaleUps Podcast on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/scaleupspodcast
ScaleUps Podcast on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scaleupspodcast/
ScaleUps Podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/scaleupspodcast
Watch the full episode at ScaleUps Podcast on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLlvcqAuqJMYBVUBoiixChQ
You can connect with Ben Thompson and Employment Hero at:
Website: www.employmenthero.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/employment-hero/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bthompsonemploymenthero/
or you can reach out to connect with Sean directly via:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seansteeleprofile/
Website: www.seansteele.com.au
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