The Unicorn Launcher: A Business Growth Story

The Unicorn Launcher: A Business Growth Story

The Unicorn Launcher

The Unicorn Launcher is a business podcast like no other. Follow the real, raw and unfiltered lives of two Australian tech founders pulling apart and rebuilding their small company under the guidance of Silicon Valley super-coach, Matt Mochary (Coinbase, Robinhood, Reddit and more).

What Have We Learned? The Finale

What Have We Learned? The Finale

The Unicorn Launcher is a business podcast like no other. Follow the real, raw and unfiltered lives of two Australian tech founders pulling apart and rebuilding their small company under the guidance of Silicon Valley super-coach, Matt Mochary (Coinbase, Robinhood, Reddit and more).In the final episode, Ben and Joel head to the US to put all Matt's teachings into practice and launch their journey to go from start-up to billion-dollar unicorn. This episode features Matt Mochary as well a

Oct 31, 2022 • 34:07

Attracting Investment... and When you Shouldn't

Attracting Investment... and When you Shouldn't

The Unicorn Launcher is a business podcast like no other. Follow the real, raw and unfiltered lives of two Australian tech founders pulling apart and rebuilding their small company under the guidance of Silicon Valley super-coach, Matt Mochary (Coinbase, Robinhood, Reddit and more).In this episode, Ben and Joel go through the pain of trying to raise enough money to finance their expansion into the US and rebuild of their product team. With time and options running out, Matt offers a rad

Oct 17, 2022 • 26:27

How to Pitch... and What to Sell

How to Pitch... and What to Sell

The Unicorn Launcher is a business podcast like no other. Follow the real, raw and unfiltered lives of two Australian tech founders pulling apart and rebuilding their small company under the guidance of Silicon Valley super-coach, Matt Mochary (Coinbase, Robinhood, Reddit and more).In this episode, Ben has to quickly turn around a troubled pitch before the company runs out of investment opportunities, and Matt is quick to spot where the problem lies. Meanwhile Joel is facing a stark question: Is

Oct 3, 2022 • 27:18

Organisation, Zen, and Coping with Stress

Organisation, Zen, and Coping with Stress

The Unicorn Launcher is a business podcast like no other. Follow the real, raw and unfiltered lives of two Australian tech founders pulling apart and rebuilding their small company under the guidance of Silicon Valley super-coach, Matt Mochary (Coinbase, Robinhood, Reddit and more).In this episode, Ben and Joel take a closer look at how to stay sane and functional whilst running a business. Matt teaches six key behaviours in The Great CEO Within... but do they actually work, and can a b

Sep 19, 2022 • 25:34

Organisation, Structure... And how to NOT be a Manager

Organisation, Structure... And how to NOT be a Manager

The Unicorn Launcher is a business podcast like no other. Follow the real, raw and unfiltered lives of two Australian tech founders pulling apart and rebuilding their small company under the guidance of Silicon Valley super-coach, Matt Mochary (Coinbase, Robinhood, Reddit and more).In this episode, the new Chief of Staff, Ash, gets stuck in to transforming Vygo from a plucky but disorganised startup to a smoothly oiled machine with VR sets for all. But is it all getting too much, and ca

Sep 6, 2022 • 26:20

Hiring Friends and Firing Well

Hiring Friends and Firing Well

In this episode, Ben agonises over whether to hire a close mate to a job which could make or break the business. Matt seems to think it's fine, but there are warnings from Joel and others in the business that he might be the wrong man to take the business forward - especially as it would leave the top of the company a pretty un-diverse place. Should Ben listen to his head and risk a friendship to do what's right for the business? Meanwhile, Joel's developer woes are deepening, but could

Aug 23, 2022 • 33:58

Accountability, Transparency & Brutal Honesty

Accountability, Transparency & Brutal Honesty

In this episode, Matt introduces the idea that there is no split between work and home life, and that an ongoing crisis within Joel's family is affecting the business and needs tough action.This episode contains frank and difficult discussions about mental health.The Unicorn Launcher is a business podcast like no other. Follow the real, raw and unfiltered lives of two Australian tech founders pulling apart and rebuilding their small company under the guidance of Silicon Valley super-coa

Aug 9, 2022 • 26:53

In The Beginning and Meeting Matt

In The Beginning and Meeting Matt

The Unicorn Launcher is a business podcast like no other. Follow the real, raw and unfiltered lives of two Australian tech founders pulling apart and rebuilding their small company under the guidance of Silicon Valley super-coach, Matt Mochary (Robinhood, Reddit, Brex and more).In this episode, we meet Vygo co-founders, Ben and Joel. We see the real daily struggles of running a tech startup, and how they not only discovered silicon valley supercoach Matt Mochary in an effort to help org

Jul 26, 2022 • 32:47

Introducing The Unicorn Launcher

Introducing The Unicorn Launcher

The Unicorn Launcher is a business podcast like no other. Follow the real, raw and unfiltered lives of two Australian tech founders pulling apart and rebuilding their small company under the guidance of Silicon Valley super-coach, Matt Mochary (Coinbase, Robinhood, Reddit and more).Links:The Great CEO within by Matt MocharyMatt Mochary on YouTubeThe Mochary MethodVygoSome of Matt's clients include leaders and founders at:BrexRobinhoodCoinbaseRedditGrammarly

Jul 25, 2022 • 1:54

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