Duct Tape Startup Victoria & Victoria University

Meet Eric Peck – the CEO and Co-Founder of Swoop Aero, a company that delivers essential health supplies (like vaccines, medications, pathology samples and PPE equipment) to the world's hardest to reach areas by drone. A former Air Force Pilot, Eric now leads Swoop's operations in five countries, across three continents, as they tackle the massive issue of global health inequality. Since 2017, they've delivered more than 500,000 items, including COVID vaccines. Eric sat down with Jordan Gianfrancesco from Victoria University to chat through his biggest Duct Tape moments, like dealing with village prophecies of white witches in the Congo. Stick around after the interview for our wrap up on the biggest takeaways from this series.

To learn more about Swoop Aero visit: https://swoop.aero/
To learn more about their latest fundraising campaign, visit: https://www.villagereach.org/2021/03/25/drones-for-health-deliver-fundraising-campaign-with-focusing-philanthropy-takes-flight/

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Meet Samantha Wong – the Co-Founder of Pory. A platform that lets you quickly and cheaply turn your Airtable spreadsheets into beautiful and fully functioning websites and web apps without writing a single line of code. She launched the business last year in just 34 days and Pory is now used by over 10,000 creators and businesses around the world. Sam sat down with Judy Anderson from Startup Victoria to chat through her biggest Duct Tape moments, like abandoning the other project they'd been working on for several years to build Pory.

To learn more about Pory visit: https://pory.io/

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Meet George Kenley – one of the Co-Founders of Seer Medical. Through state of the art wearable technology, Seer empower people to undergo long-term brain, heart and respiratory monitoring from the comfort of their own homes, rather than in the hospital, which makes diagnosing and managing conditions like epilepsy much faster and easier. As the Chief of Strategic Projects and Shared Services, George keeps everything running like a well-oiled machine. George sat down with Hannah Gee from Victoria University to chat through her biggest Duct Tape moments, like trying to manage the company's growth from 3 to 160 employees.

To learn more about Seer Medical visit: https://seermedical.com/

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Meet Sage Mellet and Alyssa Carp – long-time besties and Co-founders of Peach Pack. Peach Pack is first and foremost an online community that aims to empower all women by de-stigmatising traditionally taboo topics like periods, sex, masturbation, and so much more. Originally, the business was centred on a monthly subscription pack, filled with organic menstrual and self-care products, but when Covid hit they pivoted to focusing on building their community and a podcast of their own, Preach The Peach.

Sage and Alyssa sat down with Poppy Trewhella from Startup Victoria to chat through their biggest Duct Tape moments, like trying to keep a company alive when the product dies.

To learn more about Peach Pack visit: www.instagram.com/peachpack/

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Meet Keaton Okkonen – Co-founder and CEO of Black.ai. Black.ai build advanced systems of computer vision and specialised sensors to help make sense of human behaviour within complex physical spaces, allowing us to do all sorts of things from preventing theft at supermarket check-outs to providing better aged care. Keaton sat down with Jordan Gianfrancesco from Victoria University to chat through his biggest Duct Tape moments, like the first time he had to fire a client.

To learn more about Black.ai visit: https://black.ai/

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Meet Hiranga Goonawardena and Ashini de Alwis – the co-founders of Earthli. Through technology, education and community, Earthli are making it easier for people to grow their own food at home, diverting waste from landfill and cutting emissions in the process. The two of them sat down with Judy Anderson from Startup Victoria to chat through their biggest Duct Tape moments, from coding to couriering.

To learn more about Earthli visit: www.earthli.world

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For full episode transcripts and more content visit ducttaped.co