Jamie Pride

Speaker, Author & Coach

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Let me rock your next event. I love delivering engaging and entertaining keynotes on sustainable productivity, startups, entrepreneurship, venture capital, disruptive innovation, mental health and design thinking. Keynotes range from 20 minutes through to an hour.

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Author - Unicorn Tears

Unicorn Tears is the smart entrepreneurs guide to startups. A full 92% of startups fail in the first three years, but failure is not inevitable. Most of these companies self-sabotage, unconsciously eliminating any chance at success before they even get started. It’s not the economy, it’s not politics, it’s not external factors; failure comes from within.

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Building Better Founders

Jamie Pride is a speaker, author, and coach on a mission to help build better founders. He is the author of Unicorn Tears: Why Startups Fail & How To Avoid It - published globally by Wiley in February 2018.

He has more than 20 years leadership and consulting experience with international technology and digital media organisations, including leading realestate.com.au and senior executive positions with Deloitte Digital, salesforce.com, Red Hat, Veritas, and Cisco Systems.

As an entrepreneur, Jamie sold his first startup, Velteo, to New York–based System Integrator Bluewolf, and has founded over six technology startups. As an investor, he has raised more than $20 million in funding for startups via private and public markets, including completing an IPO on the Australian Securities Exchange in 2016.

Jamie is a sought-after public speaker and regularly comments on entrepreneurial mental health, startups, entrepreneurship, venture capital, disruptive innovation, design thinking and the future of work.

He is also the host of The Failure Proof Podcast - a weekly show that explores the future of work - covering topics such as leadership, performance, resilience and the mindset needed to thrive in the modern workplace.

His next book, Failure Proof: How to Reach Peak Performance & Avoid Burnout, is expected to be published in early 2020.

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Mark Gustowski - Creative Enterprises

On this episode, I am joined by Mark Gustowski. Mark is the CEO at QUT Creative Enterprise Australia. Based in Brisbane, CEA supports startup founders in the creative tech verticals.

How are those New Year's resolutions going?

I am sure you brush your teeth every morning and every night. I bet you don’t even think about it. You certainly don’t need to set a New Years resolution to brush your teeth. It’s automatic. You just do it. According to a Duke University study, 45% of our daily behaviours are automatic habits performed in the same location. If we want to improve the success rate of our goals, then we need to convert them into daily habits.

Dealing with Distractions

When was the last time you really felt uninterrupted at work? We live in an environment of constant distraction - from our devices, technology and the people we work with. Our technology distracts us with notifications, alarms, alerts and a multitude of other dopamine inducing techniques. When the technology isn’t distracting us, then it’s our colleagues with interruptions, videoconferences, and meetings. This article shows you how to take control.

TED Talk: Sleep Is Your Superpower

Sleep really is the super drug. If you are a founder or an executive improving your sleep is one of the biggest impact items you can do to improve your physical and mental health and performance. This TED talk by Matt Walker is a must see.

Podcast Episode 31: Liz Jackson - Brilliant Business Kids

On this show I am joined by Liz Jackson. On this episode Liz discusses the future of education, and the journey she has been on to bring the teaching of entrepreneurial skills and mindset to kids in schools. She discusses the importance of helping kids to think for themselves, find their passion, be resilient and develop problem solving skills.

How To Raise Capital For Your Startup

As a founder and former VC, I am often asked my views on the best way to raise capital. Raising capital is time-consuming and distracting. The less time you spend raising money, the more you can spend on the main event, which is leading and running your startup. This is a short guide in capital raising.

10 Reasons Why Startups Fail

When I ask founders why startups fail, some show a degree of understanding, but many more have never even given it a thought. One of the inspiring things about founders is their drive and passion, but idealism can often blind them to the common causes of failure.

Failure Proof Podcast Episode 27: Chris Wilson - The Cognitive Enterprise

On this episode I am joined by Chris Wilson. Chris currently leads IBM's digital strategy and interactive design practice across Australia and New Zealand. In this role, he leads an amazing team of IBM strategists, technologists and business designers helping shape the future for their clients and the sectors they represent.

3 Tips For Starting Your Startup

Startups seem to be the new black - approximately three are founded every minute. More than $50b in venture funding is invested every year. 9 out of 10 will fail within three years of being established. Not great odds. So why do founders keep at it? There is no magic formula for startup success; however, I will try and give you three things that might tip the scales of success in your favour.

The 4 Essentials Of An Investible Idea

As an investor in startups, I see well over 100 formal startup pitches every year – and probably even more “elevator” pitches. There are many factors that determine if I invest in a company, but when evaluating the “idea”, I test for four key components: desirability, viability, feasibility and adaptability.