An hour session with Oliver Garside, Co-Founder of Rounded with the Masters' Students of Technology & Innovation for Start-Ups at Monash University. An informal discussion with students within the entrepreneurship portfolio at the Monash Business School. This session explored the progression of a start-up from an early-stage idea to a growing company with thousands of customers. Oliver candidly shares their wins and learnings and how they have quickly become Australia's premier solution for Sole Traders needing to manage their books. Ollie has a long history in tech-enabled businesses before Rounded in customer acquisition and operation with LinkedIn and Acendre before that. This is a very insightful, raw and honest discussion providing great insights into the start-up world. About Rounded Rounded exists to help sole traders and freelancers build stronger and more meaningful businesses. They also have committed 0.5% of their revenue to support technology that removes carbon from the atmosphere. If you are a sole trader and are not using Rounded, check them out. Rounded Website www.rounded.com.au About Monash University Monash is a Top 50 ranked university globally, and the Business School is ranked 67. www.monash.edu

Red Chilli By Watkins Bay was fortunate to host via the Monash Business School. In this series students from the Masters of Innovation and Technology, Monash Business School (Entrepreneurship).

In this session, Shefik Bey explores with the students the various approaches, concepts, tools and methods he has deployed in over two decades of innovation in the technology space. Shefik is a leader in Design Thinking and has often deployed the Google Ventures style approach to innovation and rapid prototyping.

To check out what Shefik is doing please visit Lido island.