Hugh Farquhar, the co-founder of corporate security start-up, WatchKeeper, which recently got acquired. Prior to this, Hugh was an industry expert in corporate security working as Senior Vice President of Global Security and Crisis Management for Citi Group fighting fires, floods, tsunamis, earthquakes, and even the odd volcano.
We explore the importance of not just having an idea, but evaluating whether the problem it solves is real and big enough to sell. We learn how to spot this, and ultimately, recognise when a solution is a 10x game changer.
Georg Glatz is a principal at IQ Capital, but before all of that, he began as a computer scientist coding for startups and banking cybersecurity. Since then he's been a consultant for McKinsey and worked in technology M&A for Telstra, and invested in growth-stage ventures with Zouk Capital and Octopus ventures to name a few.