The Unicorn Launcher: A Business Growth Story

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 as entrepranuer, author and former FBI hostage negotiator Chris Voss. Links: The Great CEO within by Matt Mochary [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZJZbv4J6FZ8Dnb0JuMhJxTnwl-dwqx5xl0s65DE3wO8/preview] Matt Mochary on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/c/MattMochary1] The Mochary Method [https://mocharymethod.org/#:~:text=The%20Mochary%20Method%20is%20a,Music%2C%20or%20Google%20Podcasts%20today.] Vygo Chris Voss [http://www.vygoapp.com] Some of Matt's clients include leaders and founders at: Brex [https://www.brex.com/] Robinhood [https://robinhood.com/us/en/]Coinbase [https://www.coinbase.com/]Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/] Grammarly [https://www.grammarly.com/]

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 radical rethink of the raising process - but is investor money all its cracked up to be? Links: The Great CEO within by Matt Mochary [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZJZbv4J6FZ8Dnb0JuMhJxTnwl-dwqx5xl0s65DE3wO8/preview] Matt Mochary on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/c/MattMochary1] The Mochary Method [https://mocharymethod.org/#:~:text=The%20Mochary%20Method%20is%20a,Music%2C%20or%20Google%20Podcasts%20today.] Vygo [https://vygoapp.com/] Some of Matt's clients include leaders and founders at: Brex [https://www.brex.com/] Robinhood [https://robinhood.com/us/en/]Coinbase [https://www.coinbase.com/]Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/] Grammarly [https://www.grammarly.com/]

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 it better to build the product investors want, or the product we want? Links: The Great CEO within by Matt Mochary [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZJZbv4J6FZ8Dnb0JuMhJxTnwl-dwqx5xl0s65DE3wO8/preview] Matt Mochary on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/c/MattMochary1] The Mochary Method [https://mocharymethod.org/#:~:text=The%20Mochary%20Method%20is%20a,Music%2C%20or%20Google%20Podcasts%20today.] Vygo [https://vygoapp.com/] Some of Matt's clients include leaders and founders at: Brex [https://www.brex.com/] Robinhood [https://robinhood.com/us/en/]Coinbase [https://www.coinbase.com/]Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/] Grammarly [https://www.grammarly.com/]

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 book genuinely help you stay in control of a business? Can therapy make you a better CEO? Why on Earth would you have an ice bath? Links: The Great CEO within by Matt Mochary [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZJZbv4J6FZ8Dnb0JuMhJxTnwl-dwqx5xl0s65DE3wO8/preview] Matt Mochary on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/c/MattMochary1] The Mochary Method [https://mocharymethod.org/#:~:text=The%20Mochary%20Method%20is%20a,Music%2C%20or%20Google%20Podcasts%20today.] Vygo [https://vygoapp.com/] Some of Matt's clients include leaders and founders at: Brex [https://www.brex.com/] Robinhood [https://robinhood.com/us/en/]Coinbase [https://www.coinbase.com/]Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/] Grammarly [https://www.grammarly.com/]

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 can the company afford to keep growing? Meanwhile, co-founder Steven has found himself backed into a corner. He built Vygo, but is finding managing the Dev team a challenge he's not suited to, and it's causing a rift among the founders. Can Ben, Joel and Steven strike the right balance between business, pleasure, friendship and leadership? Links: The Great CEO within by Matt Mochary [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZJZbv4J6FZ8Dnb0JuMhJxTnwl-dwqx5xl0s65DE3wO8/preview] Matt Mochary on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/c/MattMochary1] The Mochary Method [https://mocharymethod.org/#:~:text=The%20Mochary%20Method%20is%20a,Music%2C%20or%20Google%20Podcasts%20today.] Vygo [https://vygoapp.com/] Some of Matt's clients include leaders and founders at: Brex [https://www.brex.com/] Robinhood [https://robinhood.com/us/en/]Coinbase [https://www.coinbase.com/]Reddit [https://www.reddit.com/] Grammarly [https://www.grammarly.com/]