Summary: Today we are joined by Glenn Butcher who’s had an incredible career through the technology industry at companies such as Atlassian and Amazon, and now is actively investing in and advising some amazing technology startups Glenn has been a Director of SaaS for Atlassian and was the 120 employee to join the team. He was the VP of Engineering at Brandscrean. He was a Senior Manager at Amazon and founded Amazon’s software engineering capabilities here in Sydney. He is also one of our investors and is a trusted advisor to our investment committee. Listen to the full episode to hear all this, plus: Right person, wrong circumstances - what’s the take away from this failure. Right Person, right circumstances, look at what they have learnt! Atlassian in the early days and their development of into SaaS market. There is a perception of overnight success in the startup word. This is never the case. Often startups have been around for many years before they reach the limelight. Quotes from Glenn Butcher: In australia we tend to view people who have failed as failures in everything. But it’s really about right person, wrong circustanance, keep trying. Right person, right circumstance, Wow! Look at all the things they have learnt. The best investment decisions anyone can make, are when they apply both sides of their brain. The emotional and analytical assessment of the investment decision. The challenge of any product delivery is to do it, quickly, rapidly, weekly, fault free, at scale, cheaply and be able to scale it for our customers, all simultaneously.
