This week's guest, venture capitalist Mahesh Muralidhar, founder of PhaseOne and former early employee of Canva, shares invaluable insights into the necessity for New Zealand's software startups to expand into the lucrative US market.
He discusses the unique benefits of NZ founders on the global stage and some cultural things that might hold them back.
Plus, the Auckland teen caught smishing with specialised hardware and how China exploited backdoors that US telcos were made to leave open due to regulation.
The Business of Tech is sponsored by 2degrees for Business.
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Mentioned in the episode
- The 30-year-old internet backdoor law that came back to bite - Tech Crunch
- Teen arrested for 'smishing scam' using technology never before seen in New Zealand - RNZ
- Chinese Hackers Use Fake Cellphone Tower to Spread Android Banking Trojan - KnowBe4
- The NZ entrepreneur trying to seed six unicorns - BusinessDesk
- How we can make Aotearoa the Silicon Valley of the South Pacific: Mahesh Muralidhar - NZ Herald
From around the web
- Google must crack open Android for third-party stores, rules Epic judge - The Verge
- 'They might be drunk': expert urges care with crypto copy trading - BusinessDesk
- AI's misinformation potential a cause to consider regulation - BusinessDesk
- Online gig platforms focus on profits as workers return to office - FT
- What Google’s U-Turn on Third-Party Cookies Means for Chrome Privacy - Wired
- 'Godfather of AI' shares Nobel Physics Prize - BBC
- What is Amazon Prime Day and will we ever get Amazon in New Zealand? - RNZ
- LinkedIn’s 2024 top startups list still features only one woman, but 41 men - Smart Company
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