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By co-investing, by leading rounds and bringing other people in,

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I was able to bring billions and billions of dollars to the Australian tech ecosystem.

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Hi there, I'm Matt Jones, host of StoryWork.

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Since selling my business, Four Pillars Gin, I've sought out some of modern Australia's

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greatest success stories.

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People who've built brands, businesses, careers, movements, ideas,

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and I've asked each of them, what's the secret to their success?

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and how did they put the power of story to work?

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Influences turned out to be a huge part of that early growth.

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So we thought back then that what we were doing was almost a civic duty.

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We can tell ourselves stories that hold us back

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and we can tell ourselves stories that can move us forward.

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If you can truly make every single guest genuinely,

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authentically feel counted, that's a movement.

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In a room of randomly selected people, I'm a

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maths genius.

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In a room of maths PhDs, I'm as dumb as a box of hammers.

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Whatever it is you're

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trying to build, a brand, a business, a career, a movement, in this world being transformed by AI,

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story is going to matter more than ever.

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So come and join me at StoryWork.

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Thank you.