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Alan Noble discusses the contrast between Silicon Valley and Australia in the 2000's

The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem: Interview Series
The History of the Australian Startup Ecosystem: Interview Series
Episode • May 22, 2022 • 36m

Alan Noble is the founder of AusOcean, a not-for-profit organisation with the mission of helping the world’s oceans through technology. Alan also worked for 11 years as the Engineering Director of Google Australia, during which time he oversaw the hiring of hundreds of engineers to Google Australia’s team and got to know many of the people working within Australia’s startup ecosystem. In his conversation with Adam, Alan discusses the contrast between Silicon Valley and Australia in the early 2000’s, and how the failure of Google’s service, Google Wave, played an important role in the growth of Australia’s startup ecosystem.

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