Stephen Becsi's guest appearances

Stephen Becsi

Defence Connect Podcast Network

Inside the Startup

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Becsi provides advice on going from startup to a complete company with customers, employees, investors, partners, and systems.PEOPLEGuest: Stephen Becsi, Executive Director at Appellon (and CEO of Apollo Care)Host: Anil Hemrajani, Founder of Startup SidekickTAKEAWAYSStart thinking early about how you will raise money (e.g. VC, friends &amp; family); start getting out there and begin building relationships. Working capital might be not enough for scaling a startup.Your idea must absolutely be unique to differentiate yourself from your competitors.In order to execute a strategy successfully you need systems/processes and culture.TIMELINE01:40 – Overview of Appellon: measure culture of organizations, hard measure of culture against performance using a SaaS platform.02:20 - The genesis of a great idea for Appellon. Besci didn't have a KPI ("hard number") for culture...even though "culture eats strategy for breakfast."04:25 - What does scaling up mean for startups? You need to build a scalable company: have a MVP, backers, surround yourself with the right people (e.g. fundraising). 05:33 - What about marketing timing? In order to execute a strategy successfully you need systems/processes and culture.08:45 - How did you pay for your product? We paid for our MPV with working capital, some money from CEOs and channel partners (e.g. Big Four accounting firms). It's hard to scale your startup with just working capital. Also, valuation of startups is an art, not science.14:25 - Takeaways (see above).

<p><b>Becsi provides advice on going from startup to a complete company with customers, employees, investors, partners, and systems.</b></p><h1>PEOPLE</h1><ul><li>Guest: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-becsi-oam-7303683/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stephen Becsi</a>, Executive Director at <a href="https://www.appellon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Appellon</a> (and CEO of Apollo Care)</li><li>Host: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/anilhemrajani/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Anil Hemrajani</a>, Founder of Startup Sidekick</li></ul><h1>TAKEAWAYS</h1><ol><li>Start thinking early about how you will raise money (e.g. VC, friends &amp; family); start getting out there and begin building relationships. Working capital might be not enough for scaling a startup.</li><li>Your idea must absolutely be unique to differentiate yourself from your competitors.</li><li>In order to execute a strategy successfully you need systems/processes and culture.</li></ol><h1>TIMELINE</h1><ul><li>01:40 – Overview of Appellon: measure culture of organizations, hard measure of culture against performance using a SaaS platform.</li><li>02:20 - The genesis of a great idea for Appellon. Besci didn't have a KPI ("hard number") for culture...even though "culture eats strategy for breakfast."</li><li>04:25 - What does scaling up mean for startups? You need to build a scalable company: have a MVP, backers, surround yourself with the right people (e.g. fundraising). </li><li>05:33 - What about marketing timing? In order to execute a strategy successfully you need systems/processes and culture.</li><li>08:45 - How did you pay for your product? We paid for our MPV with working capital, some money from CEOs and channel partners (e.g. Big Four accounting firms). It's hard to scale your startup with just working capital. Also, valuation of startups is an art, not science.</li><li>14:25 - Takeaways (see above).</li></ul>

Stephen Becsi @ Appellon, Workforce Performance Platform

CEO of Pulse Global Stephen Becsi joins host Phil Tarrant on this week’s episode of the Defence Connect Podcast to discuss workplace culture, behaviour and why he believes culture is not something that should be owned by HR. Becsi reflects on his 20 years of service in the Royal Australian Navy, retiring as the Director of the Strategic Reform program. He shares how he applies his skill set from the RAN to his current role, recommendations around workplace culture and behaviour for leaders in the defence industry, and his definition of culture.  The pair also discuss the link between culture and behaviour, why leaders need to keep themselves accountable and how long it actually takes for culture to change within an organisation.

<p>CEO of Pulse Global Stephen Becsi joins host Phil Tarrant on this week’s episode of the Defence Connect Podcast to discuss workplace culture, behaviour and why he believes culture is not something that should be owned by HR.</p> <p>Becsi reflects on his 20 years of service in the Royal Australian Navy, retiring as the Director of the Strategic Reform program. He shares how he applies his skill set from the RAN to his current role, recommendations around workplace culture and behaviour for leaders in the defence industry, and his definition of culture.</p> <p> The pair also discuss the link between culture and behaviour, why leaders need to keep themselves accountable and how long it actually takes for culture to change within an organisation.</p>

Shaping workplace culture and behaviour, Stephen Becsi, Pulse Global