Michael Starkey

In episode #71 Dexter Cousins chats to Nathan and Michael as they celebrate the 2nd birthday of Athena's official launch. Athena is on a mission to save Australians a whole lot of money and help pay off their home loan faster. Founded in June 2017 to revolutionise the home loan industry and make it better in every way, Athena built an innovative digital home loan platform to deliver savings to borrowers, backed by local home loan experts.Athena is backed by Australia’s leading investors, including AirTree Ventures, AustralianSuper, Hostplus, Macquarie Bank and Square Peg. Athena has been the proud recipient for Finnies Emerging Fintech Organisation of the Year Award for 2 years in a row – 2019 and 2020.Nathan WalshCo-founder & CEO, Athena Home Loans, AustraliaNathan Walsh, Athena’s Co-founder and CEO, is a fintech entrepreneur with over 20 years’ expertise in financial services, top-tier consulting and legal practice. Nathan is a former NAB executive who started his career with BCG before taking senior roles at Citi and NAB in wealth management. At NAB, Nathan founded Nabtrade and built it from an idea into a $40 billion platform over 7 years, winning multiple innovation awards along the way.Follow Nathan on LinkedinMichael StarkeyCo-founder & COO, Athena Home Loans, AustraliaMichael Starkey, Athena’s Co-founder and COO, has an entrepreneurial background, having been the co-founder of iSelect in AU. He spent 7 years at NAB in personal banking, was a board member of the Australian Payments Council and ASX listed Homelands Ltd and former director of the New Payments Platform (Australia’s new real-time payments network). Follow Michael on LinkedinFind out more about Athena hereLaunch, Scale, Innovate Leaders in Fintech Executive Search and Recruitment

On today's episode, Nathan and Michael takes us through some of their greatest life lessons:Their early experiences founding iSelect and NABTrade; Why they hired their entire executive team before building a single product; Why startups should be happy to dance with the hippos; Why Australia is a phenomenal place to build a FinTech startup.Find out more about Athena, Michael and Nathan at https://www.athena.com.au/

In this episode I sit down with Michael Starkey of Harvester Outdoors from southern Ohio. We talk about how his beginnings in hunting have transcended into a passion he shares with others. Starkey tells us his plans for 2020 with his buddy Tyler and how they plan to bring veterans out on hunts for some southern Ohio giants!! Checkout Starkey and Tyler on IG @harvester_outdoors

On this episode we are joined by, Jake Carr, Michael Starkey, and Josh Birnberg. They discuss their two strike hitting approach, their favorite hitting drills, and so much more!

In this episode Coach Matsakis talks defense, previous coaching, & more with Defensive Coordinator & Linebackers Coach, Michael Starkey. Coach Starkey explains his defensive philosophy, introduces the Defensive staff, & more.  Music: Bensound.com

Snake Conservation: Is education they key? With snakebite and venom research the primary focus of the podcast, we're going to branch out into some of the conservation efforts ongoing worldwide and see how snakebite and conservation go hand in hand. In this episode Michael Starkey, founder of Save The Snakes, joins us to talk about how the foundation started, their mission, and the conservation efforts they have around the world working within communities and the helping hand they offer programs to support and protect these magnificent creatures The hosts in this episode: Ross Deacon Edd Crittenden Please search for Word on the snake vine podcast on your preferred podcasting platform or Listen and download on any of the links below:  Podbean: https://wordontsnakevine.podbean.com/  Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6e6kkI6cwJjAx3I4K4CTic…  iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/…/word-on-the-snake-v…/id1450959744  Google Podcasts:https://www.google.com/podcasts…  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnbHx1CCLZKMfndnf70IFqg If you like what you hear and want more content such as bite reports, conservation effort information, plus many more, why not follow us at the link below?    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wordonthesnakevinepodcast  Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/word_on_the_snake_vine_podcast/ Thank you all for listening and please like and share the page and enjoy this latest episode!!