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Backing Yourself in

Podcast Brisbane, Australia
Olivia Humphrey is the Australian entrepreneur who founded Kanopy in 2008 from the front room of her house in Perth - to selling it 10 years later a nine-figure USD transaction

Olivia Humphrey on stairs

This episode is for every woman who's ever wondered if her idea is big enough — Olivia Humphrey's story will make you think bigger. 

 Olivia Humphrey is the Australian entrepreneur who founded Kanopy in 2008 from the front room of her house in Perth - bootstrapping it entirely until 2017 with no external funding. What started as a vision to democratise access to educational content grew into a category-defining global technology company, which Olivia sold in 2018 in a nine-figure USD transaction - one of the great Australian tech success stories. She worked in media rights management at the BBC and Village Roadshow for 10 years before taking the leap, then relocated her young family from Perth to San Francisco in 2013 to lead Kanopy's international expansion. By the time she stepped down as CEO, her team was 60% female and 70% underrepresented groups - among the highest rates of any company in San Francisco. In this conversation, Olivia gets real about the leap of faith it takes to back yourself, what building a global company from a Perth lounge room actually looks like, and the kind of leadership it takes to do it on your own terms. This one is a must-listen.