Open The Pod Bay Doors

About DanDan Krasnostein is an Investment Partner at Square Peg Capital. A Melbourne native, Dan spent the early days of his career working in strategy at Seek before joining Square Peg in 2012 as the first non-founder hire. He spent a few years working for Square Peg in Melbourne before relocating to Tel Aviv where he spent 6 years growing Square Peg's business in Israel. Square Peg has deployed over $140M in Israel across 13 companies, including Fiverr, Aidoc, Feedvisor and Puresec.In this chat with Phaedon, Dan shares...His advice for entrepreneurs - work hard building your network and never stop talking about your ideaKey differences between the startup ecosystem in Israel vs. AustraliaHow the fear of failure is holding Aussie founders backWhy speed in shipping product, hiring, executing, following up and more is such a big advantage in a competitive worldWhat can be learned from Israeli startups that are global from day 1Why arguments are healthy but grudges are notRecommendationsBook: Breath: The New Sc