For the first episode we are pulling back the curtain on what really happens at startups, with special guests Kara Swisher, CEO of Recode and Patrick Llewellyn, CEO of 99designs.

From disruptors and unicorns, to angel investors and Silicon Valley, startups have achieved almost mythical status thanks to their prominence is pop culture.

It’s easy to see why, with billions of dollars flying around and founders being elevated to almost rock star status.

So how do you escape the conventional 9-5 and build a brilliant business empire?

That’s what hosts Rae Johnston and Benjamin Law are asking as they dig deep into the hard realities of startup life.

This episode is recorded in-front of a live audience.

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That Startup Show episode two is here and this week we are talking all things SpaceTech!

Once the reserve of government agencies, space exploration is becoming more open than ever thanks to entrepreneurs and startups driving innovation. Space tourism, robotics and nano-satellites are all growing areas of space investment, but will we see the stuff of science fiction become real in our lifetime?

Host Rae Johnston is back along with guest correspondent Troy McCann from Moonshot to take us to the final frontier, complete with a lineup of guests that's out of this world.

Former NASA astronaut Pamela Melroy joins the panel to discuss how she's helping shape Australia's new national space agency as director at Nova Systems. Having logged over 38 days in space, who better to have her say on the Australian space industry?

We also hear from Flavia Tata Nardini, co-founder and CEO of one of Australia’s most exciting space startups — Fleet Space Technologies.

Flavia and her team are to launch 100 nano-satellites into space, which Fleet will use to connect billions of sensors to track and change industries and ecologies across the globe.

Emre Deniz completes the panel. As a director at Opaque Space, he's working hard to bring space-based VR experiences to consumers, as well as collaborating with NASA laboratories on hybrid reality training for astronauts.

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That Startup Show episode four is here and this week we are talking all things Body!

This episode examines the ins-and-outs of building a business from a brilliant invention in the world of “Bodytech”. Inventors and entrepreneurs are now teaming up to create technology is that will change our relationship with our own bodies. The world is poised for drastic changes in the fields of biotech, health tech, and med tech, but the pathway to commercialisation has not always been easy. Epic failures, such as Theranos, have made investors gun shy in recent times – how can confidence be restored? We also consider the ethical implications that arise from technology like CRISPR - the open source gene modification platform.

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