Founder & Tech Startup Specialist / Startup Success & Community Manager @ Stone & Chalk 🚀

Are you in the early stages of creating an innovative new mobile app, web app, SaaS platform, or any other tech product?

I HELP FOUNDERS LIKE YOU, ACCELERATE THE JOURNEY FROM IDEA TO SUCCESSFUL RELEASE AND BEYOND. 

So, why would you seek help?

When you’re creating a tech product startup, there are many unique challenges that can derail the whole venture, even before it gets off the ground.

The fact is… 91% of all first-time tech founders fail.

Here's the good news… These mistakes are easily avoided and you can 10X your chance of success if you have a proven ‘roadmap’ to guide you.

My goal is to help you defy the odds and become one of the star founders who turn their startup dream into reality.


Let me share a little of my experience.

Over the past four decades, I've been in business. From working in the family company to founding or co-founding over 8 successful startups… Conventional and tech based.

In 2012, I co-founded Buzinga Apps, a small app development company based in Melbourne.

We grew Buzinga to one of the fastest-growing development agencies in Australia, until late 2017 when we sold.

During this period, sadly I witnessed numerous clients fail to achieve commercial success… Many, for reasons I thought were totally avoidable (in retrospect).

This sparked my obsession with success systems for tech startups.

I delved deep into design thinking, lean methodology, lean startup, and exponential growth strategy, among others. And had the opportunity to hang out with a bunch of successful founders, gaining their insights about what it takes.

There are several fundamental steps at each stage of tech business growth that must be completed to have any chance at commercial success.

In the past five years I have coached five tech startups to successful outcomes and impacted more than 120 with advice, guides and training.

If you're a first-time tech founder and could use some help... simply follow me here on LinkedIn.

AND, subscribe to my '10X Founders Edge' newsletter.

Head to my website for more information and resources:  kuboom.com.au

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In 2024, I’ve taken on a new challenge. I’ve joined the passionate team at Stone and Chalk’s Melbourne Hub as ‘Startup Success and Community Manager’.

Stone and Chalk are the largest innovation community in Australia.

If you're the founder of an Emerging Tech Startup and are experiencing some initial traction, be sure to reach out to me…

Let’s explore how we can help you accelerate success and connect you with mentors, customers, investors and other founders in our community.

Graham McCorkill

STARTMATE ARE IN THE HOUSE!
Energy is super high this week at Stone & Chalk here in Melbourne with Startmate's Summer '26 Accelerator program kicking off this week. And, it's their largest cohort ever!

Huge congrats to Emma Grife, Ben Simai, Louisa Lin, Sam Monkhouse and Bell Allen for such a well organised in-person start to their national accelerator... We love having you in the hub!

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Tech Startup Specialist / Head of Ecosystem @ Stone & Chalk Melbourne 🚀

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- Leveraging insights from market and user research to craft a product-led strategy.
- Leading end-to-end product discovery and delivery processes, employing user-centered methodologies to develop features that address core customer needs.
- Guiding the architectural evolution of the mobile application toward a unified platform, streamlining user journeys across multiple services.
- Designing and implementing gamification elements within the product experience to foster deeper user engagement and platform loyalty.
- Developing and maintaining relationships with third-party service providers to create a cohesive, integrated offering that enhances the overall product value proposition.

Senior Product Owner

Creative Advanced Technologies_CAT

• Conducted market research and competitive analysis, identifying opportunities that increased the product pipeline by 20% while reducing market risks
• Defined and executed the product vision, release plan, and roadmap, leading to significant market share growth and 23% revenue increase in under one year
• Managed and prioritized the product backlog, ensuring alignment with business goals and maximizing customer value, reducing time-to-market by 30%
• Implemented a customer feedback loop, reducing complaints by 65% and increasing customer satisfaction within six months
• Translated business needs into clear, actionable functional requirements for development teams
• Designed test cases and conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT), reducing customer-reported defects by 35%
• Defined, monitored, and optimized KPIs, identifying actionable insights that guided feature iterations to better meet user needs
• Tracked product performance using tools like Google Analytics and Mixpanel to make data-driven decisions optimizing user experience
• Mentored three junior Product Managers

Senior Product Manager

Yassir

• Managed and refined over 150 backlog items, reducing development cycles by 30% and increasing feature release frequency
• Gathered and documented customer needs to propose adapted, innovative solutions in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
• Translated business requirements into actionable items, ensuring smooth communication and reducing project escalations by 60%
• Managed the end-to-end product lifecycle for three products
• Facilitated sprints (planning, reviews, retrospectives), ensuring on-time delivery of high-quality features
• Conducted user testing and quality control across 17 releases, reducing customer-reported defects by 35%
• Worked closely with cross-functional teams to align solutions with strategic objectives
• Effectively communicated key insights, documentation, requirements, project scope and deadlines to leadership and stakeholders throughout product development and evolution

Product Manager

sonelgaz

• Co-designed detailed solutions through collaborative workshops with business partners, ensuring alignment between technical capabilities and operational needs.
• Mapped processes and flow diagrams (using Visio, Lucidchart) to identify inefficiencies and drive process optimization initiatives.
• Prioritized and managed product backlogs with a strategic lens, ensuring tight alignment with business objectives and ROI.
• Led functional testing strategies in partnership with architects and engineering teams, bridging gap between requirements and technical implementation.
• Authored and maintained comprehensive documentation, including functional specs, technical requirements, and API contracts.
• Proactively monitored project risks and issues, implementing mitigation plans to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery without compromising scope.

Product Owner

Russell Ipm Algeria

• Translated business requirements into functional specifications for development and integration teams
• Created wireframes and mockups to visualize system functionality for stakeholders
• Supported third-party API integration to ensure smooth data flow between systems
• Prepared system documentation, workflows and user manuals

Functional Analyst

Capgemini

• Gathered and refined technical and functional specifications from clients
• Contributed to data integration from multiple backend services and databases
• Managed application maintenance and updated technical documentation

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Senior Product Manager | Last Mile Delivery | Grocery Delivery | E-Commerce | Warehouse Management Systems | Financial Systems.

Fully bilingual, customer-focused Senior Product Owner with extensive experience driving product innovation in Agile environments. Passionate about leveraging AI and emerging technologies to transform digital experiences. Certified PSPO 1 with a proven track record of leading cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact web and mobile solutions. Expertise in product vision development, data-driven decision-making, and stakeholder alignment, with a keen interest in applying AI to enhance content personalization, audience engagement, and operational efficiency. Adept at bridging the gap between technical teams and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, user-centric products.

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