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Hosted by Laura Nicol · business · EN-AU
Join Laura Nicol (your host) as she dials into the stories of startup operators in the trenches of building and scaling companies. Together, we master the art of ‘building the plane while flying it', drawing on insights from leaders and rising stars at companies like Tracksuit, Canva, Culture Amp, Atlassian, me&u, Airwallex, Eucalyptus, and more. Laura's day job is Chief of Staff to Maxine Minter﹢Co Ventures—all views shared on this podcast are her own.
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Calling Operator with Laura Nicol is hosted by Laura Nicol. The show has published 58 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Ep 57. Leading Across Different Stages & Contexts, Laura Warden" (8 December 2025, 55 minutes), "Ep 56. The Multi-Domain Operator with Kai Crow" (24 November 2025, 57 minutes), and "Ep 55. Anna Prell on Building Forage, Being Acquired and Building Again" (6 October 2025, 51 minutes).
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 56 minutes across 58 episodes.
Booking probability for Calling Operator with Laura Nicol is 23%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Calling Operator with Laura Nicol requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Calling Operator with Laura Nicol's contact route on record: verified email.
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Laura Nicol hosts Calling Operator with Laura Nicol, a business podcast with 58 episodes published.
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Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
After 19 conversations with some of the sharpest operators around, I’m closing the year ** with someone who rewired how I think about building process: Laura Warden . Your job as an operator is to make things work. So...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Every great founder has a small Avengers team turning vision into operational reality. This episode shines a light on someone running marketing, customer and revenue operations while acting as the CEO’s trusted...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Laura Nicol dials into Anna Prell , VP Operations at Ivo . Anna reminds us why being an operator is a) so damn exciting and b) the ultimate leadership testing ground: "In a startup, you can be your own version of a...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Laura Nicol dials into Mahesh Muralidhar . From day one, Mahesh has been obsessed with making a difference. He was early in Sydney’s startup scene in the 2010s post-MBA—first chasing his own idea, then finding impact...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Laura Nicol dials into Savannah Black. For Savannah, being a startup operator is about making the company work in the real world. All the forward planning, mission, and vision stuff is important. That’s the on-paper...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Laura Nicol dials into Alexey Mitko . Alexey’s career has been all about operational leadership. Finance, HR, legal — he’s held the keys to the gritty, foundational work that lets startups scale without falling apart...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Laura Nicol dials into Phoebe Pincus, COO at Startmate and Co-Founder at Cheeky Run Club . We cover a lot. Learning to lead when you've never had female leadership role models. Being the opposite of a perfectionist. Her...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Laura Nicol dials into Emer McCann , Head of People & Chief of Staff at Simply Wall St. Emer scaled Deputy’s people and culture through hypergrowth (70 to 350 employees) before joining Simply Wall St as employee #15 to...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Laura Nicol connects with Liani Strauss , Chief of Staff at Tracksuit. Liani’s background in industrial engineering gave her structure. Startups gave her speed. Today, she works at the intersection of strategy, systems...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Laura Nicol connects with Paul Redfern , Chief Operating Officer at Big Picture Medical. He’s someone who’s spent most of his career toggling between product and operations, and getting pretty good at living in the...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Laura Nicol connects with today's co-host: the wonderful Gaby Howard , Head of Growth and Operations at Carted . Gaby’s no stranger to the podcast—she first appeared on Ep 23. Gaby Howard on Navigating the Shift from...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Today, I’m turning the mic inward for my first-ever solo episode of Calling Operator . I’m Laura Nicol , your host and Chief of Staff at Co Ventures—and in this conversation, we’re talking burnout. The kind that creeps...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Laura Nicol connects with Anitta Krishan , Chief Culture Officer at Hoogly AI . We begin with a breath—a literal nervous system–balancing pause—followed by people-first perspectives from a former Trivago, Grab, and...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Today, I'm connecting with Karan Anand, Chief Strategy Officer & Managing Director, Australia at Hnry. We trace his journey from 13 years in consulting to becoming Hnry’s first hire in Australia, exploring what it...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
**Join us at our first-ever podcast meetup in Sydney. Info below ** Today, I'm connecting with Sophie Mckay, Head of Marketing, Asia Pacific and Japan at Notion. Sophie’s career has been all about scaling tech brands...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
**Join us at our first-ever podcast meetup in Sydney. Info below ** Today, I'm connecting with Olivia (Liv) Panzic, Head of Marketing Communications at TikTok ANZ. A core part of Liv’s belief system? Look after people...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Today, I'm connecting with Rach Matters, Senior Program Manager at Linktree. Rach’s sweet spot is joining fast-growing organizations with a blank job description, and she’s had the privilege of learning company building...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Today, I'm connecting with Shipra Mahindra, Principal Product Manager at Octopus Deploy. Let’s just say—Shipra’s peers can’t stop raving about her. She made her mark as the first product manager at Canva, working...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Today, I'm connecting with Harry Uffindell, Chief People Officer at Partly. Harry’s worn just about every startup hat—founder, growth, bizops, revops, people, culture—you name it. But he ultimately found his calling in...
Calling Operator with Laura Nicol
Connecting with Alice Hehman, a "SWAT team" startup leader who’s built recruiting and operations playbooks for some of Silicon Valley’s biggest names. An under-the-radar operator, you need to know. Alice knows what it...
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