#41 Mark Woodland - Founder of Xplor & Kismet

Working as a receptionist at his Mum’s business, Mark quickly became frustrated at the repetitive processes and boldly claimed “How hard could it be to build software”. Since then, Mark started and grew his childcare software company Xplor to a substantial 100 million dollar valuation.

Only two weeks after “retiring”, Mark founded his second company Kismet - a healthcare service provider platform aiming to make healthcare more accessible. Throughout the episode, Mark talks about the importance of growing as a founder alongside your business and the necessity for culture building from day one. 

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Chapters

• 0:00 Highlight Clip
• 0:54 Introduction
• 2:30 Guest Background and Introduction
• 6:08 Why Mark Kismet Started Another Company 2 Weeks After Retiring
• 9:27 The Biggest Differences that Mark Woodland has Noticed as a Second Time Founder
• 11:57 How Mark Woodland has Changed has a Successful Leader Over Time
• 17:08 Mark Woodland's Biggest Strength and How It's Helped Him Grow Two Successful Businesses
• 18:58 How Mark Woodland First Met AirTree and The Funny First Meeting with Daniel Petre
• 21:01 Why Mark Woodland Thinks that he's Dumb and Why that Provides the Resiliance that is Needed in Business
• 23:16 How Mark Woodland knew it was the Right Time to Sell Xplor
• 25:25 Mark Woodland's Biggest Mistake in Business and What he Learnt From it
• 29:12 The Advice that led Mark Woodland to Building Two Successful Businesses
• 30:09 Mark Woodland's Favourite Business Inspirations and How They Inspire Him to Succeed
• 30:39 The Best Business Book that Mark Woodland has Ever Read
• 31:22 Outtro