Elias Bizannes

Experience

StartupBus

Founder 2010 - Present (over 16 years)

StartupHouse

Founder 2011 - 2017 (over 6 years)

CRV

Employee 2011 - 2012 (about 1 year)

Vast

Employee 2009 - 2011 (almost 2 years)

Founder

StartupHouse, StartupBus, Aussie Founders Network

Employee

Vast, CRV, ZoomSystems

Advisor

Bridgefy, Never Eat Alone, woonder, zoomsquare, Transhuman, TeamSmith

Board Member

Aussie Founders Network, ZoomSystems

Projects

Be A Looper

Be A Looper is a free daily mental health check-in app.

Adviser · Be A Looper is a free daily mental health check-in tool keep you "in the Loop" with five people anywhere in the world. 2018… · More

With Amanda Johnstone, Oliver Rozynski, George Freney, Karla Felix Navarro

Education

About

Achievements

Bootstrapped a business that made close to a million in revenue as a foreigner that knew nobody in two years, through multiple revenue streams by 2012. Then nearly lost it all 2013. And survived.

Describe the most impressive thing you've done.

Skills

People Management Accounting Business Operations Strategy Financial Modeling Chartered Accountant Sales and Marketing

Locations

San Francisco Silicon Valley Sydney

Q&A

What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

The Starfish and the Spider: gave me perspective that led to how I built StartupBus into the community it is.

What's your favorite non-business book?

The Happiness Hypothesis.

If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

Hiring more people for my startup. Hiring people to work on all my ideas, even non-monetisable ones. Making music.

What words of advice would you give your younger self?

Search for income, not a job. If I had that said to me when I was 15, I probably would have been an entrepreneur, officially, earlier.

What's the most creative thing you've ever done?

It was 4pm. My work was holding up the audit opinion on a listed client & I realised that I would have to start all over again, at least a week's worth of work. I rethought it and at 7pm I went home and my work was signed off the next day by my boss.

Which founders or startups do you most admire?

Elon Musk: For his vision. And balls.

What's your super power?

My energy and by extension how that impacts people around me.

What's the best way for people to get in touch with you?

Through someone I already know. If you cold email me, I might miss it but you can try.

Elias Bizannes

CEO ZoomSystems. Founded @startupbus, @startuphouse • Worked at @crv-1, @vast, @pwc-1

Bootstrapped a business that made close to a million in revenue as a foreigner that knew nobody in two years, through multiple revenue streams by 2012. Then nearly lost it all 2013. And survived.