Скачать или смотреть Dave Newman - Building What's Bigger Than Yourself

Join us for an incredible conversation with Dave Newman, CEO & Founder of PlanCare, who's using AI to revolutionise Australian aged care by reducing management fees from 35% to just 13% - a 62% reduction that's saving families thousands.

In this episode, Dave shares his remarkable journey from winning UK Systems Professional of the Year at Best Buy to building Morning Startup (Perth's largest startup community with 7,000+ members) to founding PlanCare with 90+ employees. We explore how AI agents are detecting cognitive decline, preventing elder abuse, and making 10,000+ care decisions daily.

TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:01 - Introduction & Welcome
00:00:22 - UK Systems Professional of the Year Story
00:01:56 - Best Buy Innovation & Customer Experience
00:04:41 - Moving to Australia: Perth Challenge
00:07:30 - Morning Startup Community Building
00:11:06 - The Reality of Founder Life
00:14:09 - Discovering the Aged Care Problem
00:19:47 - From Government Contracts to PlanCare
00:23:02 - Creating PlanCare
00:27:14 - Navigating Aged Care Regulations
00:29:42 - The 13% vs 35% Fee Revolution
00:34:27 - AI Detecting Cognitive Decline
00:35:01 - How AI Caught Elder Abuse
00:36:11 - Meet the AI Agents: Smiley, Churchill & Florence
00:39:06 - Churchill as Compliance & Audit Tool
00:44:48 - Building the CRM for Aged Care
00:50:23 - Failed Founders Make Better Mentors
00:52:32 - The Silicon Valley Breakdown Story
00:55:00 - Balancing Business, Community & Family
00:58:52 - The 1 Million Homes Mission
01:00:00+ - Advice for Founders & Final Thoughts

KEY QUOTES:
• "AI is only as good as the data you feed it"
• "35% management fees in aged care is criminal"
• "Niche is where you start, it's not where you finish"
• "If you don't do it, you'll always be asking yourself, what if?"
• "Those who have failed often come back with better stories"
• "Building something that's bigger than yourself"

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
• PlanCare - AI-powered aged care platform
• Morning Startup - Perth's startup community (7,000+ members)
• Churchill, Smiley, Florence - AI agents for aged care
• Best Buy - Where Dave won UK Systems Professional of the Year
• The mapping business Dave walked away from
• Silicon Valley pitch experience
• Western Australia aged care regulations

KEY STATISTICS:
• Reduced aged care fees from 35% to 13% (62% reduction)
• Built Morning Startup to 7,000+ members
• Scaled PlanCare to 90+ employees
• AI making 10,000+ decisions daily
• Serving 5,000+ care providers
• Mission: Keep 1 million Australians in their homes

GUEST BIO:
Dave Newman is the CEO & Founder of PlanCare, an AI-powered platform disrupting Australian aged care. Previously won UK Systems Professional of the Year at Best Buy (2011), built Morning Startup community to 7,000+ members, and walked away from a successful mapping business to pursue his mission of transforming aged care. Now leading a team of 90+ employees, Dave's using AI agents to reduce management fees by 62% while improving care quality.

CONNECT WITH THE DEBRIEF:
🔗 LinkedIn:   / thedebriefpodcast  
🌐 Website: https://thedebriefpodcast.com
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7utxTp6...
🍎 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

HOSTS:
Kristian - Employment Compass
Tristan - Grand West Consulting

New episodes every Tuesday! Subscribe and hit the notification bell 🔔

Next week: More insights from Australian entrepreneurs and innovators!

#TheDebriefPodcast #AgedCare #HealthTech #AIInnovation #Entrepreneurship #StartupFounder #PerthStartups #AustralianBusiness #HealthcareInnovation #PlanCare #MorningStartup #FounderJourney #TechLeadership #DisruptiveInnovation #AIinHealthcare