<![CDATA[Six Four]]>
sixfour.substack.com]]>https://sixfour.substack.com/podcastSubstackTue, 07 Jul 2026 13:30:29 GMThttps://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/446933.rssBradley ScottHelping NZ tech companies build and ship great productepisodicBradley Scottsixfour@substack.comNo<![CDATA[Xero’s cloud migration - Realities of the undertaking]]>In 2014 Xero was experiencing exponential customer growth. But they were about to hit a wall.


Unless they did something drastic, and soon, they would be unable to continue to scale their platform to handle new customers. 


This episode tells of what happened when the team realised the complexity of the migration they were undertaking and how they pulled the project back onto the tracks



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Unless they did something drastic, and soon, they would be unable to continue to scale their platform to handle new customers. 


This episode tells the story of probably the largest cloud migration undertaken by a SaaS company in NZ.



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Vend started off in 2010 and by 2013 they were bringing awesome sauce and chuck taylors to the tech scene in Auckland. Vend sprang back into the collective tech community attentions last year by being acquired for 350M USD by Lightspeed. 


The Stables vs Volatiles article Nick mentioned in this episode is available here: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/stables-and-volatiles/



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Vend started off in 2010 and by 2013 they were bringing awesome sauce and chuck taylors to the tech scene in Auckland. Vend sprang back into the collective tech community attentions last year by being acquired for 350M USD by Lightspeed. 


 



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Vend started off in 2010 and by 2013 they were bringing awesome sauce and chuck taylors to the tech scene in Auckland. Vend sprang back into the collective tech community attentions last year by being acquired for 350M USD by Lightspeed. 



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This episode talks about the influence of founders, CEOs and the discipline of product management.



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This episode discusses attracting and growing talented product and engineering teams.



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This episode outlines near death experiences and discusses how to navigate extreme growth


 



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This episode looks at some of the areas that M-Com did particularly well- including their US market entry. We look at why M-Com succeeded where subsequently higher profile organisations failed in the same endeavour. We also discuss other factors that contributed to the company’s success



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This episode discusses this period of growth and what lessons were learned during that time.



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M-Com went on to develop a mobile banking platform that is used by 1,000s of global financial institutions and millions if not tens of millions of users.



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Today Xero is an often cited example of success in NZ tech. However in 2009 with just 6,000 customers + 1M of revenue this success was far from guaranteed. It was then that today’s guest joined the team. Over the next 6 years he had a front row seat to see customers grow to nearly 500,000 and annual revenues surpass 150M



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However in 2009 with just 6,000 customers + 1M of revenue this success was far from guaranteed. It was then that today’s guest, one of Xero’s 1st Product Managers joined the team. Over the next 6 years he had a front row seat to see customers grow to nearly 500,000 and annual revenues surpass 150M



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