# Mike Cannon-Brookes on Reddit (u/mikecannonbrookes)

Part of Founders and CEOs on Reddit, researched with Autumn (https://www.autumn.ai) from public sources. Updated 2026-11-07. Interactive version: https://www.autumn.ai/resources/founders-on-reddit/mike-cannon-brookes

Mike Cannon-Brookes: Co-founder of Atlassian.

- Reddit account: [u/mikecannonbrookes](https://www.reddit.com/user/mikecannonbrookes/) (Personal account)
- How we know it's theirs: [His 2015 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account](https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3lrvpv/)
- Where they post, in the records we retrieved: r/SelfDrivingCars (9), r/IAmA (7)
- Known activity in the posts we found: 2015 to 2020
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Cannon-Brookes

## Moments

### u/mikecannonbrookes in r/IAmA, Sep 25, 2015 · Advice

Replying to a redditor:

> What are the most important truths that Australia's starteratti are too afraid to express in public?

> Most important truths they're afraid to express? Good question.
>
> 1. Often (but not always - often) people complaining they "can't raise money because of a lack of capital" are really saying they "can't raise money because their idea or team are crap".
>
> 2. That we may never be able to build a viable industry here because we just don't have enough *experienced* talent to help them grow (which is why small firms leave in increasingly worrying numbers).
>
> 3. Exactly that - that the *best* choice for most startups is to go to the US (not sure I believe it 100%, but few express it publicly).

Full thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3lrvpv/iama_mike_cannonbrookes_cofounder_of_atlassian_ama/cvddfyl/ · 11 points as of Nov 7, 2026