The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
By Adam Schwab and Adir Shiffman
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Get the fearless truth about start-ups and corporate Australia from guys that give you the hard facts, not the company line. Hear Luxury Escapes co-founder Adam Schwab and Catapult Sports Exec Chairman Adir Shiffman provide the inside word on the biggest stories in business with a contrarian take from the guys who sit on both sides of the table. New episodes dropping weekly.
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Jim’s Inflation Catastrophe, Credit Card Surcharge Backlash, Codan Goes Parabolic, Iran’s Negotiation Fail, Joby Takes Off and Mike’s Apology
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Oct 05, 2026 |
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Retail Disaster, Firmus Goes to the Moon (Allegedly) and is Private Equity’s Golden Run Ending?
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Oct 02, 2026 |
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AI Money Furnace, Lottery Deep Dive, Fair Work Loses the Plot and AirTree Fight Goes Public
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Oct 01, 2026 |
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Meta Comes Back, JB Hi-Fi Gets Cheap, and Hello World’s $135m Acquisition Gets Weird
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Sep 25, 2026 |
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Commercial Property Cycle, Retail’s Comeback, Aged Care and Finding Value Where Nobody’s Looking: with Commercial Property Gun, Tim Slattery
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Sep 23, 2026 |
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Firmus Goes to the Moon, Anthropic’s Profit Problem, Founder Tax Chaos, Breakthrough Victoria Death March and Xero's Year from Hell
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Sep 21, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: How Do We Get Real People Into Politics? + When Is It Time To Pivot? (with Chris Judd)
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Sep 18, 2026 |
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HMC Capital Comeback Tour and AFG Fights Housing Slump: With Star Fund Manager Luke Laretive
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Sep 16, 2026 |
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Live Show, Macro Investing King Chris Judd joins, Apple’s $3,500 Foldable Bet, Australia’s Housing Mess, Cogstate and the Firmus Moneyshot
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Sep 14, 2026 |
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Is Yo-Chi our next Decacorn, AI Comes for the Lawyers and should CEOs also take Board Seats
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Sep 11, 2026 |
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Expert360 Heartbreak, CTM is Back, Iran Stalemate gets less Stale and The Athlete Rich List
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Sep 07, 2026 |
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Retail Deep Dive: Kogan shows the money and Cettire close to the edge
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Sep 04, 2026 |
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Canva’s Investor Dumpster Fire, Xero’s Shareholder Smackdown, CTM’s Lifesasver Deal and GTA's $3.5bn Bet
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Aug 31, 2026 |
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OpenAI Burns Billions, Temple & Webster Gets Crushed
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Aug 28, 2026 |
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The World's Best Negotiator Returns To The Contrarians
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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GYG’s Blowout Result, Adir’s Luggage Startup, Sydney's Pullman Five and Culture Amp’s AI Fight
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Aug 24, 2026 |
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Housing Crash Gets Real, NVIDIA’s AI Factory Gamble, Canva’s Markdown
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Tech Bros Goes Off, DEF CON Hackers, Waymo vs Zoox, and The LinkedIn Algorithm
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Australia's Most Powerful VCs Join the Pod
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Canva’s AI Crisis, Zoox Changes Everything, Xero’s Ad Disaster, Jetstar’s Bag War, and Atlassian’s Profit Pivot
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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Canva’s $60bn Problem and eBay’s Corporate Terrorism Scandal
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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AI Fund Explodes, Alan Joyce is Back, Victoria’s Labor Reset, Fauci’s COVID Reckoning and Credit Card Chaos
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Tesla Going Down...Down, Immutable’s Massive Fall and Australia’s Unicorn Bubble
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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AI Bubble, Waymo Ditches Uber, Jacinta Allan’s Disaster, KPMG Scandal and Jim Chalmers’ Crashes Housing in All the Wrong Places
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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SpaceX Returns to Earth, Tesla's Shrinking Powers and Atlassian Ruins Loom
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Jul 24, 2026 |
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Xero Gets Whacked, 4DMedical’s Meme Stock Moment, SEN Circles ARN, Uber's Loyalty Lock Up, and Adam’s Safari Business Lessons
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Jul 20, 2026 |
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Deep Dive: Bending Spoons - Genius or Disaster?
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Jul 17, 2026 |
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Nvidia's AI Trade, Telstra’s Disaster, EasyJet’s Takeover Fight, Protein Mania, and TEG Loses the Plot
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Jul 13, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: How do you explain average grades? + Should workers own more of the businesses they help build?
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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AI’s $7 Trillion Bubble, Corporate Travel’s Next Disaster, Work From Home Revolts, and The Man Shake Buy Back
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Jul 06, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Is Australia’s ageing population breaking democracy? + What does the Victorian Liberal Party turmoil say about its future?
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Canva’s AI Crisis, Karl Stefanovic’s Podcast Genius, Labor’s CGT Shambles, and Claude Design Changes Everything
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Jun 29, 2026 |
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Deep Dive: The Rise and Fall and Takeover Fight for Accent Group, Australia's Shoe Giant
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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KPMG Scandal Explodes, Labor’s CGT Shambles, ATO Scares Small Business, Ferrari Goes Electric, and Adore Beauty Goes Sideways
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Jun 22, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: How will GLP-1s change the economy? + Why are young people turning against AI?
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Shadow Treasurer Tim Wilson Joins the Pod. And, Robyn Denholm cosplays Founders, Elon a Trillionaire and the great Xero Pay Rip-Off
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Why do some aggregators beat direct prices? + Is the budget punishing risky investors?
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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SkinKandy Deep Dive, Labor Revolting, More Budget Woes, and Is the UK Racist Against White People?
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Jun 08, 2026 |
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Matt Heine on How Netwealth Became One of Australia’s Greatest Tech Success Stories
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Jun 05, 2026 |
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Meme Hero Frank Greeff Joins Pod, OpenAI vs Anthropic, Clare O'Neil's Budget Slip, SexyLand get Hot, CTM Crumbles and is SpaceX the Most Overvalued IPO Ever?
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Special Bonus: Why SiteMinder Could Be the Most Misunderstood Stock on the ASX
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May 29, 2026 |
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New Contrarians CEO, Boomer's Budget, GYG Comes Home, EY Parental Leave Rort
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May 25, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Should Australians consider leaving for Singapore or Dubai? + How should renters think about the latest budget?
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May 22, 2026 |
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Budget Destroys Gen Z Hope, Xero Calamity Continues, Atlassian Rebounds, Lime to IPO and Temple & Webster Crunched
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May 18, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Programmable digital currency and selling a small VC-backed business
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May 15, 2026 |
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Federal Government Destroys Startups, Negative Gearing Stays for the Rich, is SBF the World’s Best Investor, Droneshield, Hamish Douglass and Marathons
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May 11, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: My boss is working from home but we’re in all the office + Dealing with loss and it’s impact on work
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May 08, 2026 |
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Cochlear Crashes, Firmus IPO Drama, Self Driving vs Flying, Batteries Step Up, Uber x Expedia, Ghost Buses and the Experience Economy
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May 04, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Trump’s latest assassination attempt + Are classic trades the most reliable career path?
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May 01, 2026 |
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Heidi Health, Canva, Mecca’s Rise and Rise, NDIS Flesh Wound, CTM Disaster Gets Worse, Temple & Webster CEO Shock and Copilot Fail
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: AI Effecting Entry Level Jobs + The Value of Personal Brands
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Shark Tank Star and VC Steve Baxter, Mythos, Will Quantum Kill Encryption, Pope Double Standards, Data Centres, Glydways and Hermes
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Researching when investing in public companies + Was the Prime Minister’s Address Necessary!?
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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WFH Blow, SpaceX IPO, Droneshield Deckchair Shuffle, GYG Hits Back and CTM Debacle Continues
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Finding enough time to do it all + Starting a business in 2026 vs 2006
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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CostCo, Kathmandu Deep Dive, Albo makes Petrol Crisis Worse, RBA’s Credit Card Surcharge Disgrace, Waymo Love and Victorian Government Gets Something Right
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Special Bonus: Carma Deep Dive with special guest, Scott Middleton
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Apr 03, 2026 |
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Canva’s Profitless Profit, Smiggle Slumps, Catapult Flying, CGT Debacle, the Incredible Benefits of Autonomous Cars, Firmus and Adam Gets Run over by a Golf Buggy
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Should fuel price surges mean people work from home? + What does it mean to be Australian?
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Rich List, Atlassian Crash, Seek Horrors, Operation Epic Fury, Biennial Disgrace, Councils Behaving Badly and Adir’s Great and Terrible Calls
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Are electric trucks the future? + What if the State of Victoria was a company?
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Atlassian Sacks Thousands, Koala to IPO, Grace Tame’s Disgrace, Star Directors Get Off, Best AI Platforms and Biggest EV Adopters
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: The dwindling radio industry + How did the market get GYG so wrong?
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Life360 Deep Dive, Dorsey’s Block Shambles, Kyle & Jackie Implode, OpenAI Raise in Doubt, Grand Prix and World’s Most Valuable Sporting Franchises.
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Negative experiences in business deals + Would you rather Human or AI phone agents?
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Death of a Tyrant, Eucalyptus Riches, Open AI’s Lofty Valuation, Cettire in Tatters, CTM Clinging On and Jacinda Hates NZ
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Hiding Failures on LinkedIn? + Milking opportunities where your business succeeds publicly!
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Eucalyptus Sale Deep Dive, is Waymo an Uber killer, Winnings’ Winnings, Victoria becomes an official Crime State, Adir Visits Lakemba and special guest business publishing legend, Chris Janz
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Is AI changing productivity expectations in business? + Are whole body MRIs getting more popular + Wes Maas investing in AI
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Special guest Joe Aston joins, Winter Olympics Sexism, the Rise and Fall of Luke Sayers, Corporate Travel Management and Temple & Webster Crash
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Finding balanced views in modern journalism + How AI will impact spreadsheets + Meditation as a tool for success
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Saas Crash! AI Collapse. Atlassian Hammered. Xero Obliterated. BTC Decimated. CTM Founder Lives Large. Will Canva Take Down Australian VCs.
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Are traditional medical clinics still worth it? + Is Substack undermining traditional media?
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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$16 billion IREN Deep Dive, OnlyFans For Sale, Escalante's Fall, will Moltbook take over the world, Jamie Pherous Cuts and Runs and Aus Open
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Should we change the date of Australia Day? + Mark Carney’s DAVOS Speech + How to effectively manage time?
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Netflix Dumped, SaaS Meltdown, Koala Deep Dive, Are Private Schools Worth It, Airlines and Goyder’s Parting Disgrace
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: How do we prioritise sleep? + Is wearable fitness tech worth it? + Managing a staff member who doesn't gel with your staff
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Jellycat Deep Dive, Atlassian Share Price Crash, Kings Counsel Ransom, Writers Festival Monstrosity, SXSW Sydney Dies and Adam’s Passport Bliss
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Working through Christmas + Should high school students get jobs?
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Costco Deepdive, Health Insurance Pricing, Iran on the Edge of Freedom and Albo's Royal Commission Dark Arts
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: To Gap Year or Not To Gap Year? + Will We Have AI Movies Soon?
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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2026 Predictions and What We Got Badly Wrong (and Right) Last Year
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Ask Us Anything: Australia's Best & Worst PM? + Worst Ever Travel Experiences
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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Hot Doc Sale Bonanza, Corporate Travel Management Survives for Now, Albo Kinda cuts Business Class, Why Consumer Businesses Shouldn’t Shut during Christmas and Busiest Airline Routes
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Does Everyone Need a Side Hustle? + The Biggest Story of 2025?
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Bondi Massacre Hit Albanese, Taylor Swift’s Riches, ASIC’s Netwealth Fail, PuppyGate, Chemist Warehouse, Shayne Elliott’s $13m Cash Grab and Lululemon Deep Dive
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Silvagni Case and Suppression Orders + Arnott's $45M Debt Facility
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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The Age of Entitlement in Full Swing, Corporate Travel Deep Dive, Most Valuable Brands, Law Firm Break Up, Maggie Beer, Interest Rates to the Moon and Waymo Flies
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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First thoughts of the terror attack at Bondi Beach
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: The growth of women's sports + Is Melbourne's Metro Tunnel POINTLESS?
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Is OpenAI a Goner? Don’t Miss Adir’s AI Deep Dive, Netflix goes Pacman, Bending Spoons goes Old Skool, Social Media Ban, Amex Kills Points and Pollies Behaving Badly
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Buying through Ali Express? + Should AirBnB be banned?
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Temple & Webster Deep Dive Special Episode
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Droneshield Drill Down, Corporate Travel Management Implodes, BOM Laughing Stock, Compaq, Mike's Jet and the Richest New Zealanders
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Is This the End of Country Road? + Flight Centre's New Loyalty Program
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Nvidia Worries, Xero Disappoints Again, Droneshield Nightmare Gets Worse, Tesla, Defund the ABC and Adir's Awesome Quiz
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: The TRUTH of Victoria's Crime Wave!? + Should Australia Go Nuclear?
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Drone Shield Cut and Run, Menulog Dies, the World’s Greatest Insider Trader, Open AI, Woke Judges and Airport Security Fail
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: How much money is too much? + Boomers with Wealth + Seaweed Start Up
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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RBA Blows It (Again), Pet Circle Horror Show, Navan IPO Deep Dive, Richo Gone, Mamdani Takes NYC, Luxury Escapes’ Goes to the Beach and Adir turns Quizmaster
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Is the Welcome to Country Overdone? + Should businesses be more responsible with data +
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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ASX 20 Bubble, Jumbo Deep Dive, Fyxer, Halloween and Jordy from Great Wrap
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Should SPP's be COMPULSARY? + Big Companies Paying NO Income Tax + Australia's Dying Music Festival Scene.
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Journos WFH Fail, Catapult Goes Large, Atlassian’s Horrendous Buy, Biggest Rocketships, Delta’s Upmarket Win and Adir’s Celebrity Encounter
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: How Does Adir READ SO MUCH? + Performance Marketing with Fixed Costs?
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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ChatGPT Jumps the Shark, VC Troubles, Xero Pay Fight, Nike Stores Gone, NRMA Uncovered and Waymo Expands
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: US H1B VISA Fee in the Tech Industry + Should I Get a Mentor?
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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AI Boom Keeps Booming, Deep Dive into Australia’s Secret $6b Business, Pokémon Cards, Board Games and Founders Behaving Badly
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Should Women Pay LESS Tax!? + Albanese's 5% Home Deposit Scheme
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Atlassian Buys Again, EA Games Breaks LBO Record, SCA Seven Governance Mess, Australia's Most Famous Family, Cameo and Catapult Hits the Big Time
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Elon Musk the World's Richest Person? + Can we build stuff quicker in Australia?
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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OpenAI a $500b Ponzi? Canva Breaks Hearts, Latrobe Crunched by ASIC, Stubhub IPO, Adir’s Worst Airline and is Australia the Red Tape Capital of the World?
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Did Disney Get Jimmy Kimmel Right? + Optus' Outage Issues + Executive Disfunction
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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ROKT Soars, Healthengine, Reebok, Vending Machines go Hi Tech, Haigh’s Branding Genius and Mike’s Travel Report
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Should people go to uni? + Adir's FAVOURITE PC Games Ever
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Oracle Flies and Ellison the World’s Richest Person (Briefly), Amex Devalues, Adir’s BOOKING.fail, ANZ’s Cashback Retreat and Adam’s Bike Stolen
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: The Next Aussie Unicorn, Mac vs. PC + The GREATEST Movie Soundtracks EVER
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Woolworths v Coles, Cettire Nears the Precipice, Australia’s Secret Unicorn Founder, Neurodivergent Founders and Dan’s Brush with Dictators
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: ACCC's New Merger Mandatory Notification Thresholds, The Most Insightful Things We've Read + Our Social Media Thoughts
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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CSL and Reece Blame WFH for Woes, Site Minder Deep Dive, Qantas Roars, Nvidia Delivers (for now), Blackbird, Sydney v Melbourne and KPop Demon Hunters
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: When did the guys take a risk that DIDN'T pay off? + A 20th Team for the AFL!?
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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CSL Breaks Up, Canva Deep Dive, Xero Gets Whacked, Step One’s Struggles, RBA Fails Again and the World’s Largest Companies
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Four Day Work Week? + Do Founder Political Profiles Effect Business Value?
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Temple & Webster Breakdown, Overpaid Lawyers, the business of Sushi, Surcharge Debacle Worsens, World’s Worst Health System and Melbourne Hellhole
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Is AI Another Bubble + Managing Sleep + Starting a Software Company Without Technical Knowledge
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Atlassian Gets Smashed, Behind the Scenes at the Catapult AGM, Public Servants Flying Business Class, Why Price Fixing Never Works, Lorikeet Raises and Droneshield
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Anti-Semitism in Business + How to Get Financially Literate + When To Set Up a Board
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Victoria Goes Full Stalin, Tesla Pivots, Figma’s Epic IPO, Google Deep Dive, Step One Hammered and Carsales’ Well Earned Victory Lap
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Growing Without External Capital + Advice for People Changing Industry
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Employment Hero v Seek Cage Fight, Atlassian Burn Book, Southwest, Reg Grundy's Legacy, Why Free Samples are a Genius Move and How are Coin Laundries Still a Thing?
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Managing a Personal Equities Portfolio + Price Inflation in Insurance
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Guzman Deep Dive, Reserve Bank Smashes Small Business (again), Australian Shareholders Get Shafted, Best Selling Authors and UberEats Fails Again
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Customer Acquisition Costs + Lab Grown vs. Mined Diamonds??
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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RBA Gets it Right (finally), Bumble Trouble, ASX Dual Class Voting Cage Match, Hermes Record, Are Limebikes Too Popular, World’s Biggest Companies, BA Shocker and Adir’s Rules of Capitalism
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Equity Mates x Betashares Acquistion + Child Care Issues in Victoria
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Droneshield Flies, Di Pilla Crashes, Dominos Debacle, WFH, Tether’s Money Machine and Adir’s LinkedIn Pet Hate
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Would the guys go on Shark Tank? + Is Kogan a Lottery Business Now!?
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Xero Bets the Business, Woolworths MyDeal Disaster, Moral Hazard on Planes, EV Road Test and Woodfrog
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Rich People Problems + The Milgram Experiment + LinkedIn
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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World’s Best Bahn Mi, Adir Sleeps with Obama, Door Dash’s Curious Acquisition, Catapult ‘s Smart Buy, Amazon Prime Ads a Turn Off, Adairs Deep Dive and Adir’s Injury
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Are Young People Just BAD with Money + How We'd Revolutionise Schooling
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Virgin IPO, Immutable Questions, YouTube Goes Too Premium, Adir's US Adventures, Israel's Masterstroke and Adam's Cettire Victory Lap
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Business & politics + What have we changed our minds on?
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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David Jones and Qantas Hook Up, Koala Pulls IPO, Mecca, JB Hi Fi’s Golden Run, Get Swift’s Tale of Destruction, Apple’s Woes and Mike’s Switch 2 Review
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: What really happens in the Qantas lounge + Angel Investing Tips + Where to stash your emergency $1M!
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Labubu Mania, Webjet Takeover, Rich List Deep Dive, Eucalyptus Face Off, Waymo and Warby Parker
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: How does ambition change over time? + Contrarian takes on AI
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May 30, 2025 |
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Joe Aston joins Live to talk Qantas, the L1-Platinum Takeover and James Hardie, Catapult Rockets, Interest Rates, the Power of Great Customer Service and Adir’s McDonald’s Incident
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May 26, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: The most important data points for business + Can AI be a financial planner!?
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May 23, 2025 |
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World’s Biggest Travel Businesses, DoorDash Goes Large, HotDoc’s Missing Dance Partner and the guys speak to EatClub Founder Pan Koutlakis
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May 19, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Managing Work Travel with Family Commitments + Adam's Property Solution
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May 16, 2025 |
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Mecca’s Loyalty Win, Tony’s Chocolonely, Waymo, Pet Circle Struggles, Netflix and Would You Have Dinner with Warren Buffett?
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May 12, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: How to manage your time + Is DEI actually helpful for business?
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May 09, 2025 |
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Apple’s Disaster, Atlassian Crashes, Tesla’s Struggles, Election Breakdown and Adir’s New Voting Idea
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May 05, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: Adam & Adir's political party!? + Starting a board career
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May 02, 2025 |
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Why it’s not Always Smart to Buy the Dip, James Hardie Disgrace, the Business of Coachella, is Empathy Important, the YoChi Miracle, Adore Beauty Struggles and Victoria’s Soviet Style Campsites
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: What if the ATO & IRS accepted crypto? + How to take a start up to the next level?
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Why Interest Rates should Stay High, the Power of Loyalty Programs, Club Med’s Comeback, Cettire Victory Lap, LVMH’s Struggles and Adir’s Boycott
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Ask Us Anything: How to grow the Aussie Tech Industry + Can Aussie businesses succeed overseas?
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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StrongRoom Disaster, Prada and Versace, Adir’s Big Time Meeting, Tariff Deep Dive, Uber’s Hits and Misses and Nintendo’s Big Swing
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Live Ep! REA v Domain, are Private Markets the new Public Markets, Biggest Clothing Companies and Live Audience Questions
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Reject Shop Glory, MisRes Doldrums, Warby Parker, South West Airlines, Koala’s Ambitious IPO, Wisetech, Hotels Behaving Badly and Dan Andrews Shunned
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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BYD Smokes Tesla, SpaceX Saves the Day, Premier Investments Deep Dive, has Exec Rem Gone too Far and Special Guest John Stensholt Reveals Rich List Secrets
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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The World’s Biggest Fast Food Chain, Uber’s Uber Mistake?, The World’s Greatest Game, Click n Fail, What would you do with $81 trillion and Adam’s Big Break
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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The Business of Influencers, PE Pet Food Bonanza, Furniture Flying High, Biggest Losses Ever, YouTube Goes Cheap, Inflation Smashes Standard of Living, Should you Discount and Adam’s Fashionable Week
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Wisetech Debacle. Cettire Disaster. Seek’s Acquisition Stumbles and the World’s Most Profitable Companies.
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Droneshield Goes from Slay to Nay, the US$170b Business You’ve Never Heard Of, Jamie Dimon Kills WFH, Overhead Luggage Stress and How not to Treat Employees Badly
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Spotify’s Genius, Is Chemist Warehouse Overvalued, Exclusive Canva News, Temple & Webster’s Rebound and Correcting Last Week’s Mistakes
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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McDonalds v KFC v GYG v Chick-Fil-A Cage Match, Who Can Call Themselves a Founder, Adir’s Deepdive into AI, Should you get an EA, Pool Chair Fights and Adam’s Favourite Mattress
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Deepseek's AI Revolution - How Will This Impacts Nvidia? Netflix v Disney Cage Match, the Rise and Fall of Tesla and is the Bubble on Borrowed Time
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Wesfarmers Catch of the Day Disaster, Netflix Brilliant Strategy, Bumble’s Troubles and ROKT Triumphs
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Has OpenAI Peaked? Sketchers Takes on Nike. Who should pay for the Wildfires? Has Gaming Lost the Plot and Bad Bad Airports
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Is Uber Dying, Most Profitable Media Companies, Why Debt Kills, K-Mart Copy Cats, Tesla Directors Gotta Pay and our Best 2025 Predictions
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Our 2025 Predictions, Culture Amp, NDIS Rorting, Adir's Travels and Adam's Movie of the Week
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Mecca Shines, Soho House Takeover, how Rich is the Top 1%, Adam’s Book Club and how Important is a Brand Name?
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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Is DEI Dead? Google AI Dominates, Best and Worst Loyalty Programs, Myer's Big Deal, Turo v Rental Cars, Restaurant Subscriptions and Raygun Jumps the Shark
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Netflix Kills Unlimited Leave, ClassPass Hero or Villain, Musk’s Investment of the Century, Crumbl and Adir’s Book Club
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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The Iconic Struggles, Pro Medicus Triumphs, Porsche v Ferrari v Hermes, AFR Businessperson of the Year and Computer Games
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Starlink, Bitcoin, The Pros and Cons of Crowd Funding, unicorn Deep Dive and Adir the Celebrity
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Xero, Technology One and Palantir Go Big, Netflix, Martha's Comeback and the Rule of 40
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Quadlock, Chemist Warehouse, waiving HECS, Tech Sector Job Drought and the Importance of CFOs
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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Joe Aston Joins The Contrarians, Australia's Most Promising Companies and the End of Horse Racing,
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Qantas Upgrades, US Election, Roblox Struggles, Temple & Webster and the Nerds Gummy Cluster Phenomenon
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Wisetech, how to get great Service, Universities and the guys speak to Ben from Acquired
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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23AndMe Fallout, #Desperate to Work, is the LVMH era over, Waymo Dominates and the Carry-On Baggage Dilemma
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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Is Wisetech the most Overvalued Big Business in Australia, Canva Backs Down, Doctors, Biggest Social Media Platforms and Listener Questions
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Qatar Virgin Magic, OpenAI Goes All In, Netflix Dominates, SPC goes Original and is AirBNB done?
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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RedBubble Disaster, Hipages’ Quiet Achieving, Self-Driving’s Big Impacts, Cygnett, Ticketing Illegality and FIFA Depreciation
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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WFH Death Throes, Which Jobs Make the Most Money, Myer and the Retail Armageddon, BuildABear v Squishmellow Cash Fight
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Catapult Dominates, Nine Cleans House, More OnlyFans , Nintendo’s Brilliance and the Queen of LinkedIn
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Founder Mode, OnlyFans Extreme Profits, Step One Delivers, Waymo and Cettire’s Wild Week
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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Guzman y Gomez's Dominates, Accent Struggles, Barnes & Noble’s Fall, superstar Carsales CEO Cameron McIntyre LIVE and should you work for a Start-Up?
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Breville’s $5b Bonanza, Seek Struggles Without Visionary Founders while REA Dominates, Crimson Rises, Rich Founders and is Milkrun the Best Customer Experience in Australia?
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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JB Hi Fi and Temple Soar, Scooters Banned, the guys speak to the superstar founder of Eight Sleep and is Work from Home Dead?
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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The World’s Best Negotiator joins The Contrarians, Google a Monopolist and Alan Joyce gets Stripped
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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Canva’s Bets Big on AI, Rex Crash Lands, Atlassian Slumps, the Business Behind the Olympics and Adir’s Hot New Rig
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Essilor Luxottica's Glorious Monopoly, Stensholt Live From Paris, Dream Team Inflation, Apple and Google’s Flex their Market Power
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Microsoft Takes on Canva, July and Oroton’s colab and is Flippa the World’s Coolest Marketplace
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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Have the Good Guys Gone Bad, Nike Gets Hammered, Hutchie Beats the Doubters and is this the most Dilutive Capital Raise Ever?
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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The best Australian CEO you’ve never heard of, British Airways, Delta Airlines Triumphs and why Grit is the key to Raising Money
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Cettire's Woes, Adore Beauty gets Acquisitive, Adir gets it right on Inflation and is Centreparc the world's Best Tourism Asset?
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Guzman Pops, The Importance of Loyalty, Adam’s Celeb Encounter, Prezee’s Challenges and the Bizarre World of Gift Cards and the Incredible Bellabox Story
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Our First Live Show! TripaDeal Cashes In and the Magic of Ben Gray, what is EBITDA, Adrian Giles Triple Success and The Reject Shop
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Elon's Pay, Turmoil at Nine, Dodgy Taxis, Streamers Unite and How to Ask for a Payrise
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Catapult hits US $100m, Guzman IPO, Canva's Rap and Salesforce's Crash
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Will the AI Bubble Burst, Warby Parker’s Struggles, Why Start-Up Valuations Don’t Matter, Greed isn’t Good and How do you Choose Where to Work?
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May 27, 2024 |
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Should Start-Ups Give Employees Equity, Netflix the last of the Water Coolers, K-Mart's Success and Reece Witherspoon's Business Genius
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May 20, 2024 |
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The Economics of Book Writing, Temple Tumbles, Adir Breaks the Breakthrough Fund and what Should Warren do with his big Apple stake?
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May 13, 2024 |
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Bonza collapses, Envato Founders Heroic Exit, HIMs, Newbook and Big Bucks in Restaurant Bookings
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May 06, 2024 |
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Bluey's Billions, Tesla's Tough Times, Atlassian Gets Profitable and the death of Diamonds
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Mr Beast a Billionaire? Facebook's Insta Purchase Just Keeps Getting Better. And which Hollywood Celeb snubbed Adir at a Superbowl Party?
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Qantas' Huge Move, the Shrinking Tiger Global, are we in a Recession and the rise of Lime Bikes
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Crocs Make a Comeback, Cettire Gets Hit, Public Holiday Surcharges and Mike’s TV Appearance
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Breakthrough Fund Disaster, SBF Put Away, Trump's Pay Day and Canva gets Acquisitive
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Apple Under Fire, Uber Settles, Suing for Birken, the Ills of Pokies and Close Encounters of the Adir Celebrity Kind
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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Behind the Scenes of the Rich List, Employment Hero Fight Gets Ugly, Breakthrough Victoria Disaster and Myer's New Boss
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Inside the Cettire slump, a $120k University dinner, ASX buyback changes, Employment Hero takes on HostPlus, and Adir's Book Club
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Mar 12, 2024 |
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Meta Pulls Out, Life360 and Kogan Thrill, AppleFail, #DeleteAmazon and Founders Selling Down Badly
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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The Incredible rise of Altium, is AirBNB headed for a fall, Woolworths, Qantas and Adir's Expensive Juice
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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What Founders Can Learn from Taylor Swift, Results Season: Temple & Webster, Catch, Seek.com
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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Why Margin is King in Retail, are MBAs Worth It, the Secrets of Good Negotiators and Boring Athletes
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Inside the Secrets of Airline Loyalty, Myer's Remarkable Recovery and the Horrors of Lotteries
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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Tesla's Struggles, New Fashion Models go Bad, Tough times for Sophisticated Investors and VC Woes
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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Deep Dive into Dating Apps, Labor Strife hits the Docks and the Joy of Incremental Growth
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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Atlassian, Nike and the New Sneaker Wars and the benefits and downsides of Strategic Partnerships
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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The economics of Scooters, Airline Loyalty Schemes and our 2024 Predictions
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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The End of Rentals Cars, Adore Beauty Takeover and the Best and Worst Retail Experiences
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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Zoe Foster-Blake's Triumph, Luxury Slumps and Why Small Businesses Shouldn't Shut Over Holidays
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Is Work from Home A Goner, Will Chemist Warehouse Finally Get Listed and Dating Apps
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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Is Afterpay Worthless?, Dodgy Review Websites and Nick Bolton Wins Again
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Is Cettire for Real? Charlie Munger Dies and Special Guest Star, Ruslan Kogan
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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RBA Finally Fights Inflation, the downfall of Culture Kings and is Google Evil?
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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The turmoil at OpenAI, the rise and rise of Shein and a special guest live from Tel Aviv
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Nov 24, 2023 |
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Optus Second Disaster, the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried and the Economics of Home Food Kits
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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Bonus Episode: The guys chat to Courtney Ray, founder and CEO of Daily Blooms
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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Qantas' Ongoing Drama, The Collapse of WeWork and The Wonder of Airtags
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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The Horrific Australian Property Sector, the Rise of the NBL, Tesla Struggles and Netflix on Fire
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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Prestigious U.S. Colleges, GLP-1 Drugs and Atlassian's purchase of Loom
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Apple’s new Launch, Hamburger University and the Gig Economy
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Dan Andrews Gone, Magellan Financial woes get worse, will Premier Break Up and guest, Gavin Appel
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Market Woes, Canva Revenue Soars, Block Goes South, The Taylor Swift Effect Continues
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Qantas’ Annus Horribilis, Step One and the Perils of Inflation
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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Freelancer’s Struggles, the Video Game Market, the Israel Tragedy and who won the Bet of the Century
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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The Rise and Rise of Katy Perry, The Unhealthy Mummy and Rupert Murdoch Calls it a Day
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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AirBNB gets Hammered by Melbourne, Booktopia Woes and Maggie Beer happenings
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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The Collapse of WeWork, Kogan Bounces Back and Adir Attends the Corporate Party of the Year
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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Temple & Webster + Seek Earnings, Australia’s Biggest Secret Growth Fund and Qantas’ Qatar Mess
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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Untitled
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Jan 01, 1970 |