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In this week's episode: Let's be clear -- the very best B2B companies just explode. www.reshop.com has closed a USD$17m capital raise in 2025. 14 venture capitalists unpack the year ahead. A bridge to nowhere. Its the Data stupid. Cloning websites made easy. hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: NASDAQ & S & P 500 fall- why it matters. Kirstin Hunter joins equity platform Birchal as CEO. The startup lesson Australia still struggles with. Why taste, not tech, will be the advantage in the age of AI. Ingredients AI founders will need. Why startups fail. You can have everything you want, just not at the same time. Is your CEO a fraud? Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: Employment Hero AI adoption drive. Michael Luorebuilt a basic version of Docusign in 2 days. AI development not fool proof just yet. We are all just wrappers of the previous thing. Market places are squarely in the firing line of AI agents. New definitions of product market fit. Cold outreach by Paypal. Top of funnel is a waste of time sub $5mil? Sharts hello@tribeglobal.vc
On today's poddy, we revisit our regrettable fashion choices and decide whether or not they'll cycle back. Follow The Big Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/haurakibigshow Subscribe to the podcast now on iHeartRadio, YouTube, or wherever you get your podcasts! Featuring Jason Hoyte, Mike Minogue, and Keyzie, "The Big Show" drive you home weekdays from 4pm on Radio Hauraki. Providing a hilarious escape from reality for those ‘backbone’ New Zealanders with plenty of laughs and out-the-gate yarns. Download the full podcast here: iHeartRadio: www.iheart.com/podcast/1049-the-hauraki-big-show-71532051/?follow=true Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hauraki-big-show/id1531952388 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/20OF8YadmJmvzWa7TGRnDISee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this week's epsidoe: Findings from the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services on the Wholesale investor tests are out. AI Agents talking in their own language (data over sound). Voice agents getting better. User experience is part of the rapid growth story: B2B feeling B2C. Vu Tran seeking resumes. Don't assume a static world: model performance and cost. Good Empire in administration. Sharts hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: Five V SaaS Summit, Sydney March 20th 2025. KKR Acquires Stake in HRM Platform Employment Hero from SEEK Investments. Kiki's investor reports reveal millions burned amid legal risks. The middle class engineer is dying. And it's dying because they're not needed anymore. Small teams are the future. What comes fast can be lost fast. Splose AI raises $5million. Finding creative loop holes. hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this weeks episode: OpenAI AI SDR. Investigating ChatGPT Search: Insights from 80 Million Clickstream Records. Glass jaw man baby make face bid to buy OpenAI. YC's first AI Startup School. Cursor becomes the fastest company to $100M ARR. 2021 VC cohort looking very grim. VC's don't reject you after deep DD. About 50% of companies will go from Seed to Series A. Lessons in VC. Themes of the week. Sharts. hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: Outbound isn't dead. The worst thing that can happen to your startup isn't failure. Australian start-up Lorikeet cracks $100m valuation in AI agent boom. Robotics has reached a tipping point. First bullet point or last bullet point AI companies. Miss America Nuclear Power debate. Adrian Di Marco awarded OAM for his service to information technology. Theme's of the week. Sharts hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: The Keeper Test: Netflix website description. The severance package. What the staff say about it. Deepseek: 20VC episode SEO getting harder. Own your own audience. Can you return a VCs fund? Find a niche. Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: Matt Vitale sets down and leaves Birchal. Rise of the zombie VCs: Australian venture capital faces a year of reckoning. LinkedIn is in danger of being swamped by AI-generated slop. Not all channels are equal Meta removes fact checkers & scraps diversity policies Silicon Valley's lurch to the right catches the eye of local VCs. Strategy is to learn and change as quickly as possible. Theme's of the week. Sharts:
In this week's episode: 2025 predictions. Employment Hero uses mostly scrip to acquire company. Text to action AI will fundamentally change the world. The Great UI overall because of AI Agents. AI and hardware working together to change the lives of people paralysed. People with more resilience live longer. Here are six ways to build it. Why first time founders can outperform multi founders. Bench Accounting shuts down abruptly after raising $100million. Product Market Fit broken down into 2 categories. VC Firms Drop. A reminder that capital comes easiest from networks that like and trust you. hello@tribeglobal.vc
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Happy Monday, Christmas Fanatics! And Happy 2025! To kick off the New Year, the elves gather to discuss the 2024 film, "Dear Santa"! Opinions are all over the place with this one, but one thing's for sure - regardless of what each individual elf thought of this movie, the discussion sure is fun! Because on top of walking through the plot of this film, they also discuss how their holiday seasons went, gifts they got, how they kicked off the new year, etc. Trust us when we say this is one episode you wanna be sure not to miss! So settle back, relax, and enjoy! And never fear - while we're at the start of the year, every day that passes brings us closer to Christmas 2025, and we'll be there with you every step of the way to count down the days. Thanks for your love and support, y'all!
The Two Bobs episode 271 for Monday, December 23, 2024: What are The Bobs drinking? Rob enjoyed a Fireside Chat from 21st Amendment. https://untp.beer/9c6ca5ad1f Robert nursed a 2XMAS Winter Ale from Southern Tier. https://untp.beer/1babba4858 Follow us on Untapped at @RobFromTTB and @lowercaserobert or we'll fill your water bottles with toilet water. Why are drones being spotted all over the place? It's time for our 7th annual Not-So-Secret Santa! Both teams had fun. Everyone on this week's CRAZY NEWS is on the naughty list. A woman in California threatened to shoot a McDonald's employee over forgotten fries. https://local12.com/news/nation-world/mcdonalds-gun-threaten-employee-fries-french-workers-employees-hangry-threat-attack-missing-forgot-worker-arrest-wrong-order-angry-california-loaded-child-endangerment-kids-threats-firearm-gun-weapon-pistol A naked man in Colorado was jailed after attacking two police officers. https://wjactv.com/news/local/psp-naked-clearfield-county-man-accused-attacking-troopers-during-drug-fueled-fight-crime-investigation-police-911-disturbance-pennsylvania-police- Florida Man® decorated his yard with a giant replica of the leg lamp from “A Christmas Story.” https://www.wesh.com/article/man-decorates-yard-giant-replica-leg-lamp-a-christmas-story/63127009 Please share the show with your friends, and don't forget to subscribe! Visit www.thetwobobs.com for our contact information. Thanks for listening! Leave us a message or text us at 530-882-BOBS (530-882-2627) Join us on all the social things: Follow us on Blue Sky Follow us on Twitter Check out our Instagram Find us on YouTube Follow Rob on Untappd Follow Robert on Untappd The Two Bobs Podcast is © The Two Bobs. For more information, see our Who are The Two Bobs? page, or check our Contact page. Words, views, and opinions are our own and do not represent those of our friends, family, or our employers unless otherwise noted. Music for The Two Bobs was provided by JewelBeat.
In this weeks episode: Share price decline for accelerator Scalare Partners. Open AI goes down for 4 hours Satya Nadella on future of business apps in agentic era. After 2 years of talking about how important AI is, the government is going to spend the next 12 months developing a capability plan. Google announces quantum computing breakthrough. Resourcefulness over resources. Blackbird-backed HR start-up Tandem shuts down due to lack of demand. Birchal raises $2 million in 29 hours through crowdfunding. Ten13 turns 5. Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
Recorded on a Monday at the "World Famous" Palm Street Studio! It's the 100th podcast recorded in studio, that was fast. JTK sneaks out, Phil is confused, more White Christmas and Pirate Water galore. Glen McNary calls in for an instant classic of an episode. The podcast wishes you all a White Christmas and December birthdays sure are a bummer.
In this weeks episode: Jerry Seinfeld's take on AI. Jeff' Bezos all in on AI. AI tool ability to synthesis data: Andrew Tate YC's request for startups. Picking the category winner: VC mental torture. Eyes on the price. Startmates $500 voucher. Donald actually has something smart to say. hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: Med-Gemini Instagram dubbing. Follow the ball? Australia's fastest growing companies. Introducing the Salary Efficiency Ratio from Edward Keelan. AI company growth rates. From selling access to selling work. Inside Swoop Aero's fall from $100 million buyout offer to liquidation. Hostplus' $125m VC bet signals super's resurgent interest in start-ups. Scale takes aim at Australia's venture gender gap with $100m fund. This VC for elite athletes is launching its first fund. Micro-VCs: fund size as a strategy. Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this weeks episode: AI gets rich. Chegg: a cautionary tale the large AI companies eating the smaller ones. Employment Hero abruptly changed course on strategy. Just don't call it a pivot. The tech industry must evolve beyond ‘problematic geniuses'. Carta Data: 50% of employees depart within three years. Luke Anear to step down as SafetyCulture CEO, transition to executive chair role. Canva poaches Zoom's chief financial officer. Starting a company vs starting a fund. hello@tribeglobal.vc
Recorded the episode before number 600 in the Palm Street Studio on a Monday night. Buck poles, hitting deer, killing deer with a grocery sack, birthday follies and some more general mayhem. You too can beat Mike Tyson for the sum of 20 million dollars, Will Smith should do it!
In this weeks episode: Directionally right: where the SaaS market is going- lower prices even if you survive. AI voice agents map by Bessemer. Decidr.ai AI parallel world https://youtu.be/MiPXWf_8BUs AI Chat Bot https://youtu.be/zRT86TKMaKA AI CRM automation https://youtu.be/ta2hGRlmtm0 AI natural language search: https://youtu.be/yHDhgw9AEAw Scalare completes ASX listing. Trump wins: what founders can learn from Trump. Fintech non-bank lender Bridgit has secured a $250 million facility with Citi. Equitise falls into administration. Hivery falls into administration. Figuring out what to build is the most valuable thing. Rocket pads Gilmour Space and Southern Launch get ready for lift off. Sharts hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this weeks episode: AI voice bots becoming functional for sales and support. AI using video to remove the SaaS and the human. AI being used to hire staff. Smart pre-launch strategies using networks and fomo. Channels are changing too. House sold using ticktoc. Canva creates specific AI team. Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this weeks episode: Q3 2024 Cut Through Venture Report: VC funding plummets again as mega deals remain elusive. $3b Queensland unicorn Go1's investors prep secondary. Bookings platform Attekus raises $5m from Five V, QIC Ventures. Brisbane recycling social enterprise Circonomy placed in voluntary liquidation. VC firm Antler exceeds target for second Australian fund. Google NotebookLM. Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this week's episode: Eucalyptus pauses Compound, its $1000-a-month men's longevity program. The curious case of scale-up advisory's backdoor ASX listing via a defunct lolly shop. The lines between equity, secondary sales and debt are blurring. "You gotta burn to earn", but how much is too much? DAAS capital: Death-as-a-service platform Willed raises $3 million as media company Seven signs on. Great listener questions: Investment into the GP How IC's work Sharts hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this weeks episode: Investor Adir Shiffman must pay Sleeping Duck co-founders' legal costs, court orders. Startup Daily Awards. Persistence. Persistence combined with the right focus. Build it and the likely wont come. Australia's startup scene has delivered the 3rd-highest liquidity behind the U.S. and China, new analysis shows. AI getting rid of internal systems at Klana. Bluejay AI goes into liquidation owing approximately $8million. Snake oil': Don't believe the artificial intelligence hype. - Sharts hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this weeks episode: Why Uber abandoned Carshare for Turo. Losing product market fit. Ed Keelan's Part 2 Blog. SafetyCulture raises $165Mil in primary and secondary at $2.5 billion valuation. Calling it a $165Mil raise is not right by Simon Thomsen. You can raise $10Mil and still walk away with zero. Why Startup Marketers Should Be Diagnosticians — Advice from OpenAI's and Stripe's First Marketing Hire. Beware of marketing personas. Taking advice from founders and investors. VC red flags Sharts hello@tribeglobal.vc
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Today on the show - 0.00 - Around The World 3.12 - Worst Thing In The Dairy Shed 11.29 - Cool Story Bryce 16.03 - Mel's Married 20.32 - Site Fights 25.15 - Partner Niggles 34.16 - Medical Mondays W/ Dr. John See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
In this week's episode: Nvidia slumps on earnings day. AustralianSuper takes billion-dollar hit on venture capital failure. Super funds squeezed out of VC. Uber scraps $105m Aussie car-sharing division. Drive Mate hopes to fill Uber's gap. Startups shutting down at a greater rate. Losing product market fit by Ed Keelan. Retention.com cuts staff, talks about loosing PMF. Early DPI may not be a good thing. Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this weeks episode of Tribe Talkin': Blackbird and Canva not to happy about leakers of Leonardo.ai deal details. Jesse Wu departs Afterwork Ventures. Investors back ‘unicorn' Go1 CEO swap, as IPO plans emerge. Edtech LoveHeart AI schools up on $2.3 million Seed round. Crowdfunding firm Equitise seeks survival funding after ‘diabolical' 18 months. Outbound is dead. hello@tribeglobal.vc
On this weeks episode of Tribe Talkin': Man baby owner of X/Twitter is suing a group of advertisers and major companies, accusing them of unlawfully agreeing to "boycott" the site. Flippa's CEO says he's been told not to publicise VC exits that aren't fund returners because they don't fit the narrative. Is it easier to get $200million than $2million? Shunned by banks and major funds, Sircel managed to secure $5 million. Loan Bio lays off the majority of its staff in the US after six months. 5 execs have left Canva ahead of IPO. Start-up founder Dr Dean Freestone is suing the Victorian government's troubled venture capital fund Breakthrough Victoria. Companies becoming more product led to arrest falling growth. Atlassian has a weak quarter. Public SaaS metric benchmarks by Matt Aird. Tech unicorn SafetyCulture is on the hunt for a new Chief AI office. Venture backed startups take a decade to build. The best vintages of VC is when its hard. 10 startup lies. Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
Recorded on a Tuesday at the "World Famous" Palm Street Studio. Baseball, guest appearances, all the hours of podcast and more! The boys have a good laugh or two and hopefully you will too!
In this weeks episode: TEN13 passes $100M invested. OneVentures launches new $200m fund to address the lack of growth stage funding in Australia. Australian venture capital firms face a battle for their future. Leonardo was finding it harder and harder before the Canva acquisition. Hundreds of millions of people have tried ChatGPT, but most of them haven't been back. Retail AI start up Hivery backed written down to Zero. Big players will continue to ramp up investment in AI capacity. hello@tribeglobal.vc
"Sharts... I am seeking 1 billion dollars for 5 percent of poobs." Stay tuned to hear the full pitch.
In this weeks episode: ESOP fine print. "Losing money is an under-appreciated asset with our strategy" Ubers early backers. Microsoft has become Canva's most dangerous competitor? Construction safety scaleup HammerTech nails $105 million raise. Workplace talent management platform SeenCulture has raised $1 million. Eye of the tiger in founders by Phil Morle. Airtree: IPO's and exits. Entrepreneurial activity on the Gold Coast is among the highest in the world. Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this weeks episode: Federation's Sendle deal draws intense VC scrutiny as fresh terms offered. US on track to cut interest rates. “Investment ready vs ready for investment” - Marc Orchard Timing between seed and series A. Tesla tumbles on report of delayed Robotaxi unveiling. Behind the scenes of the Archegos collapse. Behind Eucalyptus' big bet that men will spend $1,000 a month on their health. Failure is built into the system. Michael Fox moving to London. Why is Woolies having success where Milkrun wasn't after investing $80m+? Vu Tran Post: "I'd be terrified about the idea of starting a new B2B SaaS business in the current environment". Sold for $1, Scyne claws back a third of PwC's revenue. Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this weeks episode: Cut Through Quarterly 2Q 2024. Mega VC deals are back - but new founders face a big problem. Rise of the robot investors: is AI about to eat VC's lunch? Can we be better than a monkey throwing darts? The greatest angel investment in history: Forrest Gump. Using AI shows you have a low IQ? PE eying startups as VCs abandon later stages. PE terms are far more aggressive than VCs. Booktopia goes into VA. Universal Hydrogen goes into VA. Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this weeks episode: US Presidential election. We're so screwed. AI helping with pitch decks. How accelerators can prove their worth. Bank VCs Expecting young VCs to start failing. Good vibes from Square Peg. 1Breadcrumbs in $4M raise. Samsara completes $100M Series A raise. SaaS metrics required to complete Series A. Sharts hello@tribeglobal.vc
Join Ben Kissel and Kyle Ploof as they discuss which candidate farted during the debate, high school book bans and more!
On this weeks episode: Adir Shiffman losing a lengthy court battle with one of his own portfolio companies, online mattress business Sleeping Duck. To be in the top 1% of podcasters, you just need to do 21 episodes. Elon gets his options approved again. Pitching for PR. Tips from Jessy Wu. Bessemer shares their anti-portfolio. How VCs become assholes. Joan Westenberg article in Startup Daily "The reason why most VCs don't invest in women-led startups is much simpler than many think". Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this weeks episode: Debrief of the Tiribe UK expansion mission Nvidia crosses the $3 Trillion market cap. Are YC valuations inflated? Post by Yotam Rosenbaum. Imposter syndrome in founders. Psylo raises $8million. Deputy expanding into the US and the UK. Advise on pitch decks by Alan Jones. 13% of VC''s don't plan to raise another fund. Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this weeks episode of Tribe Talkin': Startmate's Top 20 most valuable alumni. Frugal founders. Nvidia leadership team of 60 people. Fewer employees at SaaS Series A. Connecting the money you raise to peeling layers of risk. Salesforce decelerating growth, as we've seen with the rest of the market. Modus Partners shares data on SaaS valuations. Sharts: hello@tribeglobal.vc
In this weeks episode: Go-Catch v Uber windup. Government continues to have sexy fingers with taxing unrealised capital gains. Reasons why Sam Altman was fired. Extortion attempt: WiseTech CEO says criminals tried to impersonate him using AI. Not all AI is very clever. YouTube's original seed investment. Canva continues to go enterprise. Airwallex staff turnover continues. Capital on thecapital. WeMoney capital raise. Find good investors that will support you. Sharts hello@tribeglobal.vc
This week… Kärel and Seamo are back and the fellas were feeling loose. They'll have you looking at produce in a whole new light. Find out which NFL draft prospects are rocked up, and who the Packers might trade up for in the NFL Draft. The Brewers are surging and the Bucks are banged up. Andy jumped on and helped break it all down. Kärel won the HUA bracket challenge and Max lost. Kärel shot at the DBOP for Max's punishment. It's a good one! After Andy left Kärel had a messy secret to share! Darts, WYRs, jokes, burps, laughs and so much more! But, before any of that nonsense, they saved the best for first, with the Beer of the Week! During the BOW the fellas rate and review a new beer. They discuss the history of the brewery and examine what's in the beer they're drinking. Then, they break down the beer by its drinkability, the probability they'd drink it again, its chugability, and the can's attractability. Find out if Founders All Day Grapefruit IPA passed the HUA test. Beer of the Week: 05:10 - 32:03 Quick Ketchup: 32:30 - 47:45 WI Sports Talk: 48:00 - 02:08:50 Darts: 02:11:45 - 02:32:25 Challenge Updates: 02:32:30 - END BOW: Founders, All Day Grapefruit (Session Hazy Grapefruit IPA) COW: Bairds trash clean up & BOW verse HUA 145 drinking game: anytime we say the word or words grapefruit, rocked up, or shart, drink. Big shout out to the talented Adrian Pell! He created the intro and outro music for us. Check him out on IG: @AdrianPellMusic If you're listening on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, rate and review the show, it helps us out a lot! Check us out on YouTube and subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRVYu7zopmxja1RsmVpOucQ/featur We're live on Twitch, check out our page! https://www.twitch.tv/holdusaccountable Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hua_pod?s=11&t=DqKX0s9j1XzF2xFF3dBlDA If you want to let us know what you think of the show, or have an idea for the show, you can DM us on Facebook or Instagram @HoldUsAccountable --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/max-hutchison/message
Oh my.. Hilarity ensues on THE DRIVE after Ron "The Show" Hughley's babysitter story..
The Break Room (WEDNESDAY 9/13/23) 6am Hour Includes: 1) They say the way your day starts sets the precedent for how the rest of it will go... If that's the case then Kimmy might be in trouble. 2) How did this man's unlucky day go from gunshot to car crash in less than an hour? 3) This weapon might look a little less dangerous to folks who live in the sticks