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In this weeks episode: 

• Spac listing hobbled Tritium making it hard to raise fresh capital. Reasons for failure coming out in administration process. 
• Scott Farquar stepping down from Atlassian.
• Canva employees are going to buy houses and pay off debt. 
• First time vs second time founders: is success more likely? 
• Co-founders more likely to build unicorns.
• Industries more likely or less likely to have 4+ co-founders vs solo foun...

In this weeks episode of Tribe Talkin': 

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman makes it clear they're going to steamroll you.
• M&A proposed rule changes. 
• Google releases new tools for Gemini: write your emails and create your spreadsheets. 
• Speed of AI making it hard for firms to invest. 
• How to avoid raising too much money. A great article by Ben Armstrong from Archangel in Startup Daily. 
• What happens when Blackbird doesn't follow on? 
• T...

In this episode of Founder Focus, we are joined by Lucy Wark. Lucy is the co-founder of a number of for-profit and not-for-profit entities including: 

🤝 Career-accelerating skills @ fuzzyhq.com 🥰 Sexual wellness for all @ itsnormal.com 🍇 Making startups safer @ askthegrapevine.com

This is a great episode for founders with key topics such as:

• Entrepreneurial Journey: Lucy shares her personal journey to entrepreneurship, which...

In this episode of Tribe Talkin':

• GoCatch v Uber
  • First day in court 
  • GoCatch faces questions 
  • GoCatch had actually lost 90% of users by the time UberX came.
• Canva money hits bank accounts. 
• SaaS growth continues to slow. 
• The "Tech Winter" is persisting.

• Quantum of capital is different at different stages 

•  What VC's really mean when they talk about companies die? 
• Charts

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In this episode of Investor Focus, we are joined for a second time by Adrian Bunter. Adrian is a partner at Modus Partners, a leading boutique M&A advisors with a passion for technology. Adrian is on the board of various private companies including Employment Hero and VenueNow, and non-executive director of ASX listed companies Carly Holdings Limited (ASX:CL8) and Live Verdure (ASX:LV1). Adrian has been a long term member of Sy...

In this episode of Tribe Talkin': 

• Subsequent reporting on Breakthrough Victoria (Capital Brief, Bronwen Clue) 
• Plutora Pty Ltd going into voluntary administration in march over a dispute with the tax office. (news.com.au, Alex Turner-Cohen)
• GoCatch vs Uber: Victorian courts will hear explosive claims of how it killed the competition. (Paul Smith, AFR)
• Task Group creating $100 Mil payday for Houden family.(Tess Bennett, AFR). 
• ...

In this weeks episode: 

•  Our upcoming DeepdiveMcDeepDiveFace episode on Go-To-Market Strategy.
• Tech Council of Australia report. 
• Startup shut downs rise. 
• Investors in Baraja have written down their stakes to zero (Nick Bonyhady). 
• Blackbird write-downs and write-ups in portfolio(Jessica Sier).
• Are VC backed companies just overconfident underachievers?
• Breakthrough Victoria: our thoughts on if it should exist. 
• Main Sequence i...

In this episode of Tribe Talkin': 

• Financial Services Minister Stephen Jones has vowed to crack down on companies seeking to circumvent laws designed to 'staple' workers to a single superannuation fund during employee onboarding programs. (Capital Brief Anthony Galloway)
• Emerging venture capital managers have raised concerns about the influence super funds have gained over the local startup ecosystem. (Capital Brief Bronwen Clu...

In today’s episode of Founder Focus, we talk with Dan Jovevski from WeMoney. WeMoney is a Perth headquartered financial platform designed to help users manage their finances more effectively by connecting their entire financial life in one place, tracking budgets, monitoring net worth, understanding credit scores, and fostering a community for sharing financial experiences and advice. Dan shares the story of WeMoney, emphasizing ...

In this episode of Tribe Talkin':

• More reflections from Southstart.
• Event with Vu Tran of Go1.
• Employment Hero V Hostplus. Hostplus calls for CEO's head. (AFR: Tess Bennett, Lucy Dean & Nick Bonyhady) 
• New female founder grants in South Australia. 
• Resources for addressing sexism, harassment, and bullying put together by Elaine Stead. 
• US and European data for female funding. 
• What are the chances your startup gets bough...

In todays episode of Tribe Talkin': 

• We're at Southstart!
• Bitcoin all time highs. And so is Gold. 
• Employment Hero vs Hostplus. (Capital Brief: Bronwen Clune).
• Elon sues OpenAI
• Lawyers in Elon's pay case want US$6 Billion. 
• One Ventures breaks down venture debt myths. 
• Raising season is open. 
• Raid fire capital raises.
• How long it takes to get to certain points of investments.
• ESOPs can make life difficult. (Capital Breif: Dan ...

In this episode of Founder Focus: 

Dr. Judy Halliday is an exceptionally rare and valuable asset in the Australian innovation ecosystem, having operated in every pillar of the innovation landscape as an inventor, founder, investor, academic, director, advisor & industry professional across both private and public sectors as well as universities.

A prominent figure in the South Australian innovation and entrepreneurship landscap...

 In today's episode of Tribe Talkin' 

• Listener feedback "keep the sh*t bits in". 
• Sophisticated investor changes are likely to happen:
  • Bronwen Clune of Capital Brief summarises the key submissions from the ecosystem. 
  • Financial Services Council says hike the threshold to $5 Million. 
• Berkshire Hathaway annual report. The first post Charlie's passing. 
• Australia's venture capital scene is facing a 'cleansing' by Nick ...

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In todays episode of Tribe Talkin': 

• Canva's CFO Damien Singh resigns: 
  • Tegan Jones of Smart Company first article.
  • Bronwen Clune  of Capital Brief first article. 
  • Tess Bennett and Jessica Sier of AFR article.
  • Tegan Jones of Smart Company second article. 
  • Bronwen Clune  of Capital Brief second article. 
  • Jessica S...

In this episode of Tribe Talkin': 

• Facebook turns 20. An article by Daivd Swan on Facebook being the poster child for "enshittification". 
• Kiki's founder Toby Thomas-Smith issues an apology. We share what we think of it. 
• "The Founders Dilemma": what to focus on and the customer should be number one. An article in Startup Daily. We have a different view. 
• People are trying to work out the LinkedIn algorithm. We think this expla...

In this weeks episode of Tribe Talkin': 

• The State of Australia Startup Funding Report and the areas we found interesting. 
• Cake Equity launched their State of Employee Equity Report .
• Elon: the king of using equity. 
• Deep fake fraud: company loses $25.6 Million on deep fake zoom call instructing an employee to transfer money. 

• Adam Neumann is back seeking to buy WeWork. We intrigued. 
• Atlassian joins "the three comm...

In this weeks Tribe Talkin' episode:

• What we got wrong with Kiki: a fair bit. Reflections on our initial reactions, and we discuss their original pitch deck. 
• Content is king, and it needs to be done inhouse. 
• The value of MMM (Marketing Mix Modelling) for digital channels, and the rise of platforms such as Mutinex. 
• Continued low rates of investments into early stage, however big tech companies filling the gap.  
• Bootstrapping...