The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman. If you would like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC (20VC), head to www.20vc.com for more information on the podcast, show note ...
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Join Carta's Head of Insights, Peter Walker, as he breaks down the data that's fueling today's most fascinating trends in startups, VC, and the private market ecosystem. Featuring guests from across the venture industry — from founders to investors, and everyone in between — each new Data Minute is a bite-sized breakdown of the metrics, patterns, and important insights you need to navigate the ever-changing world of startups.
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Bite-sized business news. 5 minute breakdown of the top 3 Australian or global business stories of the day. Tailor made for busy humans. Hosted by Brett Joffe and Justin Joffe, co-founders of Flux.
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FiredUp Funded! is the podcast that unpacks the funding story with startup founders who’ve just secured venture capital. In each 30-minute episode, we sit down with the CEO or cofounder to understand their fundraising journey – and to hear what comes next.
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Quick advice to help startup founders fundraise better. Founders, do you feel like you're fundraising on an uneven playing field? You are. The VC minute is here to help you level up. Venture capitalists navigate pitches and negotiate investments every day. They know the ins and outs and are up-to-date on the current funding environment. But as a founder, it may be your first foray into fundraising, and no matter how much success you've had in other areas nothing truly prepares you for the fu ...
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A Spark Of Awareness is a weekly 15-minute reflection practice for conscious leaders to practice self-awareness. Your time to pause, and sit with yourself. No distraction, just self-listening. Every week, Sophie Vo will offer a human prompt — drawn from real transformation work with tech and gaming founders, executives, and leaders — to help you step out of old scripts, reconnect with your truth, and lead from integrity, presence, and self-mastery. Sophie is a leadership guide for high-achie ...
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Cloud Returns covers ALL types of software investing, whether seed, venture capital, growth equity, private equity, debt, and the public markets. Our target audience: SaaS investors AND operators raising capital that listen to SaaStr, Twenty Minute VC (20VC), The Logan Bartlett Show, or Thoma Bravo’s Behind the Deal and still want to learn even more.
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How do you grow like a VC-backed SAAS company without taking on investors? What are the secrets that SAAS CEOs have that the rest of us don't? Do you want to create a lifestyle business, a performance business, or an empire? How do you scale to an exit without losing your freedom? Join the host Ryan Staley every Monday and Wednesday for conversations with the brightest and best SAAS Founders, CEOs, and Entrepreneurs to crack the code on repeatable revenue growth, leadership, lifestyle freedo ...
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Outliers with Daniel Scrivner: Explore the Greatest Innovators, Founders, and Investors
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Learn from history's greatest innovators, founders, and investors with a mix of interviews and summaries of the best books, essays, and lectures. Each week, Daniel Scrivner decodes the ideas, strategies, and frameworks used by the best innovators, founders, and investors. Past guests include Scott Belsky (Adobe), Gokul Rajaram (DoorDash), Kevin Kelly (WIRED), Sir Ronald Cohen (IMPACT), Erling Kagge (Everest Explorer), along with the founders of Wealthfront, Public.com, Primal Kitchen, 1-800- ...
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The Breaking Into Startups Podcast is a platform where we feature stories of people who broke into tech from non-traditional backgrounds. Curious about how startups work, how to get a job without a degree or what technical and non-technical careers are out there? We have news for you - tech fields are booming and you don’t need the best technical degree in information technology to break in and get a six figure job in technology. Our podcast gives you an inside look at the most disruptive st ...
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Listen to remarkable people talk about when the unforgettable happens, what happened next, and who helped them along the way. Often hilarious, always frank; physically and mentally wounded veterans, and those that deal with them, talk us through the moment that changed their lives. Published every two weeks during each series. Available on all the usual podcast platforms. Contact: [email protected] if you have a story to tell and a charity to highlight.
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20VC: Enterprises Will Not Adopt AI without Forward-Deployed Engineers | Who Wins the Data Labelling Race: How Does it Shake Out? | How Synthetic Data Threatens the Future of Human-Generated Data with ...
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1:23:48Matt Fitzpatrick is the CEO of Invisible Technologies, leading the company's mission to make AI work. Since joining as CEO in January 2025, he has raised $100M and accelerated AI adoption across industries from sports to consumer and government. Previously, Matt was a Senior Partner at McKinsey, where he led QuantumBlack Labs, the firm's AI R&D and…
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The AI-First VC | Ben Orthlieb, Founding Partner, Blue Moon VC
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1:00:37This week on The Data Minute, Peter sits down with Ben Orthlieb, Founding Partner at Blue Moon VC, for a look under the hood of a firm that has completely re-engineered the venture capital process using AI. Ben explains how Blue Moon uses a proprietary tech stack to source over 12,000 teams a year and screen them down to the top 5% based on their p…
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Biggest Media and Telco Stories - 2025 Recap
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7:19Seven West Media and Southern Cross Media have announced plans to merge into a $415 million content machine. Optus has been slapped with a $100 million fine for four years of unethical sales conduct Telstra is planning another mass job cut of over 500 jobs as it pushes to hit its new 2030 strategy with AI _ Download the free app (App Store): http…
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Atlassian has announced plans to take on Google and Apple with a near-$1 billion acquisition of an AI-powered browse. Nvidia is investing $5 billion USD into its long-time rival Intel that flips a decades-long rivalry into a collaboration. OpenAI, the owner of ChatGPT wants to buy Google’s Chrome… if Google is forced by the courts to sell it _ Down…
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20VC's Big Fat Quiz of the Year: Founder, Fund and Breakout Company of 2025 | Predictions for 2026: The Company to Buy, The Biggest Short | Why Salesforce Could Win 2026 and The Tailwinds NVIDIA Will Face ...
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1:09:42AGENDA: 03:48 Founder of the Year 2025 06:58 Product of the Year 10:05 Fund of the Year 20:52 Breakout Companies of 2025: Who Made the Biggest Impact? 26:57 Biggest Surprises of 2025 32:57 Predictions for 2026: Top Performing Tech Stocks of the Year 35:25 B2B Stocks to Watch 38:31 Why Salesforce Could Be the Buy of 2026 47:11 Google, Meta, Apple, N…
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Biggest banking & fintech stories - 2025 Recap
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6:18ANZ is cutting 4,500 jobs and scaling back consultants in a $560 million restructure under its new CEO. Macquarie has smashed the Big Four banks in July this year, snapping up nearly 40% of all Australian home loans written. Airwallex has pulled off Australia’s second-largest VC raise ever with a $US330 million raise… but it’s not without its contr…
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20Product: On Running's CPO on How to Create Emotion Through Product | Why 99% of Products Fail and How to Create Cults Around Products | The Biggest Product Mistakes On Have Made & Lessons Learned with ...
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56:00Gérald Marolf is the Chief Product Officer at On Running. Gérald oversees the full range of On's shoes, apparel and accessories to make sure each delivers performance, comfort and style. Before On, Gérald spent over a decade building consumer brands with collaborators such as Microsoft and Ferrari. AGENDA: 00:00 – Why Most "Great Products" Fail to …
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DAZN, the sports streaming platform and Foxtel’s new owner, has made a $936 million USD loss in 2024. YouTube has smashed viewership records and ad revenue as it competes head on with old-school TV channels. Paramount has crashed the Hollywood party with a $108 billion USD hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery. _ Download the free app (App Store): …
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20VC: Will SpaceX IPO at $1.5TRN | Will Cursor Kill Figma | Lightspeed Raises $9BN | OpenAI: $1BN from Disney, New CRO & #1 App in App Store | Oracle and Broadcom Hit: Now the Time to Buy?
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1:22:03AGENDA: 03:32 Lightspeed's $9 Billion Fundraise 05:20 The Impact of Mega Funds on Seed VCs 10:09 The Supercycle of Growth and Late-Stage Investments 13:06 Disney Invests $1BN into OpenAI and What It Means 23:19 Oracle Hit Hard: Is Now the Time to Buy 28:34 Broadcom's Market Cap Drop and Anthropic's AI Chip Orders 35:04 Cursor Competes with Figma: T…
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Domain, the Aussie real estate site, will be sold to US real estate giant CoStar in a deal worth $2.8 billion deal after Domain’s majority shareholder gave the thumbs up. Google has announced its largest acquisition in history - acquiring cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32 billion USD. Meta’s share price has jumped 9% after its quarterly earnings sm…
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20VC: a16z's David George on How $BN Funds Can 5×, Do Margins & Revenue Matter in AI & the Most Controversial Bet at a16z
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1:06:37David George is a General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where he leads the firm's Growth investing team. His team has backed many of the defining companies of this era, including Databricks, Figma, Stripe, SpaceX, Anduril, and OpenAI, and is now investing behind a new generation of AI startups like Cursor, Harvey, and Abridge. AGENDA: 03:05 – Why…
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Flux fam, we are back with another WTF recap episode! Today, we’re looking at some of the biggest retail stories from 2025. Retail is one of the lifebloods of the Australian economy. It employs millions of Aussies, fills our shopping centres and gives us a real-time read on how confident people are feeling with their money. And 2025 gave us plenty …
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20Growth: How Wiz Built a $30BN Brand in Enterprise | What Worked vs What Was a Mega Failure: Lessons Learned | Why Marketers Make the Worst CMOs & What To Look for in Growth with Raaz Herzberg
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1:16:10Raaz Herberg is the Chief Marketing Officer and VP Product Strategy at Wiz, the fastest-growing cloud security company in history. As one of the first 10 employees, Raaz has helped scale the business from nothing to a multi-billion-dollar ARR business. Before Wiz, Raaz was a Senior PM working on Azure at Microsoft. AGENDA: 03:51 What No One Knows A…
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Social media ban hits retailers | ASIC fines Grill'd and MJ Bale | 2025's most downloaded app
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6:54Australia’s world-first under 16 social media ban has officially kicked in and that means TikTok, Meta and Snap are plotting their next move ASIC is on a fining-spree after hitting companies like Grill’d, Bob Jane and MJ Bale with fines for failing to lodge their financial accounts ChatGPT has officially become the most downloaded free iPhone app f…
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The Solo Founder Era | Julian Weisser, Co-founder, ODF & solofounders.com
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39:24Is the "co-founder mandate" dead? This week on The Data Minute, Peter sits down with Julian Weisser, co-founder of ODF and solofounders.com, to unpack the data behind a massive shift in the startup ecosystem: solo founders now make up over a third of all new companies. Julian breaks down the "Denominator Delusion"—the survivorship bias that tricks …
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20VC OGs: SpaceX Valued at $800BN & Harvey Raises $160M at an $8BN Price | Airwallex Raises $330M and The Battle with Keith Rabois | Netflix Acquires Warner Brothers | IPO Market Predictions for 2026 ...
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1:31:48AGENDA: 03:46 SpaceX's $800 Billion Valuation: A Deep Dive 09:18 IPO Market Predictions for 2026 18:18 Netflix's Bold Move: Acquiring Warner Brothers 27:43 Tiger's New Fund Strategy 33:02 Databricks' Head of AI $500 Million Seed Round 36:38 Harvey Raises $160M at an $8BN Valuation 48:22 Will LLMs Kill the App Layer 01:02:02 Google's AI Capabilities…
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RBA big cash rate call | Paramount cuts Netflix's lunch | Airwallex lands massive VC haul
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7:00The Reserve Bank of Australia has paused the cash rate at 3.60% in its final meeting of the year…after inflation reared its ugly ugly head once again. Paramount has crashed the Hollywood party with a $108 billion USD hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery. Airwallex has pulled off Australia’s second-largest VC raise ever with a $US330 million raise……
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20VC: Kalshi's $1BN Raise, the Polymarket Feud, and the Battle to Replace Traditional Media
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47:55Tarek Mansour is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Kalshi, the leader in the world of prediction markets. Just last week, they announced their $1BN raise at an $11BN valuation. In total, they have raised $1.59BN from some of the best, including Sequoia, a16z, General Catalyst, IVP, Meritech, and more. They also last week announced exclusive partnerships wit…
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Smiggle's slump hits Premier Investments hard | Spotify Wrapped breaks records | Lululemon's founder trolls Lululemon CEO
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6:56The company behind Smiggle and Peter Alexander copped a 12% share price drop because school students aren’t digging its colourful stationery anymore. Spotify has just delivered its biggest ever Wrapped launch, with more than 200 million users jumping in within 24 hours. Lululemon’s founder is trolling the current CEO as he claims the company he sta…
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20VC: Inside Bending Spoons Acquisition Machine: Evernote, Eventbrite, Vimeo | How Evernote Evaluates Acquisitions and New Product Ideas | How Evernote Mastered Product Launches, User Retention and Monetisation ...
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1:05:28Bending Spoons is the acquisition machine of the tech world. They have acquired the likes of Evernote, Vimeo, Eventbrite, Streamyard and more. However, they never open their gates to the secrets behind Evernote's product machine. Today that changes with Federico Simionato joining 20Product. Fede has been a Product Lead at Bending Spoons for 8 years…
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H&M Australia's $35 million wage blow-out | Aussie EVs fail testing | Magnum splits from Unilever
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6:49H&M Australia is facing a $35 million bill for unpaid wages to Australian staff as it starts to quietly shut down its underperforming stores. Australia’s top electric vehicles have all failed in real-world testing, with some models driving up to 30% less than their advertised battery range. The Magnum Ice Cream Company is demerging from its parent …
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20VC: Thrive & OpenAI Partnership | Eventbrite Acquired for $500M | Databricks Raising $5BN at $134BN Valuation: Cheap or Not? | Why SaaS is Like Japan and The TAM Trap in Software
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1:12:30AGENDA: 04:20 Thrive and OpenAI Partnership 07:14 Databricks Raising $5BN at $134BN Valuation: Cheap or Not? 17:39 Eventbrite Acquired by Bending Spoons for $500M 21:39 Pagerduty's $1BN Market Cap, Just 2x Revenue 26:59 The TAM Trap: Why SaaS Is Like Japan 37:42 Lessons from Companies Hitting $100M ARR 44:57 The Future of Labour Markets is F****** …
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IGA vs Tobacconists | Aussies fuel KFC profit zing[er] | Shopify tanks after Cyber Monday outage
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6:54Metcash has seen its shares fall more than 9% after illegal tobacco casues a $345 million knock in sales. The owner of KFC Australia stores has upgraded its full-year profit guidance after Aussies get stuck into Zinger burgers. Shopify saw its shares plummet 5% after its suffered major outages on Cyber Monday. _ Download the free app (App Store): h…
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20VC: Scale, Surge, Turing, Mercor: Who Wins & Who Loses in Data Labelling | Is Revenue in Data Labelling Real or GMV? | Why 99% of Knowledge Work Will Go and What Happens Then? | Why SaaS is Dead in a ...
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1:08:16Jonathan Siddharth is Founder and CEO of Turing, one of the fastest-growing AI companies advancing frontier models. Jonathan has led the company to an astonishing $300M ARR with just $225M raised and a profitable company. A Stanford-trained AI scientist, Jonathan previously helped pioneer natural language search at Powerset, which was acquired by M…
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El Jannah - the billion-dollar chicken chain | Google takes on Nvidia | Harvey Norman's international success
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6:22El Jannah, the cult-favourite charcoal chicken chain, is set to be snapped up for almost $1 billion by US private equity giant General Atlantic. Google is taking it up to Nvidia in the chip wars as it looks to sell its own proprietary chips to Meta and its share rose 4% on the news. Harvey Norman has seen its sales jump 9% in the last quarter as it…
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20Sales: John McMahon on How to Hire, Train & Retain the Best Sales Reps | How Sales Changes in a World of AI | Sales Lessons from Snowflake and MongoDB | How to Create and Drive a Sales Process with Urgency ...
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1:08:30John McMahon is widely regarded as one of the greatest enterprise-software sales leaders of all time. He's the only person to have served as Chief Revenue Officer at five public software companies: PTC, GeoTel, Ariba, BladeLogic and BMC Software. He helped scale BladeLogic from a startup into a public company — ultimately leading to its ~$880M sale…
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Temple & Webster's wild drop | Aware Super's $50m marketing blitz | SkinKandy pierces the IPO market
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6:55Temple and Webster shares have crashed over 30% even though it saw strong revenue growth and record customer numbers. Aware Super, one of Australia’s biggest super funds has spent nearly $50 million on marketing its industry super fund last year as the race for super dollars heats up. SkinKandy, the Australian body piercing and jewellery business i…
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20VC: Anthropic Raises $30BN from Microsoft and NVIDIA | NVIDIA Core Business Threatened by TPU | Sam Altman's "War Mode" Analysed | Sierra Hits $100M ARR: Justifies $10BN Price? | Lovable Hits $200M ARR ...
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1:30:09AGENDA: 04:06 Anthropic's $30BN Investment from Microsoft and NVIDIA 07:01 Google vs. OpenAI: Sam Altman's "War Mode" Memo 15:27 NVIDIA's Customer Concentration: Bull or Bear 22:12 Is "War Mode" BS: Does Hyper-Aggressive Ever Work? 36:12 Sierra Hits $100M ARR: Justify $10BN Price? 46:14 Implementation is the Biggest Barrier to Enterprise AI Growth …
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TikTok's Australian naming rights | Aussie tech founders get a $5 billion payday | Daily Mail acquires British royalty
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6:56Tiktok has bought the naming rights to rebrand a major Sydney venue as the ‘Tiktok Entertainment Centre’. Two Aussie tech founders just sold their software monitoring startup for more than $5 billion. The owner of the Daily Mail is dropping £500 million to buy The Daily Telegraph and bring it into its media empire. _ Download the free app (App Stor…
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The Fear of Becoming You: Why Some Leaders Change, and Others Never Will
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28:14In this new coaching episode host Sophie Vo and co-host Maria Gillies are tackling the “Fear of Becoming You,” uncovering the profound themes surrounding leadership, self-awareness, and personal transformation. These themes have resonated particularly for women leaders navigating the complexities of authenticity and growth. Changing: The Paradoxes …
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20VC: Base44's Maor Shlomo on How Vibe Coding Will Kill SaaS and Salesforce | Why it is BS that Vibe Coding Platforms Do Not Have Defensibility and Bad Margins | Why He Worries About Google, Not Replit ...
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1:11:43Maor Shlomo is the Founder and CEO of Base44, the AI building platform that Maor built from idea to $80M acquisition by Wix, in just 8 months. Today the company serves millions of users and will hit $50M ARR by the end of the year. Before Base44, Maor was the Co-Founder and CTO of Explorium. AGENDA: 00:05 – 00:10: How Vibe Coding is Going to Kill S…
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Reece Plumbing's team gets a second strike | Ladbrokes owner cuts perks | Monash IVF faces a new challenge
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6:52The Execs at Reece, the plumbing wizards, have copped a second strike on their pay after shareholders have lost their patience. The owner of Ladbrokes and Neds in Australia is cutting jobs and winding back perks as it tries to stabilise its struggling Aussie business. Monash IVF has reported weaker than expected performance after it feels the after…
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Google's Gemini 3 Just Prepped My $200K Sales Call in 15 Minutes
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13:40Google just released Gemini 3, and I tested it with 3 real business use cases: prepping for a $200K sales call, building an interactive sales dashboard, and creating a complete website from scratch—all in minutes.In this video, I show you LIVE examples of:✅ Gemini Agent prepping an entire sales call (research, pitch angles, objection handling, foll…
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20VC: Max Altman on The New Seed War: Can Anyone Compete with Sequoia and a16z | Leaving $2BN on the Table with Reddit | Lessons from Backing Rippling at $25M Post | Why Climate Tech is a Mirage and Disaster ...
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1:19:22Max Altman is Co‑Founder & Managing Partner at Saga Ventures, a US$125 M early‑stage fund. Before Saga Max was an investor with Apollo Projects, Hydrazine Capital and Altman Capital (where he helped deploy over US$500 M) into breakout names such as Rippling and Reddit. AGENDA: 03:55 – Venture Capital Is FULL of Tourists With Single-Digit IQs 06:20 …
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Qantas steps up in battle with Virgin Australia | Nvidia outperforms everyone | Adobe's billion-dollar marketing play
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7:00Qantas is taking the loyalty battle to Virgin Australia head-on… with a new membership program for Jetstar. Nvidia keeps the AI boom alive as it outperforms the VERY lofty expectations of investor… and the whole market rises on the news. Adobe has dropped almost $2 billion USD to buy Semrush so it can beef up its marketing and AI tools. _ Download …
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Don’t Sleep on Seattle Startups | Vivek Ladsariya (Managing Director, Pioneer Square Labs)
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53:12This week on The Data Minute, Peter sits down with Vivek Ladsariya, Managing Director at Pioneer Square Labs, for a deep dive into the Seattle startup ecosystem and the evolving world of venture studios. Vivek breaks down why Seattle has become the quiet giant of AI infrastructure, holding the second-highest concentration of AI talent in the US, an…
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20VC: Cursor Raises $2.3BN: Who Wins the Coding War | Peter Thiel and Softbank Sell NVIDIA: Analysed | Why Venture Capital Will Hit $1TRN and the Opening of Retail | Why Stripe and the Best Companies Will ...
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1:22:38AGENDA: 04:47 Cursor Raises $2.3BN at $29BN Valuation 11:36 What Gemini 3 Means for Lovable, Cursor and Replit 30:54 Peter Thiel and Softbank Sell NVIDIA: The Bubble Bursting? 48:54 Oracle Credit Default Swaps: The Risk is Increasing 01:07:22 Stripe Does Tender at All-Time High: Why the Best Companies Will Never IPO 01:19:18 Why Retail WIll Cause a…
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Airtasker’s US boost | ChatGPT just got social | The #1 country music track with a twist
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6:52Airtasker has raised more than $7.5 million from iHeartMedia as part of its plan to expand into the US and UK… but it’s share price got whacked on the news. OpenAI has launched a brand new group chat feature for ChatGPT as it quietly tiptoes towards becoming… a social platform. Breaking Rust has just hit #1 on the US country charts with their song …
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GPT-5.1's 3 Superpowers that No One Is Talking About
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17:21**GPT-5.1 just changed the AI game with 3 superpowers most people are completely missing.** In this complete guide, I break down exactly how to use Speed + Warmth, Adaptive Reasoning, and Instruction-Following Precision to 10x your productivity in sales, marketing, and strategy.**What You'll Learn:**✅ How to choose between GPT-5.1 Instant and Think…
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20VC: Andrew NG on The Biggest Bottlenecks in AI | How LLMs Can Be Used as a Geopolitical Weapon | Do Margins Matter in a World of AI? | Is Defensibility Dead in a World of AI? | Will AI Deliver Masa Son ...
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1:02:53Dr. Andrew Ng is a globally recognized leader in AI. He is Founder of DeepLearning.AI, Executive Chairman of LandingAI, General Partner at AI Fund, Chairman and Co-Founder of Coursera. As a pioneer in machine learning Andrew has authored or co-authored over 200 research papers in machine learning, robotics and related fields. In 2023, he was named …
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Xero's profit soars...but its share price doesn't | Google releases AI shopping tools | Visa launches digital currency program
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6:42Xero has seen its half-year profit jump 42% but its shares still fell 9% on the news... as investors worry about the its big US push. Google has released a huge batch of new AI shopping tools that are planning to make your online browsing a whole lot easier. VISA has launched a pilot program that allows businesses to payout stablecoins straight int…
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20Product: How AI Changes Product Design | Does the Design Phase Become Irrelevant in a World of Vibe Coding | The Five Pillars of Truly Great Product Design with Carl Rivera, Chief Design Officer at Shopify ...
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1:11:23Carl Rivera is the Chief Design Officer at Shopify, where he previously led both Merchant Services and the Shop App as VP of Product. Before joining Shopify through its acquisition of Tictail, Carl was the co-founder and CEO of Tictail, the "Tumblr for e-commerce," where he built one of the most beloved design-forward commerce platforms of its era.…
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Menulog shuts down | DroneShield selloff spooks investors | Kim K's Skim's strikes gold
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6:59Menulog has announced it will close its Australian operations after tough competition from global giants has crushed its local market share ASX-listed DroneShield has seen its shares plummet by 30% after a major sell-down from its leadership team Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand Skims has just raised fresh capital at a $5 billion USD valuation _ Do…
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20VC: Sequoia's Leadership Transition | Michael Burry Shorts NVIDIA and Palantir | Gamma Raises $100M at $2BN | Has Defensibility Died in a World of AI | Datadog Surges as Duolingo Plummets: What is Happening ...
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1:15:50AGENDA: 04:22 Sequoia's Leadership Transition 09:46 Michael Burry's Big Short on Nvidia and Palantir 17:41 Gamma Raises $100M at a $2BN Valuation 32:34 Does Defensibility Exist Today When Copying is Easy 40:31 Should All Funds Be Way More Diversified 47:12 How to Run a Fundraising Process & What Not To Do 57:57 Datadog Surges 20% and Duolingo Crash…
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CommBank's home loans pay off | TikTok's time is up in Australia | Uniqlo's Aussie glow-up
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1:35 CommBank reported first quarter profits of $2.6 billion with a particular shoutout to their growing home lending and household deposits Australia's social media ban for children under 16 will officially come into effect from the 10th of December, which will be a massive blow for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and many more UNIQLO…
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20VC: Benchmark's Newest General Partner Ev Randle on Why Margins Matter Less in AI | Why Mega Funds Will Not Produce Good Returns | OpenAI vs Anthropic: What Happens and Who Wins Coding | Investing Lessons ...
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1:25:43Ev Randle is a General Partner @ Benchmark, one of the best funds in venture capital. In their latest fund, they have Mercor ($10BN valuation), Sierra ($10BN valuation), Firework ($4BN valuation), Legora ($2Bn valuation) and Langchain ($1.4Bn valuation). To put this in multiples on invested capital, that is a 60x, two 30x and two 20x. Before Benchm…
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In Conversation with Lee Hatton [Part 2] - From Big Banker to Bitcoin and Block
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14:20Today on What the Flux: In Conversation, we’re excited to welcome Lee Hatton Lee is Block’s Financial Operations Lead,. Block being the $45 billion USD global fintech giant. It’s the company behind Cash App, Square, music platform TIDAL and of course Afterpay, She started her career in financial services roles across New Zealand, Australia, the UK,…
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This CEO Built a Daily AI Agent That Searches the Web While He Sleeps
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40:15Summary In this conversation, Chris Savage discusses the evolving landscape of entertainment and the importance of trust in video content. He highlights the current phase of shock and awe in video production, driven by advancements in technology that blur the lines between reality and fiction. Savage emphasizes that as audiences become accustomed t…
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20Sales: Why You Need a CRO Pre-Product | Why Remote Sales Teams Do Not Work | How Snowflake Built a Sales Machine with Chad Peets
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1:09:13Chad Peets is one of the greatest sales leaders and recruiters of the last 25 years. From 2018 to 2023, Chad was a Managing Director at Sutter Hill Ventures. Chad has worked with the world's best CEOs and CROs to build world-class go-to-market organizations. Chad is currently a member of the Board of Directors for Lacework and Luminary Cloud and on…
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In Conversation with Lee Hatton - The leadership lessons behind Block, Afterpay and Xero
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15:39Today on What the Flux: In Conversation, we’re excited to welcome Lee Hatton Lee is Block’s Financial Operations Lead,. Block being the $45 billion USD global fintech giant. It’s the company behind Cash App, Square, music platform TIDAL and of course Afterpay, She started her career in financial services roles across New Zealand, Australia, the UK,…
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