Welcome to The Roundtable Rethink podcast, where three sharp minds come together every week to discuss the topics that shape our world. Meet the voices behind the mic: Uncle Paddy – The seasoned entrepreneur and tech veteran, bringing years of wisdom, wit, and firsthand experience in building and scaling businesses. Expect a mix of pragmatic advice and sharp observations from a man who’s seen it all. Andy The Asshole – The unfiltered provocateur with a knack for cutting through the noise. An ...
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Our Top 15 Business Lessons From 90 Years In Business
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1:12:51This week, we put a bow on our 5-week entrepreneurial breakdown by revealing our top 15 lessons learned from a combined 90 years in business. We discuss the following topics... Most things don't matter, and a few things matter a lot Big things take time Everything is a product/service problem Simple scales and fancy fails Beware of the managerial c…
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Sports Team or Family What are you Building? Should Dummies Get To Vote, Latest AI Innovation from Google
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1:16:39This week, we discuss the final instalment in our entrepreneurial breakdown: building a team. We discuss when and how to hire your first team members and how to make them effective. More than 50% of young people don't vote; we discuss the lack of political awareness and touch on some potential solutions for a more educated electorate. Finally, we u…
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Nvidia AI Hardware Roadmap, Sales/Marketing (Segment 4), Tariffs & Stock Market Apocalypse
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1:22:59This week, we discuss the highlights from the Nvidia GTC conference, including their AI hardware roadmap. Andy, the asshole, unpacks segment 4 of our breakdown of the entrepreneurial journey, Sales and Marketing, providing killer and actionable insights on how to identify and land your first 10 customers. Finally, Stevie Telavive brings us home wit…
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Gemini 2.5 Pro, What is MCP (model context protocol), and Business Planning and Strategy, Episode 3 of our Entrepreneurial Breakdown
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1:15:04This week, Andy the asshole kicks things off with a breakdown of Google's new Gemini 2.5 pro model. Uncle Paddy leads us in a conversation about MCP (model context protocol). What is it, how do you leverage it, and what are the implications for an agentic AI future??? Finally, we discuss business planning and strategy as part 3 of our multi-part ep…
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Global GPT, The one GPT To Rule Them All, Manus AI Update, Segment 2 in our Entrepreneurial Breakdown "Understanding Your Market.", Random Speed Run On Values and Tesla
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1:08:59This week Andy, the asshole, unpacks Global GPT, maybe the only GPT you'll ever need. Uncle Paddy joins from the Cotswolds with a Manus AI update, segwaying into segment 2 of our entrepreneurial breakdown, "Understanding Your Market." Finally, we wrap up with a speed run on values, Tesla and ANY DAMN THING WE PLEASE!!! Useful Links Global GPT https…
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Manus AI, Flipping Product with AI, Facebook Marketplace Arbitrage, Series 1 of 10 of the Entrepreneurial Journey Breakdown
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1:06:19This week, Andy the asshole breaks down a groundbreaking new AI agent, Manus AI, its capabilities and what it means for jobs. In our practical AI segment, we discuss applying AI to the Facebook marketplace arbitrage game and how we made 78 bucks with little to no effort! Finally, Uncle Paddy kicks off the first of a series of conversations over the…
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Tesla's On Fire, Doge Update, Tariffs And Our First Conversation On Entrepreneurship
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58:01This week we discuss Dodge, the story so far. What's happening with Tesla and the outlook for the coming months and years Tariffs, what are they, and why are they being levied? Entrepreneurship, the first in a series of deep dives into the entrepreneurial journey; more to follow in the coming weeks!By Stephen Vallance, Paddy Donnelly, Andy Donnelly
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AI Bonanza! ChatGPT 4.5, Claude 3.7, Alexa+ and The Rise Of Agentic AI, War In Ukraine
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1:07:12This week, we discussed Claude 3.7 and ChatGPT 4.5. These new models dropped shortly after the podcast last week. We reveal their capabilities and what makes them different from other leading models. Agentic AI! What is it, what can it do for you, who are the key players, and how it's going to disrupt EVERYTHING? Finally, we discuss the cost of wag…
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Battle Royale. Besties Fight It Out Over Apple ADP, Grok3 Reactions, Unmissable AI-enabled Approach to Job Seeking and When Good AI Goes Bad.
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1:21:04Stevie Telavive and Uncle Paddy go at it over Starmer's attack on Apple's End2End Encryption. We reveal Grok3's incredible new capabilities. Andy the asshole delivers a stunning breakdown of how to apply entrepreneurial tactics and AI to the job-seeking process. Finally, Stevie Telavive brings us home with his "Good AI Gone Bad" segment, discussing…
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JD Vance's "Fart In a SpaceSuit" Moment at The European AI Summit, Grok 3, AI and Its Practical Application for Startups
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1:04:05🚀 AI is moving fast—are you keeping up? In Episode 6 of The Round Table Rethink, we dive into the latest AI breakthroughs shaping the business world: 🎙️ Special Guest: Brian McGuire – Serial optometry entrepreneur & startup mentor shares expert insights on AI’s impact on business. 🌍 The European AI Summit – Uncle Paddy Breaks down JD Vance’s Speech…
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Doge, AI's Societal Impact and Comparisons to the Industrial Revolution and Rapid Fire Tech News Segment
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1:11:56This week we discuss Doge, what is it, what are they trying to do, and why is it so damn controversial. After another week of stunning AI advances, we discuss whether society is genuinely ready and which industries will most likely be disrupted. Finally, we discuss a round-up of this week's tech news, including Space Fuel and brain-machine interfac…
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Deepseek, New Open AI Models, Humanities Last Exam, Retail Apocalypse, Future Battery Tech and Tariff Wars!
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1:11:21This week, we set the record straight on DeepSeek and discuss the new OpenAI model o3! What is Humanities last exam, and why is it the last AI benchmark we'll ever need? We also discuss the retail apocalypse and provide our prescription for what it will take to "fix retail" Finally, we discuss future battery tech that will put an end to range anxie…
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China's New DeepSeek AI Model, Project Stargate 500 Billion AI Investment, Trump Coin and the TikTok Ban
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50:39This week, we discussed China's new and astonishing DeepSeek AI model. We unpacked why it's so revolutionary and its potential to change the economics of AI forever! We also discussed "Project Stargate", the largest AI investment in history with a hugely ambitious goal that could transform society forever! Finally, we unpacked TrumpCoin, discussed …
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Energy, Politics & Bitcoin - Keir Starmer's Plan for Change, Energy Production and Costs, and Oklahoma Establishing Bitcoin Reserve.
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1:01:20This week, Stevie Telavivie discussed how energy is produced, the grid's issues, why our prices are so high, and possible future solutions, notwithstanding his Johnny Walker whiskey analogy. Andy, the asshole, takes us down crypto lane with a great explainer on Bitcoin and its properties as both a currency and store of value and why the hell Oklaho…
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It Begins!! 2025 Predictions Show - AI, Politics, Tech, Business
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57:47On this episode we discussed predictions for 2025, these included... Which industries will see the greatest shift in workforce requirements due to AI in 2025? What emerging Technologies will have the biggest impact on daily life in 2025? Biggest winners/losers in tech 2025 (Company names and why)? What will be the dominant LLM (Large Language Model…
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