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Tribe Talkin' Ep 76: From The Lounge- Aaron & Don Reflections From US Expansion Mission

Aaron and Don debrief on the 9 days they had in the US with founders and investors. 
 

Tribe Talkin’ Ep 75: Bridge Rounds Are A Bridged To Nowhere? The Very Best? Eisen Joins Reshop After US$17M Raise. VC Year Ahead. Sharts.

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.
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Tribe Talkin' Ep 74: Language Warning More Than Usual. Public Markets. New Birchal CEO. Failure In Australia. Taste Not Tech. Is Your CEO A Fraud? Sharts.

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:
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Tribe Takin' Ep 73: Employment Hero AI Drive. We Are All Just Wrappers. Cursor Beware. Top Of Funnel A Waste? Sharts.

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
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Tribe Talkin' Ep 72: Good Empire Administration. Investor Test Stays. OpenAI Operator. Voice Agents. B2B Growth- B2C Feel. Sharts.

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
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Tribe Talkin Ep 71: Small Is The Future. Kiki In Trouble Again. KKR Acquires Stake In Employment Hero. Get Fast, Lose Fast. Splose AI Raises $5m. Sharts.

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.
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Small teams are the future. 
What comes fast can be lost fast.
Splose AI raises $5million.
Finding creative loop holes.
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Tribe Talkin' Ep 71: Why VCs Reject You. 2021 VC Investment Cohort Looking Very Grim. Founder Survey Interim Results. Man Baby Leads OpenAI Offer. Sharts.

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. 
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Tribe Talkin' Ep 70: Doing Outbound Sales Properly. Failure Isn't The Worst Thing. Lorikeet Cracks $100mil. Robotics Progress. Miss America Nuclear Power Debate. Sharts.

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
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