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Tribe Talkin' Ep 67: We're Back! 2025 Predictions. Text To Action AI. Resilience. PMF. VC Firms Fall. 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. 
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Tribe Talkin' Ep 66: Open AI Goes Down. Birchal Raises $2Mil. Our Agentic Future. Quantum Breakthrough. Tandem Shuts.

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.
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Tribe Talkin' Ep 65: AI. VC Mental Torture. YC's Requests. Statemate's Woman Leader Award. Sharts.

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.
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Tribe Talkin' Ep 64: Fastest "100". Swoop Aero's Liquidation. Salary Efficiency Ratio. Selling Work Not Access. VC Resurgence.

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. 
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Founder Focus Ep 15: Ben Thompson of Employment Hero.

Ben Thompson is the CEO and co-founder of Employment Hero, a platform revolutionizing how small and medium-sized businesses manage their HR, payroll, and benefits. With a mission to make employment easier and more rewarding for everyone, Ben has been at the forefront of driving innovation in the workforce management space. Under his leadership, Employment Hero has grown to serve businesses globally, empowering teams with tools that foster productivity and engagement.
This episode discusses topics such as raising capital, go-to-market strategies, managing shareholders, his views of building a high performing culture, DEI, and handing criticism from people outside the business. 
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Tribe Talkin' Ep 63: Crazy AI Stories. Employment Hero. Problematic Geniuses. Startups Are High Turnover. Luke Anear Steps Down. Canva CFO. Sharts.

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.
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Tribe Talkin' Ep 62: Learn From Trump. SaaS- Margins To Fall. Scalare Lists. Company Failures. Themes. Sharts.

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.
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Tribe Talkin Ep 61: Worthless- You, Your SaaS And Your Data.

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. 
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