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SUDS
by Pinstripe Media
SUDS is the weekly podcast that shares the latest in startup and technology news straight from Startup Daily TV. Hosted by Simon Thomsen and a weekly guest, each episode drops Friday.
Episodes
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21. Climate Salad’s Mick Liubinskas on the challenge ahead, talking tech to everyone, crowdfunding booms & how the US loves Aussie cybersec
This week’s special guest in Climate Salad co-founder Mick Liubinskas, on the alarming Australian State of the Environment Report released this week. We talk about his conversion to climate tech after returning from the US, its potential to address some of our biggest challenges, the need for...
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20. How to tackle diversity and inclusion, be a VC, land VC, and deal with substance abuse
On SUDS, the weekly washup from the Startup Daily show on ausbiz, Simon’s special guest this week is Siobhan Casey, Director of the ACS Innovation Labs in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, on the eve of the 10th anniversary of River City Labs. We discuss the Musk-Twitter omnishambles, and how to...
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19. SUDS with Adviser Ratings founder Angus Woods, on the rise of fintech, the great tech jobs crisis, paying advisors and mental health for kids
On SUDS, the weekly washup from the Startup Daily show on ausbiz, Simon’s special guest this week is Adviser Ratings founder and CEO Angus Woods. We talk about the great crypto collapse of Three Arrows Capital and Voyager Digital, as well as how Meta brands Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp…
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18. SUDS with Carbon Unravel founders Grace Sai and Marc Allen: Uncertain startup times, changing climate, how to founder and a giant leap for wine
This week’s special guests are Grace Sai and expat Australian Marc Allen, founders of Singapore-based Unravel Carbon, which helps companies decarbonise rapidly. With grocery delivery startup Voly cutting staff and shelving expansion plans, we discuss what lies ahead for startups. The pair as in...
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17. SUDS, with Tractor Ventures COO Jodie Imam: The tech slump, women backing women, impact awards, better vision and AI leans in
This week's special guest on SUDS is Jodie Imam, co-founder & COO, Tractor Ventures. We discuss the ongoing slump in tech stocks and what it means for startup valuations and the Tractor funding model. Our big idea is women investing in female founders. From this week’s shows we hear from SBE...
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16. Back to work, founder health, accelerator changes & investing in female founders
This week our special guest is Right Click Capital’s Ben Chong, who reveals his childhood entrepreneurship, and offers advice on how founders can prepare for tough times ahead and look after themselves. We also look at Elon Musk’s edict for execs to return to the office. From this week’s show, we...
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15. NFTs go ape, the troubles with crypto, the end of demo day, tech's election reaction
Welcome to the new, improved SUDS! We’ve tweaked the format and each week host Simon Thomsen will have a special guest join him to discuss the big news of the week, tell their story and also tackle the big issue in their area of expertise, before we run through the highlights of the show for the...
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14. Tesla’s ESG miss, politicians on tech, being a SheEO, good Carma & setting culture
While Elon Musk continues to play chicken over his $60bn Twitter deal, he’s been using the platform to whinge about S&P being mean one of the other companies he’s meant to be running, Tesla , after it was dropped from the S&P 500 ESG index. S&P explained why Tesla was cut here. Meanwhile…
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13. Unstablecoins, the crypto crash, GD1 backs Web3, a plea for political vision
It’s been a tough week for tech stocks and crypto, as well as investors, with US VC giant Tiger Global seeing US$17bn in hedge fund losses (SoftBank’s down $26bn). But that’s nothing company to algorithmic stablecoin Terra USD’s meltdown, Coinbase’s losses and the plunge more broadly in...
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12. Tech responds on women’s rights, MCB v AGL, how to raise $100m, what to do with fugly fruit
The big local news this week was Mike Cannon-Brookes making a $650 million move on Australia’s biggest energy supplier, AGL, in a campaign to stop the ASX-listed company’s demerger plan. Meanwhile, a leak from the US Supreme Court on a controversial ruling around the country’s abortion laws has...
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11. Twitter tussles, the great Ape robbery, universities transforming innovation and art NFTs
Perhaps the best reaction amid a million takes on Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover this week was employee Ned Miles, who tweeted “Can someone just tell me if I’m rich or fired please”. We discuss some of the concerns around the Technoking of Tesla ruling the town square. Then there’s the Bored Ape...
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10. Tesla zooms, Netflix falls, being a great CEO, deep tech investing & how to focus
While Elon Musk’s attention has been on Twitter, it’s been a good week for his side hustle, Tesla, which released its Q1 2022 earnings this week, with revenue up 81% on 12 months ago to US$18.76 billion. He’s set to get a share bonus worth almost as much as a result. Meanwhile the gloss is off...
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9. Days of our Musk, VC red flags, how to hustle and make better board decisions
The world’s greatest tech soap opera, Days of our Musk, continued, with the Tesla boss joining the Twitter board, then not. Meanwhile, Twitter shareholders have launched legal action over Elon Musk allegedly failing to disclose for 10 days when he hit the 5% threshold for a stake in Twitter. And...
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8. Fast fail, Musk’s Twitter play, women investing in women, Thankyou founder on changing philanthropy
The big tech news this week involves expat Australian entrepreneur Domm Holland and the failure of his Stripe-backed payments startup, Fast, in just 3 years, despite having raised $120 million just 12 months ago. Meanwhile, the world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is spending up big on Twitter, taking…
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7. Tech responds to the budget, what role do unis play in startup building, tax break boost for video games
It’s April 1, but the joke’s on Apple and Meta, after being fooled into handing over customer data by hackers who pretended to be law enforcement authorities to convince two of the world’s biggest tech companies to comply. We also talk about the massive crypto theft that saw an attacker steal...
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6. Labor’s jobs plan, tech’s rich list, Groks save Australia, the DAO threat & Curtis Stone’s startup play
On this week’s SUDS, we discuss Labor’s election promise to collaborate with the Tech Council of Australia in creating 340,000 new tech jobs by 2030. Is it ambitious enough? And The Australian’s The List, detailing the nation’s 250 richest people is out, with tech making its move, from the Canva...
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5. UK jail plan for Facebook execs, Sun Cable powers up, advice for founders, taxing NFTs
This week on the SUDS podcast, we discussed new UK laws that could see execs from tech companies such as Facebook and TikTok facing jail for offences such as failing to take down content. Meanwhile, the crypto industry was relieved when the European parliament voted against banning...
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4. Hybrid work, BNPL consolidation, crypto’s regulated future, the edtech revolution and female founders and investors step up for IWD
It’s back to the office for Google staff from April 4, but staff will be able to do their job from home at least two days each week, the tech giant decided. We talk about the hybrid work models being embraced by companies. Meanwhile BNPL market leader Klarna posted a net loss of nearly A$1…
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3. Crypto's freedom stance, Russia's cyber war, VC funding boom, climate tech & female founders lead the way
As the world responded to Russia's invasion of Ukraine with a wave of sanctions and financial restrictions, cryptocurrency exchanges struck a blow for freedom by rejecting Ukraine’s calls to block Russian users. As the sector comes under increasing scrutiny from regulators, where does the…
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2. The Cannon-Brookes power play, cleaning up oceans & how a Cuppa can save lives
In episode two of SUDS, the weekly wrap from Startup Daily TV, we look at the cyberwar danger as Russia invades Ukraine, the couple who became millionaires selling NFT portraits of women to lonely men for thousands of dollars as part of our global wrap. This week on the show, we spoke with Tom...
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1. From Metamates to sextech and using AI to find your talents
On the inaugural edition of SUDS, the new weekly wrap of the best interviews from Startup Daily TV, we talk global and local tech, from the cryto ads at the Superbowl, to Mark Zuckerberg’s latest changes at Meta, including calling staff Metamates. Then there’s the news that Paypal and Palintir...
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Trailer: Welcome to SUDS
Every week on the Startup Daily TV show, we talk to more than two dozen founders, CEOs, investors and experts about what's happening in tech. So we’re covering a lot of ground every week. If you don’t have time to catch the show each day, we’re making it easier than ever to stay on top of the big...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
SUDS is the weekly podcast that shares the latest in startup and technology news straight from Startup Daily TV. Hosted by Simon Thomsen and a weekly guest, each episode drops Friday.
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SUDS is the weekly podcast that shares the latest in startup and technology news straight from Startup Daily TV. Hosted by Simon Thomsen and a weekly guest, each episode drops Friday.
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