All Episodes

Founder Focus Ep 20: Matt James - AI Coding Hits Production: Move Now Or Get Left Behind.

Founder Focus Ep 19 with Stuart Clout: Post-it Notes at 3am to a $236M Exit. The Journey of Thedocyard To Ansarada.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 122: Hardware Vals Skyrocketing. Who Will Be Most Successful. A Lot Of Random Stuff. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 121: Will Your Platform Be Used By Agents? How AI Bubble Pops. No Where To Hide. Sunrise. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 120: System of Record to System of Action. Founders Don't Need VC's? Lifecycles Predict The Future. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 119: Vibe Coding Risks. Anthropic Eating Your Lunch. Durability. Shocks Vs Regime Shifts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 118: Unicorn's A Fraud? Hardware Moat. Beaten Zone Beats. Sunk Cost Fallacy. Acquisition Sprees. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin Ep 117: Cliff Scares Canva. Celebrity Funds. Federation Admits Fail. Good Business Does Not Equal Venture Business. Sharts

Tribe Talkin' Ep 116: Canva Acquires Doohly. Choosing AI People. AI Job Cuts. Claude Holes. Sharts.

Founder Focus Ep 18: James Leathem of VendorPanel and their exit to Accel-KKR

Tribe Talkin' Ep 115: More Agents, More Management Required. SaaS Moving To Services. Velocity. Sharts.

March 2026 Tribe US Expansion Mission Lessons & Debrief

Tribe Talkin' Ep 114: SafetyCulture CEO Exits As Predicted. More To The Eucalyptus Story. Is Rayn Ong Australia's Greatest Angel.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 113: Investment Committee Dynamics. Writing code is OVER. Agent Search How To. Sharts

Tribe Talkin' Ep 112: EVP Post's Bond. SaaS Becomes Print Media. The Hard Thing About Hard Things. NO Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 111: 2026 Says No. Australia No Safe Haven. When Dev's Cry. Just Get An Agent. Sharts.

Cut Through Venture State of Australian Startup Funding 2025 Report with Albert Bielinko and Chris Gillings.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 110: IPO Market Dead. Airwallex In Lifecycle Terms. Don't Wait For Perfection. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 109: Public ARR Trouble For Venture. Few Get the Money. Airwallex Own Goal. Sendle Gondel. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 108: We Are Back Baby! Replit Addiction. Founder Fear. Speed But Not Quality.

Tribe Talkin Episode 107: How Hard To Push Your People. Speed Wins. When Valuation Is An Issue. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 107: Speed Wins. How Hard To Push Your Team. When Valuation Is An Issue. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 106: UEF: Unicorn Exit Fund: Startup Muster Report. Cut Through DB. Sharon AI. SaaS Not Dead. No Cash To Burn. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 105: Where You Raise Matters. Culture Amp & SafetyCulture Writedown. EVP's $100M Fund. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 104: The Role Of Luck. Culture Amp's Layoffs. Kiki Fined. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 103: No AI Bump - Give Yourself An F! SafetyCulture Losses Widen. StrongAI. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 102: Authentic Comms Win. Airwallex $1B. Firmus $6B. SwiftX $50mill Profit. James Leatham Steps Down. Hismile. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 101- Sicilia: "VC is unbelievably positive". Strongroom AI Raise. AI Intelligence Fail. AI Auto Investing. Only 5 Productive Months. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 100: Episode 100! What's Changed in 100 Eps. Blackbird Discounts. Moats. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 99: AI's Big Market Risk. People Leaving VC. Small Funds Still Best For Returns. SwarmFarm $30M Raise. Durability In AI. Rent Seeking SXSW.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 98: RB2B Goes 100% AI Run. OZ vs US Energy. Can't Build Just For Money. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 97: Some Founders Should Go To Jail. VC Is "Back Baby". Repeat Founders Best? VC Accelerators. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 96: Seek V Employment Hero. Birchal Increases Fees, Cuts Costs. Female Funding "Pipeline Problem". Why Start-ups Fail. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin Ep 95: Learning From T Swift Engagement. OneMRI Raise. Blackbird Returns Hurt. SEO To SAO.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 94: One Person Unicorns. Working Harder With AI. Advance VC Secondary Fund. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 92: Airtree's "Not Mega" $650mil Fund. Unhinged Founders. Don't Ignore Red Flags. Lorikeet $200mil Val. Figma. Sharts

Chris Gillings: Cut Through Venture: AUS VC Funding Report For Q2 2025

Tribe Talkin' 91: Employment Hero v Seek. Gilmore "Failure". 18 Year Old Founder. UQ's Vaccine Victory. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 90: Coward Founders. AI Tool Fail. Meta Spree. AI Usage Baseline. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 89: CTV Q2. Top 10 B2B AI Takeaways. Australia's Not An AI Leader? Building An Audience. Tractor Reaches $100mil Milestone. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 88: Australia The Unicorn Factory, But Not A Leader In AI. SEO v AEO.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 87: Epic Tropical Innovation Fest. Canva Tax Bill. Continuation Funds. Need AI To Raise. Distribution Is The Durability. No Sharts :(

Tribe Talkin' Ep 86: Lyrebird Health. Sally-Ann WIlliams Steps Down. MagicBrief Off To Canva. You're The Problem It's You. Kiki Departs. StrongRoomAI Ends. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 85: London Expansion Mission Lessons. YC AI Requests. Cold Calling Dead? Sharts.

Founder Focus Ep 17: Chris Milligan of Adepto & Konfir

Tribe Talkin' Ep 84: VC- Never Been Harder. SecondQuater Secondary Fund. Chat Knows Exactly Who You Are. Don't delegate?

Tribe Talkin Ep 83: Tribe's AI Built Tools. How Not To Pitch. Amazing Airwallex. Cut Through Venture Q1. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin Ep 82: AI Life Partners? Go1 Simplifies. Tech One Rockets. Advance VC Secondaries Fund. Sharts.

Rerelease-Tribe Talkin' Ep 81: Plans Are Bullsh*t. Growth V Development. Building Outside The US. Heidi Health Fastest On Record. Unfriendly AI. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 81: Plans Are Bullsh*t. Growth V Development. Building Outside The US. Heidi Health Fastest On Record. Unfriendly AI. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 80: What Will Be The Next AI Unicorns. Goodbye Superfund Investors. Advanced R&D Raises $27mil. Competitor Ads. Sharts

Tribe Talkin' Ep 79: CTV Q1. Low Growth Worthlessness. Where The Value Accrues. AI Rabbit Holes. Robots Are Here. Sharts. We Are Sorry For This Episode.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 78: Not Investing In Founders With Kids. Good Not Good Enough. WeMoney - We Impressed. Zero Co Shutdown. No Lead No Conviction? Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 78: AI Making ARR Dead? Do You Have To Be First? Fake It To Make It Gone To Far. Small Fund Performance. Canva Durability. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 77: StrongRoom AI Investigation. IVYY Makes Top 50. Solo Vs Co-Founders. Can You Admit You're Crazy? Sharts.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

We're Back! Cut Through Venture 2024 State of Australian Startup Funding Results With Chris Gillings and Mitchell Bissinger.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 69: Are You A Keeper? DeepSeek Explained. SEO Has Changed. Own Your Audience. Can You Return A Fund? Sharts.

In The Trenches Ep 1: VenueNow Implementing AI Agents From Relevanceai.com & Broader AI Discussions.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 68: Matt Vitale Leaves Birchal. DEI Rebalancing. Zombie VCs. LinkedIn AI Slop. Sharts.

Founder Focus Ep 15: Dr Vu Tran of Black Sky Industries. From Go1 Unicorn To Going Again In Defense Tech.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 67: We're Back! 2025 Predictions. Text To Action AI. Resilience. PMF. VC Firms Fall. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 66: Open AI Goes Down. Birchal Raises $2Mil. Our Agentic Future. Quantum Breakthrough. Tandem Shuts.

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

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

Founder Focus Ep 15: Ben Thompson of Employment Hero.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 63: Crazy AI Stories. Employment Hero. Problematic Geniuses. Startups Are High Turnover. Luke Anear Steps Down. Canva CFO. Sharts.

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

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

Tribe Talkin' Ep 60: What You Should Learn From The US. Reflections From 2024 Tribe US Expansion Mission

Chris Gillings: Cut Through Venture Q3 2024 Report

Tribe Talkin Ep 59: Founder Mode Mayhem. VCs Do F All. Swoop Aero Runs Out Of Runway. Disrupted Radio.

Investor Focus Ep 10: Tom Humphrey of Blackbird. GTM. AI as a Service. Traditional Outbound Is Dead.

Investor Focus Ep 9: Tom Waterhouse. Racing Identity to Venture Capitalist.

Tribe Talkin' 58: VC Funding Plumets Again. Go1 Secondary. Circonomy In Liquidation. Bookable Raises $5mil. NotebookLM. Sharts

Tribe Talkin' Ep 57: The SaaS Era Over? VCs Chasing M&A. VCs Question Scalare. Losing PMF Part 3. Startmate Returns.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 56: Investors That Charge Portfolio For Everything. Burn To Earn. Blurred Funding Lines. Death as a Service. Listener Questions On VC. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 55: AI Snake Oil. Bluejay.AI Goes Into Liquidation. Persistence. Shiffman To Pay Legal Costs. Startup Daily Awards. Australia's Liquidity. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 54: Ash Joins Tribe. Founder's Walking With 0. SafetyCulture's $165Mil. Taking Advice. Marketing & Personas. VC Red Flags. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 52: Losing PMF. Startups Shutting Down. Super Funds Squeezed Out Of VC. Early DPI. Sharts

Tribe Talkin' Ep 51: Canva Hunting A Snitch? Go1 CEO Swap. 'Diabilical' 18 Months For Crowdfunding. Outbound Is Dead. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 50: SaaS Metrics. Exec's Leaving Canva. Breakthrough Victoria Sued. Decelerating SaaS Growth.

Tribe Talkin Ep 49: AUS VC's Face Battle for Future. TEN13 Passes $100M. OneVentures Fund VII $200M. Leonardo.ai Was Finding It Hard. Hivery To Zero. Sharts

Tribe Talkin' Ep 48: Canva And Leonardo.ai. The ATO's Coming. It's Tough Out There. Pre-mortems. It's Also Great Out There. Offsites: A Waste? Sharts

Founder Focus Ep 14: Wayne Gerard- QLD Chief Entrepreneur, Co-founder of Redeye, Founder of Prtnr Ventures.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 47: The Eye Of The Tiger. Canva v Microsoft. Liquidity Options.

Tribe Talkin Ep 46: Nice Finishes Last. Failure Is Baked In. Harsh Investment Terms. Being Ready For Investment. Fable. MILKRUN.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 45: AI Removes VCs? PE Taking On VC. PE's Aggressive Terms. Companies Going Into Administration.

Founder Focus Ep 13: Matt Vitale of Birchal Equity Crowdfunding Platform.

Investor Focus Ep 8: Chris Gillings of Cut Through Venture and 5 V/ Capital.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 44: The US: We F'd. Small VCs to Start Failing. AI Pitch Decks. Bank VCs and Accelerators- Any Value? Samsara $100M Series A. 1Breadcrumb $4M Raise.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 43: GYG. The Most Active VC Investors. Ownership at IPO. Series A Stuck? Pitchbook Data. Tenacious & Brighte Raise. What VCs Actually Mean.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 42: VCs Becoming A-Holes. "VCs Decide Not To Invest In Women". Bessemer Anti-Portfolio. Pitching For PR. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 41: London Mission. YC Val's Inflated? Imposter Syndrome. Psylo closes $8mil. Pitch Decks. Sharts.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 40: Startmate Excels. Frugal Founders. 60 Person Leadership Teams? Fewer People at Series A. SaaS Growth Decelerating. Modus Partners SaaS valuations. Sharts.

Investor Focus Ep 7: Edward Keelan, Partner at Octopus Ventures.

Tribe Talkin' Ep 39: Sharts. Government's Sexy Fingers. AI Extortion. Canva Rap. Captial Raises.