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Hosted by Adam Schwab and Adir Shiffman · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 100 episodes
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Get the fearless truth about start-ups and corporate Australia from guys that give you the hard facts, not the company line. Hear Luxury Escapes co-founder Adam Schwab and Catapult Sports Exec Chairman Adir Shiffman provide the inside word on the biggest stories in business with a contrarian take from the guys who sit on both sides of the table. New episodes dropping weekly.
Adam Schwab and Adir Shiffman hosts The Contrarians with Adam and Adir, a business show with 100 episodes published.
Adam and Adir unpack San Francisco’s AI-fuelled tech boom, from Waymo and Zoox to Figma’s aggressive push and Lovable’s wild valuation. Later, Adir explains what DEF CON reveals about modern cybersecuri
Hear Blackbird's Rick Baker, Airtree's Craig Blair and Jelix's Ian Gardiner discuss the AI Bubble, CGT Founder Chaos and Australia's Startup Future Join us on Substack for articles, news and more: https://www.thecontrari
Adam and Adir discuss Zoox, Waymo, autonomous cars, Xero’s strange Vegas advertising, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Victoria’s work-from-home laws, Delta One, airline lounges, Jetstar’s carry-on bag crackdow
Adam and Adir discuss Canva’s slowing growth, its $60 billion valuation, Figma, Meta, AI design tools, OpenAI, Anthropic, the pressure on Australia’s biggest private tech company, eBay’s corporate terro
Adam and Adir discuss Ben Carroll replacing Jacinta Allan, Victoria’s work-from-home laws, credit card fees, AI chatbots, bad customer experience, the “logo CEO” problem, Qantas, Alan Joyce, self-manage
Adam and Adir discuss Tesla’s profit collapse, Elon Musk’s valuation premium, robotaxis, self-driving, BYD, SpaceX, Starlink, Richard White, Immutable, blockchain gaming, NFTs, crypto tokens, Australia’
Adam and Adir discuss the Labor Party conference, Ed Husic, Jacinta Allan’s political problems, Victoria’s unemployment rate, a 1998 celebrity earnings quiz, Etched and the AI chip race, Nvidia, OpenAI, KPMG&
Adam and Adir discuss luxury hotel inflation, Instagram status games, SpaceX’s valuation drop, Starlink’s powers, Tesla vs BYD, Australia’s best-selling cars, Atlassian’s Loom problem, Mike Cannon
Adam and Adir discuss safari business lessons, England vs Argentina, Murderbot Diaries and $0.99 Kindle funnels, Uber One, Lux Plus, Marxism, social democracy, Xero’s CEO share sale, SEN circling ARN, Jackie O, 4DM
Adam & Adir examine Bending Spoon's extraordinary rise, its blockbuster IPO, comparisons with Berkshire Hathaway and Constellation Software, the risks created by its aggressive use of leverage, and whether Bending Spoons
Adam and Adir discuss EasyJet and the economics of discount airlines, Telstra’s outage, Twinkies, protein mania, gambling, Norway’s sporting machine, work from home obesity, Nvidia and Fermi’s AI bubble
Happy Saturday! We’re answering another batch of your questions this week. This week you asked: 🧠 How should someone with a strong career but average academic results explain ADHD and employability concerns to a p
Adam and Adir discuss London’s heat wave, Victoria’s crime wave, Labor’s housing mess, the world’s most profitable companies, Nvidia and the AI bubble, remote work, Canva vs Figma, Koala, SkinKand
Happy Saturday! We’re back with another round of listener questions. This week you asked: 🗳️ Is Australia’s ageing population creating a scenario of democratic failure? 🏛️ What does the latest Victorian Lib
Adam and Adir break down whether Canva has missed its golden window to sell, why Karl’s split with Nine might be a brilliant media move, and how the government’s startup tax carve-outs could smash founders an
Scott Middleton from Terem Capital joins Adam and Adir to break down Accent Group’s business model, the strength of The Athlete’s Foot, the Hoka opportunity, the Glue Store write-off, the risks in fashion ret
The guys discuss KPMG’s spectacular implosion, Labor’s chaotic CGT Reverse Ferret, the ATO’s small business scare campaign, Big W’s surprisingly good AI chatbot, Ferrari’s electric future, a
Happy Saturday! It’s time for another round of listener Q&A. This week you asked: 💉 As GLP-1s and peptides become more widespread, which industries could be most affected over the next decade? 🤖 Why are younger p
00:00 - Catapult Powering the World Cup 04:00 - EOFY Sales 08:45 - Taxis + Uber Decision 18:00 - Sleep Question 23:00 - $1 Trillion vs $1 Billion 27:00 - Robyn Denholm 40:00 - CGT Changes + Impact on Startups 52:45 - Vic
Happy Saturday! We’re back with another round of listener Q&A. This week you asked: 🏨 Why can some aggregators undercut the original seller, while others charge customers a premium? 📈 Has the budget changed the i
Steve Baxter
Shark Tank Star and VC
1 appearance on this show
Scott Middleton
owner, founder, Chief Disruption Officer · Terem Capital
1 appearance on this show
Joe Aston
author
1 appearance on this show
Craig Blair
Airtree
1 appearance on this show
Ian Gardiner
Jelix
1 appearance on this show
Rick Baker
Blackbird
1 appearance on this show
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