The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
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Ask Us Anything: How to grow the Aussie Tech Industry + Can Aussie businesses succeed overseas?
Apr 18, 202526 min
StrongRoom Disaster, Prada and Versace, Adir’s Big Time Meeting, Tariff Deep Dive, Uber’s Hits and Misses and Nintendo’s Big Swing
Apr 14, 20251h 52m
Live Ep! REA v Domain, are Private Markets the new Public Markets, Biggest Clothing Companies and Live Audience Questions
Apr 7, 20251h 38m
Reject Shop Glory, MisRes Doldrums, Warby Parker, South West Airlines, Koala’s Ambitious IPO, Wisetech, Hotels Behaving Badly and Dan Andrews Shunned
Mar 31, 20251h 54m
BYD Smokes Tesla, SpaceX Saves the Day, Premier Investments Deep Dive, has Exec Rem Gone too Far and Special Guest John Stensholt Reveals Rich List Secrets
Mar 24, 20251h 33m
The World’s Biggest Fast Food Chain, Uber’s Uber Mistake?, The World’s Greatest Game, Click n Fail, What would you do with $81 trillion and Adam’s Big Break
Mar 17, 20251h 38m
The Business of Influencers, PE Pet Food Bonanza, Furniture Flying High, Biggest Losses Ever, YouTube Goes Cheap, Inflation Smashes Standard of Living, Should you Discount and Adam’s Fashionable Week
Mar 10, 20251h 54m
Wisetech Debacle. Cettire Disaster. Seek’s Acquisition Stumbles and the World’s Most Profitable Companies.
Mar 3, 20251h 55m
Droneshield Goes from Slay to Nay, the US$170b Business You’ve Never Heard Of, Jamie Dimon Kills WFH, Overhead Luggage Stress and How not to Treat Employees Badly
Feb 24, 20251h 59m
Spotify’s Genius, Is Chemist Warehouse Overvalued, Exclusive Canva News, Temple & Webster’s Rebound and Correcting Last Week’s Mistakes
Feb 17, 20252h 3m
McDonalds v KFC v GYG v Chick-Fil-A Cage Match, Who Can Call Themselves a Founder, Adir’s Deepdive into AI, Should you get an EA, Pool Chair Fights and Adam’s Favourite Mattress
Feb 10, 20251h 55m
Deepseek's AI Revolution - How Will This Impacts Nvidia? Netflix v Disney Cage Match, the Rise and Fall of Tesla and is the Bubble on Borrowed Time
Feb 3, 20252h 4m
Wesfarmers Catch of the Day Disaster, Netflix Brilliant Strategy, Bumble’s Troubles and ROKT Triumphs
Jan 27, 20251h 54m
Has OpenAI Peaked? Sketchers Takes on Nike. Who should pay for the Wildfires? Has Gaming Lost the Plot and Bad Bad Airports
Jan 20, 20251h 54m
Is Uber Dying, Most Profitable Media Companies, Why Debt Kills, K-Mart Copy Cats, Tesla Directors Gotta Pay and our Best 2025 Predictions
Jan 13, 20252h 8m
Our 2025 Predictions, Culture Amp, NDIS Rorting, Adir's Travels and Adam's Movie of the Week
Jan 6, 20251h 51m
Mecca Shines, Soho House Takeover, how Rich is the Top 1%, Adam’s Book Club and how Important is a Brand Name?
Dec 30, 20242h 9m
Is DEI Dead? Google AI Dominates, Best and Worst Loyalty Programs, Myer's Big Deal, Turo v Rental Cars, Restaurant Subscriptions and Raygun Jumps the Shark
Dec 23, 20241h 53m
Netflix Kills Unlimited Leave, ClassPass Hero or Villain, Musk’s Investment of the Century, Crumbl and Adir’s Book Club
Dec 16, 20241h 34m
The Iconic Struggles, Pro Medicus Triumphs, Porsche v Ferrari v Hermes, AFR Businessperson of the Year and Computer Games
Dec 9, 20241h 39m
Starlink, Bitcoin, The Pros and Cons of Crowd Funding, unicorn Deep Dive and Adir the Celebrity
Dec 2, 20242h 2m
Xero, Technology One and Palantir Go Big, Netflix, Martha's Comeback and the Rule of 40
Nov 25, 20241h 46m
Quadlock, Chemist Warehouse, waiving HECS, Tech Sector Job Drought and the Importance of CFOs
Nov 18, 20241h 27m
Joe Aston Joins The Contrarians, Australia's Most Promising Companies and the End of Horse Racing,
Nov 11, 20241h 57m
Qantas Upgrades, US Election, Roblox Struggles, Temple & Webster and the Nerds Gummy Cluster Phenomenon
Nov 4, 20242h 1m
Wisetech, how to get great Service, Universities and the guys speak to Ben from Acquired
Oct 28, 20242h 0m
23AndMe Fallout, #Desperate to Work, is the LVMH era over, Waymo Dominates and the Carry-On Baggage Dilemma
Oct 21, 20241h 42m
Is Wisetech the most Overvalued Big Business in Australia, Canva Backs Down, Doctors, Biggest Social Media Platforms and Listener Questions
Oct 14, 20241h 33m
Qatar Virgin Magic, OpenAI Goes All In, Netflix Dominates, SPC goes Original and is AirBNB done?
Oct 7, 20242h 1m
RedBubble Disaster, Hipages’ Quiet Achieving, Self-Driving’s Big Impacts, Cygnett, Ticketing Illegality and FIFA Depreciation
Sep 30, 20241h 48m
WFH Death Throes, Which Jobs Make the Most Money, Myer and the Retail Armageddon, BuildABear v Squishmellow Cash Fight
Sep 23, 20242h 7m
Catapult Dominates, Nine Cleans House, More OnlyFans , Nintendo’s Brilliance and the Queen of LinkedIn
Sep 16, 20241h 47m
Founder Mode, OnlyFans Extreme Profits, Step One Delivers, Waymo and Cettire’s Wild Week
Sep 9, 20241h 47m
Guzman y Gomez's Dominates, Accent Struggles, Barnes & Noble’s Fall, superstar Carsales CEO Cameron McIntyre LIVE and should you work for a Start-Up?
Sep 2, 20241h 41m
Breville’s $5b Bonanza, Seek Struggles Without Visionary Founders while REA Dominates, Crimson Rises, Rich Founders and is Milkrun the Best Customer Experience in Australia?
Aug 26, 20241h 48m
JB Hi Fi and Temple Soar, Scooters Banned, the guys speak to the superstar founder of Eight Sleep and is Work from Home Dead?
Aug 19, 20241h 42m
The World’s Best Negotiator joins The Contrarians, Google a Monopolist and Alan Joyce gets Stripped
Aug 12, 20241h 37m
Canva’s Bets Big on AI, Rex Crash Lands, Atlassian Slumps, the Business Behind the Olympics and Adir’s Hot New Rig
Aug 5, 20241h 42m
Essilor Luxottica's Glorious Monopoly, Stensholt Live From Paris, Dream Team Inflation, Apple and Google’s Flex their Market Power
Jul 29, 20241h 42m
Microsoft Takes on Canva, July and Oroton’s colab and is Flippa the World’s Coolest Marketplace
Jul 22, 20241h 47m
Have the Good Guys Gone Bad, Nike Gets Hammered, Hutchie Beats the Doubters and is this the most Dilutive Capital Raise Ever?
Jul 15, 20241h 33m
The best Australian CEO you’ve never heard of, British Airways, Delta Airlines Triumphs and why Grit is the key to Raising Money
Jul 8, 20241h 35m
Cettire's Woes, Adore Beauty gets Acquisitive, Adir gets it right on Inflation and is Centreparc the world's Best Tourism Asset?
Jul 1, 20241h 55m
Guzman Pops, The Importance of Loyalty, Adam’s Celeb Encounter, Prezee’s Challenges and the Bizarre World of Gift Cards and the Incredible Bellabox Story
Jun 24, 20241h 52m
Our First Live Show! TripaDeal Cashes In and the Magic of Ben Gray, what is EBITDA, Adrian Giles Triple Success and The Reject Shop
Jun 17, 20241h 51m
Elon's Pay, Turmoil at Nine, Dodgy Taxis, Streamers Unite and How to Ask for a Payrise
Jun 10, 20241h 25m
Catapult hits US $100m, Guzman IPO, Canva's Rap and Salesforce's Crash
Jun 3, 20241h 27m
Will the AI Bubble Burst, Warby Parker’s Struggles, Why Start-Up Valuations Don’t Matter, Greed isn’t Good and How do you Choose Where to Work?
May 27, 20241h 41m
Should Start-Ups Give Employees Equity, Netflix the last of the Water Coolers, K-Mart's Success and Reece Witherspoon's Business Genius
May 20, 20241h 47m
The Economics of Book Writing, Temple Tumbles, Adir Breaks the Breakthrough Fund and what Should Warren do with his big Apple stake?
May 13, 20241h 43m