We're lauching a bonus episode this week to officially welcome in the silly season (commences mid October).

We're joined by James Chin Moody, CEO of Sendle, a virtual courier service who is quite likely responsible for some proportion of the treats you receive via mail.

We discuss the Australia Post monopoly, the funding environment and the future of ecommerce.

We're lauching a bonus episode this week to officially welcome in the silly season (commences mid October).
We're joined by James Chin Moody, CEO of Sendle, a virtual courier service who is quite likely responsible for some proportion of the treats you receive via mail.
We discuss the Australia Post monopoly, the funding environment and the future of ecommerce.

The number one podcast about tech business and culture, from James "JR" Hennessy and Raph Dixon.

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BONUS: Arming The Rebels (feat. James Chin Moody)

Today's ep is the first and last edition of the Down Round Book club. We're talking about Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment, by Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier. It documents the story of Blizzard Entertainment, the developer behind WarCraft, Diablo and StarCraft which is as of last year a subsidiary of Microsoft.

James read it last week and felt it hit on some interesting Down Round areas, namely:
The evolution of monetisation
Why eSports was never going to work
The tension between art and commerce in creative businesses
Laundry powder, which we discuss for at least 5 minutes

Today's ep is the first and last edition of the Down Round Book club. We're talking about <a href="https://www.amazon.com.au/Play-Nice-Future-Blizzard-Entertainment/dp/1538725428">Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment</a>, by Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier. It documents the story of Blizzard Entertainment, the developer behind WarCraft, Diablo and StarCraft which is as of last year a subsidiary of Microsoft.
James read it last week and felt it hit on some interesting Down Round areas, namely:
<ul>
<li>The evolution of monetisation</li>
<li>Why eSports was never going to work</li>
<li>The tension between art and commerce in creative businesses</li>
<li>Laundry powder, which we discuss for at least 5 minutes</li>
</ul>

The StarCraft Losers Club

It's another Tesla event, folks. At the tail end of last week, Elon Musk got up on stage and showed off the CyberCab, the company's attempt at a robotaxi. He also gave us some updates on Tesla's humanoid robot, Optimus, and even had some of these evil computer men walking around the event and serving beers.

But there was some digital trickery afoot, and not everything was as it seemed. In this episode, we discuss.

It's another Tesla event, folks. At the tail end of last week, Elon Musk got up on stage and showed off the CyberCab, the company's attempt at a robotaxi. He also gave us some updates on Tesla's humanoid robot, Optimus, and even had some of these evil computer men walking around the event and serving beers.
But there was some digital trickery afoot, and not everything was as it seemed. In this episode, we discuss.

Unpacking Tesla's Robotaxi Fantasy

This is a free preview of a premium episode. To subscribe to Down Round Premium and get access, head here.

Fun times create happy people, happy people create lovely times, lovely times create fun people.

It's another loose, shot from the hip premium ep, folks. ChatGPT’s voice mode is finally here, while OpenAI itself s going through more weird palace intrigue for us to pick through. 

A digression into AI podcasts.

Meanwhile, all the VCs and founders are arguing about drugs. So we will too.

This is a free preview of a premium episode. To subscribe to Down Round Premium and get access, head <a href="https://downround.memberful.com/join">here</a>.
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Fun times create happy people, happy people create lovely times, lovely times create fun people.
It's another loose, shot from the hip premium ep, folks. ChatGPT’s voice mode is finally here, while OpenAI itself s going through more weird palace intrigue for us to pick through. 
A digression into AI podcasts.
Meanwhile, all the VCs and founders are arguing about drugs. So we will too.

BONUS: Arming The Rebels (feat. James Chin Moody)

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