The Contrarians with Adam and Adir – Podcast

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Ask Us Anything: Adam & Adir's political party!? + Starting a board career
2 May· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
00:00 - Starting a board career
12:05 - Adam & Adir's personal business stories
22:10 - Policies from Adam & Adir's pretend political party
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Why it’s not Always Smart to Buy the Dip, James Hardie Disgrace, the Business of Coachella, is Empathy Important, the YoChi Miracle, Adore Beauty Struggles and Victoria’s Soviet Style Campsites
28 Apr· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys discuss why buying the dip isn’t always the best investment strategy, how the ASX blundered the James Hardie merger, the economics of the world’s largest music festival, is empathy the most important characteristic that investors should look for, the rise and rise of frozen yoghurt giant YoChi, Adore’s retail stores struggle against the might of Mecca and Victoria’s latest policy embarrassment.
00:00 - Intro
13:00 - Free Campsites in Vic?
17:00 - Adam's Printer Nightmare
27.25 - Adore Beauty
32:25 - Would you pay extra to fly without kids?
35:07 - Airport Parking
39:20 - Yo-Chi
46:08 - Anzac Day Trading
57:37 - Lego Stores in Australia
59:45 - Should you buy the dip?
1:20:25 - James Hardie
1:28:55 - Coachella + BNPL
1:37:59 - Founder Empathy
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Ask Us Anything: What if the ATO & IRS accepted crypto? + How to take a start up to the next level?
25 Apr· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
00:00 - Intro
03:11 - ATO & IRS accepting crypto
13:11 - How to grow a start up to the next level
18:50 - What is something business related the guys have changed their minds about?
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Why Interest Rates should Stay High, the Power of Loyalty Programs, Club Med’s Comeback, Cettire Victory Lap, LVMH’s Struggles and Adir’s Boycott
21 Apr· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys discuss why interest rates shouldn’t get cut, AMPs new mega Qantas points bank account, how Club Med reinvented itself, Adam claims victory over powerful investors as Cettire’s share price collapses, LVMH reign comes to an end and Adir’s bookstore heartbreak.
00:00 - Intro + LVMH
15:17 - Instagram Ads
20:50 - Bookstore Experiences
25:36 - Curb Your Enthusiasm Story
28:40 - Vaccines
32:36 - Temple & Webster
39:10 - Cettire
46:00 - Club Med & The Eighth Power
53:38 - LinkedIn Censorship?
57:34 - Skip the Line
1:05:25 - Qantas Points
1:21:10 - LE’s New Loyalty Program
1:28:00 - Interest Rates
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Ask Us Anything: How to grow the Aussie Tech Industry + Can Aussie businesses succeed overseas?
18 Apr· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
Welcome to our first ever Contrarians Q&A!
3:21 - How to grow Australia's tech industry?
11:29 - What would you ask someone in the future?
16:50 - Australian businesses succeeding overseas?
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StrongRoom Disaster, Prada and Versace, Adir’s Big Time Meeting, Tariff Deep Dive, Uber’s Hits and Misses and Nintendo’s Big Swing
14 Apr· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys discuss the unfolding disasters at StrongRoom, go deep into tariffs, look at the ultra luxury deal between Prada and Verdace, the ups and downs of Uber, will Nintendo’s Switch 2 fly or sink and Adir’s powerful meeting.
Segments:
00:00 - Intro
05:30 - Adir Meets Peter Dutton
19:45 - Nintendo Switch 2
25:40 - Australia's Social Media Ban
29:48 - Adam's Customer Service Woes (Qantas, Air India, Uber)
42:10 - Southeast Water
53:10 - Prada and Versace
57:10 - Fyre Festival Returns?
1:04:18 - Trump Tariffs
1:39:59 - StrongRoom
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Live Ep! REA v Domain, are Private Markets the new Public Markets, Biggest Clothing Companies and Live Audience Questions
7 Apr· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys head to Sydney for their sold out live show and discuss the Domain sale and impact on REA, who needs public share markets when you have private ones, the world's largest clothing businesses and the guys answer questions from the live audience
00:00 - Intro
15:00 - Top 10 World's Largest Clothing Companies
27:40 - Public Private Markets
38:00 - Co-Star / Domain
1:05:54 - Drone Deliveries
1:13:30 - Q&A
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Reject Shop Glory, MisRes Doldrums, Warby Parker, South West Airlines, Koala’s Ambitious IPO, Wisetech, Hotels Behaving Badly and Dan Andrews Shunned
31 Mar· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys discuss the managerial magic at Reject Shop, MisRes struggles, Warby Park v Luxxotica v Specsavers, South West Airlines Fee Bonanza, will Koala float or sink, Adir’s Hotel Issues and the Rise and Fall of Dan Andrews.
00:00 - Intro and Hotels
22:44 - Daniel Andrews Shunned?
27:40 - The Business of Hair
33:25 - What are Chinese graduate students studying?
37:42 - The Reject Shop's Win
53:35 - Koala + The Mattress Industry
1:09:08 - MinRes
1:29:45 - Warby Parker
1:45:52 - Specsavers
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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
24 Mar· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys discuss Tesla’s Woes and Rise and Rise of BYD, Elon Saves the Day with SpaceX, a look under the hood at Premier Investments, Xero CEO’s big payday and has exec remuneration jumped the shark and legendary Rich List editor, John Stensholt, exclusively joins the team to go behind the scenes at the List.
00:00 - Intro
13:12 - Cal.AI
24:58 - BYD
31:08 - Space X and NASA
39:57 - Xero
55:10 - Premier Investments
1:09:10 - John Stensholt and The List
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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
17 Mar· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys chat about the world’s largest fast food chain you’ve never heard of, did Uber make a monumental mistake in selling off its self driving ambitions, the guys deep dive into the creation of Goldeneye (according to Adam, the world’s best ever computer game), Adir’s Click n Collect fiasco, what would you do with $81 trillion and Adam goes snap
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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
10 Mar· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
Huge episode this week with the guys discussing the business of being a famous influencer, private equity’s pet food profits, furniture businesses make a comeback, which companies have lost the most money ever, is YouTube’s new discount pricing tier a good idea, living standards go nowhere for a decade and should you discount your products ever?
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Wisetech Debacle. Cettire Disaster. Seek’s Acquisition Stumbles and the World’s Most Profitable Companies.
3 Mar· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys chat about the ongoing dramas at the $30b Wisetech, Cettire’s disastrous results, Seek’s acquisition fiasco and who are the world’s most profitable companies
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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
24 Feb· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys chat about the Dronesheild rollercoaster, the mysterious adtech business you’ve never heard of that is suddenly worth US$170 billion, Jamie Dimon calls time on WFH, why airlines have the lost the plot around overhead luggage and the art of treating employees well.
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Spotify’s Genius, Is Chemist Warehouse Overvalued, Exclusive Canva News, Temple & Webster’s Rebound and Correcting Last Week’s Mistakes
17 Feb· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys go deep into Spotify’s Incredible Run and is Daniel Ek one of the best ever founders? Chemist Warehouse is worth $32 billion, but Adam asks, is it too much? Adir breaks some big Canva news, Mike’s PlayStation disappointment, Temple & Webster confounds the Contrarians and the guys admit to their mistakes.
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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
10 Feb· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys chat about the economics of fast food and the miracle of Chick-Fil-A, who can call themselves a founder, Adir explains his journey to becoming an AI guru, the guys go head to head on whether you should get an executive assistant, should you be able to reserve pool chairs at a resort and Adam reveals his favourite mattress
See the KFC Logo that Adir mentioned 😂:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/KFC_logo-image.svg
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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
3 Feb· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys discuss China's incredible Deepseek developments - is it for real and how will it impact Nvidia's dominance, is Disney too cheap now? Tesla's disastrous quarter and the leveraged ETF market.
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Wesfarmers Catch of the Day Disaster, Netflix Brilliant Strategy, Bumble’s Troubles and ROKT Triumphs
27 Jan· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys discuss Wesfarmers $800 million Catch of the Day horror show – Adam argues the disaster should cost Rob Scott his job (Adir disagrees), Netflix incredible growth story, Bumble’s founder returns but is the online dating business a goner and the brilliant execution of Bruce Buchanan at ROKT
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Has OpenAI Peaked? Sketchers Takes on Nike. Who should pay for the Wildfires? Has Gaming Lost the Plot and Bad Bad Airports
20 Jan· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys discuss OpenAI's myriad of challenges, the incredible growth and history of Sketchers, who should pay to rebuild LA after the devastating wildfires, how gaming lost the plot and spent too much time on graphics and why privatising airports is a terrible idea.
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Is Uber Dying, Most Profitable Media Companies, Why Debt Kills, K-Mart Copy Cats, Tesla Directors Gotta Pay and our Best 2025 Predictions
13 Jan· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys discuss the impact of self-driving on Uber, countries going broke, what are the worlds most and least profitable media businesses, should big companies be able to copy cool products, the shock Tesla director lawsuit and the guys talk about their specific 2025 predictions.
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Our 2025 Predictions, Culture Amp, NDIS Rorting, Adir's Travels and Adam's Movie of the Week
6 Jan· The Contrarians with Adam and Adir
The guys reflect on their 2024 Predictions and try to forecast what will happen in 2025, discuss the future for unicorn Culture Amp, the NDIS Rortfest and Adir's globetrotting
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Episodes

Ask Us Anything: Adam & Adir's political party!? + Starting a board career

Why it’s not Always Smart to Buy the Dip, James Hardie Disgrace, the Business of Coachella, is Empathy Important, the YoChi Miracle, Adore Beauty Struggles and Victoria’s Soviet Style Campsites

Ask Us Anything: What if the ATO & IRS accepted crypto? + How to take a start up to the next level?

Why Interest Rates should Stay High, the Power of Loyalty Programs, Club Med’s Comeback, Cettire Victory Lap, LVMH’s Struggles and Adir’s Boycott

Ask Us Anything: How to grow the Aussie Tech Industry + Can Aussie businesses succeed overseas?

StrongRoom Disaster, Prada and Versace, Adir’s Big Time Meeting, Tariff Deep Dive, Uber’s Hits and Misses and Nintendo’s Big Swing

Live Ep! REA v Domain, are Private Markets the new Public Markets, Biggest Clothing Companies and Live Audience Questions

Reject Shop Glory, MisRes Doldrums, Warby Parker, South West Airlines, Koala’s Ambitious IPO, Wisetech, Hotels Behaving Badly and Dan Andrews Shunned

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

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

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

Wisetech Debacle. Cettire Disaster. Seek’s Acquisition Stumbles and the World’s Most Profitable Companies.

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

Spotify’s Genius, Is Chemist Warehouse Overvalued, Exclusive Canva News, Temple & Webster’s Rebound and Correcting Last Week’s Mistakes

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

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

Wesfarmers Catch of the Day Disaster, Netflix Brilliant Strategy, Bumble’s Troubles and ROKT Triumphs

Has OpenAI Peaked? Sketchers Takes on Nike. Who should pay for the Wildfires? Has Gaming Lost the Plot and Bad Bad Airports

Is Uber Dying, Most Profitable Media Companies, Why Debt Kills, K-Mart Copy Cats, Tesla Directors Gotta Pay and our Best 2025 Predictions

Our 2025 Predictions, Culture Amp, NDIS Rorting, Adir's Travels and Adam's Movie of the Week