Jeremy Kelaher

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Jump in and listen to Episode 638 of the Top Blokes Talking Tech podcast - this week: Microsoft pulls its AI feature Recall, when will we really get Apple Intelligence, Telstra giving out free phones and much, much more. Click on the Tech Guide link so you can listen and watch the show right now!!! #podcast

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Headline: When Aussie Telcos Missed the Memo on Mobile Tech (and It Cost Them Trillions) 💰🤣 Throwback to 2007, the year the iPhone dropped and my mates and I pulled off a cheeky IP heist that made Scrooge McDuck jealous. We swooped in during the US/Euro recession and nabbed some sweet 3G/4G patents from Sagem. 🤑 Suddenly, we were raking in 1/6th of 18% of every handset $$ sold globally – talk about passive income! 😉 But here's the kicker: we slyly licensed our goodies to Apple, Microsoft, and Google, giving them a taste of the big leagues. Cue the global court battles and us sipping champagne with the biggest names in tech. Cheers! 🥂 Fast forward to 2009, and I'm dishing out advice to a Aussie telco boardroom on their Apple contract. Turns out, they'd handed over the keys to the kingdom without even realizing it! 🤦‍♂️ Lesson learned: C-suite smarts don't always equal street smarts. The proof is in the pudding: while Apple, Microsoft, and Google skyrocketed to a combined market cap of $7.4 TRILLION, our Aussie telcos, Singtel and Telstra, barely budged from their $70.4 billion valuation in '07, in fact down to $66.2 Billion. 🙈 Yikes! Looks like we're not exactly breeding rocket scientists in the Aussie telco world. 🤔 And now, AI's on the horizon,promising cost savings and efficiency. But without that intuitive spark, I fear history's about to repeat itself. Memo to Aussie telcos: hire the smartest minds, embrace innovation, and stop leaving trillions on the table! #TelcoTales #InnovationOverDelegation #AIRevolution #AussieHustle

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One of the big topics at the #Longevity Ecosystem meetup PrimeLife Partners hosted at ACS (Australian Computer Society) on Thursday was housing, and how it needs to evolve to meet the needs of a nation that has shifted substantially in its needs. Here's a great Guardian piece about "co-housing" which is one of the best solutions to this problem (and how they had to fight to get it past council) https://lnkd.in/gtX3m5rf

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There is something very sick in this country. Very good questions raised by Oztix founder. As Australians are we happy for our governments to subsidise overseas multinationals that pay no tax in Australia? I know I'm certainly not happy about it...this is in music. Yet there are so many examples of our federal and state governments preferencing and subsidising such multinationals across all sectors in Australian over an above innovative Australian businesses. Another example is federal and state health departments preferencing IBM's Health AI product over an above an Australian company that managed to secure the California dept of Health as a client who then subsequently dropped IBM because the Aussie startups tech was better (more accurate and cheaper). This is the 4th largest economy in the world - yet this same startup cannot even get a meeting with any State or the Federal dept of Health in Australia. How pathetic is that? What is happening to our once great country....where is the fair go for Australian businesses that pay tax in Australia? #Australiantaxpayers #Australianbusiness

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NDIS POWER DYNAMICS NDIA: The Treasury Titans Control Over Funds: NDIA’s control over the distribution of #NDIS funds is like putting a fox in charge of the henhouse. Influence participant outcomes & scheme's sustainability, all while looking out for the bottom line. Do you trust them to prioritize anything other than saving a buck? NDIS Commission: Rulebook Tyrants Regulatory Authority: #Commission has power to make or break service providers. They say, "Jump," & providers ask, "How high?" But are they the watchdogs we need or just another layer of bureaucracy pretending to care? DSS: Policy Puppeteers Policy & Funding Control: DSS holds the puppet strings of policy & funding, shaping NDIS's direction. High-level decisions from people who might never have seen a participant up close – what could go wrong? Conflicts NDIA: Bean Counters vs. Human #Needs Financial vs. Participant Needs: Imagine an agency more obsessed with keeping the ledger balanced than keeping people alive. Will they cut corners to save a dime, even if it costs participants dearly? NDIS Commission: Judge, Jury & Executioner Provider Interests vs. Participant Protection: The Commission's job is to protect participants, but what happens when they're too chummy with providers? Bias in investigations could turn justice into a joke. DSS: Budget Hawks vs. Social Advocates Budget Constraints vs. Service Provision: DSS dances on a tightrope between budget constraints & need to provide services. When politics get involved, who do you think gets the short end of the stick? Ambiguities NDIA: Decision-Making in a Black Box Transparency: Trying to understand NDIA’s decision-making process is like deciphering hieroglyphics. Participants are left in the dark, questioning if there's any rhyme or reason behind their funding & plan decisions. NDIS Commission: Rule Roulette Consistency: The Commission's enforcement of rules can feel like a game of roulette. Will they be lenient or strict today? Even they might not know until the wheel stops spinning. DSS: Policy Ping-Pong Federal & state policies often clash like rival siblings. This coordination, or lack thereof, leads to policy gaps that participants fall through, leaving them wondering if anyone up top actually knows what's going on. Hidden Agendas NDIA: The Surveillance State Centralization & Surveillance: NDIA's push for central control & data collection, privacy concerns rise. Are they genuinely interested in participant welfare or just playing Big Brother with a benevolent mask? NDIS Commission: Provider Pawns Influence of Providers: When the Commission starts bending to the will of powerful providers, trust flies out the window. Are they there to regulate or just to make it look good on paper? DSS: The Political Puppet Show Political Influence: DSS's decisions often reflect political strategies rather than participant needs. Is it about improving disability services, or just scoring political points and votes?

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Great workshop last night with New Zealand Trade and Enterprise hosted by the amazing Serge van Dam. Another reminder to go narrow & deep, have ONE ICP and a develop a playbook that can be scaled! I've always been a little lost when it comes to the best sales tactics, no matter how many articles I read or podcasts I listen to. But somehow Serge simplified it to 3 simple steps that just make sense. 1. Qualify the prospect (Otherwise don't sell to them) 2. Relay their problem to them (Letting them know you really know them) 3. Tell them how you can solve their problems Thanks again to NZTE, Serge and everyone in the workshop. Now it's time to get back to work and nail our playbook!

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Huanhuan Huang and Emily Melhuish (from Multitudes) will be talking about integrating data and AI ethics into product development and business right from the start. It is an absolutely developing area and one that will be useful for lot of us out there. Are you coming to LAST Conf Sydney this year? #lean #agile #systemthinking #conference #sydney #ai #ethics #product LAST Club and LAST Conference

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Never thought I'd say that a government report was an exciting read... but... the Australian government just released its findings on a Microsoft Copilot trial, and there are definitely some interesting points: • 1 in 3 participants across the Australian Public Service used Copilot daily • Estimated time savings of up to an hour when summarising information, preparing a first draft of a document and searching for information • 86% of trial participants wished to continue to use Copilot • 69% agreed that Copilot improved the speed at which they could complete tasks • 61% agreed that Copilot improved the quality of their work • 40% reported their ability to reallocate their time to higher-value activities A few of my thoughts on this: 1. I'm impressed with the speed of this trial's rollout and evaluation. It's only been 2 years since ChatGPT launched, and for the Government to implement an equivalent tool across the entire APS so quickly is pretty impressive. Definitely demonstrates the rapid pace of AI adoption. 2. The use cases were on the simpler end of the Gen AI spectrum. Copilot was mainly used for summarising and rewriting content, and while the report identifies the need to analyse workflows for more advanced AI applications there's still a lot of value to be unlocked. The future lies in AI agents automating entire workflows - that's where we're headed in 2025 and beyond. 3. Change management and training are crucial. The report shows that more training led to higher confidence in using Copilot, which is super important for digital natives to remember. This also gels with what we are seeing at Agentsy, smooth onboarding and training significantly impacts the adoption rates of AI in all businesses. So, not an endorsement I thought I'd be giving, but if you're interested in learning about large-scale AI adoption, this report is worth a read. #ai #business #growth #innovation

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Oh, “lightning-fast” NBN internet for Australia, is FINALLY here to take us to...what, 2010 speeds? After a decade of empty promises & $$ billions thrown around, we’re supposed to cheer now? Yeah, let’s all clap because they've managed to reach nine million properties, probably leaving out rural areas where they think kangaroos are a greater concern than connectivity. & they call it "simple to set up"—right, until you need to call the support line &] end up on hold for longer than it takes to download a 4K movie on this "lightning" network. But here’s the real kicker: they hike up the prices as if they’re offering a first-class ticket to the digital age, while the rest of the world just walks on by. Want to upload a video or do a Zoom call without freezing like a pixelated ghost? That'll be $100 a month, thank you. & let’s be real, “supercharge” sounds grand until you realize it's just putting a turbo on a tricycle, going nowhere fast. So, what’s next? Another ten years until everyone has access to this so-called “lightning”? Or maybe by then, they’ll launch “super-duper lightning,” & it’ll cost double. Dozens of Melbourne suburbs will soon have access to ultra-fast internet | 7NEWS https://lnkd.in/gbkNndcX

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With all the commentary around Principal-based media trading at the moment — I happen to think it's a model that can work well for the future viability of media agencies if handled correctly. It's inherently NOT a bad model — if well disclosed to clients and the implications are managed correctly. To do that, we need clearer standards around independent measurement and ensuring accountability. All of this is achievable if the industry works together towards the future. Read more of my thoughts here:

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Most of the value created by startups that grow to be successful is captured by founders and shareholders. If community building events (like those organised by KiwiSaaS) are important inputs to that eventual success then those founders and shareholders should surely be willing to pay for them directly, rather than expecting everybody else to cover that cost. I strongly advise all the founders I work with to spend *less* time at “ecosystem” events and *more* time focused on making their own ventures one that counts. That is by far the biggest contribution that any individual can make to actually growing an ecosystem. It requires founders to engage in the sector where their customers are, rather than the “ecosystem” where other founders are, and many are reluctant to do that because those are much harder conversations. It’s easy for those who love the vibe of the so called “innovation sector” to dismiss me as a hater, as they have done in the past when I’ve made comments like these. But these are the hard truths.

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In what has already been a tumultuous year for NZ media, this might just be its biggest week yet. And one that raises some important questions. The news that the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill will progress has been heralded as a step towards creating much-needed sustainability for our local news media. There are, however, concerns that Meta may respond with a news ban. With good reason - it's already happened in other countries where similar legislation has been introduced. Is this the shot in the arm our media industry needs? Will Meta and Google act in good faith? And what lessons can we learn from Canada and Australia? #NZmedia #FairDigitalNews #MediaIndustry

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https://lnkd.in/gHJz7WKi I found this article really powerful but also upsetting, as I see many parallels with the tech industry. There are so many diversity programmes and networks, but very, very rarely does anyone talk about class and how it is such a big factor in if you get hired, your progression, how you're treated when you're finally 'in the room'. It also makes a massive difference in the things that the tech industry makes and how it treats people. I would love to know if anyone else has experienced this or if any organisations are actually recognising the importance of class in the D&I conversation.

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What do you do when you are waiting for redundancy? Create GPT's 😅 This GPT guides users into the Video Games Industry in Aotearoa New Zealand. If you have time like me, have a play and add any data or insights to help build out the model. https://lnkd.in/gc9Vv_T4

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At the Launch Vic Awards Nights, there was a lot of talk about the VC’s in our ecosystem, and quite a bit of mention of Angel Syndicates, but no mention of Venture Studios. In fact when people ask me what I do, I often have to explain what a Venture Studio is. So let me make the Venture Studio pitch. Firstly, what is a Venture Studio? Venture Studios give life to startups in two main ways. 1. Ideas are incubated and validated within the Venture Studio, once validated, the team finds the external resources/ people needed to bring the idea to life. 2. External founders brings ideas to Venture Studios, in which the Venture Studio provides services and resources to the founder in exchange for equity. So who is a Venture Studio good for? High Quality Founders, with scalable ideas: The success of a Venture Studio relies on the success of the startups they work with so naturally Venture Studios are looking for the highest quality founders / startups. Early stage founders who are missing a technical partner: During the early days of your startup, if you don’t have a technical partner, you generally require investment or you need to take significant financial risk to fund your MVP build. While most investors won’t want to invest until you have a functional MVP, this is the exact stage many Venture Studio’s like to play in. Why choose a Venture Studio over a development agency? Your developers will have skin in the game The app development process often goes wrong, because building apps is hard. If things go wrong, it’s easy for relationships to sour, and shortcuts to be made. Since Venture Studio’s success is so heavily tied into the success of their startups, by choosing a Venture Studio you have the peace of mind that your developers are so heavily incentivised to deliver an awesome product. Support beyond development Again because the success of the Venture Studios are so heavily tied to the success of the startup, it’s in the our best interest to ensure you are supported beyond your product build. So when it comes to GTM, capital raising and beyond, we aim to provide support and introductions where we. De-risk your financial position So this is the obvious benefit, get to launch without paying or paying a lot less. All of this is not to say, VC’s, Angel’s, Dev Shops all don’t play an important role in this ecosystem, I just feel the Venture Studio voice needs to be heard a bit louder.

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One of the most simple ideas (re)pitched at Innovate Aotearoa would arguably deliver the most value in the shortest amount of time. A Digital Public Infrastructure (DPS) approach where government standardised on some of the most common building blocks of digital services would save hundreds of millions of dollars per year AND improve the User Experience of our digital services. Building blocks being things like: - Authentication (login system) - Digital Payments (payment gateways) - Digital Identification (proving who you are) - Notifications (sending alerts and emails) - Content Publishing & forms I feel like there have been attempts at most of these in NZ over the years - but they just haven’t had the long term focus in terms of consistent funding and uptake which is needed to succeed. How can we make this a priority again? Should this be led by government or left to private sector? Thanks Pete Herlihy for the talk (and shout out) #PSNINNOVATE

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