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Every time you ask an AI to write a song, generate a script, or mimic a creative style, there's a good chance it learned how to do that by consuming someone's life's work, without asking, without paying, and without them ever knowing.

In October 2025, the Albanese Government became the first in the world to rule out a text and data mining exception to copyright law, a landmark win for creators that is now being actively challenged by the tech industry. It's the backdrop to everything Holly and Georgie discuss here.

Holly Rankin, the artist behind Jack River and founder of cultural strategy company Sentiment Agency, has testified before Australian Parliament and become one of the most articulate voices in the fight to ensure the AI economy doesn't get built on the back of stolen human culture. In this episode she and Georgie get into the staggering labour that goes into making a single song, why the "it's too complicated to license" argument from Big Tech is a convenient myth, and what the Anthropic book piracy settlement really signals about where this is all heading. But underneath the policy detail is a bigger question: if we let machines consume and replicate everything that makes us human, what exactly are we left with?

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Holly Rankin Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/holly-rankin-3535912b3/

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How do AI companies scale this fast without breaking?

Eight figure revenue in competitive markets. Products that double revenue in a single month. Customers who tattoo your logo on their body. Not growth hacks. Not hype. Real traction, earned the hard way.

Brendan Hill sits down with Daniel Slater from Relume, Liam Millward from Instant, and Sally Yu from King River Capital to unpack what actually drives breakout AI companies in 2025. The answer is not building more features. It is obsession with distribution, ruthless focus on speed to value, and teams that move faster than their competitors think is possible.

Relume did not start as an AI startup. It started as an agency. Building websites manually, feeling the pain firsthand, and removing the work that should never have existed. Instant did not find product market fit once. It found it three times, killing products, rebuilding teams, and learning the hard way that revenue without stickiness is a mirage. And from Silicon Valley, Sally Yu shares what she sees across the fastest growing AI companies in the world, why community is becoming the real moat, and why founders with unwavering conviction now win disproportionately.

They talk candidly about churn, mistakes, hiring A players, monthly execution cycles, and why most AI products fail not because the tech is bad, but because the company moves too slowly. This is a conversation about momentum. About earning distribution. About building products people would fight to keep.

If you want to understand how modern AI companies actually scale, and what it takes to stay ahead once you do, this episode is for you.

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Consumers lose billions to scams and miss out on trillions in potential savings every year. So what if everyone had their own AI-powered financial assistant working 24-7?

In this episode of Pick My Brain, Alan Jones is joined by James Horan, founder of Phinly, an AI-driven personal finance platform designed to help consumers automate savings, prevent fees, and optimise their financial lives. James walks through his live pitch for Phinly, outlining the problem with doom-scrolling money advice, the rise of AI agents in personal finance, and a bold vision for owning the AI money assistant category.

Phinly connects to over 20,000 institutions, identifies cost savings opportunities, and enables one-tap actions from cancelling subscriptions to switching providers. With early partnerships secured, backing from a global AI accelerator, and a savings-based revenue model, the startup is raising $800,000 on a pre-seed SAFE to scale toward $4.5M ARR in 18 months.

But Alan’s feedback goes deeper than traction and TAM. He challenges James to avoid blending in with every other AI fintech startup in the room. Instead of leaning purely on logic and numbers, Alan pushes for something more memorable: behavioural insights that surprise the audience about their own financial habits. The goal is simple. Make investors go home and say, “Did you know that…?” and have that sentence start with something you taught them.

If you’re building in fintech, AI, or any crowded category, this episode is a masterclass in standing out when everyone else looks the same.

Time Stamps

02:08 – Meet James Horan and his founder journey

03:14 – Lessons from a failed two-sided marketplace

04:28 – The Phinly pitch begins

05:40 – Money advice, TikTok, and the cost-of-living crisis

06:50 – How Phinly works: AI-powered money automation

07:45 – Traction: 20,000 institutions connected and major partnerships

08:30 – Revenue model: percentage of savings and future subscriptions

09:10 – Alan’s first reaction: good foundation, but blends in

11:45 – The power of surprise in a crowded fintech room

12:30 – Using behavioural economics to stand out

14:00 – Stop reading your slides

15:30 – Supporting your story instead of replacing it

17:00 – Bringing emotion into a rational fintech pitch

18:00 – How to create a pitch people repeat to others

Resources

💸 Phinly – https://phinly.com

🎙 Ask Alan a Question – https://speakpipe.com/pickmybrain

🎧 More from Alan Jones – https://www.startupfoundercoach.com

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Welcome back to the FNDN Series, where we continue our deep dive into startup compensation with industry leaders from across the startup world. In our conversation with Carmen Amador, Founder of The Cycle Method and business psychologist, we unpack the critical connection between the menstrual cycle and workplace performance that most organizations are missing. We explore how the modern work environment, built on industrial revolution principles, fails to account for cyclical rhythms and discuss the untapped potential when we understand and leverage the unique strengths that come with each phase of the menstrual cycle. Keep watching to discover why women are twice as likely to burn out at work and what actionable steps both individuals and organizations can take to create more inclusive, effective workplaces.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction and Warm-Up Conversation

02:30 Guest Introduction: Carmen from The Cycle Method

04:45 Why the Menstrual Cycle Matters in the Workplace

08:15 The Personal Health Journey That Led to Professional Mission

12:00 How Modern Work Structure Ignores Cyclical Rhythms

15:20 The Burnout Statistics: Why Women Are Twice as Likely to Burn Out

18:10 Myth Busting: Beyond Period Pain and Pregnancy

21:40 The C-Suite Framework: CEO, CIO, CPO, CMO, and COO Energies

27:30 Understanding Your Unique Cyclical Patterns

31:15 The Three Layers: Self-Awareness, Adjustment, and Cycle Mastery

36:20 Practical Applications: Sync, Adjust, and Prepare

40:25 The Business Case: Untapped Potential and Performance

43:50 Using Product and Tech Language: Agile Meets Biology

46:40 The Policy vs. Culture Gap: Spain's Menstrual Leave Example

49:30 Creating All-Gender Inclusive Conversations

51:45 Generational Perspectives on Menstrual Cycle Awareness

53:20 Beyond the Menstrual Cycle: Including All Hormonal Experiences

54:45 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

65:50 Beyond the Menstrual Cycle: Including All Hormonal Experiences

68:00 Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Connect with Carmen

Visit: thecyclemethod.com

linkedin.com/in/carmenpsychologist 

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Research and Studies:

Concepts and Frameworks:

Media:

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Tracey Spicer is one of Australia’s most respected journalists and the author of Man-Made: How the Bias of the Past Is Being Built into the Future. In this episode, Georgie sits down with Tracey for a sharp, funny, and occasionally jaw-dropping conversation about what happens when we treat AI like neutral math instead of what it really is: opinion written in code.

They unpack why algorithmic bias is getting worse in the generative AI era, how recommendation engines can quietly radicalise people (from Andrew Tate pipelines to hyper-performative “tradwife” culture), and why “move fast” without guardrails is a dangerous blueprint. The discussion also goes into the weird and unsettling frontier of humanoid home robots, privacy risks in always-on devices, and what Tracey learned researching sex robots, including the disturbing ways consent is engineered out of the product.

Plus: why Tracey’s favourite AI tool is Claude, what she thinks about Grok and the chaos machine of X, why we are not getting a four day work week anytime soon, and her case for “regulatory sandpits” to test AI safely before it hits the rest of the world.

01:10 – Tracey’s TEDx “The lady stripped bare” moment and why it still matters

04:45 – Beauty standards, AI filters, and why expectations on young women have intensified

08:20 – Man-Made and the epiphany that sparked Tracey’s AI obsession

11:10 – The AI arms race, speed, and why we are in the “seatbelt era” of tech

14:30 – Digital natives vs critical thinking: the hallucination blind spot

16:45 – Tracey’s AI stack: why Claude is her daily driver

19:05 – Humanoid home robots: convenience vs surveillance

21:55 – Strength vs security: what actually scares Tracey about robots

24:35 – Sex robots and the consent problem manufacturers do not talk about

28:10 – Algorithms as “opinions in code” and how radicalisation happens

33:10 – Removing bias: conversations, perspective checks, and inclusive design

35:00 – Grok, MechaHitler, and what happens when platforms mirror their owners

36:45 – Deepfake porn, consent, and why regulation is finally catching up

38:10 – No, AI will not magically deliver a four day work week

41:10 – Future jobs: law, AI assistants, and why juniors still need fundamentals

44:15 – Indigenous knowledge, language revitalisation, and the full-circle AI story

46:50 – Rapid fire: brain chips, Waymo, smart glasses, and AI “snog marry avoid”

49:55 – What we should do now: regulatory sandpits and real guardrails

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AI is starting to change penetration testing, but most people are asking the wrong question. In this episode of Secured, Cole Cornford sits down with Brendan Dolan-Gavitt, AI researcher at XBOW and former NYU professor, to unpack what autonomous pen testing really is, what it can reliably do today, and what still needs humans.

They explore why AI agents are great at scaling the boring parts of testing, like authenticated workflows and broad vulnerability coverage across huge attack surfaces, and why that does not automatically translate to deep, context-aware exploitation. The conversation also gets into the messy parts: AI systems overclaiming “serious” findings, business logic flaws that are hard to verify, audit expectations, and why scope control needs real guardrails, not vibes. From agent traces and validation models to cost curves and creative exfiltration tricks, this episode is a grounded look at where AI helps AppSec and where it can still cause damage if you trust it too much.

00:00 – Intro

03:10 – From academia to building autonomous security tools

05:00 – Human pen testers vs AI agents: what is actually different

06:40 – Where AI helps most: boring tasks and low hanging fruit

08:30 – Scale: a thousand targets vs hiring a thousand testers

10:20 – Accessibility, economics, and Jevons paradox

12:30 – Accountability: audit evidence, traces, and “who signs off”

14:40 – Scope control: avoiding prod and preventing out-of-scope actions

16:20 – Safety checkers, overseer agents, and persuasion resistance

18:40 – The cost question: VC money, inference pricing, and efficiency

21:20 – When AI wastes money and why prioritisation matters

23:50 – Failure mode: overclaiming business “vulnerabilities”

26:10 – Validation agents and adversarial peer review

28:40 – The scary clever stuff: exfiltrating files as images

31:00 – What AI finds well: XSS, SQLi, file traversal, hard proof bugs

33:10 – What AI struggles with: business logic and contextual judgement

35:20 – Hype vs skepticism and why nobody has a crystal ball

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Welcome back to the FNDN Series, where we continue our deep dive into startup compensation with industry leaders from across the startup world. In our conversation with Lachlan Bradford, Community Content Manager at Sked Social and Co-Host of the Funny Business Podcast, we explore the powerful intersection of brand, community, and people operations. Lachlan shares his unconventional journey from cricket academy to lift operator in Canada, bar manager, e-commerce founder, and ultimately to building vibrant communities in the startup world. We unpack the critical lessons HR teams can learn from community building, the importance of authentic employer branding, the power of personal connection over automation, and how to create workplaces where people genuinely don't want to leave. Keep watching to discover how treating your people like community members can transform your retention, engagement, and company culture.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction and Welcome

01:45 Guest Introduction: Lachlan Bradford

03:20 Lachlan's Unconventional Journey: From Cricket Academy to Community Building

09:15 The Teachers Who Shaped His Approach to Leadership

13:40 From Bar Manager to E-Commerce: Building OB and Co

16:50 Starting Funny Business Podcast During COVID

32:40 The Founder Mindset: Customer Obsession Applied to HR

36:20 Authentic Employer Branding vs Generic Approaches

40:15 The Power of Niche: Speaking Your Audience's Language

44:30 LinkedIn Strategy: Real Relationships Over Automation

48:45 Surprise and Delight: Creating Memorable Employee Experiences

57:35 Creating Workplaces Where People Don't Want to Leave

58:45 Conclusion and Wrap-Up

Connect with Lachlan:

Visit: https://skedsocial.com

LinkedIn https://linkedin.com/in/lachlanbradford

Resources Mentioned:

• Sked Social - Social media management and scheduling platform where Lachlan serves as

• Community Content ManagerFunny Business Podcast - Podcast for free thinkers and creators hosted by Lachlan Bradford and Robbie

• HicksDream Big Social Club - Community initiative founded by Lachlan featuring events, workshops, and networking opportunities

• Ways of Working Consultancy - Agile delivery consultancy launched from the Funny Business podcast

• People Mentioned:Ben Waterman - CEO of The Resilience Project, former teacher at Cricket Academy

• David McKay - Fusion scientist and former Cricket Academy teacher (brother of Australian cricketer Clint McKay)

• Mark Worthington - Player Development Manager at Geelong Cats (AFL)Peter Boul - Leadership expert who delivered workshops for the Dream Big Social Club community

• Robbie Hicks - Co-host of Funny Business Podcast and business partner

• Concepts Discussed:Customer Obsession in People OperationsAuthentic vs Generic Employer Branding

• LinkedIn Relationship Building StrategiesCommunity-First Approach to Workplace Culture

• Surprise and Delight Employee Experiences

• The Power of Niche Positioning in Talent AttractionFounder Mindset for Employee Engagement

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Enterprise AI is past the hype phase and into the hard part: scaling what works without breaking security, blowing out costs, or shipping chaos into production. In this episode, Georgie chats with AWS technologist Rada Stanic about using AI as a “study buddy” to renew technical certifications faster, and why tools like AWS QuickSight can generate strong first drafts of strategy docs when you provide the right templates and context.

They go deep on AIOps: the operational discipline enterprises need to deploy agents and GenAI reliably at scale. Rada breaks AIOps into five practical pillars: defining agent intent, identity and security boundaries, policy and governance, observability and evaluation, and managing the rapid model lifecycle as new LLMs drop constantly. The conversation also covers why security questions dominate every enterprise AI project, why data quality still makes or breaks outcomes, and why “RAG” is fading as a buzzword even though retrieval is still foundational.

Finally, Rada shares a sharp concern for the next generation: what happens to junior roles when AI fills the entry level work, and why the pace of change itself may become the next generation’s greatest advantage.

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Episode Summary

If you have to pitch the same product to two totally different audiences, should you use one deck or two?

In this episode of Pick My Brain, Alan Jones is joined by Michelle Chen, founder of Mental Jam, a startup turning real lived experiences of depression and anxiety into cozy, story-driven mobile games. Michelle is preparing to pitch in two worlds at once: to investors who care about venture-scale growth, and to game publishers who care about commercial upside and licensing rights.

Alan breaks down why one pitch is rarely enough, and introduces a simple framework: three decks for each audience. A teaser deck to spark curiosity, a pitch deck to support your live story, and a leave-behind deck packed with detail for later review. They also get tactical about what makes a pitch land: fewer words on slides, stronger emotional delivery in the first 10 to 15 seconds, and building trust by keeping the audience focused on the founder, not the deck.

Michelle also shares the real nerves behind pitching, including stage anxiety and how it impacts performance. Alan offers a mindset shift that helps founders separate their personal fear from the “role” they’re playing on stage, plus practical tips for pitching on video calls. They finish with concrete improvements: shorten the character section, add a clear team slide, and capture customer reactions on video to show emotional impact, not just quotes.

If you’re pitching a product with multiple buyers, fundraising while still building, or struggling with confidence on stage, this episode is a masterclass in making your pitch clearer, shorter, and more human

Time Stamps

02:10 – Michelle’s origin story: from PhD research to startup

04:10 – Why Catalyzer mattered for a migrant founder

05:20 – Two audiences: investors vs game publishers

06:05 – Should you build two pitches? Alan’s answer: yes, tailor

08:05 – The 6 deck framework: teaser, pitch, leave-behind for each audience

13:05 – Ideal slide counts: teaser 3 to 5, pitch 10 to 15, leave-behind as needed

14:00 – Why founders accidentally read slides and lose the room

15:00 – Video call tip: pin the person, not your slides

16:15 – Michelle’s pitch: Mental Jam and Boba Rista

23:15 – Alan’s feedback: scripting, emotion, and the first 10 seconds

26:00 – Handling stage anxiety while pitching

29:20 – Cut words per slide: aim for fewer than 10 words

31:10 – Too many characters: use one or two for investors

31:40 – Add a team slide and show real customer feedback

33:00 – Use video testimonials for emotional proof

Resources Mentioned

🎮 Mental Jam – https://hellomentaljam.com

🎙 Ask Alan a Question – https://speakpipe.com/pickmybrain

🎧 More from Alan Jones – https://www.startupfoundercoach.com

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Frontline’s Brennan O’Donnell has spent two decades helping companies expand across borders, first as an operator at Google and later as a growth investor backing Series B to D businesses. In this episode, Cheryl and Maxine unpack what’s shifted at growth stage in the last 12 months, why the market is still a barbell of “hot or not” deals, and how AI is finally producing application layer companies mature enough for growth rounds.

They go deep on Frontline’s transatlantic model: seed investing across Europe to help founders raise a Series A and enter the US earlier, and growth investing in the US to help companies expand into Europe with a hands on, concentrated portfolio approach. Brennan breaks down the four pillars Frontline uses to drive international expansion timing, go to market, talent and org design, and location plus the biggest traps founders fall into, like trying to launch in too many markets at once or optimizing for revenue targets instead of learning.

You’ll also hear why the UK and Ireland are the default first step for 97 percent of US companies entering Europe, when Europe becomes a CEO level priority, how relationship driven sales cycles vary across countries, and why developer led community building can beat traditional sales led expansion for certain AI products. Brennan closes with his Big Cojones moment: moving to the Bay Area for a temporary Google job with everything in storage, then doing it again to help build Google’s European HQ in Dublin.

03:14 Brennan’s first investment: Mode Analytics and a lawn mowing business in Texas

06:49 What’s changed at growth stage and why “growth” is a different world

08:30 Why AI enablement came first and app layer is finally ready for Series B plus

10:10 The new risk: fast revenue that’s concentrated and not yet durable

14:22 Frontline’s model: Europe seed plus US growth and why it’s unique

15:58 What Frontline looks for: category leaders and a line of sight to a 5x outcome

16:20 The rough revenue range where growth starts paying attention

23:22 The four pillars of expansion: timing, go to market, talent, location

26:00 Timing: the 10 percent pull, exec maturity, and why waiting too long is risky

29:36 Why Europe expansion has to be a CEO level company priority

38:04 Build or buy: why most companies compete into new markets rather than acquire

39:10 Developer community expansion as a new go to market wedge

41:44 Market selection: why nearly everyone starts with London or Dublin

43:56 “Success amnesia” and why you must optimize for learning not quotas

48:28 Relationship driven sales cycles and how Europe varies market to market

52:43 Big Cojones moment: taking a temp Google job and betting on himself

54:26 Doing it again: moving to Dublin in three weeks to help build Google Europe

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