Adam & Adir chat about Canva’s huge bet on Leonardo.ai, the unsurprising collapse of Rex, Atlassian’s share price slump and how it can recover and the much anticipated latest edition of Adir’s Book Club

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Adam & Adir discuss how Essilor Luxottica built the world’s best monopoly, Inflation in Sports Star Salaries, chat to Rich List Star Correspondent John Stensholt and the incredible power of Apple and Google

The guys chat about Microsoft launching its Canva Killer, Smiggle’s customer service woes, the fascinating collaboration between giant July and Oroton and Flippa’s superstar CEO Blake Hutchison discussed how Flippa’s marketplaces dominates the business of selling businesses.

Adam and Adir discuss the ACCC's action against The Good Guys, Nike's Worst Day Ever and are CEO John Donohue's Days Numbered, is Sendle's Capital Raise the most Dilutive Ever, Craig Hutchison's massive win as Sports Entertainment Group sells the Wildcats and the latest chapter in Adir's Bookclub

The guys chat about MGI and their brilliant CEO, the transformation at Delta Airlines, the mediocrity of BA and Adam’s tough Maldives trip

The guys discuss the challenges facing polarising eCommerce stock Cettire, Adir deep dives into Adore Beauty's acquisition announcement, inflation continues to reap havoc and why the RBA was dead wrong to keep rates too low for too long, the best ways to book and find good travel deals and the remarkable Centreparc business.

The guys discuss the huge Guzman y Gomez IPO, why a loyalty scheme is so important to business, Prezee’s mounting losses and world of gift cards, the amazing business that rose from the ashes of Bellabox and Adam encounters Hollywood royalty.

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The Contrarians in front of a live audience at Fortress Melbourne discuss Qantas’ acquisition of TripADeal and Ben Gray PE Genius, Adrian Giles incredible Hitwise exit and building Fortress and the guys look deep into The Reject Shop.

The guys chat about Elon's potential $46b payday, Costello goes at Nine, streamers unite to stop churn and what's the best way to ask for a pay rise?

The guys chat about Catapult hitting the US$100 million revenue milestone, go deep into the IPO prospects of Guzman y Gomez, fawn of Canva's cringey rap, discuss the struggles facing Salesforce and Adir gets into ice cream.

00:00 - Adir's 'Rollercoaster' Week

11:45 - Adir Watched Free-to-Air TV

18:15 - Catapult Sports

32:50 - Meta and Shopify

41:22 - Guzman y Gomez

1:08:08 - Live Ice Cream Tasting

1:11:45 - Canva Create Event

1:15-13 - Salesforce