The Notorious B2B Show’s Podcast

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SNL meets TMZ but for B2B marketing. Hosted by Tas Bober and Tim Davidson, Notorious B2B is where LinkedIn drama, marketing chaos, and corporate cringe get the airtime they deserve. We talk about the ... more

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August 13, 2025Episode 22: Gong Throws Shade, SaaS Pay Disasters & The LinkedIn Post Thief
In Episode 22 of Notorious B2B, Tim goes solo (yes, Tas took PTO like a weirdo) and unpacks one of the spiciest dockets yet.
First up: Two Sales tech giants Salesloft and Clari merge and one of their competitor: Gong turns it into a roast on Linkedin. Then, we look at Microsoft Teams’ surprising dominance over Slack (Which is sad), and the shocking pay ranges companies are offering for heavy-duty creative and strategy roles.
Also in this episode:
• Buffer cancels your unused paid plan on purpose (How nice of them)
• The death spiral of LinkedIn comment-gating
• Sydney Sweeney’s AE ad sparks some “interesting” marketing takes
• A Bay Area rapper scams Devin Reed (and gets a diss track in return)
• The art and shamelessness of stealing LinkedIn posts
• PSA: Your ChatGPT prompts can now be used in court
What’s inside:
• Gong’s “group therapy” jab at competitors
• 18K salaries for big creative roles
• Buffer’s generosity vs. SaaS growth goals
• The great comment-gate epidemic
• LinkedIn drama: post theft, bad takes, and scams

Timestamps:
0:00 — Welcome to Notorious B2B
1:26 — Salesloft + Clari merge: the new Sales Tech superpower
4:29 — Why Microsoft Teams quietly crushed Slack
6:16 — Wild pay ranges for creative & strategy roles
11:25 — Buffer cancels unused paid plans: generous or strategic?
14:25 — LinkedIn’s new epidemic: comment-gating to death
17:27 — Sydney Sweeney’s ad and the marketing meltdown that followed
21:01 — A Bay Area rapper scams Devin Reed… and gets a diss track
24:51 — The art (and shamelessness) of stealing LinkedIn posts
29:44 — PSA: Your ChatGPT prompts can now be used in court

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📲 Connect with us:
Tim Davidson – ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41⁠⁠⁠
Tas Bober – ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/tasbober⁠⁠⁠
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August 06, 2025Episode 21: Astronomer’s PR Stunt and a Legal AI Startup Fires the Wrong Person
In Episode 21 of Notorious B2B, Tim and Tas have a pretty light week in B2B...or did we?
First up: Astronomer’s viral Gwyneth Paltrow video. Is it a brilliant crisis PR pivot… or a tone-deaf distraction from a scandal?
Then we dive into the loudest voices in B2B attribution and ask the big question: If your software actually solved the problem, wouldn’t every marketer be raving about it?
In this episode:
• HockeyStack’s cold call metrics — legit or LinkedIn theater?
• A jaw-dropping antisemitic comment at a legal AI startup that got the wrong person fired
• “Babe, wanna invest?” – the worst cold DM in LinkedIn history
• Astronomer’s viral ad campaign (and PR backlash)
• Parasocial content, and why it might be the brand strategy you’ve needed
• A founder who says wanting work-life balance is a red flag

Join us for some big yikes.

Timestamps:
0:00 — Intro — Welcome to Notorious B2B
1:40 — Astronomer PR saga (CEO resigns, Paltrow spot)
14:35 — HockeyStack cold-call claims
28:20 — Antisemitic remark at legal AI startup (whistleblower)
36:23 — Is this good or bad outreach? “Babe, wanna invest?” worst cold DM
44:26 — Founder says work-life balance is a red flag
55:41 — Parasocial content as a B2B strategy
1:02:59 — Wrap-up — B2B marketing = an expensive guessing game

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Connect with the hosts:
Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41
Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober

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1h 4min
July 30, 2025Episode 20: Astronomer's Response to CEO Scandal, Replit's AI Disaster, and the 20K Cold Call Per Day Controversy
In Episode 20 of Notorious B2B, Tim and Tas unpack the messiest moments in tech and B2B this week, from shady ticket scams to a cold call claim that has all of LinkedIn dissecting B2B math.

What’s inside:
• Astronomer’s CEO officially resigns after viral Coldplay affair scandal and their official statement.
• Warmly openly admits to price colluding?
• Scale AI pulls job offer 3 days before start date, leaving new grad stranded
• Replit’s AI agent deletes a live codebase
• A new LinkedIn scam that involves Oasis tickets (yes, really)
• HockeyStack claims 20K cold calls/day from 5 SDRs — possible or pipe dream?
• Bonus: Someone’s faking their job title just to pitch you faster

Timestamps:
0:00 – Welcome Back to the Chaos (Episode 20!)
1:54 – Astronomer CEO Scandal: Resignation, PR Spin & Viral Fallout
16:35 – Chris Walker Exits Refine Labs: End of an Era in B2B Marketing
22:17 – AI Gone Rogue: Replit’s Database Disaster & Fake Results
29:50 – Replit deletes a production database and then lies
37:25 – Warmly vs. Koala: Competitor “Friendships” & Price Collusion
41:54 – HockeyStack’s Wild Claim: 20K Cold Calls a Day Controversy
57:17 – Brutal Bait & Switch: Scale AI Rescinds Offers After Relocations
1:02:04 – Fake Job Titles & LinkedIn Pitch Tactics: Marketing vs. Sales
1:03:03 – Wrap-Up: B2B Marketing = An Expensive Guessing Game

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Connect with the hosts:
Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41
Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober

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1h 4min
July 25, 2025Episode 19: Adam Robinson replaces employees with AI, LinkedIn sues a data scraper, and the startup scammer Soham goes full influencer
In episode 19 of Notorious B2B, Tas gets “AI-ed” into a completely different person, twice. Then she and Tim spiral into the wildest stories in B2B this week: scams, shutdowns, and more.

What’s inside:
• Two podcasts supposedly AI-edit Tas’ face (badly)
• Adam Robinson of RB2B replaces 40% of his employees with AI
• Soham, the 5-job scammer, becomes a meme, and gets his own diss track
• Another LinkedIn scraper caught and gets shut down after LinkedIn sues them
• And yes, someone brought a mug covered in boobs to a client call

Also: help us name our new AI segment. Will it be Chat PTSD, Big Prompt Energy, or Artificial Ignorance? Vote or don’t, we’ll just ask AI

Timestamps:
0:00 – Welcome back to Notorious B2B
1:45 – AI-edited headshots & video fails
14:54 – Startup fail: Inbounder shuts down
19:33 – RB2B replaces staff with $99 AI clone
32:08 – LinkedIn outreach & the boobs mug incident
41:45 – LinkedIn sues ProxyCurl (data scraper shutdown)

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Connect with the hosts:
Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41
Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober

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47min
July 25, 2025Episode 18: Astronomer's CEO scandal, $200M paydays & B2B uses Paypal to get shady
In Ep. 18 of Notorious B2B, Tas and Tim are back after a short break and so is the drama. From LinkedIn threats and AI-fueled phishing sites to a fake landing page targeting competitors, this episode might set off a few C&Ds.

What’s inside:
• Coldplay frontman accidentally exposes a B2B CEO’s affair on a jumbotron
• Lovable raises a $200M Series A at a $1.8B valuation — maybe the biggest ever
• Meta poaches an Apple engineer with a $200M package
• Windsurf employees get left behind after the CEO sells out
• Companies are now sending 2¢ via PayPal as a marketing hack (yes, really)
• The founder of TitanX threatens a marketer… and buys a fake domain to troll a competitor

Timestamps:
0:00 – Welcome to Notorious B2B: LinkedIn drama & the “fudge’n docket”
2:28 – Astronomer CEO Coldplay Scandal: Jumbotron Affair Goes Viral
8:11 – Lovable Raises $200M at $1.8B Valuation (Biggest Series A Ever?)
11:28 – Meta Poaches Apple’s AI Engineer with $200M Payday
13:17 – Windsurf vs. Google: $2.4B Licensing Deal & Startup Collapse
20:03 – Shady B2B Tactics: PayPal Pennies as “Marketing Outreach”
26:24 – Titan X vs. Joe Cronin: Threats, Competitor Shade & the Nooks Stunt
33:40 – Wrap-Up: Too Much Chaos = Double Episode

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Connect with the hosts:
Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41
Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober

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35min
July 09, 2025Episode 17: Expensify’s $40M Ad Gamble, Oracle’s $30B Closed/Won Deal & B2B’s Wildest Scam Yet
In Episode 17 of Notorious B2B, Tim joins from a mystery Montana location while Tas surprises Tim with the podcast’s first-ever music video by none other than the Sales Rapper of B2B, Ding Zheng. If you know, you know.

But there's more:
- Expensify’s wild $40M product placement gamble and the B2B math to get 5x ROI
- Oracle’s $30B OpenAI deal - and whether the AE actually got paid?!
- A developer who scammed 4 B2B startups at the same time
- AI scams that clone login pages in 30 seconds
- Tim's reaction to our theme song music video Plus: Salesforce's AI flex, a new Builder.ai update, and Duolingo trying to walk back its “we’re replacing you with AI” strategy

Links:
⁠Tweet⁠
⁠Microsoft laying off⁠
⁠Hackers abuse generative AI⁠

Timestamps:
0:00 – Welcome back, marketers (and wig shopping on Amazon)
2:41 – Hackers use AI to launch phishing sites in 30 seconds
8:32 – Layoffs, AI hype & Salesforce’s “50% of work automated” spin
12:20 – Expensify drops $40M on Brad Pitt product placement
19:44 – Oracle closes $30B deal with OpenAI (commission drama ensues)
25:42 – The engineer with 4 jobs: B2B’s wildest scam yet
33:34 – Circle Backs: Builder.ai fraud + Duolingo’s AI walk-back
37:18 – Surprise jingle & Notorious B2B music video drop

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📲 Connect with the hosts:
Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41
Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober
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44min
July 03, 2025 Notorious B2B Podcast Theme Song by Ding Zheng
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2min
July 02, 2025Episode 16: 6Sense avoids a lawsuit, getting fired for liking a LinkedIn post, and B2B OnlyFans?!
In Episode 16 of Notorious B2B, Tim and Tas are back (guns out, jackets off) to break down the weirdest, wildest stories in B2B.

They’re digging into a lawsuit against 6sense that just got thrown out, the extremely detailed investigation Rippling just dropped on Deel, and a marketing scandal involving… an office-based OnlyFans shoot?! Plus: the latest on Builder.ai crash-out, a sad LinkedIn firing story, and why you should stop pasting links in other people’s posts.

What’s inside:
• 6sense sued for using real people in sales decks and what the judge said about it
• Rippling’s blog exposes Deal’s alleged corporate espionage (with screenshots!)
• Builder.ai founder cashed out $20M before things collapsed
• Two marketers got fired for liking a LinkedIn post?
• Someone really filmed OnlyFans content in their office

Links:
Rippling Blog
Rippling Spy

Timestamps:
00:00 – Welcome to Notorious B2B, Not B2C, B2B
02:45 – 6sense Lawsuit Tossed: Real People, No Consent, No Problem
14:14 – Builder.ai founder cashed out $20M before things collapsed
15:36 – Rippling vs Deal: Spies, Slack Receipts & Dog Filter Drama
30:55 – LinkedIn Growth Hack? DM Automation vs Comment Bait
36:40 – Fired for Liking a LinkedIn Post (Yes, Really)
47:30 – B2B OnlyFans: The Agency Story No One Asked For
1:00:18 – Wrap up: B2B drama we should cover, slide into our DMs

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Connect with the hosts:
Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41
Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober

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1h 2min
June 25, 2025Episode 15: Rippling’s Billing Drama, CapCut Controversy & Deleting Linkedin for $1M
In Episode 15 of Notorious B2B, Tim and Tas reunite to go scorched-earthish on billing scams, shady platforms, and unhinged marketing tactics.
We’ve got Rippling’s sketchy seat-based pricing (with receipts), CapCut’s wild new terms of service, and the truth about why links in your LinkedIn posts might tank your reach. Plus: B2B Gift card scamming is now a thing, so you all better watch out

Inside:
• Rippling’s billing drama goes viral and it’s not just a glitch
• CapCut claims rights to your content forever
• Meta confirms: links kill social reach
• Review platforms are getting harder to trust
• AI scammers are going after B2B gift card campaigns
• And the big one: would you delete LinkedIn for $1 million?

Timestamps:
00:00 – Intro: Maps, Tie-Dye, and Forgetting We Have Jobs
04:00 – Rippling’s Dirty Little Billing Secret (With Receipts)
14:00 – Facebook Admits It: Links Kill Your Reach (Shoutout Zero-Click Queen Amanda)
23:57 – CapCut's Terms: We Own Your Content Forever, Thanks
30:17 – WFH Fashion Police: Backwards Hats, Ragebait & Brand Partnerships
41:13 – Advice for people who write on LinkedIn
48:46 – Deleting Linkedin for $1M
51:45 – Gift Card Scammers Are Getting Smarter (And It's Wild)
59:05 – Wrap up

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Connect with the hosts:
Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41
Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober

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1h
June 18, 2025Episode 14: G2's sketchy acquisition and other Clark Barron spicy takes
Episode 14 of Notorious B2B might be missing Tim but we more than make up for it. Tas burns it all down with Clark Barron.

We discuss:
G2’s new AI acquisition and why it's smelling fishy
AI-powered scams (check on your gifting campaigns)
Why person-level identification is disrespectful
The Hubspot/ChatGPT integration could be big trouble
The vibe this episode is "composed rage".

Hit play if you dare.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro – Welcome to Notorious B2B
0:51 – Casual banter & guest introductions
3:54 – G2’s new AI acquisition setup
23:51 – AI-powered scams & gifting campaign warning
36:53 – RB2B being spyware
43:10 – HubSpot + ChatGPT integration could be big trouble
49:32 – Closing thoughts & sign-off

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Connect with the hosts:
Tim Davidson – linkedin.com/in/tadavidson41
Tas Bober – linkedin.com/in/tasbober

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52min

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