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What tech bosses like Zuckerberg and Bankman-Fried actually mean when they say sorry

CEOs and politicians 'taking responsibility' for their errors is especially masterful as it never involves taking any actual responsibility.

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Adam Schwab: Nitro rejects $400 million Potentia offer despite rising costs and recorded losses

The problem for Nitro is that while founder Sam Chandler has built a respected business in a highly competitive sector, it has no real competitive advantages.

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Adam Schwab: How Freelancer went from giddy heights to consistent poor performer

There have been few companies in the past decade that have underperformed expectations as much as Matt Barrie’s Freelancer, writes Adam Schwab.

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Adam Schwab: How Redbubble’s share price burst in 18 months

While Redbubble investors have seen the value of their shareholdings plummet, one canny investor managed to sell millions of dollars of Redbubble shares for more than five times its current price.

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Adam Schwab: Why Atlassian is one of the world’s most overvalued businesses

Atlassian now has a market value of $99 billion. Incredibly, Australia’s fourth most valuable business has become a meme stock.

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Adam Schwab: Airline loyalty programs have become a giant bait and switch

With borders open customers want to use loyalty points on flights, so the airlines have made it almost impossible to redeem them for business or first class seats, says Adam Schwab.

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Adam Schwab: How Philip Lowe’s failures could help send Australia into a recession

Inflation and rising interest rates are pushing Australia towards a likely recession. And on the list of culprits, RBA governor Philip Lowe is very near the top.

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Adam Schwab: BNPL has become an industry of meme stocks worth basically nothing

In five years, we will look back fondly on the BNPL sector much like we reminisce on the follies of the mid-2000s bubble like Babcock & Brown or Allco, or the dot com insanity of 1999, says Adam Schwab.

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Atlassian is 20 years old and unprofitable — the market has its valuation all wrong, says Adam Schwab

Atlassian has somehow become the Benjamin Button of the tech sector — profitable as a startup and loss making as it has matured.

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Adam Schwab: Why Klarna, Paypal and Netflix are cutting jobs and no tech company is immune

If there’s a single phrase that investors, businesses and tech workers should live by above all else it’s this: everything always reverts to the mean.

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Adam Schwab: Is the ride over for Uber?

Despite ride sharing largely returning to pre-pandemic levels and Uber Eats gaining hundreds of millions of users during the pandemic, Uber’s market value has slumped from US$117 billion to US$42 billion.

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Adam Schwab: Why I love asset market crashes, and you should too

"This may not be the most popular view among everyone reading this column, but I absolutely love asset market crashes," writes Adam Schwab.

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