Posts tagged "adam schwab"

We were so excited to return to an in-person format for the Smart50 this year that we wanted to go big with our best judging panel yet.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

After interviewing Domm Holland on his podcast, Adam Schwab writes how he became "entranced" with Holland's story and the story of Fast.