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☕ One more Daily Shot for the week, and it's another good brew! Here's what you should know about in the startup community this Friday: 🍟 Finn Hogan on the world's perilous reliance on computer chips 🐄 Govt to slash red tape on ag products 🏡 Blackbird wants to talk to re-patriates 📈 ANZ survey finds business confidence improving 🌙 The data centre on...the moon? 👀 NVIDIA results restore confidence ⛽ What to watch, listen to and read this weekend It's all here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gwSu7QYb A massive thank you to our subscribers. You help us to do what we love, and support you right back. Find out more about a Caffeine sub 👉 https://lnkd.in/gb4e6DdE

☕ On Thursdays we go global! Lots happening around the world and at home - here's what you should know about in today's Daily Shot: 🚀 Rocket Lab share price slides following allegations 🌱 Culture Amp's wins on path to net zero ( 👏 Ella McKinley Artem Yakimenko Blackbird) 📉 New Zealand Media & Entertainment (NZME)'s $16m loss 😮 North Korea in the largest heist in history 📈 Power price spikes incoming 💫 Amazon announces new AI Alexa 🪨 AstroForge - the company that wants to mine asteroids 💰 Perplexity launches $50M seed and pre-seed VC fund 🤖 Must watch: the freaky video of robot language between two bots More here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gxzF_rXE How will you stay across the big developments around the world this year? A Caffeine subscription is less than two coffees a month, and you get the important global and local news and insights. Find out more 👉https://lnkd.in/gT7SCW3T

☕ A free Daily Shot? How good! Take a look behind the paywall to see what a Caffeine subscription gets you. Plenty of good stuff to know about today too: ⚡ Aotea Energy founder Tama Toki on taking on Tesla 🫏 How Vanta scales compliance ✨ Details for Amazon Web Services (AWS)' Data and AI Day 📩 Pushback to Musk's mass email 🥗 Tickets to Power Lunch with Simon Pound ✈️ NZAero boss Stephen Burrows on surveying the world's largest oil pipeline 💫 OpenStar Technologies is hiring 🤖 Anthropic AI releases world-first ‘hybrid’ reasoning AI model 🎙️ What entrepreneurs can learn from Mr Beast Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/g-fF98Y4 If you see value in today's curated news and insights, then please consider supporting us. It goes such a long way in helping us to support the Aotearoa startup community 👉 https://lnkd.in/gBDUmaG9 Soda Inc. RNZ

☕ Some big moves from big businesses in today's Daily Shot - here's what you should know about this Tuesday: 🍎 Apple commits $500b to US manufacturing 🙌 Applications open for Tupu Accelerator Callaghan Innovation Sprout Agritech ⚔️ Global military integration after Chinese navy exercise 💪 Startup sessions: Building high performance culture with Gabrielle Cutfield 🗺️ Palantir Technologies’ Alex Karp argues Silicon Valley has ‘lost its way’ ⛓️ Musk wields massive chainsaw at CPAC. Because why not? It's all here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gUXiMRGz The startup world is affected by all sorts of news, and it can be hard to keep up. That's why we curate the important stuff for you every morning. Consider supporting us to stay on top of it all 👉 https://lnkd.in/gTgpzTBP Saara Tawha Brittany Teei Creative HQ

☕ Last week of Feb already?! As always, plenty of things happening in the startup world - here's what you should know about today: 💰 How AI is changing how startups raise money 🤔 Overseas Investment Act set for overhaul 👀 Why diversity is "critical" to NZ's success (👏 RNZ) 🔬 Praise and controversy over Musk's Grok 3 ✨ Blackbird Giants Roadshow: How to Raise in 2025 📹 Must watch: Microsoft's pretty amazing quantum chip It's all here 👉 https://lnkd.in/g-th2Djs A massive thank you to our supporters, as always. We say this a lot, but we mean it - you help us do what we do. Find out about a Caffeine subscription 👉 https://lnkd.in/gWgYnryk Rowan Simpson

☕ Is it just because it's Friday, or are things feeling up in the startup world? Lots of good stuff happening, and positive news in today's Daily Shot: ✨ Rowan Simpson: when being wrong is good for startups ⏩ PepsiCo clean tech accelerator programme opens 👀 Banyan Software acquires Medtech Global 🚀 AI startup founded by 21 year olds valued at $2b 🏦 Is woke banking really a problem? Martien Lubberink PhD 🤖 Figure human robots blowing our minds a little bit ⛽ Weekend fuel: what to watch, read and listen to this weekend 🥝 Tone deaf or very effective? NZ's Aussie tourist campaign It's all here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gbZhig8a Caffeine is a startup helping startups - subscriptions go towards helping us to help the founder community. Sounds a bit meta, but it's true! 👉 https://lnkd.in/gteWATqV

If you know me, you know I love a good CKO. In fact, I’m a huge believer in keeping that momentum going year round with quarterly alignment sessions -- a must for scaling organizations. One of my favorite CKOs was at thinkstep (pre acquisition). I was leading one of our sectors - carrying a bag, building brand and demand, and working closely with CS and delivery to create raving customer fans to ensure ongoing revenue. Our CEO, Christoph Wilfert (one of the great aligners and motivators), brought the company together at our Stuttgart HQ for a deep dive into company goals, brand & value prop, new offerings, GTM planning, and team building. What made it stand out? 🥨Full company alignment -- marketing, sales, product, and other functions all in the same room, working toward shared goals. 🥨 An RKO breakout -- where sales, marketing, and CS got laser-focused on revenue strategy and execution. 🥨 A strategic and inclusive approach -- ensuring every team understood their role in growth and success. 🥨 Unforgettable connections -- both in business and over beer gardens & winter markets 🍻❄️. And of course … 🥨 for breakfast! A high-impact CKO sets the tone for the year, and the companies that get it right will outpace those that don’t. Want to make yours count? Check out my latest piece in Caffeine Daily >  link in comments. 👇

☕ Thursday, let's go! Plenty happening in NZ and around the startup world today - this is what you should know about: 📉 Key takeaways from yesterday's OCR cut 🏦 Banks react while MPs squabble 😳 New Zealand Media & Entertainment (NZME) cuts jobs, high profile reporters leaving 🤝 Spark New Zealand and Microsoft in new AI deal 📖 Xero, TradeMe veteran Rowan Simpson on startup success (via Paul Spain NZ Tech pod 🙌 ) 🙈 Trump calls Zelensky a ‘dictator’ ✨ OpenAI former CTO launches her own AI startup 🤔 X looks at funding raise at $44b valuation Read more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gQUMDydy How will you keep up with the important news of 2025? A Caffeine subscription cuts brings you the most relevant in startup happenings and insights every day. Find out more 👉 https://lnkd.in/gWgYnryk

☕ Your Wednesday Daily Shot has brewed, and it packs a punch! Here's what you should know about in startup-land today: ✨ Making your company kickoff really count 🧪 Govt urged to increase R&D investment 🫣 Callaghan Innovation scientists scrambling for jobs 🌊 Meta building world's longest internet cable 👋 Consequences of NZ's youth exodus 👥 Inside Musk's DOGE network 📹 Tulsi: The tiny Indian village-cum-YouTube powerhouse (probably the coolest story you'll read this week) 🎧 Pod pick: The huge risks behind Jerry Jones' $10b empire It's all here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gdm_vjT7 A massive thank you to our supporters for allowing us to do what we do. The Aotearoa startup community is undefeated! Find out more about a Caffeine sub 👉 https://lnkd.in/gnPG79Dd Heather Gadonniex

☕ Come at us, Tuesday! Plenty of good stuff in today's Daily Shot, so let's rip in: 💫 The hardest lessons from building Emplify 🔢 Polymath raises $1m to reinvent maths Christian (Krinn) Silver Sophie Silver 📈 Lloyd Burr explains today's economy (and tomorrow's) ✨ Inside this week's Startup Weekend Wellington - SWWLG 🩺 Problems with NZ's health leadership 🤖 Elon Musk releases "smartest AI on Earth" 🎟️ Details for Duncan G.'s live recording of The Fold pod with The Spinoff Bernard Hickey Lucy Blakiston More here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gnTHTjnq A Caffeine subscription helps you to cut through all the noise and get the most relevant news and insights straight to your inbox each day. And it costs less than one day at a conference...for a whole year! Details 👉 https://lnkd.in/gnPG79Dd (Note for those paying attention: this is a correction of a previous post, updated for clarity)