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Conversations from the corridor.
Founders and operators who have actually crossed between markets, talking about what it cost them. Sessions, interviews, and the people building the ecosystem between Australia and Japan.
Three quarters of the grid sits unused, and a Sydney broker built the software half his own industry now runs on
Issue 12 – Week ending 6 September 2026 – For experts building their first product, globally from day zero. Gridsight raised US$26m…
A 50-year-old founder is 1.8 times more likely to build a top company than a 30-year-old. And the curve keeps climbing to 60.
Issue 11 – Week ending 30 August 2026 – For experts building their first product, globally from day zero. We’re back with…
A Chinese rocket flew home and landed on its legs. SoftBank paid US$200m for a kit that bolts onto someone else’s excavator.
Issue 10 – Week ending 23 August 2026 – For experts building their first product, globally from day zero. We’re back and…
Amazon started charging for rides in a car with no steering wheel. Japan’s funding week went on holiday.
Issue 09 – Week ending 16 August 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. We’re back with another issue –…
A truck drove 260km with nobody touching the wheel. A data centre company took A$2.85 billion. Plus the founder of Firmbrain AI.
Issue 08 – Fortnight ending 9 August 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. Catching up on two weeks in…
Money moved both ways: BlackRock’s first Japanese cheque, an eBike crossing to the US + the founder of Leverage Mentoring
Issue 07 – Week ending 26 July 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. We’re back with issue 07 and…
AMD bets on Tokyo. Google bets on Munich. The frontier just went global.
Issue 05 – Week ending 12 July 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. We’re back again with another global…
GDZ Weekly – Smart locks, shark skin, and a $1.68B debut
Issue 04 – Week ending 5 July 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. Welcome back to issue 04, kicking…
Global Day Zero Weekly – Australia goes quiet, Airwallex hits A$16B, and raises from France, India and Singapore …
Issue 03 – 28 June 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. Welcome back to issue 03, where we feature…
Global Day Zero – Weekly Newsletter – 21 June 2026
Week of 21 June 2026 – For founders building beyond their own borders. Money is getting picky. This week the big cheques…
Global Day Zero – Weekly Newsletter – 14 June 2026
Week of 14 June 2026 Welcome to Global Day Zero – my new brand to help founders think, build and communicate globally…
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