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When you think Italy, you think Ferrari But given it’s Easter, what about Ferrero? The numbers are crazy! Founded in a tiny pastry shop in Alba in 1946, Ferrero now does €18.4B in revenue — and it’s privately owned. It has been built across three generations of the Ferrero family: - First was Pietro Ferrero: the scientist-turned-founder, experimenting with flavor and form - Second was Michele Ferrero: the visionary who took it global - Currently Giovanni Ferrero: still leading the company today as Executive Chairman, making large capital investments and still growing by 9% p.a. And now it has: • 35 iconic brands sold in 170+ countries • Over 1.37 million tonnes of chocolate produced yearly • 47,000+ employees across 37 production plants • 365,000 tonnes of Nutella made each year Over 80 years quietly building one of the greatest chocolate brands ever. My only wish is that they brought this Pocket Espresso chocolate to Australia. Happy Easter!

This fried chicken food truck found its starving crowd. Over 300 kids at a skate park, burning calories and working up an appetite. Parents like me, watching over them, willing to buy whatever it takes to keep the kids entertained—just so we can get some work done in peace. Well played, Crunchy Fried Chicken.

Single best way to get fit and save time? Climb stairs or hills. Every day last week, I climbed the height of the Eiffel Tower. I hate running and walking. I love weight training, but I didn’t have access to a gym. So I figured climbing could give me a solid glute workout. 106 flights a day = 318m of vertical gain = ~500 step-ups. This one habit beats most workouts for: • Efficiency (done in 30 mins) • Muscle building (glutes, quads, calves) • Cardio — my heart rate peaked at 190 bpm, right in the high-intensity zone • Mental toughness (you want to stop, but tbh you can always take one more step) I carried my 35kg son on my shoulders for one climb. Absolutely brutal. Would not recommend it, almost passed out. The ROI is next level. Next time you’re getting your steps or kilometers in, try switching it for floors. Your legs, glutes, lungs, and mind will thank you.

The great promise of AI was that it works 24/7 and never turns up intoxicated. Turns out, when AI does get drunk, it doesn’t sober up in a few hours. Rollbacks can take time. I had an agent running using GPT-4o that was analysing some important real estate documents — and it was giving me completely fictitious settlement dates. Thankfully, Claude had just come out of an ice bath and a meditation session, so when we switched over, the results were perfect. In my view, one of the key benefits of building on tools like Lindy and Gumloop is being able to switch between different models. Not only does it allow you to choose the right model for a specific task, but it also enables you to put the model on the bench if it turns up drunk and needs some time to sober up. Sh*t happens when things are moving so fast, what are you doing to de-risk?

Your new users don’t have thumbs. A lot of businesses are finding that AI is actually increasing their total addressable market. Usually, that means automating business workflows they couldn’t before. But for some companies—like Linear— it’s not just more workflows. It’s more users. Their TAM used to be humans. Now it’s humans and agents. Wonder what the TAM slide in pitch decks is going to look like now 😉

Sometimes things don’t go your way. This morning, my daughter put on her soccer boots, ready for her game. The whistle blew and within seconds, one of the soles came off. She adjusted her stride so the flapping sole wouldn’t slow her down. I run to the car and get her sneakers, but the ref takes her out for illegal shoes. Then the rain came. It started bucketing down. She kept playing, essentially running in socks. But the team only had 8 players, and she didn’t want to let them down. I searched the car for masking tape—no luck. Another dad had electrical tape. Game on. As quick as an F1 tyre change, dads went super-dad, and taped the shoe back together. Good as new. Another retape pitstop at halftime, as the other shoe started coming apart. Sometimes, things get scrappy. But with grit and some masking tape you get back in the game and achieve some pretty great things.

Apart from my mum’s money exchange guy in Sri Lanka, you can’t go past Wise The Lankan guy used to give you better than spot on your Aussie. (Or at least he did—before the AUD turned into the peso.) Most FX methods are just freakin’ robbery—except Wise If you’re heading to Europe this summer, get on it. Here’s what 100 AUD gets you: • Spot rate: €56.05 • Wise: €56.00 • Debit card (~0.53 rate + 3.5% int’l fee): €51.93 • Airport counter: €39.00 That last one was at Roma airport. Literally robbery - people jump off a flight, tired, crying kids… and boom. Compared to spot: Wise: –0.09% Your bank: –7.34% Airport counter: –30.45% Nothing says “welcome to Europe” like losing 30% before baggage claim.

We’re spending 3+ years to build a 7km tram extension on the Gold Coast. If we built 100km of rail per year, like Chengdu does, we could truly transform our city. I spent a few days in Chengdu recently — and watched a documentary before arriving to better understand the history. Twenty years ago, Chengdu was known mostly for pandas and hotpot. Today: • A city of 20M+ people • A tech powerhouse with Huawei, Tencent, and unicorns • A 350 km/h high-speed rail network connecting major inland cities • And the world’s largest building by floor area, completed in under 2 years Of course, in China it’s easier — government, state-owned enterprises, and capital move in sync. When they decide to build, the whole system gets behind it. Australia works differently — and that’s okay. But it raises a big question: Are we making bold enough decisions to unlock growth on the Gold Coast? The Gold Coast is now one of Australia’s fastest-growing cities. To stay liveable, attract world-class talent, and be globally & locally competitive, we need to move faster — and more cohesively. It’s not about copying Chengdu. But a visit might just inspire us to unlock what’s possible.