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The New Rules of Influence

How Australia’s top creators turn followers into fortunes

Issue 24

How Sam Kennard built his family’s storage business into a $4.5 billion empire

A word from our Editor-in-Chief: Issue 24

Quick Takes: Three entrepreneurs we’re watching right now – Issue 24

Featured

Me&u takes on American Express and DoorDash as it eyes first profitable year

Claude is going to start putting invisible watermarks on AI text & images

SafetyCulture has a new name – and an insurance bet to match

The ‘SaaSpocalypse’ is reshaping venture capital. Australia should take notice

RBA Rate Decision Tracker (August, 2026)

Life

Roger Federer is no longer a billionaire

Cadbury’s gold ‘Conundrum’ egg sells for record $235,000 at auction

How ‘Ted Lasso’ put women’s sports at the centre of Season 4

How F1 driver George Russell unwinds on his new yacht in Capri

Embark upon your own Odyssey adventure at Four Seasons Mykonos

Aboard the $250 million superyacht ‘Amadea’ with the world’s youngest real estate billionaire

Billionaires

Jeff Bezos nears deal for 30% stake in Liverpool, report says

Mark Zuckerberg outlines AI vision in new manifesto—here’s what he says

Atlassian defies ‘SaaSpocalypse’ fears, jumps 35% after strong earnings

Palantir CEO Alex Karp surges 67 places in Forbes Billionaire ranks as stock skyrockets 30%

Zuckerberg’s fortune drops $18 billion as Wall Street sours on Meta’s AI spending

Atlassian warns more AI use will not magically lift productivity

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Entrepreneurs

Wendy McCarthy’s quiet campaign to fund next-gen rebel women

Bondi to Baroque: Camilla Franks’ palatial, but distilled, evolution

Samsara Eco kicks off $100m raise to recycle critical minerals

IREN co-founders score $1.14 billion pay packet amid AI bonanza

Amal Clooney on empowering female entrepreneurs and CWI’s global impact

Blackbird’s $200m punt on this AI startup is its biggest investment ever

Innovation

AI will replace Australian jobs. But it doesn’t have to be a disaster

Indigenous edtech platform championed at TechDiversity 2026 Awards

Four versions of the truth and no owner: AI’s ‘deployment debt’

OpenAI taps new lobbying firm as Albanese’s AI plan takes shape

His self-driving car startup hit $300m before crashing. Now he’s back for round two.

Alibaba unveils Qwen3.8-Max model—China’s latest AI challenger to OpenAI and Anthropic

BrandVoice

The courage to lead differently: Insights from the upcoming Women Unlimited summit

How Nicole Eckels built a beloved fragrance empire

About time: Inside Richard Mille’s feminine revolution 

Ideas to Save the Planet

Inside the mission to restore Namibia’s lost migration

Titouan Bernicot is racing to outpace the decline of the world’s coral reefs  

Sylvia Earle has seen the ocean collapse. Here’s what still gives her hope

Investing

Nvidia stock loses $130 billion in market value as firm reportedly enters $500 billion AI financing deal

Best Under A Billion 2026: Australia

Australia’s job market is healthier than it looks

IMAX stock reaches all-time high as CEO says ‘The Odyssey’ demand ‘continues to defy gravity’

Best Under A Billion 2026

Should residential investors start buying commercial property?

Leadership

Why you don’t want to be the smartest person in the room

The most underrated leadership skill—emotional regulation

FIFA’s Infantino scrambles to save job after World Cup equity plan backfires

How Australia can become a superpower of ‘disenshittification’

Why executive presence isn’t about looking the part

CEOs have a productivity problem. Asking people to work harder won’t fix it