1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:06,560 Speaker 1: This is what the Flux. 2 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 2: I'm Brettan, I'm justin and it's Friday, the twenty fifth 3 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,240 Speaker 2: October Jasey Boy. On Wednesday, we spoke about Wistech, which 4 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 2: is Scandal City. At the moment, share price has dropped 5 00:00:15,160 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 2: more than fifteen percent, and now it's CEO has stepped 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: down and will quote transition to a new role in 7 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:23,919 Speaker 2: the future. Vague stuff and quite ambiguous as well, but 8 00:00:23,960 --> 00:00:25,919 Speaker 2: at least now the company can move forward. 9 00:00:26,079 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 1: So true Flux Sam, if you want to have fifty 10 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:29,880 Speaker 1: bucks in your pocket to kick off the weekend, there 11 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:32,400 Speaker 1: is always only one place to go every Friday. It's 12 00:00:32,440 --> 00:00:34,720 Speaker 1: directly into the Flux app. To the first person to 13 00:00:34,760 --> 00:00:37,720 Speaker 1: answer three questions correctly, you'll win the fifty bucks. So 14 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 1: make sure to download the Flux app and turn your 15 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: notifications on to check it out and win at money. 16 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: Three or inspiring stories Today Juzzy Boy, for our first 17 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 2: Canva has cracked over two hundred million active users as 18 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,600 Speaker 2: it stares to prepare for a future public listening. 19 00:00:52,720 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: Quite unbelievable to see the evolution of canvas from paint 20 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,680 Speaker 1: two point zero to burto shube two point zero. 21 00:00:57,840 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 2: So tell me what's going on here, all right, juzy way, Well, 22 00:00:59,560 --> 00:01:01,480 Speaker 2: as a straight let's be honest, it feels like we've 23 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,600 Speaker 2: seen the growth of Canvas from its very very early days. 24 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:07,000 Speaker 1: It started back in twenty thirteen with a pretty bold 25 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: plan to take on Adobe with simple ways to design images. 26 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:12,960 Speaker 2: Think about it your son's first birthday invitation or your 27 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 2: team's Christmas party. 28 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:16,119 Speaker 1: And since then it's also grown to become a way 29 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,480 Speaker 1: to design presentations and resumes. 30 00:01:18,600 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 2: And now juzzy Boy Cana has announced that it has 31 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 2: cracked over two hundred million active users. 32 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:26,320 Speaker 1: Not only that, Beman, but Canvas set its annualized revenue 33 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:28,920 Speaker 1: was now two and a half billion US dollars. 34 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:30,839 Speaker 2: And just by the bio juzzy Boy, according to my calculations, 35 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,559 Speaker 2: that's up forty seven percent from the one point seven 36 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:34,640 Speaker 2: bill just a year ago. 37 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:37,000 Speaker 1: But be man quite interesting that Canvas has made this 38 00:01:37,200 --> 00:01:39,000 Speaker 1: unscheduled financial update. 39 00:01:39,360 --> 00:01:41,600 Speaker 2: Well, it's all part of their plans to get the 40 00:01:41,720 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 2: investment market excited and. 41 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,839 Speaker 1: Get into the rhythm of being a public company. 42 00:01:45,920 --> 00:01:47,720 Speaker 2: Uh huh, So what is the key learning here? 43 00:01:47,760 --> 00:01:52,440 Speaker 1: Publicizing financial performance helps to build credibility with public market investors. 44 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 2: As a private company, there's no requirement to share your 45 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 2: financial updates with anyone other than your. 46 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 1: Shareholders and maybe the tax office. 47 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 2: HU. Many companies gunning for an IPO will publish financial 48 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,400 Speaker 2: updates to help establish that trust in credibility. 49 00:02:05,520 --> 00:02:09,280 Speaker 1: By showing transparency around revenue and profits and even customer metrics, 50 00:02:09,320 --> 00:02:12,520 Speaker 1: Canva can start to attract investors even before the IPO. 51 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:14,919 Speaker 2: On top of this, these updates can help create a 52 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:16,720 Speaker 2: positive narrative around the company as well. 53 00:02:16,800 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, Canva releases information about revenue growth and customers, and 54 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: then they're essentially marketing themselves to potentially investors. 55 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:25,600 Speaker 2: Now, this storytelling approach not only helps to generate a 56 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,359 Speaker 2: bit of buzz, but also it can impact the IPO valuation. 57 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:31,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, Airbnb ditta before their IPO and they updated on 58 00:02:31,200 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: growth and number of listings and geographic expansion. So b Man, 59 00:02:34,560 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 1: Canva is wetting the appetite of public market investors with 60 00:02:37,840 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: their delicious growth and AI vision for the future. 61 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,360 Speaker 2: For our second story, Grilled, the Ossie Burger chain is 62 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 2: under a bit of scrutiny for finding a loophole to 63 00:02:47,160 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 2: pay thousands of workers below minimum industry rates. 64 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,880 Speaker 1: Don't you dare speak badly about grild burgers? B man, 65 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:55,360 Speaker 1: I will hear nothing of this, but tell me what okay? 66 00:02:55,360 --> 00:02:58,080 Speaker 2: So Grilled obviously, the Ossie Burger chain that specializes in 67 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,080 Speaker 2: what they call healthy burgers. 68 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:02,120 Speaker 1: Being ingredients of that HERBD Mayo Dip and Chiby's is 69 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:04,720 Speaker 1: more protected than Colonel Sanders eleven Herbs Advices. Now. 70 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 2: Grill launched in two thousand and four and now has 71 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,560 Speaker 2: around one hundred and seventy restaurants Australia wide and one 72 00:03:09,720 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 2: in semmyak Bali. 73 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:13,800 Speaker 1: But now be man Grill's being accused of paying thousands 74 00:03:13,840 --> 00:03:17,079 Speaker 1: of workers below minimum industry rates in its latest pay 75 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: deal you. 76 00:03:17,480 --> 00:03:20,400 Speaker 2: See juz Boyd. Typically retail workers like Grilled staff are 77 00:03:20,440 --> 00:03:21,280 Speaker 2: paid according to. 78 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: Award rates, but this new deal is going away from 79 00:03:24,040 --> 00:03:26,720 Speaker 1: the award and focusing on their own enterprise agreement with 80 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: loaded rate. 81 00:03:27,520 --> 00:03:30,639 Speaker 2: The union reckons that premium will disappear pretty quickly. 82 00:03:30,480 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 1: And workers will actually dip below the award by July 83 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:33,839 Speaker 1: next year. 84 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:36,240 Speaker 2: And this created the first ever strike action in the 85 00:03:36,240 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 2: fast food industry last weekend. 86 00:03:37,760 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 1: Wow. So what is the key learning here? 87 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 2: Loaded rates are a method of calculating wages that combine 88 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 2: base pain with allowances and penalty rates into a single 89 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:48,720 Speaker 2: rate and be Man. While this can simplify payroll for employers, 90 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 2: it can often hide the true value for employees. Unions 91 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 2: think that despite getting ninety three percent of stuff agreeing 92 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 2: to the deal, it wasn't genuinely agreed to. 93 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: And that's because Grill didn't explain the loaded rates properly 94 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: to their workers. 95 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:03,360 Speaker 2: Meaning employees might be missing out on some benefits. 96 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:05,400 Speaker 1: And b Man Grilled eight the only ones accused of 97 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: using illegal loopholes to pay staff less. 98 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 2: Well, I remember Chocky Shop, Coco Black. They've been accused 99 00:04:10,480 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 2: of trying to pull a shifty on hundreds of workers. 100 00:04:12,760 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: Yep, we're talking pay rises of just one percent per year. 101 00:04:15,400 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 2: And even Subway has been getting into the thick of it, 102 00:04:18,160 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 2: losing a case at the Fair Work Commission. 103 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: So now it'll be interesting to see whether Grilled staff 104 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:24,719 Speaker 1: continue flipping those delicious burgers. 105 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 2: For our third and final story, Tesla's shares jump twelve 106 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:31,799 Speaker 2: percent after it recorded its third quarter earnings and announced 107 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,760 Speaker 2: plans to launch a ride haling service in twenty twenty five. 108 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: Can't say there's anything surprising about crazily ambitious statements coming 109 00:04:38,120 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: from Elon Musk, So what is the story? Here. 110 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 2: Well, Tesla, of course, is the electric vehicle company with 111 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 2: a market cap of a wopp in six hundred and 112 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:46,239 Speaker 2: eighty two billion US dollars. 113 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:48,479 Speaker 1: To put that into perspective, b man, it's worth more 114 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: than the total economy of Austria or Chile. 115 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:53,480 Speaker 2: Now, juzzy way. Tesla's share price jump of twelve percent 116 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 2: has followed its third quarter earnings update. Yeah. 117 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:59,200 Speaker 1: Even though Tesla's revenue didn't quite meet expectations, it announced 118 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 1: vehicle sales growth for twenty twenty five plans for a 119 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:03,479 Speaker 1: lower cost electric vehicle. 120 00:05:03,760 --> 00:05:06,200 Speaker 2: To top it all off, it also promised self driving 121 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,479 Speaker 2: right hailing taxis to be launched in California and Texas 122 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 2: next year. 123 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: I mean, man, we know Tesla's share price is down 124 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: fourteen percent compared to the beginning of the year. 125 00:05:14,160 --> 00:05:16,760 Speaker 2: But now it looks like Tesla's shifting its attention in 126 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 2: a new direction to get investors excited again aka autonomous vehicles. 127 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 2: Remember that old chestnut. 128 00:05:22,320 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 1: So what is the key leading here? 129 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:27,039 Speaker 2: When competition gets tough, sometimes you need a personality shift 130 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:28,400 Speaker 2: to really stand out. 131 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:30,600 Speaker 1: Yeah, but man, we know the electric vehicle market has 132 00:05:30,640 --> 00:05:33,200 Speaker 1: become more established with new players entering the mix and 133 00:05:33,240 --> 00:05:34,919 Speaker 1: giving tough competition to Tesla. 134 00:05:35,040 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 2: In fact, Tesla's market share in the US has dropped 135 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 2: consistently for the last two quarters and is now below 136 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 2: fifty percent. 137 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:42,159 Speaker 1: So to bring it back to its glory days, Tesla 138 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 1: is shifting its focus and it's messaging towards new technology. 139 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 2: Specifically self driving vehicles and of course AI. 140 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: Why not and be man. 141 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:52,640 Speaker 2: This is the type of technology that it's hoping investors 142 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 2: will be very interested in too, as opposed to being 143 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:57,640 Speaker 2: seen as just another electric vehicle company. 144 00:05:57,640 --> 00:05:59,600 Speaker 1: And b Man kind of reminds me of when BlackBerry 145 00:05:59,640 --> 00:06:01,039 Speaker 1: went through a own rebrand. 146 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 2: How often is BlackBerry on your mind, JUSSI boy, not 147 00:06:03,200 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 2: very often, But they ruled the mobile phone marker back 148 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:07,360 Speaker 2: in the early twenty tens before they were beat out 149 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:11,000 Speaker 2: by Apple and Samsung. Instead of doubling down on mobile phones, 150 00:06:11,080 --> 00:06:14,160 Speaker 2: BlackBerry evolved and they picked up a new personality as 151 00:06:14,200 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 2: a security software. 152 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 1: So now Tesla's future with self driving technology and AI 153 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:21,599 Speaker 1: is the next big thing Flux today. If you fancy 154 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:23,360 Speaker 1: yourself as being a bit of a smarty pants when 155 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:25,279 Speaker 1: it comes to business news, there is only one place 156 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: to test out your knowledge. It's in the Flux app. 157 00:06:27,400 --> 00:06:29,480 Speaker 1: During Quick six today where you can win fifty bucks 158 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: to kick off the weekend. To make sure you download 159 00:06:31,400 --> 00:06:33,880 Speaker 1: the Flux app and have notifications turned on to win 160 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 1: at money. 161 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:37,640 Speaker 2: Thanks for listening and we'll see you on Monday.