Scott Bateman

Founder & CEO of Aussie proptech platform ‘Kolmeo’, and wine app Somm&Cellar. Blues fan, burger addict

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

@SingularityAge @prof_g @emollick 🤣

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

Nailed it. It’s become junk at best.

[Tim Doyle @_Timdoyle]

LinkedinBrain has poisoned how people think about business. Post-hoc, low context, perfect information analysis presented with absolutely no view of execution complexity or trade-offs. Designed for clout and to sell fractional services than to present unique insight. Painful.

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

Yikes. A masterpiece of an ad.

[Guillaume Huin @HuinGuillaume]

Volvo posted a 3 min and 46 second ad on Instagram, shot by Hoyte Van Hoytema, the cinematographer of Interstellar and Oppenheimer.

It goes against every single rule you can think about as a social lead. Length. Format. Over-produced.

Every comment under the ad said it immediately put Volvo in their consideration set. It's fucking fantastic.

[Better Renting @BetterRentingAU]

The idea that renting should be just as good as homeowning is key to our work at Better Renting, so we're excited about this report from @AHURI_research. More Aussies are renting for longer; they shouldn't have to wait until they can buy to feel like real life has begun.

[David Pocock @DavidPocock]

We have to do better for renters - starting with longer leases & better conditions.

But also by giving renters pathways to home ownership: through rent to buy, help to buy or other schemes.

Most of all we need a plan for migration & an ⬆️ in 🏠 supply.
https://t.co/J1Jac4h6fp

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

We are fortunate to work with so many agencies who care about the renters they serve and understand that the benefits of payments tech should not be at the renter’s expense.

Some great changes have now been announced that bans charging renters fees at all https://t.co/IzKk8sMG9d

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

@BetterRentingAU some terrific changes.

[Amanda Natividad @amandanat]

This Craigslist ad for a 1999 Toyota Corolla is a masterclass in copywriting.

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

@CSmithLIVE My god what a tune

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

@ICT_GURU It is so wonderfully terrible

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

@thisistomellis Congrats mate! Was reading this earlier today and noticed the nod you got.

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

This is spot on. It’s the problem with looking at high performers in your field and simply trying to mimic what they do expecting the same outcome.

[Scott Phillips @TMFScottP]

Survivorship bias means most people who hold themselves up as examples of what we all can achieve are instead ignoring that luck/circumstance was their major benefactor.

Every "I believed and so I did" hides scores of others whose experience was "I believed and I was wrong".

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

@SB_Duggan I feel for them. I think they did a good job all things considered.

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

This is a pretty massive CX flex

[Qantas @Qantas]

Severe storms forecast in Sydney late this afternoon to impact flights. Qantas will use an Airbus A380 from Melbourne to Sydney to help get customers on their way.

More information: https://t.co/C4NKuGjmid

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

@SB_Duggan Be good to see if they can maintain the shift and win ppl back! I’ve been stuck at Sydney this afternoon/evening flying virgin and I’ve just watched them tell a heap of people to find hotels nearby because of a lack of planes and delays after the storm.

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

@SB_Duggan Could add streaming now too. If we look at the path towards the introduction of adds we have all ended up paying far more for less content than pay tv

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

Interesting. ‘Disruption’ rarely looks as disruptive when those companies have to achieve profitability. Uber is a shadow of its former self from a customer point of view so that it can do this. I’d argue it’s now worse than taxis were more often than not.

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

Business travel in 2024:

Decent, direct flight: $139

Hotel room: $145

Round trip Uber from the airport to your hotel in the worst looking car you’ve seen in your life with a guy yelling to his cousin on speakerphone for 44 minutes: $176

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

@ICT_GURU Oh wow 😳😳😳

[Chase Lean @chaseleantj]

Midjourney version 6 was released two hours ago, and it's incredible.

I compared it to the previous version 5.2 across 15 very different image categories.

Here are the results:

[Scott Bateman @batemanscott]

@richokinetic My bro in law says it’s the best thing he’s ever seen. I would have been a yes were it not for Europe 😭