Recorded on 4/15/2026 at 07:15 PM PDT
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[00:00:00.190 --> 00:00:00.520] Yeah, because [00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:01.070] actually, yeah, I [00:00:01.070 --> 00:00:01.730] was telling [00:00:01.730 --> 00:00:02.490] somebody earlier [00:00:02.490 --> 00:00:03.670] today that, like, [00:00:03.670 --> 00:00:04.980] 90% of the people [00:00:04.980 --> 00:00:05.840] that I meet in [00:00:05.840 --> 00:00:06.770] Australia, on the [00:00:06.770 --> 00:00:08.310] East Coast, have [00:00:08.310 --> 00:00:09.300] never, if I ask [00:00:09.300 --> 00:00:10.120] them, are you going [00:00:10.120 --> 00:00:10.470] to Perth? [00:00:10.470 --> 00:00:11.780] They always say, oh, [00:00:11.780 --> 00:00:12.660] it's too far. [00:00:12.660 --> 00:00:15.040] You know, and so, [00:00:15.040 --> 00:00:16.510] like, it's a longer [00:00:16.510 --> 00:00:17.440] version of the [00:00:17.440 --> 00:00:18.100] story. [00:00:18.100 --> 00:00:19.070] There was somebody [00:00:19.070 --> 00:00:20.290] from Silicon Valley, [00:00:20.290 --> 00:00:21.500] Silicon Valley Bank, [00:00:21.500 --> 00:00:21.980] that met an [00:00:21.980 --> 00:00:23.010] Australian woman, [00:00:23.010 --> 00:00:24.030] got married, moved [00:00:24.030 --> 00:00:24.750] to Perth. [00:00:24.750 --> 00:00:26.610] And after a number [00:00:26.610 --> 00:00:27.680] of years, he got [00:00:27.680 --> 00:00:28.810] kind of bored with [00:00:28.810 --> 00:00:30.020] the life over there [00:00:30.020 --> 00:00:31.270] and wanted to spice [00:00:31.270 --> 00:00:31.930] it up. [00:00:32.010 --> 00:00:32.730] So he decided to [00:00:32.730 --> 00:00:33.530] throw it down. [00:00:33.530 --> 00:00:35.210] And he invited [00:00:35.210 --> 00:00:36.390] research projects [00:00:36.390 --> 00:00:37.640] from seven major [00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:38.520] universities to a [00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:40.200] conference that he [00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:40.770] held at Curtin [00:00:40.770 --> 00:00:42.430] University in Perth, [00:00:42.430 --> 00:00:43.210] Australia. [00:00:43.210 --> 00:00:44.570] And he needed a [00:00:44.570 --> 00:00:45.990] speaker on venture [00:00:45.990 --> 00:00:46.840] capital. [00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:47.570] So he calls me up [00:00:47.570 --> 00:00:48.530] and says, he said, [00:00:48.530 --> 00:00:49.320] Bill, I got this [00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:50.250] university that's [00:00:50.250 --> 00:00:51.050] willing to fund a [00:00:51.050 --> 00:00:51.820] speaker. [00:00:51.820 --> 00:00:53.180] If you're willing [00:00:53.180 --> 00:00:54.380] to come out, you [00:00:54.380 --> 00:00:55.320] can stay at my [00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:56.550] house, and I can [00:00:56.550 --> 00:00:58.020] cover your kiteboard [00:00:58.020 --> 00:00:58.960] in a week. [00:00:58.960 --> 00:01:00.220] And all we have to [00:01:00.220 --> 00:01:01.480] do is speak for an [00:01:01.480 --> 00:01:02.110] hour. [00:01:03.780 --> 00:01:05.220] So I was like, deal. [00:01:05.220 --> 00:01:06.170] And then I'm [00:01:06.170 --> 00:01:08.250] looking at flights, [00:01:08.250 --> 00:01:09.740] I didn't realize it [00:01:09.740 --> 00:01:11.290] was 26 hours of [00:01:11.290 --> 00:01:12.280] flying. [00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:13.100] 16 hours to [00:01:13.100 --> 00:01:14.230] Singapore, and then [00:01:14.230 --> 00:01:15.200] I'll lay over, and [00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:16.110] then another six [00:01:16.110 --> 00:01:16.700] hours. [00:01:16.700 --> 00:01:18.090] But I was like, [00:01:18.090 --> 00:01:18.600] heck.