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In this episode of the Dakota Fundraising News Podcast, Pat and Konch discuss private equity firms like Blackstone and Apollo pushing for access to U.S. 401(k) plans, arguing their funds offer better diversification despite risks of higher fees and lower liquidity. Job updates include Todd Hirsch joining Point72 to lead a new private credit strategy, Tim Thomas promoted to CIO at Badgley Phelps, and Philip Chandler becoming CIO at Schroders Investment Solutions. In RIA/FA M&A news, Savant Wealth promotes Zach Ivey to CIO, Sanctuary adds a $700M Miami team from Truist, and LPL recruits Lewellyn Financial from Osaic with $320M in assets. Institutional coverage features Wichita Retirement selecting PGIM as its Fixed Income manager and Ohio Police & Fire's $280M 2025 real estate plan. Texas TRS made significant commitments across real estate and private equity, including $400M to Blue Owl Real Estate. Fundraising updates include FTV Capital closing $4.05B across two funds and Stockbridge targeting $550M for a new residential real estate fund. Stay tuned for more fundraising and institutional insights! 

In this episode of the Dakota Fundraising News Podcast, Pat and Konch cover BlackRock's plan to convert its $940M Municipal Income Fund into an unlisted interval fund and key leadership updates, including Jo Donnelly taking over as CEO of the London Pensions Fund Authority and Paul Justin joining Sovran Advisors as CEO. RIA/FA M&A highlights include Focus Financial adding Toronto-based Cardinal Point as its fifth hub, LPL recruiting a $280M advisor from D.A. Davidson, and Indivisible Partners launching with a $640M Merrill Lynch team. Institutional coverage features new searches by Taunton Contributory Retirement System and Public Employees' Retirement System of Mississippi, as well as Contra Costa County's $510M private equity pacing plan. Recent commitments include Los Angeles County Employees' Retirement Association's $775M to Centerbridge Partners and Los Angeles Fire & Police's $50M to Linden Capital Partners VI. Fundraising updates spotlight IFM Investors' new $376.8M private equity fund, Wellington Management launching its first interval fund, and Chicago Pacific Founders targeting a fourth fund after raising $847.5M for its previous vehicle. Stay tuned for more insights from the world of institutional and intermediary fundraising.

Why does this runner loop a soccer field instead of exploring scenic trails?Learn how simple habits and small daily changes can transform your running performance. From breaking mental barriers to establishing a consistent training routine, this episode shares actionable insights from a runner striving to go sub-3 hours. Whether you're training for a marathon or just starting, these tips will help you become a smarter, more resilient athlete.Key TakeawaysSimple habits like running the same route can reduce decision fatigue and improve focus.Running without music can build mental resilience and deepen the running experience.Incremental improvement leads to long-term success—1% better every day matters.Timestamps[00:00:00] Introduction to the 90-minute long run and marathon training goals.[00:01:17] Chris's current marathon focus and goal of breaking sub-3 hours.[00:02:18] The strategy: pacing smartly and avoiding common mistakes in long runs.[00:03:22] Chris's soccer background and how it prepared him for running.[00:04:38] Why Chris began running consistently and the mental benefits of the habit.[00:05:19] The power of route consistency and why Centennial Park is a favorite.[00:06:09] Running laps on a soccer field: mental challenges and lessons learned.[00:06:52] Chris's transition to running without music and the mental toughness it builds.[00:07:22] Key advice for runners: staying consistent and running for life.[00:08:00] Closing thoughts: how small habits can lead to marathon breakthroughs.Links & LearningsThe One Percent Better Runner NewsletterDLake Runs on InstagramChris on Strava Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#judicial #cabilderos #pnp Un gran jurado acusó a un policía estatal y al reguetonero CDobleta por pertenecer a una organización de narcotraficantes alegados responsables de múltiples conspiraciones entre ellas el asesinato de un Sargento en Carolina. | Gobernador enmienda la Extraordinaria para traer 14 nombramientos entre ellos jueces en ascenso y de nuevo ingreso. | Tribunal Supremo resuelve a favor de Zoraida Buxó, la cabildera por la estadidad que no quiso rendir informes financieros. ¡Sintoniza, comenta y comparte!

#judicial #cabilderos #pnp Un gran jurado acusó a un policía estatal y al reguetonero CDobleta por pertenecer a una organización de narcotraficantes alegados responsables de múltiples conspiraciones entre ellas el asesinato de un Sargento en Carolina. | Gobernador enmienda la Extraordinaria para traer 14 nombramientos entre ellos jueces en ascenso y de nuevo ingreso. | Tribunal Supremo resuelve a favor de Zoraida Buxó, la cabildera por la estadidad que no quiso rendir informes financieros. ¡Sintoniza, comenta y comparte!

Budgets have been a HUGE topic. Not only on this show but people are starting to notice the overspending and waste on a lot of movies. We just got a report that the Aco;yte actually cost 230M instead of the 180 that was initially reported. Now The Marvels which was rumored at 280M is not actually reported at 378M? What is happening with the decision making with these films? How is this allowed? Speaking of big budgets, The Joker 2 had a MUCH bigger budget than the first and now the second one although first predicted to have a massive opening is now dwindling because of poor reviews. Can it be saved? This and more on today's show with Kristian, Mike and Steph! #dc #dcu #joker2 #themarvels #disney #mcu #marvel #budgets  OUR SPONSORS BILT: http://www.joinbilt.com/BIGTHING LIQUIDIV: GET 20 PERCENT OFF http://www.LiquidIV.com CODE: BIGTHING

In Episode 83 of the Dirty 30 Podcast, Beatdown Brown and Eddie P dive into two high-profile legal sagas shaking the hip-hop world. First, we cover the massive $280 million drug bust that led to 101 arrests, including ties to rapper Peewee Longway, examining the case's ripple effects across the industry. Then, we break down the shocking news of Diddy being taken into custody by federal authorities in New York, exploring the implications for the music mogul's career and legacy. Don't miss this episode packed with breaking developments in hip-hop law and order. #PeeweeLongway #DrugBust #280MillionDrugBust #DiddyArrested #NewYorkFeds #HipHopLegalNews #Dirty30Podcast #BeatdownBrown #EddieP #HipHopCulture #MusicIndustry #RapAndLaw #PodcastEpisode #TrendingInMusic #HipHopHeadlines #RapAndCrime #BreakingNews #MusicMoguls #RapScandals #LegalDrama Shirts NFTs & Downloads https://www.teepublic.com/user/thebeatdown/albums/361684-schwebel-room

Meer as een uit vyf mense in 59 lande het verlede jaar ernstige voedselonsekerheid beleef teenoor slegs een uit tien in 48 lande in 2016. Dit is volgens die jongste Wêreldverslag oor Voedselkrisisse waarby verskeie agentskappe van die Verenigde Nasies betrokke was. Die direkteur van die VN se Voedsel- en Landbou-organisasie, Rein Paulsen, sê gevaarlike hongersnoodvlakke het verlede jaar 281,6-miljoen mense geraak in die vyfde agtereenvolgende jaar wat voedselonsekerheid vererger:

Synopsis: In this episode of Biotech2050, host Alok Tayi engages in a profound conversation with Craig Chambliss, CEO and co-founder of Neurellis, delving into their strategic advancements in precision therapies for CNS diseases. Chambliss shares his journey, highlighting his finance and accounting background and pivotal roles in pharmaceutical companies like Bristol Myers Squibb and Alza Pharmaceuticals. His passion for impactful drug delivery technologies led to the launch of life-changing products, including an intranasal diazepam program for seizure emergencies, ultimately culminating in the founding of Neurellis in 2008. With the approval of their product Altoco in 2020, Neurellis addressed unmet needs in the epilepsy market, emphasizing the significance of a passionate team and a foundational product for successful clinical trials and market access. The conversation emphasizes the importance of precision therapies in the CNS space, collaboration for innovative solutions, and the potential of Neurellis' pipeline in addressing severe epileptic encephalopathies. Chambliss's insights into the strategic management of a biotech company, the utilization of platform technologies, and the evolving landscape of the biotech industry offer compelling takeaways for biotech executives seeking strategic insights. This episode provides a valuable opportunity to gain strategic insights into precision therapies for CNS diseases and the journey of a successful biotech company. Biography: Craig Chambliss' 30-year tenure in the biopharma and drug delivery sectors has largely specialized in rare diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) and epilepsy. As the co-founder, CEO, and President of Neurelis, he has orchestrated the company's growth, securing over $300M in funding and guiding its evolution into a fully integrated organization, spanning from early-stage development to commercialization. Before his current role at Neurelis, Mr. Chambliss played a key part in reshaping NextWave Pharmaceuticals into a CNS-focused entity, serving as its Chief Business Officer. Under his leadership, NextWave secured $45M in Series C financing and was later acquired by Pfizer in a deal value exceeding $700M in 2012. Prior to NextWave, he also helped rebuild Questcor Pharmaceuticals as a CNS-focused organization, where he led commercial operations supporting the relaunch of Acthar® Gel for the treatment of a rare epilepsy disorder in pediatric patients. Mr. Chambliss's pharmaceutical journey began in sales at Bristol Myers Squibb and continued through various roles at Alza Pharmaceuticals and Elan Pharmaceuticals. In 2001, he helped launch Xcel Pharmaceuticals, a CNS startup focusing on epilepsy treatment, leading to a successful acquisition by Valeant Pharmaceuticals in 2005 for $280M. His academic foundation includes Bachelor of Science degrees in Finance and Accounting from Missouri State University.

In this episode of the SmartMoney Ventures Podcast, Ry Walker tells the story of his entrepreneurial journey from college dropout to Unicorn success in Cincinnati, Ohio.  In this episode, you will learn:How to build Unicorn software companies in Cincinnati Ohio.Why the entrepreneur's journey is like mountain climbing, where you value the climb more than the peak itself.  How Astronomer & Tembo are commercializing open source platforms and challenging software giants like Oracle and Snowflake.  What NBA Legend LeBron James and startup CEOs have in common.Why we learn more from failure than we do from success.Advice for tech entrepreneurs:  Visit San Francisco, build confidence, pursue speed.  Ry Walker is one of those rare entrepreneurs who sees trends before most other people do.  After dropping out of college at the University of Cincinnati, he got hired to build and deliver IBM clone computers and teach people how to use early PC software tools. Then he founded his first company, SharkBytes, building websites in 1995 in downtown Cincinnati.  He and his brother went to businesses, unplugged their fax machines and showed people the internet, trying to sell them websites, many times being told to plug the fax machine back in. Failure is part of the process, but getting back up is essential.  They built SharkBytes to 30 employees and sold it to a rollup in 1999.  He was a paper millionaire at 27 years old, only to watch it go up in flames in the “dot-bomb” of 2000/2001.  Fast forward to 2015, when he founded Astronomer, a software company that has raised over $280M of venture capital and is valued at over $1 Billion.  He describes Astronomer as a pipeline for data, built on top of Apache Airflow, a Python based open-source workflow management platform.  Ry served as CEO for 4 years, CTO for 2 more years, and left to start another company and become an investor.  In November of 2022, he founded Tembo, a developer platform built on top of PostGres, an open-source relational database management system.  Coming strong out of the gate, he raised a $7 Million dollar seed round led by Venrock with CincyTech, Cintrifuse Capital, Fireroad, Grand Ventures and Wireframe Ventures participating.  Ry believes that commercial platforms built on top of open-source software is the future, and is a founding principle for both Astronomer and Tembo.  Ry has been recognized as a Cincinnati “Top 40 Under 40” and is an AngelPad alum. He loves nature, science, art, sports, and indie game development.  I know that you'll enjoy hearing Ry share his story of entrepreneurship and all the wisdom that he's learned along the way.  Enjoy!

Join me in discussing Meta's pioneering efforts in AI as they roll out chatbots infused with unique personalities, engaging a staggering 280 million users and reshaping digital interactions. Invest in AI Box: https://Republic.com/ai-box Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/ AI Facebook Community

Immerse yourself in the tech evolution as Meta's AI chatbots undergo a transformation with unique personalities, while Character AI achieves a remarkable 280 million visits. Join this episode for a deep dive into the evolution, challenges faced, and the potential impact on user engagement.

Embark on a journey into the tech frontier as Meta sets trends with AI chatbots infused with personalities, and Character AI achieves an impressive 280 million visits. Join this episode to delve into the frontiers of technology, explore challenges faced, and discuss the potential advancements in online experiences.

Uncover the potential future of user engagement as Meta elevates experiences with AI chatbot personalities, and Character AI triumphs with an impressive 280 million visits. Join this episode for insights into the strategic considerations, challenges overcome, and the reshaping of online interactions.

Stay at the forefront of AI innovation as Meta unleashes AI personalities in chatbots, while Character AI draws in an astounding 280 million visitors. Join this episode for an in-depth exploration of the technological advancements, user experiences, and the future implications of these cutting-edge developments.

In this episode, explore how Meta is revolutionizing chatbots with distinctive personalities, captivating over 280 million users with its innovative Character AI technology. Invest in AI Box: https://Republic.com/ai-box Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/ AI Facebook Community

Join me as we unravel Meta's milestone in developing personalized chatbots through Character AI, engaging an impressive 280 million visitors. I'll explore Meta's techniques, the technology behind AI personalities, and the significance for user interaction. Invest in AI Box: https://Republic.com/ai-box Get on the AI Box Waitlist: ⁠⁠https://AIBox.ai/⁠⁠ AI Facebook Community Learn more about AI in Video Learn more about Open AI

This is a recap of the top 10 posts on Hacker News on November 17th, 2023.This podcast was generated by wondercraft.ai(00:31): OpenAI's board has fired Sam AltmanOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38309611&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(02:07): 280M e-bikes and mopeds are cutting demand for oil far more than electric carsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38304485&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(03:52): Microsoft was blindsided by OpenAI's ouster of CEO Sam AltmanOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38312372&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(05:40): Half-Life 25th Anniversary UpdateOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38307889&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(07:37): Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than expectedOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38304405&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(09:46): Chrome Users Beware: Manifest V3 Is Deceitful and Threatening (2021)Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38301801&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(11:38): Ethernet Is Still Going Strong After 50 YearsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38302283&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(13:10): 'Energy independent' Uruguay runs on 100% renewables for four straight monthsOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38301480&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(15:14): We Automated BullshitOriginal post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38302635&utm_source=wondercraft_ai(17:06): Ilya Sutskever "at the center" of Altman firing?Original post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38314299&utm_source=wondercraft_aiThis is a third-party project, independent from HN and YC. Text and audio generated using AI, by wondercraft.ai. Create your own studio quality podcast with text as the only input in seconds at app.wondercraft.ai. Issues or feedback? We'd love to hear from you: team@wondercraft.ai

In this episode, we unravel Meta's groundbreaking step as they introduce AI chatbots with distinct personalities, attracting an astounding 280 million visitors to their platform. Join us in exploring the implications of this transformative development, the evolving role of character AI, and how it's reshaping user engagement in the digital realm. Discover how Meta is revolutionizing the way we interact with AI-driven chatbots and the potential it holds for personalized online experiences. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/Join our ChatGPT Community: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/739308654562189/⁠Follow me on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/jaeden_ai⁠

In this episode, we delve into the fascinating development at Meta as they infuse AI chatbots with personalities, captivating a staggering 280 million visitors. Join us as we explore the implications of this innovative leap in character AI and how it's transforming user interactions across the digital landscape. Discover how Meta's commitment to AI-driven personalization is reshaping the way we engage with technology and online platforms. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/Join our ChatGPT Community: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/739308654562189/⁠Follow me on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/jaeden_ai⁠

Discover how Meta's innovative AI chatbots are transforming the digital landscape with unique personalities, attracting a staggering 280 million visitors. In this episode, we delve into the future of AI-driven chatbots and their potential to revolutionize user engagement and customer interactions. Join us for a deep dive into the technology behind Meta's character AI and its impact on the online world. Get on the AI Box Waitlist: https://AIBox.ai/Join our ChatGPT Community: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/739308654562189/⁠Follow me on Twitter: ⁠https://twitter.com/jaeden_ai⁠

This week's new #LocationWeekly episode is out now. Sams Club launches Sales Media Performance dashboard, Amazon expands it's Just Walk Out tech to apparel retailers, eBay UK launches The Authenticity Lab for sneakers + Mapbox raises $280M from SoftBank. Tune in now!

Ashok is a serial tech entrepreneur who's 20 years deep and has built several successful businesses including Virtusa Corp which he helped to grow to $280M and 5000 people. He was also the Chief Architect of eDocs an online bill presentment product that was sold to Oracle for $180M.We discuss the reality of raising money and the key differences between venture capital and private equity. Ashok gives advice on how to strategise best for the process.We also discuss one of Ashok's current businesses Experienz which makes it easier and more sustainable for companies to gather ESG data, create reports and action plans. Ashok explains the reality of ESG in large corporates vs. SMEs and what can be done to improve performance. And gives advice on what companies can be doing to help with climate change.BWB is powered by Oury Clarkbusinesswithoutbullshit.me

Over at Christianity Today, writer Lara d'Entremont is asking about this, and Brian and Aubrey have thoughts. In addition, they talk about whether pastors' social media should be monitored (!), racism in the presidential primaries, the crazy case of Laszlo Hanyecz, who in 2010, purchased two Papa Johns pizzas using 10,000 Bitcoin. (10,000 Bitcoin is currently worth over $280M.) That's some expensive pizza. Follow The Common Good on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram Hosted by Aubrey Sampson and Brian From Produced by Laura Finch and Keith ConradSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode, Logan and Evan explore the world of fusion energy with groundbreaking news from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. For the second time, they've achieved net energy gain in a fusion reaction, pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery. We break down the significance of this achievement and its potential implications for the energy sector. Next up, we delve into the acquisition of Louisville-based accounting tech startup Sentient Solutions. Recently acquired by Ascend, this move showcases the influence of AI-driven solutions on traditional industries. We discuss the motivations behind the acquisition and explore the role of technology in transforming the way CPA firms operate. References Scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory achieve net energy gain in a fusion reaction for a second time Louisville accounting tech startup acquired Neuralink raises $280m in funding led by Thiel's Founders Fund Visit us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠MiddleTech.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Follow Us ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Logan's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Evan's Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  Middle Tech is proud to be supported by: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠KY Innovation⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Bolt Marketing⁠⁠

00:28 | Canva valuation drops 36%- Coatue Management and ICONIQ Capital acquired Canva shares at a $25.5b valuation, -36% from its $40b in 2021- T Rowe Price marked down its Canva stake by 67.6% in Jun 2023- Despite the decrease, Canva's co-founder views the valuation as "solid"01:15 | Neuralink raises $280m- Neuralink secured $280m in a series D round led by Founders Fund- The company focuses on brain-computer interface technology for human implantation- PitchBook estimates Neuralink's funding at $363 million as of Sept 202101:55 | Revolut kills US crypto biz- Revolut halts crypto trading for U.S. users due to regulatory uncertainties- The decision affects only 1% of Revolut's crypto clientele and follows the delisting of three tokens for U.S. users- The SEC has increased its scrutiny on crypto, targeting major exchanges like Binance and Coinbase02:42 | Discord layoffs - Discord laid off 37 employees, 4% of its workforce, mainly from marketing, talent, and public policy teams.- The layoffs were attributed to a "reorganization of some business units."- Other social media giants like Meta, Snap, and Twitter have taken similar actions, though Discord's cut was smaller in percentage.03:07 | Pre-IPO down rounds are happening- Quora altered investor rights, hinting at a potential down round- Turntide Technologies +80% valuation cut in its upcoming funding- Rho Technologies 10% reduced valuation for next round- Nuro, previously valued at $8 billion, considering a sale or cram-down financing , lowering valuation, after its new capital request was denied by board03:54 | Big capital raises- Weights & Biases | $50m Series D, $1.25b valuation- Credgenics | $50m Series B, $340m valuation- Tractian | $45m Series B, $205m valuation- Halalbooking | $3m Series B, $102m valuation- TechMagic | $15m Series C, $85m valuation04:59 | Pre-IPO +3.67% for week- Week to gainer: Neuralink +4.4%, Byju's +2.7%, Databricks +2.6%- Week to losers: eToro -28.5%, Ramp -21.8%, Flexport -13.4%, Brex -11.0%- Top 5 current valuation: ByteDance ($208b), SpaceX ($161b), Stripe ($48b), OpenAI ($33b), and Databricks ($33b) lead in current valuation

Our guest this week is Inga Petryaevskaya, founder and CEO of ShapesXR, an app that enables you to prototype XR experiences in VR. They just raised an $8.6 round. Also in the news this week, Neuralink scores $280M to continue developing its brain implant, now being distastefully tested on chimps. Leia3D acquires competitor Dimenco, and Immersed going public through a SPAC. Thank you to our sponsor, Zappar!Don't forget to like, share, and follow for more! Follow us on all socials @ThisWeekInXR! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Earnings season continues on MassDevice. Acutus Medical posted Street-beating Q2 results and gave an update on when it expects to receive approval for its AcQBlate ablation catheter. Fast Five hosts Sean Whooley and Danielle Kirsh provide details about the pending approval and what contributed to the company's sales growth in the quarter. Embecta reported progress on its closed-loop insulin delivery technology in its quarterly earnings results. Find out the status update on that system and what the CEO had to say about the company's performance. HeartBeam announced the appointment of a VP of regulatory affairs. Tune in to today's episode to find out who will take on the role and what some of their career history supports the appointment. Orchestra BioMed recently won FDA IDE approval, enabling the company to evaluate Virtue SAB, an AngioInfusion balloon for treating artery disease, in treating patients with coronary ISR. Whooley explains the technology and what the study will assess. Elon Musk-backed Neuralink raised $280 million in a Series D funding round. The Fast Five hosts discuss the brain-computer interface technology the company is working on, the hurdles it has had to jump to reach clinical trials and who some of the other major players in the space are. Check out the show notes for links to the stories we discussed today at MassDevice.com/podcast.

In this episode, we delve into the exciting reports that Meta is developing a new generation of AI-powered chatbots, each possessing unique personalities.

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Updates to the flow of funding in EA movement building post, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on July 25, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. This is an summary of updates made to my previous post, The flow of funding in EA movement building. Overall Changes Total funding tracked in the data increased to $290M (from $245M). New data is from: Several private donors and Longview Philanthropy who shared (previously non-public) donation & grant recommendation data Global health & wellbeing spending e.g. GiveWell, ACE and some animal orgs (at a discounted rate since these organizations aren't explicitly focused on EA movement building but did contribute to the growth of the EA movement) The inclusion of some longtermist research organizations such as FHI which have helped do field building (also at a discounted rate) Changes to proportions and funding over time During the 2012-2016 period, funding tracked in my data roughly doubled from ~$4M to ~$8.9M (quick estimate) including $4M in funding to GiveWell and $0.5M from other donors. During 2017-2023 period, funding tracked roughly increased from $241 to $281M, from other donors and the inclusion of some cause-area specific organizations that contributed to movement building. The table below summarizes the changes to the proportions of funding coming from different sources: Funder CategoryChange in % New %Original %Other donorsUp ~8% 9.6%1.5%FTX Future FundDown ~3%14.8%17.5%EAIF (non-OP donors), LTFF & Jaan Tallinn (incl. SFF)Down ~1% EA Animal FundUp ~1%1.1%0% Open Philanthropy OP LT: Down 9.5%(~10.1% w. EAIF) OP GH&W: Down 0.4% OP Other: Up 5.9% Overall: Down ~3% OP LT: 50.4% (~54.5% w. EAIF) OP GH&W: 2.6% OP Other: 5.9% Overall: 63% OP LT: 59.8% (~64.6% w. EAIF) OP GH&W: 2.2% OP Other: 0% Overall: 66% Here's the new % data in a pie chart: What data is still missing? Total funding: I estimate total funding from 2012 to June 2023 is likely $300-350M (medium confidence). I previously estimated $250-280M (significant underestimate). Individual donors: I estimate that $1-20M since 2012 is probably still missing, since I haven't included donors who work with Effective Giving, Generation Pledge or Founders' Pledge. Allocation of cause-specific efforts: You may disagree with the discounting I've done towards different cause-specific projects (in either direction). If you think I'm underweighting those efforts, then you could consider that "missing" data. The most accurate way to do these estimates would be to ask movement building organizations for their annual expenses and to break down the sources of their funding. This information is not publicly available, and some organizations do not publish annual expenses publicly from where you might make initial guesses. I'd encourage organizations to share their numbers to give us a fuller picture of the landscape. Mistakes & reflections I didn't expect this post to be read by as many people as it was. If I'd known this in advance, I think it's likely I would have delayed publication and seeked more external feedback because concrete numbers can be sticky and hard to update people's views on. I noted that this was a preliminary analysis in the opening, but the data may have been seen as more final than it was. In the future I would spend more time hedging numbers and stating ranges of possible values and encourage people to cite those instead of exact numbers. I didn't add enough uncertainty estimates to the numbers throughout the post. For example, I mentioned that the data was incomplete, and provided an estimate on the total amount of funding ($250-280M) - this was a moderately large underestimate (the total new total tracked data now stands at $290M). I missed several sources of global health & wellbeing spending, which significantly increased total spend between 2012-2016. This ...

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: The flow of funding in EA movement building, published by Vaidehi Agarwalla on June 23, 2023 on The Effective Altruism Forum. This post is part of EA Strategy Fortnight. You can see other Strategy Fortnight posts here. I've been reflecting on the role of funding in the EA movement & community over time. Specifically I wanted to improve common knowledge around funding flows in the EA movement building space. It seems that many people may not be aware of it. Funders (and the main organizations they have supported) have shaped the EA community in many ways - the rate & speed at which EA has grown (example), the people that are attracted and given access to opportunities, and the culture and norms the community embodies and the overall ecosystem. I share some preliminary results from research I've conducted looking at the historical flow of data to movement building sources. I wanted to share what I have so far for the strategy fortnight to get conversation started. I think there is enough information here to understand the general pattern of funding flows. If you want to play around with the data, here is my (raw, messy) spreadsheet. Key observations Overall picture Total funding 2012-2023 by known sources According to known funding sources, approximately $245M have been granted to EA movement building organizations and projects since 2012. I'd estimate the real number is something like $250-280M. The Open Philanthropy EA Community Growth (Longtermism) team (OP LT) has directed ~64% ($159M) of known movement building funding (incl. ~5% or $12M to the EAIF) since 2016. Note that OP launched an EACG program for Global Health and Wellbeing in 2022, which started making grants in 2023. Their budget is significantly smaller (currently ~$10M per year) and they currently prioritize effective giving organizations. The unlabeled dark blue segment is “other donors” Funders of EA Groups from 2015-2022 See discussion below for description of the "CEA - imputed" category. Note that I've primarily estimated paid organizer time, not general groups expenses. EA groups are an important movement building project. The Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) has had an outsized influence on EA groups for much of the history of the EA movement. Until May 2021, CEA was the primary funder of part- and full-time work on EA groups. In May 2021, CEA narrowed its scope to certain university & city/national groups, and the EA Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) started making grants to non-target groups. In 2022, OP LT took over most university groups funding from both CEA (in April) and EAIF (in August). Until 2021 most of CEA's funding has come from OP LT, so its EA groups funding can be seen as an OP LT regrant. Breakdown of funding by source and time (known sources) 2012-2016 Before 2016, there was very limited funding available for meta projects and almost no support from institutional funders. Most organizations active during this period were funded by individual earning-to-givers and major donors or volunteer-run. Here's a view of funding from 2012-2016: No donations from Jaan Tallinn during this period were via SFF as it didn't exist yet. There is a $10K donation from OP to a UC Berkeley group in 2015 that is not visible in the main chart. “Other donors” includes mostly individual donors and some small foundations Quick details on active funders during this period: Individual Donors: A number of (U)HNW & earning-to-give donors, many of whom are still active today, such as Jaan Tallinn, Luke Ding, Matt Wage and Jeff Kaufman & Julia Wise. I expect I'm missing somewhere between ~$100,000 to $1,000,000 of donations from individuals in this chart per year from 2012 to 2016. EA Giving Group: In 2013, Nick Beckstead and a large anonymous donor started a fund (the EA Giving Group) to which multiple individual ...

This post is part of EA Strategy Fortnight. You can see other Strategy Fortnight posts here.I've been reflecting on the role of funding in the EA movement & community over time. Specifically I wanted to improve common knowledge around funding flows in the EA movement building space. It seems that many people may not be aware of it. Funders (and the main organizations they have supported) have shaped the EA community in many ways -  the rate & speed at which EA has grown (example), the people that are attracted and given access to opportunities, and the culture and norms the community embodies and the overall ecosystem. I share some preliminary results from research I've conducted looking at the historical flow of data to movement building sources. I wanted to share what I have so far for the strategy fortnight to get conversation started. I think there is enough information here to understand the general pattern of funding flows. If you want to play around with the data, here is my (raw, messy) spreadsheet.Key observations Total funding 2012-2013 by known sourcesAccording to known funding sources, approximately $245M have been granted to EA movement building organizations and projects since 2012. I'd estimate the real number is something like $250-280M. The Open Philanthropy EA Community Growth (Longtermism) team (OP LT) has directed ~64% ($159M) of known movement building funding (incl. ~5% or $12M to the EAIF) since 2016. Note that OP launched an EACG program for Global Health and Wellbeing in 2022, which started making grants in 2023. Their budget is significantly smaller (currently ~$10M per year) and they currently prioritize effective giving organizations.The unlabeled dark blue segment is “other donors”Funders of EA Groups from 2015-2022 See discussion below for description of the "CEA - imputed" category.  Note that I've primarily estimated paid organizer time, not general groups expenses. EA groups are an important movement building project. The Centre for Effective Altruism (CEA) has had an outsized influence on EA groups for much of the history of the EA movement. Until May 2021, CEA was the primary funder of part- and full-time work on EA groups. In May 2021, CEA narrowed its scope to certain university & city/national groups, and the EA Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) started making grants to non-target groups. In 2022, OP LT took over most university groups funding from both CEA (in April) and EAIF (in August). Until 2021 most of CEA's funding has come from OP LT, so its EA groups funding can be seen as an OP LT regrant. Breakdown of funding by source and time (known sources)2012-2016Before 2016, there was very limited funding available for meta projects and almost no support from institutional funders. Most organizations active during this period were funded by individual earning-to-givers and major donors or volunteer-run. Here's a view of funding from 2012-2016:No donations from Jaan Tallinn during this period were via SFF as it didn't exist yet. There is a $10K donation from OP to a UC Berkeley group in 2015 that is not visible in the main chart. “Other donors” includes mostly individual [...]--- First published: June 23rd, 2023 Source: https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/nnTQaLpBfy2znG5vm/the-flow-of-funding-in-ea-movement-building --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. Share feedback on this narration.

Episode 50 - Mookie Betts Edition Splashy deals, free agencies, trades, winner meetings, even false signings - lots of exciting stuff are going on in these best times of the year. What would happen to the teams and the players? Listen to Jeremy and Jamal discuss these things together with the Brotha on Baseball segment, and an international twist of this week's dingers and ks! In this episode: [02:02] Dinger of the week from Jamal: Ronny Mauricio swings like Rafael Devers on Dominican Winter League [04:22] Dinger of the week from Jeremy: Masataka Yoshida walks off a homerun against Orix Buffaloes, ties the Japanese World Series [6:36] K of the week from Jamal: Kodai Senga on World Baseball Classic in the 2017 semifinals against the US, making a mini Pedro Martinez moment [10:56] K of the week from Jeremy: Justin Verlander doing his thing with some nasty pitches in the Playoffs [12:09] Mets and injured players last year - Max Scherzer and Jacob DeGrom [19:08] Jeremy's issues about the Dodgers future [25:25] Why are some players turning down big offers from the Padres? [34:07] What do you think of the Giant's replacement Mitch Haniger? [38:03] Xander Bogaerts signing an 11-year contract to the Padres for $280M - good deal or not? [51:02] Jameson Taillon signs a 4-year deal with Cubs [1:01:37] Brotha on Baseball: What can I do to help some of these teams for the World Series? Meet The Hosts Dingers and Ks is a podcast for baseball fans of all ages—new ones or lifelong ones. You'll learn something new about the baseball scene with Jeremy and Jamal to give you perspective on what it means to be in the pro ball today. Jamal Rousell is a baseball blogger from Sportbumz, a left-handed pitcher since high school, and a lifelong fan of the game. Baseball is Jeremy Altshule's first love in high school, which helped him explore other sports and do shows. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dingers-and-ks/support

On this episode of the Greg Bedard Patriots Podcast w/ Nick Cattles, Greg and Nick preview Patriots vs Cardinals and discuss if the Arizona game is Bill Belichick's last stand. Go to BetOnline.ag and use Promo Code: CLNS50 for a 50% Welcome Bonus On Your First Deposit! Visit https://athleticgreens.com/BEDARD a FREE 1 year supply of of immune-supporting Vitamin D & 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase! Check us out over at www.bostonsportsjournal.com, for 39.99 on our annual plan. Not only do you get top-notch analysis of all the Boston pro sports, but if you're a Patriots junkie — and if you're listening to this podcast, you are — then a membership at BSJ gives you access to a ton of video analysis Bedard does on the coaches film, and direct access to him in weekly chats.   TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 Intro 1:00 Xander Bogaerts leaves Red Sox and agrees to 11-year, $280M contract with Padres 10:47 Bedard: Cardinals game is important to Belichick's future 22:43 Are the players aware? Will they start to tank? 28:39 Pats vs Cardinals Preview 33:15 NE -1 vs AZ; O/U 44 40:05 BSJ Member Question: Why not Baker and Jon Robinson?

The Padres make another huge splash and sign Xander Bogaerts to a $280M deal. All reports say they are going to move Fernando Tatis Jr. to the outfield. Mark Loretta and Chris Rose join the show. Support the show: http://Kaplanandcrew.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

After 294 days #brittneygriner is coming home.  @emmanuelacho you played in the @nfl for two years and you don't have to defend your career vs #austinekeler EVER. People on #twitter with their #socialmedia muscles. Fudge ‘em.  @redsox loss is @padres gain. #xanderbogaerts 11-$280M and that lineup is stacked after making #nlcs this year.  @buffalosabres #tagethompson 4 goals in period, five for game.  Had 6 points on night in 9-4 win over @bluejacketsnhl for second time this #nhl season.  How about the #hurley brothers. Bobby has @sundevilhoops 9-1 & Danny has @uconnmbb 10-0 this #collegebasketball season so far. 

The Padres make another huge splash and sign Xander Bogaerts to a $280M deal. All reports say they are going to move Fernando Tatis Jr. to the outfield. Mark Loretta and Chris Rose join the show. Support the show: http://Kaplanandcrew.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sam Levitt and Matt Skraby fill in for Coach and Braden and talk about the Padres signing former Boston Red Sox Shortstop, Xander Bogaerts to an 11-year, #280M contract late last night.

The Padres make another huge splash and sign Xander Bogaerts to a $280M deal. All reports say they are going to move Fernando Tatis Jr. to the outfield. Mark Loretta and Chris Rose join the show. Support the show: http://Kaplanandcrew.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, guest host Matt Tower of Edtech Thoughts and Alex discuss:1. The Possible "Second Boom" of the Edtech Investing Market as per BrighteyeThe evolution of Edtech: Activity in private and public markets | Dealroom.coEdtech's honeymoon might be over, but expect a second boom | TechCrunch2) Addictive Game Mechanics Used For GoodOpinion | I Make Video Games. I Won't Let My Daughters Play Them. - The New York Times (nytimes.com)Roblox jumping into ads in effort to diversify beyond virtual goods (cnbc.com)3) Dark Web Hackers Attacking LAUSDHackers Release Data Stolen From Los Angeles Schools in Ransomware Attack - The Wall Street Journal (subscription model) - 2 October 2022Cyber Gang Posts Los Angeles Students' Sensitive Data on Dark Web After Hack - The 74 - 3 October 2022Los Angeles schools' data leaked after ransomware attack - K-12 Dive - 3 October 20224) The Continued Rise (and funding) of Social Emotional Learning Applications open for $280M in school mental health supports - K-12 Dive Investors Remain Bullish On Social And Emotional Learning (forbes.com)Little Otter Health making acquisition and back to school kit5) Big Tech and Edtech Working Together Futurelearn Partners with MicrosoftSpringboard approved by Amazon Career ChoicePlus Fundraising:Ocelot - $117MCoRise - $8.5MBibliu - $5.5M (of a $15M round)

Ernest Scared Stupid Welcome to The Guys Review, where we review media, products and experiences.  **READ APPLE REVIEWS/Fan Mail**Mention Twitter DM group - like pinned tweet @The_GuysReviewRead emails theguysreviewpod@gmail.comTwitter Poll  Ernest scared stupid    ( here in sweden this movie is called Ernest töntarnas konung. To translate that into english its ernest king of the geeks/dweebs/nerds)  Director: John R. Cherry IIIWriters John R. Cherry III (story)   Coke Sams (story)    Charles Gale (screenplay)  Starring:  Jim VarneyEartha KittAustin NaglerShay AstorJonas Moscartolo Released: 11 oktober 1991 Budget$9,6M ($20,875,488.99M in 2022)           Gross worldwide                                       $14,143,280M ($30,754,988.11M in 2022) Opening weekend US & Canada $4,453,132M ($9,683,469.59M in 2022) Ratings:   IMDb 5.7/10 Rotten Tomatoes 17% Metacritic 38% Google Users 80%   (why i give those titles and why they expand? its becaus of Game of thrones every time Daenerys (stormborn)Targaryen is represented in her scenes she gets a new title and have like 50 of them.) Here cometh thine shiny awards Sire. My Lord Tucker the Wanker second Earl of Wessex. Lord of the Furries. Heir of Lord baldy the one eyed snake wrestler. Protector of Freedom units. Step Sibling with funny feelings down stairs. Entertainer of uncles. Jailor of innocent. Spanker of innocent milk maids and stable boys. The toxic wanker. Cheif shitting doughnut. Teepee giver to the great Cornholio. THIS DON'T HAVE ANY AWARDS. I'VE TRIED TO WATCH IT. MY  RATING SCORE 5/5 BEERS. First Time you saw the movie?  Plot:In the late 19th century, the demonic troll Trantor transforms children into wooden dolls to feast upon their energy in Briarville, Missouri. The townsfolk capture him and seal him under an oak tree, with Phineas Worrell, one of the village elders and an ancestor of Ernest P. Worrell, establishing the seal. Trantor vengefully places a curse on the Worrell family, stating that he can only be released on the night before Halloween by a Worrell. As part of the curse, every generation of Worrells will get "dumber and dumber and dumber", until the dumbest member of the family is foolish enough to release him from his earthly prison. One hundred years later, Ernest, a sanitation worker, helps a few of his middle school friends, Kenny Binder, Elizabeth and Joey, construct a treehouse in the same tree that unknowingly contains the dormant creature, after the mayor's sons demolished their own cardboard haunted house. When Old Lady Hackmore discovers this, she angrily leaves. Following her, Ernest learns the story of Trantor and idiotically reports it to the kids. Inadvertently, Ernest releases the troll. Joey is walking home from the treehouse when he hears something rustling through the trees. Joey slowly walks and slips down in a muddy hole. Trantor grabs Joey's wrist and turns him into a wooden doll. Ernest finds Kenny's dad, Sheriff Cliff Binder, and explains the situation but Binder does not believe him. After none of the townsfolk will assist Ernest because of the upcoming Halloween party, he mounts a one-man (and one-dog) defense operation in preparation for Trantor's appearance. Meanwhile, Trantor captures a boy on a skateboard as his second victim. Tom and Bobby Tulip, hoping to exploit Ernest, sell him various fake troll traps, but one backfires on the mayor's sons and Ernest loses his job. Ernest, Kenny and Elizabeth return to Hackmore, where they learn that only "the heart of a child, and a mother's care" can defeat the troll. Later that night, Trantor claims Elizabeth as his third victim as he sneaks into her house while she is resting on her bed. While Kenny and his friend Gregg are walking, Trantor uses Elizabeth's voice to lure Kenny away, then takes Gregg as a fourth victim. Despite parents being upset at their missing children, Mayor Murdock and Sheriff Binder still proceed with a Halloween party at the school, believing the missing children will be there. Trantor appears there and takes the mayor's oldest son as his fifth and final wooden doll. In the ensuing fight between Trantor and Ernest, Trantor turns Ernest's dog Rimshot into a wooden doll before being repelled by soft-serve ice cream on Ernest's hands. Kenny realizes that "mother's care" refers to milk and rallies a troll-fighting team to destroy them. Back at the treehouse, Trantor successfully summons his army of trolls while Ernest unsuccessfully tries to stop them. The townspeople show up, only for the trolls to overwhelm and beat them up. Kenny and his friends arrive and begin destroying the trolls with milk. During the fight, Trantor escapes beneath the tree where he summons the powers of the underworld, making him invincible, especially to milk. Enraged, Kenny unsuccessfully tries to destroy Trantor, who also turns Kenny into a doll. With the other townsfolk now backing him up and telling him to douse Trantor in milk, Ernest realizes that milk weakened the troll children, while unconditional love ("the heart of a child") would weaken Trantor himself. He takes Trantor and dances with him while the mob watches, overloading him with love, and finally kisses his snot-ridden nose, causing Trantor to explode. With Trantor's destruction, Ernest is proclaimed a hero. All of the wooden dolls are restored, including those from the early 19th century, and life returns to normal. Sheriff Binder apologizes to his son for doubting him and Ernest. Ernest is happy that his dog is also back to normal.  TOP 5The pizzas seen being thrown at the bullies who try to attack the kids' tree house are re-used props from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991). Both movies had the same prop master, Doug White.The Chiodo Brothers are credited with special effects for this film, who also made Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988). Look for trolls in the finale that resemble Klowns, as well as the same spinning death effect. The Chiodos actually didn't save any of the original Klown molds. Though they may have used some ears molds. John Cherry's troll designs just happened to look a lot like the Klowns. In the opening credits (specifically around the 00:01:16 mark), there is a quick flash of a random man. He is Robert Hill, Jr., one of the grips. His son was in the film as a child extra.In the original script for "Ernest Scared Stupid", the villain wasn't a troll, it was actually a haunted statue. The original script had a lot of the flavor of "Scared Stupid" though. But there were no trolls; there was one statue that came to life - it was some terrible person who came back from the dead. John Cherry and Coke Sams went to Disney with that script. They both felt that it was the best thing they've ever written and that they knew what Disney wanted. But, Disney read it and their exact response was, "What were you guys smoking when you wrote this?" They added, "We want a haunted tree house." So John and Coke dismembered anything they could salvage from the original "Scared Stupid" script and cranked it into the next one.Creature effects creator Charles Chiodo designed "Trantor" the troll using fourteen motors to operate various facial features. His teeth were fabricated from dental acrylic, his skin was "baked foam," and each eyebrow hair was inserted individually. The trolls were designed with two noses that dripped synthetic mucus, concocted from methyl cellulose, personal lubricant, and an unnamed "vegetable agent" that caused it to spoil quickly. A thicker version of the substance was used as troll saliva. **TRIPLE LINDY AWARD** **REVIEW AND RATING**TreyChris 4Stephen 4.5Tucker 4.5 TOP 5Stephen:1 Breakfast club2 T23 Sandlot4 Color out of space5 Mail order brides Chris:1. sandlots2. T23. trick r treat4. rocky horror picture show5. hubie halloween Trey:1) Boondocks Saints2) Mail Order Brides3) Tombstone4) Very bad things5) She out of my league Tucker:1. T22: Tombstone3: My Cousin Vinny4: John Wick5: Scream WHAT ARE WE DOING NEXT WEEK? Web: https://theguysreview.simplecast.com/EM: theguysreviewpod@gmail.comIG: @TheGuysReviewPodTW: @The_GuysReview - Twitter DM groupFB: https://facebook.com/TheGuysReviewPod/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYKXJhq9LbQ2VfR4K33kT9Q Please, Subscribe, rate and review us wherever you get your podcasts from!! Thank you,-The Guys

Tune in as we discuss the keys to a successful career as a real estate syndicator.  --About the guest:Jade is a multifamily syndicator and lawyer who assists everyday investors and high net-worth individuals in obtaining financial independence through targeted acquisitions of apartment buildings. He has over 12 years' experience in the acquisition, rehabilitation, and operation of more than 3,000 single and multi-family rental units in Texas, Arkansas, Memphis Tennessee, and Atlanta. Jade has over $280M in real estate assets under control and/or ownership, along with 15+ years' legal and management experience in major law firms. In addition to multiple law degrees, he holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Connect with Jade Laye: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jade-o-laye-a1a7a91b/Email: jade.laye@layeinvestments.com --Episode Highlights✔️ Apartment investment success through modeling✔️ What is the purpose of a Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) ✔️ How focusing on your first deal can lead to long-term success✔️ Adding value through forced appreciation✔️ What makes a good sponsorship team✔️ How possessing an abundance mindset is better than a scarcity mindset✔️ Understanding the key differences between investing in apartments vs single-family deals--❓ WANT TO LEARN MORE?Apartment Syndication FAQ Reference Sheet

Rafi Farber - Physical #Gold Leaving #Comex at All Time Record Pace Last week we saw how 280 million ounces of physical silver have been drained from London and Comex combined since #SilverSqueeze. Well, it turns out that the SilverSqueeze movement is affecting more than just silver. Over 10 million ounces (!) of physical gold have left the Comex vaults since SilverSqueeze began. At today's gold to silver ratio, 10M OZ gold is about 874M OZ equivalent silver. Combine that with the 280M of actual silver drained already, and we have already broken the 1 billion ounces threshold. Yes, we've got more work to do, but this accomplishment must not be minimized. The effect is real. To find out more, click to watch the video now! - To get Arcadia silver videos delivered straight to your email inbox click here: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/email-signup/ - To get on the waiting list for your very own ´Silver Chopper Ben´sterling silver figurine click here: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/get-a-chopper-ben/ - To get your paperback or audio copy of The Big Silver Short go to: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/thebigsilvershort/ - To see the evidence of manipulative behavior in the silver market (as well as how you can send it to your local regulators and Congressional representatives) click here: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/cftc-complaint/ - To sign the petition to ban JP Morgan from having any involvement in the silver industry click here: https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/ban-jp-morgan-from-trading-gold-and-silver - Follow Arcadia Economics on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ArcadiaEconomic - To receive updates about Arcadia option trading events: https://arcadiaeconomics.com/options/ - #silver #silverprice And remember to get outside and have some fun every once in a while!:) (URL0VD)Subscribe to Arcadia Economics on Soundwise

In Episode 87 we speak with Danny Guerrero,  Founder, The Culturist Group (TCG). His accomplishments are astounding and driving change. In this episode we hear Danny's meaningful travel stories from his first international trip to Korea, his experience interning for San Diego Tourism Board and the special trip to Paris with his mom. Also sharing about the work his doing now and how it all began.   It was Danny's connection and commitment to local communities throughout his twenty plus years in travel marketing that inspired him to launch his own company, The Culturist Group (TCG). TCG is  a 100% minority-owned travel marketing company. As a thought leader for multicultural and diversity in travel Danny has been an active proponent of culture-forward thinking for travel brands and destinations as a means to help increase equity and inclusion in the travel industry. ​TCG was established at a time when shifting cultural identities and the need for more diversity, equity and inclusion in the travel industry finally became a priority. TCG believes that the travel industry and the brands, and destinations that participate in it can be a force for good. CULTURIST as a concept and consultancy practice, bridges cultural values with multicultural travel strategies to support clients to sustain better connections who consider where and with whom they travel as an extension of who they are. As social justice and diversity in travel became transparent during the uprising of Black Lives Matter movement in 2020, many travel brands struggled to find ways to bridge and connect with multicultural and underrepresented markets. Beginning in 2018 Danny forward thinking advocated for and led the delivery of key programs for destinations and far-reaching industry research on emerging and underrepresented travelers.  Danny championed industry-wide groundbreaking research supporting prolific travel brands such as Hilton, Choice Hotels International, Tripadvisor, NYC & Company, Los Angeles Tourism and Convention Board on Black and Hispanic travelers, revealing these two segments alone representing nearly 30% of all U.S. travel spend, reaching in excess of $280M annually. His work has led to the bestowing of grants and funds to Black and diversity in travel organizations in excess of $100,000 to empower underrepresented voices in the travel marketing. He has been at the helm of multiple award-winning brand marketing and communications programs for destinations, hospitality and travel brands on nearly every continent. Prior to founding The Culturist Group, he spent a decade of his career building and leading agency teams at two well-respected firms, MMGY Global and DCI.  Prior to spent a decade in destination marketing with in house roles for hotel management and tour operators. His career portfolio includes research and public relations leadership for Visit California, Viceroy Hotel Group, Hilton, Sensei Retreats, Fiji Airways, Tourism Chile, The Travel Corporation, Visit West Hollywood, Los Cabos Tourism, Sonoma County Tourism, Destination Cleveland to name a few.   ​Danny is a frequent guest speaker at travel and tourism conferences advocating for underrepresented travelers and illuminating how shifting demographics, travel sentiment and culture represent opportunities for the travel industry. Dedicated to advocating underrepresented travelers and promoting travel for diverse youth and volunteers with the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, INROADS (and Mrs. Obando's 8th grade class).  Danny graduated with a B.A. in Political Science and Marketing from the University of California, Riverside with Chancellor's Honors. He is an Executive MBA Candidate at the UCLA Anderson School of Management (Class of 2024), where he was awarded a Dean's Fellowship. Early in his career Danny served as an intern for President Bill Clinton serving in the White House Visitors Office and was a career intern at the San Diego Tourism Authority.  He is a recipient of the ‘Outstanding Contribution Award' granted by the World Travel and Tourism Council for his work advancing diversity and equity in the industry in 2021, and the Chairman's Award granted by the National Association of Black Meeting Professionals. ​Danny and his husband Jaime reside in Los Angeles, California.  

The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, July 29, 2022."The Hash" group discuss a report that troubled crypto lender Babel Finance has lost $280 million in customer funds through proprietary trades, and crypto exchange KuCoin offering retail investors fractional ownership of top non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the form of an exchange-traded fund (ETF).See also: Babel Finance Lost $280M Trading Customer Funds: ReportKuCoin Claims Bragging Rights as First Exchange to Offer NFT ETFsThis episode has been edited by Michele Musso. Our executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by watchthiscards.com Ethereum is up 1% at $1677 and Binance Coin is up 2% at $284 Those are your leaders by market cap - top gainers in the last 24 hours: Ethereum classic - up 19% The graph up 17% Klaytun up 15% Babel Finance apparently lost 280M while trading customer funds. Santander Brazil wades into crypto trading. Sky Mavis CEO moved AXS tokens before announcing hack. Russian paramilitary groups received 2.2M in crypto donations

The recent launch of Moonbirds is shaping up to be the best NFT drop of 2022 yielding up to $280M. In this episode, we dive into why it worked so well, as well as the lessons learned and actionable takeaways for gaming. The premium of Utility NFTs is growing rapidly, and we're witnessing the growth in real-time with innovative projects like Moonbirds that build upon previous successful projects. Aligning communities, creators, tokens, and value is how you onboard people to crypto and build tokenized communities. Hosts: N3TWORK Executive Producer Ethan Levy - Play Ventures Principal Anton Backman - Savage Games Studios CEO Michail Katkoff --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deconstructoroffun/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/deconstructoroffun/support

This episode is brought to you by Gate.io and Linear Finance (Airdrop). In a Medium blog post, Andre Cronje returned to express his concerns, and hope, for the future of DeFi. In other news, Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino told CoinDesk during Paris Blockchain Week that Terra's UST still has a long way to go in terms of its potential stability if it ever reaches the size of Tether. Meanwhile, in the NFT sector, Moonbirds has generated $280M in 2 days since launching, while Louis Vuitton has released a raffle to offer its mobile game players the chance to win 10 Vivienne NFTs, and Blockchain Analytics Firm Nansen just released a Q1 report recognizing the impressive growth of the NFT Space. Followed by a deep dive into MakerDAO, the DeFi Era Originator.—----------------------------Timestamps00:06 | Headline Overview01:24 | Andre Cronje sees a 'necessity for regulation' ahead of crypto's new era | 1 | 2 | 3 |03:31 | Tether's Paolo Ardoino on UST: 'It's All Fun and Games' Until You're a $100B Coin | 1 | 2 |06:45 | Kevin Rose's Moonbirds Ethereum NFT Launch Generates $280M in Two Days | 1 | 2 |08:29 | Louis Vuitton Dives Head First Into NFTs | 1 | 2 |    10:46 | The NFT market is growing more than the crypto market according to Nansen report | 1 | 2 |13:42 | Linear Finance ($LINA AIRDROP)16:28 | Deep Dive: The DeFi Era Originator: An Introduction to MakerDao | 1 | 2 | 3 |—----------------------------Music: EnvatoDisclaimer: Not financial advice. Please learn to do your research.Turkish Channel ($KINT AIRDROP)—----------------------------

Durante il caffè di oggi parleremo di: ☕️ Moonbirds, il progetto NFT di Kevin Rose, genera $280 milioni in 48 ore ☕️ TerraUSD supera BUSD e diventa la terza stablecoin più grande ☕️ No, la Russia non ha legalizzato le crypto ☕️ La piattaforma DeFi Beanstalk subisce un hack da ~$80M --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/cryptoland/support

Buckle your seatbelt! This episode brings the heat. Kelly and Lizz team up (no main character here) to take on TikTok's viral food trend: the grated egg. Is it worthy of grate-ness or just a flash in the Internet pan? Listen to find out. The sisters also go head-to-head on which car convenience feature is the most, well, convenient - everything from Carplay to remote start. The convo gets so heated (almost as heated as heated seats) that they have to call in a guest tiebreaker. Say what?!  If there's one thing Kelly and Lizz can agree on, it's a dinnertime recipe that's as easy to make as it is to clean up: tortilla pizza. They also discuss the latest in automotive news: Which car brand's cargo ship caught on fire, costing north of $280M in damages, and why new car prices are surging like never before.  follow The Carpool Podcast on IG follow Kelly on IG follow Lizz on IG  visit thecarmomofficial.com  

*) First case of Omicron found in US The United States has identified its first known Covid case caused by the Omicron variant. The infected person, who had mild and improving symptoms, returned to the United States from South Africa on November 22. He tested positive seven days later. The person is in self-quarantine and all of the patient's close contacts have tested negative, according to top US infectious disease official Dr Anthony Fauci. *) Ethiopian army recaptures several towns near capital from Tigrayan rebels Ethiopia has claimed it recaptured several towns after Tigrayan rebels took control of them last week as part of their advance towards the capital Addis Ababa. Government spokesperson Legesse Tulu said forces recaptured towns on the Shewa front, including Shewa Robit, Mezezo, Molale, Rasa and its surroundings. Meanwhile, the United Nations has announced its aid trucks have started to arrive in Tigray's capital Mekelle after more than six weeks. Flights between Mekelle and Addis Ababa have also resumed. *) World Bank reportedly okays unfreezing $280M to aid Afghanistan The World Bank's board has endorsed transferring $280 million from a frozen trust fund to two aid agencies to help Afghanistan cope with a brewing humanitarian crisis. This is according to Reuters news agency, which cited two sources familiar with the matter. The World Bank said that the 31 donors to the Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund must approve the transfer before the funds could flow to the World Food Programme and UNICEF. The donors are expected to meet on Friday. *) EU to tighten asylum rules at Belarus border The European Union has proposed curtailing some rights of refugees at its borders with Belarus. Under the proposal by the EU Commission, refugees would be permitted to claim asylum only at designated locations, such as border crossings, and could be kept for up to 16 weeks at the border. ​​The new proposals are part of the latest EU attempt to deal with what it describes as a crisis manufactured by Belarus. ​​And finally… *) WTA suspends all tournaments in China over Peng concerns The Women's Tennis Association has announced the immediate suspension of all tournaments in China due to concerns about the well-being of former doubles world number one Peng Shuai. Peng's whereabouts became a matter of international concern following a nearly three-week absence after she said that a top Chinese official had sexually assaulted her. The WTA's decision was applauded by many leading figures in the tennis world but could cost the organisation hundreds of millions of dollars. And that's your daily news brief from TRT World. For more, head to trtworld.com

After this episode, you will have the tools you need to create content and repurpose it. I talk to Laura Stewart, the VP of Sales and Marketing at REC Canada and we discuss how to turn one pillar piece of content into 23 micro-pieces. We discuss tips on how to manage content creation and she reveals 3 unique ways to grow your podcast. A lot of value in this episode on content creation. You don't want to miss any of it. RESOURCES: Laura's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/laurastewartto/ Podcast Distributor That I Use: https://www.captivate.fm/ Transcription service I use: https://www.descript.com/ GUEST BIO: Her path to success was anything but typical. After completing a 4-year undergraduate degree in Nutrition, Laura was confident that she no longer wanted a career in the health industry. Working in Concierge Services to make ends meet, Laura then went back to school in order to obtain her Retail Buying Certificate; from there she worked as an Assistant Buyer for Canada's top luxury department stores, Holt Renfrew and The Hudson's Bay. At 26 years old and still unfulfilled, Laura decided to take a job as a Special Needs Caregiver during the day and would obtain her Master of Business Administration from the world-renowned Schulich School of Business in the evenings. With a desire to pave her own future, Laura simultaneously attained her real estate licence and by the age of 30 was finally starting her career in sales. Not wanting to waste any more time, Laura joined one of Toronto's top teams, The Real Estate Centre so that she could learn from the best in the business. Always putting her hand up for opportunities and willing to work for free, Laura propelled herself from real estate agent to the Director of Sales and Marketing for the now #1 Team in all of Canada for Royal LePage. Leveraging all of her prior experience and education, Laura has facilitated in the rebranding of the team to REC Canada, systematized their sales process, launched one of Canada's Top Business Podcasts (The Jas Takhar Podcast), all the while aiding in the sale of over $280M of Real Estate. Wanting to empower others to follow their dreams and never settle, Laura has documented her experience in her Blog, titled Laura's Playlist. Her true hope is to encourage woman to find fulfillment and happiness by owning their decisions and the trajectory of their. It's time to “Woman Up”. _______________   Subscribe to the Marketing Bound Podcast!   Marketing Bound is dedicated to helping service-based entrepreneurs leverage inbound marketing strategies to grow their businesses.   Website:https://www.marketingbound.com/ ( https://www.marketingbound.com/)

In today's daily round-up of export, trade and commodity finance news, TXF's Max Thompson covers the latest stories and trends across the market: Trafigura and PetroChina placed the lowest offers in the Pakistan LNG tender Argentine potash mine PRC is opening a tender for investment banks to help find a partner to restart operations, a decade after Brazil's Vale shelved the project when prices crashed for the crop nutrient and the firm clashed with the country's government over tax breaks. Trade credit insurer Euler Hermes has announced two changes in its Regional Management teams Like what you hear? Hit subscribe to stay up to date and for all the latest news online visit www.txfnews.com today.

In today's episode, Miguel Fernandez talks about Capchase and how he was able to raise over $280M.Topics Discussed in Today's Episode: What problem Miguel wanted to solve with Capchase and why What the people who borrow from Capchase use the money for Advice for bootstrap founders that are worried about raising money How Miguel approached growing at such a large scale so quickly What makes Miguel good at sales Miguel's half-baked startup ideas The nicest thing anyone has done for Miguel in his professional career Resources: Miguel Fernandez Capchase Jim Huffman website Jim's Twitter GrowthHit The Growth Marketer's Playbook

Laura started her journey by working as Assistant Buyer for Canada's top luxury department stores, Holt Renfrew and The Hudson's Bay. At 26 years old she decided to take a job as a Special Needs Caregiver during the day and would obtain her Master of Business Administration from the world-renowned Schulich School of Business in the evenings. With a desire to pave her own future, Laura simultaneously attained her real estate license and by the age of 30 was finally starting her career in sales. Always putting her hand up for opportunities and willing to work for free, Laura propelled herself from real estate agent to the Director of Sales and Marketing for the now #1 Team in all of Canada for Royal LePage. Laura has facilitated the rebranding of the team to REC Canada, systematized their sales process, launched one of Canada's Top Business Podcasts (The Jas Takhar Podcast), all the while aiding in the sale of over $280M of Real Estate. In this video, Laura shares her 7-2 moment that her team turned into a winning poker hand. She shares an inspirational story of how to make a comeback and how to come back stronger. Just keep pushing forward. Her story illustrates what works in real estate investing. What to do when clients backup and how to win lost customers. The way @Jas Takhar and his team made a comeback after the death of their colleague Simon is a really inspiring story. It tells us to enjoy small wins and how to achieve goals step by step. Time Stamps 00:00 - Introduction 00:13 - 7-2 moment of Laura Stewart 01:06 - The demise of Simon 01:38 - When clients backed up 02:48 - Come back stronger 03:22 - The story of a cold day 04:23 - What works in Real Estate 05:07 - Celebrate the Small Wins 05:37 - Ultimate tips for Success --------------------------------------------------- ✔️Instantly become a subscriber and press the bell icon to get notified with the latest video https://www.youtube.com/c/the72mindsetinvestor?sub_confirmation=1 ---------------------------------------------------

Laura started her journey by working as Assistant Buyer for Canada's top luxury department stores, Holt Renfrew and The Hudson's Bay. At 26 years old she decided to take a job as a Special Needs Caregiver during the day and would obtain her Master of Business Administration from the world-renowned Schulich School of Business in the evenings. With a desire to pave her own future, Laura simultaneously attained her real estate licence and by the age of 30 was finally starting her career in sales. Always putting her hand up for opportunities and willing to work for free, Laura propelled herself from real estate agent to the Director of Sales and Marketing for the now #1 Team in all of Canada for Royal LePage. Laura has facilitated the rebranding of the team to REC Canada, systematized their sales process, launched one of Canada's Top Business Podcasts (The Jas Takhar Podcast), all the while aiding in the sale of over $280M of Real Estate. In this podcast, Lauran discussed the role of women in real estate. She talks about the challenges in real estate. She talks about the power of words, that words matter more than looks. She also discussed fashion and celebrities. She is a firm believer of learning from mistakes. Her real estate journey inspires young women to never give up and learn from bad experiences. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ✔️Instantly become a subscriber and press the bell icon to get notified with the latest video https://www.youtube.com/c/the72mindsetinvestor?sub_confirmation=1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

LinksAaron Lammer TwitterExit ScamAllison Reichel TwitterTaylor Monahan TwitterMycryptoShow PartnerThis episode is presented by Blockfolio. Trade on an awesome mobile interface fee-free, and still get all the great portfolio tracking features you know and love: https://uponly.tv/blockfolioShow NotesLedger & Allison Reichel Aaron Lammer Taylor MonahanLedgerOnlyTV notesExit Scam Podcast Story⁃ Quadriga (large Canadian exchange) had a decent reputation⁃ The Quadriga wallets did not lead to any cold storage – it was a ponzi scheme ⁃ Founder Gerald Cotten goes to India and dies, holding $280M in users funds locked on his laptop⁃ Going to have to listen to Exit Scam Podcast to hear the restCrypto Market⁃ It is easy to make it in crypto by not doing anything… so it's really hard to get people to work when you don't have to do anythingMyCrypto⁃ Using an ETH wallet as a Web3 login was a wow moment⁃ In 2015 Taylor imagined everyone would use a smart contract wallet⁃ Smart contracts require a certain confidence level – Taylor thinks the billions of dollars running through them daily might be getting ahead of ourselvesTechnical Question: CEXs⁃ When you see “5 ETH in wallet” there's no wallet with your ether in it lol⁃ CEXs have a huge mush pot of everyone's coins ⁃ Why can't CEXs actually just give everyone a wallet? ETH wallets are free⁃ Kraken used to have an audit feature to checkAaron Background⁃ 2017 newb —> 2021 farming expert⁃ “It's all just plagiarized from my chats”⁃ “not a videogame person but am bullish the metaverse”Allison Background⁃ Goes to an Austrian economics school (although not an Austrian economist herself) ⁃ Writes a newsletter “Inflated Expectations”“The only way to guarantee good content is to send them to UpOnlyTV” factsIs Gerald Cotten Dead?⁃ Taylor: “idkidkidk….dead”⁃ Allison: “alive”⁃ Ledge: “alive but wife is innocent”EIP-1559 Bear Case⁃ with DeFi miners can choose which order transactions are in⁃ “ultrasound money, deflationary, number go up” feels like too much hype⁃ devs getting over-optimized where users don't need itInflation/ Deflation⁃ Narrative is always inflation is so bad⁃ Hyperinflation is a symptom of bigger problems ⁃ Crypto is almost cheering for inflation… you gotta understand:⁃ With revolutions and regime changes comes mass destruction + global financial ruin⁃ Inflation of ~2% makes people put their money to work and can sometimes be good…fackChances of Going to 0?⁃ Bitcoin: 0.0000% ⁃ Ethereum: 0.0% ⁃ All others: non-0 chanceNotes by @cmsinternMusic by GiovanniPickle

In the first of our Investment Insights podcasts, Scott Tyler, Alex Butler and Michael Linane from our commercial and residential investment teams look at current themes affecting their markets.In this short podcast they discuss:The effects of easing of Permitted Development Rights (PDR) in creating more housing stock from converted commercial properties where there has been historic supply constraints.The surge in sales of vacant department store units on the high streets and what this means for reimagining retailLandbanking of commercial assets by residential developers for income and future residential development.***Our specialist private treaty teams cover the sale and acquisitions of numerous commercial and residential assets across the UK.The teams work very closely together and it is this synergy, which ensures we can offer our clients the most up-to-date property market intelligence and best market-led advice. The teams have completed on investments ranging from £2M to £280M.You can find out more about our investment teams and the services Allsop LLP offer at allsop.co.ukOr follow Allsop LLP or our speakers Scott Tyler, Alex Butler or Michael Linane on social media Allsop
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Sean McCurry is President of Pinnacle Family Advisors and Co-Portfolio Manager of the Pinnacle Sherman Funds. Sean founded Pinnacle Family Advisors in late 2007. Prior tofounding Pinnacle Family Advisors, Sean worked as a financial advisor with Raymond James Financial Services and also managed his own Raymond James branch office for nearly 10 years. Sean is a 1989 graduate of John Brown University. Paul Carroll is the Chief Investment Officer for Pinnacle Family Advisors and Portfolio Manager of the Pinnacle Sherman Funds. He joined PFA in November 2008. Paul began his financial services career with Wachovia Securities in early 2000 and moved to Raymond James Financial Services in 2005, prior to joining PFA. Paul graduated from Missouri State University in 1991 with a BS in Accounting. Website: https://pinnacledynamicfunds.com/ Disclaimer: Opinions expressed are subject to change at any time, are not guaranteed and should not be considered investment advice. There is no guarantee that any investment strategy will achieve its objectives, generate profits or avoid losses. Investors should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Pinnacle Sherman Multi Strategy Core Fund. This and other important information about the Fund is contained in the prospectus, which can be obtained at pinnacledynamicfunds.com or by calling 888-985-9830. The prospectus should be read carefully before investing. The Pinnacle Sherman Multi Strategy Core Fund is distributed by Northern Lights Distributors, LLC, member FINRA. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/smartmoneycircle/support

1. Updates From Snapchat’s Partner Summit - Snapchat has shared that they reached 280M daily users and over 500M monthly active users globally. Other features they have announced include Creator Marketplace, where businesses will be able to find and partner with Snap creators, and Public Profiles, which will help users get discovered organically, engage with customers, build a following, sell products, and manage their profile - all in one place.2. Facebook Explains “What’s Allowed” & Community Standards Enforcement Report (CSER) -  People often wonder what content is allowed on Facebook’s platforms. Well, it all starts with their Community Standards, which outline what is and isn’t allowed on Facebook and Instagram. Community Standards cover over 20 distinct topic areas that span everything from violence and criminal behavior to safety, integrity and authenticity to objectionable content. To enforce these policies, they use a combination of content reviewers and artificial intelligence. When they find harmful posts on Facebook and Instagram, they take a zero tolerance approach and remove them. But zero tolerance doesn’t mean zero occurrence.And they  published their Community Standards Enforcement Report for the first quarter of 2021. In the report, Facebook shares that they have seen a decrease in the prevalence of bad content; improvement in the amount of hate speech on the platform. They have also introduced their new Transparency Center which will provide many resources of integrity and transparency efforts to its users. Guy Rosen, who is the vice president of integrity at the tech giant, shared that they are working towards having a secure platform and they have implemented 12 policies for Facebook and 10 for Instagram, to let everyone know they are enforcing policies. https://www.facebook.com/business/news/facebook-content-policies-commitment-to-safety# 3. How Does Facebook’s Ad System Work? -  A new overview has been published with additional context that can help you understand any errors or missteps that you may have experienced. They require advertisers to follow their Advertising Policies in addition to their Community Standards. Their Community Standards guide what is and isn’t allowed on Facebook and apply to all types of content, including ads.Their Advertising Policies place additional requirements on advertisers in order to help further protect people from poor experiences — especially because ads may be delivered to people in their News Feed from Pages or accounts they don’t follow. For example, they don't want ads that use profanity, show excessive nudity or include misinformation.The system reviews all ads before they are released. It relies primarily on automated technology to apply the Advertising Policies to the millions of ads that run across the apps. They also rely on their teams to build and train these systems, and something to manually review ads. However, the platform has admitted that their enforcement isn’t perfect, and both machines and people make mistakes sometimes. https://www.facebook.com/business/news/facebook-ad-policy-process-and-review# 4. Say Hello To “Live Shopping Friday” By Facebook - The session has just been introduced now and it will run until July 16. It is a way for shoppers to discover the best products for them, and for brands to build relationships with customers. These streams will be available via the brand’s Facebook page or the social network’s Shop page. Viewers could also complete the checkout process without leaving the app, by tapping on the features products. https://about.fb.com/news/2021/05/introducing-your-new-favorite-way-to-shop-live-shopping-fridays/ 5. Instagram Has Planned Their First Creator Week - "The first-ever Instagram Creator Week will run June 8-10, with a series of virtual streaming sessions. Those will be accessible by invitation only, with about 5,000 creators from the U.S. expected to attend. The three-day event will include sessions like 'How to Supercharge Your Community', 'Media Training 101', 'How to Break Into Entertainment', 'How to Start a Podcast', 'How to Get Discovered on Instagram', and 'Fund My Merch Line', in which creators will be able to pitch their dream product idea to a panel of judges - and the winners will get their ideas funded. Sessions will also address burnout and algorithm myth-busting. In addition to all of this, there will also be surprise special guest appearances and product news announced during the week."While Creator Week is invite only, Instagram will make a portion of the content from the sessions available publicly on the instagram.com/creators account (4.5 million followers), including in a daily recap series called “The Rundown.” 6. Pinterest Launches Idea Pins & Shares How It Handles 5B+ Searches Per Month - After testing their Idea Pins for the past 8 months, Pinterest has finally launched the feature. It will allow creators to capture and edit innovative videos of up to 20 sections of content, utilizing resources like voiceover recording, sound effects, animations, and other creative features, very much like their own TikTok mashup of Stories. "There are now more than 5 billion searches on Pinterest every month. As people prepare for a post-pandemic life, searches for outfits, vacations, and home renovations are at all-time highs, and searches for weddings have presumed pre-pandemic levels."That's a lot of search activity - for context, Pinterest last, officially reported its total search volume in 2016, when it was facilitating 2 billion searches every month. That means Pinterest has increased its search volume by 150% over the last five years - which, given the pandemic, and the subsequent boost for eCommerce and online product discovery, is not overly surprising. But it does provide some additional context on Pinterest's user traffic, with the majority of these searches (if not all) for products that people are looking to buy.7. Twitter Adds Scheduling for Spaces And Relaunches Verification - Bringing back the blue badge features is a great way to help people distinguish the authenticity of high public interest accounts. In Twitter’s research, that has shown to lead to healthier, more informed conversations between people. Moreover, broadcasters on Twitter will now be able to plan out, and build hype around their upcoming events, with the addition of Spaces scheduling on the platform.8. Google Expands The Way Customers Can Shop: Shopify Integration And Shopping Graph -  First off, Google has announced that it's expanding its partnership with Shopify, which will provide new, simplified processes to enable Shopify’s 1.7 million merchants to get their products featured across Google "in just a few clicks"."This new collaboration with Shopify will enable merchants to become discoverable to high-intent consumers across Google Search, Shopping, YouTube, Google Images and more."Google says that it's seen a 70% increase in the size of its product catalog, and an 80% increase in merchants on its platform, over the past year. That was most notably boosted by Google eliminating all charges for Google Shopping product listings last April, in order to assist retailers looking to shift their focus amid the pandemic.And now, Google's looking to push that further with the evolution of what it calls its 'Shopping Graph'. "The Shopping Graph is a dynamic, AI-enhanced model that understands a constantly-changing set of products, sellers, brands, reviews and most importantly, the product information and inventory data we receive from brands and retailers directly - as well as how those attributes relate to one another. With people shopping across Google more than a billion times a day, the Shopping Graph makes those sessions more helpful by connecting people with over 24 billion listings from millions of merchants across the web. It works in real-time so people can discover and shop for products that are available right now."9. 4 New Features In Google Ads - Top signals for target ROAS and maximize conversion value; seasonality adjustments that can be made at the manager account level; recommendations for max conversions, and Target Impression Share simulators for performance predictions. https://support.google.com/google-ads/answer/10715180

The Big Ones Canada-based digital investment platform developer Wealthsimple received C$750m ($610m) in funding from investors including Allianz X, a subsidiary of Allianz, at a valuation of almost $4.1bn. Meritech Capital and Greylock Partners co-led the round, which also featured DST Global, Sagard, Iconiq Capital, Dragoneer, TCV, iNovia Capital, Base 10 Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Steadfast … Continue reading "10 May 2021 – Oxford Nanopore Pockets $280m in Equity Financing" The post 10 May 2021 – Oxford Nanopore Pockets $280m in Equity Financing appeared first on Global Venturing Review.

Biden Administration aims to get 70% of Americans at least one vaccine dose by July 4; Healthcare among the top industries affected by tracked ransomware incidents . Also: Employer health benefits management platform Collective Health has scores $280 million in Series F funding .Links to the stories:Biden sets new goal of 70% of adults getting the COVID-19 vaccine by July 4Healthcare hackers demanded an average ransom of $4.6M last year, says BakerHostetlerCollective Health scores $280M to scale employer health benefits platform

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Thomas Rebaud est un OVNI! Que ça soit en sport, dans la vie ou dans les affaires, il fait tout à 200 à l'heure. Dans cet épisode de Funding Crush, j'ai le plaisir d'interviewer celui qui à ce jour a levé le plus gros tour de table d'une startup française, une Series D de 230m$. Thomas nous donne ses meilleurs tips pour bien lever et appréhender au mieux cet exercice bien particulier. Puis on parle B2B marketplace, ce business model qui fait beaucoup parler de lui récemment et qui a donné lieu à de très beaux succès en Europe. - Toutes ses levées de fonds, Thomas les a préparé avec beaucoup de minutie, passant un temps important sur le deck et le storytelling. Cela lui a permis d'aller chercher toujours +20-30% par rapport à ce que ses métriques lui autorisaient. - Les ingrédients d'un bon pitch: 1) des chiffres alléchants 2) un marché gros et prometteur 3) une tech différentiante - Gérer le process de levée: rester maître de son timing, énoncer clairement ses conditions et inverser le rapport de force avec les VCs - Choisir ses investisseurs: du Seed à la Series D, le fit investisseur passe avant la brand du fonds de très loin. Pour les tours pré-IPO et IPO, la brand est à privilégier. - B2B marketplace: Après une première phase où il s'agit d'apporter de la liquidité entre supply-demand, Meero a renforcé la valeur apportée à la supply en apportant plus de services: un logiciel pour gérer leurs factures et droit à l'image, des cours en ligne - Croissance drivée par la demande: Meero a signé des marketplaces digitales dans la food et l'hospitalité et qui ont porté sa croissance et l'ont emmené à l'international. Meero ouvre chaque nouveau pays avec un gros contrat puis va acquérir des photographes. Le but est toujours assurer un minimum de commande aux photographes. - Comment le Covid a durement impacté Meero en 2020 et les plans pour se relancer en 2021.

How can you give your content another chance at success? You can't predict what might happen when you first publish your content. It could bomb (sometimes that's just how it goes) or it could launch you to viral fame…or anything in between. Repurposing is a fantastic way to give your less successful content another chance. Sometimes all it takes is a fresh pair of eyes…or ears. In this episode, part of our new "It Started With Content" series, I reveal how Jamie Morton repurposed his dad's unknown ebook into one of the biggest podcasts in the world, "My Dad Wrote A Porno." Find out about: How three friends repurposed an unknown ebook into a podcast phenomenon Why your original piece of content might not be its most successful iteration How creativity and open-mindedness can help your content reach its full potential Important Links & Mentions: https://www.mydadwroteaporno.com/ (My Dad Wrote A Porno) Episode 37: https://www.content10x.com/my-dad-wrote-repurposed/ (My Dad Wrote… Something That I Repurposed The Hell Out Of!) My book: https://www.content10x.com/book (Content 10x: More Content, Less Time, Maximum Results) To watch the video, or read the blog post, https://www.content10x.com/173 (click here).

Google owns Fitbit; Checking the Trash Dump - Man loses $280M in Bitcoin; Should you try Amazon photos?; Checking in on the Starlink Broadband Roll Out; Is Wikipedia reliable?; Be aware of Text Delivery scams; Watching out for price fixing on Amazon?; Checking out the new Samsung phones

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Gary Barnes is “The Breakthrough Business Mastery Coach”, a popular national and international speaker & award winning #1 International Amazon Best-Selling Author of 9 books. He's been featured in the Boston Globe, LA Daily News, Miami Herald, and seen on ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS & TEDx. He has created several companies personally selling over $280M dollars in products and services. Gary also understands dealing with adversity. In 1988 he was told that he would be in a wheelchair or dead within 10 years.

8.5.20 #RolandMartinUnfiltered: Census legislation stalls in Congress; Rep. Barbara Lee breaks down just how important an accurate count is for African Americans; Rep. Brenda Lawrence sends letter to Donald Trump about mail in voting; Primary election update; Biden announces $280M ad buy, will Black media get any of the funds? Congressional candidate Desiree Tims is here to talk about her race against Republican Congressman Mike Turner; Fed study shows that Covid-19 overwhelmingly hits counties with the most Black businesses hard; Black biz owner using material from Nigeria to make face masks + Wildin' Out Wednesday with comedian Cynthia Johnson Support #RolandMartinUnfiltered via the Cash App ☛ https://cash.app/$rmunfiltered or via PayPal ☛https://www.paypal.me/rmartinunfiltered #RolandMartinUnfiltered Partner: Ceek Be the first to own the world's first 4D, 360 Audio Headphones and mobile VR Headset. Check it out on www.ceek.com and use the promo code RMVIP2020 - The Roland S. Martin YouTube channel is a news reporting site covered under Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for "fair use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chip Munn graduated Magna Cum Laude from Clemson University, earning a degree in education. Chip was selected as an Academic All American by USA Today. Though he began his career as a teacher in a formal education setting, he quickly realized that his teaching skills could translate into a career in wealth management, and he transitioned into finance. In 2015, Munn was ranked among the Top 10 Regional Advisors Under 40 by On Wall Street magazine. Since then, as the CEO and Visionary of Signature Wealth, he's driven the expansion of the practice from a small three-person team to a regional wealth management group with 30+ team members thriving in more than 10 local communities, and has seen it grow from $280M in client assets under care to almost $1.3B since 2016. Munn specializes in retirement, education planning, and the transfer of wealth. Seeing his clients fulfilling their dreams and living their Signature Life is what drives him. In addition to being the author of The Retirement Remix, he’s a popular podcast host (The Retirement Remix and Maximum Advisor) and coach to other advisors and professionals.www.chipmunn.com

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and Sarah Kocianski, are joined by some great guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week. This week's guests include: Bailey Kursar - CEO and founder of Toucan James Butland - VP of Global Banking at Airwallex Matt Sattler - Head of Data and Innovation Labs at HSBC We cover the following stories from the fintech and financial services space: RBS closes their digital challenger, Bó (02:41) Banks to book more than $50bn against bad loans (17:59) Robinhood raises $280M in Series F funding, pushing its valuation to $8.3B (32:29) Visa and Safaricom partner on M-Pesa (42:19). To find out more, we also hear from Otto Williams, Vice President and Head of Strategic Partnerships, Fintechs and Ventures for Visa in CEMEA. Louisiana cops search for 'aggressive chicken' breaking social distancing & terrorizing bank patrons (53:15) The stories we didn't have time to cover are: Tencent buys stake in AfterPay (50:44) Revolut launches licenced bank in Lithuania (51:30) SCA Deadline extended by 6 months (51:53) COVID-19 is impacting consumer payment preferences (52:29) This podcast is brought to you by Mitek (https://bit.ly/2VXQy3o)(NASDAQ: MITK). Mitek is a global leader in mobile capture and digital identity verification solutions built on the latest advancements in computer vision, artificial intelligence and machine learning. Mitek’s identity verification solutions enable an enterprise to verify a user’s identity during a digital transaction, which assists businesses operating in highly regulated markets to reduce financial risk and meet regulatory requirements while increasing revenue from digital channels. Financial services, marketplaces and other organizations around the world use Mitek to reduce friction creating the digital experiences their customers expect. Mobile Deposit® and Mobile Verify® are used by millions of consumers for check deposit, new account opening and more. The company is based in San Diego with offices in New York, London, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Paris and St Petersburg. Learn more at www.miteksystems.com. This podcast is also brought to you by Equinix (https://www.equinix.com/). Equinix is the world's largest data center & colocation provider, enabling fastest application performance, lowest latency and a digital ecosystem for financial services. Its platform of 200+ data centres worldwide protects, connects and empowers the mission-critical infrastructure for over 10,000 businesses. The COVID-19 pandemic has created an immediate financial and operational crisis, permanently reshaping the financial services industry. This change must be swift and unavoidable - check out our research report to find out more: info.11fs.com/covid19 (https://info.11fs.com/covid19) Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a podcast dedicated to all things fintech, banking, technology and financial services. Hosted by a rotation of 11:FS experts including David Brear, Simon Taylor, Jason Bates, Leda Glyptis and Sarah Kocianski and joined by a range of brilliant guests, we cover the latest global news, bring you interviews from industry experts or take a deep dive into subject matters such as APIs, AI or digital banking. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe and please leave a review Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/fintechinsiders where you can ask the hosts questions, alternatively email podcasts@11fs.com! Special Guests: Bailey Kursar, James Butland, Matt Sattler, and Otto Williams.

As expected, Robinhood has closed a new round of capital. The late-stage, consumer investing app announced today that it has closed a $280 million Series F funding at an $8.3 billion valuation. This closely tracks prior coverage that the firm was hunting for a nine-figure round at a valuation of around $8 billion. Robinhood raised […]

His name is Ben Baller, not Ben Humble. He's the Pre-2000 Korean Gary Oldman & today he's here to discuss: People losing their minds for real on this lockdown, rising above adversity, hitting differed payments & having no bills or income for the past 80 days, collaborations coming as enormous blessing, Topps 2020 Project & getting serious with the designs, making sure the cards retain value & Ricky Henderson card being next, people not thinking COVID-19 exists, taking beyond precautionary measures until there's a cure or 280M+ people are tested, China withholding information about Coronavirus & what repercussions should be, American civilians should stay home, seeing a 5G tower for the first time, Haters that wish they were even in the stands, this being a vacation & if it isn't how you can improve, enjoying the quality time with kids, considering home schooling for long term, Jackass of The Week (Sponsored by BuyLegalMeds.com PROMO CODE: behindtheballer for 50% OFF), hitting two of his favorite pizza spots in LA County, breaking his red meat diet, what he's been watching, Trolls 2 selling over $100M in streaming & AMC being mad at Universal films, Goofy's enjoying IG Live, RareJewels DeBeers campaign @realisadiamond & a whole lot more. This episode is not to be missed! This episode is brought to you by: ACREGOLD go to: http://getacregold.com/baller for gold delivered to your doorstep. First 100 podcast listeners who DM @benballerpod with their subscription get a free Ben Baller sticker  Produced by: DBP CORP www.dbpodcasts.com Follow @dbpodcasts on Instagram & Twitter Music by @lakeyinspired Available on all Podcast Platforms, YouTube & BehindTheBallerPod.com Behind The Baller Theme Music  Artist: Illegal Kartel (@illegal_kartel_mikal_shakur) Produced by: Gene Crenshaw @yuyuthemaker

Today's guest is Chris Grenzig. Chris started his real estate investing journey in Jan of 2016 by trying to flip houses on Long Island NY, but ultimately failed to flip a single house despite spending tens of thousands of dollars and several months trying. Chris and his team tried pivoting to purchasing tax deed properties in Philadelphia, but quickly realized it wasn't for them. From there Chris started to learn about multifamily and started by investing passively in an 8-unit property, then Joint Venturing on another 100 units worth over $4.5 mil. From there Chris quit his full-time job in finance and joined the Toro team full time in Aug 2016. Chris focuses on managing, sourcing, evaluating, and acquiring new assets for Toro's Multifamily Portfolio and is the primary person running the Florida region of Toro's portfolio. Toro has acquired over 4,500 units worth over $280 mil. Before Toro, Chris worked in finance at small boutique firm. He graduated Hofstra with a degree in Business and played D1 soccer. Connect with Chris: Instagram: @chris.grenzig Email: chris@tororep.com Chris's Podcast: https://linktr.ee/thereiexperience Connect with Us: Website: www.themultifamilytakeoff.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/themultifamilytakeoff Email: Mike: Mike@themultifamilytakeoff.com Shawn: shawn@themultifamilytakeoff.com Rich: rich@themultifamilytakeoff.com DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, RATE, REVIEW, AND SHARE  

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Andrew Feldman is the co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems which is a computer systems company dedicated to accelerating deep learning. The company has raised so far $200 million from top tier investors like Benchmark, Foundation Capital, and Altimer Capital. Prior to this, Andrew Feldman cofounded SeaMicro (acquired by AMD for $355M) and Riverstone Networks (acquired by YAGO for $280M).

Andrew Feldman is the co-founder and CEO of Cerebras Systems which is a computer systems company dedicated to accelerating deep learning. The company has raised so far $200 million from top tier investors like Benchmark, Foundation Capital, and Altimer Capital. Prior to this, Andrew Feldman cofounded SeaMicro (acquired by AMD for $355M) and Riverstone Networks (acquired by YAGO for $280M).

It's raining in SoCal, and Tarzn Wednesday is in full effect! // US envoy says followed Trump orders in Ukraine 'quid pro quo' // Prince Andrew steps down from royal duties // PG&E outages: Cell, internet companies explain system failures // A couple from Paradise claims their $280M emerald was destroyed in the Camp Fire // AI is being used to cater ads to you in public, and also fight porn use // The Grammy noms are here // Did we mention it's Tarzn Wednsday?!?!

Millán Ludeña, a normal guy with a big dream, embarks on an adventure to do something that no other human being on the planet has done and to register a Guinness World Record ®in its process. We live each moment of Millán’s adventure starting from the intense logistical planning to the physical and mental challenges that he faces throughout this incredible journey of connecting the two most extreme points on the planet. He plans to do this by running a half marathon inside the deepest part of the world, the Mponeng Mine (3,563M below the earth’s surface) in South Africa and then traveling back to his home country to run a half marathon towards the closest point to the sun on the planet, the peak of Mt.Chimborazo (6,280M). The plan is to do all of this in less than 80 hours.

An interesting blend of films and guests this week on BEHIND THE LENS as we talk with athlete MILLAN LUDENA, producer JEFF BRAND, writer/director/editor ESME VON HOFFMAN, and hear some more of our exclusive with writer/director GUY NATTIV on SKIN. After the tragic events of the weekend with two more mass shootings in the United States, we shuffled up the show in order to bring you some more of our exclusive interview with SKIN writer/director, GUY NATTIV. With every passing day, we are reminded in some heinous fashion or other of the long-simmering violence and hatred stemming from racism and white supremacism across this country and beyond. No longer something "hidden" or not discussed, these issues are at the forefront of the conversation in today's world. And that is what makes Guy Nattiv's SKIN the most timely and topical film in America right now. We've been talking about SKIN for several weeks and you heard our full interview with JAMIE BELL who plays former white supremacist Bryon Widner several weeks ago. In telling Widner's story, Nattiv takes us into the world of a tight-knit supremacist group and into the mindse of Widner, who gave full access and rights to his story to Nattiv. What makes SKIN so powerful is not only its authenticity and truth, but that Bryon Widner saw the error of the ways of white supremacy and chose to leave. In today's interview excerpts, listen as Nattiv talks about writing the script and some of the challenges he faced, as well as designing the visual tone of the film and shooting some large set pieces, including staging the Neo-Nazi rally which opens the film. Then we switch gears and take a look at a triumphant story with the documentary, FROM CORE TO SUN, as athlete MILLAN LUDENA and producer JEFF BRAND join us live from Ecuador. (Pardon us, but because of the phone logistics, our connection is not the best during this interview.) FROM CORE TO THE SUN chronicles Millan's journey to become a Guinness World Record holder as he attempts to run a half marathon inside the deepest part of the world, the Mponeng Mine (3,563M below the earth's surface) in South Africa and then traveling back to his home country of Ecuador to run a half marathon towards the closest point to the sun on the planet, the peak of Mt. Chimborazo (6,280M). While Millan gives some insight into his experience and thoughts, particularly interesting is the input from Jeff who talks about some of the logistic shooting challenges in the severest conditions on earth, as well as dealing and complying with the Guinness organization. Plus, find out how you can enter to win an incredible trip associated with the film! Rounding out the show we shift gears with a cross between Ancient Rome and modern-day Detroit with writer/director/editor ESME VON HOFFMAN who is live talking about her directorial debut film, OVID AND THE ART OF LOVE. An original and entertaining film, listen as Esme talks about the renowned Roman poet Ovid as her inspiration for the film and her journey leading to the film's world premiere on August 10th, from ancient Roman hair and costume design to the Detroit locations and utilization of public art spaces, to a blend of oration and slam poetry, to casting talent like Corbin Bleu and John Savage, to a telling use of color, lensing and lighting. Plus, the timeless sociopolitical similarities between 31BCE and the rule of Emperor Augustus, and the 21st century and the current state of affairs. http://behindthelensonline.net http://eliasentertainmentnetwork.com

Hannah Donovan is the CEO & Co-founder of Trash, a new startup that’s currently building a predictive video editing platform for creators. Hannah’s passion for media and design in all forms goes back to her early childhood. She eventually moved to New York before using the remainder of her savings to fly to the UK to interview with Last.fm where she was the first designer and woman hired on the team. Following the $280M acquisition of Last.fm by CBS, Hannah moved back to New York to push her product ideas and hypothesis on mixing AI and user recommendations in the audio space further with the launch of This Is My Jam, a cool and innovative platform for music lovers. After almost 4 years of working on that technology, Hannah continued to pursue her interests and passions for creating new forms of content & art, as well as the creative process of using a variety of tools. She joined Drip.com which was acquired by Kickstarter, and then the Twitter owned Vine platform, where she was faced with the unique challenge of shutting the platform down, shortly after joining. Hannah joins us to share her story, how she got into design and startups, what it was like working at Last.fm, what it was like launching and growing her first music startup This Is My Jam, how she created the opportunity to join Vine as the General Manager, what it was like facing the immense challenge of shutting the beloved platform down while simultaneously preserving the amazing content, how she managed to pursue her passions and curiosities, while establishing a career in consumer entertainment technology, what she’s currently up to with her new startup Trash, and much more!

Julian Zawistowski is founder and CEO of Golem, the decentralized supercomputer company that raised $8.6M in 30 minutes in their crowdfunding/ICO. Julian's company is now valued at $280M and he talks candidly about building a crypto company, managing investors and building a gamechanging disruptive technology. Listen and Learn: How the cryptocurrency landscape has evolved The... The post How Julian Zawistowski Raised $8.6M in Golem Networks ICO and Changes in Crypto and ICOs Since appeared first on The Syndicate.

Deals Nio, the autonomous electric vehicle developer formerly known as NextEV, has raised in excess of $1bn in a Tencent-led round that valued it at about $5bn. Chinese peer-to-peer lender WeLab has accumulated 25 million registered users and claims to have processed some $28bn of loans. It’s also raised $220m in debt and equity financing … Continue reading "13 November 2017 – TransferWise in $280m Big Deal"

Dani Golan who oversees strategy, a go-to market, and overall company operations at Kaminario. Previously, Dani served as president and general manager of Performix technology which was acquired by Nice Systems in 2006. Prior to Performix, he served as an executive responsible for leading new ventures at EMC. He holds a BSc of electrical engineering, summa cum laude at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology and an MBA from The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Prior to his professional career, Dani served as a fighter pilot and officer in the Israeli Air Force. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Goal What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Skype How many hours of sleep do you get?— Quite inconsistent If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Dani would tell himself to focus on what’s important   Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:44 – Nathan introduces Dani to the show 01:33 – Being a fighter pilot and an entrepreneur are similar things for Dani 01:57 – Kaminario is an infrastructure for the cloud 02:47 – Kaminario brings efficiency to data sets, data centers and data bases 02:50 – Kaminario is the development of net generation data storage infrastructure 03:02 – Most of Kaminario’s customers are net generation business models 03:13 – They needed a completely different data infrastructure that can grow with them 03:37 – Legacy enterprises generates more data 03:51 – Kaminario has raised a total of $280M including their latest round of $75M 04:30 – Kaminario is dealing with 2 of hottest markets in IT: flash and cloud 04:42 – Flash created the opportunity for Kaminario to be in the greatest revolution for IT 05:40 – If you’re pushing your valuation to perfection, there is no perfection in IT 06:05 – Make sure you have a fair valuation for your company 06:24 – The sentiment of investors is that they appreciate the growth in the past but now they’re asking for real businesses, especially when it comes to IT 06:49 – Investors want to see pass the profitability 07:09 – Kaminario is closed to profitability 07:30 – Kaminario’s past investors have also participated and shared significantly 09:00 – Businesses should protect their employees 09:44 – When you are getting money for the company, 3 means you have to get $3M to the investors 10:40 – “Valuation is bullsh*t if you have crazy terms” 10:50 – Employees are far more important than actual valuation 11:05 – Kaminario was launched in 2008 on April fools’ day which is the same as Apple 11:57 – Kaminario now has thousands of customers 12:21 – How fast a specific customer is going to buy more is one of the metrics that Kaminario measures 12:51 – Kaminario is doing serve and apply which is software, hardware and service 13:30 – Kaminario sells to cloud providers or to the SaaS companies 13:44 – The SaaS is the larger revenue source 13:57 – By 2019, the total cloud market will be 175B 14:03 – Around 120B are SaaS companies 15:32 – SaaS companies charge their customers monthly 15:37 – SaaS companies pay Kaminario a one-time fee for infrastructure 15:46 – There is an on-going payment for maintenance 16:20 – The expansion revenue 16:28 – If a SaaS company started with $300K, they will go over $1M by the end of 12 months 17:45 – Team size is 250 but the inside sales team isn’t that big 18:17 – Kaminario has a presence in the market 18:57 – Data grows exponentially every year 19:23 – Normally, customers would start cautiously and would just eventually gain trust in Kaminario 19:55 – First metric to measure the 3x growth is by capacity 20:45 – Kaminario is the most scalable product in the market 20:50 – Kaminario can fit roughly 12 terabytes of 400K iPhones 21:48 – Kaminario has never lost a customer 22:00 – Kaminario is a big funnel 22:12 – Kaminario’s revenue stream is 50% from new sign-ups and 50% from existing 24:04 – Kaminario’s last round was closed in Q4 of 2016 24:41 – When you are in Kaminario’s business, it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon 25:00 – Kaminario’s number one competitor is EMC 26:06 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: Valuation is useless if you’re aiming for perfection, there will always be flaws. Focus on keeping your employees and customers happy. A customer won’t easily trust a product at first so you have to earn that trust, ensuring they stay longer.   Resources Mentioned: The Top Inbox – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences Klipfolio – Track your business performance across all departments for FREE Hotjar – Nathan uses Hotjar to track what you’re doing on this site. He gets a video of each user visit like where they clicked and scrolled to make the site a better experience Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Host Gator– The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible Audible– Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Stories: In addition to the USPS ACR, they also filed their Comprehensive Statement on Postal Operations: • USPS.COM generated just over $1B in revenue and saw 11% increase in traffic with 4M visits on a daily basis. o 1.7B visits to the site from 425M Unique Users • USPS Online Postal Store saw 4% growth, with $280M in revenue o Noted adding PayPal which generated $7.55M and saved the USPS $450K in merchant credit card fees. • USPS enhanced their Mobile Point of Sales devices. There are now 2,900 across the US generating 26M transactions o Generated $92M in revenue which is a 427% increase in sales and 284% increase in transactions • USPS Processed 37M change of address requests • Full Service adoption is at 90.43%, up from 88% the previous year. o Biggest increase was First Class flats, increased 5% to 77% o First Class letters/cards have the highest adoption rate of 93% • 65% of all drop ship containers were using eInduction (automated invoicing starts in March) • 18% of all commercial mail volume is being entered through Seamless Acceptances • The 4 USPS Customer Care Centers received 49M calls with 16M requesting additional assistance from an agent (52K per day) • To handle package growth, the USPS installed 25 new Small Parcel Sortation Systems • USPS deployed 276K Mobile Delivery Devices to 24,666 delivery units • Total number of USPS routes increased by 2,327 to 229,104 and added 1,142,352 delivery points • USPS invested $221.7M in it’s delivery fleet: o 3,339 RAM Promaster extended capacity vehicles, 2,446 Service Vehicles, and 1,688 Administrative vehicles • Highway transportation expenses increased 5% to $3.8B, noted in large part due to package growth. • Sunday delivery ZIP Codes increased 1,082 to 9,369, delivering 111M packages (compared to 77M) • 30.6M pieces of undeliverable mail and secure destruction mail was captured, destroyed and recycled (781 Metric Tons) • USPS has 206,686 customers participating in the Real Mail Notification Pilot (schedule to go nationwide in Spring of 2017) USPS Reported November Numbers: • USPS Overall plan was to lose $365M • USPS overall results was a positive $951M (as a result of a large positive workers comp adjustment • Controllable Net Income was a positive $266M • Total Mail Volume was up 2.5% SPLY and revenue was up 4.3% SPLY • Package Volume was up 15% SPLY and revenue was up 19% SPLY • USPS Work Hours were 3.1% above plan and 6.9% above SPLY • So 2 months in, the USPS is at $1.455B compared to a plan of negative $368M

Top Aussie broker, Ross Le Quesne, returns to The Adviser to discuss Aussie Parramatta's success, his acquisition of a new branch, why he's big on educating clients about the industry and why he favours attitude over skill when extending his team. Find out how this broker: - Went from being a PE teacher to writing $280 million in the last financial year - Aims to get 4.3 applications per business day - Got 200 years of experience in his office - Plans to grow his business 'organically' - Handles his recruitment process - Manages his referral network and relationships http://www.theadviser.com.au

I'd like to thank Adelle Archer ( https://theconsumervc.com/2020/05/11/adelle-archer/ ) for introducing me to today's guest Dan Graham ( https://springdaleventures.com/team-bios.html ) , one of the co-founders and General partners of Springdale Ventures ( https://springdaleventures.com/ ). Some of their investments include Eterneva, Literati, and Beatbox beverages. Previously, Dan co-founded BuildASign.com ( http://buildasign.com/ ) in 2005 and grew it to an over $100 million dollar CPG, Ecommerce business that was purchased by Cimpress (VistaPrint) in 2018 for $280M. This episode we talk all things Austin and CPG - the opportunity he saw to form Spingdale, why he didn't need to fundraise when building Buildasign.com ( http://buildasign.com ) and how he thinks about brand in relation to ecommerce and retail. If you're enjoying the show, if you could leave a review on the apple podcast app as that helps other folks find it, that would be really helpful. If you are a founder and working on something innovative, have a question you'd like to hear VCs or founders answer on the show you can DM me and follow me on Twitter @mikegelb. You can also follow for episode announcements @consumervc. For all episodes, please visit theconsumervc.com ( http://theconsumervc.com/ ). Thanks again for listening. A couple of books Dan recommends are Give and Take ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0143124986?camp=1789&creativeASIN=0143124986&ie=UTF8&linkCode=xm2&tag=theconsumervc-20 ) by Adam Grant and Never Split the Difference ( https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062407805?camp=1789&creativeASIN=0062407805&ie=UTF8&linkCode=xm2&tag=theconsumervc-20 ) by Chris Voss. Some of the questions I asked Dan - * What attracted you to entrepreneurship and what was the opportunity that you saw when founding BuildaSign? * Why did you choose not to fundraise for BuildaSign and bootstrap? * Talk to me about what attracted you to investing? * Why did you switch from being an angel investor to actually raising your own fund and building Springdale Ventures? * Naturely * What was the opportunity that you saw in Austin? * What makes Austin so compelling as a startup hub? How is it different from New York and the bay area? * Talk to me about your due diligence and decision making process and how do you establish conviction that the brands you invest in will break through the noise? * Are there specific metrics that you pay most attention to? * How do you judge brand authenticity? * Growth marketing - organic vs. paid * What are some qualities you like to see in founders? * How do you think about first mover advantage when it comes to consumer brands? * Has COVID changed how you invest? * Have you shifted your focus from/to any particular verticals? * What categories have been disrupted most? * Are you spending more time with portfolio companies as opposed to making new investments? * What are some consumer trends that you are paying attention to? * What's one thing that you would change when it came to venture capital? * What's one piece of advice for founders of B2C companies?