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Everyone's hyped on OpenAI, ChatGPT, Grok, XAI, etc ... but the company powering them all is making all the guap. Nvidia has printed over $100B in AI profits in the last 6 quarters alone and is showing now signs of stopping. Top-line growth was 69% last quarter. Despite this rapid growth and dominance in AI, Nvidia trades for 43X trailing earnings, and maybe around 30X forward earnings (depending on growth). This is nowhere near bubble territory. With Owner/Operator/Founder Jensen Huang continuing to innovate at a breakneck pace, why is the market skeptical this growth will continue? Isn't the AI revolution just getting started? Maybe it's because Nvidia relies on TSMC to make their chips and Grok/ChatGPT to build the UI for consumers ... let me know your thoughts on Nvidia stock in the comments below.

Daily Dose of Hope June 17, 2025   Scripture – Matthew 13:1-23   Prayer:  Holy God, We start by praising your name.  You are a good God, a mighty God, and a wise God.  Work in our lives.  Speak to us.  We need you, Lord.  Over and over again, we need you.  In these next few moments of silence, Lord, hear our prayers...  In Your Name, Amen.   Welcome back to the Daily Dose of Hope, the devotional that complements the daily Bible reading for New Hope Church.  As you all know, we are currently doing a deep dive into the Gospels and Acts.  Today, we are starting Matthew 13.   Picture this: Jesus is sitting by the lake (Sea of Galilee). Large crowds of people have gathered around him, so many in fact that he got into a boat and started teaching from the boat while the people stood on the shore. And he begins to tell stories, parables. These were stories that people could relate to, they understood about farmers and seed,t hey could picture them in their head as he talked, but they pointed to deeper spiritual truths about living under the Kingdom of God.   Jesus says that a farmer goes out to sow seeds. But the farmer doesn't worry so much about where he is throwing the seeds. He seems to be pretty indiscriminate with his seed-throwing. He is literally just throwing seed everywhere. Some of the seed falls right on the path, where all the people walked and the soil was hard and had been packed down. So the birds ate most of that seed. Some of the seed fell in rocky places (there are lots of rocky places in that part of the world) and while it would sprout, the soil was shallow, and there wasn't enough root for the plant to survive. Some of the seed fell among thorns, and the thorns were invasive and took over. The plants had no real chance of survival there. But then some seeds fell on good soil, which produced an amazing crop---100, 60, or 30X what was sown.   First, I think it's important for us to not dwell on the different kinds of soils too much. I think one of our first temptations is to go, I know someone who is like that soil, and then that group of people are like this soil, and so forth. We'll get to the soil but I want us to start with what is most important. Who is the star of the story? Well, the farmer or the one who is sowing the seed. He throws that seed everywhere–he is generous with the seed, throwing it everywhere there is any chance it might take root. Friends, we are the sowers. We are the ones called to throw seed. What's the seed we are supposed to be throwing around? Well, the Good News of Jesus.    The Good News is for ALL. We aren't supposed to decide who to share our faith with. No, we are truly to share our faith, in word and deed, with everyone. This is so important. We aren't just supposed to share Jesus with those in our congregation, with our friends who are “safe.” We are supposed to be kind of reckless, sharing the love of Jesus Christ, sharing our faith story, telling people the source of our hope, with all kinds of people - people who don't look like us, people who we don't know, and people we do know. This is one thing we know about God's Kingdom: If God has brought us to a certain place, a certain store, a certain vacation spot, a certain meeting---we trust that there isa greater purpose. We always should be on the lookout for ways to have spiritual conversations, to share the Good News.   I want you to think about your past week. Think about the places you went, the people you spoke to, the things you did. I want you to think about each of those situations. What would it have looked like if you had sowed some seeds at each of those places?   We aren't responsible for what happens to the seeds. We are just called to sow. Sow with joy wherever we go. Sow with love. Sow obediently and abundantly. Then, we trust that God will do the rest. Trust God with the harvest. For me, this takes the pressure off...we are not responsible for the harvest, we are simply sowers.    As the sower, we truly have the desire for all the soil to bear fruit. That's why we keep throwing those seeds, having those conversations, offering to pray for someone, telling people how much Jesus loves them. God loves all people, we are called to love all people. Remember that love of God and love of others cannot be separated. They are intricately linked.   But we have to recognize that some soil has had people trample on it. It has not been nourished, it might be filled with rocks. It may take years to get to the point in which the soil can bear fruit. I read that to get soil just right, really nourished, it can take years. And it usually means continuing to add nourishment to it, continuing to add things to it to develop it and enrich it so that it can be fruitful. People are no different. We love on people, we pray for them, we tell them Jesus loves them. We listen to their stories. We ask questions. And this could go on for years. But we never give up on anyone. We trust that God is at work in ways we can't see or understand. We trust that God is working behind the scenes to nourish the fields, to strengthen the roots.   Is there someone you have given up on? Remember, God isn't done with any of us yet. Who is it you have gotten discouraged with? Maybe you've stopped praying for them. Maybe you are simply angry with them because they have made bad choices or turned away from the faith. Let's ask God to bring that person to mind. Say a prayer for that person, specifically that God gives you the wisdom how to continue sowing in their life.    We can trust that God is working in the most difficult places, in difficult people, in difficult circumstances. And God gives us beautiful glimpses of hope.  I recently learned about the church in Iran and how it is growing under the harshest and most difficult of conditions.  But God is there, growing his church.  These are rays of hope in the midst of hardship. When God is involved, when the Kingdom is at work, there is ALWAYS HOPE.   Now, let's talk soil.  The soil is an important element in this story. There were three ways the poor soil was described, “hardened”, “shallow” and “cluttered.” And then, there was the well-nourished soil. As Floridians, we live in a climate and environment in which you really have to amend the soil if you want anything to grow. We basically live in sand. There is no nourishment in sand. Weeds seem to grow well but not a lot of other desirable plants. My mother-in-law is an avid and successful gardener and she constantly is amending her soil, putting nourishing elements in it to ensure that the plants will grow and be healthy.   Friends, we have to pay attention to our soil. We need to enrich the soil in others' lives but we have to ensure that our soil is cared for as well.   How is the soil of your soul? Is it hardened? Is it shallow? Is it cluttered? Or is it nourished? How is your soil?  How is our soil here at New Hope?   Blessings, Pastor Vicki

Tesla's Cybertruck just got seized in the UK, and here's why it won't be coming back. First, it's too heavy—at 3.1 tonnes, most UK drivers need a special license. Second, its sharp edges violate pedestrian safety laws. Third, the LED light bar fails six UK regulations. And that ultra-rigid 30X steel? It makes crashes far more dangerous. Tesla knew all this but built it anyway. Was the UK market ever part of their plan? Let me know in the comments.Buy me a coffee! https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/partsmanagerproGrab a copy of my book:https://partsmanagerpro.gumroad.com/l/qtqax"The Parts Manager Guide" - https://www.amazon.com/Parts-Manager-Guide-Strategies-Maximize-ebook/dp/B09S23HQ1P/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3UZYOGZJUNJ9K&keywords=parts+manager+guide&qid=1644443157&sprefix=parts+manager+guid%2Caps%2C244&sr=8-4Please remember to like, share and leave your comments.Videos are uploaded weekly.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-motor-files-podcast--4960744/support.

Today on The Milk Road Show, we receive the macro investing legend Dan Tapiero, founder of 10T Holdings and 1RT Fund, who has poured over $1.5 billion into the crypto space. Dan drops his prediction: the crypto market cap will go to $50 trillion in the next 10 years. That's a potential 30X increase from today. Is this the golden age of American capitalism? Don't miss this chance to hear from one of the most brilliant minds in finance. ~~~~~

Pour en savoir plus sur Hellodarwin : https://go.hellodarwin.com/hypercroissance DeepSeek R1 va-t-il détruire OpenAI et Nvidia ? OpenAI Operator est-il la prochaine révolution ? Dans ce dernier épisode du podcast Hypercroissance, Jonathan Léveillé et Antoine Gagné analysent les dernières avancées majeures en intelligence artificielle, avec deux annonces qui secouent l'industrie :  1) DeepSeek R1 : une menace directe pour OpenAI et Nvidia ? Un modèle open-source qui coûte 30X moins cher qu'OpenAI La chute de 17% de Nvidia après cette annonce Un coup de tonnerre géopolitique, la Chine défiant les États-Unis  2) OpenAI Operator : la fin des tâches répétitives ? Une IA capable de prendre le contrôle du clavier et de la souris Automatisation de réservations, rapports, approvisionnements et RH Les entreprises vont-elles réduire leurs effectifs grâce à l'IA ? L'IA devient-elle une commodité ? Qui gagnera la course à l'AGI ? OpenAI, Microsoft, Google ou la Chine ? Abonne-toi pour ne rien manquer sur l'actualité tech et l'hypercroissance ! Chapitres : 00:00 - Introduction 01:09 - OpenAI Operator : L'IA qui automatise tout ? 08:27 - Partenariat avec helloDarwin : connecter entreprises et experts IA 10:38 - OpenAI vs Copilot vs Gemini : quelle IA est la meilleure ? 14:43 - L'accès aux données : le vrai pouvoir de l'IA ? 16:45 - Course à l'IA : OpenAI, Microsoft, Google vs la Chine 19:36 - DeepSeek R1 : l'IA chinoise qui menace OpenAI 27:26 - Impact de DeepSeek sur le marché technologique et diplomatique Pour discuter avec moi sur Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoine-gagn%C3%A9-69a94366/ Pour en savoir plus sur Openmind : https://www.openmindt.com/ Pour en savoir plus sur Jonathan Léveillé : https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanleveille/ Notre podcast Social Scaling : https://www.j7media.com/fr/social-selling Notre podcast Commerce Élite : https://www.purecommerce.co/fr/podcast-commerce-elite Notre podcast No Pay No Play : https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/facebook-ads-on-parle-de-g%C3%A9n%C3%A9ration-de-leads/id1447812708?i=1000607648614 Suivez-nous sur les médias sociaux : LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/podcast-d-hypercroissance/ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/podcastHypercroissance Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/podcasthypercroissance/ #DeepSeek #OpenAI #Operator #IA #AGI #NewsTech

In this episode, business coach Leah Baldwin shares her journey from navigating the challenges of running her own businesses to becoming a trusted advisor for entrepreneurs. Leah discusses the importance of creating a wealth plan and leveraging business profits to achieve financial independence. She introduces the 30X program, a comprehensive tool she uses to guide her clients in mastering business fundamentals, life skills, and wealth strategies. Through real-life examples, Leah emphasizes the value of dreaming big, taking incremental steps, and overcoming limiting beliefs to unlock new opportunities.About Leah Baldwin:Leah Baldwin is a dynamic business coach and advocate for entrepreneurial growth, specializing in wealth creation and strategic business planning. With firsthand experience running multiple businesses, Leah understands the unique challenges faced by business owners and is passionate about helping them navigate their journeys. An expert in the Action Coach framework, Leah empowers her clients with tools like the 30X program to foster sustainable success in both their professional and personal lives. Known for her approachable style and practical wisdom, Leah inspires entrepreneurs to dream big, overcome barriers, and achieve financial freedom.Learn more: https://actioncoach.nz/find-a-coach/leah-baldwinAbout ActionCOACHActionCOACH is a global business coaching firm founded in 1993 by Brad Sugars. It offers coaching services to all types of businesses, providing guidance and support in various aspects of business management, including marketing, sales, finance, team building, and systems development. ActionCOACH operates through a network of trained business coaches who work directly with clients to help them achieve their business goals and overcome challenges. The company's vision is to "create world abundance through business re-education," aiming to empower entrepreneurs and business owners to build profitable enterprises that work without them. Learn more about ActionCOACH: https://www.actioncoach.com/Become A Coach: https://www.actioncoach.com/

On today's episode, Mark dives into an inspiring conversation with Kevin Tallman, CEO of Mango Voice. Kevin shares his journey from scaling a logistics company to $100M and exiting to a Fortune 100 company, to his leadership at Mango Voice, a leading communication platform for dental practices. Kevin discusses the challenges of scaling businesses, the importance of clarity in vision, and building a culture that fosters long-term success. They explore Mango Voice's meteoric growth, 30X-ing its value since 2017, and the strategies that turned a struggling business into a thriving enterprise. Kevin also opens up about the emotional and physical toll of entrepreneurship, the lessons from his post-exit reflections, and why building impactful businesses drives him more than money ever could. Stay tuned for part two of this conversation! EPISODE RESOURCES mangovoice.com https://www.truedentalsuccess.com Dental Success Network Subscribe to The Dentalpreneur Podcast

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Daily Dose of Hope June 17, 2024 Day 2 of Week 12   Scripture: Deuteronomy 10-14; Psalm 5; Luke 8   Welcome back to the Daily Dose of Hope, the daily devotional and podcast that complements New Hope Church's Bible reading plan.  We have a lot of Scripture to cover today so let's get started.  We are going to start by walking through the passages in Deuteronomy chapter by chapter.    Let's start with Deuteronomy 10.  What does God ask of his people?  He asks them to be obedient.  The Lord of all, the one who put the stars in the sky and put the planets into motion, is the same God who chose Israel to be his people.  He has chosen to reveal himself to a particular group of people, the Israelites.  There wasn't anything particularly special about the people.  Afterall, they were people like you and me.  They messed up and sinned over and over again.  Their brokenness was evident.  But God chose this group of people to call his own. The one who created the entire cosmos was the one who showed up among this stiff-necked people.    This chapter gives us a glimpse into the heart of God. Though he is Lord of Lords, all powerful and all knowing, he is also the God who cares about the orphans, the widows, and the oppressed.  He has chosen a particular group of people to form into a holy nation.  Though they are a mess and he often gets frustrated with them, he continues to be faithful.  How have you seen the faithfulness of God in your own life?   Now, let's move on to chapter 11.  Heartfelt obedience would be required for the people of God to drive out the people groups currently residing in the promised land.  Simply going through the motions, engaging in religious ceremony, and professing faith would not be enough.  They needed to seek relationship with God through love, obedience, and steadfastness.  When they did this, all the land would be theirs.  Obviously, our circumstances are different.    Obviously, we live on the other side of the cross under a new covenant. But as people, are we all that different? Don't we also simply go through the motions sometimes, professing religious faith but not really loving God?  How often do we engage in religious ritual without connection and obedience to a holy God?  After thousands of years, God is still seeking an intimate relationship with us, one that is marked with love, obedience, and steadfastness.  He wants to be the center of our lives.  Take some time today and think about the Israelites, just as they are on the cusp of entering the promised land. How are you different from them?  How are you similar?   Chapter 12 offers some more review of how the Israelites are to worship.  After commanding the removal and destruction of idols, we now move on to where and how God must be worshiped.  The worship of the one true God was to look very different from the worship of pagan idols.  It was to be in a place chosen by God himself.  It was to be in one place alone and there God would take up residence.  This would be God's tabernacle, his temple, among his people.    Throughout the Old Testament, God dwells in a specific place. His presence is found in the tabernacle and then eventually the temple in Jerusalem.  Obviously, God is omnipotent and can be everywhere all at once.  But for his people, that specific place was holy.  It was a beautiful picture of God's presence among them.    When Jesus came, he became the temple.  He was the very presence of God.  Once Jesus ascended to heaven, the Holy Spirit was given to the church.  Now, the presence of God resided within the people.  If you have said yes to Jesus, then the Spirit of the Living God lives within you!  I find it amazing and spectacular how God continues to do a new thing among his people.  Now, we can definitely say that the presence of God is here with us. We don't have to go to a specific building.  God's presence is closer than our very breath.  There is no place we can go where God's presence is not.   Chapter 13 presents several scenarios about what to do if strangers, loved ones, or whole communities tried to tempt them to worship other gods.  No matter who does the tempting, the answer is always the same.  Don't do it and get rid of the culprit, even if it is a loved one.  No one is allowed to tempt them to worship false gods.  The consequences for doing so should be swift and severe.    God clearly knows his people.  He knows they will be tempted to worship false idols. If we look at the course of Biblical history, idolatry was eventually the undoing of the Israelites.  Most of us have a hard time imagining bowing down to a medal statue representing a god or a golden altar to some false deity.  And yet, we have to be very careful here.  Our false gods are less obvious but still present.  Far be it from us to think we are somehow better than the Israelites.  After all, we worship money, power, technology, sports, our children's activities, our own hobbies, and our own families, among many other things. Anything at all that we put before God is an idol and if we are honest, we put a lot before God.  What kinds of things are you tempted to put before God?  How can you reprioritize your life to right this wrong?   And finally, chapter 14.  Most of this chapter details the food laws and tithing.  But why are there specific rules regarding which foods the Israelites could eat?  Well, because they are the children of God, a holy people, and God chose them to be set apart from the other people groups of the world.  The separation between pure and impure animals simply is a reflection of the separation that God's people have with the rest of the world.  God is clearly forming a unique people.  We've discussed this whole idea of holiness before but it certainly bears repeating.  Holiness means being unique and set apart.  Something that is holy is cut off from other things, in a class of its own.  But that which is holy is also morally pure.    One of the defining characteristics of God is his holiness.  God is both totally pure and without sin and also like nobody else, in a class separate from all other classes. God called on the Israelites to become a holy people, set apart from all the people groups of the world.  It says in Lev. 19:2, "...Be holy because I, the Lord God, am holy."  They were to look differently, act differently, and be morally pure.  Obviously, the Israelites were not going to be without sin because they were human beings but they were to make every attempt to avoid sin and atone for their sins regularly.   So where does that leave us? In the New Testament, the Greek word for holy is hagios and it comes from the same root word as saint or sanctified.  Just as Jesus Christ is holy, we as his followers are also to seek holiness.  I Peter 1:14-16 reads, "As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance.  But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do;  for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”  In New Testament language, being holy is also to be set apart but not to be separate, to be in the world but not of it.  Our lives are to be characterized by holiness: we are to look different from the culture around us, we are to seek moral purity, and work toward sanctification.  To be sanctified is to become more and more like Jesus. One might even go so far as to say that to become holy is to become like Jesus.  Do you think of your life as holy?  Why or why not?   Be sure to read the Psalm today but we aren't going to have much discussion around it.  It is another Psalm of David.  He is once again pleading with God for protection against enemies and for God to bless the righteous.  What are your thoughts about David's big ask?   Let's move on to Luke 8.  There is so much great stuff in this chapter.  There is no way that I can touch on all of it.  We have some pretty significant healings – the bleeding woman, the sick girl, and the man filled with demons.  Jesus also calms the storm, leaving his disciples almost speechless, “Who is this man, they ask?”  But I want to spend just a little time on the parable.   This is the parable of the sower.  Jesus says that a farmer goes out to sow seeds.  But the farmer doesn't worry so much about where he is throwing the seeds. He seems to be pretty indiscriminate with his seed-throwing.  He is literally just throwing seed everywhere.  Some of the seed falls right on the path, where all the people walked and the soil was hard and had been packed down.  The birds ate most of that seed.  Some of the seed fell in rocky places (there are lots of rocky places in that part of the world) and while it would sprout, the soil was shallow, and there wasn't enough root for the plant to survive.  Some fell among thorns, and the thorns were invasive and took over. The plants had no real chance of survival there.  But then some seeds fell on good soil, which produced an amazing crop---100, 60, or 30X what was sown.  So, here's the question:  what is Jesus trying to teach us here?   First, I think it's important for us to not dwell on the different kinds of soils too much.  I think one of our first temptations is to go, I know someone who is like that soil, and then that group of people are like this soil, and so forth.  We'll get to the soil but I want us to start with what is most important.  Who is the star of the story?  Well, the farmer or the one who is sowing the seed.  He throws that seed everywhere–he is generous with the seed, throwing it everywhere there is any chance it might take root.  Friends, we are the sowers.  We are the ones called to throw seed. What's the seed we are supposed to be throwing around?   Well, the Good News of Jesus Christ of course.    Jesus is calling us to sow extravagantly.  We aren't supposed to decide who to share our faith with.  No, we are truly to share our faith, in word and deed, with everyone. This is so important.  We aren't just supposed to share Jesus with those in our congregation, with our friends who are “safe.”  We are supposed to be kind of reckless, sharing the love of Jesus Christ, sharing our faith story, telling people the source of our hope, with all kinds of people: people who don't look like us, people who we don't know and people we do know.  If God has brought us to a certain place, a certain store, a certain vacation spot, a certain meeting---we trust that there is a greater purpose.   Another thing we learn is that God gives up on no one and neither should we.  We just keep sowing.  As the sower, we truly have the desire for all the soil to bear fruit.  That's why we keep throwing those seeds, having those conversations, offering to pray for someone, telling people how much Jesus loves them.  God loves all people, we are called to love all people.  Remember that love of God and love of others cannot be separated. They are intricately linked.   But we have to recognize that some soil has had people trample on it. It has not been nourished, it might be filled with rocks.  It may take years to get to the point in which the soil can bear fruit. I read that to gets soil just right, really nourished, it can take years.  And it usually means continuing to add nourishment to it, continuing to add things to it to develop it and enrich it so that it can be fruitful.  People are no different. We love on people, we pray for them, we tell them Jesus loves them.  We listen to their stories. We ask questions. And this could go on for years.  But we don't give up on anyone because God doesn't give up on anyone.  We trust that God is at work in ways we can't see or understand. We trust that God is working behind the scenes to nourish the fields, to strengthen the roots.   Is there someone you have given up on?  Remember, God isn't done with any of us yet!   For the rest of this week, friends, you will hear Pastor Lavetta.  She is completing this week for me.  She is absolutely wonderful and I know you will be blessed.  You will hear from me again on Sunday.   Have a wonderful day!   Blessings, Pastor Vicki

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The ornaments will be packaged in a decorative tin. 102A Two-pound Box of Ghirardelli dark chocolate Fudge donated by Marvelena Quesada You will receive a 2-pound box of Ghirardelli Dark Chocolate Fudge, made from San Francisco's own 100-year-old chocolatier's intense 72% Cacao Dark chocolate. She has crafted this rich, delicious fudge for family and friends for years. While it is especially wonderful around the holiday season, it works throughout the year for the chocolate lovers among us. Enjoy this delicacy with a morning cup of coffee or as an after-dinner treat. 102B Two-pound Box of Ghirardelli dark chocolate fudge donated by Marvelena Quezada You will receive a 2-pound box of rich Ghirardelli dark chocolate fudge, made from San Francisco's own 100-year-old chocolatier's intense 72% Cacao Dark chocolate. She has crafted this rich, delicious fudge for family and friends for years. 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It controls music WITH YOUR VOICE, and you can Ask Alexa to play music, audiobooks, and podcasts from your favorite providers like Amazon Music, Apple Music, Spotify, Pandora, Sirius XM and more. Connect via Bluetooth to stream throughout your space. 107 Celebrate the State of Washington with Chukar Cherries donated by Washington Council of the Blind The recipient will enjoy the no-sugar-added Organic Rainier Cherries, a delicious variety of chocolate covered cherries, Cherry Apple Crisps, Pickled Asparagus, Smoked Salmon, and more. A great gift for anyone missing the Pacific Northwest—send a taste of our beautiful region to friends and loved ones. Arrives in a keepsake metal hamper with an oversized Seattle souvenir mug. What's inside this basket: Organic Rainier Cherries: This prized Northwest cherry is organically grown and picked fresh, then gently air dried with no added sugar or preservatives. Amaretto Rainiers: Honey-sweet, dried Rainier cherries are layered with luscious dark chocolate and almond essence. A unique treat from Washington State. Cherry Quartet: An assortment of four best-selling milk and dark confections, including Cabernet, Amaretto Rainiers, Cherry Bings, and Classic Milk. Cherry Apple Crisps: Healthy and addictive! Fresh Washington state apple slices are infused with cherry juice and cinnamon, then dehydrated to a delightfully crisp texture. Cherry Caramel Twists: Luscious caramels studded with dried cherry bits and almond essence. Gift box of individually wrapped pieces. Souvenir Mug: An oversized mug is adorned with famous Northwest landmarks. Lead safe. Dishwasher safe. Washington State Pickled Asparagus: Fresh Yakima Valley asparagus is pickled with garlic and red chilies for a zesty appetizer or cocktail garnish. Smoked Salmon: Tender, lightly flaked, boneless, skinless salmon in a Seattle-themed gift box. A choice gift for any salmon fan. 108 Two Hand-Crafted Pottery Chili Bowls donated by Mucie Allred Two hand-crafted pottery pieces shaped into unique “Chili” bowls. On each side of the bowl is a curved area to hold your crackers. A beautiful blue swirl color has been added. They are designed by Marcia Springston of Wake Robin Gallery. Don't restrict them to only chili because these one-of-a-kind bowls would be beautiful to display candy or nuts on your table as well. 109 West Virginia Gift Card Bundle donated by ACB Board Director Donna Brown Planning for your upcoming vacation has just gotten easier. This black and blue neck wallet is perfect to carry your necessities wherever you go. It is big enough for your cell phone, keys, credit cards, etc., but small enough to carry easily. Written on the neck wallet is: Wild and Wonderful, Almost Heaven, West Virginia. Plus, a $25 Texas Roadhouse and a $25 Cheesecake Factory gift card and they fit nicely in the wallet. What a fantastic gift for yourself or someone special. 110 Sweet and Savory Treats of North Carolina donated by North Carolina Council of the Blind Enjoy the following fine North Carolina goodies: Red Bird Hand-crafted Soft Puff Peppermint Candy from Lexington; Grammy's Gourmet Pretzels from Raleigh; Chad's Carolina Popcorn from Greensboro; Memaw's Country Cookies from Raleigh; Salem Baking Moravian Thin Cookies from Winston-Salem; Baker's Peanuts from Roxobel; Dark Chocolate/Pecan Toffee from Chapel Hill. You will savor these wonderful treats and treasure the North Carolina Ornament also included. 111 BITS- Blind Information Technology Specialists, full zip, black tote bag from Blind Girl Designs donated by Tricia Waechter on behalf of BITS. Blind Girl Designs has created a complete collection for BITS. We are proudly donating a 15 by 18-inch full-zip black tote bag on their behalf. The print is very circular. The center of the print is an image of the globe with the continents inverted vibrant green and the ocean in blue with North America facing front. Surrounding the globe on either side are hands holding the globe. The hands are created by drawing thin lines, all around the sides and the bottom of the globe. Overarching the globe and the hands in a half circle are the words “blind technology information specialists” with those words in braille underneath. There is a fold in the bottom of the bag to easily allow it to sit upright. It has a full zip across the top as well as a zippered inside pocket. It's a classic from Blind Girl Designs! 112 A Four Mini Loaves of Homemade Banana Bread donated by Kaila Allen You will enjoy four mini loaves of this mouthwatering banana bread made just the way you like it. Choose one of the following add ins: peanut butter chips, chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, walnuts, or pecans. What a fantastic treat to either have for yourself or share with friends! 112 B Four Mini Loaves of Homemade Banana Bread donated by Kaila Allen You will enjoy four mini loaves of this mouthwatering banana bread made just the way you like it. Choose one of the following add ins: peanut butter chips, chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, walnuts, or pecans. What a fantastic treat to either have for yourself or share with friends! 113 Movie Extravaganza Package donated by ACB Associate Director of Development Jo Lynn Bailey-Page Enjoy using this $50 Regal Cinemas gift card to watch the latest audio described movies with some friends or family. Plus, you will love adding some goodies to go along with your movie. 114 Ruby Heart Jewelry Set made and donated by Charlotte lang This lovely set features July's birthstone ruby in 1/2 inch puffed hearts. Each earring features a heart dangling from sterling silver hooks. The bracelet stretches easily on and off the wrist. The 20-inch necklace closes with a matching silver heart-shaped toggle clasp. The hearts on the necklace are separated by silver links. Wow, this would make a lovely gift for that someone special in your life! 115 Two Companion Framed Floral Collages donated by ACB Advocacy Director Claire Stanley The two decoupage style pieces include yellow, brown, and green flowers. The flowers have six petals each and overlap each other across the canvass. The pieces are finished with a gloss which gives off a shiny glare. The two canvasses have been framed in wooden, 10 by 10 picture frames. Wow, what a fantastic gift to have either for yourself or to give to someone special! 116 JBL Portable Bluetooth Speaker donated by Florida Council of Citizens with Low Vision This ultra-portable, waterproof Bluetooth speaker is small in size but with a surprisingly big sound. The JBL Clip 3 features a built-in rechargeable Li-ion battery with up to 10 hours of battery life plus a metal carabiner so you can easily hook it to your clothes, backpack, or belt loop. This portable speaker has noise cancelling and wireless streaming from your smartphone or tablet. Plus, take crystal-clear calls from your speaker with the touch of a button, thanks to the noise and echo-cancelling speakerphone. JBL Clip 3 is completely waterproof, and you can even immerse it in water. Plus, the improved, durable fabric material and rugged rubber housing protects it during all your outdoor adventures. 117 Kentucky Derby Pie donated by Kentucky Council of the Blind Kern's Kitchen Kentucky Derby Pie®! Kern's Kitchen crafts each pie, one at a time, according to a legendary secret recipe. Premium chocolate and choice walnuts are folded into a decadent filling, then baked in a delicate crust. Delicious when eaten at room temperature; incredibly heavenly when eaten all warm and gooey and topped with either whipped cream or ice cream. This 9-inch, 1-pound-4-oz. pie stays fresh for about 14 days. Ready to warm and serve or freeze for later use. Serves 8 to 10. 118 Enjoy A Game Night donated by Connie and Pete Jacomini and Lisa and Ron Brooks Be the host with the most! You have everything you need included in this package for a wonderful game night. All decks of cards are print/braille and dice are tactile. Card games include Classic Playing Cards, UNO, SKIP-PO, PINOCHLE, PHASE 10, ROOK, and MILLE BORNES. Lisa Brooks personally Brailed MILLE BORNES for this package. Also included are a pair of large tactile dice, LEFT RIGHT CENTER and LEFT RIGHT CENTER WILD dice games. You will also get a wood card holder and card shuffler. 119 $100 A T Guys Gift Certificate donated by Diane Scalzi A T Guys provides affordable technology solutions for consumers, businesses, and educational customers. Our product line includes mobile phone software and accessories, portable electronics, screen readers, braille translation software and accessible games. With over 30 years of combined technology experience, our trainers offer customized instruction both in-person or via phone or online voice chat on a wide array of assistive technologies including screen readers, braille displays, embossers, the iPhone and iPad, Android phones, and general accessibility consulting. 120 Welcome to Jacksonville donated by Florida Council of the Blind Are you coming to the ACB convention in Jacksonville? Enjoy one night at the hotel and a$50 Starbucks gift card and a $50 VISA gift card to use while you are at convention! 121 A Song from the Smitherman's donated by Michael and Alison Smitherman If you enjoy listening to country or Gospel music, for your summertime listening enjoyment, Michael and Alison would like to record a song for you. You choose the song from either of these genres, and we will sing it for you. The song will be sent to you in an mp3 file. What a treat for you or someone special to enjoy! 122 A Two Dozen Homemade Shortbread Cookies donated by Deb Trevino and Delaware Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired We are pleased to offer two dozen fresh-baked mouth-watering authentic shortbread cookies guaranteed to explode on your palate with luscious buttery goodness. These are great with milk, coffee, or your favorite tea. Next to Walker's, these are the best I've ever tasted. If you plan to give a tasty treat to someone you love, don't miss this opportunity! 122 B Two Dozen Homemade Shortbread Cookies donated by Deb Trevino and Delaware Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired We are pleased to offer two dozen fresh-baked mouth-watering authentic shortbread cookies guaranteed to explode on your palate with luscious buttery goodness. These are great with milk, coffee, or your favorite tea. Next to Walker's, these are the best I've ever tasted. If you plan to give a tasty treat to someone you love, don't miss this opportunity! 122 C Two Dozen Homemade Shortbread Cookies donated by Deb Trevino and Delaware Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired We are pleased to offer two dozen fresh-baked mouth-watering authentic shortbread cookies guaranteed to explode on your palate with luscious buttery goodness. These are great with milk, coffee, or your favorite tea. Next to Walker's, these are the best I've ever tasted. If you plan to give a tasty treat to someone you love, don't miss this opportunity! Segment Two- Dan Spoone and Kim Charlson 123 Holy Cow Baraboo Chocolate donated by ACB of Wisconsin Chocolaty goodness in every box! This yummy package includes: • 1-Milk Chocolate Cow Pie • 1-Dark Chocolate Cow Pie • 1-Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cow Pie • 1-Milk Chocolate Moo Chews • 1-Milk Chocolate Udderfingers • 1-Milk Chocolate Green Bay Puddles • 1-Milk Chocolate Horse Apples • 10-Individually Wrapped Chocolates including mini Cow Pies and assorted Homer's Meltys. plus TWO SURPRISE BONUS ITEMS. This item will ship in September or October once the weather permits. 124 Black Pearl Necklace and Bracelet Set donated by Cindy Hollis This lovely set features a 20-inch necklace and stretch bracelet in naturally shaped black pearls. They are 7 to 8 millimeter in size. The necklace is hand knotted between for added security and elegance. It closes with a lobster claw clasp. Wow, what a wonderful set to have either for yourself or someone special in your life! 125 Get Moving with Couch to Active donated by ACB President Deb Cook Lewis This online fitness program specializes in helping people who have chronic conditions or physical limitations that impact their ability to participate in standard fitness programs. More recently, they have expanded to make sure all their instructional resources and classes are accessible to people who are blind or have low vision. You may choose between: • The 6-pack: Six classes over the next year. This is ideal if you want to have instruction once a month or once a week. • All In! Up to nine sessions per week for one month. These include Pilates, yoga, strength, mobility/stability, dance /movement, and cardio. 126 Accessible Digital Portable Recorder donated by Kim Charlson You will love having this Zoom H1 essential Stereo Handy Recorder with 32-Bit Float, Accessibility, X/Y Microphones, Record to SD Card, USB Microphone, Portable, for Musicians, Podcasters, Filmmakers, & Content Creators. The hottest accessible digital portable recorder on the market. All menus talk, and it comes with accessible documentation. Stereo 32-bit float recording - perfect audio with no need to set gain, High-Quality X/Y Mics capture clean audio up to 120 dB SPL, Records up to 96kHZ sample rate to SD card, USB Microphone for PC, Mac, iOS, or Android using the USB-C Port, Accessibility - Audio guidance function for the visually impaired. 127 Megan's Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies donated by Megan Sullivan Enjoy sharing three dozen homemade Megan's chocolate chip cookies either with family or friends with that favorite beverage. These cookies will melt in your mouth. 128 Bradford Exchange Music Box donated by ACB LIONS We all admire the quality products from the Bradford Exchange. This limited-edition handcrafted heirloom porcelain egg-shaped music box features a hand-enameled red Cardinal on light pink flowers inside the open egg mounted on a base. It is inspired by Peter Carl Faberge's prized eggs and is adorned with 22K Gold accents. It is beautifully hand glazed in a soft blue hue with more than 80 hand-set jewels. It plays, “Always in My Heart.” The abundance of handcrafted details makes each egg a one-of-a-kind treasure. 129 $100 VISA Gift Card donated by Mississippi Council of The Blind Use this card anytime while dining or doing some shopping for yourself or someone special in your life! 130 Lunch with the ACB Board of Director Koni Sims donated by ACB Board Director Koni Sims Enjoy one-on-one time with ACB Bord of Director Koni Sims over lunch in Jacksonville, Florida in 2024 to be determined by the winner and Koni. 131 ACBDA Sugar Warriors Tote Bag from Blind Girl Designs donated by Tricia Waechter on behalf of ACBDA This ACBDA tote bag features on the front a 12 by 12-inch colorful print to celebrate ACBDA! Across the top reads "SUGAR WARRIORS" which is printed in a velvety 3-D puff ink in both letters and Braille. Both sets of letters are a deep orange color and are very tactile. Beneath the words is a drawing of a fist with prominent knuckles, which is holding a 12-inch white cane diagonally across the bag, smashing through cubes of sugar. The white sugar cubes are flying through the air, struck by the mighty force of the white cane. To further emphasize the force, the words, “pow” and “bam” are colorfully included in yellow and red. The bottom of the print is in deep orange, the words “KNUCKLING DOWN ON DIABETES!” fill the entire length of the print. On the back of this classic navy-blue zippered tote bag, there is a white print in the center of the bag reading “ACB Diabetics in Action.” This deep navy-blue canvas tote is 15 by 20-inch full zip, canvas bag with a folded bottom so it can sit upright and a zip pocket on the inside as well! It has a generous strap so you can swing it over your shoulder. 132 Enstrom Milk Chocolate Almond Toffee Two- Pound Box donated by ACB Media and IT Manager Rick Morin This all-natural traditional almond toffee is handcrafted. It is the perfect blend of almonds, butter, and pure cane sugar, covered in a generous layer of milk chocolate and sprinkled with crushed almonds, creates a buttery toffee with a delicate crunch. Enstrom's Almond Toffee is lovingly handcrafted in small batches with a family recipe passed down through four generations. Includes simple ingredients like fresh California almonds, sweet cream butter, pure cane sugar and 36% milk chocolate. Enstrom's Almond Toffee is certified gluten free, kosher dairy and 100% preservative free. We will contact the winner to arrange shipment to consider options to avoid heat damage during shipping. 133 $200 Target Gift Card donated by Beth Corley and Dan Dillon Here's a $200 Target gift card for you to use in store or online. Enjoy this either for yourself or someone special in your life! 134 Jade 14K Gold Earrings donated by The Literacy Project You will love having these authentic small Jade earrings with gold trim. The earrings are oval and are on posts. Wow, these will dress up any outfit for a romantic outing! 135 Honoring our Heroes Patriotic Package donated by the Georgia Council of the Blind, Marsha Farrow and Blind Girl Designs This package comes in a red Blind Girl Designs bag with white lettering of the Braille alphabet in the shape of a heart. The bag contains a yard flag depicting a red truck with three labradors (yellow, black, and chocolate) flying an American flag. This package also contains a Christmas ornament with an angel holding a folded American flag, a beverage cup with the words “Fear not” on the background of the outline of the American flag, and an American flag pillow. Finally, a paper Braille American flag tactile graphic measuring 7.5 inches by 9.5 inches from the American Braille Flag project completes this gift package. 136 Phoenix Braille Embosser donated by HumanWare The Phoenix is our ninth generation of braille embossing technology that combines our durable and legendary Romeo Braille dot with a proprietary 25 DPI tactile graphics embossing system. All-in-one embosser! There is no longer a need to settle for poor-quality braille text to achieve high-definition tactile graphics. Imagine the ability to scan your pictures, graphs, and charts into your computer and with a few clicks of the mouse, emboss those images in high-definition tactile graphics without compromising the quality of your braille text. Phoenix includes the capabilities to emboss single-sided braille text and high-resolution graphics up to 25 DPI, in a simple to use format. The newly designed Phoenix is smaller and lighter, with an auto-install feature to make setup even easier. The Firebird Software Suite, included with the Phoenix, is a comprehensive set of productivity tools that powers the Phoenix Embosser. The Firebird Software Suite includes the Firebird Graphics Editor that provides you with a list of automatic tools to effortlessly create tactile graphic images. Phoenix is also compatible with your existing braille translator. 137A Homemade Triple Play Oversized Cookies donated by Brian Charlson Here we go again; it's time for Brian's triple play oversized cookies. Those who have won this item in the past will attest to the flavor, size, and overall quality of this perennial auction favorite. This year Brian is offering 1 dozen classic chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin and lemon shortbread. They are packaged individually. Feel free to offer them up as additions to gift baskets or pop them in the freezer to savor them over a few months or weeks. 137B Homemade Triple Play Oversized Cookies donated by Brian Charlson Here we go again; it's time for Brian's triple play oversized cookies. Those who have won this item in the past will attest to the flavor, size, and overall quality of this perennial auction favorite. This year Brian is offering 1 dozen classic chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin and lemon shortbread. They are packaged individually. Feel free to offer them up as additions to gift baskets or pop them in the freezer to savor them over a few months or weeks. 137 C Homemade Triple Play Oversized Cookies donated by Brian Charlson Here we go again; it's time for Brian's triple play oversized cookies. Those who have won this item in the past will attest to the flavor, size, and overall quality of this perennial auction favorite. This year Brian is offering 1 dozen classic chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin and lemon shortbread. They are packaged individually. Feel free to offer them up as additions to gift baskets or pop them in the freezer to savor them over a few months or weeks. 138 IROBOT Roomba 677 robot vacuum donated by Connie Jacomini For effortlessly clean floors, the Roomba® 677 Series Robot Vacuum learns your cleaning habits to suggest personalized schedules that take care of daily dirt, dust, and debris. Effective cleaning is part of the 3-Stage Cleaning System's design. Dual Multi-Surface Brushes grab dirt from carpets and hard floors, while an Edge-Sweeping Brush takes care of corners and edges. 139 $500 Coupon to HumanWare donated by HumanWare Details for this Coupon: Coupon is valid until June 30, 2025, and may be applied to any HumanWare product sold by HumanWare USA Inc. 2. Coupon is transferrable. Winning auction bidder for this coupon need only send an email to David Bradburn, HumanWare's Vice President Global Sales at david.bradburn@humanware.com providing the name and contact information of the person who will be redeeming the coupon. The coupon has no cash value. 140 Fun in the Sun! A week at the Wyndham Ocean Walk Resort at Daytona Beach donated by Tim Paul Must be used August 18-August 25, 2024. This unit is a two bedroom, two bath, fully equipped kitchen, with washer/dryer, and all the amenities of home. The resort offers activities for family members of all ages: indoor and outdoor swimming pools, outdoor hot tub, beach, lazy river water, exercise equipment, bar and grill, live entertainment and more. 141 A Song with Kolby donated by ACB Development Officer Kolby Garrison Kolby will sing a song of your choice acapella. The file will be sent to you in mp3 format. What a treat to listen to with friends. 142 A Kermit's Key Lime Pie Duo Donated by Dan Spoone Direct from Kermit's Key Lime Shop, the winner will receive two 9-inch Key Lime Pies. The pies that started it all named “the best taste Key Lime Pie” by Food Network's Keith Famie's Adventures. Kermit's Key Lime Pie is baked fresh daily. True tart Key Lime flavor in a delicious graham cracker crust and topped with fluffy whipped cream. This Key West delicacy will arrive at your door just waiting to be shared with the people you love the most. 142 B Kermit's Key Lime Pie Duo donated by Dan Spoone Direct from Kermit's Key Lime Shop, the winner will receive two 9-inch Key Lime Pies. The pies that started it all named “the best taste Key Lime Pie” by Food Network's Keith Famie's Adventures. Kermit's Key Lime Pie is baked fresh daily. True tart Key Lime flavor in a delicious graham cracker crust and topped with fluffy whipped cream. This Key West delicacy will arrive at your door just waiting to be shared with the people you love the most. 143 $500 Gift Certificate to Jack Stack's BBQ donated by Melvin Smith Your Package Includes: Pulled Pork 2 Pounds. Pork Spareribs 1 Full Slab Beef Burnt Ends 1 Pound. Lamb Ribs 2 Racks Hickory Pit Beans 1 Quart Cheesy Corn Bake 1 Quart KC Original BBQ Sauce One 18.6 Ounce bottle KC Spicy BBQ Sauce One 18.6 Ounce bottle KC Hot BBQ Sauce One 18.6 Ounce bottle Pulled Pork – Pulled pork might be a Carolina staple, but Jack Stack's is deliciously unforgettable. Our BBQ Pulled Pork is perfect for sandwiches. Pork Spare Ribs – Our Pork Spare Ribs are expertly seasoned, slow-roasted to perfection over hickory logs, and a delicious choice. Beef Burnt Ends – When it comes to classic Kansas City barbecue, Jack Stack's Beef Burnt Ends are second to none. Meaty, juicy, and tender on the inside - with the smokey edges you could only get from double-smoking them over hickory. Hickory-Roasted Lamb Ribs – Tender, savory and hickory roasted, Denver-cut lamb ribs are a uniquely treasured culinary find. Hickory Pit Beans – Beans may be standard barbecue fare, but there is nothing typical about these Hickory Pit Beans. Thick, slow-cooked, and loaded with chunks of our hickory-smoked brisket. Cheesy Corn Bake – It doesn't get more craveable than this: Jack Stack's Cheesy Corn Bake is bubbly, velvety, and unforgettable. Four gourmet cheeses are blended with whole-kernel corn and slivers of our hickory-smoked ham. 144 Black Hills Gold Heart shaped Pendant necklace donated by South Dakota Association of the Blind Enjoy this beautiful and delicate 10KT yellow, Black Hills Gold heart shaped pendant with .02ct round brilliant diamond in the center. It has an 18-inch gold chain. This will dress up a casual outfit or look stunning in a formal setting. What a fantastic gift either for yourself or someone special in your life! 145 Aromatherapy Bundle donated by Seth and Koni Sims, ACB Board of Director This aromatherapy bundle will give you a variety of ways to take care of yourself and your best furry friend. You will find something to help sore achy muscles and joints and headaches. These products are by Wyndmere Naturals. Included in this bundle: Lava Bead Necklace – Aura, Lavender oil 10 ml bottle, Aches & Pains Cream 4 ounce, Detoxification Aide Bath Salts 24 ounce, Citrus Delight Body & Air Mist 4 fluid ounce, Sleepy Time inhalation Patch, Breathe Blend inhaler, Head Aide Roll on 8 ml, Less Stress Pet Mist 4 fluid ounce. Wow, you, and your pooch will really feel relaxed and pampered with all these wonderful items! 146 A DaVinci Pro CCTV donated by Kim Charlson DaVinci Pro is a high-performance desktop video magnifier, featuring a Full HD 1080p 3-in-1 camera and full-page Text-to-Speech (OCR). DaVinci Pro's OCR allows it to easily read your favorite article or book aloud. DaVinci Pro's 3-in-1 Full HD camera allows you to see near, far or a mirror image. It is great for applying make-up, shaving, reading, writing, viewing presentations and whiteboards and so much more! 24” high resolution HD LCD, Auto focus 3-in-1, Magnification up to 77x, Computer compatible, Save documents, pictures or books and export files to your PC. It is a higher end CCTV. 146 B DaVinci CCTV donated by Kim Charlson DaVinci Pro is a high-performance desktop video magnifier, featuring a Full HD 1080p 3-in-1 camera and full-page Text-to-Speech (OCR). DaVinci Pro's OCR allows it to easily read your favorite article or book aloud. DaVinci Pro's 3-in-1 Full HD camera allows you to see near, far or a mirror image. It is great for applying make-up, shaving, reading, writing, viewing presentations and whiteboards and so much more! 24” high resolution HD LCD, Auto focus 3-in-1, Magnification up to 77x, Computer compatible, Save documents, pictures or books and export files to your PC. It is a higher end CCTV. Segment Three- Michael Garrett and Zelda Gebhard 147 Power Tower Donated by ACB of Minnesota This multiple outlet power strip tower has twelve grounded 3-prong AC outlets spaced out to accommodate different size plugs. The five high speed USB charging ports will meet your electronic charging needs. Charge your iPhone, iPad, tablet, or other devices. The 16-foot heavy duty cord ensures high conductivity and safety. The 45dg low profile flat plug and the vertical design makes this tower more space-saving than a traditional power strip. 148 The Pocket Bible donated by Rev. Ray Raysor, President DC Council of the Blind The Pocket Bible is a self-contained digital device that contains the entire bible. It is about the size of the old cassette tapes and has navigation buttons that allow forward and backward movement by both book and chapter. It has no moving parts and is rugged and water resistant. The Pocket Bible has both an internal speaker and an earphone jack. Available in your choice of English Standard Version, King James Version, New King James Version, New American Standard Bible, New International Version NIV, New Living Translation ®. Audio Bibles in Spanish also are available. 149 The Bring it Home $300 Bundle donated by Arizona Council of the Blind Enjoy a $100 Gift Card to Door Dash, $100 Gift Card to Instacart and $100 Shipt gift card. You will welcome the handpicked groceries delivered from your favorite local stores along with your favorite fresh produce from the comfort of your own home. Enjoy On-Demand Delivery from Instacart. Order and have your favorite meals at your door in minutes with DoorDash. Like your avocados a little firm? Shoppers with Shipt go the extra mile to ensure you get the things you want, exactly how you like them. Local stores and national chains you know and love, delivered directly to you same day. Your shopper will keep you updated every step of the way. From special requests to last-minute changes, they are here to help. You will enjoy these three $100 gift cards to shop, shop and shop some more! 150 Lunch with the ACB President donated by ACB Enjoy one-on-one time with ACB President, Deb Cook Lewis, over lunch in Jacksonville, Florida in 2024 to be determined by the winner and Deb. 151 RSVA navy crewneck sweatshirt from Blind Girl Designs donated by Tricia Waechter on behalf of RSVA Come and support the Brenda Dillon Memorial Walk and the RSVA walk team! The print on this sweatshirt is 3-D tactile white puff ink mixed with red, slightly tactile ink. The words “at your service” are arched over the top of the print. Under the three-dimensional words there is matching three-dimensional braille. In the center of the print, there are three shields: a large center shield and smaller shields on either side. In the center of the big shield is a red checkmark and the side shields have red stars. At the bottom in 3-D tactile ink are the letters RSVA with braille underneath. Available in sizes small through five XL. You pick! The sweatshirt is cotton/poly blend and will not shrink. 152 Maker's Mark Bourbon Balls Donated by Greater Louisville Council of the Blind This is an elegant gift for family, friends, and business associates or a fantastic treat for yourself. Fine, handcrafted chocolates made from an old family recipe; laced with a generous touch of Maker's Mark Bourbon Whiskey. The one-pound gift box contains 32 delicious pieces. Shipped directly to the winning bidder. Shipping is not available to Hawaii or Alaska. 153 $150 Amazon Gift Card donated by ACB of Indiana It is time to treat yourself to something special and here's a gift card to help you do it. $150 in spending at Amazon! 154 Shell Hematite and Rose Quartz Jewelry Set made and donated by Keri Bishop The 21-inch necklace is made of alternating chips of hematite shell and rose quartz. The shell chips are spiral slices of shell. The bracelet is elastic with two row shell and hematite beads every six shells bead is double wide with two drilled holes going across both rows. This beautiful handmade jewelry set would make a fantastic gift for that someone special in your life! 155 Ferris wheel Music Box donated by Patty Slaby The Ferris Wheel carries bears as the music plays Night In the Sky, The key to wind it is on the motor. There are more bears standing in line at the bottom. The music box is 6 inches tall and about 4 inches wide. What a fantastic gift to have yourself or to give to someone special! 156 Explore 12 donated by HumanWare Explore is an easy-to-use, portable electronic magnifier that offers HD image quality for improved near and distance viewing. As the largest portable magnifier in our Explore series, its 12-inch touchscreen is perfect for anyone desiring a larger interface, plus it has the added benefit of a foldable stand enabling easy use for reading, writing, and other manual tasks. 157A Homemade Scotchies Cookies donated by CCLVI President Patti Cox These soft and chewy Oatmeal Scotchies are sweetened with brown sugar, packed with oats, and loaded with butterscotch chips. They have crisp edges and chewy centers. Every bite is buttery delicious and packed with flavor. What a delicious treat to enjoy yourself or share with friends! 157B Homemade Scotchies Cookies donated by CCLVI President Patti Cox These soft and chewy Oatmeal Scotchies are sweetened with brown sugar, packed with oats, and loaded with butterscotch chips. They have crisp edges and chewy centers. Every bite is buttery delicious and packed with flavor. What a delicious treat to enjoy yourself or share with friends! 158 Coffee, Coffee, and More Coffee donated by ACB of Minnesota If you have a Keurig coffee maker, this is a must bid for you. You can choose from a box of 100 pods of multiple flavors or of the same flavor. What a fantastic treat for you or the coffee lover in your life. 159 Big Texas Spending Bundle donated by ACB of Texas Enjoy lots of shopping or dining with these gift cards which include: a $50 certificate to the Berdoll Candy and Pecan farm, a $50 gift card to the Container Store, a $50 gift card to Sweet Taste of Texas, and a $50 VISA gift card and others to come! 160 Mantis ™ Q40 donated by American Printing House Keep braille at your fingertips anytime, anywhere, with the Mantis™ Q40: a Bluetooth® keyboard and 40-cell refreshable braille display. Users of the Mantis Q40 no longer need to choose between a keyboard or a braille device. A student or professional typing on the Mantis has a multimodal option of refreshable braille below the keyboard making it easier to participate in, and succeed at, school or work. Contains the following built-in applications: Basic editor to function as a user's pen and paper, book reader to download and read books in braille, calculator to perform basic mathematical calculations, clock to check the date and time, file manager to organize one's work, HumanWare signature thumb keys and home button, 15 hours of battery life with rechargeable, removable batteries and 16 GB of internal storage, SD card slot and USB host port for flash drives. 161 A Song with Lucy Arguijo donated by Lucy Arguijo Lucy will sing a song of your choice. The file will be sent to you in mp3 format. What a treat to listen to with friends. 162 Homemade Peanut Delights donated by Zelda Gebhard If you like salted nut rolls, you will love these! This delightfully delicious candy is all marshmallowy and nutty throughout. There are two pounds of individually wrapped pieces so there is plenty to enjoy and to share of this salty and sweet treat made by Zelda. 163 $150 Braille Superstore Gift Certificate donated by Braille Revival League “Come browse with us and shop to your hearts' content at the Braille Superstore. Check out their great selection of accessible games, toys, signature guides, braille and talking watches, braille card games, educational items for preschool and K-12 students, adapted timers and cooking instruments, tactile labeling items, talking calculators, thermometers, scales, MP3 players, audio Bibles, and braille books, just to wet your appetite.” 164 Purple Pearl Necklace donated by Cindy Hollis This lovely necklace features 7-to-8-millimeter naturally shaped purple pearls. They are hand knotted between for added security and elegance. The 20-inch necklace closes with a lobster claw clasp. This beautiful necklace will dress up any ensemble! 165 Summer Vacation Bundle donated by GDUI Yippee! Another GDUI Sweet Summer Vacation bundle! Rating: 4 paws! GDUI-branded harness pouch where you can store a roll of pick-up bags, keys, and cash/credit card; a gray collapsible bowl with carabiner clip which holds 36 ounces; a Nerf Collapsible 2-in-1 Agility Tunnel and Target Dog Game! Also included is a large, Invincible Triple Chain dog toy and a cute 29-inch plush carrot squeaky toy by Petlou; a package of five reusable Scrubby instant, waterless bath mitts; a large 56 by 28 inch pink microfiber dog bath towel with two white embroidered bones in one corner by Frisco; a blue Coleman roll-up 24 by 36 by 2 inch travel pet bed with a durable water-resistant nylon top, a waterproof PVC base and polyester fill. It folds in half lengthwise to roll up and fasten with two sturdy buckles. Machine wash and line dry. It's time to snuggle up and dream of another fun-filled, splendid sunny summer day tomorrow! (yawn) 166 Echo Show5th Generation donated by Library Users of America The latest and greatest Alexa Echo Show is now available for you to enjoy. The 5.5-inch screen can display the time, a calendar, the weather, photos, video calls, podcasts, read audio books, plus stream your favorite music, tv shows, and podcasts, all controlled with your voice. With the built-in camera, you may check in on children and pets, or drop in on your home when you are away. When not in use, you can set the background to a slideshow of your favorite photos. Prime members also get unlimited cloud storage. There are multiple layers of privacy controls including a mic/camera OFF button and encrypted Ring videos. The Echo Show now has 2 times the bass and a clearer sound for your enjoyment. 167 Joann's Fudge (6 slices) donated by Michigan Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired Joan and Frank Nephew opened the first Joann's Fudge Store on Mackinac (pronounced Mackinaw) Island. Today, Joann's Fudge is a third-generation family business that continues Joan and Frank's commitment to providing high quality products. Each slice is ½ pound for a total of three pounds. You can order six slices of one flavor or mix and match from the list below. Flavors: Butter Pecan, Chocolate, Chocolate Cherry, Chocolate Cookie Crunch, Chocolate Peanut Butter, Chocolate Pecan, Chocolate Toffee, Chocolate Turtle, Chocolate Walnut, Double Dark Chocolate, Double Dark Chocolate Cherry Walnut, Double Dark Chocolate Espresso, Double Dark Chocolate Mint, Double Dark Salted Caramel, German Chocolate, Maple Walnut, Peanut Butter, Pumpkin Pie, Raspberry Truffle, Rocky Road, and Vanilla Salted Caramel. 168 Braille American Wall Flag donated by Veterans of ACB This beautiful flag is designed from very durable polymer and is recommended for permanent indoor display only. The flag measures 15 by 19 inches and weighs approximately 5 lbs. It has a brass-colored frame, mounting hardware and instructions included at no additional cost. Be proud and display your patriotism with this attractive flag. Segment Four- Jeff Thom and Terri-Lynn Higashi 169 $250 Pet Package donated by Tim and Maria Stone of Scoop Masters You will enjoy splurging on your pet and yourself with all the wonderful gift cards included: A $100 Chewy gift card, a $75 Amazon gift card, a $50 Cheesecake Factory gift card and a $25 Starbucks gift card. 170 Lunch with the ACB Executive Director donated by ACB Enjoy one-on-one time with ACB Executive Director, Scott Thornhill, over lunch in Jacksonville, FL in 2024 to be determined by the winner and Scott. 171 Canvas Tote Bag from Blind Girl Designs donated by Tricia Waechter on behalf of AAVL Join us in celebrating the AAVL with this beautiful canvas 15 by18-inch full-zip tote bag. The 12 by 12-inch print explodes with color. The top of the print has the words CELEBRATE in teal, EXPERIENCE in pink AND WISDOM in orange. The words are in a graceful arch. Beneath the words in the center of the print is a dynamic colorful fireworks display. The bottom of the print in 3D yellow puff ink are the letters AAVL and below that are the letters in tactile, readable braille. There is a fold in the bottom of the bag so that the bag can sit upright. It has a full zip across the top as well as a zippered inside pocket. It's a Blind Girl Designs classic! 172 Delicious Homemade Cookies from Patty's Kitchen donated by Patty Slaby Let your imagination guide your taste buds selecting 3 dozen of the same choice or 3 dozen of three 1 dozen choices. Choices include: peanut butter, oatmeal, molasses-ginger, snickerdoodles, chocolate chip, or anything you can imagine, even lemon. Very popular! Yum, Yum! 173 $100 Honey-Baked Ham Gift Card donated by Leslie and Jeff Thom You will enjoy having this $100 gift card for Honey-Baked Ham plus scrumptious sides from the Honey-Baked Ham Store. Enjoy this delicious feist with family or friends anytime over the summer or during the holidays! 174 Touch of Hawaiian Beauty Earring and Necklace Set donated by Hawaii Association of The Blind You will dazzle in this pair of earrings that feature a shiny ball on the top with tiny white seashell hanging from the ball. The seashell has delicate lines within it. It comes with an 18-inch necklace and a basket charm. Within the basket there are 3 delicate white stones similar to the shiny balls of earrings. It also comes with some surprise treats such as chocolate, and coffee. 175 Two Bottles of Wine donated by the Oklahoma Council of the Blind 1 bottle of Sunset Bliss and 1 bottle of Sex-In-The-Vineyard Wines. Wakefield's Winery is in the rolling hills of central Oklahoma. They produce some of the best kept secrets of delicious award-winning wines in the state for the most discriminating tastes! "SUNSET BLISS", is a tropical fruit Riesling sweet white table wine with hints of kiwi, pineapple and mango is an Oklahoma State Fair Silver Medal winner. “SEX-IN-THE-VINEYARD” is a Black Cherry Pinot Noir. This sweet wine is an “Oklahoma State Fair Bronze Medal” winner and the “People's Choice Award” winner. If you like sexy wine, this is the wine for you! Wakefield's Winery does not ship to the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, New Jersey, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, and Virginia. 176 Explore 8 Magnifier donated by HumanWare Magnification up to 30X with HD stunning image quality, fully customizable functions, touchscreen to navigate easily through menus, twin Ultra HD cameras for desktop or distance viewing, large physical buttons to adjust magnification and contrast, can be connected easily to a large screen TV, battery life of 4.5 hours. 177 Two Pounds of Homemade Fudge donated by ACB Board Director Cecily Laney Nipper Indulge your sweet tooth. Enjoy two pounds of homemade fudge. Choose from flavors such as double chocolate, peanut butter, and coffee; with two pounds of the same flavor or one pound each of two different flavors. You will be contacted to customize this rich tasty treat. Enjoy yourself or share with friends or family! This will be shipped in September. 178 Fun Time in Hawaii donated by Hawaii Association of The Blind A porcelain Shaka wall hook by Hawaiian artist Jason Dow; Enamel mug with a design that says Hawaii in colorful letters below 3 pineapples; Hawaiian Harmony from Big Island Roasters 100% Kona coffee beans 7 ounces; Yellow Hau flower enamel key chain from Paradise Now Hawaii - made on Maui; Lucky Fortune Cat 3-D shaped sponge from Fred. Enamel flair pin shaped like a bowl of ramen noodle soup from Moxhi Kids; Vinyl sticker sheet with Hawaii's favorite smiling foods and 2 larger vinyl stickers shaped like spam musubi and Boba tea from Mochi Kids. These can be placed on water bottles, phone or iPad cases. Bid and enjoy all these fun items from Hawaii. 179 $100 Gift Card to Omaha Steaks donated by AAVIA Everyone loves a good steak! Omaha Steaks offers a wide selection of high-quality meats that are delivered to your doorstep. Yum, yum. 180 Handmade Story Book Quilt made and donated by Margarine Beaman You will love having this story book quilt with each page sporting a different color. The size of this quilt is 45 by 51-inches. This beautiful quilt is great for a young child to look at as they are going to bed. “My grandkids love to lay on top of their bed and look at the colors and animals.” Wow, what an entertaining quilt for that special person in your life! 181 “The Tom Kaufman Make Believe Hillbilly Band” Bundle donated by Tom Kaufman Come and bid on Tom Kaufman's choices from his Make Believe Hillbilly Band showcased during ACB Community Karaoke! You will be able to choose a song or some of Tom's exciting genres from Tom's Band. Tom will send you an mp3 file with your choices. Enjoy this amazing selection repeatedly by yourself or with some friends! 182 A Tony's Energy Bar and Banana Bread Delight donated by Anthony Akamine and Terri Lynn Higashi Akamine, members of Hawaii Association of the Blind Summer days are here again! Yummy for the tummy. Need some treats to kick your summer into high gear? Back by popular demand for the auction. One loaf of chocolate banana bread full of chocolate, bananas, and nuts. If you don't like bananas, we can do mangos. Also, Anthony is perfecting his mom's energy bar treats. Get a bag of these yummy treats packed with Rice Krispies, oatmeal, raisins, peanut butter, and nuts. If you don't like peanuts, we can throw out the nuts. Made by Anthony and his mom's creation. Perfect for those summer days. And the box may even come with a few extra goodies. 182 B Tony's Energy Bar and Banana Bread Delight donated by Anthony Akamine and Terri Lynn Higashi Akamine, members of Hawaii Association of the Blind Summer days are here again! Yummy for the tummy. Need some treats to kick your summer into high gear? Back by popular demand for the auction. One loaf of chocolate banana bread full of chocolate, bananas, and nuts. If you don't like bananas, we can do mangos. Also, Anthony is perfecting his mom's energy bar treats. Get a bag of these yummy treats packed with Rice Krispies, oatmeal, raisins, peanut butter, and nuts. If you don't like peanuts, we can throw out the nuts. Made by Anthony and his mom's creation. Perfect for those summer days. And the box may even come with a few extra goodies. 183 $100 Bloomin' Brands Gift Card donated by AAVL Bloomin' Brands gift cards are the freshest way to see for yourself how one card can offer so many appetizing choices from steak, seafood to classic Italian. Our card can be redeemed at any of the following restaurants: Outback Steakhouse, Carrabba's Italian Grill, Bonefish Grill and Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar. What a wonderful way to enjoy a night out with family or friends! 184 Versa Slate Paperless Erasable Braille Slate and Stylus donated by Lucy Edmonds The Versa Slate is a braille slate that is paperless and erasable. It works just like a regular slate and stylus, but without paper. It features four rows of 20 cells each, and a magnetic stylus that is built into the side of the unit for easy storage. 185 Himalayan Salt Lamp donated by Jeff and Keri Bishop of Tucson, AZ You will love using this Himalayan Salt Lamp. It is 9 inches high, 4 inches wide with a 7W night light bulb inside. This lamp glows a lovely pink that shows all the different variations of color in the large salt crystal. It is a spectacular piece of decor that would look great on any mantel or end table. 186 Podcasting Bundle with Accessible Tools donated by BITS This package contains all you need to conduct the interview of your dreams! You will be able to record high quality music or just capture life as it happens. The Zoom H4essentials is an accessible digital voice recorder. The first thing you hear when you turn it on is it prompting you to enable speech and beeps providing independent navigation of most system options. The Zoom H4essentials has a built-in stereo microphone, with dual XLR connections available as well and it supports up to one terabyte micro SD card, and is powered by USB-C or AAA batteries, not included. The Samson Q2U microphone is a versatile handheld dynamic mic. This microphone allows you to connect via XLR into an audio interface, such as the Zoom H4essentials, or directly to your computer via an included USB cable. Great for rejecting off access noise, these microphones are ideal for interviewing individuals in an environment that might not be the most conducive for podcast interviews. Bid today on the great podcasting bundle including one Zoom H4essentials field recorder, 2 Samson Q2U mic's, 2 XLR cables, and 1 128 GB microSD card. 187 A Home Baked Cookies from Andrea Conner's Kitchen donated by Andrea Conner These delicious cookies melt in your mouth! The light, buttery goodness of a crescent formed into a ball, loaded with chopped pecans, flavored with a hint of vanilla, then dusted in powdered sugar. One dozen with almond flavor and one dozen cocoa flavor. They're sure to satisfy your cookie craving! Enjoy these scrumptious cookies yourself or share with friends or family. 187 B Home Baked Cookies from Andrea Conner's Kitchen donated by Andrea Conner These delicious cookies melt in your mouth! The light, buttery goodness of a crescent formed into a ball loaded with chopped pecans, flavored with a hint of vanilla, then dusted in powdered sugar. One dozen with almond flavor and one dozen cocoa flavor. They are sure to satisfy your cookie craving! Enjoy these scrumptious cookies yourself or share with friends or family. 188 One-on-One In-Person or Phone Conversation with Our Talking Book Narrator Donated by ACB Enjoy chatting with our talking book narrator, Mare Trevathan. Here's your chance for a one-on-one, behind the scenes conversation with a talking book narrator. The winner could either use this in person in Jacksonville or be contacted after the convention to make arrangements for a phone conversation. 189 $50 Amazon Gift Card donated by Delaware Council of the Blind and Visually Impaired It is time to treat yourself to something special and here's a gift card to help you do it. $50 in spending at Amazon! 190 One-hour Business Coaching Session and $25 Gift Card to Pete's Coffee donated by Ardis Bazyn Enjoy this one-hour business coaching session with Ardis Bazyn. Ardis coaches on positive image building, secrets for coping with challenges and change, creating a plan for professional/business success, speaking skills, writing skills, advocacy skills and inexpensive marketing/public relations initiatives. Also included is a $25 Pete's Coffee gift card to enjoy with some friends or family! Expiration Date: June 30, 2025. 191 Nebraska Black Tote Bag from Blind Girl Designs donated by Tricia Waechter on behalf of Nebraska The delightful Nebraska tote bag has white vinyl ink printed on a black canvas, full-zip 15 by 18-inch tote bag with an interior zipper pocket. The top of the 9 by 13-inch print starts boldly with the state name NEBRASKA and underneath it is spelled also in braille. Underneath the word NEBRASKA is the entire state outline of Nebraska exactly like a map. The only difference from a map is on the left side of the state there's a white cane instead of a straight line and on the northwestern border there is another white cane instead of a line. At the end of the strap of the white cane, the map continues along the river as it naturally would. The river continues all the way down to the southeast border of the state. In the middle of the west side of the state are the historic rolling sand hills, which are covered by prairie grasses. These sand hills are replicated by small wavy tactile hills as a nod to this critical and historic portion of the state, which supports the cattle industry. Starting in the middle to the right side of the print are three huge stalks of corn. There's a reason this is proudly called the Cornhusker state! 192 Berkey Creamery Bundle Package donated by Pennsylvania Council of The Blind One thing that most Pennsylvanians agree on is “Ice cream is good, and the Penn State Creamery makes some of the best.” We love ice cream, but we love the science behind it even more. By supporting the Berkey Creamery, you also are supporting food science, the dairy industry and agriculture across Pennsylvania and beyond. The PCB Package includes six pints of ice cream: Peachy Paterno; Cookies-n-Cream; Bittersweet Mint; Death by Chocolate; Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Vanilla Bean (BASED ON INGREDIENT AVAILABILITY). Enjoy this Penn State Creamery 100% cotton t-Shirt with color options of blue or white, sizes small up to 3XL. We've got some fashion for your sweet tooth! Simply stated, all roads lead to the Creamery! Also, enjoy the 21oz travel mug which is a stainless steel beverage container with the Penn State Berkey Creamery emblem on it. Segment Five- Kolby Garrison and Mary Haupt 193 $50 Amazon Gift Card donated by New Jersey Council of The Blind It is time to treat yourself to something special and here's a gift card to help you do it. $50 in spending at Amazon! 194 Doggie Gift Basket donated by Jeff and Keri Bishop This doggie gift bag comes with lots of goodies for your guide dog. This set includes: Two jumbo collapsible dog dishes for travel, A hard rubber giggle ball, a nylon dual length leash in bright safety green It's the same size and length as standard guide dog leashes, hillside farms chicken jerky for dogs, hillside farms jerky twist (dried chicken and sweet potato), a velour kennel blanket. A back seat cover or hammock (covers the entire seat and floor by putting 2 handles on the head rest in the back or a hammock by putting the second set of handles over the all 4 heads rest of the front and back), a dog safety seatbelt, a tug of war nylon bone, doggy poo bags, a grooming kit (has right and left grooming mittens, a comb and a grooming brush the straps around your hand. This gift set comes in a reusable shopping bag that has been sewn from a recycled dog food bag. 195 Disney 100 Years of Wonder Mickey Watch and Minnie Mouse Watch donated by Connie Jacomini You will love having these enchanting Mickey and Minnie Mouse watches that feature a detailed 3-layer dial with a laser-cut silhouette of your favorite character alongside the Disney 100 logo. Plus, it arrives beautifully packaged and ready for gift giving. Wow, what a fantastic gift either for yourself or someone special in your life! 196 Dry Aged Steaks for a Summertime Grill donated by ACB Development Director Bill Reeder Enjoy four luxury steakhouse prime grade ribeye steaks, dry aged for 45 days and hand cut two inches thick. Grill ready and perfect for a fancy summer BBQ. They are accompanied by two bottles of fine wine (red or white) and Kosmos famous BBQ steak rub. What a treat to have for a summer meal with friends or family! 197 Pat's Beef Jerky Gift Box donated by Kansas Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired This fantastic beef jerky is from A Land of Kansas Company. The box features four different flavors of beef jerky made from Kansas beef, and two packages of beef stick. Enjoy this delicious treat yourself or share with friends. 198 A Gift Box of Fragrance donated by Barry Carver of Mountain Crafted A box of sulfate-free fragrance available in Cactus Flower or Jade. You may request braille labels on all your items. This bundle includes: 8 ounces shampoo, 8 ounces hair conditioner, 8 ounces shower gel, 4 ounces moisturizing cream, 1 ounce body mist, 1 ounce room spray. A little dab goes a long way. 199 $100 VISA Gift Card donated by Mississippi Council of The Blind You can use this $100 VISA gift card any time for dining or doing some shopping for yourself or someone special! 200 a Maryland box of Goodies donated by ACB of Maryland Bid and enjoy this box of goodies from Maryland. It includes: Old Bay Fisher's Popcorn, Jeppi Nuts, Chocolate Crabs dusted with Old Bay, Hot Sauce, Crab Cake Mix, Old Bay Seasoning, and some Chesapeake Mouth Party Caramels! Special Add Ons: "Home is Where the Old Bay Is" 5 by 7 print, Bigs Old Bay Sunflower Seeds, Crab Towel, and an Old Bay Insulated Tumbler. 201 Hills of Purple Heather donated and performed by Jeanette Kutash The lucky winner will enjoy sharing this piano piece performed by Jeanette. As you hear this beautiful melody, imagine yourself walking through the hills with the purple heather, a beautiful flower which represents healing and quieting of the mind. The hills and the heather invite those who walk through them to revel in a feeling of confidence to pursue living life to the fullest with those you love. As the music increases and decreases in volume, we find gradual healing, calmness, and the feeling that we can get through all storms ahead with grace and tranquility. The piece culminates with a final chord which represents that feeling of being whole from the heather's qualities. 202 $100 Honey Baked Ham Gift Card donated by ACB Media Coordinator Larry Gassman Whether you're celebrating a loved one, marking a special occasion, or simply wanting to surprise a friend, show you care with a Honey Baked Ham. Enjoy this delicious treat with friends or family. 203 Baby Afghan in White, Yellow, and Green donated by Keri Bishop Enjoy this baby Afghan crocheted like a jumbo granny square or continuous granny square. The center is white bordered by a pastel green then white and trimmed in pastel yellow. Afghan measures 42 by 42 inches. Wow, what a beautiful Afghan to give as a gift for that someone special! 204 $100 Gift Card to Walmart Donated by Mary Haupt Fill your basket with treats for your family and friends. The $100 gift card offers a wonderful opportunity for you to treat yourself or to please and surprise others. 205 Four Bags of Healthy Dog Treats donated by ACB of Connecticut Here's something for the canines in your life. You will receive 4 bags of healthy dog treats baked, packed, and shipped by special needs students at Bellcate School in Vermont. They are freshly baked upon order and contain no preservatives. The flavors are Peanut Butter Pumpkin, Calming Chamomile and Honey Maple Mousse with the maple coming from the farm on the school property and Apple, Oatmeal and Cheese. They are truly making a difference for our dogs! 206 2012 Read Easy Move Scanning Device donated by Roberta McCall You can use this freestanding scanning device which will read out all printed text to users to assist you with everyday life. It includes headphones so you can hear what the scanner is reading to you. It has a custom carrying case, clear voices, Keypad Feature Pack For users requiring additional features such as multi-page documents, WIFI navigation control, saving, loading, importing, and exporting documents! Low Vision Pack that connects your Move to television or computer screen. Let's you view your documents in large print, (up to 2x newspaper headline size on a 22” screen), as well as listen to them. 207A Loaf of Homemade Pumpkin Bread Donated by Terri Nettles Perfect for breakfast, dessert, or a party, this bread will delight all who love pumpkin any time of day. Enjoy this pumpkin bread either plain or with chocolate chips yourself or share with friends or family. It is delicious. 207B Loaf of Homemade Pumpkin Bread Donated by Terri Nettles Perfect for breakfast, dessert, or a party, this bread will delight all who love pumpkin any time of day. Enjoy this pumpkin bread either plain or with chocolate chips yourself or share with friends or family. It is delicious! 208 Handmade Pottery Snack Tray and Butter Dish donated by Patty Fletcher You will enjoy this lovely snack tray which is a rectangular shaped plate with rounded edges. The edges and sides of this piece are textured. It is a marigold color with a glossy finish. Also enjoy the accompanying butter dish which is an oblong shaped plate. It is marigold with a glossy finish. These one-of-a-kind handmade pottery pieces are both useful and lovely. 209 $50 Amazon Gift Card donated by Friends in Art It is time to treat yourself to something special and here's a gift card to help you do it. $50 in spending at Amazon! 210 Four-piece Amalia Serving Set donated by Becky Gleason Enjoy having this four-piece set of elegant flatware. It will add sparkle to any table setting. Made from high-quality 18/10 Stainless Steel, each piece is beautiful, durable and dishwasher safe. The serving utensils feature a unique vine design and rope detail. This set includes a Serving Spoon, Slotted Spoon, Serving Fork, and Serving Spatula. Use this serving set yourself or make someone incredibly happy by making them the recipient of this useful and classy gift. 211 $50 Starbucks Gift Card donated by Merrilee Hill-Kennedy Everyone loves a good cup of coffee. It's even better with some friends or family members over some laughs! As an extra bonus, Starbucks also has goodies to eat. Bid so you can enjoy all the delicious choices from a great coffee establishment. 212 Two Dozen Homemade Cookies donated by Mary Cook of Outta Sight Sweets LLC Your choice of either snickerdoodle or triple chocolate chip cookies. The snickerdoodle is an old-fashioned d

Last year,  Indians collectively drank nearly 600 million litres of energy drinks. This was almost 30X more than 2018. Among all the go to drinks in India, lately energy drinks have become super popular. People seem to clearly be attracted to their appeal as stimulants.And what's crazy is that these drinks have become an alternative to chai at tea stalls for office goers. And even for daily wage workers who have to work in this insane heat, they are often a cheaper meal replacement. For the more privileged, they're also cocktail mixers at parties. As of 2023, PepsiCo's Sting had 90% of the market share in energy drinks in terms of volume. It's been doing so well that Varun Beverages, the company that bottles and distributes for PepsiCo in India, became the hottest FMCG stock in the country. Its saw its share price rise by more than 1000% per cent in the last five to six years.But the ones driving this growth are the country's youth, who are often unaware of the contents of the drink and the heath risks that come along with it.Tune inDaybreak is produced from the newsroom of The Ken, India's first subscriber-only business news platform. Subscribe for more exclusive, deeply-reported, and analytical business stories.

This is your Friday Refresh brought to you by… Collisions Auto Repair Services in Killen,Alabama. You can contact them at (256) 272-2007. It was November of 1939 and the country of Finland was staring down the barrel of a war machine of unimaginable power. Only three months before the German forces, led by Adolf Hitler, had invaded Poland, triggering a declaration of war. Now, the people of Finland were facing their own war with the Soviet Army lead by Joseph Stalin. They had rejected a proposal from the Soviet Union to move some of their shared border, give up some of their land, tear down their fortifications, and lease a Peninsula to build a military base. As the Soviets prepare to strike no one believes the skirmish would last more than 2 weeks. The Soviets had 3X more soldiers, 5X more artillery, 30X more aircraft, and 100X more tanks. On paper this would be a rout. And little more than a blip on the radar of world history. Links mentioned in this episode: http://www.benandtravis.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4 Good Old Fashioned Dislike podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790 Co-Producers: Justin B., Doris C., Rhonda F., Scott K., Mary H. This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm

On Episode 78 of the podcast, Broke Boi Crypto (@BrokeBoiCrypto) and Crypto Ewok (@CryptoEwok) discuss: - PulseChain prices take a big dump on Sunday due to "Alex the Whale" selling. Where do we go from here? - BTC and ETH rally hard last week and ETH gas fees surpass 100 GWEI, will they do anything to fix fees? - SEC chair Gensler says FTX can operation again under new ownership...What? - Blackrock files for Ethereum ETF: Bullish or Bearish? - Richard Heart endorses U.S. presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Twitter. - Should people expect a 30X or 10,000X from PulseChain and why? - Altcoin Daily seems to endorse PulseChain Follow the show on Twitter: @CreedOfCrypto

Ruben Dua is the Co-Founder and CEO of Dubb, a popular video sales platform that helps businesses 30X+. They work with 65K+ businesses, including well-known organizations like Keller Williams, Grant Cardone, Fannie Mae, and eXp Realty, whose sales teams use the platform to produce personalized video messages that boost connections, conversions, and revenues. Ruben has 20+ years of marketing experience and is also the author of Click Record: How Overcoming Fear, Storytelling, and Video Marketing Can Change Your Life, which was an Amazon best new release book in the direct marketing and entrepreneurship categories. To get a sense of Ruben, here's a presentation he did about the best practices for creating videos that can accelerate the growth of your company. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!   Connect with Ruben Dua: Website: https://dubb.com/ Twitter:  https://mobile.twitter.com/rubendua Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/rubendua/?hl=en LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/rubendua/ Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/rubendua/

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Vi starter tilbage i 80erne i dag, hvor Anders Saugstrup har Mogens Miracle Nørgaard i studiet for en samtale om produktivitetsforbedringer hos udviklere og programmører, når de bruger AI tools i deres arbejde. Er det 3X eller 30X forbedring? Hvordan foregår det helt konkret, når udviklerne bruger disse værktøjer?

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Source: Canada's Venture Capital Landscape Report (2023) — BDCObjectiveThe venture capital landscape is a dynamic and ever-evolving environment, where success is measured not only by achieving high valuations but also by generating strong returns for investors. As we saw companies climb Mount Everest to unicorn statuses in the past 18 months, many failed to get back down safely to survive.It is imperative for Canada to ensure transparency in venture capital returns to remain globally competitive. Open dialogues on challenges and strategies are part of this effort. The aim is to disseminate insights, equip other fund managers with valuable knowledge, and bolster Canada's standing in the global venture capital sphere. This collective effort has the potential to drive Canadian startups forward and attract international capital and talent to this burgeoning ecosystem.In Canada, the federal government has been influential in creating a conducive environment for startups and venture capital, through initiatives such as the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) and the Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative (VCCI). These efforts have proven crucial in supplying public funding to draw in private sector capital and kickstart the Canadian VC ecosystem. The significant contribution of these programs in laying the groundwork for a sustainable and competitive startup ecosystem globally is acknowledged and appreciated. Without such support, a number of companies and funds could face substantial hurdles in launching and realizing their full potential. The federal government's dedication to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship has played a major role in developing the Canadian startup ecosystem.The 2023 Venture Capital Landscape Report by BDC revealed data on Distribution to Paid-In capital (DPI) Across Vintages, indicating that the upper quartile of Canadian funds from pre-2011 to 2013 recorded a 1.2x DPI. This contrasts with the 2.0x DPI of U.S. incumbent funds during the same period, as reported by Cambridge Associates. This difference illustrates the distinct market dynamics that characterized the less mature Canadian venture capital sector during this time. However, since then, Canada's ecosystem has seen substantial growth, reflected in an increased number of venture funds and startups, and overall improved performance. Notably, most of the active venture funds in Canada, including Ripple Ventures, have been established in the past 5–7 years, underlining the recency of this expansion.While we acknowledge that not all venture capital funds wind down after the traditional 10-year period and extensions can occur, a strategy that funds can take to protect the performance over the life of the fund is to return at least the original capital within the first 6–7 years. This approach allows for sufficient time and opportunities to graduate the portfolio and reduce the entire reliance on unpredictable outliers of breakout companies alone to return the fund. This strategy increases the chances of moving from a 1x to 3x+ return within the remaining 3–5 years. As such, we want to cover two general approaches to achieving a 3x fund. The first relies solely on 1–2 outlier investments that generate significant returns in the final years while having minimal returns in the earlier stages. The second approach involves consistently returning capital throughout the fund's lifecycle, allowing the mediocre outcomes to return the original capital and for the winners to drive true profit. We believe that the latter approach is more sustainable and favorable. While the former approach can be challenging, requiring a consistent scale of exits and various factors to align perfectly, our belief is that consistent capital returns across the portfolio create a higher probability to outperform over the long run. At Ripple, we personally invest a significant portion of our net worth into our funds, making us very aligned with our limited partners to strive not only for homerun outcomes but also to return our own original investment. Our goal is to open up the discussion of fund performance, key drivers of winning strategies, and how we can put Canada as a winner on the global stage. By highlighting benchmarks and sharing insights from our journey, we aim to contribute to the broader conversation about driving enterprise value in Canada. We recognize the importance of collaboration and knowledge-sharing in building a strong ecosystem, and we are committed to playing our part in its development.Union Square Ventures — the gold standard for DPIBefore diving into the details, we want to establish the gold standard DPI benchmark that every fund should strive to achieve. Recent returns data from the University of Texas Endowment, as highlighted by Eric Newcomer's blog, has captured attention. Union Square Ventures has demonstrated exceptional performance, delivering 9x DPI cumulatively across all their funds. Their 2012 vintage fund, with a DPI of nearly 23x, stands as one of the best-performing funds of all time. These extraordinary returns showcase Union Square Ventures' track record of staying focused on key themes, investing only with high conviction, acquiring material ownership, and keeping fund sizes small to be able to consistently return capital to LPs.Source: University of TexasRipple's DPI performance relative to incumbents Ripple Ventures has established an early track record in our angel portfolio since 2012 (we call this Fund 0) currently at 6.5x DPI. Although Fund 0 was an angel portfolio with a smaller quantum of capital (which is easier to return), it is worth noting that our success is not solely reliant on one outlier investment to drive strong returns. Instead, we have strategically managed a portfolio including three of ten investments achieving at least 10x cash-on-cash returns (with the highest returning 30X). We have personally recycled a majority of this capital to jumpstart Fund I and attract external limited partner capital for our venture funds.We continue to build on our track record with Fund I (2019 Vintage) with a DPI of 0.5x. Again, Fund I was also a smaller fund compared to most at $10M which makes it much easier to return than a $200M fund like USV's. Considering the limited maturity of the 2019 vintage, it is important to acknowledge the current challenging market cycle and the pressure for funds to generate significant returns despite the bleak outlook for exits in the near future. As we approach the halfway mark of the fund's life, if the original capital has not yet been closer to being returned, there is still a long hard way to achieve a 3x+ DPI.When comparing to US incumbents, upper quartile returns were: 2.61x DPI (2011), 1.90x DPI (2012), and 1.48x DPI (2013) respectively according to the latest US Venture Captial return reports. The average DPI across the 2011–2013 vintage is 2.00x DPI, 67% higher than its Canadian counterparts. There is a stark difference between the median performance of top quartile funds in Canada vs the US. In the 2019 vintage, Ripple Ventures is categorized in the top 5% of funds based on DPI in the US so far.While Ripple Ventures Fund I is still in its early stages and hasn't achieved a 3x+ return yet, we approach this journey with humility, dedication, and empathy. We understand the uncertainties of the venture capital landscape and the possibility that we don't continue to exceed expectations. However, we are committed to diligently managing our portfolio, making informed decisions, and striving to deliver exceptional returns. With transparency and empathy at our core, we will continue to navigate the evolving market dynamics to create long-term value for our investors.Our view on what drives DPI, and differences in Canada vs the USOwnership and exit value play crucial roles as the primary drivers of DPI in venture capital funds. You need to have at least one or the other to drive returns, and in the best cases, you have both. For example, if you have a $50M fund, you need to own 20% of a $250M exit, or 1% of a $5B exit to return the fund ($50M). Let's take a look at another graph in the BDC report around median exit values to understand better why DPI may be different in Canada vs the US:Source: Canada's Venture Capital Landscape Report (2023) — BDCYou can see there's a very evident difference in the historic outcomes of companies in each country. According to PitchBook, the average exit value for US venture-backed startups was approximately $207M USD in 2019, $263M USD in 2020, and $391M USD in 2021. These are multiples higher than the Canadian counterparts. Although this is the case, we want to acknowledge the potential for creating global winners in Canada, such as Shopify and Lightspeed (public companies), as well as notable private outcomes like Wattpad's acquisition by Naver for 754 million CAD and Verafin's sale to Nasdaq for 2.75 billion USD in cash. It is crucial to highlight the potential for Canada to create companies of this scale, but recognize the lower frequency in which this occurs. By learning from and comparing ourselves to the best in the world, particularly the United States, we can identify the strategies and practices that contribute to their success. Why Ripple is investing in both Canada and the US Ripple Ventures recognizes the tremendous potential of the Canadian startup ecosystem and aims to drive enterprise value creation for early-stage companies by leveraging the expertise and resources from the US network. We firmly believe that adopting a strategic investment strategy that spans Canada and the United States is essential for the success of fund managers seeking to achieve 3x+ DPI. Our approach is driven by the objective of bringing valuable knowledge, networks, and resources from the US ecosystem into Canada, accelerating growth, and fostering better returns.In Canada, there is a shortage of founders and employees who have experienced the journey from idea to IPO, hindering the mass development of unicorn companies we've seen in the US. By investing across borders, Ripple Ventures facilitates the exchange of knowledge and experience, allowing Canadian founders to tap into a wealth of resources and navigate the challenging “valley of death” stage. This exposure to higher-scale ventures and outcomes creates a fertile ground for innovation, fueling the growth of early-stage companies.We firmly believe that bridging the gap between the Canadian and US ecosystems is pivotal in driving higher enterprise value exits. Currently, Canada only has 25 unicorns generated compared to the US in which there are 700+, and we aim to change that narrative. It must be stressed that investing in Canada today can still be an extremely profitable venture, but this hinges greatly on the degree of ownership an investor can secure. Given the historical performances, a high ownership stake is a significant factor that can help offset the inherent risks and volatility of the scale of venture capital outcomes in Canada. Ripple Ventures is committed to being at the forefront of driving the next generation of category-defining companies in Canada. By leveraging our connections, networks, and experiences from both sides of the border, we aim to catalyze the growth of the Canadian startup ecosystem and pave the way for greater success. If you don't believe us, just ask our founders if we have been successful at doing this.Why keeping fund size smaller mattersKeeping fund sizes smaller is a strategic choice that aligns with Ripple Ventures' investment approach and objectives. It allows us to focus on specific stages, check sizes, ownership targets, and industries that fit our investment thesis. By maintaining smaller funds, we prioritize efficient capital deployment and maximize our ability to generate significant returns for our investors. This approach is particularly advantageous when considering the quantum of exit size relative to the respective market and entry stage.We've seen USV consistently keep their fund sizes relatively the same in all market environments because their formula works. In our view, the game of venture fund managers should be to execute the strategy that you know works for generating strong returns for LPs and raising/recycling capital to keep it going over multiple funds. At Ripple, we've made a commitment to our LPs that we'd never scale the fund past a size that makes sense and is possible to outperform (3x+ DPI). If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Ripple's philosophy in portfolio construction to drive DPIRipple Ventures adopts a strategic approach by investing across both Canada and the US, employing a barbell strategy to optimize returns within each fund. Recognizing the historical disparity in exit values between the two markets, we tailor our investment strategy accordingly. In Canada, where exits have traditionally been lower, the focus is on playing the ownership game. By securing substantial ownership stakes in companies, Ripple Ventures ensures that even in more modest exits, the ownership-driven returns can generate significant DPI for the fund. Conversely, in the US market, where valuations are higher and obtaining ownership can be more challenging, Ripple Ventures is willing to trade off lower valuations. This balanced approach allows us to capture the potential for higher exit values and drive DPI. In our opinion, employing a barbell strategy is essential for fund managers in Canada to ensure that the interplay between ownership and exit scale is thoughtfully priced into their portfolio, maximizing returns and achieving their target of surpassing the gold standard of 3x DPI.At Ripple Ventures, we deeply admire and draw inspiration from funds like Version One Ventures and Golden Ventures, who have successfully executed the strategy of investing across North America &globally while being based in Canada. These funds serve as valuable partners within the Canadian ecosystem, bringing exposure to top-tier founders, operators, and investors from the US. Their ability to connect with and learn from the best in the industry helps them level up not only their own expertise but also their portfolio companies. We share a common goal with these funds — to drive growth, foster innovation, and create a thriving startup ecosystem in Canada by leveraging the insights and resources available across North America.ConclusionOur ultimate aspiration at Ripple Ventures is to become the Union Square Ventures of Canada, driving the best-returning fund out of the country. Merely returning the original investment would be considered a failure for us. That's why we are igniting this conversation and delving into the intricacies of our strategy. By focusing on early-stage investments, prioritizing ownership, investing across both Canada and the US, and actively driving DPI throughout the entire life of the fund, we are positioning ourselves for a higher probability of achieving our goal of becoming a globally recognized and outperforming fund. Transparency in venture capital returns is crucial for Canada to compete on a global scale. By openly discussing challenges and strategies, we aim to elevate the industry and drive meaningful conversations. Our goal is to share insights, empower other fund managers, and strengthen Canada's position in the global venture capital landscape. Get in touch: * Matt Cohen, Managing Partner at Ripple Ventures (matt@rippleventures)* Dominic Lau, Partner at Ripple Ventures (dom@rippleventures.com) This is a public episode. 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Apple: Almost $3 Trillion market cap 120,000% all-time price return $400B in annual revenue $120B in annual free cash flow $100B in cash and cash equivalents on the balance sheet And a brand that inspires! A tech company that doesn't stop innovating. And a stock that pays consistent dividends. Apple is a perfect company. But a perfect company doesn't mean a perfect stock. Apple is priced at more than 30X its earnings and more than seven times its sales. Can Apple grow into its current seemingly ambitious valuation? Today, I review Apple's latest product and feature announcements at its worldwide developers' conference, WWDC, and discuss its fundamental analysis and valuation to decide whether it can get even bigger than its current $3T market cap and whether it is still a good stock to buy now. Let's talk about that!   Resources:

In this episode, Rohit Utmani, Associate Director of Product at Phonepe, discusses his experience in user acquisition for startups and his role as VP of Product at Indus App Bazaar. He talks about the challenges of competing with the Google Play Store in India, the key factors behind Indus App Bazaar's 30X user growth, and strategies for driving app downloads while ensuring customer delight and engagement. Additionally, he shares his insights into product management strategies, the unique challenges of developing products for the Indian market, and his advice for young entrepreneurs looking to start a tech company in India Linkedin ID https://www.linkedin.com/in/rohit-utmani-55357973/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/architjainakj/message

Welcome to Eggs! the Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today, we are thrilled to have influential entrepreneur Brad Sugars.Brad is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, and business coach. Over his career as an entrepreneur he has been the CEO of more than 9 companies and is the owner of the multi-million-dollar franchise ActionCOACH®.On today's show we'll explore Brad's vast expertise as it pertains to investing, business, and life, and talk about his new program, "90 Days To Revolutionize Your Life." We will discuss his guiding principles for business success, the catalyst to create his 30X programs, and his expertise in business leadership, franchising, and generating wealth. Please join us in welcoming to the show, Brad SugarsOur guest: Brad SugarsInfluential entrepreneur and founder at ActionCoachProgram: 90 Days to Revolutionize Your Life (30xbusiness.com)Website:  https://bradsugars.com/LinkedIn Page:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/bradsugars/Facebook Page: Facebook.com@bradleyjsugarsTwitter Handle: @bradsugars----Credits:Hosted by Ryan Roghaar and Michael SmithTheme music: "Perfect Day" by OPMThe Carton:https://medium.com/the-carton-by-eggsThe Eggs Podcast Spotify playlist:bit.ly/eggstunesThe Plugs:The Showeggscast.com@eggshow on twitter and instagramOn iTunes: itun.es/i6dX3pCOn Stitcher: bit.ly/eggs_on_stitcherAlso available on Google Play Music!Mike "DJ Ontic" shows and infodjontic.com@djontic on twitterRyan Roghaarhttp://rogha.ar

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DON'T MISS THE ONE IDEAL CLIENT AWAY CHALLENGE, March 20-24. www.oneidealclientaway.comToday's guest offers a powerful alternative to stale webinars and lunch and learns. Chris Colt, The Challenge Champion, has developed a proven framework for launching multi-day challenge events that create transformational experiences. Get ready to consider new possibilities as Chris shares how different companies are leveraging challenges to drive revenue growth. Chris Colt is the founder of The Challenge Champion™ Academy. He teaches service-based entrepreneurs how to turn strangers into loyal clients via challenges.His proprietary frameworks enable organizations and individuals to better serve their audience while generating sales faster.With over 25 years in sales, He knows how to build true relationships. He credits his passion for endurance cycling and sports for giving him the knack for creating fun and engaging challenges that customers love. One of his personal cycling adventures was successfully completing one of the hardest mountain bike races on the planet- the Leadville 100.Give us 4 short sessions to show you how to target IDEAL CLIENTS (or CUSTOMERS) that are worth 20-30X your Average Client! Check out the One Ideal Client Challenge.Connect with Chris ColtConnect with Darrell Amy  ONE IDEAL CLIENT AWAY CHALLENGESpark growth as you get clarity and focus on your Ideal Client ProfileFour short sessionsApril 10-1411:00-11:45 EasternLearn More: www.oneidealclientaway.comREVENUE GROWTH ENGINE WORKSHOPDesign a more powerful growth engine for your business. May 10-11Dallas, TXLearn More: workshop.revenuegrowthengine.com

Alex has been building Rarible since 2019, when most people haven't even heard about NFTs. What were the industry's early days? Why slick design helped them to acquire the first users? How did issuing a token change how they operate (and why they weren't ready for that)? How do they plan to compete in a market dominated by OpenSea, Blur & LooksRare? Relax and listen to our in-depth conversation. *** If you want to buy tickets for the EpicWeb3 conference in Lisbon, check out: https://www.epicweb3.com/ and use the WEB3TALKS promo code to get a 15% discount. *** Follow the pod: https://twitter.com/web3talks Follow Alex & Mac: https://twitter.com/insider0x https://twitter.com/MacBudkowski *** 0:40 EpicWeb3 promo code 1:48 What's Rarible and what role they plan in the NFT space 2:46 How trading experiences & building exchange products inspired Alex to start Rarible with his Co-Founders in 2019 7:47 What were the early days of Rarible & how being specific helped them to design the first MVP - NFT form 10:42 How having a slick website & curating the best content helped them to acquire their first users back when NFTs were much less popular 14:00 Why from November 2019 to Summer 2020, growing Rarible was a smooth sailing 16:10 How NFT & DeFi summer resulted in 30X volume growth in 3 months 17:50 How issuing a $RARI token opened the company to a community and why they were not ready to operate that way 20:14 How they reorganized their community-centric operations in 3 iterations to focus and work more efficiently 23:34 How they plan to compete in an NFT market dominated by OpenSea, LooksRare & Blur 28:47 How Rarible acquires NFT marketplace users 29:47 Why Rarible is a strong promoter of creators' royalties 33:42 What metrics do they follow in trading & protocol businesses 34:55 How communities provide liquidity to their own NFT marketplaces 36:33 What are Alex's favorite NFT collections 38:24 Why the web3 UX might be a feature, not a bug 41:57 Why having to learn something new can be fun! 42:52 Why would Alex build social apps if he wasn't buildwasn'trible 46:33 Why Alex would fix coordination 47:20 Where to learn more about Rarible 48:05 Guests ideas from Alex

Are you looking to launch your business but don't know where to start? This episode of the podcast is for you! Vidhi Tharad has launch experience and can help businesses successfully launch. They can help map a launch plan and provide strategies, checklists, and cheat sheets. Vidhi Tharad, or the “ROAS Queen”, as her clients fondly call her, is a fast-budding name in the digital marketing space. She offers tailor-made ad strategies to clients from different niches. (Be it gym wear, apparel, digital products for coaches or any dropshipping product. She knows how to create, launch and make ads work). Vidhi takes care of many clients operating in different spaces under one roof. And provides unique solutions to each of them – each client gets his/her sales goals met with Vidhi's magic touch. She helps them frame and implement result-oriented ad strategies. “Being agile is being alive” is Vidhi's life mantra. Also, she never backs off from trying out something new. Taking risks and exploring new possibilities excite her. And that explains her entrepreneurial journey too. She switched from being a jewellery merchandiser for 12 years to beginning her venture. She chose to follow her heart and dive right into something she is passionate about – social media! Vidhi's positive approach towards problems or life, in general, has helped her succeed and create a massive impact in such a short period. Her tailor-made strategies have helped her clients achieve 6-7 figure growth in just 1 year of their business! She's worked with 30-plus + entrepreneurs who have made $250k in trackable revenue by implementing her strategies! She has a track record of generating 5X to 30X return on ad spent! Vidhi makes sure she leaves no stone unturned and always over-delivers to her clients. Connect with Vidhi: www.vidhitharad.com https://www.instagram.com/vidhitharad/ ▼ ▼ Connect with Rose Davidson at Talking with the Experts: Website: https://talkingwiththeexperts.com Follow on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onlineeventmanagerandpodcasttrainer/ Give me 15 minutes of your time, and I'll explain how you can start a podcast, https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/appointment/rose-davidson/podcast-information. I look forward to hearing from you. Leave a Google review: https://g.page/r/CaXk7K3UlEhzEBI/review Leave a review on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/talking-with-the-experts/id1549141963 SUBSCRIBE to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkM5n5QJhnNAmUiMzii73wQ FOLLOW on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/talking-with-the-experts Buy me a Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/rosesdavidson Become a patron: https://www.patreon.com/talkingwiththeexperts #business #entrepreneur #podcastepisode #podcastguest #podcasting #podcastinterview #podcasts #podcastshow #rosedavidson #smallbusiness #talkingwiththeexperts #video #vodcast

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What are you goals for the new year?Have you documented them yet or do you simply keep them in your head and not on paper?What if you could achieve 30X greater results by simply having SMARTY goals?Highlights of this episode includes:- The benefits of goal setting to your career and life- A simple method for turning your dreams into powerful, results-focused goals- Steps you can take to stay focused, clear, persistent, determined, and passionate about your goalsMake 2023 your best year yet with Bernadette and her Goals to Riches SMARTY method. Learn it right here.Need to discuss your goals?SCHEDULE some complimentary time to discuss, strategize and lay out your top priority goals.  Go to www.coachmebernadette.com/discoverycallSupport the Show.

What are you goals for the new year?Have you documented them yet or do you simply keep them in your head and not on paper?What if you could achieve 30X greater results by simply having SMARTY goals?Highlights of this episode includes:- The benefits of goal setting to your career and life- A simple method for turning your dreams into powerful, results-focused goals- Steps you can take to stay focused, clear, persistent, determined, and passionate about your goalsMake 2023 your best year yet with Bernadette and her Goals to Riches SMARTY method. Learn it right here.Need to discuss your goals?SCHEDULE some complimentary time to discuss, strategize and lay out your top priority goals.  Go to www.coachmebernadette.com/discoverycall

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Welcome, folks! It's that time of the week, when we release the latest episode of our podcast, Hypergrowth Investing. And in today's show, Aaron Davis and I take an in-depth look at the hot topic of the year – inflation!After a red-hot May consumer price index (CPI) print, stocks are tanking on fears that the Federal Reserve is no longer capable of providing a soft landing. With runaway inflation continuing to climb, the Fed will have to ramp up the rate hikes to avoid a stagflationary environment.The central bank is considering – and will likely execute – a 75-basis-point hike in June. That's big – it hasn't happened since November 1994. What's more, it increases the chances of a hard landing and a spiral into a recession, which some see as the only salve to persistent inflation.A “leak” of those plans to The Wall Street Journal allowed the market to prepare for this incoming blow and let the Fed hold onto its credibility. But the fact the central bank must resort to tactics of leaking information to the media shows that its credibility is on shaky ground. From here, it'll talk up a very hawkish path – and no one will be angered by a dovish surprise.But there's a precedent for this kind of “jumbo” hike. In fact, the last two times the Fed hiked rates at this level, it had to cut them in subsequent months. Jumbo hikes usually indicate that we're at the end of a tightening cycle. So, here's what I believe: The central bank will hike 75 bps in June and July, and then we'll hit the pause into the end of the year.While I'm bullish on the 12-month outlook for the market, the question on everyone's mind is: How low can stocks go? Assume a recession is going to happen, and then work from there. During the 2008 recession, corporate earnings dropped 60% – a massive wipeout. In 2000-01, corporate earnings fell about 30%. And during the recession of 1989-91, earnings dove around 25%.If we see a deep recession similar to 2008, earnings will fall 60%. And if we're hit by a shallower recession, like those of 1989 and 2000, earnings will drop closer to 30%. Well, in terms of balance sheets, both consumers and corporations are very strong. And so is the labor market. So, it's very likely that the recession we get will be shallow. If earnings do fall, it will be offset by some equity multiple expansion – usually between 25X and 30X. Applied to the S&P, you'd get a price target of over 4,000 within the next 12 to 24 months. Compared to current levels, we're looking at a fundamental bottom right now. In other words, the S&P is either fairly valued or undervalued today. And that means it's a great time to go dip-buying.

SCBS 12/5/2565 : Positive Earnings for AWC BDMS TIDLOR ADVANC CPALL ONEE CRC OSP BCP vs Neutral THREL THANI DCC PTTGC III vs Downside risk for SECURE***Upgrade CPALL tp to Bt 77 : AWC Outperform tp Bt 5.60 beat estimates/ADVANC Outperform tp Bt 235 : ONEE - ผลประกอบการ 1Q65 ดีกว่าตลาดคาด 18.4%***ซื้อ ราคาเป้าหมาย 13.1 บาทต่อหุ้น : OSP reported 1Q22's net profit of Bt750 (-25.3% YoY and -11.9% QoQ), in-line with our forecast at Bt743mn.*** Outperform OSP TP Bt 37.00/sh based on average PE of 30X. : CRC outperform tp Bt 45. Sector picks with CPALL : Outperform on BDMS with end-2022 DCF TP of Bt28/share. : Neutral PTTGC tp Bt 80 Prefer BCP tp Bt 40 : DCC NEUTRAL ราคาเป้าหมาย 3 บาท DCC news: กลต.ใช้มาตรการลงโทษทางแพ่ง กรณีซื้อหุ้น RCI โดยอาศัยข้อมูลภายใน : QH : key take away from meetings maintain Underperform with TP Bt2.10/sh : THREL Neutral tp Bt 6.00 /THANI Neutral tp Bt 45/Underreview for TOP PTTGC : SECURE - ผลประกอการ 1Q65 ออกมาน่าผิดหวังจาก Chip shortage*** Downside สถาณการณ์ชิปขาดตลาด โดยราคาเป้าหมายปัจจุบันที่เราให้อยู่ที่ 34 บาท : SCBS Invitation : Group meeting for CPALL 24 May 14.30 /GFPT 26 May 16.00/AOT 30 May 14.00***MS Team : MSCI Semi Annual Index review to be announced today and effective on June 1,2565 Mkt trading +BANPU TIDLOR TTB vs -BGRIM STGT : Analyst meeting today 12/5/2565 : 10.00 BDMS TOP /10.30 CPALL/ 14.00 IVL OSP GFPT ***SCBS Upgraded CPALL target price to Bt 77 from Bt 74 Outperform

Epic Journey Podcast Episode #24 – Words that Bear Fruit In this episode, Sonny and Cindy discuss the power of your words to bear fruit. When you dig into Gods' word, you'll find a lot of guidance, instruction, encouragement and benefits related to your words. There's also a lot of responsibility to choose your words wisely and to benefit those that hear them. Much like cultivating a garden, our words will transform and bear good fruit if we begin with good seed, pull the weeds, and provide light and living water, truth and grace. When you tap into the potential and the power that your words have, you will begin to experience exponential benefits of bearing the fruit that God has for you, your marriage and your life! What if you could 30X, 60X, 100X your fruit!? Check this out: Mark 4:20 20 "But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” Join us! ------- Epic Journey Podcast #24 – Words that Bear Fruit – Episode Notes The more you study about words and the power of your words, you will start connecting the dots that your words are a reflection of your beliefs and of what you are accepting and receiving into your heart and mind. Luke 6:45 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. So, begin listening and hearing yourself and ask yourself about the power of your words. Acknowledge the relationship with Christ as the origin, the WORD, the beginning. Then realize how your words come from Gods' truth into your heart, into your mind and then are an expression of what you believe and when spoken will have power to bring good things into your life. If Christ dwells in you, then your words will be an expression of both grace and truth. Psalm 19:14 Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable in your sight, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. Psalm 49:3 My mouth shall speak wisdom; the meditation of my heart shall be understanding. The goals of pleasing God, gaining wisdom, understanding each other…. These are great goals, and it is well worth the effort and patience you'll need to just start the process of listening to your words and making the adjustments in your heart and mind that will help you tend to the garden, bear fruit, and speak life into each other. The Word Became Flesh 1 John 1:1-5, 14 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. Now verse 14 14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. Strong's concordance 1 John the root of the Word which you will see is capitalized in the scripture, is the Greek word logos, which has its origins in another word lego which means to lay forth, to relate, and then back to logos and it says this: something said (including the thought) by implying a topic, also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive, and in John the Divine expression, i.e. Christ. Mark 4:20 20 But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” Romans 10:17 So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ. This is such a good reminder of the importance of hearing and listening and what it can lead to. Our faith comes from hearing through the word of Christ. Colossians 3:16 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom,...

In this episode, we talk with Gair Maxwell an author, keynote speaker, podcaster, and brand strategist. Gair is considered a global authority on creating iconic, "larger-than-life" brands that attract legions of customers and top talent without having to use "pushy" marketing tactics.  THOUGHT #1Find Your Authentic Swing THOUGHT #2Vision without action is merely a dream. Action without vision just passes the time. Vision with action can change the world.– Joel Barker CONNECT:Website: Gair MaxwellPodcast: The Leadership Standard- Candid Conversations with Everyday LeadersBook: "Big Little Legends: How Everyday Leaders Build Irresistible Brands"Email: gair@gairmaxwell.comBlog: Leaders and LegendsBrand Consulting: The Branding Highway Bootcamp Keynotes: Gair Maxwell KeynotesKeynote: Big Little Legends: How Everyday Leaders Build Irresistible BrandsKeynote: The Branding Highway Keynote: The Reinvention Code: Timeless Secrets Of Disruptive InnovationKeynote: Knowing-Doing G.A.P: The Bridge Between Talk & ActionFacebook: Gair Maxwell- International Keynote Speaker and Author Instagram: Gair Maxwell Linkedin: Gair Maxwell Twitter: Gair Maxwell YouTube: Gair Maxwell BRAND & RESOURCE MENTIONS:"I Ran" (Flock of Seagulls) - YouTube.com Book Of Ecclesiastes - KingJamesBibleOnline.org"Watermelon Sugar" (Harry Styles) - Cosmopolitan.com Batman - DC Comics - DcComics.com Robin: The Boy Wonder - DC Comics - DcComics.com Apple - Apple.comAC/DC - ACDC.comLululemon - Shop.Lululemon.comLed Zeppelin - LedZeppelin.comVistage: The World's Largest Executive Coaching Organization - Vistage.com Van Halen - Van-Halen.comSammy Hagar - RedRocker.comDavid Lee Roth - DavidLeeRoth.com"Hot For Teacher" (Van Halen) - YouTube.com"Jump" (Van Halen) - YouTube.com"Panama" (Van Halen) - YouTube.com"Right Now" (Van Halen) - YouTube.comRobert Plant - RobertPlant.com The Authentic Swing - Steven Pressfield - StevenPressfield.comThe Legend of Bagger Vance: A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life - Steven Pressfield - StevenPressfield.comSt. Andrews Links: The Home of Golf - StAndrews.comCity of Bethlehem - Bethlehem-Pa.govVatican City - WHC.Unesco.orgThe Power of Story and Metaphor - Huffpost.com Ferrari - Ferrari.com Nike - Nike.com"Door of Opportunity" - Goodreads.comClass A PGA Professional - PGA.InfoGrenelefe Golf & Tennis Resort, Haines City Florida - TheLefe.comJim Furyk - PGATour.com"Happy Gilmore" - Adam Sandler movie - IMDB.com Arnold Palmer - ArnoldPalmer.comBen Hogan - BenHoganGolf.comNew Orleans' Café Du Monde - Shop.CafeDuMonde.com French Quarter - New Orleans, Louisiana - NewOrleans.com Pike Place Fish Market - Seattle, Washington - PikePlaceFish.com Webers Hamburgers - Ontario, Canada - Webers.com Montreal Expos Baseball - SportsTeamHistory.com National Hockey League - NHL.comMcDonald's - McDonalds.com"Running With The Devil" (Van Halen) - Lyrics.com Canada's Huggable Car Dealer: Jim Gilbert - WheelsAndDeals.ca Canada's Huggable Car Dealer: Dawna Gilbert - WheelsAndDeals.caSeinfeld - SonyPictures.com"Who Was Casanova?" - SmithsonianMag.comRomeo Montague (Italian: Romeo Montecchi) - William Shakespeare - En.Wikipedia.com "MC" Labeling - McDreamy - GreysAnatomyFandom.comJoel Barker - JoelBarker.com The Walt Disney Company - TheWaltDisneyCompany.comCity Of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada - Fredericton.caSpace Needle - Seattle, Washington - SpaceNeedle.com Starbucks - Seattle, Washington - PikePlaceMarket.orgZappos - Zappos.comStart with Your Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action - Simon Sinek - SimonSinek.com Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done - Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, Charles Burck - Amazon.com1 + 1 = 3 - Steven Covey - TeamBonding.com The Vin Diagram - Vinayiyengar.comFleetwood Mac - FleetwoodMac.com Aerosmith - Aerosmith.com Harley-Davidson - Harley-Davidson.com "Heavy Metal" (Sammy Hagar) - Genius.comLeaders & Legends: A Tribute To Edward Van Halen – Gair Maxwell - YouTube.com Booky Call - Book Review App on Apple - Apps.Apple.com Booky Call - Book Review App on Google Play - Play.Google.com Hard Rock International – HardRock.comBooky Call - https://www.bookycall.combookstarPR - bookstarPR.comThoughts That Rock – ThoughtsThatRock.comCertified Rock Star - CertifiedRockStar.comLeadership That Rocks: Take Your Brand's Culture to Eleven and Amp Up Results (Jim Knight) - LeadershipThatRocksBook.comCulture That Rocks: How to Revolutionize Your Company's Culture (Jim Knight) – CultureThatRocks.comBlack Sheep: Unleash the Extraordinary, Awe-Inspiring, Undiscovered You (Brant Menswar) - FindYourBlackSheep.comRock ‘n Roll With It: Overcoming the Challenge of Change (Brant Menswar) – RocknRollWithIt.comCannonball Kids' cancer – CannonballKidscancer.orgBig Kettle Drum - BigKettleDrum.comSpectacle Photography (Show/Website Photos) – SpectaclePhoto.comJeffrey Todd “JT” Keel (Show Music) - JT KeelGAIR MAXWELL'S BIO:Gair Maxwell is an author, keynote speaker and brand strategist who marvels at the sight and sound of a well struck drive off the tee that splits any well-groomed fairway. Endlessly curious about the origin of legends and myths, he is considered a global authority on the creation of iconic, “larger-than-life” brands that attract legions of customers and top talent – without having to use “pushy” marketing tactics. Some organizations he has worked with have achieved 15-30X financial growth while becoming a much coveted and highly desirable “Category of One”. His fascination with “legends” likely dates back to the age of 11, watching the “Immaculate Reception”, December 23, 1972, as Franco Harris galloped into NFL history. Today, that curiosity extends to dissecting how the world's top brands become - simply irresistible. Everything from Apple & AC/DC to Lulu Lemon and Led Zeppelin. Specifically, his research focuses on small, but mighty giants that exert the same magnetic, pulling power similar to what NIKE does with shoes and Harley Davidson with motorcycles. These “Big Little Legends” include historic Café Du Monde in New Orleans; world famous, Pike Place Fish Market in Seattle and Webers on Highway 11 in Northern Ontario. Gair's riveting keynote presentations and hands-on workshops are packed with real-life stories supported by decades of in-the-trenches business experience. Described as a “shock stick of energy”, Gair delivers electrifying, uplifting presentations – both live and virtual - that inspire everyday people to stand apart from the crowd, unleash their inner greatness and build an enduring legacy. He has worked with some of the world's most dynamic organizations, including the Apple Specialist Marketing Group, Caterpillar, NAPA, Leo Burnett (Taiwan), Virginia Tech and others, while sharing conference stages with business icons such as Richard Branson and Gene Simmons. His accomplishments include: • Awarded “Speaker of the Year” by TEC Canada. • Recognized as a Vistage ‘Top Performer' in 2020. • Upwards of 600 appearances with Vistage International, the world's largest CEO Peer Advisory Group. • Best-selling author of Big Little Legends, available through Amazon.com, Indigo, Barnes & Noble, and more. • Podcast Host: “The Leadership Standard” with TEC Canada. A former broadcaster, Gair racked up 10,000+ interviews and 30,000+ broadcasts in an award-winning radio and television career. The son of a former pro golfer from St. Andrews, Scotland, Gair is a military history buff, an avid supporter of the Pittsburgh Steelers and a card-carrying Tennessee Squire. He prefers Jack Daniels on the rocks, a frosty Moosehead beer and is a life-long fan of Van Halen who believes both versions of the band with David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar should be considered legendary. A native of Moncton, NB, he currently resides in London, ON with Dana and their brood of two cocker spaniels (Theodore & Sophie) along with a beagle-mix rescue named Maggie. Big Little Legends is his second book.

Jin Kang is deal lead at Global Coin Research, an investment DAO that has poured over US$30M into over 40 deals since just last year, generating an astounding 30X+ return in the process.   In today's conversation, we talk all about: Decentralized autonomous organizations How investment DAOs differ from traditional early-stage funding mechanisms How GCR sources its deals, and who it has invested in The regulatory landscape surrounding investment DAOs Trade-offs between centralization and pure decentralization How DAOs might encode decision-making hygiene into their smart contracts Challenges DAOs face How to build and sustain a community in web3 And so much more.   Show notes: GCR: Globalcoinresearch.com GCR Discord: https://discord.com/invite/sVC8WXA  Jin Kang on Twitter: twitter.com/thejinkang  Steve Glaveski on Twitter: twitter.com/steveglaveski  Metaverse and web3 consulting: www.metavise.io 

NAN is a nationwide Appraisal Management Company and has been in business for 17 years.  NAN believes in technology, communication, and genuine accountability for both the AMC and the appraiser. Those beliefs culminate in NAN tracking precise performance scores for appraiser selection, as well as a unique incentive program that NAN pays their appraisers 30X faster for work completed on time or early. More information on NAN can be found at:  https://nan-amc.com  Cool Carl Paranski shift here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrjJFNDQJbM

Inspired by her travels with the Johnson Space Center's “Engineers Without Borders” team, Samantha Snabes has helped launch some of the largest and most affordable industrial 3D printers in the world. Her company, re:3D, is the manufacturer of the Gigabot, a giant 3D printer that boasts a build volume starting at 30X the size of desktop printers. The eco-friendly Gigabot sells for one-tenth the cost of typical industrial printers, can print directly from plastic waste, and has customers in more than 50 countries.In this podcast, Snabes shares her observations of how 3D printing is radically transforming the way we think about product design. “The vision for what you will make changes as soon as you start printing it,” she says. “Designers will often say within the first three layers, they've found a way to improve their idea. Just starting to see the outline of the physical form inspires new ideas.” Snabes also chats with Jon about her experiences in the Mississippi National Guard, where she serves in an emergency response unit for hurricane and disaster relief.

Daffy Durairaj is the co-founder of Mango Markets and is currently working full time as a developer in service of the Mango DAO.00:28 - Origin Story04:44 - Seeing the order book10:20 - The idea behind creating Mango Markets15:38 - Going from creating smart contracts to creating Mango17:32 - How big is the DAO?20:01 - The Launch29:15 - VCs and the launch32:43 - Decentralization and getting stuff done34:55 - Will DAOs ever compete with big tech companies?40:43 - What's next for Mango Markets? Transcript:Anatoly (00:09):Hey folks, this is Anatoly and you're listening to the Solana Podcast, and today I have with me Daffy Durairaj, who is the co-founder of Mango Markets, so awesome to have you.Daffy (00:20):It's great to be here.Anatoly (00:22):So origin story, how'd you get into crypto? What made you build Mango Markets?Daffy (00:30):How did I get into crypto? So, I started off really not wanting to get into crypto. I was really interested in algorithm training. I did that in college and did some competitions that I did well in, and I wanted to trade equities, but it turns out if you have not enough money, if you have a few thousand dollars it's just not allowed. You're not allowed to algorithmically trade. There's a patent day trader rule, and I was infuriated and I was just looking around and I found Poloniex where you can do anything you want. The thing that actually hooked me first to Poloniex was the lending market because immediately as soon as I saw an open lending market, I was like, "Oh wow, I have to buy some bitcoin, and I have to lend it out." And, Poloniex was all bitcoin, and then it gradually got into just the meat of it, which was algorithmic trading and everything about crypto seemed exciting, but I actually didn't want to hold bitcoin. Poloniex was all bitcoin, but again, I think the government sort of pushed me in the right direction.I was like, "Okay, I don't want to hold bitcoin, I'll hedge off my risk on BitMEX, but again, not open to US persons, and so I was kind of reluctantly holding bitcoin and thinking, all right, I have a few thousand dollars if things go bad in this whole bitcoin thing. I'll come out okay. I'll get a job or whatever, but just never got a job, just kept holding bitcoin and continue to trade crypto, and I did that for about five years. Then, I wanted to actually start trading on chain because I thought this was probably for a lot of the reasons that you built Solana, the censorship resistance, and the global liquidity of it, and the openness of it, the fact that you're not excluding people that have a few thousand dollars. I wanted to build on chain and I was just not very bullish on a lot of things, so I kept going back to trading, and then I saw Serum DEX, and I was just hooked. I placed a trade and it felt totally natural and normal. It wasn't like $40 and takes 20 seconds and you don't know if it... And, then MetaMask was jammed and you're like, "Oh, but how do I cancel this?" So, that was a long-winded way of saying I was a trader and then I saw Serum DEX and then I had to start building the tools that would make Serum DEX even more fun.Anatoly (02:59):That's awesome. I got into it by trading. Basically, I set up like an Interactive Brokers IRA account, and that let me kind of bypass the rules.Daffy (03:11):Really?Anatoly (03:13):With a very small amount of money. I think they probably closed these loopholes already. I wrote a bunch of stuff on top of their Java STK and started trading there.Daffy (03:22):I remember I actually got started that way too. I did a bunch of stuff for their Java, and we can tell you we're both programmers. We wanted to build this money machine. It's so fascinating, and it's a machine that-Anatoly (03:40):It prints money.Daffy (03:40):It does things and it prints money. What more could you want? So, I got started with Interactive Brokers, but I guess the whole IRA thing... Because I was a college student, and so even talking to an accountant would take a huge dent out of my net worth.Anatoly (04:01):Totally, it's all really not designed for... The whole financial system in trading in the US is designed to funnel retail towards an app like E-Trade or Robinhood, which takes a cut, and then sells that trade to somebody else, who will take a cut, and then 10 other people until it gets an exchange, and that's how everybody's protecting their neck. They're all taking a little slice, and I think what's cool about crypto is that even centralized exchange like FTX is 1,000 times better and less extractive of the users than anything in traditional finance, simply because they can guarantee settlement. Such a very simple thing.Daffy (04:49):You feel it right from the beginning. You go to Poloniex in 2016, and it's like, oh, you have an email, you have deposited bitcoin, and now you're just lending to people. So, just talk about not being extractive. To see the order book through Interactive Brokers or Ameritrade or whatever costs you a lot of money and it costs them a lot of money to provide it, and I don't think I'd ever seen an order book. This was my passion, this is what I love to do, and I've never actually seen it.There's that story of the blind men who are touching this elephant, and so I had kind of figured out maybe what the order book looks like, but then on Poloniex, you go there and you just see the order book and you see all the lights flashing and you're like, "Oh, this is it. This is where the trades are happening." And, that's free, and of course, a big part of Mango Markets as well is you can see the order book. That's it, that is it, there's nothing more, and it's all on chain and all this stuff. So, in terms of not being extractive, it's a really big piece of what motivates people to come in.Anatoly (06:02):I don't know if you ever tried to get data, real data. I wanted timing information when a bid comes in or when an ask comes in versus when it's filled. How do I get access to it? Because when you get data from any of these places, basically it's like a little better than Yahoo Finance, which is like every five minutes they give you a low and a high.Daffy (06:27):I don't know, did you ever succeed at doing that in Interactive Brokers?Anatoly (06:32):No, I recorded some of it, but it just never had that fidelity and it always felt like a gamble. I'll build some models and sometimes stuff would work locally against my simulations, but then whenever I would actually try to run it, I'd see that fills take a little longer than they should and all this stuff really feels like you're not interacting directly with the trading system, that somebody when they see your order they're like, "Well, maybe I'll put my order ahead of yours or do whatever or slow you down a bit." It just sucks.Daffy (07:16):It feels very opaque, it's like a black box, and of course, this is all for people like me who are kind of looking on the outside looking in. So, if I had gotten a job at Citadel or somewhere, then I could probably see what's actually happening, but the fact that the vast majority of people are going to look at it and not really know it's actually happening, not everyone wants to see an order book. That's an important fact, but there are a large number of people who need it to be a little bit transparent to be involved.Anatoly (07:49):What I hate about it is that there's a lot of people that make a lot of money from you not seeing, that they're in the business of information assymetry and fuck them.Daffy (07:58):So, it's not a family friendly podcast, so it's good. I was going to ask that. So, there's a funny story on RuneScape. I don't know if you've ever played RuneScape.Anatoly (08:17):I played Ultima Online, which is I think similar vibes in the early days.Daffy (08:22):Yeah, so on RuneScape, just like on the point of no one being able to see anything, on RuneScape, also they had an order book because that's the most natural thing to do, and I actually had to figure it out from first principles. I would place a trade and I would see that sometimes it would get executed and sometimes it would not get executed, then I realized, okay, if I place a trade for these water runes or something or oak logs or something, and I put the price really high it gets executed at some price that's not the price that I said, and then I was able to form this concept of that's the asking price. I didn't even have the terminology for this, and then I did the same for set the price to zero for a trade and now I found the bid, and now I can make a lot of money actually underbidding the best asker and overbidding the best bid.Anatoly (09:18):So, you're market making.Daffy (09:20):Yeah, so it's funny, I was reminded because you said there's a lot of people who make a lot of money in you not knowing, and I was just minting money. It took me years to accumulate like 1 million gold pieces in RuneScape and then I was able to just 30X it in a month.Anatoly (09:46):Too bad RuneScape is not a crypto currency. Whoever is running RuneScape, you're missing a huge opportunity right now to just go full crypto.Daffy (10:00):There was some talk about some NFT or something on Twitter. Somebody was trying to encourage Jagex, the company, to get involved in crypto, and of course, I tried to signal boost it, but eventually everyone falls in line.Anatoly (10:17):How did you end up with the idea for Mango Markets?Daffy (10:21):So, I have to give credit to dYdX. It was like 2019 and I hadn't really considered that this was possible. I was heads down writing, trading algorithms and trading crypto just kind of holding all of my wealth in bitcoin and I was borderline bitcoin maxi on that, and just seeing dYdX do it in those early days... Now of course, they're way more successful now. Those early days seemed that you could do leverage trading on chain, and they kind of showed it as a proof of concept, which I just kind of started pacing back and forth like, oh my God, this is changing our worldview completely.Ethereum was slow and whatever, so years went by. Actually, maybe just like a year, and then I saw Serum DEX where I felt finally, okay, all the pieces are in play and also I wanted to market make on Serum DEX, but I really need leverage. I don't really need leverage, it just makes market making dramatically more efficient and safer. Leverage is just this tool that people who are involved in the financial plumbing really need, and it wasn't there. I was like, "Okay, this is the time and I have to learn how to code smart contracts," which sounds like a very scary and daunting task, but it was not that bad.Anatoly (11:54):The scary part was that you guys were building on a platform that was really rough around the edges at the time.Daffy (12:02):Well, no one told me that shit was really rough around the edges at the time. That was actually maybe important. You come in and there was nothing to do, this was August of 2020, things were not locked down necessarily here in the United States, but people kind of scattered. No one was hanging out in the major cities, they had kind of went to go live with their families, as did I. I fled San Francisco and went to the rural part of North Carolina. So, there was nothing going on and you just have all the time in the world and bitcoin is doing well, so that's funding you in a way.Bitcoin is this big, or crypto in general, it's all the people who bought it or own some crypto, as long as it's going up, it's kind of funding whatever zany side projects you have in mind. So, this is just a side project. Wouldn't it be cool if I could access this part of the world or this technology? And so, that's why chewing glass... You probably coined that term, I don't know, that's why chewing glass wasn't so hard because that pressure to... You have all the time in the world basically.Anatoly (13:30):Basically, COVID and lockdowns were so boring that chewing glass to learn how to code smart contracts with Solana was like a reprieve from the boredom.Daffy (13:45):And, I've heard you kind of say, okay, a bear market is when everyone is coding. To give the opposite perspective, I feel like a bull market, unlike much more chill, oh yeah, nothing really matters. Crypto is going up, it doesn't matter what I do. The rent is going to be paid for, everything is going to be fine, might as well engage in high variance new ideas, new projects. In a bear market, I'm very I got to grind, I got to squeeze out a couple of more bips out of this trading algorithm because I got to pay rent. So, that's the bullish case on bull markets.Anatoly (14:30):That you can try something crazy. That is the point where people enter this space is in a bull market. It's that they kind of start coming in droves because they're like, "Everything is crazy and I can also be part of the party." But, it's hard as a founder to stay focused because you are in that high variance, high risk taking kind of mindset.Daffy (14:58):There's a trade off of during a bull market there's a lot of things looking for your attention, and a bear market is very calm, or it can be. If you built up a lot of liabilities during the bull market, now you have to stay afloat during the bear market. Maybe it's calm in the external world, but internally it's not calm. You're like, "I got to do X, Y, and Z today every day." There's that natural pressure.Anatoly (15:32):So, you decided to learn coding on smart contracts on Solana. How did you end up going from there into Mango?Daffy (15:39):Initially, it was called Leverum. Not it, there was just an idea and there was a command line tool where you could... The YouTube video might still be out there, and Max was out there somewhere on the internet and he saw it and he thought it was a great idea. And so, he reached out to me and we did some other things like speculative about a prediction market, and then we were like, "Okay, no one is going to build margin trading." A lot of people are saying it, but it doesn't look like if we just wait it's just going to happen in the next couple of weeks or something. It's probably we just have to build it.Not we just have to, but we totally should. This is clearly a very important piece of the Solana ecosystem. So, we started building it. Mango was just we were thinking alliteration is good. Everybody loves mangoes, it's a fruit that I have never heard of anybody who doesn't like mangoes. It's probably the high sugar content and Mango Margin was the idea, but then we got the domain Mango.Markets. It's kind of evolved now. When you're starting off with something, you have kind of a narrow scope. You're like, "I just want to be able to borrow money." And now, there's this Mango DAO and people are talking about NFTs and drones. I'm talking about drones. I don't know if anybody else is, but it's just gone way higher and now I'm like, "I'm a humble servant of the Mango DAO." And, that's totally a normal thing to say.Anatoly (17:27):How big is the DAO?Daffy (17:28):How big is the DAO? That's a good question.Anatoly (17:30):In humansDaffy (17:31):That's like a philosophical question. In human terms, wow, again, even still a philosophical question. So, I think if you go to MNGO token, if you go to the Solana explorer and just type in mango or MNG or something, you can probably... I don't know if they have a list of unique token addresses, so in some sense that's the DAO, but in terms of the number of people who actively post on the forums and make proposals, that's much smaller. I'm guessing there's thousands of people who have votes, but the number of people who make proposals and add meaningful commentary on the forums is maybe 20 people, and it's expanding pretty quickly.I always see new people coming in. There's also not just people, there's the wealth of the DAO and the cultural reach of the DAO, the spiritual significance of the DAO, all of those seem like size if you ask how big is the DAO. You interviewed Balaji Srinivasan, and there's this idea that he had on Twitter that was like a DAO should buy land in Wyoming and send a drone to circle it and this is kind of like a moon landing sort of kind of thing or some kind of significant breakthrough where the DAO is controlling physical objects in the real world. So, this is very exciting to me, but it has nothing to do with margin trading, it's just something exciting that maybe in a bear market, I don't know, I'll push to get this done.Anatoly (19:23):Do you want the control to happen on chain?Daffy (19:25):Yeah, I think that's necessary. Maybe not the total control, but some kind of signal that distance... So, you can kind of think of Congress authorizes a certain thing and then the executive branch does it. If we could make that link be as automated as possible, I think there's something useful there, at the very least something exciting and interesting, kind of like the moon landing where maybe there wasn't anything useful, but it was inspiring for sure.Anatoly (20:02):So, the DAO, if you guys decided you want to do something with leverage and lending, and how you guys launched was really unique. I don't even know if people did this in Ethereum. To me, this is the first time anyone's kind of done this style of launch. Can you talk about the design and how you guys thought of it and what let you make those choices?Daffy (20:25):So, people early to Solana may be familiar with the Mango market caps and how that went, which somewhat argues the first NFT on Solana, and that was done pretty much sort of like how NFTs are typically done where there's a mad rush to grab the caps as soon as possible and the price is swinging wildly and there's a lot of people. Now, I think we put that together as an April Fool's kind of thing, very quickly, and so it was great for what it did, but the experience from that was, okay, there's going to be a lot of angry people. If you do it in this way where the DAO is raising funds, and this is the inception of the DAO, the DAO is raising funds for insurance fund, you probably don't want it to just be distributed to the people who were the fastest to click.And, that was the idea. We probably don't want that. It doesn't seem useful, it seems like a lot of angry people, and a lot of frustrated people. So okay, so you take out the time component, you take out the luck component, and then you're left with you kind of have this sort of auction that lasts 24 hours, but then what if X somebody comes at the last moment and dumps in a huge amount of money and raises the price for everyone? Everyone gets the same price. So, our design was we'll have a withdrawal period or a grace period at the end, the remaining 24 hours where if you kind of don't like the price, you can bail out. It had some flaws and I think we knew about those flaws from the beginning. We were like, "Okay, we just pushed to this game of chicken to a later point where someone can put in a lot of money to scare other people away and then they pull out at the last second. And that did happen, but it's not clear if that was net positive or net negative.Anatoly (22:28):And kind of in summary, there's this 24 hour period where people deposit funds in for a fixed supply of tokens.Daffy (22:36):Correct.Anatoly (22:37):And, then the period is over, and now everybody knows what the total amount in the pot is for the token and there's kind of this price that's created and then if you don't like the price, you can withdraw the entire bid or as much as you want. You can only reduce your bid.Daffy (22:54):Correct.Anatoly (22:54):But, you don't need to withdraw the entire bid, you can just reduce it.Daffy (22:57):Correct, yep.Anatoly (22:58):So, then that pushes the average price down at the same time, so for every dollar you take out, you kind of get a better price per token.Daffy (23:07):And, you see the price ticking up during the first 24 hours as more and more people are putting money in and then the price ticking down over the next 24 hours.Anatoly (23:19):I'm a huge fan of this setup because it creates a lot of... There was news, you guys made the news because it was almost half of all of USDC that was minted on Solana ended up in that smart contract. It was like 45% of it.Daffy (23:43):I remember actually because we saw the USDC on Solana was 700 million the days before and then it had climbed up to like 1.1 billion or I don't know what the number was at the end, and there was 500 million in the contract at the end of the first 24 hours. That was not the intention.Anatoly (24:05):It's like it was minted.Daffy (24:05):And honestly, I think you could appreciate it better from the outside than from my point of view for sure, and of course, I also could appreciate it better from the time distance, but that was not expected. We kind of knew that there would be a lot of money placed in the beginning and then money would go down. That was in all the documentation that we wrote, and that was expected and we had all these dev calls where everyone was always talking about it, and I was like, "Okay, come on. Literally, there isn't that much USDC in Solana." So, it can't be that bad, but of course, I underrated the possibility that someone could just mint a whole bunch of new USDC and bring it in from somewhere else. It made the news and a couple of other projects did the same thing, and I wonder if maybe it's a one time kind of thing. The game only works once. You can't expect to scare people every time or use the tactic every time.Anatoly (25:10):Maybe, I think a lot to be said, but there was no other way to go. Mango took it all, so there was no private round, they were never listed anywhere. This was really the only way to get it, and the anticipation of a project that was awesome, and from every other perspective is... What I always tell founders is that you should always raise the least amount for the highest price. The VCs kind of have more power than you usually because they have more information, they look at many deals, people come to them, they have the money, but it's sometimes the founders have this asymmetry where they're the only ones without equity. They're the only ones without tokens and that moment is if you can get everybody at the same time to compete for that thing, then you've kind of created the symmetry there and you maximize the capital raise for the DAO, for the project, for the community, and therefore that actually is a good thing. You have more resources to build a vision.Daffy (26:16):Although, I'll clarify, I think the DAO is still handing out a lot of tokens, so there's still a lot of ways to acquire Mango tokens, and that was kind of the inception for the insurance fund. The DAO has been paying people out of the insurance fund, and so it's been useful, but there's still more tokens to be had. There is a slight private rounds and I totally understand why people do them, but like I said earlier, if you are in crypto for a while, and this the cool thing about bull markets, I don't actually need money, I just need to pay rent and bitcoin has gone up 50%, so I'm solid.And, no one was paid anything. There was just Mango tokens that were given to people and they were told the DAO values your contribution or this is the inception of the DAO, and everyone worked to build this thing. People worked without even the Mango tokens and sort of the tokens were given after the fact. I think it's a valuable way to build crypto projects actually.Anatoly (27:30):I want more teams to try to totally from genesis this DAO first approach, but it's really tough because you guys had such a principled view on how things should be done and there's a lot of people out there that are offering money for that one thing. How did you guys have the discipline to just go stick with this?Daffy (27:54):We had a lot of discussions about all these things. We talked to VCs and we still do and we like all VCs actually. So, I think Satoshi, I'm not trying to draw a comparison to us to Satoshi or anything, but there is this beauty in that story and I think there's a lot, maybe even the majority of bitcoin's value at least to me... To me, I just love the narrative. I love the story of Satoshi, the pseudonymous founder who is one of the richest people on the planet right now. Obviously, they're in a no VCs. This person wanted to not make a big fuss. It was kind of like this clockmaker prophetic person who just came and then left, built this thing and then left, and that's such an amazing story.There are these long, long payoffs. Maybe they take a while, but they definitely do pay off that if you're not hurting for rent, again, I was in a position, all the other Mango devs were in this position as well where it was a bull market, we're not getting eviction notices or something, we could kind of float the boat for a while. Just consider the longterm payoffs, consider the five year payoffs. Stories are amazing.Anatoly (29:17):The weirdest thing is that every good VC will tell you that you should maximize for the highest return. Don't worry about the middle exit, or don't compromise. Actually, imagine you're taking over the world, what are the steps to get there? And, the risk don't matter. Actually maximize for the high and this is the irony here is that I think this kind of fair launch, most distribution will probably result in overall longterm, better, and higher returns, but the risks that I always find is that humans are hard to organize and at the same time, cryptography is this new tool for organization.It is what allows us to massively scale agreement and complex problems, really, really complicated problems. We can just click a button and vote and agree on that one and you know. You know that the decision was made, but I'm curious, do you see tension between the decentralization, kind of the disorganization of the DAO and getting shit done? I've got to build stuff.Daffy (30:34):No, 100% actually, on a daily basis actually. There was a podcast with the guy on Twitter that goes by Austerity Sucks and this was back in April. We talked about this and he brought up a similar point and he was, "Yeah, this DAO thing, it's all a fine and dandy idea, but do you think this will work?" And I, to be honest with you, am skeptical, however it is always felt to me sort of a high variance idea, kind of like if you were in the 16th century Netherlands or the 17th century Netherlands and you were like, "Okay, we've got to get spices from India. How do we do it?"And, you come up with a joint stock corporation and then the join stock corporation is everywhere and I don't think anyone has really figured out how to do DAOs well or what's the right mix, how do we communicate, how do we coordinate, all those things. I don't think anyone's quite figured it out yet. No one had figured it out like six months ago. I still don't think we have figured it out, but if it works, the payoff is enormous. There is global coordination, there isn't a jurisdiction. I imagine the DAO is controlling drones one day. It could be wild. So, even taking into account all of my skepticism, I was still like, "Okay, we should do the DAO idea." Anyway, not just me, Max is totally on board with this and Tyler and all the other people who kind of built Mango Markets. But on a day to day basis, as of October 2021, now I'm thinking, okay, maybe what we need to do is have small teams that build things and then pitch it in front of the DAO and get compensation. So, the DAO is kind of the government and it subcontracts out to people. Maybe not like direct democracy rules everything and we'll try that out and if that doesn't work, we'll try something else out, but try new stuff out quickly.Anatoly (32:45):That's awesome. This is actually a really good strategy to incentivize product development. Building an MVP, which means you're the PM, and the implementer, the dev, and you go do all the work and here's your management. It's all done, just give me money.Daffy (33:09):And, there's some maintenance tasks, so it's not purely new products, so I'm thinking Mango V4, but also in the meantime, there are all these nodes that need to be paid for.Anatoly (33:24):I think you guys will need to split. We called it KTLO, keeping the lights on work. You for six months, you're on KTLO duty, and you get paid a salary effectively, and you just got to keep the lights on, but then some other folks are like, "Go build something that you can propose to the DAO and the DAO will fund it."Daffy (33:49):I think that's basically what we have coalesced on is that, well, some people should be doing KTLO and other people should be doing new things, building the new product, and it takes kind of the risk out. The DAO doesn't have to pay for whatever stuff that I produce for Mango V4, but we both have some kind of incentive to be honest about it. If it's clearly a huge improvement or even a very substantial improvement, DAO should pay me something because if the DAO doesn't, then you can expect future builders to not go for it. And, we have these discussions on the forums.People make good arguments like this. I think the average IQ in the Mango Markets forums is very high. I think probably higher than most legislative bodies. I'm just going to go out on a limb and just say that. Not ours of course, ours is obviously very high IQ, smart people in our government, but you know.Anatoly (34:55):Do you believe five years there's going to be a 30,000 person DAO. Imagine a tech company, 30,000 engineers, or 30,000 people, they got product managers, teams, layers of bullshit. Is there going to be a DAO that's competing with a big tech company?Daffy (35:16):It's legitimately really hard to figure out how this might look. The reason why I hesitate so much with the question of a 30,000 person DAO is I'm not sure it'll look exactly like a corporation that we can say, okay, these are these 30,000 people. You might never be able to figure out who is part of the DAO and maybe that's one of the benefits of the DAO. If I asked you, how many people are part of Solana, not Solana Labs, but Solana the community? It's a little bit difficult to even answer, lots of people, various levels of involvement, and financial. Some people have a lot of financial stake until you don't, but some people have a lot of financial stake and no involvement at all. It's wild all over the place. Does Bitcoin look like a country or a corporation? I can even point my finger on what it is.Anatoly (36:20):So, even LINE had a battle that had 8,000 people all coordinating over something and I think they have corporations within that game that are maybe probably span up to 1,000 I'd imagine. So, that's people organizing using tech for a common goal without a job, without a structure that you normally have at a company. Linux was built by people organizing online. I think as soon as you have something to lose and in Linux and even LINE you start building up a virtual token, your reputation is a contributor to this thing and becomes a thing that we don't normally think of as valuable in a monetary way, but it's valuable to that person, but I definitely care about my ability to continue contributing to an open source project. So, where tokens I think can get there is if there is something of value being created by the community, some common goal that everyone is working on and that token is in the middle of it and is uniting and organizing it. I think that could scale as large as a corporation.Daffy (37:45):No, I agree with you. I just think it'll always be a little bit hard to figure out how many or who is involved, just by the nature of it. I just think it'll be always a little bit hard to figure out, but will 30,000 people be building on Mango or some DAO? You already know the numbers better, but we might even be approaching that with Solana. So, I'm not part of Solana Labs or affiliated with Solana in any way, but building on Solana, and also I have a financial incentive too, but also I have a reputation incentive and it feel like I'm part of the Solana corps or whatever it is, but I don't know what it is. It doesn't even exist. It's not even a DAO. There isn't even a DAO there.Anatoly (38:39):Oddly enough, I feel the same way about Eth and bitcoin even is that we're competing with them.Daffy (38:50):But, it all feels like we're actually kind of a part of the same team and-Anatoly (38:54):This is the weird part that I think is going to be really interesting how it plays out because I don't think it's obvious to anybody what is crypto. Is it the token? Is it the coin? Is it the network? Is it the cryptography itself?Daffy (39:10):It's not the cryptography itself, so we can strike that one out.Anatoly (39:14):Are you so sure? I think it's honestly the power that a person has to be able to make these very concrete statements that are unbreakable no matter how... That's the math. The math behind it is what allows them to do them.Daffy (39:36):I don't totally know the cryptography itself. I know basic 101 number theory stuff, but I remember going through my first programming class and coming up feeling just very powerful. I'd write stuff down and then it happens. Kind of like a king, actually, more powerful than a king in a lot of ways because I was writing these training algorithms and it was happening around the world in ways that probably a medieval king couldn't imagine and crypto brings that to finance where things of actual value can be moved.Mango Markets exists and you can go there and place a trade right now, but it was just somebody who wrote it. I was involved based on you can see the GitHub contributions, but it was just people who wrote it and that's probably... We can maybe chalk that up to the cryptography.Anatoly (40:43):So, what's next for you guys?Daffy (40:46):There's drones on the horizon. Yes, sometime in the future, but we have to do a lot of the nitty-gritty, roll up your sleeves kind of work. On Solana so far, there isn't... Maybe a lot of projects are struggling with this, indexing all the data and providing it for people in a usable way because there's just so many transactions. It turns out if transaction fees are really low, people just make a lot of transactions and they don't think about it.And so, gathering it up and displaying it in a useful format to people, that's a very immediate term and then slightly medium term is sort of becoming the place where everyone does leverage trading and does borrow and lending, all the crypto natives. And then of course in the longterm, I would say it's somebody like my mom should be able to store her money in Mango Markets and not think twice about it. It's not a good idea right now I wouldn't say, but that's the goal. That involves a lot more social things than just technological things. That's get it to a level where she can do it safely and feel comfortable and manage her keys, or even if she's not managing her keys, have a solution for how the keys might be managed, that she's not falling for scams, and that's I would say my longterm goal.Anatoly (42:09):That's awesome, man. On that note, man, really awesome to have you on the podcast. Great conversation. I'm always excited about what you guys are doing and how the community is building this ecosystem of its own, so really amazing. It's serendipity that you guys started going on Solana, just really lucky to have folks like you in the ecosystem.Daffy (42:35):Thanks a lot. It means a lot. This was really fun.

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Lacework will help you get your security act together for everything from compliance service configurations to container app relationships, all without the need for PhDs in AWS to write the rules. If you're building a secure business on AWS with compliance requirements, you don't really have time to choose between antivirus or firewall companies to help you secure your stack. That's why Lacework is built from the ground up for the cloud: low effort, high visibility, and detection. To learn more, visit lacework.com. That's lacework.com.Jesse: I've heard the term ‘fail gracefully' hundreds of times. What the heck does that really mean? Most people don't think too hard on how their system should gracefully bow out rather than the old school method of complete failures and horrible restarts. Resilient software engineering is the discipline of making software and systems fail in ways that minimize and isolate failures while continuing to deliver service and availability. 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Then the Aws Elastic Load Balancer—or ELP—service points all subsequent requests to a different container instance in EKS.In that scenario, if a container is breached in a security event, or if something simply fails due to a software bug or data corruption, the service recovers by tossing a new system while yanking out the old system. This is security by designing self-healing IT systems. You get both security and stability for the same effort. This is DevSecOps in practice and shows how a shift-left mindset for your organization is the best possible approach for your business or mission.Jesse: Meanwhile, in the news. Cybersecurity industry reacts as antivirus pioneer John McAfee found dead. Sure John McAfee was clearly in his own blend of strange and eccentric, but he launched an entire industry vertical 34 years ago. The computer age has been around long enough now that the founders of the early megacorps are all fading away. Don't forget our history, and if you ever asked yourself, “What would John McAfee do?” Please go do the opposite unless you plan on launching a successful business.Storms & Silver Linings: Avoiding the Dangers of Cloud Migration. This reminds me of the weeping and gnashing that happened every time some new wiki went up at various jobs and projects. I learned to hate wikis because they were always horribly organized and always out of date. Heed the advice here: if it's out of date, archive it somewhere else and don't migrate to your shiny new cloud.7 ways technical debt increases security risk. Fixing old software in a fast-moving world is like the scope creep of how much stuff we acquire between moving houses or offices. You can either take advantage of touching everything to purge and organize, or you can blindly shove it all in a box and move it. We all think we'll get around to fix it later. Nope. We don't. We increase our risk in ways we can't see. Go fix your stuff.New DNS Name Server Hijack Attack Exposes Businesses, Government Agencies. There is so much information someone can gather about your organization by collecting information that was supposed to go to you. AWS closed this hole, but not all DNS services have. DNS is a resilient service, but it was never designed with modern attacks in mind. I love DNS and I hate DNS. You should too.CISO Jason Lee on Zoom's response to its pandemic security challenges. Explosive growth is scary; 30X growth in months is terrifying. Zoom did it. Can you? Very few companies can stay functioning, let alone secure in those situations.Software-Container Supply Chain Sees Spike in Attacks. I don't think I've beat the drum of supply-chain attacks enough. These are on the rise now that there is a great example of how effective these are. I sure hope you've secured your supply chain. I'm sure you haven't, but we can always hope.Four states propose laws to ban ransomware payments. This is a bit like making it illegal to pay kidnappers or terrorists. I know many companies will get owned and pay anyway, and regulations to stop money flowing to criminals is nothing new. There will be loopholes found and exploited, like in all things. Keep up with what laws affect your organization and how you perform security. To stop ransomware pandemic, start with the basics. We security people repeat ourselves constantly because implementing the basic security defenses mitigates most risk for most organizations. Please go do at least the [CIST 00:05:51] top five if you can't do all of them.Senators propose bill to help tackle cybersecurity workforce shortage. The US federal government is pushing hard on cybersecurity now that they were owned in front of the whole world by the SolarWinds and MS Exchange debacles. Like most companies, cybersecurity seems to be an afterthought in budgets and priorities, until the media gets to pummel them for weeks on end in the news.Announcer: If you have several PostgreSQL databases running behind NAT, check out Teleport, an open-source identity-aware access proxy. Teleport provides secure access to anything running behind NAT, such as SSH servers or Kubernetes clusters and—new in this release—PostgreSQL instances, including AWS RDS. Teleport gives users superpowers like authenticating via SSO with multi-factor, listing and seeing all database instances, getting instant access to them using popular CLI tools or web UIs. Teleport ensures best security practices like role-based access, preventing data exfiltration, providing visibility, and ensuring compliance. Download Teleport at goteleport.com. That's goteleport.com.Jesse: Expecting the Unexpected: Tips for Effectively Mitigating Ransomware Attacks in 2021. Much of the advice I see for mitigating any horrific attack is a huge amount of labor, but all the work is necessary. Ransomware can wipe out whole backups, destroy codebases that aren't recoverable, it can steal, or even worse, publicly disclose your secrets. Don't think you are ready for a large ransomware attack. These things are driven by people who have studied your systems and might have been in them for weeks.What Lies Ahead for K-12 Cybersecurity? As the president and principal of a small elementary school and a technologist, I've implemented mostly cloud services to support the school operations and classroom work. Many of us in tech who work with large organizations in state, local, and higher ed—called SLED—national, or federal governments, and large corporations forget that there are small and mid-sized businesses—or SMBs—and K through 12 schools that also have the same concerns we do. After all, we all run Windows, Mac OS, Unix, and Linux, middleware and cloud services.How to Protect Healthcare Data from Ransomware Attacks. If all of us protected our data like we ought to for protected or personal health information—or PHI—and personally identifiable information—or PII—then we'd have far less breaches and even less exfiltration and disclosure of our private information.And now for the tip of the week. Introducing software resiliency is far from trivial, so let's look at how to get started understanding this. First, to understand what this all means, read some primers like System Resilience: What Exactly Is It? from the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute and Resilience Engineering: An Introduction from BMC's DevOps blog. Then look at how to implement this. Charting a path to software resiliency is a Medium piece written for the Walmart Global Tech blog and 7 Best Practices to Build and Maintain Resilient Applications and Infrastructure, a piece on the new stack by Kris Beevers of NS1. There are hundreds of quality resources out there on these subjects, but this should get you started on your new path to a brighter, cloudier future. And that's it for the week, folks. Securely yours Jesse Trucks.Jesse: Thanks for listening. Please subscribe and rate us on Apple and Google Podcast, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.Announcer: This has been a HumblePod production. Stay humble.

#10 Wakefit: Founded by Chaitanya Ramalingegowda and Ankit Garg in 2015, Wakefit started selling mattresses online and were already making a profit within six months of operations. Today, this D2C mattress startup is selling 1,500 mattresses to their 500,000 customers every day – raking in a revenue of $26.5 million and making a profit of $1.3 million in FY20. #9 Lenskart: Founded by Peyush Bansal in 2010, Lenskart offers an omnichannel platform for selling eyewear and lenses through their online platform and offline stores. The company has been investing heavily in setting up new physical stores – taking the number of offline stores to over 750. This is why the startup took a decade to reach profitability. In FY20, Lenskart made a revenue of $130 million with a profit of $2.4 million. #8 Cashfree: Cashfree is a digital payments gateway platform that offers more than 100 payment methods to over 50,000 businesses around the world with a team of just 130 employees. Their ability to stay lean has not only enabled them to scale but also remain profitable from the get-go. Their profit increased 14X from just $190,000 in FY18 to $2.6 million in FY20. #7 BrowserStack: India's most valuable SaaS startup BrowserStack enables developers to test their apps remotely using their cross-browser testing platform that has more than 2,000 devices and is being used by over 50,000 businesses across the world. The company has been profitable since day one. In FY20, BrowserStack raked in a profit of $3.8 million. #6 Aye Finance: SME lending startup Aye Finance has been profitable for the last three consecutive years and has disbursed loans worth more than $538 million to more than 200,000 small businesses. Aye Finance's profits have increased to $5.3 million in FY20. #5 Lendingkart: Founded in 2014, Lendingkart has disbursed loans worth $741 million to more than 100,000 small businesses. This fintech startup first achieved profitability in FY19 and their profits stand at $5.6 million in FY20. #4 OfBusiness: B2B e-commerce and lending startup OfBusiness uses purchase financing – providing businesses with a loan that they can use to purchase raw materials from their e-commerce platform. Once their profits from the interest started coming in, OfBusiness started making money and they are now on their way to becoming a unicorn. Their profits jumped 73X from just $150,000 in FY18 to a healthy $80 million in FY20. #3 CarTrade: Founded in 2009, CarTrade is the only profitable online used car marketplace. This decade-old startup has already filed for an IPO and is expected to hit the stock markets soon. The company significantly decreased its losses from $20 million in FY16 to just $2 million in FY17. They first turned profitable in FY18 and they did this through internal restructuring, key acquisitions and cost-cutting measures. Today (FY20), they are making a healthy profit of $11.5 million. #2 Boat Lifestyle: Indian consumer technology startup Boat started in 2016 by selling charging cables and were able to hit profitability within the first year. Next, they launched more products like earphones, headphones and smartwatches with quality and affordability in mind to target value-minded Indian consumers. This strategy only accelerated their growth. Boat's profit's increased by 30X from just $225,000 to $6.6 million in FY20. #1 Zerodha: India's largest stockbroking platform Zerodha has managed to change the entire stock trading industry single-handedly and they did it without even raising any external funding or marketing their product. Today, Zerodha charges just Rs 20 (or 0.03% as commission – whichever is lower) from their customer for every intraday trade. Thanks to that, Zerodha earned a solid $135 million in profits in FY21.

Monday on Adams on Agriculture Rabo AgriFinance analyst Steve Nicholson looks at factors driving markets higher and how high they could go, AFBF’s Ryan Yates discusses questions about the Biden Administration’s 30X 30 plan and DTN meteorologist Bryce Anderson gives his forecast for the week and next month.

Clubhouse is the hot new social audio star. But Twitter Spaces is available to 30X the audience out of the box … and draws on a social graph you already own. Does that mean it’s the new winner just waiting to be crowned? In this episode of TechFirst with John Koetsier, I chat with Paul Armstrong, CEO and founder of Here/Forth … and owner of the very first sponsored show on Twitter Spaces … sponsored by a Fortune 500 global brand, too yet. At least, as far as Armstrong knows. Links: Support TechFirst with $SMRT coins: https://rally.io/creator/SMRT/ TechFirst transcripts: https://johnkoetsier.com/category/tech-first/ Forbes columns: https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnkoetsier/ Full videos: https://www.youtube.com/c/johnkoetsier?sub_confirmation=1 Keep in touch: https://twitter.com/johnkoetsier

In this week's episode of Reformed Millennials, Broc and Joel start out discussing how to properly think about investing and the competing market participants. After the Market update they also dive into best investments ever, Onlyfans most recent venture round and whether Substack can handle their great expectations.Listen on Apple, Spotify, or Google Podcasts.If you aren’t in the Reformed Millennials Facebook Group join us for daily updates, discussions, and deep dives into the investable trends Millennials should be paying attention to.👉 For specific investment questions or advice contact Joel @ Gold Investment Management.📈📊Market Update💵📉To start todays episode we want to talk about something that we think is important to understand as market participants. When we were first starting out, time horizons were difficult to conceptualize. We pitching ideas to get them into portfolios you can’t possibly run money without also first understanding why you own something. Why someone else owns something and how that affects prices. Investing isn’t binary. 101010There isn’t always a right and wrong when it comes to stocks, and investing. It’s missing the point. With the RM podcast we make an effort to point listeners in the direction of global trends to make more informed business and life decisions. We feel like were pretty damn good at that. But that job requires a certain time horizon... And that horizon isn’t a short one. It’s quite the opposite. It’s much longer... So tune in for 2 stories: First one is from my favorite writer in the world. Morgan HouselKnowing what game you’re playingAn idea that’s obvious but overlooked is that investors on the same field play different games. We buy the same companies, read the same news, talk to the same people, are quoted the same market prices – but we’re everything from day traders to endowments with century-long time horizons. Even investors who think they’re playing the same game – say, stock pickers – have wildly different goals and risk tolerances. My view is that most investing debates do not reflect genuine disagreement; they reflect investors playing different games talking over each other, upset that people who don’t want what you want can’t see what you see. Understanding your game, without being swayed by people playing different games, is a rare investing power.Second is a story/lesson from Peter Lynch “Invest In What You Know”Peter Lynch on the biggest mistake investors make: "They don't know what they own. They do more research on a microwave oven and buy based on a tip they heard on the bus. They buy into the potential of something. They hear a terrific story." "I find when you hear that [story], you just have to black out. You have to think of a movie you went to recently because the stories are very appealing." “The public is very careful with their money when they buy a dishwasher or a TV set, when they rent an apartment. When it comes to the stock market, for some reason they just don't do any work." What would they find out with 30 minutes of research?"They would first of all see if the company has sales and profits. A lot of times they buy companies and there's nothing there. There's literally nothing there." "There are people that own electronic stocks that don't know the difference between an EPROM and the senior prom. And they're trying to buy stocks."EPROM = erasable programmable read-only memory, had to google that one. "Wal-Mart started as a public company with 37 stores in October of 1970. 10 years later you can tune into Wal-Mart. Their profits are up 20x. And the stock was up 20x. It still had another 10 years left. Profits went up 25x in the last 10 years. You can make 25x your money again" "You have plenty of time. My best stocks have been the third year, the fourth year, the fifth year. Not the third week the fourth week. People want to make the money very rapidly." Wal-Mart's first annual report:💯Unofficial List of The 16 Greatest Investments Ever🍄Naspers - Tencent (2001): $32m -> $250B (7800x) Softbank - Alibaba (2000): $20m -> $100B (5000x)Saverin - FB (2004): $15k --> $14B (866,666x)Peter Theil - FB (2004): $500k --> $1B (2000x)Sequoia/Kleiner - GOOGL (1999): $13m --> $20B (1500x)Jeff Bezos - Google (1998): $250k --> $5B (20,000x)Andy Bechrolsheim - Google (1998): $100k --> $1.5B (15,000x)Jackie & Mike Bezos - Amazon (1995): $250k --> $20B - $60B (80,000x to 240,000x)Bruce McKean (Tobi's father-in-law) - Shopify (2007): ~$200k --> $7B (35,000x)John & Cathy Phillips - Shopify (2007-09): $750k --> $4.4B (6000x)SIG-Bytedance (2012): $5m --> $15B (3000x) Steve Jobs - Pixar (1986): $5m --> $7.4B (1480x) Ruby Lu - Kuaishou: $40m --> $12B (300x) FB - IG (2012): $1B -> $250B (250x) GOOGL - YT: $1.6B --> $300B (200x)eBay - Paypal (2002): $1.5B --> $100B (70x)Worst sale ever candidate: Goldman sold its position in Alibaba in 2004 for $22m. That stake would be worth $200B now. Goldman's current market cap is $110B 🤯The Tale of Two Creator PlatformsOnlyfans:The business of only fans - set to do $4B in GMV in 2021.They take a 20% cut of the GMV as their “rake”. OF is closing in on doing $1B in revenue this year (growing 400% y/y). As of late 2020, it had ~75% EBITDA margins. 550 employees.Substack:Substack raises $65m series B @ $650m valuation.Someone on twitter deduced that from credit card data the average paying user, of which they have 500,000, is paying for about 2 subs or on average $18/month.That 18 puts their gross revs at about $18mm per month ($216mm per year) or said another way, their net revenues are somewhere between $1.8 -$2.7 mm per month ($32mm net revenue).Substack has 95 employees and their current valuation at 30X net revs or 3X gross revenue.🌊Best Links of The Week☔Chips with everything - Following last week's Intel strategy reset, with $20bn or more of new investment in fabrication plants announced, TSMC has announced a $100bn (!) building program over the next 3 years. I wrote about this last week: chip production becomes a step harder and more expensive with each generation and that's now reached the point that real money is involved, and that only a handful of companies can do this, with TSMC dominating. Meanwhile, for context, apparently Amazon is designing its own new networking chips, presumably to be made by TSMC, or Intel if its foundry business takes off. This isn't just about PCs anymore - more and more devices need chips, more and more companies want to go deeper into the stack, and so more and more companies (Apple, Google, Amazon) want their own. Links: TSMC, Amazon ($)US stimulus/infrastructure proposal has a lot of tech (and chips)- The new US president has unveiled a big stimulus and infrastructure investment proposal, and a large part of it involves investment in tech, including migrating US government vehicles to electric and building chargers, expanding broadband access, $120bn of R&D and science spending, $35bn on climate tech - and $50bn on semiconductors. China is mentioned, a lot. LinkUS online gambling - The US allowed states to license online sports gambling in 2018, and that has been slowly rolling out state by state. Draftkings is now a $20bn company and did two big deals in the last week (WWE partnership and content acquisition), while NYC will probably legalise it this year. Links: New York regulation, DraftKings/WE🥊 UFC 260: Who's next for Francis Ngannou, Stipe Miocic and Sean O'Malley🥩 How Much Do We Age in a Day?All information provided is for educational purposes only and does not constitute investment, legal or tax advice, or an offer to buy or sell any security. For our full disclosures and disclaimer, visit our website: https://gold-im.com/disclaimer/ Get on the email list at www.reformedmillennials.com

Welcome back to Eggs! This week we have head of marketing at Planable, Miruna Dragomir. Planable is a content review and marketing collaboration platform used by over 5,000 social media teams at brands like Jaguar, Land Rover, Viber, Siemens, and the United Nations. Formerly with Uber and Oracle, Miruna is an experienced marketing executive who in the last three years at Planable has spearheaded efforts that have resulted in an increase in revenue of more than 30X with no sign of slowing down. Joining us today for a chat about when and how to leverage social media in our marketing campaigns, what platforms to use when, and how to maximize our outreach, what we can expect in social media this year, and so much more, lets welcome to the show, Miruna Dragomir.----Miruna DragomirHead of Marketing at Planablehttps://planable.io/ Credits:Hosted by: Michael Smith and Ryan RoghaarProduced by: Michael Smith and Ryan RoghaarEdited by: Audiostar Entertainment Theme music: "Perfect Day" by OPMThe Carton:https://medium.com/the-carton-by-eggsFeature with Zack Chmeis of Straight Method up now! https://medium.com/the-carton-by-eggs/zack-chmeis-35dae817ac28The Eggs Podcast Spotify playlist:bit.ly/eggstunesThe Plugs:The Showeggscast.com@eggshow on twitter and instagramOn iTunes: itun.es/i6dX3pCOn Stitcher: bit.ly/eggs_on_stitcherAlso available on Google Play Music!Mike "DJ Ontic" shows and infodjontic.com@djontic on twitterRyan Roghaarhttp://ryanroghaar.com 

Miruna Dragomir is the Head of Marketing at Planable, a content collaboration platform for social media teams. For the past three years, she's been leading growth efforts at Planable. They've grown 30X in revenue in these past three years and continue going up. She was previously a part of Uber's Marketing Team and Oracle's Social Media team. In this episode we talked about the biggest mistakes teams make when collaborating on social media marketing, what it takes to be a CMO or Head of Marketing, why her company published their product roadmap on their website, and more. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, please send me a message via any of my social media channels (they can be found at www.KennySoto.com). If you want to connect with Miruna, you can find her on LinkedIn. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kennysoto/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kennysoto/support

PJ Reilly talks with Elite pro archer Richard Bowen after his recent 30X round at the Kansas City Shootout. Richard also discusses his balance between being a pro archer and wildlife biologist; techniques for finding the right bow fit; and lessons he's learned in overcoming the fear of failure.

PJ Reilly talks with Elite pro archer Richard Bowen after his recent 30X round at the Kansas City Shootout. Richard also discusses his balance between being a pro archer and wildlife biologist; techniques for finding the right bow fit; and lessons he's learned in overcoming the fear of failure.

Gánate un celular Samsung Galaxy S21 5G con T-Mobile completamente GRATIS. Esto aplica a los Estados Unidos (USA). TendenciasTech no es responsable de esta promoción que ofrece T-Mobile.*Samsung Galaxy S21 precio y especificaciones* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz5ly5k2wwAT‑Mobile anunció que el Samsung Galaxy S21 5G, el Galaxy S21+ 5G y el Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G llegan al Un‑carrier, y los clientes nuevos y actuales pueden llevarse uno GRATIS con intercambio. Los tres nuevos smartphones pueden acceder a una tecnología de red de última generación que ÚNICAMENTE ofrece T‑Mobile a los clientes en USA.: 5G autónoma y consolidación de señales 5G. El Un‑carrier brinda OFERTAS increíbles a los clientes nuevos y actuales.· Llévate el Samsung Galaxy S21 5G GRATIS (o hasta $800 de descuento en cualquier otro) con 24 créditos en la factura mensual al intercambiar un dispositivo elegible. No se requiere agregar una línea ni hacer una transferencia.· Los clientes de T‑Mobile Para Empresas pueden llevarse el Samsung Galaxy S21 5G GRATIS con 24 créditos en la factura mensual al agregar una línea en las cuentas Magenta Business Plus y obtener $100 por cada línea activada.*Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, S21+ 5G, and S21 5G Unboxing | T-Mobile* https://youtu.be/bX86DvUs2gkLlévate el nuevo superphone de Samsung GRATIS en T‑Mobile, la red 5G más grande del país.T‑Mobile continúa activando 5G de ultracapacidad por todo USA., llegando ya a más de 1,000 ciudades y localidades, ¡y llevando velocidades 5G superrápidas a más personas que nadie!Los últimos smartphones de Samsung permiten acceder a la red 5G de última generación disponible únicamente a través del Un‑carrier. Además, les damos la oportunidad de llevarse un Galaxy S21 GRATIS, para que a todos les resulte más fácil vivir la experiencia de la red 5G más grande del país.· El Samsung Galaxy S21 5G posee una pantalla Dynamic AMOLED 2X Infinity-O de 6.2”. Tiene una cámara frontal de 10 MP y cámaras traseras triples con funciones de video 8K y zoom espacial mejorado, que te ayuda a tomar fotos nítidas y estables con zoom digital de hasta 30X.Además, viene con una batería de 4000 mAh y PowerShare inalámbrico. Los clientes de T‑Mobile pueden adquirir el Samsung Galaxy S21 5G de 128 GB en color Phantom Gray, Phantom White y Phantom Pink a partir de $33.34 al mes ($0 de pago inicial, precio regular: $799.99). También viene disponible con 256 GB de memoria en color Phantom Gray.· El Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G posee una pantalla Dynamic AMOLED 2X Infinity-O de 6.7” con cámaras traseras triples y funciones de video 8K, zoom digital de 30X y zoom óptico de 3X.Viene equipado con una cámara frontal de 10 MP, batería de 4800 mAh, carga rápida y PowerShare inalámbrico. Los clientes de T‑Mobile pueden adquirir el Samsung Galaxy S21+ 5G de 128 GB en color Phantom Black, Phantom Violet y Phantom Silver a partir de $41.67 al mes ($0 de pago inicial, precio regular: $999.99). También viene disponible con 256 GB de memoria en color Phantom Black.· El Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G posee una pantalla curva Dynamic AMOLED 2X de 6.8” que se ajusta de 10 Hz a 120 Hz para ofrecer la frecuencia de actualización óptima para cada tipo de contenido. Tiene una cámara cuádruple con funciones 4K para cámara y 8K para video, que incluye un sensor profesional de 108 MP con funciones de zoom espacial de 100X. El Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G incluye una batería de 5000 mAh, carga rápida y PowerShare inalámbrico.Además, por primera vez en un dispositivo de la serie S, el Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G es compatible con el lápiz óptico S Pen, que ofrecen nuevas formas de trabajar y crear desde tu teléfono. Los clientes de T‑Mobile pueden adquirir el Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G de 128 GB en color Phantom Black y Phantom Silver a partir de $50 al mes ($0 de pago inicial, precio regular: $1,199.99). 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In this episode, a)plan coaching co-founders, Michael Counts and Sara Ellis Conant speak with Lisa Truong, Founder & Executive Director of Help a Mother Out. With a vision born at her kitchen table, a team of dedicated partners, and the ongoing support of her coach, Lisa grew her organization by more than 30X over six years from a grassroots, volunteer-run idea to a nationally-recognized, policy-influencing organization with an annual operating budget of $2 million. To learn more about a)plan, visit https://www.a-plancoaching.com/

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Daca esti interesat de un telefon varf de gama de la Samsung, dar nu știi clar ce model să alegi, poate articolul de față te va ajuta să te decizi. Din capul locului, îți spunem că vom da atât motive să alegi Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra, cât și avantajele lui Samsung Galaxy S20. Depinde de tine și de așteptările tale de la un telefon mobil să alegi care dintre cele două telefoane mobile te convinge mai mult decât celălalt. Evident, Samsung S20 Ultra are mai multe avantaje față de Galaxy S20, dar poate cele ale celui din urmă, începând cu prețul, sunt mai importante pentru tine. Hai, însă, să trecem direct la treabă și să-ți arătăm care sunt avantajele fiecăruia dintre cele două telefoane, iar tu nu trebuie decât să iei decizia care te avantajează. Iată câteva motive care vorbesc în avantajul lui S20 Ultra: - Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra are capacitatea de a face zoom optic 4X, hibrid 10X și digital 100X. Asta înseamnă că, atunci când faci zoom, poți face fotografii de la distanță cu mai multe detalii, pentru că Galaxy S20 nu oferă zoom optic (fără pierdere de detalii), are doar zoom hibrid 3X și 30X zoom digital. - Samsung S20 Ultra are capacitatea de a face fotografii de 108 megapixeli în loc de 12 megapixeli și, deși ai opțiunea de a face și fotografii de 12 mp, la fel ca pe Galaxy S20, cum combină mai mulți pixeli poți obține imagini mai bune pentru că reușește să capteze mai multă lumină și mai multe detalii. - Ecranul lui Samsung S20 Ultra este de 6,9 inchi, în loc de 6,2 inchi, așa că vei vizualiza conținut pe telefon la calitate mai bună. - Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra are și o baterie mai mare (5000 mAh), așa că, deși are ecran mai mare (consum mai mare de energie), tot vei obține o durată mai mare a bateriei decât cea de 4000 mAh de pe Galaxy S20. - Mai mult RAM și spațiu de stocare. La fel ca Galaxy S20, Samsung S20 Ultra poate fi cumpărat cu 12 GB RAM și 128 GB spațiu de stocare în versiunea cea mai ieftină, dar ceea ce nu primești cu Galaxy S20 este posibilitatea să alegi o versiune cu mai mult RAM și spațiu de stocare: până la 16 GB RAM și 512 GB harddisk. - camera frontală are rezoluție mai mare. Camera frontală este esențială pentru fanii selfie-urilor, iar la Samsung S20 Ultra aceasta este de 40 megapixeli, față de cea de doar 10 megapixeli la Galaxy S20. - 5G. Pentru început, Samsung S20 Ultra integrează tehnologie 5G de mmWave și Sub-6, în timp ce Galaxy S20 are doar Sub-6. Se așteaptă ca în viitor să sosească o versiune care să integreze cele două tehnologii, dar momentan telefonul acesta nu obține maximul de beneficii din tehnologia 5G. Avantajele lui Samsung Galaxy S20 - este mai compact. Având un ecran de 6,2 inchi, în loc de 6,9 inchi la Samsung S20 Ultra, Galaxy S20 stă mai bine în mână, e mai ușor de controlat cu o singură mână și se poate păstra mai ușor în buzunar sau în geantă. - o mai mare densitate de pixeli. Probabil e un detaliu pe care nici nu l-ai observa, dar Galaxy S20 are o densitate de 563 ppp, care este superioară celei de pe S20 Ultra: 511 ppp. - este mai ieftin. Bine, pe asta probabil o știai deja, dat fiind că Ultra S20 este un model mai nou, mai mare și mai puternic, acesta este și mai scump decât Galaxy S20. Sursa info: https://www.emag.ro/telefoane-mobile/brand/samsung/filter/model-f9396,galaxy-note-20-v-9127462/c https://www.emag.ro/telefoane-mobile/brand/samsung/filter/model-f9396,galaxy-note-20-ultra-v-9127463/c

Show #847   Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily for Wednesday 22nd July 2020. It’s Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to.   Thank you to MYEV.com for helping make this show, they’ve built the first marketplace specifically for Electric Vehicles. It’s a totally free marketplace that simplifies the buying and selling process, and help you learn about EVs along the way too.   VW ID.3 AVAILABLE TO ORDER FOR PRE-BOOKERS "Volkswagen has opened the order books for its ID.3, allowing those who placed a deposit to specify and confirm their car. The ID.3 1st Edition costs £38,880 (exc. PiCG) and features a 58 kWh (net) battery for a range of 260 miles on a charge. Ultra-rapid charging can be completed at up to 100 kW, allowing drivers to add around 180 miles of range in half an hour." says NExt Green Car: "Powered by a 150 kW electric motor, the ID.3 completes the 0-62mph sprint in 7.3 seconds, and matches a Golf GTI's 0-37mph time."   https://www.nextgreencar.com/news/8953/vw-id3-available-to-order-for-prebookers/   Whats the take from Top Gear? They say: "Cheaper models with less range, performance and kit will follow, but if you want to be among the first to get your mitts on VW’s purpose-built EV, you’ll need to part with £38,880. That’s sounds like a lot, but remember the UK Government will give you £3,000 off (because electricity), so you’ll actually only pay £35,880. Still a lot – that makes the ID.3 1st Edition around £5,000 more than a top-spec Mini Electric or Honda E, but just under £5,000 cheaper than an entry-level Tesla Model 3. The 1st Edition gets a 58kWh battery good for 260 miles of range. The Model 3 Standard Range Plus can do 254 miles, while the Honda and Mini can only do around 140 miles at most."   https://www.topgear.com/car-news/electric/volkswagen-id3-1st-edition-not-cheap   BMW SHUTS DOWN FACTORY FOR OVER A MONTH TO PREPARE FOR I4 ELECTRIC CAR PRODUCTION "BMW announced today that it is going to shut down its Munich factory for over a month in order to prepare for the production of its next electric car, the BMW i4.  It’s not uncommon for automakers to have scheduled production shutdowns in order to upgrade manufacturing lines, but this announcement from BMW today was surprising due to its length." says electrek: "The Munich factory is where BMW currently produces the 3 Series and it employs 7,800 people. Shutting down the plant for 6 weeks is going to have a major impact on the automaker’s inventory. The BMW i4 is built on BMW’s upcoming fifth-generation electric powertrain. The technology is supposed to enable BMW to produce all-electric, hybrid, and diesel/petrol cars all on the same production line. Plant director Robert Engelhorn commented on the remodel in Munich: “We are gearing up our Munich plant for the future. Once remodelling is finished, we will be able to produce vehicles with diesel, petrol and hybrid drive trains, as well as the fully-electric BMW i4, all on the same line. This will allow us to respond flexibly to customer demand.” BMW claims that the electric sedan is going to be able to achieve a range of 600 km (373 miles) on an 80kWh battery."   https://electrek.co/2020/07/22/bmw-shut-down-factory-i4-electric-car-production/   AUDI IS RESEARCHING BIDIRECTIONAL CHARGING TECHNOLOGY "Increasing network stability, lowering electricity costs, and contributing to climate protection – that is the vision that Audi and the Hager Group are pursuing. The incorporation of the electric car into the domestic grid is at the core of an innovative research project on bidirectional charging. This offers major advantages in combination with a photovoltaic system in particular. Excess PV electricity can be stored temporarily and output as needed." says VW: ". At night or during non-productive times of the rate, the car then uses inexpensive electricity to charge up to the desired target SOC (state of charge). Bidirectional charging also provides a security of supply that extends beyond pure cost optimization: In the event of a blackout, the system can supply the house with energy via the high-performance HV battery or it can even operate a building without a grid connection independently in what is known as stand-alone operation."   https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/news/2020/07/energy_transition.html   RENAULT MARKS MAJOR EV SHARING ORDER FROM THE UK "The UK-based electric car subscription service Onto (formerly Evezy) has ordered 1,100 Renault Zoe. The first units were already delivered." according to electrive: "The remaining vehicles are to be handed over to Onto within six months, according to Renault UK. Originally the subscription provider (then still under the name Evezy) had ordered 180 Zoe. The Zoe ordered at that time and also the now newly delivered Zoe should already be available for the customers. For a monthly fee, Onto provides the car, insurance, breakdown service, maintenance and even charging current. No down payment is required, the subscription can be cancelled or changed every month. According to Renault, the entry-level price for the Zoe is 339 pounds per month – but only for cars of the “previous generation”, i.e. those models that have already been ordered in 2017. What the subscription to the new Zoes with a 50 kW DC charger will cost is not clear from the announcement."   https://www.electrive.com/2020/07/22/renault-marks-major-ev-sharing-order-from-the-uk/   SKODA ENYAQ IV: 500KM-RANGE ELECTRIC SUV TO MAKE SEPTEMBER DEBUT "Skoda has revealed its upcoming Enyaq iV will make its world debut in Prague on 1 September.   The brand’s first electric SUV will be the first production model based on the MEB electric car platform and boast a range of up to 500km, which is around 311 miles. " says leasing.com: "The Enyaq will be available in rear- or four-wheel drive and offer a choice of three battery sizes and five power variants, depending on requirements.   The entry-level model is the Skoda Enyaq iV 50. This has the smallest battery and will offer a maximum range of up to 340km (211 miles). Next up is the Skoda Enyaq iV 60 fitted with a 62-kWh battery that can deliver range of up to 390km (242 miles). The rear-wheel-drive Enyaq iV 80 has a 82-kWh battery and could be able to go as far as 500km."   https://leasing.com/car-leasing-news/skoda-enyaq-iv/   TESLA WILL CHANGE ALLOY FOR CYBERTRUCK " Tesla will be changing the alloy it uses for the Cybertruck, CEO Elon Musk said on Tuesday. After replying to Teslarati’s coverage of SpaceX building a new full-scale Starship prototype, Musk confirmed to a follower on Twitter that the automaker would also be updating the alloy of the all-electric Cybertruck that is set to begin production in late 2021." according to JOey at Teslarati: The truck’s durability was based on the fact that the 30X cold-rolled exoskeleton was the best that Tesla could find. The company was transparent that if there were a better material out there, they would use it. It seems that Tesla may have found something more durable, and it may be in tune with the new Starship. Tesla has been leveraging SpaceX welding techniques in its vehicles as well."   https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-cybertruck-alloy-change-elon-musk/   MERCEDES EQC SPIED ALREADY GETTING READY FOR NEW GENERATION "If you live in the United States, you still can’t put an order for the EQC, Mercedes-Benz’s first all-electric production vehicle on the global market. Even if you check the brand’s official website for the country, you’ll find the EV SUV under the Future category.  "Meanwhile, as weird as it may sound, the brand is already working on the next-generation EQC." says MOtor1.com: "why is Mercedes already working on a successor for today’s model when the latter is not even on sale in the United States yet? Simply because the first-gen EQC is based on the EVA-I architecture which is also used by the current C-Class and GLC. It’s a platform designed with combustion engines in mind and there’s limited space for batteries and other physical limitations engineers had to deal with. The new EQC, however, will ride on a new, EV-dedicated architecture that should also underpin a number of other compact EVs from the brand. This platform should be capable of accommodating a larger battery pack and should also provide other benefits compared to the current one.  According to the initial details, Mercedes has given the new EQC the green light for a launch at some point in 2022. This could very well mean customers in the US won’t even get the first-gen model at all."   https://www.motor1.com/news/435238/new-mercedes-eqc-spied/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=RSS-all-news     You can listen to all 846 previous episodes of this this for free, where you get your podcasts from, plus the blog https://www.evnewsdaily.com/ – remember to subscribe, which means you don’t have to think about downloading the show each day, plus you get it first and free and automatically.   It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast.   And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing.   Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I’ll catch you tomorrow and remember…there’s no such thing as a self-charging hybrid.     PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRAD CROSBY (PREMIUM PARTNER) AVID TECHNOLOGY (PREMIUM PARTNER) BRIGHTSMITHGROUP.COM – FOR CLEANTECH TALENT (PREMIUM PARTNER) PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI (PREMIUM PARTNER) AUDI CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST (PREMIUM PARTNER) NEW! 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Daniel is currently the Director of US Sales Development at Mimeo. Where he brings customers content to life through print and digital formats via their enterprise app and global print facilities. Daniel is more importantly a Sales Veteran with over 8 years in the field, where he has played significant roles as a Vice President of Sales and Sales Consultant where he has 12X’d and 30X’d pipeline for his clients, revolutionized Salesforce tracking, built his own playbook for ongoing training and mentoring, and everything else you can imagine for sales development. Daniel knows what it takes to build a successful sales team from the ground up, he will break down your current system. Dissect it. Tear it apart and build a well-oiled selling machine for your business. On this episode of Sales Secrets From The Top 1%, Daniel explains his top secrets to sales success and how to start implementing them in your career immediately!

Dr. Stephen Cabral, Naturopath, and Ayurvedic and Functional Medicine practioner, joins our show in this special episode of the Elite Man Podcast! In today’s episode Dr. Cabral shares everything you need to know about COVID-19, aka the Coronavirus. Dr. Cabral debunks a lot of the misconceptions, gives us the truth, and shares a multitude of powerful and practical tips for keeping you and your loved ones safe. In fact, he dives into a myriad of interesting and helpful topics surrounding the current global crisis and how to make sure you and your loved ones can survive. If you’re wondering how to ensure the health and safety of those you love during this COVID-19 epidemic, check this episode out now!      *Download this episode now and subscribe to our channel to get more of these amazing interviews! In our episode we go over: Dr. Stephen Cabral’s thoughts on the current state of COVID-19 and the global pandemic sweeping the world Why 5-10 times more people actually have COVID-19 than the actual confirmed cases of COVID-19 Why the death rate is actually much lower than the one being thrown around Dr. Cabral’s prediction of the Coronavirus ultimately being similar to that of the seasonal flu or perhaps 2-3X worse (not 30X or more as often being reported) The fact that the Coronavirus has been way overblown by the media The stress of COVID-19 and how this is actually making us more susceptible to getting the virus and getting sicker once we do Why the media is sensationalizing everything surrounding the virus The downside to social distancing and shutting down the economy for an extended period of time The fact that the suicide rate skyrockets in times of economic recession or depression Keeping the old and those with a compromised immune system (especially compromised respiratory system) safe during the epidemic Are we able to stop this virus altogether or will it come back every season and every year Why saunas can help fight off viruses and boost your immunity Why the Coronavirus will most likely go down during the summer season The theories behind why Italy has been hit the worst by COVID-19 The different symptoms between a cold, allergies, the flu, and COVID-19 The need for conventional medicine during critical times The many drugs being tested for the treatment of COVID-19 The promise of Hydroxychloroquine and other anti-viral drugs Using the blood plasma from people who have already recovered from COVID-19 to help others who get it The power of high dose Vitamin C The incredible work of Linus Pauling and his treatment of many viral conditions and other chronic diseases many decades ago The power of zinc and whether or not this can be effective for viruses like COVID-19 Natural anti-viral foods and supplements that Dr. Stephen Cabral recommends you add into your life The best way to protect yourself against COVID-19 and how to recover from it if you get it Check out Dr. Cabral on: Website:  stephencabral.com/virus Facebook:  facebook.com/drstephencabral Instagram: instagram.com/stephencabral Sponsors: * Follow Justin on Instagram now for daily content not found anywhere else! *Check out Justin’s new book ELITE MIND at EliteMindBook.com.

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It's that time of the year. We're all thinking about how we can do better, achieve more, grow our business, and expand our impact in a new year. Obviously, there are many things one can do to accomplish their goals and objectives. On today's program, I want to discuss one such strategy that has proven to be priceless in my own journey. What about you? Are you interested in learning how you can 10X your life and influence? Tips, Tools, And Resources:  AUDIBLE One of my favorite ways to consume books and programs is AUDIBLE.COM. I listen to business, personal development, motivational, biographical, and leadership content every day. We have partnered with Audible to bring you something really special! 30 Day FREE Trial Start the New Year NOW. Begin feeding your mind. AudibleTrial.com/strategicliving Feature Presentation:  THE ONE FACTOR THAT IS GUARANTEED TO 10X YOUR LIFE IS … Having Strategic Relationships That Add Value and Safety What Is A Mastermind? Mastermind groups offer a combination of brainstorming, education, peer accountability and support in a group setting to sharpen your business and personal skills. A mastermind group helps you and your mastermind group members achieve success. Participants challenge each other to set powerful goals, and more importantly, to accomplish them. The group requires commitment, confidentiality, willingness to both give and receive advice and ideas, and support each other with total honesty, respect and compassion. Mastermind group members act as catalysts for growth, devil's advocates, and supportive colleagues. The concept of the “mastermind alliance” was formally introduced by Napoleon Hill in his timeless classic, “Think And Grow Rich,” though mastermind groups have been around since the beginning of time. Even Benjamin Franklin belonged to such a group, which he called a Junto. What A Mastermind is NOT It's not a class. It's not group coaching. It's not a networking group. The Benefits of Belonging to a Mastermind Group Your mastermind partners give you feedback, help you brainstorm new possibilities. The mastermind provides accountability structures that keep you focused and on track. You create a community of supportive colleagues who brainstorm together to move the members to new heights. You'll gain tremendous insights which improve your business and personal life. Your mastermind group is like having a objective board of directors, a success team, and a peer advisory group, all rolled into one. The Strategic Influencers Mastermind  What are we looking for? You have a burning desire to elevate your life and leadership. You're working full time on your business or are close to making that move. You recognize your need to have others speak into your life and situation, You are committed to adding value to others in the group You are able to commit to a weekly online mastermind group meeting. You are willing and able to commit to attending 2-3 “in-person” meetings each calendar year. You are able and willing to invest financially in your mastermind membership (More information and guidelines will be provided to you in your personal interview) Weekly (Online) Meetings Our primary, and most consistent method for meeting is online. The wonderful thing about this is that you can be anywhere you want as long as you have a quality internet connection. Your geographical location is not important, but your presence on the video conference is. Each week we meet on the same day and at the same time. We use a well-respected and dependable service called ZOOM. In-Person Intensives We will conduct 3 in-person meetings each calendar year. The format of these will vary from meeting to meeting, however, they are a very different experience than our weekly calls. Each LIVE meeting will consist of 2 days of training, processes, and high level mastermind exercises designed to generate a 10X outcome in your life, business, ministry, or mission. Each member will have extensive “hotseat” time, and will leave the meeting with a strategy and actionable plan. My Experience in Masterminds For the last several years I have participated in TWO mastermind groups. I cannot express the impact these have had on my life, my business, and my relationships. I have experienced a significant pivot in my personal leadership. My business has transitioned to a broader reaching model, and is impacting 30X the nunber of people each month. I have built relationships and been granted access to mentors and leaders in my field of work. My ROI has easily exceeded 10X my personal investment in this process. This is not a marketing ploy to get people into a course. 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BJM's Greg Poole is joined by Professional archers Paige Pearce & Tate Morgan for an "On the Spot" podcast from Nimes France. We discuss the struggles of traveling the world including baggage issues, time changes and how they manage to eat the kind of foods they need to perform at a high level. Paige discusses her recent switch to a hand held release and the should issue that precipitated the change along with the results that have followed including a perfect 30X round the second half of the Nimes qualifications.

There is a statistically proven way to become 30X more successful and yet less than 3% of people are actually doing it. Oh, and it will make you happier too. Sounds like a no brainer right? Listen in and learn how setting goals can literally change your life!  Get in touch with Annya Website  Instagram Updraft Insiders on Facebook

Patrick is up to 75 squats per day; Dr. William Wong says they're the best exercise. Patrick is 73 years old so use that as encouragement to get started at any age on a good exercise routine Dr. Massey was talking about how important it is to heal leaky gut Robert, from Houston, calls in to talk about his experience going to Dr. Nunnally for several dental issues. Dr. Stuart Nunnally has an international practice in Marble Falls, TX. He's one of the most well respected biological dentists in the world. Robert also tells us about how Doc Nunnally injected his infected tonsils with ozone  Conscious sedation What is the significance of the Winter Solstice? Using a nebulizer for lungs and sinuses; Patrick shares a recipe/blend  Using urine in a neti pot for sinuses Bridgette calls in from Santa Rosa. She's making scones with Einchorn wheat. She's also making sourdough bread for all her loved ones for Christmas Getting a little liver in your diet A listener suggests nebulizing noni juice Mark in Mass. calls in to talk about a soul travel/parallel universe experience. WOW....Atom sends in a really wild story of reincarnation Patrick talks about spiritual growth and how Earth is the best place to learn about God He talks about why he thinks they're really going after President Trump What's the #1 reason the Globalists want Trump out of office And some emails:  Monsanto's Roundup is composed of 2 percent of glyphosate. The new generation of bioherbicides in Italy and France contain approximately 70 percent. Most glyphosate is made outside the U.S. — 30% in China alone.  Trump isn't World President. "I'll see you April 3rd," my recently deceased father said to me in a dream. Shortly thereafter, my wife went to the doctor, and discovered she was pregnant.  "The due date is April 3rd," she told me. "The baby will be born on that date," I said, "and it will be a boy.   My second son was born on April 3rd. www.Luckyvitamin.com carries Hyland Cell Salts Calc Phos #2 30X.     love u Patrick and all your guests. Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas to Sharon too and your listeners.   Dr. Levy's magic nebulizer formula for bio film eradication DR THOMAS LEVY 4 cc dmso 4 ml 8 cc/ 8 ml of this mixture 1/2 c dist h20 1 t sodium ascorbate 1 t mag chloride       In 1984, Jack LaLanne, "handcuffed, shackled, and fighting strong winds and currents," towed 70 rowboats for 1 mile in ice-cold water ("colder than a witch's heart," according to Jack). He was 70 revolutions around the Sun.  Jack said ... "Don't talk age! Age has nothing to do with it. One of my guys who started out at my gym is 87 now, and he still does ten bench-press reps with a hundred-pound dumbbell in each hand. He's training to set a leg-pressing record what substances would you nebulize for treating allergic sinusitis?

Patrick is up to 75 squats per day; Dr. William Wong says they're the best exercise. Patrick is 73 years old so use that as encouragement to get started at any age on a good exercise routine Dr. Massey was talking about how important it is to heal leaky gut Robert, from Houston, calls in to talk about his experience going to Dr. Nunnally for several dental issues. Dr. Stuart Nunnally has an international practice in Marble Falls, TX. He's one of the most well respected biological dentists in the world. Robert also tells us about how Doc Nunnally injected his infected tonsils with ozone  Conscious sedation What is the significance of the Winter Solstice? Using a nebulizer for lungs and sinuses; Patrick shares a recipe/blend  Using urine in a neti pot for sinuses Bridgette calls in from Santa Rosa. She's making scones with Einchorn wheat. She's also making sourdough bread for all her loved ones for Christmas Getting a little liver in your diet A listener suggests nebulizing noni juice Mark in Mass. calls in to talk about a soul travel/parallel universe experience. WOW....Atom sends in a really wild story of reincarnation Patrick talks about spiritual growth and how Earth is the best place to learn about God He talks about why he thinks they're really going after President Trump What's the #1 reason the Globalists want Trump out of office And some emails:  Monsanto's Roundup is composed of 2 percent of glyphosate. The new generation of bioherbicides in Italy and France contain approximately 70 percent. Most glyphosate is made outside the U.S. — 30% in China alone.  Trump isn't World President. "I'll see you April 3rd," my recently deceased father said to me in a dream. Shortly thereafter, my wife went to the doctor, and discovered she was pregnant.  "The due date is April 3rd," she told me. "The baby will be born on that date," I said, "and it will be a boy.   My second son was born on April 3rd. www.Luckyvitamin.com carries Hyland Cell Salts Calc Phos #2 30X.     love u Patrick and all your guests. Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas to Sharon too and your listeners.   Dr. Levy's magic nebulizer formula for bio film eradication DR THOMAS LEVY 4 cc dmso 4 ml 8 cc/ 8 ml of this mixture 1/2 c dist h20 1 t sodium ascorbate 1 t mag chloride       In 1984, Jack LaLanne, "handcuffed, shackled, and fighting strong winds and currents," towed 70 rowboats for 1 mile in ice-cold water ("colder than a witch's heart," according to Jack). He was 70 revolutions around the Sun.  Jack said ... "Don't talk age! Age has nothing to do with it. One of my guys who started out at my gym is 87 now, and he still does ten bench-press reps with a hundred-pound dumbbell in each hand. He's training to set a leg-pressing record what substances would you nebulize for treating allergic sinusitis?

Digging a trench is just like digging your own grave. You dig a hole to the depth of your chin and then you jump in there and stay there for days… Pain, discomfort and no-sleep, I faced one of the most uncomfortable situations but was able to smile all the way. How? Why? Listen to find out.

The world’s most high profile bullshitting billionaire genius, Electric Jesus, sent Tesla shares into a six per cent tailspin when he recently unveiled a stainless steel joke without a punchline, at the Plug-in Scientology cult facility in Freemont, California. Save thousands on any new car (Australia-only): https://autoexpert.com.au/contact Did you like this report? You can help support the channel, securely via PayPal: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=DSL9A3MWEMNBW&source=url The world’s most high profile bullshitting billionaire genius, Electric Jesus, sent Tesla shares into a six per cent tailspin when he recently unveiled a stainless steel joke without a punchline, at the Plug-in Scientology cult facility in Freemont, California. The so-called Tesla Cybertruck is essentially a Homer Simpson-designed stainless steel Humvee minus of course all connection to satire. It also has an element of mentally retarded stealth fighter about it also, I think you’d agree. It’s the perfect prank reveal, that wasn’t. The ‘Stevie Wonder’ launch edition Cybertruck is expected to retail for $39,990 Retardistani Pesos for the poverty pack with just one electric motor, and rear drive. It’ll stretch up to just under 70 Retardistani big ones for the three-motor all-wheel drive version. There’s a dual-motor AWD version as well, somewhere in the middle on price. Apparently the poverty version is good for 400 kilometres. The dual motor variant offers 480 kays of range and the tri-motor jobbie will take you 800 kilometres. But they’re all just just claims from the summit of Electric Bullshit Mountain at this stage, of course. Like the much hyped Tesla Semi which, EJ assured us would be clogging the roads by now, the Cybertruck does not actually exist. So there’s still hope. It’s just a threat at this stage. Speaking of which, Bullshit Six says the tri-motor Cybertruck will do 0-100 in 2.9 seconds. Which is rather fast. It’ll carry a payload of up to 1.6 tonnes and tow more than 3.4 tonnes. If you want the self-driving one that doesn’t really drive itself and isn’t actually autonomous, that’ll be a $7000 option. It’s a six-seater, the body is made of (quote) “ultra-hard 30X cold-rolled stainless steel” which kinda explains the ridiculous shape. And of course it’s glazed with (quote) “armour glass”. The English language: so friggin’ complex. However, at the reveal, when wannabe Tony Stark’s conscripted some - I dunno - some millennial piss boy from the cult to demonstrate the toughness of the vehicle’s illiterate glass by throwing a metal ball at it (which is not one of bulletproof glass’s toughest tests, I note) the window shattered. Twice. Yesssssss! Which is just impossibly excellent as public spectacles go, I think you’d agree. If you suspend all disbelief, you will ‘learn’ (if that’s the right word) that the new Tesla ‘Stealth Cockroach’ Stupidtruck will be offered with an electric ATV, the so-called Cyberquad, which Electric Jesus says will be available only as a genuine Cybertruck option. (Note to self - might need an extra charging point in the Fat Cave. Or not.) So, if you’re a rich, environmentally evangelical dick with a dysfunctional relationship with aesthetics, who failed physics and seeks to save the planet by overconsuming absurd products that really won’t help, the new Tesla tri-motor Stevie Wonder Cybertruck and Cyberquad boxed set could be just right for you. No plans have been announced for right-hand drive or ‘Strayan homologtion for the mighty Tesla Stupidtruck, and I think we can all thank the Lord, Electric Jesus, sincerely, for that.

从格力电器到老板电器来自泠然1608的雪球原创专栏主播：小陆大体算了一下，约30%的仓位在家电行业，其中主要是较重仓位的格力电器（000651.SZ）和较轻仓位的老板电器（002508.SZ），老板的持仓市值是格力的六分之一左右。今天，格力和老板联袂大涨。格力是因为混改落地，转让方选定高瓴资本且高瓴意向协同管理层一起。老板则是因为业绩造好，营业收入单季度重回双位数增长。其实老板电器的业绩市场应该早有预期，因为此前很多投资者调研活动中，公司已经明确表达了高负荷生产和销售向好的情况。这些我们不再赘述，分享一下买入它俩的过程中一脉相承的思考逻辑。2015年下半年，空调市场调整，格力业绩下滑，市场预期转向悲观、估值也下降将近一半。这个过程中我们认为格力长期竞争力没有问题买入格力。无独有偶，2018年初，因房地产市场冰封，厨电行业业绩下滑，市场对老板的预期悲观也给了我们机会。先介绍一下2018年之前的老板电器，2010年到2016年，老板营收长期保持25%-35%之间的增长率；为了匹配这个增长率，市场给予公司长期30X左右的市盈率。2017年第四季度和2018年第一季度，公司营收开始增速下滑到20%以下；与此同时，估值开始下滑到20X市盈率之下。老板一下子从成长白马沦为过街老鼠，股价走势上也从“戴维斯双击”变成了“戴维斯双杀”。但老板真的已经不行了吗？能在油烟机等厨电做到垄断的老板，真的没了品牌优势吗？我们的调研却是截然相反，老板在较高端市场依然制霸，且品牌形象深入人心。更重要的是，管理层对行业清晰的认识和稳健的战略决策也让我们安心。房地产调控带来行业短时困难，优秀的龙头公司会有能力率先走出困境；同时，充分利用老板的名声和品牌优势在精装和工程领域大举布局，叠加精装房本身大比例提升，老板有能力维持销售和行业地位。所以，我们在老板15X市盈率估值附近逐步左侧买入，公司最低跌到13X估值。在高增长阶段给予公司高估值的投资者和在公司短期困难给予公司较低估值的投资者是同一波人，他们的情绪转变给了我们机会。至于为什么我们老板持仓并不重呢？第一18年末格力、平安、银行、地产也出现较大幅度调整，我们倾向于保持重仓股在当时阶段的持股比例；第二老板最低13X左右估值，并不是十分低，没有给我们“黄金”机会。2019年初，老板出现大幅上涨，我们并没有太开心，因为我们还在等待验证我们思考逻辑的经营数据拐点。终于，这在2019年第三季度到来，单季同比，营业收入增速10%，扣非净利润增速22%。且精装领域和线上都维持较大优势，老板用了一年多时间完成了渠道变革，为未来打下良好的基础。接下来，公司还将面临较激烈的竞争，但我们知道公司的“护城河”没有问题。细究起来，格力和老板的买入逻辑如出一辙。高护城河垄断公司，在行业短期调整中因业绩波动市场压低其估值，然后业绩拐点后估值回升。以后还会有这种机会吗？肯定还会有很多。但请将对行业和公司的理解与深入研究放在首位，否则太容易“画虎不成反类犬”了。因为有更多公司，业绩下滑可能持续数年乃至更久作者：泠然1608链接：https://xueqiu.com/8007137536/134827549来源：雪球著作权归作者所有。商业转载请联系作者获得授权，非商业转载请注明出处。

从格力电器到老板电器来自泠然1608的雪球原创专栏主播：小陆大体算了一下，约30%的仓位在家电行业，其中主要是较重仓位的格力电器（000651.SZ）和较轻仓位的老板电器（002508.SZ），老板的持仓市值是格力的六分之一左右。今天，格力和老板联袂大涨。格力是因为混改落地，转让方选定高瓴资本且高瓴意向协同管理层一起。老板则是因为业绩造好，营业收入单季度重回双位数增长。其实老板电器的业绩市场应该早有预期，因为此前很多投资者调研活动中，公司已经明确表达了高负荷生产和销售向好的情况。这些我们不再赘述，分享一下买入它俩的过程中一脉相承的思考逻辑。2015年下半年，空调市场调整，格力业绩下滑，市场预期转向悲观、估值也下降将近一半。这个过程中我们认为格力长期竞争力没有问题买入格力。无独有偶，2018年初，因房地产市场冰封，厨电行业业绩下滑，市场对老板的预期悲观也给了我们机会。先介绍一下2018年之前的老板电器，2010年到2016年，老板营收长期保持25%-35%之间的增长率；为了匹配这个增长率，市场给予公司长期30X左右的市盈率。2017年第四季度和2018年第一季度，公司营收开始增速下滑到20%以下；与此同时，估值开始下滑到20X市盈率之下。老板一下子从成长白马沦为过街老鼠，股价走势上也从“戴维斯双击”变成了“戴维斯双杀”。但老板真的已经不行了吗？能在油烟机等厨电做到垄断的老板，真的没了品牌优势吗？我们的调研却是截然相反，老板在较高端市场依然制霸，且品牌形象深入人心。更重要的是，管理层对行业清晰的认识和稳健的战略决策也让我们安心。房地产调控带来行业短时困难，优秀的龙头公司会有能力率先走出困境；同时，充分利用老板的名声和品牌优势在精装和工程领域大举布局，叠加精装房本身大比例提升，老板有能力维持销售和行业地位。所以，我们在老板15X市盈率估值附近逐步左侧买入，公司最低跌到13X估值。在高增长阶段给予公司高估值的投资者和在公司短期困难给予公司较低估值的投资者是同一波人，他们的情绪转变给了我们机会。至于为什么我们老板持仓并不重呢？第一18年末格力、平安、银行、地产也出现较大幅度调整，我们倾向于保持重仓股在当时阶段的持股比例；第二老板最低13X左右估值，并不是十分低，没有给我们“黄金”机会。2019年初，老板出现大幅上涨，我们并没有太开心，因为我们还在等待验证我们思考逻辑的经营数据拐点。终于，这在2019年第三季度到来，单季同比，营业收入增速10%，扣非净利润增速22%。且精装领域和线上都维持较大优势，老板用了一年多时间完成了渠道变革，为未来打下良好的基础。接下来，公司还将面临较激烈的竞争，但我们知道公司的“护城河”没有问题。细究起来，格力和老板的买入逻辑如出一辙。高护城河垄断公司，在行业短期调整中因业绩波动市场压低其估值，然后业绩拐点后估值回升。以后还会有这种机会吗？肯定还会有很多。但请将对行业和公司的理解与深入研究放在首位，否则太容易“画虎不成反类犬”了。因为有更多公司，业绩下滑可能持续数年乃至更久作者：泠然1608链接：https://xueqiu.com/8007137536/134827549来源：雪球著作权归作者所有。商业转载请联系作者获得授权，非商业转载请注明出处。

If you have no problems dreaming, but have trouble following through on goals and projects, you need to start thinking differently. Start thinking small, not big. Think as small as you can so you can start doing. The mere act of doing will snowball into an avalanche as long as you keep going. Thinking big can sometimes trap you into procrastination because the big dreams are so far removed from where you are today, your mind instantly think about how long it will actually take to get “there” and so you can take your time and you can postpone taking action. This is paralyzing! Break free and think small.

If you are thinking about how to squeeze more time into your day, you may want to experiment with waking up really early. I wake up between 4 and 4.30am in order to get my workout in and then focus on my personal projects. With a three-year-old, a full-time job and responsible for food in the family, there is really no other time in the day where it can be prioritized. Me time is truly for me when I’m the only one awake! After months of doing this, I know the challenges first hand and since the primitive part of your brain is always there to prevent you from anything uncomfortable, your number one enemy will be yourself – which is usually true anytime you want to grow and or work on anything worthwhile. There is no magic or playbook or workbooks to get up early. You just need to keep doing it. In this episode, I share the learnings and the steps to start the experiment and convert it into a habit.

Lory Kehoe has scaled ConsenSys Ireland from a single employee a year ago to 42 today to meet the demands of the company’s broad client base.  In our conversation he shares his background in strategy, explaining how Consensys, led by Ethereum co-founder Joe Lubin, is leading the way in enterprise adoption of blockchain technologies.  He shares a number of notable projects including Kongo.im, which is a trade finance company, as well as the EU Blockchain Observatory and Forum which is focused on educating and informing policy.   Consensys is focused on leveraging the size and scale of the Ethereum community of developers and stakeholders, which is over 30X the size of the next largest blockchain project.  The company is working to realize the visions of companies as they look to take advantage of blockchain-enabled transformation from physical to digital, from illiquid to liquid assets, how to tokenize and sell previously illiquid, discrete assets in new ways.  Consensys Ireland is at the forefront of efforts in the EU.

How do you create a new category? In our second conversation with John Foraker, he explains how Once Upon A Farm is creating the fresh baby food category. Just 18 months into the journey, the brand has already tripled velocities and expanded distribution by 30X. What's the blueprint? Learn how this start-up built its sell-in story for retailers, uncovered critical consumer insights, and figured out how to explain its benefits to consumers. John is Co-Founder & CEO at Once Upon A Farm. Prior to that, he was the longtime leader of Annie’s, Inc., a leading natural & organic food brand in the U.S., from 1999 to 2017. As CEO of Annie’s, he took the company public in 2012 under the symbol BNNY before General Mills acquired the business in 2014 for $820 million.

Today's guest is the Chief Growth Officer at Lingvist a language learning app. You will discover how he's been able to grow the user base by 30X in a very crowded space, how he drove that growth by focusing on retention and the impact that localization has made on the app. Scott Dodson is the CGO (Chief Growth Officer) at Lingvist.

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with CEO, Justin Miller about how he started WedPics, the process of receiving millions in funding from various investors, struggles he overcame, and how he is scaling the booming tech company for future growth. Justin Miller, CEO of WedPics (recently sold) became key players in and around the wedding photography vertical spending more than 30X to acquire the same wedding. The app has acquired well over 6.5M users (over 1M weddings) who have uploaded 70M+ photos/videos, and stick around for 24-36mo post wedding. Justin and I discuss entrepreneurship, technology, investors, funding, Barbara Corcoran, struggles, today's digital age, the Raleigh tech scene, scaling a company, and much more. Follow Justin Miller: Website - https://zookiescookies.com/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/zookiescookies Twitter - https://twitter.com/imjustinmiller Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/zookiescrit...   Follow Michael Georgiou: Podcast Website - https://www.talesfromthepros.com Company Website - https://www.imaginovation.net Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Talesfromthe... Twitter - https://twitter.com/MGeorgiou22 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/the_mgeorgiou/ YouTube -https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJv9...

The Foundr community is full of passionate people from all walks of life, in the trenches daily doing what it takes to make their startup dreams a reality. In this week's podcast, we want to shine the spotlight on one of these rising entrepreneurs who we're especially proud of—Gamal Codner of Fresh Heritage. In part one of a three-part Start & Scale podcast series, we talked with this corporate-sales-guy-turned-ecommerce-entrepreneur, who overcame some difficult setbacks to scale his business to incredible success. Codner is a student of our Start & Scale ecommerce course, and was able to leverage the principles he learned in the course to grow his physical products business by 30X in just three months. Before becoming a Start & Scale student, Codner left his corporate sales job to become a successful affiliate marketer. He then joined an accelerator program and decided to create his own ecommerce business. Codner was having some success but it wasn’t until he joined Start & Scale that he was able to use the principles we teach in the course to catapult his business revenue from $2,000 to $60,000 per month. In this rare interview with an up-and-coming member of the Foundr community, we learn the exact strategies Codner used to create products his audience loves, and take his business to the next level. We are extremely proud of Gamal’s achievements and we are happy to share his inspiring story with you! Key Takeaways The one thing you must have to scale your ecommerce business How new ecommerce entrepreneurs can get their products in front of large audiences quickly Codner’s newest content marketing strategy, and how it will help him reach greater heights next year A low-risk strategy to testing new products before you launch them full throttle The one low-cost strategy Codner wished he had used during the initial stages of his business

Sverre er ansatt ved universitet i Bergen og har de seneste år vært på grotte ekspedisjoner i land som Russland, Polen, Tsjekkia, Hellas, Sør Afrika, Østerrike, Romania, England og Tyrkia der den dypeste grotten var intet mindre enn 1024m!! Sverre fant endelig drømme jobben sin i en alder av 50 år, han deler i dagens episode erfaringer og strategi om hvordan du kan finne drømme jobben din 30X raskere. Vi er innom alt fra 54 meter prøve takning for å finne ut av global oppvarming i Sibir til grotter de har funnet over 100 000 år gamle menneske levninger i Sør Afria. Du får i dagens episode lære av erfaringene Sverre har gjort, hva som gjør at han senker seg ned i et kull svart hull uten å vite om hverken dybde på hullet eller om tauet han har er langt nok. Er du usikker på om du har funnet riktig karriere? Er grûnder som opplever hver dag som en utfordring med bølgedaler eller bare er nyssgjerrig så er det her en episode du burde få med deg! Mer om No More Fear www.nomorefear.no Bilder fra Sverre sine ekspedisjoner: www.mtfranknilsen.com/podcast/2016/7/28/7-fra-utbrent-it-konsulent-til-profesjonell-grotteklatrer-sverre-aksnes

EntreProgrammers Episode 88 “Now I Got A Leaf Blower…” 3:35 And we’re live! John comes to us live from downtown Tampa, at an Elliot Holst’s seminar. John talks about the exciting correlations between his career and Elliot’s career. 7:15 Derick mentions he purchased and Subaru Outback. After a trade-in 1200 bucks. No car payments, Awesome! 12:15  Derick shares some feedback on his Watch Me Code stuff. Derrick has 420 active subscribers. Derick is working on growing the subscribers. Josh suggest that Derick, that he should do webinars.  18:30 Derick is now sending 4 emails a week, and curating content. 20:00 John is working with the Perfect Audience program and is very excited about the features he has setup. John is holding a design contest for the How to Market Yourself material.  23:00  Johns is thinking about retargeting his audience to Facebook, like mentioned in the Perry Marshall book.  John is thinking about using Perfect Audience for Facebook.  27:00 John mentions that his wife bought tickets for him to see Tony Robins. Josh ask if John will be doing a fire-walk. John talks about the pricing to see Tony Robins. Chuck mentions the break throughs people experience  might be worth the price tag. 36:00 John’s youtube channel has reached 10k subscribers. John mentions that 10k subscribers equals 200 dollars on youtube, just think what the million subscribers means in sponsorship revenue.  John is still working on the 80% fat diet. John may switch to the Ultimate Diet 2.0.  John mentions Lyle McDonald and his diet expertise. And Is that a spider behind John? 48:30 Chuck talked to a Code Group Bootcamp in South Africa over Skype. Chuck made an appearance on Cloud Radio podcast, and Read The Source podcast.  55:00 Josh talks about possibly teaching newbies or giving an introduction to coding in its simplest form. Derick mentions an article about students handwriting code on paper, without a computer.  57:00 Josh talks about teaching patterns to those new to code. Derick talks about board games to help teach code to newbies.  Then EntreProgrammers discuss the stylistic ways of teaching and learning code.  1:02:00 Chuck talks about listening to The Eventual Millionaire Podcast. Chuck shares the process of (30X), which is teaching someone 30 times to do what you do. This process should save time in the future of efficiency and production. 1:12:00 Josh is trying to come up with a process to post to all his social media tools. Josh may need to hire a VA to take care of this process. Josh asks about Book Keepers. Chuck talks about how he does his own books.  1:20:00 Derick describes his book keeping tactics.  Thoughts for the week Josh - Being Ok with how work is going, rather you feel it or not. Chuck -  Make sure you are doing the most important thing, now! Derick - Appreciate what you have… The EntreProgrammers anticipate news from MircoConf. and Rob Walling.  Resources Mentioned in this Episode Perfect Audience http://www.perfectaudience.com Ultimate Diet 2.0  http://www.amazon.com/The-Ultimate-Diet-Lyle-McDonald/dp/0967145627 Perry Marshall  https://www.perrymarshall.com

Do you think it is possible to create 10 million jobs by 2030? Well, today's guest Kola Masha believes that through Agriculture, Nigeria can create 10 million sustainable jobs to combat the growing unemployment problem in the country. So who is Kola Masha? He is the founder and managing director of Doreo Partners, an impact investing firm that leverages agriculture venture capital to drive youth employment — a critical need in countries such as Nigeria, where half the population is younger than 19 years and youth unemployment exceeds 50 percent. Doreo, invests in early-stage ventures in the agricultural value chain in West Africa, provides strategic advisory services to select clients, including the Gates Foundation and leading global investors in African agriculture. Kola has significant leadership experience on four continents with leading companies such as GE, ABIOMED and Notore Chemicals. At the latter, he was  responsible for raising $130 million in equity and restructuring $360 million in debt at one the region's largest agro-allied firms Notore Foods. A true renaissance man, Kola holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School and a Master's in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In addition, as a teenager he was the host of a widely syndicated talk show in Nigeria with a record of interviewing 23 guests in one day.   What you will learn ·       Why he returned to Nigeria ·       How he decided to go into the Agriculture sector ·       How his company helps small holder-farmers achieve 5X the yield from their plots ·       How his company has achieved 30X increase in yield over the course of 3 years ·       How his company applies the franchising model similar to McDonalds to Agriculture ·       Talent Management Developing a talented teamLook for employees with a willingness to learn Work with young people who have passion   ·       The challenges of the business ·       The management style of the company ·       How Doreo Partners developed its current fund strategy ·       Advice for entrepreneurs regarding funding new start-ups Focus on learning ·       How to select a business/life partner ·       Criteria for selecting a good business partner  Seek wise counsel   Key Advice ·       Think of what you can do today to create a job for a young person   Words of wisdom   ·       Work hard in your job ·       Learn from both good and bad bosses ·       Push yourself   Contact www.doreopartners.com