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Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by ungrocery.com Bitcoin is up slightly at $42,026 Ethereum is even at $3,137 and Binance Coin up .5% at $463 crypto.com changes story about hack—34M in user funds taken. Russia's central bank wants a firm ban on crypto a16z looks for 4.5B more for crypto funds. Google exec tells Bloomberg the company will evolve with user and merchant demands for crypto payments. Gary Gensler and the SEC are pushing for more scrutiny for crypto exchanges.

Andy and Dave discuss the latest in AI news and research, including the signing of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act, which contains a number of provisions related to AI and emerging technology [0:57]. The Federal Trade Commission wants to tackle data privacy concerns and algorithmic discrimination and is considering a wide range of options to do so, including new rules and guidelines [4:50]. The European Commission proposes a set of measures to regulate digital labor platforms in the EU. Engineered Arts unveils Ameca, a gray-faced humanoid robot with “natural-looking” expressions and body movements [7:07]. And DARPA launches its AMIGOS project, aimed at automatically converting training manuals and videos into augmented reality environments [13:16]. In research, scientists at the Bar-Ilan University in Israel upend conventional wisdom on neural responses by demonstrating that the duration of the resting time (post-excitation) can exceed 20 milliseconds, that the resting period is sensitive to the origin of the input signal (e.g. left versus right), and that the neuron has a sharp transition from the refractory period to full responsiveness without an intermediate stutter phase [15:30]. Researchers at Victoria University use brain cells to play Pong using electric signals and demonstrate that the cells learn much faster than current neural networks, reaching the same point living systems reach after 10 or 15 rallies, vice 5000 rallies for computer-based AIs [19:37]. MIT researchers present evidence that ML is starting to look like human cognition, comparing various aspects of how neural networks and human brains accomplish their tasks [24:34]. And OpenAI creates GLIDE< a 3.5B parameter text-to-image generation model to generate even higher quality images than DALL-E, though it still has trouble with “highly unusual” scenarios [29:30]. The Santa Fe Institute publishes The Complex Alternative: Complexity Scientists on the COVID-19 Pandemic, 800 pages on how complexity interwove through the pandemic [33:50]. And Chris Peter has an algorithm to create a short movie after watching Hitchcock's Vertigo 20 times [35:22]. Please visit our website to explore the links mentioned in this episode. https://www.cna.org/CAAI/audio-video  

In this week's episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle go over the latest updates at the box office, schedule changes, and M&A updates. The co-hosts also explore the declining cultural relevance of the Golden Globes—and its potential impact to film culture.In the feature segment, Daniel talks to Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett, and Chad Villella, who form the filmmaking team known as Radio Silence, responsible for bringing the latest installment of the SCREAM franchise to the big screen. The Radio Silence team provides spoiler-free commentary on their approach to the film, the legacy of Wes Craven, and their personal ties to Scream and the horror genre.Give us your feedback on our podcast by accessing this survey: https://forms.gle/CcuvaXCEpgPLQ6d18 Show Notes: Weekend Boxoffice Recap The Next Big Thing: The Rise of Cinema Entertainment Centers EVO Acquires Showbiz Cinemas What to Listen For 00:00 Intro 01:05 Weekend feels in NYC 02:30 Update on closures for Canadian cinemas 04:03 Spider-Man: No Way Home reaches $1.5B globally 06:06 Turning Red will go straight to streaming 10:20 EVO Entertainment acquires ShowBiz Cinemas 12:07 What happened at the Golden Globes this weekend 19:23 Scream script reading, plot reveal 22:45 The pressure of creating the next Scream movie 24:43 “Does this feel like a Scream movie?” 28:41 Where are we with thriller horror movies? 31:09 Coming out days before the 25th anniversary of the original film 35:39 Which Scream movie did you first watch?

The numbers surrounding type 2 diabetes are staggering. The WHO puts the number north of 400 million people globally, and it's just getting worse. Health experts agree that type 2 diabetes can largely be managed by a combination of nutrition, exercise, and medication. But what if it could be reversed completely? That's the claim, and the health moonshot, of our guest today, Sami Inkinen, CEO and Founder of Virta, which StartUp Health backed in 2020. Specifically, Inkinen and his team want to reverse type 2 diabetes in 100 million people by 2025. Before Virta, Inkinen disrupted the real estate industry by co-founding Trulia, which he sold to Zillow for $2.5B. Now with Virta, he's raised more than $350M to date, giving him the capital needed to take a great idea and scale it in unprecedented ways. --- Entrepreneurs: How to get investment from StartUp Health startuphealth.com Investors: How to invest in StartUp Health Moonshots healthmoonshots.com Want more content like this? You can subscribe to the podcast as well as other health innovation updates at startuphealth.com/content. Sign up for StartUp Health Insider™ to get funding insights, news, and special updates delivered to your inbox.  

Stoosmačtyřicátý díl seriálu, který každý měsíc mapuje to nejzajímavější, co se událo v kosmonautice. Obsah dílu: 0:00 - Představení témat 1:36 - Start Dalekohledu Jamese Webba 8:22 - Start teleskopu IXPE 10:37 - Start zásobovací mise CRS-24 14:02 - Start turistické mise Sojuz MS-20 17:10 - Kosmonautika v kostce 28:51 - Detaily o raketě Neutron 31:06 - Výstup z ISS do volného prostoru 32:43 - Start mise Türksat 5B 34:44 - Start dvou mise Starlink 37:20 - Závěrečné shrnutí a výhled na další měsíc

During these times of accelerated change politically, socially, and economically in our nation, it's important for you as a military veteran to understand how to bring your emotional agility to the frontlines to lead our nation into the next chapter. In this episode, you will learn the primary factors of why people resist change and how you can develop your emotional intelligence to lead the pack! Impactful Moments of the Show: 4:00MM: How veterans are still an untapped pool for leadership talent and why that is. 6:00MM: What Phil has learned about emotional intelligence $1.5B in revenue, an executive title, and 50 years later. 12:00MM: How to do the emotional labor outside of your comfort zone.  15:00MM: How to stop looking for leadership and realize that you are the leader. 17:00MM: Why is emotional intelligence becoming mainstream?  26:00MM: How to take action in the midst of fear and anxiety. 28:00MM: The Butter Fly Story.  34:00MM: Last parting golden grenades.  Connect and learn more about Phil's work here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipjpjohnson/  Resources discussed during the show:  IQvsEQ Blog: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/career-advancement-corporate-success-phil-johnson/  Korn Ferry's Article on Military misperceptions:  https://www.kornferry.com/insights/this-week-in-leadership/veterans-employees-emotional-intelligence  Show Sponsor: Start your 30 day FREE trial of Audible here: https://www.audibletrial.com/AVPodcast 

Android 12 - Material You... and... everything else Also sure... Android 12L Samsung now offers four years of security updates to Galaxy phones and tablets. Google only promises three years of Android updates for Pixel 6/6 Pro Fairphone 4 has an incredible 5-year warranty, aims for 6 years of updates. Google shutters Stadia Games and Entertainment development studio Analysts explain how the Apple-Epic court ruling could affect Google Google acquires Fitbit and that is *probably* good for Wear 3? Google is officially releasing its Fuchsia OS, starting w/ first-gen Nest Hub Galaxy Watch 4 OnePlus Watch Pixel 6/6 Pro + Google Tensor - Google's vision of Premium Pixel OnePlus 9 "OnePlus details how it's going to merge OxygenOS and Oppo's ColorOS And there won't be a OnePlus 9T this year" LG is quitting the smartphone business Z Flip 3... a step forward for foldables? Samsung Z Fold 3 and... Samsung Galaxy Note 21: why there's no new Note coming in 2021 Microsoft Duo 2... second times a charm? Tablet energy picking up again 'AAWireless' dongle for wireless Android Auto starts shipping to customers Pixel Buds-A series US Carriers embraced Google's RCS via default Android Messages... but Apple didn't Google Hangouts Is Now Google Chat, and Good Luck Figuring Out Why Google is killing off Android Auto for phone screens in favor of Assistant driving mode Clubhouse for Android (zzzzzzzz) LastPass announced major changes to its free tier and people are angry about it Google Photos' unlimited free storage is gone. Here's how to get more space Pokemon Go is a freight train: $5B in 5 years, $1B in 2020 alone. Microsoft now lets you test Android apps on Windows 11 Jetpack Compose: Android's Modern UI Toolkit Compose Multiplatform 1.0 Google cuts app store fees for developers on first million in annual sales Read our show notes here: https://bit.ly/3z2RYNb Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Florence Ion Guest: Huyen Tue Dao Subscribe to All About Android at https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: imperfectfoods.com promo code ANDROID UserWay.org/twit betterhelp.com/android

Android 12 - Material You... and... everything else Also sure... Android 12L Samsung now offers four years of security updates to Galaxy phones and tablets. Google only promises three years of Android updates for Pixel 6/6 Pro Fairphone 4 has an incredible 5-year warranty, aims for 6 years of updates. Google shutters Stadia Games and Entertainment development studio Analysts explain how the Apple-Epic court ruling could affect Google Google acquires Fitbit and that is *probably* good for Wear 3? Google is officially releasing its Fuchsia OS, starting w/ first-gen Nest Hub Galaxy Watch 4 OnePlus Watch Pixel 6/6 Pro + Google Tensor - Google's vision of Premium Pixel OnePlus 9 "OnePlus details how it's going to merge OxygenOS and Oppo's ColorOS And there won't be a OnePlus 9T this year" LG is quitting the smartphone business Z Flip 3... a step forward for foldables? Samsung Z Fold 3 and... Samsung Galaxy Note 21: why there's no new Note coming in 2021 Microsoft Duo 2... second times a charm? Tablet energy picking up again 'AAWireless' dongle for wireless Android Auto starts shipping to customers Pixel Buds-A series US Carriers embraced Google's RCS via default Android Messages... but Apple didn't Google Hangouts Is Now Google Chat, and Good Luck Figuring Out Why Google is killing off Android Auto for phone screens in favor of Assistant driving mode Clubhouse for Android (zzzzzzzz) LastPass announced major changes to its free tier and people are angry about it Google Photos' unlimited free storage is gone. Here's how to get more space Pokemon Go is a freight train: $5B in 5 years, $1B in 2020 alone. Microsoft now lets you test Android apps on Windows 11 Jetpack Compose: Android's Modern UI Toolkit Compose Multiplatform 1.0 Google cuts app store fees for developers on first million in annual sales Read our show notes here: https://bit.ly/3z2RYNb Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Florence Ion Guest: Huyen Tue Dao Subscribe to All About Android at https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: imperfectfoods.com promo code ANDROID UserWay.org/twit betterhelp.com/android

Android 12 - Material You... and... everything else Also sure... Android 12L Samsung now offers four years of security updates to Galaxy phones and tablets. Google only promises three years of Android updates for Pixel 6/6 Pro Fairphone 4 has an incredible 5-year warranty, aims for 6 years of updates. Google shutters Stadia Games and Entertainment development studio Analysts explain how the Apple-Epic court ruling could affect Google Google acquires Fitbit and that is *probably* good for Wear 3? Google is officially releasing its Fuchsia OS, starting w/ first-gen Nest Hub Galaxy Watch 4 OnePlus Watch Pixel 6/6 Pro + Google Tensor - Google's vision of Premium Pixel OnePlus 9 "OnePlus details how it's going to merge OxygenOS and Oppo's ColorOS And there won't be a OnePlus 9T this year" LG is quitting the smartphone business Z Flip 3... a step forward for foldables? Samsung Z Fold 3 and... Samsung Galaxy Note 21: why there's no new Note coming in 2021 Microsoft Duo 2... second times a charm? Tablet energy picking up again 'AAWireless' dongle for wireless Android Auto starts shipping to customers Pixel Buds-A series US Carriers embraced Google's RCS via default Android Messages... but Apple didn't Google Hangouts Is Now Google Chat, and Good Luck Figuring Out Why Google is killing off Android Auto for phone screens in favor of Assistant driving mode Clubhouse for Android (zzzzzzzz) LastPass announced major changes to its free tier and people are angry about it Google Photos' unlimited free storage is gone. Here's how to get more space Pokemon Go is a freight train: $5B in 5 years, $1B in 2020 alone. Microsoft now lets you test Android apps on Windows 11 Jetpack Compose: Android's Modern UI Toolkit Compose Multiplatform 1.0 Google cuts app store fees for developers on first million in annual sales Read our show notes here: https://bit.ly/3z2RYNb Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Florence Ion Guest: Huyen Tue Dao Subscribe to All About Android at https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: imperfectfoods.com promo code ANDROID UserWay.org/twit betterhelp.com/android

Android 12 - Material You... and... everything else Also sure... Android 12L Samsung now offers four years of security updates to Galaxy phones and tablets. Google only promises three years of Android updates for Pixel 6/6 Pro Fairphone 4 has an incredible 5-year warranty, aims for 6 years of updates. Google shutters Stadia Games and Entertainment development studio Analysts explain how the Apple-Epic court ruling could affect Google Google acquires Fitbit and that is *probably* good for Wear 3? Google is officially releasing its Fuchsia OS, starting w/ first-gen Nest Hub Galaxy Watch 4 OnePlus Watch Pixel 6/6 Pro + Google Tensor - Google's vision of Premium Pixel OnePlus 9 "OnePlus details how it's going to merge OxygenOS and Oppo's ColorOS And there won't be a OnePlus 9T this year" LG is quitting the smartphone business Z Flip 3... a step forward for foldables? Samsung Z Fold 3 and... Samsung Galaxy Note 21: why there's no new Note coming in 2021 Microsoft Duo 2... second times a charm? Tablet energy picking up again 'AAWireless' dongle for wireless Android Auto starts shipping to customers Pixel Buds-A series US Carriers embraced Google's RCS via default Android Messages... but Apple didn't Google Hangouts Is Now Google Chat, and Good Luck Figuring Out Why Google is killing off Android Auto for phone screens in favor of Assistant driving mode Clubhouse for Android (zzzzzzzz) LastPass announced major changes to its free tier and people are angry about it Google Photos' unlimited free storage is gone. Here's how to get more space Pokemon Go is a freight train: $5B in 5 years, $1B in 2020 alone. Microsoft now lets you test Android apps on Windows 11 Jetpack Compose: Android's Modern UI Toolkit Compose Multiplatform 1.0 Google cuts app store fees for developers on first million in annual sales Read our show notes here: https://bit.ly/3z2RYNb Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Florence Ion Guest: Huyen Tue Dao Subscribe to All About Android at https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: imperfectfoods.com promo code ANDROID UserWay.org/twit betterhelp.com/android

Android 12 - Material You... and... everything else Also sure... Android 12L Samsung now offers four years of security updates to Galaxy phones and tablets. Google only promises three years of Android updates for Pixel 6/6 Pro Fairphone 4 has an incredible 5-year warranty, aims for 6 years of updates. Google shutters Stadia Games and Entertainment development studio Analysts explain how the Apple-Epic court ruling could affect Google Google acquires Fitbit and that is *probably* good for Wear 3? Google is officially releasing its Fuchsia OS, starting w/ first-gen Nest Hub Galaxy Watch 4 OnePlus Watch Pixel 6/6 Pro + Google Tensor - Google's vision of Premium Pixel OnePlus 9 "OnePlus details how it's going to merge OxygenOS and Oppo's ColorOS And there won't be a OnePlus 9T this year" LG is quitting the smartphone business Z Flip 3... a step forward for foldables? Samsung Z Fold 3 and... Samsung Galaxy Note 21: why there's no new Note coming in 2021 Microsoft Duo 2... second times a charm? Tablet energy picking up again 'AAWireless' dongle for wireless Android Auto starts shipping to customers Pixel Buds-A series US Carriers embraced Google's RCS via default Android Messages... but Apple didn't Google Hangouts Is Now Google Chat, and Good Luck Figuring Out Why Google is killing off Android Auto for phone screens in favor of Assistant driving mode Clubhouse for Android (zzzzzzzz) LastPass announced major changes to its free tier and people are angry about it Google Photos' unlimited free storage is gone. Here's how to get more space Pokemon Go is a freight train: $5B in 5 years, $1B in 2020 alone. Microsoft now lets you test Android apps on Windows 11 Jetpack Compose: Android's Modern UI Toolkit Compose Multiplatform 1.0 Google cuts app store fees for developers on first million in annual sales Read our show notes here: https://bit.ly/3z2RYNb Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Florence Ion Guest: Huyen Tue Dao Subscribe to All About Android at https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: imperfectfoods.com promo code ANDROID UserWay.org/twit betterhelp.com/android

Android 12 - Material You... and... everything else Also sure... Android 12L Samsung now offers four years of security updates to Galaxy phones and tablets. Google only promises three years of Android updates for Pixel 6/6 Pro Fairphone 4 has an incredible 5-year warranty, aims for 6 years of updates. Google shutters Stadia Games and Entertainment development studio Analysts explain how the Apple-Epic court ruling could affect Google Google acquires Fitbit and that is *probably* good for Wear 3? Google is officially releasing its Fuchsia OS, starting w/ first-gen Nest Hub Galaxy Watch 4 OnePlus Watch Pixel 6/6 Pro + Google Tensor - Google's vision of Premium Pixel OnePlus 9 "OnePlus details how it's going to merge OxygenOS and Oppo's ColorOS And there won't be a OnePlus 9T this year" LG is quitting the smartphone business Z Flip 3... a step forward for foldables? Samsung Z Fold 3 and... Samsung Galaxy Note 21: why there's no new Note coming in 2021 Microsoft Duo 2... second times a charm? Tablet energy picking up again 'AAWireless' dongle for wireless Android Auto starts shipping to customers Pixel Buds-A series US Carriers embraced Google's RCS via default Android Messages... but Apple didn't Google Hangouts Is Now Google Chat, and Good Luck Figuring Out Why Google is killing off Android Auto for phone screens in favor of Assistant driving mode Clubhouse for Android (zzzzzzzz) LastPass announced major changes to its free tier and people are angry about it Google Photos' unlimited free storage is gone. Here's how to get more space Pokemon Go is a freight train: $5B in 5 years, $1B in 2020 alone. Microsoft now lets you test Android apps on Windows 11 Jetpack Compose: Android's Modern UI Toolkit Compose Multiplatform 1.0 Google cuts app store fees for developers on first million in annual sales Read our show notes here: https://bit.ly/3z2RYNb Hosts: Jason Howell, Ron Richards, and Florence Ion Guest: Huyen Tue Dao Subscribe to All About Android at https://twit.tv/shows/all-about-android. Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: imperfectfoods.com promo code ANDROID UserWay.org/twit betterhelp.com/android

If you've been around the solar industry for long, you might recognize the name, Raffi Garabedian. If you don't, however, it's probably because you haven't studied the rise of one of the largest solar manufacturing brands in the world, First Solar, or perhaps you didn't sell against First Solar for years like Nico did in his past life! Raffi was the Chief Technology Officer at First Solar for the better part of the last decade, and recently retired to pursue “other interests”.  When he came out if stealth this year, we were surprised, and pleased, that it was in pursuit of another cutting edge technology scale-up endeavor - productizing an electrolyzer stack that can scale effectively for developers as many, like Intersect Power, scour the market for a partner to help convert those clean green electrons from massive solar and wind parks into Green Hydrogen.  Founded by experienced renewable energy technologists, Electric Hydrogen aims to cost-effectively decarbonize the massive industrial sectors that we all rely on. Raffi and team are thinking big and with urgency to decarbonize the physical world, and in today's part four of our Green Hydrogen series, he speaks to exactly where the market is going and what technological limitations have thus far limited scale thus far. If you're new to the Hydrogen discussion, you'll also appreciate Raffi's solar-specific perspective, detailed insight into the role of solar project developers, and critical thought around the barriers to scale presently for Green Hydrogen technology. It gets technical, but it's eye-opening, and it's a ton of value packed into an hour - fair warning, you may need to listen twice!   As in the last 3 episodes, Intersect Power's CEO, Sheldon Kimber, joins me for a “takeaways” session at the end of the episode so you can hear from a major clean infrastructure developer (Intersect has raised >$2.5B in financing) on where all this fits in a real-world application. This is part four of our Green Hydrogen Mini-Series.  You can follow along and learn more about our experts at www.mysuncast.com/hydrogen  Episode 1 - Nexus of Deep Decarbonization & “The Inevitability of Hydrogen” with Sheldon Kimber, CEO Intersect Power Episode 2 - The Green Hydrogen Opportunity with DNVs Global Energy Storage leader and Hydrogen Industry Veteran, Jason Goodhand Episode 3 - The Role of the Large Energy Companies, partnership opportunities, existing infrastructure, and more from a top 10 Oil & Gas analyst, RBC's Biraj Borkhataria Episode 4 - Role of New Technologies - with Raffi Garbedin, Co-founder of Electric Hydrogen (formerly CTO of First Solar)  Episode 5 - Decarbonizing Hard-to-abate Sectors Like Steel with Joachim Von Sheele, Global Director of Commercialization at the world's largest industrial gas company, Linde, who is also building the world's largest Electrolyzer. (*coming December 21st)

If you've been around the solar industry for long, you might recognize the name, Raffi Garabedian. If you don't, however, it's probably because you haven't studied the rise of one of the largest solar manufacturing brands in the world, First Solar, or perhaps you didn't sell against First Solar for years like Nico did in his past life! Raffi was the Chief Technology Officer at First Solar for the better part of the last decade, and recently retired to pursue “other interests”.  When he came out if stealth this year, we were surprised, and pleased, that it was in pursuit of another cutting edge technology scale-up endeavor - productizing an electrolyzer stack that can scale effectively for developers as many, like Intersect Power, scour the market for a partner to help convert those clean green electrons from massive solar and wind parks into Green Hydrogen.  Founded by experienced renewable energy technologists, Electric Hydrogen aims to cost-effectively decarbonize the massive industrial sectors that we all rely on. Raffi and team are thinking big and with urgency to decarbonize the physical world, and in today's part four of our Green Hydrogen series, he speaks to exactly where the market is going and what technological limitations have thus far limited scale thus far. If you're new to the Hydrogen discussion, you'll also appreciate Raffi's solar-specific perspective, detailed insight into the role of solar project developers, and critical thought around the barriers to scale presently for Green Hydrogen technology. It gets technical, but it's eye-opening, and it's a ton of value packed into an hour - fair warning, you may need to listen twice!   As in the last 3 episodes, Intersect Power's CEO, Sheldon Kimber, joins me for a “takeaways” session at the end of the episode so you can hear from a major clean infrastructure developer (Intersect has raised >$2.5B in financing) on where all this fits in a real-world application. This is part four of our Green Hydrogen Mini-Series.  You can follow along and learn more about our experts at www.mysuncast.com/hydrogen  Episode 1 - Nexus of Deep Decarbonization & “The Inevitability of Hydrogen” with Sheldon Kimber, CEO Intersect Power Episode 2 - The Green Hydrogen Opportunity with DNVs Global Energy Storage leader and Hydrogen Industry Veteran, Jason Goodhand Episode 3 - The Role of the Large Energy Companies, partnership opportunities, existing infrastructure, and more from a top 10 Oil & Gas analyst, RBC's Biraj Borkhataria Episode 4 - Role of New Technologies - with Raffi Garbedin, Co-founder of Electric Hydrogen (formerly CTO of First Solar)  Episode 5 - Decarbonizing Hard-to-abate Sectors Like Steel with Joachim Von Sheele, Global Director of Commercialization at the world's largest industrial gas company, Linde, who is also building the world's largest Electrolyzer. (*coming December 21st)

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Candace Jenkins has more than 20 years of leadership experience in personnel management, team development, documentation management, and proposal production.  She is APMP certified at the Practitioner level.  She has successfully built and managed proposal and documentation teams at Northrop Grumman and Hewlett-Packard, helping to improve deliverable quality and acceptance and productivity in those organizations.  She has successfully trained teams in skills from proposal management and coordination to editing to production, and she has created detailed process documentation as guides for the team and other internal groups.  Candace is well-versed in managing both in-person and remote teams, successfully scheduling and planning resources in various locations and time zones.  As an APMP-certified proposal manager, she has led multiple pursuit teams simultaneously, with a win rate of more than 85% and totaling more than $1.5B in TCV in 2020 alone, completing all opportunities within budget and on the original schedule.  Candace works closely with executive leadership to support and drive strategic thinking and implements change across her organization to support current industry best practices to better support the sales organization.  She has led and supported several global initiatives, including streamlining and developing processes and providing training.  With a B.A. and graduate course work in English, Candace has excellent oral and written communication skills and is an effective leader and motivator.  Candace has been an active APMP member for several years and has served on the NCA Chapter Board of Directors in multiple roles.Support the show (https://pod.fan/scribble-talk)

When is the best time to find your next gear of growth? Now. Whether you are growing rapidly or seeing growth start to slow, this talk will share proven ways to accelerate. Karen Peacock, CEO of Intercom and former SVP of Small Business at Intuit, will discuss how putting customers at the forefront of your business is the key to hitting that next level. She'll cover how to segment your customer base and analyze the health of each part as input to strategy, design and package your product based on value and build highly contextual and personalized customer experiences that lead to happy customers, retention, expansion, and growth.   Karen will share stories based on her experience at Intuit building one of the world's largest SaaS product lines from $500M to $2.5B and in her current role leading Intercom's high growth on the path to IPO.

Episode 219 Professional investor and business mentor, Mariko Gordon talks about money, investing, and business. Guest Biography Mariko Gordon built a $2.5B money management firm from scratch, flying her freak flag high. It had a weird name, a non-Wall Street culture, and a quirky communication style. In 1995, when Mariko founded Daruma, only a handful of women of color owned their firms. She had to noodle out how to run a business while daily duking it out with Mr. Market and raising a family. Today she mentors women who want to start a business, turn their side hustle into their living, better manage their finances, or work through a tricky patch in life or business. She is also a poet, hypnotist, life coach, hula dancer, and Treasurer on the Board of the Asian American Writers' Workshop. In this episode, you'll learn: Investing insights from a professional portfolio manager How to invest like a girl and beat the pants off the guys Burnout and why Mariko closed her business Show notes: http://www.inspiredmoney.fm/219 Find more from our guest: www.marikogordon.com www.darumanyc.com Twitter LinkedIn Instagram Facebook Mentioned in this episode: Chuck Royce Eight Times Up - Essays on Investing Thanks for Listening and Watching! To share your thoughts: Leave a note in the comment section below. Share this show on Twitter or Facebook. Join us at the Inspired Money Makers groups at facebook and LinkedIn To help out the show: Leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts, Podchaser.com, or wherever you listen. Your ratings and reviews really help, and I read each one. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts and YouTube.

Devo es una de las últimas startups españolas en unirse al club de unicornios. La compañía cofundada por Pedro Castillo recibió una valoración de $1.5B en su última ronda de financiación, en la que levantó $250M. Detrás de estas cifras hay más de 10 años de trabajo desde que Pedro dejó su trabajo como director de tecnología y seguridad en Bankinter. En el podKast de esta semana, hacemos un repaso con Pedro de su trayectoria personal y de la de Devo, hablando con calma sobre los siguientes temas: - Cómo le ayudó el haber trabajado en una gran corporación en su rol actual como emprendedor - Oportunidad que vieron en el mercado de SIEM y cómo se han posicionado en él y qué palancas han accionado para llegar a la actual situación - La relevancia de firmar un gran contrato con Telefónica muy al principio - La estrategia de financiación de Devo y el impacto que tuvo levantar capital de Insight Venture Partners en USA - El cambio a USA, la contratación de un CEO y su rol desde entonces como CTO - Gestión eficiente de emociones y de equipo desde su posición de fundador - Y muchos otros temas https://devo.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedrocastillomuros/

[podcast_subscribe id="111"] In this episode, we will be going over concepts such as Margin of Safety, Mr. Market, and Compounding explained by Li Lu who is a manager at Himalaya Capital an $18.5B  fund out of which $2.1B is invested in the US markets. More importantly, he is a student of Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger and one of the value investors we follow closely (link to 13F episode). He is hailed as the Chinese Warren Buffett. Here's the kicker. If you had invested $1000 with Li Lu in 1997, the total return as of today would have been $321,000 compared to $6,600 in S&P. So when he talks about value investing, we have to listen to him and today, we are going to do the same.. Who is Li Lu? Li Lu was born in China but had to flee the country as he was one of the protestors in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. He fled to the US via France got a scholarship in Columbia. He got 3 degrees - economics, physics, and business. He didn't speak English, so learned that too. Useful links: All Streaming Platforms for Cold Brew Money Podcast: https://coldbrew.money/links/ About Cold Brew Money: https://coldbrew.money/about/ All Cold Brew Money Episodes: https://coldbrew.money/episodes/ Cold Brew Money Tools: https://coldbrew.money/tools/ Buy Us A Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/coldbrewmoney Hosts: Atit Kothari: https://kothariatit.com/ Tapan Desai: https://tapandesai.com/ Atit's Newsletter: https://atitkothari.substack.com/ Tapan's Newsletter: https://tapandesai.substack.com/ Contact Us: Twitter: https://twitter.com/coldbrewmoney Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coldbrewmoney/ Disclaimer: The information in this video is general information only and should not be taken as constituting professional advice from Atit or Tapan. Atit and Tapan are not financial advisers. You should consider seeking independent legal, financial, taxation or other advice to check how the information relates to your unique circumstances. Atit or Tapan are not liable for any loss caused, whether due to negligence or otherwise arising from the use of, or reliance on, the information provided directly or indirectly, by use of this video. --- 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/cold-brew-money/message

5B's Chris McGrath joins us to talk about 5B's new acquisition and gigawatt scale deployment plans. Plus: Confusion over DC Isolators.

"Life is not about giving up or giving in.  Life is about giving." -Anthony Douglas Williams In this episode, Jessica and I talk about: How to talk to your children about philanthropy How to develop an attitude of giving with children How to emulate philanthropy in your own life Jessica Jackley is an entrepreneur, investor, professor, and speaker who has spent her career focused on social justice. In an effort to find meaningful ways to inspire her own childrens' curiosity, empathy, and passion for social and environmental impact, she most recently founded Alltruists, at-home, kid-friendly volunteer projects for families. She is best known as a co-founder of Kiva, the world's first crowdfunding site for microenterprises that has facilitated over $1.5B in loans worldwide. Additionally, Jessica teaches Social Entrepreneurship at the Marshall School of Business at USC, and was previously a Visiting Practitioner at Stanford's Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society. You can check out Jessica's work at: https://alltruists.com/   Continue the conversation on Instagram @heatherchauvin_ Apply for Mastery here: https://heatherchauvin.com/mastery 

Mariko Gordon built a $2.5B money management firm from scratch, flying her freak flag high. It had a weird name, a non-Wall Street culture, and a quirky communication Style. In 1995, when Mariko founded Daruma, only a handful of women of color owned their firms. She had to noodle out how to run a business while daily duking it out with Mr. Market and raising a family. Today she mentors women who want to start a business, turn their side hustle into their living, better manage their finances, or work through a tricky patch in life or business. She is also a poet, hypnotist, life coach, hula dancer, and Treasurer on the Board of the Asian American Writers' Workshop. In this episode, we talk about the essence of money, what money means and how to take care of yourself so you can be well resourced to have a good life and also fight the systems of patriarchy, racism, and other forms of oppression. Connect with Mariko here: Website: https://marikogordon.com/ 8 Times Up: https://marikogordon.com/8timesup Twitter: https://twitter.com/marikogordoncfa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mariko.gordon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariko-osceola-gordon-a59a20b/ Connect with Bryn: IG - https://www.instagram.com/bryn_bamber/ LI - https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryn-bamber-she-her-902639b4/ FB - https://www.facebook.com/bryn.bamber.5/ And to book a free consultation with Bryn, follow this link: https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=15832614&appointmentType=6866365&fbclid=IwAR0BYgev8F9G4sSO4AdW13InPpb3kwxng3WzXVw360CW6ioSmR-ESE5dkrI

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This week's Coin Stories features Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky. (Bio Below) *** Coin Stories is brought to you in part by The Bitcoin Conference and Okcoin. BITCOIN 2022 will be the BIGGEST BITCOIN EVENT IN HISTORY held in Miami on April 6-9, 2022. For 10% Off your Bitcoin Conference Ticket head to https://b.tc/conference and use code COINSTORIES *** Okcoin is on a mission to make crypto investing and trading easily accessible to anyone around the world. We are building the next generation of tools to help onboard the investors and traders who have been on the fence about crypto. Okcoin a globally licensed exchange with offices in San Francisco, Miami, Malta, Hong Kong, Singapore and Japan. We are a collective of global citizens with a common passion to help decentralize finance and level the economic playing field for everyone around the world. Visit https://go.okcoin.com/natalie for $50 in Bitcoin when you sign up. -- Alex Full Biography via Mashinsky.com: Alex Mashinsky was born into communism, reared under socialism, and is currently thriving under capitalism. He is a prominent entrepreneur who has founded several companies over the years, including Celsius Network, GroundLink, Transit Wireless, Elematics and Arbinet. Alex disrupted several industries but he is most known as the inventor of VOIP which today enables over 1B people worldwide to use free voice over the internet for free. His new startup Celsius Network, is disrupting the banks, it is a community-based Proof-of-Stake blockchain protocol allowing members to borrow dollars against their crypto assets and to earn interest when they deposit (and lend) their crypto out. he wants 7.5B people to go From VOIP to MOIP (Money over IP) Alex's success as an entrepreneur stems from his acute ability to identify future trends, assemble world-class teams and raise enough money to fund his projects. Two of his companies, Arbinet and Transit Wireless achieved a monopolistic hold in their respective industries and pioneered new business models and groundbreaking technologies. Alex has a long history with high tech, evidenced by his powerful intellectual property portfolio. He has authored over 50 patents that cover aspects of VOIP, Smart Grid, Ad exchanges, Groupon, Twitter, Skype, App Store, Netflix streaming concept and many other top performing web companies. He is one of the leading evangelists of web-based exchanges. Due to his extensive experience as a prolific inventor and a business strategist, Alex has been a featured speaker at over 250 international conferences. He has also made numerous TV appearances on business networks and talk shows. He has received numerous awards, notably the prestigious Albert Einstein Technology Medal in 2000, the Technology Foresight Award for Innovation (presented in Geneva at Telecom '99) and Crain's Top Entrepreneur Award in 2010. He has also been nominated for E&Y's Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2002 and 2011. He recently was named "Top 100 In Crypto" by CoinTelegraph. After years of entrepreneurship, Alex subsequently gravitated towards investing in startups, founding his early stage venture capital firm, Governing Dynamics. Over the years, Alex has raised over $1 billion in venture and private equity funds to help position his startups as leaders in their fields. Arbinet's fundraising efforts were even documented in an HBS case study in 2001. Currently based in New York, Alex serves as a Managing Partner of Governing Dynamics. The firm has invested in Cryptocurencies and ICO's as well as startups focused on AI/ML, biotech and cybersecurity. Alex has invested in over 60 startups over the years, recording many successes and an equal number of failures. As a prominent figure in the New York entrepreneurial scene, he has previously been a member of the YPO's NYC chamber. He believes that "the secret to success is finding something to do in which your skills can exceed your ambitions." -- Timecodes: 00:00 Introduction and Discount Codes 2:01 Alex young life in Ukraine 3:42 Why Alex's family fled to Israel 5:59 From communism to socialism 7:54 Alex's education 10:52 Bitcoin is the Black Swan 11:45 Why move to the U.S. 12:44 Alex early career in commodities trading 15:29 Alex entrepreneurial path 17:46 VOIP revolution 18:47 Alex's great success and financial security 21:07 Where Alex's spirit comes from 23:16 Learning from failure 25:59 Discovering Bitcoin 29:33 Going down the rabbit hole 33:12 Bitcoin maximalism vs alts 35:55 Earning high yield on coins 38:40 Why Alex wanted to give back 41:54 How does Celsius work 44:18 Stable coins 46:43 Taking from the rich to give to the poor 51:12 The Celsius name 51:37 Bitcoin and mass adoption 54:02 Regulation of yield products 56:41 Bitcoin vs. U.S. Dollar 59:57 Money printing or market crash 1:02:54 Alex reflections 1:04:17 Price prediction

In this next series of episodes, I have the pleasure of speaking with Shabbir Aqeel Danish who is passionate about seeing companies and teams succeed in the Digital Era. In this episode, he shares his insights on transformational leadership, the role of design thinking, and the opportunities for technology leaders to lead effectively. Shabbir currently serves as the co-founder and CFO of Exeest, a startup media tech company aimed at revolutionizing how premium film and tv content is bought and sold across the world. Prior to starting Exeest, he served as the Chief Financial Officer for NBCUniversal's IT where Shabbir drove a company-wide, multi-year technology transformation strategy, while managing a $0.5B global budget.   Continue the conversation on: LinkedIn: Shabbir Danish , Mustansir Saifuddin Innovative Solution Partners  Twitter: @Mmsaifuddin YouTube or learn more about our sponsor Innovative Solution Partners to schedule a free consultation.  

We discuss trying our hand at something new- NFTs!My name is Isaac Weishaupt and I've been hosting the Conspiracy Theories & Unpopular Culture podcast since 2014. I've written several books focused on transhumanism and the occult global agenda of getting us into a digital matrix. Now that Mark Zuckerberg is openly promoting it with the new Facebook MetaVerse, we need to talk about it...I'm THOUGHT I'd be releasing this episode as an exclusive NFT on OpenSea.io. This was supposed to be a one hour show that would only be available as an NFT .mp3 file that would discuss the following talking points:What is the MetaVerse?1992 "Snow Crash" novel origins- Babylonian binary and the parallels to modern day events of hyper inflation and crypto currenciesPrimer on transhumanism: Ray Kurzweil, Mindfiles, Digital Matrix and SingularityManly P Hall's “The Secret Destiny of America” as the scientific theocracy for the the occultist to seek immortality and the new religion of science: “The religion of the future will include within its own structure the best of science, art, literature, politics, and sociology”Facebook's MetaVerse video5G, VR, AR, Internet and Facebook all merge into the MetaVerseGaming“Protecting our privacy” (after paying a $5B fine for NOT doing that)Digital shoesWhy this is happeningInstead of all that NFT nonsense- you'll hear about the failed attempt! Enjoy! (*We'll hit the Tier 4 Dedications today also!)Show sponsors:1. Get discounts while you support the show and do a little self improvement! 2. Get 10% off your first month of starting your happier life at BetterHelp.com/IlluminatiWatcher 3. Free 30 day trial to great audiobooks at Audible.com/Illuminati (or text “illuminati” to 500-500)4. Go to Manscaped.com and use the promo code CONSPIRACY20 ****Get 20% OFF @manscaped + Free Shipping! #ad #manscapedpod****5. ATTENTION CRYPTO NERDS!!! CopyMyCrypto.com/Isaac is where you can copy James McMahon's crypto holdings- listeners get access for just $1Get bonus content AND go commercial free + other perks with 3 options:1. VIP: Due to the threat of censorship, I set up a Patreon-type system through MY OWN website! It's the VIP section of illuminatiwatcher.com! It's even setup the same: FREE ebooks, Kubrick's Code video, Tier 2+ shoutouts, Tier 3 Livestreams! Sign up at: https://illuminatiwatcher.com/members-section/2. Patreon: Get free ebooks, bonus content, no commercials at Patreon.com/IlluminatiWatcher! 3. ROKFIN: Check out my new PRIVATE show! You'll get all the premium bonus content of Conspiracy Theories & Unpopular Culture podcast (*now including a 4K HD video version of the show!) AND an exclusive new podcast “INSIDE THE MIND OF A CONSPIRACY THEORIST” (*one subscription gets you all my bonus content as well as all other creators like Tin Foil Hat's Sam Tripoli, Jay Dyer, Crrow777, Eric Dubay, Jason Bermas, Whitney Webb and more!): https://www.rokfin.com/creator/isaac [**Rokfin also gets the uncensored version and commercial free version of my third podcast- “BREAKING SOCIAL NORMS” with Mrs. Weishaupt (we talk about trending topics, marriage and self-help with a dash of conspiracy!)]More from Isaac- special offers:1. Check out another free podcast I make with my wife called the BREAKING SOCIAL NORMS podcast! You can get it free wherever you listen to podcasts (e.g. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/breaking-social-norms/id1557527024?uo=4). You can get the Uncensored and commercial-free option available at https://www.rokfin.com/creator/isaac or Patreon.com/BreakingSocialNorms2. Signed paperbacks, coffee mugs, shirts, & other merch: Gumroad.com/IsaacW3. Get 3 books for $5: https://illuminatiwatcher.com/how-to-get-free-books/4. ALIENS, UFOS & THE OCCULT IS NOW UP ON AMAZON AND AUDIBLE (*author narrated): https://amzn.to/3j3UtZz5. Enjoy some audiobooks and support the show! Go to Audible.com/Illuminati or text “Illuminati” to 500-500 to start your free 30 day FREE trial6. If you want to hear more from me AND also want to support the show, search for "Isaac Weishaupt" on Audible and pick up my narrated audiobooks! My most popular book- THE DARK PATH! https://www.audible.com/pd/B0759MN23F/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-095441&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_095441_rh_us AND the popular alien books USE YOUR ILLUSION are also on Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B08NRXFNDM/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-223105&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_223105_rh_us*Want to advertise/sponsor our show?
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On Black Friday, the biggest Holiday shopping day of the year, Ed and I thought it would be fun to review the book, Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays, by Joel Waldfogel, published in 2009. Waldfogel estimates that giving gifts nobody wants is a deadweight loss to the economy to the tune of approximately $12 Billion, mostly on credit cards. Money we don't have to buy things people don't want. As he writes, when you say to your mother-in-law, “A cribbage board. You shouldn't have.” Indeed, she shouldn't have, according to the author. As you prepare to go out and contribute to the expected $77.5B in the Holiday shopping spree, have a listen to a cautionary tale about the pitfalls of giving gifts.

NYC Council passes controversial New York Blood Center rezoning on Upper East Side; Two dozen Assembly members skip oversight hearing on MTA's $51.5B construction plan; Biden releases 50M barrels of oil from reserves to counter rising gas prices

Matt Mullengweg was a high school student looking for a better way to customize his blog when he discovered the open source software community and created the WordPress platform. A few years later, after dropping out of the University of Houston for a brief stint at CNET Networks, he founded Automattic, which he describes as a holding company for products such as WordPress.com, Jetpack, WooCommerce, Simplenote, Longreads and The Atavist. And just like over 40% of the web today, they all run on WordPress. Unlike many of its contemporaries, Automattic, which became a unicorn in 2014, hasn't gone the IPO route or been acquired. In February of 2021, the company closed a new primary funding round of $288M, and it continues to grow at a rapid pace. The company recently did a $250M share buyback, primarily targeted at current and former employees, at a $7.5B valuation. Matt continues to be energized by the open source community, which keeps him connected to users all over the globe. In fact, even before the pandemic made remote work the norm, Automattic was at the forefront of changing the way we work. A distributed company since day one, Automattic now employs 2000 people across 90 countries. Matt has influenced many leaders with his experiences of running an entirely remote business and keeping people connected, both technically and culturally. He shares more in this episode about what they've learned about remote work, and what they're still figuring out. *** If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than a minute and helps us continue to attract the entrepreneurs you want to hear and learn from. For show notes, past guests and transcripts, visit venturevoice.com Sign up for the Venture Voice email newsletter at venturevoice.substack.com/welcome Follow and connect on social: On Twitter: twitter.com/gregory On Instagram: instagram.com/gregory On YouTube: youtube.com/c/GregoryGalant On LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/galant/ Learn more about Muck Rack at muckrack.com and The Shorty Awards at shortyawards.com

Hour 1 * Ron Paul Exposes The Federal Reserve's Failure! * House passes Bidens Build Back Better bill, roughly $2 trillion bill with climate initiatives, expansions in affordable housing and free preschool now heads to the Senate. * 32 Republicans voted for Biden's infrastructure bill. * Jury Finds Kyle Rittenhouse Innocent of All Charges – Jury Finds clear case of self-defense. * Facebook and Twitter Silent on Whether Kyle Rittenhouse Support Is Still Banned. Hour 2 * Donald J. Trump: My team is launching our BRAND NEW ad – The only way to make sure we are heard is to FLOOD this ad, which is why President Trump is calling on YOU to help raise $1,500,000 for our Trump Ad Blitz Fund. * What is the Call to Action in Trump's Ad? * Ron Paul and Sam Bushman Endorse Ammon Bundy for Idaho Governor! * Ammon Bundy Provides An Educational Message Tied Directly To A Clear Solution Oriented Call To Action! – VoteBundy.com. * IRS Seized $3.5B in Cryptocurrency During Fiscal 2021. * VAERS Analysis: Over 150,000 Americans killed by covid vaccines. * FDA amended the emergency use authorization (EUA), Authorizes Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for All Adults – Both Moderna and Pfizer boosters are available under emergency use authorization, or EUA. * Disney cruises will require passengers ages 5 and up to be vaccinated starting in January. * Gibraltar; the most vaccinated region on Earth (100% fully vaccinated, 40% boosted) has now cancelled Christmas due to “exponential” rise in cases – The government also tells people to wear masks, avoid large gatherings and maintain social distancing. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/loving-liberty/support

* Donald J. Trump: My team is launching our BRAND NEW ad - The only way to make sure we are heard is to FLOOD this ad, which is why President Trump is calling on YOU to help raise $1,500,000 for our Trump Ad Blitz Fund. * What is the Call to Action in Trump's Ad? * Ron Paul and Sam Bushman Endorse Ammon Bundy for Idaho Governor! * Ammon Bundy Provides An Educational Message Tied Directly To A Clear Solution Oriented Call To Action! - VoteBundy.com. * IRS Seized $3.5B in Cryptocurrency During Fiscal 2021. * VAERS Analysis: Over 150,000 Americans killed by covid vaccines. * FDA amended the emergency use authorization (EUA), Authorizes Moderna, Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for All Adults - Both Moderna and Pfizer boosters are available under emergency use authorization, or EUA. * Disney cruises will require passengers ages 5 and up to be vaccinated starting in January. * Gibraltar; the most vaccinated region on Earth (100% fully vaccinated, 40% boosted) has now cancelled Christmas due to "exponential" rise in cases - The government also tells people to wear masks, avoid large gatherings and maintain social distancing.

In this month's Investing in Identity series, we break down the latest industry trends including: Movers & Shakers: Socure's $450MM raise at a $4.5B valuation in identity verification, Permutive's $75MM raise in privacy-first infrastructure for advertising, Neuro-ID's $35MM for behavioral analytics, and more M&A Activity: McAfee's going private in a $14B deal and SecureAuth acquires Acceptto to fuel additional action in passwordless solutions Musings of the Month: The internet was built without an identity layer. Will the metaverse? Here are our predictions on how governments, eIDs, and self-sovereign identity will play a role in building verifiable credentials for virtual reality. 

As we continue our sermon series through 2 Timothy, Pastor Tim considers the warnings of the Last Days from the Apostle Paul to Timothy. We hope this resource is a blessing to you. For more information about The Point Church, visit us online at www.tothepoint.church Sermon Points: 1. Reckless Behavior. (1-5) 2. Tough Determinations to Make. (5B) 3. The Fraudulent will be Exposed. (6-9)

Jessica is an entrepreneur and investor focused on financial inclusion, the sharing economy, and social justice. She is best known as a cofounder of Kiva, the world's first p2p microlending site, which has facilitated over $1.5B in loans since its founding in 2005. Jessica is currently Founder and CEO of Alltruists, which creates volunteer and giving projects for kids, in a subscription box. She's also Managing Director and cofounder of Untapped Capital, and teaches entrepreneurship at USC. She has an MBA from Stanford, BA from Bucknell, certificate from Harvard, and is the author of CLAY WATER BRICK: Finding Inspiration from Entrepreneurs Who Do the Most with the Least (Random House). She lives in Los Angeles with her husband Reza Aslan and their four young children.

Tonight on the Last Word: A Capitol rioter who assaulted a police officer gets 41 months in prison. Also, some House Democrats introduce a resolution to censure Rep. Paul Gosar. Plus, a recent poll finds that the majority of Americans support President Biden's social agenda. And Steven Donziger, an environmental lawyer who won a $9.5B settlement against Chevron, is now in prison for contempt of court. Ryan Reilly, Paul Butler, Rep. Tim Ryan, Rep. Brenda Lawrence, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Anat Shenker-Osario, Cornell Belcher and Charles Nesson join Lawrence O'Donnell.

After working in the industry for 30 years, and managing 5M square feet of assets worth $1.5B, what are the best pieces of advice out there? Chris Rising, co-founder of Rising Realty Partners, will share his extensive list of lessons learned. You can read this entire interview here: https://bit.ly/3qs9CY8 What are some of the scariest things besides COVID that you have dealt with? And how did you get out of them? I do have a couple of stories but one that sticks out, it still makes me want to throw up. We were buying an asset in Pasadena, it was in office, it was after the GFC, and I got introduced to a tech celebrity who was a wonderful person, I like him a lot. He made a ton of money twice but had never been in real estate. He had hired someone to do his real estate because he wanted to diversify. We found his project that we were buying, it was a bit distressed, we were bringing in at the time a competitor to We Work, so we were going to have some leasing and the whole deal made a lot of sense. I talked to him on the phone and I said, Look, we've been underwriting this, our money goes non refundable on Friday, but if you're not there, we're not going to go non refundable. And he said, Yeah, we're going to, I think, yes. It was mumbling "yes" and I said, okay, good. I remember calling the broker and saying, let's let the money go non refundable. It was a million dollar deposit. Literally about an hour after I called the broker and the escrow, I get a call from one of this guy's representative saying, We're not 100% sold, we're going to want to look at this deal longer. I said, no, no, no, that's not how real estate works, I just relied on a commitment from your boss, and I just put a million dollars at risk. He said, Oh, what are you talking about? You can't do that on that. I had a good 24 hours before the principal called me and said, Chris, I apologize, I didn't realize that, of course I'll honor what I'm going to do. What are the top three biggest lessons learned in your career? 1. The smartest person in the world is asking the most questions. And those questions sometimes come across as dumb questions. When I was young, I thought asking questions was annoying, and I shouldn't have a place for that, I should just be there and take my notes. What I realized is that people that aren't asking questions are not engaged, and probably not someone I want to do business with. 2. You don't have to be a jerk in business. However, you also have to understand that business isn't personal. That took me a long time. We're a family company, I want everything to be great. But as long as you treat people with respect, and you're ethical, and honest, that can happen in business and it's not personal, deals can blow up. I'm always amazed how people don't realize that a Pro Forma is just a guess. We don't have crystal balls. We try to make it as educated as possible, but recognizing that it's not personal allows you to sleep at night a little bit better 3. No matter how important all your business seems, and all that stuff, it's all very fleeting. If you're not enjoying your family, your life, it's a hard road to get to your 50s and realize that you don't have a great family, and you don't have a great thing. My father is 80 years old now, he pretty much moved on from the business. And I think of things that were so important 15 years ago, and they're just not now. The people that were important aren't in the business anymore. Chris Rising The Real Market With Chris Rising twitter.com/chrisrising #retwit www.chrisrising.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/best-commercial-retail-real-estate-investing-advice-ever/support

What's it all about? Extreme fast charging of electric vehicles! I love batteries, and cars, and of course electric vehicles, and I've been watching Storedot for some time, and how they are creating batteries that can charge a car fully in 5 minutes. Now I don't mind a 30-40 minute charge whilst stopped at a service station, or trickle charging at home, but for some people it's still a barrier to entry, and faster charging will remove another excuse for adoption, and make it easier for us all. A great story of cross discipline research and collaboration. I hope you enjoy the episode. About Doron Myersdorf As the CEO of StoreDot, Doron brings vast experience in business and technology management to StoreDot. Prior to founding the company, he served as senior director of SanDisk SSD Business Unit (NASDAQ: SNDK), establishing and managing the division in Israel, building product strategy, marketing and business development, resulting in sales to leading laptop makers amounting to over $100M in revenue in under 3 years. Previously, he was VP Flash and Operations of systems, a flash memory global leader, where he managed strategic sourcing of $1B annually, resulting in annual revenue of over $1.5B. Doron's diverse record also includes founder and CEO of InnerPresence, a Silicon Valley security software company, and co-founder and VP business development of Siftology, a pioneer in interactive media search. Earlier, as Partner at Tefen – Semiconductor Operations Management, Doron managed US West Coast operations, in charge of the design and setup of over 40 semiconductor, pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing facilities worldwide. Doron holds PhD in R&D Management (1994), MSc in information systems (cum laude, 1991) and BSc in Industrial Engineering Management (cum laude, 1989) - all from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. About StoreDot: StoreDot is a pioneer and leader of extreme fast charging (XFC) batteries that overcome the critical barrier to mainstream EV adoption – range and charging anxiety. The company has revolutionized the conventional Li-ion battery by designing and synthesizing proprietary organic and inorganic compounds, making it possible to fully charge an EV in just five minutes – the same time it takes to refuel a conventional combustion engine vehicle. StoreDot's battery technology is optimized for best driver experience with XFC in Li-ion batteries, as well as future technologies for extreme energy-density (XED). Social links:  StoreDot Website: https://www.store-dot.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/storedot/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5ChQSDVUxSLokJjP42Wmqg Twitter: https://twitter.com/StoreDotLtd?lang=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoredotLtd/ Doron Mysersdorf Twitter: https://twitter.com/donush LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donush/ If you want to grow your team, or move forward your career, visit www.hyperionsearch.com, or email info@hyperionsearch.com EPISODE LINKS Storedot Scooter charge Demo. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYOsJTL72uY Solar and Storage Live - https://www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/solar-storage-live/index.stm Follow us online, write a review (please) or subscribe I'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated. Twitter https://twitter.com/Cleantechleader Facebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuide Instagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/

Having the right elements and the right design is critically important to reaching the right people the right way. Detria Williamson, the CMO of IDEO, has years of experience working with clients to create meaningful impact through design, and throughout that time she has seen the world of design shift and the buyers' needs change. To meet those needs, Detria says it's all about listening carefully to what customers are saying. “The new design buyer, they're CMOs, they're CEOs, they're CTOs, they're Chief Diversity Officers. So we really needed to make sure that we were expanding our listening ability and in terms of making sure that our services were known to other leaders across the C-suite. Articulating all of our communities and deeply listening internally and across all those communities. On this episode of Marketing Trends, I was excited to hear more about what it takes to actively listen and respond in today's world. Plus, Detria and I got into how  she is helping to not just create more inclusivity, but allow it to become common practice across the industry. Detria has a revolutionary way of thinking about building her team of designers, seeking maximal creativity and diversity of ideas as the primary focus, and she explains it all in this episode. All this up next on Marketing Trends! Main TakeawaysInclusive Customer Experience: Break away from the idea that it's only important to focus on diversity and instead think more about inclusion. You can fake diversity but true inclusion is harder to imitate. The New Design Buyer: As design has become more democratized and the design-buyer has changed, it's more important than ever to tune into what they are asking for. Some of the leaders in these positions may not even know about the resources available to them, so there is an educational part of the process as well. Don't Over-stack: The explosion of MarTech tools means that marketing solutions are abundant but it's important to maintain a healthy balance in your budget to  ensure that you have the people and the resources to put it to use. Make sure you are constantly evaluating your tech stack based on what is performing and what is not. If something isn't performing, get rid of it in favor of a tool that is a driving force for your business.  Key Quotes“The most well-known digital tool that I created while I was there is called inclusive customer experience. It really fell out of a design-thinking workshop that we were doing. So again, design-thinking has always been this kind of three-way savior.  I would say through my career, it's a safety net.”“Diversity can be engineered, but inclusion can't.”“There are so many CMOs that don't have the luxury, the privilege, or sometimes even the awareness to have design built into their budgets. So when you say design for inclusion, that requires intention and requires you to allocate financial resources and team resources behind it. What you gain from it is beyond imagination. Having a more inclusive brand and a more inclusive experience has to be designed for.”“The new design buyer they're CMOs, they're CEOs, they're CTOs, they're chief diversity officers. So we really needed to make sure that we were expanding our listening ability and in terms of, you know, sort of making sure that our services were known to other leaders across the C-suite. So articulating all of our communities and deeply listening internally and across all those communities.” “Three things from a design perspective: One is designing for inclusion. Two is designing for privacy, and three is designing for experience. CMOs have to do that.”  “You can't hire your way through [inclusion]. I don't think that that's the only, or the quickest or most agile way to solve for CMOs answering to big challenges. Designing your way through them is the way forward.”“[I'm] not just looking at diversity in terms of gender diversity, in terms of ethnicity -- those to me are table stakes. When you hire radically inclusive leaders, those things just happen. They should happen automatically. But diversity in terms of, you know, how they gain their skills. If you go, and you actually recruit everybody out of San Francisco, that's grown up the same way that's come out of the same type of households. It's had the same track through the UC schools, — no knock against UC schools or the schools there — You're probably going to get people that approach a problem that come day to daya with the same sort of approach, they come with the same stories, the same way they attack problems. “You have to stay inspired and stay nourished. Because our agendas are wicked. They're just crazy. So that's one thing. It sounds again really simple, but if you want to stay confident, then you have to stay nourished. You have to stay inspired in order to maintain and sustain inspiration to your teams.““Make sure that your infrastructure is in place so that you can use MarTech to really align sales and marketing. It doesn't matter if you are a company of 20 or a company of 200,000, there's a stack out there for every size company. And MarTech is really the answer to aligning.” “There's new software platforms, there's so many, I call it the spaghetti stack. I think when you are trying to make that [MarTech] choice, it's really important to make sure that you have the support that you need from the new software tools. Make sure that you have that through line, especially I would say for smaller mid-sized companies.”BioCombine the outlook of a visionary with the rigor of a high-performing athlete and you'll begin to get a sense of IDEO CMO Detria Williamson. She has spent more than 20 years as an innovative brand experience marketer who gives companies a brave push forward, bringing the discipline and mindset needed to create new brand ecosystems while building on the resonance and value the brand already has to its audiences.It's an effort underpinned by two core beliefs: that focusing on diversity and having a growth mindset are important but far too narrow alone, and that inclusive experience is the center of gravity for a brand. This has led Detria to create the ICX (inclusive customer experience) approach. It's a way to integrate all elements of the customer experience—how people are targeted, how products are designed, and how audiences and communities are shaped and formed—and to make sure the thinking is inclusive.While you are likely to hear her quip “we're good to grow,” Detria believes a change mindset is the true requisite for new-age marketers. It's one that is fixated on openness, not daunted by curveballs, and totally liberated through things that are new. How that has come to life: As Global Business Director for Emirates Airlines, Detria spearheaded transitioning their multi-million-dollar sports sponsorship budget from the time-tested practice of logos on jerseys to cultivating global sports communities using the power of media, video, digital, and sports celebrities.She joined IDEO as CMO with an outlook shaped by her experiences living and working in the US, London, Singapore, and the Middle East. It has given her a strong basis from which to build international teams with a global mindset, enabling brands to reach audiences and form communities across geographies and markets. With a proven record of developing high-value, high-impact brand experiences, as of 2020, Detria has grown over $5B in brand equity for clients across a variety of industries and categories, including Google, Capital Group, Discovery, and AT&T.To learn more, click here: {{URL of detail page on found on www.mission.org}}---Marketing Trends podcast is brought to you by Salesforce. Discover marketing built on the world's number one CRM: Salesforce. Put your customer at the center of every interaction. Automate engagement with each customer. And build your marketing strategy around the entire customer journey. Salesforce. We bring marketing and engagement together. Learn more at salesforce.com/marketing. 

In this episode of the Millionaire Mindcast, we have an impressive guest, Tom Hoban who shares value and wisdom on conquering fears, the importance of natural humility and curiosity, risk and return equation, how to handle results during quick decision-making, and his impressive family core values! Tom Hoban is Chairman and co-founder of Hoban Family Office, a platform for innovation (Coast Innovation Center), talent development, and leadership in service to the Coast Group of Companies, a diversified group of Today, The Coast Group is one of the region's largest and most respected real estate services firms of its kind, managing more than $5B in real estate assets (multi-family, office, flex, mixed-use, self-storage, retail, industrial) with a service offering to property owners, franchisors, investors, and developers across the U.S. Despite financial challenges, and being from a family of classic American immigrants, Tom was able to finish school without debt. Together with his brother, they started their entrepreneurial career as a partner in their 20s. Through their natural leadership skills, currently, they own a property management company. Being a humble servant leader, with innate confidence, and charisma helps them succeed in business. With all the ups and downs, Tom believes that humans should be supposed to be afraid of stuff, but not supposed to be frozen by it. Therefore, people should understand how to measure risk. With natural curiosity and humility, people will get success. But then if you fail, stand up, get back to the basics, and do what you need to do. Just never forget to live with the results on whatever decision you've made! Some Questions I Ask: Where did your entrepreneurial and wealth-building journey start on? (01:34) Is confidence something that you cultivated over time or was just natural for you? Where did that come from? (04:23) Were you guys the first-generation entrepreneurs in your family? (07:16) How have you always processed and handled fears as it shows up in your life? (09:56) When did you feel it was time to really start taking some big risks? How do you discern against what you put your time or money into in terms of that risk rewards scenario?  (13:53) Why did you guys decide to do the family office? What are the goals and visions? (30:49) How do you characterize what a family office is, and what that model is? (35:55) What do you say to people that want to build and grow their wealth, and want to pass it down to their kids? (40:24) In This Episode, You Will Learn: Matt greatest lessons in life (09:03) Risk and Return Equation (11:14) A trait for early entrepreneurs to expect success (20:26) Handling results on velocity decision-making (26:28) Tom final thought (45:17)  Quotes: “You've got to have a lot to be able to succeed in business.” “Fear is an underrated emotion.” “Human, we're supposed to be afraid of stuff, we're not supposed to be frozen by it.” Connect with Tom Hoban on:  Hoban Family Office LinkedIn Sapiens book by Yuval Noah Harari   

Today's blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by ungrocery.com Bitcoin is up slightly at $61,396 Ethereum is up .5% at $4,298 and Binance Coin is up .5% at $521 Decentraland up 87% The Sandbox up 37% Basic attention token up 33% CryptoPunk 9998 wash traded their NFT for over $500M NYDIG acquires UK Startup Bottlepay with a $300M stock purchase DOJ looks for supervisory trial attorney to lead new Crypto department. Coinlist now valued at over $1.5B

We're entering a savings account crisis where millennials' uninvested cash will lose over $18.5B to inflation in 2022 alone. Investing is imperative. Did you know that the average portfolio of 25-35-year-olds consists of a broad range of assets, including stock, crypto, shoes, cards, whiskey, private equity, and more? I am fascinated by how people are turning away from savings accounts and 1% interest rates and turning to alternative investments. Firma is an investment platform built to support new generations of investors with different goals and behaviors than their predecessors. They offer public and private securities across asset classes so users can build a comprehensive and well-balanced portfolio. Anna Roubos shares how Firma helps investors manage and keep their portfolios healthy by providing access to tools and opportunities typically reserved for institutions and the ultra-wealthy. I also learn more about the technology that makes all this possible.

This week, Mark Leonard answers your most burning questions about his newly released book, “The Age of Unpeace: How Connectivity causes Conflict”. Hosted by ECFR's head of communications, Ana Ramic, the special Ask Me Anything episode features Mark responding to loyal podcast listeners Zebulon Carlander, Robert Cooper, Teresa Gouveia, Antonio Notario, Jonas Parello-Plesner, Timi Okoya, and Patrycja Sasnal. This episode was recorded on 22 October 2021 **and contains spoilers**! Thanks to everybody who submitted questions! Listen to a sneak-peak: https://soundcloud.com/ecfr/sneak-peek-age-of-unpeace-mark-leonard Learn more about “The Age of Unpeace”: • Podcast with Mark Leonard & Janka Oertel: https://soundcloud.com/ecfr/age-of-unpeace • "Welcome to the age of unpeace" by Mark Leonard in Politico https://www.politico.eu/article/welcome-to-the-age-of-unpeace-geopolitics-conflict/ Get the book here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/144/1443237/the-age-of-unpeace/9781787634657.html#:~:text=The%20%22age%20of%20unpeace%22%20%5B,his%20own%20beliefs%20have%20evolved.

Basu Ratnam is the founder and CEO of INDAY, an everyday eatery rooted in the Indian philosophy of food as medicine with seasonal dishes, a beautiful emphasis on sustainable sourcing and community.  We discuss:    What led Basu to starting INDAY: from being brought up in an Indian household in New York to working in finance Indian concepts that guide Basu in life and work today The Ayurvedic principles that inspire Inday's philosophy and menu Redefining wellness Redefining success Letting go of fixed mindset  Top lessons Basu has learned from starting and running INDAY Building a human-centric restaurant business Mindfulness practices that all INDAY employees are invited into The conscious choice to grow mindfully, not explosively Basu's relationship with social media  Is Kitchari coming back to INDAY?    About Basu Ratnam:  Basu is the founder and CEO of a Indian inspired restaurant group. INDAY launched in 2016 in New York City has 5 locations in Manhattan and is expanding in to new markets in the coming months. In April 2020, INDAY quickly pivoted its restaurants to serve thousands of meals to local health organizations and hospital networks. During India's second wave in 2021, Basu organized a series of in person fundraisers and a global restaurant campaign to raise over $900k for emergency food rations, ventilators and direct relief in India.  Prior to founding INDAY Basu was an investor at Sycamore Partners, a consumer and retail focused private equity fund with $3.5B under management. Basu graduated with a B.A. from Brown University, where he was the Captain of the Ivy League Champion Men's Tennis Team. Basu resides in lower Manhattan, and has a love for food, wellness and social impact. Related episodes:  96 David Harshada Wagner: Plug Into The Mystical Path In The Midst Of It All 45 Emily Schildt: How To Stay Connected With Yourself In This Digital World 161 Rasa Founder Lopa van der Mersch: Business As Its Own Energetic Being, Plant Consciousness and Energy Intelligence 174 Part One: I forgot who I am 175 Part Two: I'm remembering who I am  Resources: Spirit Versus Scalpel: Traditional Healing and Modern Psychotherapy by Leonore Loeb Adler and B Runi Mukherji  Connect with Ksenia:  kseniabrief.com Instagram @athomewithksenia YouTube Ksenia Brief TikTok @ksenia.brief Subscribe, rate and review the podcast on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Spotify

ServiceNow once again posted subscription revenue growth of 31%, beat previous guidance, and raised full-year guidance. ServiceNow also now has 1,266 customers paying over $1M per year with an average annual spend of $3.6M. ServiceNow is so confident in their ability to execute to their land and expand strategy that they continued to reinforce the fact that they are on a clear path to achieve $15B by 2026. In this podcast, ServiceNow Practice Leader, Adam Mansfield, discusses where ServiceNow will focus to accomplish their goal of growing from a $5B company to a $15B company. This includes a sales pitch tied to selling as many products within each of their workflows (e.g., IT workflows, customer workflows, employee workflows, and creator workflows) as possible. He also shares how customers could potentially take advantage of some of these key insights in their upcoming ServiceNow negotiations and renewals. Host: Adam Mansfield: https://bit.ly/3rPGp8r ServiceNow Commercial Advisory Services: https://bit.ly/3ls6VDt

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Ariel Cohen is the Co-founder and CEO of TripActions, the cloud-based platform that uses real-time data to make corporate travel and spending easier for everyone while cutting down on company costs. Founded in 2015, TripActions saw exponential growth and a $4 billion valuation before the travel industry came to a grinding halt during the onset of COVID-19. After making key pivots, TripActions quickly recovered with the release of TripActions Liquid, their spending management solution, and recently had a successful Series E upround, raising $155 million at a $5B valuation. In this episode, Ariel talks about creating win-win situations and bringing his company back from the unthinkable. This episode is co-hosted by GGV Capital Investor, Oren Yunger.

Levi's stock surged 8% not because of jeans it's selling, but because of what it's buying. Perfect Day hit a $1.5B valuation for pioneering a new phase in the Future Food industry: Meat-Based-Meat-Without-The-Meat. And the annual report on Gen-Z just revealed we've got a brand new brand king of the generation (Snapchat is out, Nike is in). $LEVI $BYND $NKE Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that too: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe64VKtvMNDPGSncHDRF07W34cPMDO3N8Y4DpmNP_kweC58tw/viewform Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Sam interviews Viscosoft Founder & CEO Gabriel (Gabe) Dungan about crowdfunding his bed in a box startup. The two go back over a decade to their startup days in China and explain the technology and how Gabe has transitioned the business to the United States. Then Sam and Derek recap the business, talk about their experiences with bed in a box, talk bad mattress stories and go over Sam's personal investment in the company. Viscosoft wants to change the way the world sleeps. With a background in textile engineering, product development, and sensor technology, our mission is to provide consumers around the world with high-end bedding products that deliver ultimate comfort, unmatched value and the smartest, data-driven sleep experience ever to exist.   Viscosoft is poised to become one of the most recognized brands in the $432B sleep industry. We are an Amazon top 250 seller and have several products that have been recognized by industry experts for delivering great sleep through thoughtful design and innovative materials, including Good Housekeeping's prestigious ‘Best Bedding' award in 2021. Over the past 4 years, more than 500K direct consumers have contributed to revenues of more than $95M and increased profitability last year. 2020 revenues reached $30M as the direct-to-consumer business (Viscosoft.com) grew more than 700% YoY from increased brand recognition, customer loyalty programs & product partnerships.   Sleep technology is a $12.5B industry and expected to reach $40.6B within the next 5 years. Viscosoft is committed to delivering a first-of-its-kind mattress topper with integrated sleep-quality sensors for under $200. Listen to ILAB 198 on iTunes here or subscribe on your favorite podcast app. Where we are: Johnny FD – Ukraine / IG @johnnyfdj Sam Marks – Ireland/ IG @imsammarks Derek Spartz - Venice Beach / IG @DerekRadio Sponsor: RAD DiversifiedRAD Diversified REIT allows investment partners to invest in cash-flowing properties with substantial value-add opportunities. RAD Diversified offers monthly distributions, a 5% bottom-line guarantee,  and achieved a 36.7% return in 2020. Support Invest Like a Boss: Join our Patreon Discussed: ViscoSoft Group Like these investments? Try them with these special ILAB links: ArtofFX – Start with just a $10,000 account (reduced from $25,000) Fundrise – Start with only $1,000 into their REIT funds (non-accredited investors OK) Betterment – Get up to 1 year managed free Wealthfront – Get your first $15,000 managed free PeerStreet – Get a 1% yield bump on your first loan *Johnny and Sam use all of the above services personally. Time Stamps: 12:02 – How did Bed in the Box start and how has the industry changed? 14:30 – How did Covid-19 affect the bedding business? 17:07 – How does bedding sales online compare to in store purchases? 18:20 – Where does technology fit in as it relates to mattresses? 20:20 – How did you get so popular on amazon and become a top 250 seller? 23:04 – How do your mattresses compare to other big brands? 24:43 – What was the process like for crowd funding the business? 29:15 – Can you now raise money through other means? 29:49 – How long has the listing been up on startengine and how has it been going? 30:46 – What do you have planned for the business over the next few years? 34:20 – Sam and Derek review If you enjoyed this episode, do us a favor and share it! Also if you haven't already, please take a minute to leave us a 5-star review on iTunes and claim your bonus here!  Copyright 2021. All rights reserved. Read our disclaimer here.

Subscribe to Marianne's Substack, TRANSFORM: MarianneWilliamson.Substack.com   Visit FreeDonziger.com to learn more about Steven and his case.   Follow Steven Donziger on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sdonziger   Steven Donziger is a Harvard law school graduate who went to Ecuador in the 1990's. He was traveling with a team of lawyers and doctors to view the horrific evidence that Texaco, an oil giant since bought by Chevron, had poisoned a huge swath of the Ecuadorian Amazon during oil drilling in the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's. What they saw were the results of a massive and man-made environmental disaster that poisoned the water, earth and food of tens of thousands of people. Worst of all, the evidence indicated it was done deliberately as part of an engineering plan to save $3 per barrel. This horror was not an accident.   Ultimately, Steven led a team of lawyers in procuring a $9.5B judgement against Chevron that was affirmed by the Ecuadorian Supreme Court. Yet that was not the end of the story. For Chevron - while note even arguing the veracity of the disaster - chose not to pay the judgment. Instead, they chose to come after the lead lawyer who held them accountable: namely, Steven Donziger. In Donziger's words, “The company's goal is to silence my advocacy, bankrupt my family, and intimidate activists and environmental allies.”   Donziger has now spent more than 780 days under house arrest. He stands to be sentenced on Oct. 1 for contempt of court charges stemming from his refusal to turn over to Chevron his cell phone and computer containing confidential data on environmental activists here and in Ecuador. The Department of Justice having chosen not even to pursue the case, it was turned over- incredibly -to Chevron itself to prosecute.   Most Americans would not believe that here in the United States, a corporation could literally use an American court to criminally prosecute its critics. And yet that is exactly what has happened: a show trial that leaves an American environmental lawyer punished harshly and at risk of imprisonment, for the not-to-be-tolerated crime of standing up to Chevron.   Attorney General Merrick Garland has not intervened in this private corporate prosecution, although he should. The request has been simply that he return the case from Chevron's law firm to the US justice system. He has not chosen to do so despite pleas from Senators, Congresspeople, legal groups and Nobel Laureates. And this point you and I have to speak up, and speak up loudly - for justice, for the earth, and for Steven Donziger.   Follow Marianne on social media:   Twitter: https://twitter.com/marwilliamson   Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/williamsonmarianne   Instagram: https://instagram.com/mariannewilliamson