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    Acquiring Minds
    ETA Unicorn: $1 Billion in Revenue in 5 Years

    Acquiring Minds

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2025 102:08


    Steve Carroll started as an SBA searcher before pivoting to a PE-backed roll-up. It's gone better than he ever expected.Register for the webinars: How to Run the SBA Deal Race - TODAY!! - https://bit.ly/3Xh3WQbHow to Invest In SMBs (Without Buying One Yourself) - Dec 9th - https://bit.ly/44Gylv1Topics in Steve's interview:Experience working for WalMart corporateSearching while working full timeMyth of passive incomeLarge dead deal costs from a failed acquisitionPartnering with his childhood friendUnderestimating working capital needs100-hour weeks away from his familyRapidly scaling through M&ABeware owners who leave quicklyAchieving $1 billion in revenue in 5 yearsReferences and how to contact Steve:LinkedInKelso IndustriesDownload the New CEO's Guide to Human Resources from Aspen HR:From this page or contact mark@aspenhr.comGet a free review of your books & financial ops from System Six (a $500 value):Book a call with Tim or hello@systemsix.com and mention Acquiring MindsLearn more about Walker Deibel's done-with-you buy-side advisory:The Acquisition LabConnect with Acquiring Minds:See past + future interviews on the YouTube channelConnect with host Will Smith on LinkedInFollow Will on TwitterEdited by Anton RohozovProduced by Pam Cameron

    Business Casual
    Dell Donates $6 Billion to Kids & Costco Sues Trump Over Tariffs

    Business Casual

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 29:17


    Episode 727: Neal and Toby talk about the funding of ‘Trump accounts' that will deposit $250 into investment accounts for 25 million children, thanks to Michael and Susan Dell. Then, Costco is standing up to the Trump administration by seeking a refund of tariffs. Meanwhile, companies are looking for various incentives to have their workers cozy up to AI, even if it means it may replace them in the end. Also, since the end of the year is barreling down, many platforms are unveiling their own version of Spotify's ‘Wrapped', including YouTube, Apple, and Wikipedia.  Check out https://www.linkedIn.com/mbd for more. Get your MBD live show tickets here! https://www.tinyurl.com/MBD-HOLIDAY  Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠  Watch Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Mojo In The Morning
    Dirty 3: Family Behind Dell Computers Donates $6.25 Billion to American Kids

    Mojo In The Morning

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 5:34 Transcription Available


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    Kimmer Show
    $6 Billion Scandal: Media Silent on Minnesota Welfare Fraud

    Kimmer Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 6:51


    Kimmer and Pete discuss massive welfare fraud in Minnesota sends billions to Somali warlords. Legacy media ignores the scandal while Democrats deflect blame.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Daily Crypto News
    Dec. 3: En Garde, Vanguard - Big Boys Coming Onchain

    Daily Crypto News

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 13:34


    Today's HEADLINES for December 3UK Passes Landmark Law Formally Recognizing Crypto as PropertyLiquidity Regime Flips: Fed Ends QT as JPMorgan, Vanguard, and Bank of America All Move Into CryptoAave DAO Considers Rolling Back Its Multichain ExpansionPolymarket Begins U.S. App Rollout, Starting With Sports Markets$1B Legal AI Platform Exposed 100,000+ Confidential Files After Researcher Reverse Engineered Its Core SystemsLittle BITZCircle launches the Circle Foundation, a nonprofit focused on standards, education, and public-good infrastructure for global digital money.Uniswap integrates Revolut, enabling seamless fiat → crypto onramps for 40M+ users directly inside the DEX interface.MetaMask releases Transaction Shield, a built-in protection layer that flags malicious addresses and phishing signatures before users sign transactions.Tether Prints Another $1 Billion in New USDT as Liquidity Wave BuildsWHERE TO FIND DCNdailycryptonews.nethttps://twitter.com/DCNDailyCryptoEMAIL or FOLLOW the HostQuileEmail: kyle@dailycryptonews.netX: @CryptoQuile——————————————————————***NOT FINANCIAL, LEGAL, OR TAX ADVICE! JUST OPINION! WE ARE NOT EXPERTS! WE DO NOT GUARANTEE A PARTICULAR OUTCOME. WE HAVE NO INSIDE KNOWLEDGE! YOU NEED TO DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH AND MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONS! THIS IS JUST EDUCATION & ENTERTAINMENT Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    The Daily Sun-Up
    Colorado is stuck in cycle of annual $1 billion budget shortfalls

    The Daily Sun-Up

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 8:49


    Colorado lawmakers were recently warned that the state is stuck in a cycle of annual billion-dollar budget shortfalls. Colorado Sun political reporter Jesse Paul discussed the situation with Arlo Pérez Esquivel on the Colorado Today podcast from Colorado Public Radio Read more: https://coloradosun.com/2025/11/17/colorado-budget-cycles-1-billion-shortfall-medicaid/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    The Seth Leibsohn Show
    Tennessee's Special Election. Fear and C.S. Lewis's Answer. Dell's $6.25 Billion Pledge

    The Seth Leibsohn Show

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 35:55


    A listener call-in on the special election today in Tennessee’s 7th congressional district. Producer David Doll discusses fear… Seth answers by reading C.S. Lewis’s essay "On Living in an Atomic Age." Billionaire Michael Dell announced today a pledge of $6.25 billion to create additional ‘Trump Accounts’ for newborn children across the country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Returns on Investment
    How New Mexico's $67 billion fund is using oil and gas revenues to build a clean energy economy

    Returns on Investment

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 24:22


    David Bank chats with Bruce Brown of New Mexico's State Investment Council, a $67 billion sovereign wealth fund of sorts that helps pay for child care, schools, college and other services for the state's residents. Brown is using funds generated from oil and gas production on state lands to invest in climate funds and attract clean energy projects to New Mexico.

    Prime Venture Partners Podcast
    The Holy Grail of Business AI: Uniphore's $2.5 Billion Playbook with Umesh Sachdev

    Prime Venture Partners Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 54:19


    Umesh Sachdev, cofounder and CEO of Uniphore, joins Shripati Acharya for a deeply insightful and very real conversation about what it actually takes to build and scale enterprise AI. Whether you are a founder, a product leader or someone thinking seriously about enterprise AI, this episode will give you clarity on business AI you won't find elsewhere.What you'll take away:• A clearer understanding of what Uniphore does as an end-to-end enterprise AI and data platform• Why so many AI pilots “fail” at first and how that failure can actually be meaningful progress• How enterprises are achieving predictable outcomes using unitary agents, workflow orchestration, guardrails and fine-tuned SLMs• The inside story of Uniphore's strategic raise and why some of the world's biggest AI and data companies chose to back them⭐Episode Timestamps00:00 Introduction03:00 – What Uniphore Actually Does 05:47 – Why Enterprise AI Struggles to Scale Beyond Pilots10:08 – The Determinism Problem: Why AI Gives Different Answers Each Time12:32 – Unitary Agents and Workflow Orchestration for Predictable AI14:00 – Small Language Models vs Large LLMs for Enterprise Use Cases15:25 – Why Guardrails and Governance Matter in Real Deployments16:39 – One Big Agent Fails but Ten Small Agents Work Better20:40 – Why AI Pilots Fail and Why That Is a Good Thing22:20 – Converting Experiments into Enterprise-Scale Adoption24:26 – 35,000 Invoices a Week with Only Four Humans: ROI Case Study26:25 – What Enterprises Really Look for in AI Systems28:45 – Lessons from Building Across India and the US32:51 – Why Founders Must Be Close to Their Biggest Market34:44 – Structuring Teams Across Geographies for Global Scale38:10 – The Journey of Building Uniphore Over Seventeen Years42:36 – Hard Lessons Learned Along the Way46:45 – Why NVIDIA, Snowflake, AMD and Databricks Invested51:17 – How the Strategic Round Came Together52:22 – Closing NoteIf this conversation resonates with you, drop your biggest takeaway in the comments and subscribe for more in-depth founder and VC discussions.#EnterpriseAI #Uniphore #ArtificialIntelligence #AIAgents #SmallLanguageModels #AIInnovation #AIinBusiness #FounderInsights #StartupLessons #TechLeadership #GlobalScale #FutureOfWork #PrimeVenturePartnersPodcast

    77 WABC MiniCasts
    Norm Coleman: Big Scandal... Gov. Tim Walz Knew About Over $1 Billion of Taxpayer Money Fraudulently Funneled into Somalians and African Terror Groups (5 min)

    77 WABC MiniCasts

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 6:11


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    Alabama's Morning News with JT
    Michael and Susan Dell commit $6.25 billion to U.S. children - Jeff Monosso is live

    Alabama's Morning News with JT

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 4:06 Transcription Available


    4BC Breakfast with Laurel, Gary & Mark
    The $44 billion question: Will vulnerable Australians fall through the cracks?

    4BC Breakfast with Laurel, Gary & Mark

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2025 9:57 Transcription Available


    The Australian government is preparing to overhaul the NDIS by mid-2026, replacing human discretion with computer-generated funding plans to manage spiralling costs. UNSW Associate Professor Georgia van Toorn joined Sofie Formica on 4BC Breakfast to talk about the risks of favouring the algorithm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch
    The Supreme Court's $1 Billion Online Copyright Case

    WSJ Opinion: Potomac Watch

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 27:39


    If an internet user pirates music files, can his broadband provider be liable? The Justices consider that in a case pitting Cox Communications against Sony Music Entertainment. Plus, the Court also hears from pro-life pregnancy centers trying to shield their donor details from New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Sekulow
    INVESTIGATION: Walz at Center of $Billion Heist

    Sekulow

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 49:58


    Just how much did Minnesota Governor Tim Walz know about the scheme to defraud $1 billion from food aid in his state? The Treasury Department and the House Oversight Committee have launched investigations to determine whether Walz should face criminal charges. The Sekulow team discusses Chairman James Comer's warning to Walz, the federal probe into the heist that stole money from the COVID relief program, the ACLJ's legal work – and much more.

    The Wealth Without Wall Street Podcast
    Round Table | The Greatest "Scam" Banks Ever Fell For: $200 Billion in Life Insurance

    The Wealth Without Wall Street Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 26:05


    Are you curious about how banks make lots of money? In this episode, the financial coaches dive into one of the lesser-known financial strategies that banks use to build wealth: Bank-Owned Life Insurance (BOLI). While BOLI is typically utilized by financial institutions to create long-term, tax-deferred growth, the coaches break down how anyone can apply the same principles to their own financial strategies. They explain how BOLI provides financial freedom through tax advantages, compounding growth, and safe wealth accumulation. If you're looking to build wealth in a way that outlives traditional methods, this episode is a must-listen. Top three things you will learn:-How banks leverage life insurance to build wealth and mitigate financial risks-Why bank-owned life insurance (BOLI) is a valuable strategy for personal finances-Practical steps to integrate the same strategies used by banks into your own financial planningDisclaimer: The opinions expressed on this podcast are solely those of the hosts and guests and do not constitute financial advice. Always consult a licensed professional for financial decisions.This episode is sponsored by a podcast show partner. We may receive compensation if you use links or services mentioned in this episode.The hosts may have a financial interest in the programs or services mentioned in this episode.

    WSJ Minute Briefing
    Michael and Susan Dell Donate $6.5 Billion to Trump Administration's Child Savings Accounts

    WSJ Minute Briefing

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 2:42


    Plus: Costco is suing the Trump administration in an effort to make sure it can get a full refund of tariffs it's already paid if the Supreme Court rules against the tariffs. And former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández leaves U.S. prison after getting a pardon from President Trump. Anthony Bansie hosts. Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. An artificial-intelligence tool assisted in the making of this episode by creating summaries that were based on Wall Street Journal reporting and reviewed and adapted by an editor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    HPS Macrocast
    $150 Billion and Counting: The Urgent Battle Against Scams

    HPS Macrocast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 24:34


    In this episode of What's at Stake, Penta partner Bryan DeAngelis and managing director Stephanie Walstrom dive into one of the fastest-growing threats to U.S. economic and national security: fraud and scams. They're joined by Kate Griffin and Erin Borġ of the Aspen Institute's Financial Security Program, co-authors of United We Stand: A National Strategy to Prevent Scams and leaders of the National Task Force on Fraud and Scam Prevention. Kate and Erin unpack Aspen's development of a coordinated, whole-of-ecosystem approach to combating scams, bringing together government agencies, law enforcement, industry, and civil society actors. They walk through the report's major recommendations, from building stronger interagency mechanisms to modernizing data sharing and strengthening private-sector accountability. Together, they explore why scams must now be understood as a national security issue, how early federal responses (like DOJ's new Strike Force on Cryptocurrency Scams) signal growing momentum, and what meaningful progress looks like in both the near and long term. They also discuss how a more integrated national strategy could ultimately reshape the everyday experience of consumers navigating an increasingly complex digital and financial landscape. You can read the United We Stand report here: https://fraudtaskforce.aspeninstitute.org/nationalstrategy

    China Insider
    China Insider | Trump-Xi Phone Call, Hong Kong's Five Alarm Fire, Taiwan's $40-billion Defense Budget

    China Insider

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 29:44


    In this week's episode of China Insider, Miles Yu covers the recent call between President Trump and Xi Jinping on the topic of Taiwan, highlighting the importance of narrative dominance in the information warfare domain in cross-strait relations. Next, Miles looks into the catastrophic five alarm fire in Hong Kong last week that resulted in at least 128 casualties, and the latest updates from the official investigation into what caused the apartment complex fire. Finally, Miles reviews Taiwan's $40-billion supplementary defense spending package, and how effective the investment will be to enhance Taiwan's security infrastructure and further deter asymmetric threats from China. China Insider is a weekly podcast project from Hudson Institute's China Center, hosted by China Center Director and Senior Fellow, Dr. Miles Yu, who provides weekly news that mainstream American outlets often miss, as well as in-depth commentary and analysis on the China challenge and the free world's future.

    Selling Sheet Music
    67. Tommee Profitt's “The Birth of a King” and the Composer as Producer

    Selling Sheet Music

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 52:29


    Today's guest has been on my interview "wish list" since day one! He's racked over 100 BILLION streams of his cinematic music, as well as 17 platinum and 26 gold certifications as a producer for artists such as Migos, Avril Lavigne, Josh Groban, and NF.His Christmas Album "Birth of a King," plays nonstop in my house from Thanksgiving to New Year's and the live concert version featuring 20 artists, a 60 piece orchestra, and a 100 voice choir will be playing this weekend to a sold out crowd at Bridgestone Arena in downtown Nashville. Please welcome to the show, the one and only, Tommee Profitt!

    West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy
    West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Tarrytown Chowder Tuesdays 02 Dec 25

    West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 63:17


    Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, after watching an interview with former Attorney General Eric Holder, Trump went off on social media with four hundred bizarre and deranged posts right at midnight and over the course of an hour.Then, on the rest of the menu, a MAGA senator's proposal to overhaul US citizenship could force Trump's alien wife and youngest son into a tight spot; at least eleven Indiana Republicans were targeted with threats or swatting attacks after Trump's gerrymander order; and, donating $6.25 Billion to jump start the dubious “Trump Account” scam is just further proof Michael and Susan Dell will do anything to keep from paying more in taxes.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where the world's biggest weapons-producing companies saw a 5.9% increase in revenue from sales of arms and military services last year; and, Canada has joined a major European Union defense fund as the country looks to diversify its military spending away from the United States.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

    VC10X - Venture Capital Podcast
    VC10X - Why Fundraising is Now a Numbers Game (And How to Win) - Braughm Ricke, Founder, Aduro Advisors

    VC10X - Venture Capital Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2025 34:43


    Fundraising used to be a relationship business. Now, it's a volume game.In this episode, we sit down with the founder of Aduro Advisors to unpack the data behind the current venture capital landscape. With $131 Billion+ in assets under administration across 650+ firms, they have a bird's-eye view of the market that few others possess.We dive deep into the "haves vs. have-nots" dynamic in VC, why the era of the generalist firm might be ending, and the exact operational mistakes that stop emerging managers from scaling. If you are raising a fund or managing a firm in 2025, you need to hear this.⭐ Sponsored by Podcast10x - Podcasting agency for VCs - https://podcast10x.comTopics covered:- Shift to Solo GPs: The rise of individual managers over large platforms.- Fundraising Reality: Why raising capital is now a volume-based "numbers game."- Market Polarization: The widening gap between the "haves" and "have-nots."- Specialization Wins: Why LPs favor sector-focused funds over generalists.- The 100% Rule: Data showing funds that invest 100%+ of capital outperform.- Smaller Funds: The strategic advantage of "right-sized" funds for faster returns.- Individual Investors: The massive influx of High Net Worth individuals into VC.- AI & Operations: Using AI to automate fund administration and data reporting.About the Guest:Aduro Advisors is a premier fund administration firm supporting over 650 venture capital and private equity firms with more than $131 Billion in assets under administration. Their platform, FundPanel, leverages data and AI to streamline operations for the next generation of investors.Timestamps:(00:00) - Introduction and episode overview(00:02:43) - Inspiration behind founding Aduro Advisors(00:04:25) - Major shifts in fund operations and data flow(00:05:58) - Aduro Advisors' data insights on fund performance and market recovery(00:09:48) - Evolution of fund sizes and LP composition(00:11:22) - Common mistakes made by first-time fund managers(00:12:40) - The importance of sector specialization versus diversification for LPs(00:17:24) - Surprising findings from Aduro Advisors' Q2 2025 report(00:20:16) - Longevity of firms and the "haves and have-nots" dynamic(00:23:09) - Characteristics of top-decile performing funds(00:25:48) - How Fund Panel streamlines fund administration and reporting(00:27:17) - The role of AI in fund administration(00:30:38) - Changes in fundraising approach post-pandemic(00:32:23) - Biggest opportunities for innovation in fund operations(00:33:54) - Where to learn more about Aduro Advisors and Fund PanelLearn more about Aduro Advisors:Website: https://aduroadvisors.com/FundPanel: https://fundpanel.io/VC10X links:VC10X website - https://VC10X.comFollow Prashant on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/choubeysahab#VentureCapital #Fundraising #PrivateEquity #EmergingManagers #StartupInvesting #AduroAdvisors

    Astronomy Cast
    Ep. 773: What Would You Do With $1 Billion For Astronomy?

    Astronomy Cast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 31:51


    Astronomy Cast Ep. 773: What Would You Do With $1 Billion For Astronomy? By Fraser Cain & Dr. Pamela Gay Streamed live on Nov 9, 2025. We are powerless fans of space exploration. But what if some fool gave us the authority and funding to make our space dreams a reality? Someone asked us what we'd do with a billion dollars. What missions? Which telescopes? But what if we had more? 100 Billion! A trillion! All the monies! You keep asking, and this week we answer you! Come hear what Fraser and Pamela would do if they were given complete control over $1billion that had to be used for astronomy. This show is supported through people like you on Patreon.com/AstronomyCast In this episode, we'd like to thank: Andrew Poelstra, BogieNet, Brian Cagle, Burry Gowen, David, David Rossetter, Ed, Gerhard Schwarzer, Jason Kwong, Jeanette Wink, Michael Purcell, Sergey Manouilov, Siggi Kemmler, Sérgio Sancevero

    a16z
    The $700 Billion AI Productivity Problem No One's Talking About

    a16z

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 58:17


    Russ Fradin sold his first company for $300M. He's back in the arena with Larridin, helping companies measure just how successful their AI actually is.In this episode, Russ sits down with a16z General Partner Alex Rampell to reveal why the measurement infrastructure that unlocked internet advertising's trillion-dollar boom is exactly what's missing from AI, why your most productive employees are hiding their AI usage from management, and the uncomfortable truth that companies desperately buying AI tools have no idea whether anyone's actually using them. The same playbook that built comScore into a billion-dollar measurement empire now determines which AI companies survive the coming shakeout.Timecodes: 0:00 — Introduction 2:15 — Early Career, Ad Tech, and Web 1.03:09 — Attribution Problems in Ad Tech & AI4:30 — Building Measurement Infrastructure6:49 — Software Eating Labor: Productivity Shifts8:51 — The Challenge of Measuring AI ROI14:54 — The Productivity Baseline Problem18:46 — Defining and Measuring Productivity21:27 — Goodhart's Law & the Pitfalls of Metrics22:41 — The Harvey Example: Usage vs. Value25:18 — Surveys vs. Behavioral Data28:38 — Interdepartmental Responsiveness & Real-World Metrics31:00 — Enterprise AI Adoption: What the Data Shows33:59 — Employee Anxiety & Training Gaps38:31 — The Nexus Product & Safe AI Usage42:08 — The Future of Work: Job Loss or Job Creation?44:40 — The Competitive Advantage of AI53:45 — The Product Marketing Problem in AI55:00 — The Importance of Specific Use CasesResources:Follow Russ Fradin on X: https://x.com/rfradinFollow Alex Rampell on X: https://x.com/arampell Stay Updated:If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to like, subscribe, and share with your friends!Find a16z on X: https://x.com/a16zFind a16z on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/a16zListen to the a16z Podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5bC65RDvs3oxnLyqqvkUYXListen to the a16z Podcast on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a16z-podcast/id842818711Follow our host: https://x.com/eriktorenbergPlease note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see http://a16z.com/disclosures. Stay Updated:Find a16z on XFind a16z on LinkedInListen to the a16z Podcast on SpotifyListen to the a16z Podcast on Apple PodcastsFollow our host: https://twitter.com/eriktorenberg Please note that the content here is for informational purposes only; should NOT be taken as legal, business, tax, or investment advice or be used to evaluate any investment or security; and is not directed at any investors or potential investors in any a16z fund. a16z and its affiliates may maintain investments in the companies discussed. For more details please see a16z.com/disclosures. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    The 365 Days of Astronomy, the daily podcast of the International Year of Astronomy 2009
    Astronomy Cast Ep. 773: What Would You Do With $1 Billion For Astronomy?

    The 365 Days of Astronomy, the daily podcast of the International Year of Astronomy 2009

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 32:30


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MI7BBHAhdSo Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay. Streamed live on Nov 9, 2025. We are powerless fans of space exploration. But what if some fool gave us the authority and funding to make our space dreams a reality? Someone asked us what we'd do with a billion dollars. What missions? Which telescopes? But what if we had more? 100 Billion! A trillion! All the monies! You keep asking, and this week we answer you! Come hear what Fraser and Pamela would do if they were given complete control over $1billion that had to be used for astronomy.    This show is supported through people like you on Patreon.com/AstronomyCast    In this episode, we'd like to thank: Andrew Poelstra, BogieNet, Brian Cagle, Burry Gowen, David, David Rossetter, Ed, Gerhard Schwarzer, Jason Kwong, Jeanette Wink, Michael Purcell, Sergey Manouilov, Siggi Kemmler, Sérgio Sancevero   We've added a new way to donate to 365 Days of Astronomy to support editing, hosting, and production costs.  Just visit: https://www.patreon.com/365DaysOfAstronomy and donate as much as you can! Share the podcast with your friends and send the Patreon link to them too!  Every bit helps! Thank you! ------------------------------------ Do go visit http://www.redbubble.com/people/CosmoQuestX/shop for cool Astronomy Cast and CosmoQuest t-shirts, coffee mugs and other awesomeness! http://cosmoquest.org/Donate This show is made possible through your donations.  Thank you! (Haven't donated? It's not too late! Just click!) ------------------------------------ The 365 Days of Astronomy Podcast is produced by the Planetary Science Institute. http://www.psi.edu Visit us on the web at 365DaysOfAstronomy.org or email us at info@365DaysOfAstronomy.org.

    The David Alliance
    You never know! (and you played with it as a kid)

    The David Alliance

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 7:42


    Garth Heckman The David Alliance TDAgiantSlayer@Gmail.com    You have no idea!   Alfred W. Fielding an inventor and Marc A. Chavannes a chemical engineer  First sold as wallpaper, then Boat Bumpers to maternity dresses, then greenhouse insulation,  Chavennes flight with turbulence said to himself I need something to better protect my fragile goods… DING!! The light went on!  They hired a salesman Fred Bowers who cold called IBM. At that time IBM shipped their goods with crunched up newspaper and sawdust… not very protective and very messy. In 1963 IBM made a trial order By 1964 it was standard in everything they shipped It grew instantly due to the “POP”. People would take it home for their kids and it spread like wild fire. Next it was used in the food packing industry… It became global in 1971 and has exceeded over 5 Billion dollars and is a fortune 500 company.  It has been sold as “poppable wrapping paper, swimming pool liners, medical equipment wrap, and even art. It has been given its own "Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day" on January 27. And the inventors went into the the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2015. Fielding once said we just kept trying until we found our Happy Accident… YOU JUST NEVER KNOW   I love reading stories like these… because in my head I keep thinking “you never know”.    I THINK ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS IN THE INFORMATION AGE IS WE EXPECT TO KNOW EVERYTHING - AND WHEN WE DON'T WE GET IRRITATED.      I live by this phrase… YOU NEVER KNOW.    **I KNOW MY OPTIMISM CAN DRIVE MY WIFE CRAZY… I always try to see things in the positive. You never know… it might be the best thing in the world to have our car breakdown….   Isaiah 7:9:"Unless you believe, you will not understand". It suggests that belief must come before comprehension in matters of faith.      *** “You never know” - I don't say it in doubt, but in hope. FAITH IS THE SUBSTANCE OF THINGS HOPED FOR! 

    MKT Call
    S&P 500 Starts December In The Red

    MKT Call

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 8:50


    MRKT Matrix - Monday, December 1st S&P 500 slides to start December as falling bitcoin hits sentiment (CNBC) Crypto Downturn Wipes Out Nearly $1 Billion in Levered Bets (Bloomberg) US Factory Activity Shrinks by the Most in Four Months (Bloomberg) As regime change looms at the Fed, one candidate emerges as frontrunner for chair (CNBC) American Consumers Lose Patience With High Car Prices (WSJ) Shopify Breaks Down on Busy Cyber Monday (WSJ) Nvidia Buys $2 Billion of Chip Software Maker Synopsys Stock (Bloomberg) Nvidia shares to retreat 20% on competitive pressures, says only analyst with sell rating (CNBC) OpenAI's lead under pressure as rivals start to close the gap (FT) --- Subscribe to our newsletter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://riskreversalmedia.beehiiv.com/subscribe⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ MRKT Matrix by RiskReversal Media is a daily AI powered podcast bringing you the top stories moving financial markets Story curation by RiskReversal, scripts by Perplexity Pro, voice by ElevenLabs

    Income Flip Podcast
    #80. Luis Belmonte—From Vietnam to $2 Billion in Deals

    Income Flip Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 49:59


    In this episode of the "Income Flip" podcast, Rob Chevez interviews Luis Belmonte, a seasoned real estate developer from San Francisco. Luis shares his extensive journey in the real estate industry, starting from his early days as a property manager and handyman to becoming a successful developer. He discusses his experiences with various real estate deals, the lessons learned from both successes and failures, and his philosophy on investment and risk management. Luis emphasizes the importance of knowing oneself, understanding one's strengths and weaknesses, and being prepared for economic downturns. He also shares insights into his current focus on retail and low-income housing projects, highlighting the value of staying under the radar and bringing big-time expertise to small-time deals. Throughout the conversation, Luis offers valuable advice for aspiring real estate professionals, stressing the significance of indifference in negotiations and the need to always plan for the downside.  

    The Nick Abbot Habit
    Million, billion, trillion

    The Nick Abbot Habit

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 33:29


    In this week's clips from 2021, we were getting used to being in, we found where some of our money went and a caller had an idea on how to improve everything.

    Brand in Demand
    62. The Playbook Behind $1 Billion in International Sales with Zach Selch

    Brand in Demand

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 69:19


    Zach Selch didn't start with a network, a brand, or a head start. He started in a trailer park, found sales early, and turned it into a billion-dollar career. Here's what founders can learn from that climb.Today, I sat down with Zach Selch, one of the world's top international sales leaders and a key driver behind more than $1 billion in revenue growth. But this conversation isn't about quick tactical wins or a step-by-step guide to landing deals overseas. It's about the mindset, discipline, and repeatable principles that took Zach from survival mode to elite sales performance at scale.Zach shares how discovering sales early became the lever that changed his life, and how he later turned grit into a structured way of selling built on clarity, trust, and consistency. We dig into what actually drives long-term revenue growth for founders. Not hacky scripts. Not personality. Not luck. Zach explains why sales is a learnable system, why founders stall when they treat it like a talent lottery, and how the best companies scale by building a sales machine their teams can run without them.International markets come up, but through a founder lens. Zach shows why companies fail when they expand without fundamentals, and why protecting pricing, aligning channels, and staying founder-involved early are what make any market work, domestic or global.His lessons come from selling in more than 130 countries, but the core message is universal. If you want a business that grows predictably, you need sales fundamentals that hold up anywhere.You'll learn: ✅ Why sales is a real vehicle for founder growth and upward mobility ✅ The mindset shift that separates hustlers from scalable operators ✅ Why global expansion only works when fundamentals are strong ✅ How founders become the bottleneck in early revenue ✅ Why pricing discipline and trust protect long-term scale ✅ How to build a repeatable sales system your team can run without you ✅ The long-game principles behind a billion-dollar sales careerIf you want to scale through strong sales fundamentals, not personality or luck, this episode is a masterclass in building the machine behind the wins.Connect with Zach SelchGuest LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/international-sales-growth/Guest Website: https://www.globalsalesmentor.com/If you are a B2B company that wants to build your own in-house content team instead of outsourcing your content to a marketing agency, we may be a fit for you! Everything you see in our podcast and content is a result of a scrappy, nimble, internal content team along with an AI-powered content systems and process. Check out pricing and services here: ⁠https://impaxs.com⁠Want a behind-the-scenes look at how we run the show and the chance to ask upcoming guests your questions? Join the Founder Talk Club in WhatsApp.(it's free): https://chat.whatsapp.com/KDEgJWAH5liFCiWVIU8bIa Timecodes00:00 Introduction and Guest Background00:38 Early Life and Sales Beginnings02:27 Sales Skills and Founders06:46 Importance of Sales Experience08:15 Growing Up in Poverty27:19 Lessons from the Military31:00 Parental Influence and Personal Growth34:14 Advice and Overcoming Fear34:51 Overcoming Fear of Failure35:12 Empowering Manufacturing Workers37:03 The Evolution of Sales40:13 Mastering Discovery Calls43:12 The Art of Asking Questions01:00:55 Leveraging AI in Sales01:05:30 The Importance of Prospecting01:08:07 Conclusion and Contact Information

    Watchdog on Wall Street
    Two Weeks for $1.6 Billion: When Justice Fails Main Street

    Watchdog on Wall Street

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 7:13 Transcription Available


    LISTEN and SUBSCRIBE on:Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/watchdog-on-wall-street-with-chris-markowski/id570687608 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PtgPvJvqc2gkpGIkNMR5i WATCH and SUBSCRIBE on:https://www.youtube.com/@WatchdogOnWallstreet/featured  White-collar crime pays—and this case proves it again. After orchestrating a massive Ponzi scheme that devastated thousands, a politically-connected private equity executive walked out of prison before Thanksgiving. This episode dives into the broken incentives, regulatory failures, and media silence that allow financial con artists to escape real consequences.

    365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition
    Ep. 773: What Would You Do With $1 Billion For Astronomy?

    365 Days of Astronomy - Weekly Edition

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 39:17


    Hosted by: Fraser Cain and Dr. Pamela L. Gay. Streamed live on Nov 9, 2025. We are powerless fans of space exploration. But what if some fool gave us the authority and funding to make our space dreams a reality? Someone asked us what we'd do with a billion dollars. What missions? Which telescopes? But what if we had more? 100 Billion! A trillion! All the monies! You keep asking, and this week we answer you! Come hear what Fraser and Pamela would do if they were given complete control over $1billion that had to be used for astronomy.    This show is supported through people like you on Patreon.com/AstronomyCast    In this episode, we'd like to thank: Andrew Poelstra, BogieNet, Brian Cagle, Burry Gowen, David, David Rossetter, Ed, Gerhard Schwarzer, Jason Kwong, Jeanette Wink, Michael Purcell, Sergey Manouilov, Siggi Kemmler, Sérgio Sancevero

    The Charlie James Show Podcast
    H3-Mon12/01/25-TCJS- " What is it about these illegal immigrants that the Democrats are so enamored with " , " They don't want us to defend ourselves from Venezuelan Drug Smugglers" , "A Majority of Americans agree with President Trump on Immigratio

    The Charlie James Show Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 33:28


    H3-Mon12/01/25-TCJS- " What is it about these illegal immigrants that the Democrats are so enamored with " , " They don't want us to defend ourselves from Venezuelan Drug Smugglers" , "A Majority of Americans agree with President Trump on Immigration " , " A Billion dollars of Somali Fraud has been going on in Minnesota"

    Jens Rabe - Der Podcast für Unternehmer und Investoren
    Optimus & Robotaxis: DIESE 3 Ziele bringen Tesla auf $8.500 Milliarden!

    Jens Rabe - Der Podcast für Unternehmer und Investoren

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2025 16:11


    Im heutigen Podcast geht es um Elon Musks gigantisches Vergütungspaket, die drei Ziele, die ihn zur Billion führen könnten und warum dieser Deal trotz Verwässerung ein Gewinn für Aktionäre und Wirtschaft ist, denn echter Erfolg braucht Skin in the Game. Vereinbare jetzt dein kostenfreies Strategiegespräch: https://jensrabe.de/Q4Termin25 Trage dich hier in meinen täglichen kostenfreien Newsletter ein https://jensrabe.de/Q4NewsYT25

    Let's Talk AI
    #226 - Gemini 3, Claude Opus 4.5, Nano Banana Pro, LeJEPA

    Let's Talk AI

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2025 71:11


    Our 226th episode with a summary and discussion of last week's big AI news!Recorded on 11/24/2025Hosted by Andrey Kurenkov and co-hosted by Michelle LeeFeel free to email us your questions and feedback at contact@lastweekinai.com and/or hello@gladstone.aiRead out our text newsletter and comment on the podcast at https://lastweekin.ai/In this episode: New AI model releases include Google's Gemini 3 Pro, Anthropic's Opus 4.5, and OpenAI's GPT-5.1, each showcasing significant advancements in AI capabilities and applications.Robotics innovations feature Sunday Robotics' new robot Memo and a $600M funding round for Visual Intelligence, highlighting growth and investment in the robotics sector.AI safety and policy updates include Europe's proposed changes to GDPR and AI Act regulations, and reports of AI-assisted cyber espionage by a Chinese state-sponsored group.AI-generated content and legal highlights involve settlements between Warner Music Group and AI music platform UDIO, reflecting evolving dynamics in the field of synthetic media.Timestamps:(00:00:10) Intro / Banter(00:01:32) News Preview(00:02:10) Response to listener commentsTools & Apps(00:02:34) Google launches Gemini 3 with new coding app and record benchmark scores | TechCrunch(00:05:49) Google launches Nano Banana Pro powered by Gemini 3(00:10:55) Anthropic releases Opus 4.5 with new Chrome and Excel integrations | TechCrunch(00:15:34) OpenAI releases GPT-5.1-Codex-Max to handle engineering tasks that span twenty-four hours(00:18:26) ChatGPT launches group chats globally | TechCrunch(00:20:33) Grok Claims Elon Musk Is More Athletic Than LeBron James — and the World's Greatest LoverApplications & Business(00:24:03) What AI bubble? Nvidia's strong earnings signal there's more room to grow(00:26:26) Alphabet stock surges on Gemini 3 AI model optimism(00:28:09) Sunday Robotics emerges from stealth with launch of ‘Memo' humanoid house chores robot(00:32:30) Robotics Startup Physical Intelligence Valued at $5.6 Billion in New Funding - Bloomberg(00:34:22) Waymo permitted areas expanded by California DMV - CBS Los Angeles - Waymo enters 3 more cities: Minneapolis, New Orleans, and Tampa | TechCrunchProjects & Open Source(00:37:00) Meta AI Releases Segment Anything Model 3 (SAM 3) for Promptable Concept Segmentation in Images and Videos - MarkTechPost(00:40:18) [2511.16624] SAM 3D: 3Dfy Anything in Images(00:42:51) [2511.13998] LoCoBench-Agent: An Interactive Benchmark for LLM Agents in Long-Context Software EngineeringResearch & Advancements(00:45:10) [2511.08544] LeJEPA: Provable and Scalable Self-Supervised Learning Without the Heuristics(00:50:08) [2511.13720] Back to Basics: Let Denoising Generative Models DenoisePolicy & Safety(00:52:08) Europe is scaling back its landmark privacy and AI laws | The Verge(00:54:13) From shortcuts to sabotage: natural emergent misalignment from reward hacking(00:58:24) [2511.15304] Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models(01:01:43) Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign(01:04:36) OpenAI Locks Down San Francisco Offices Following Alleged Threat From Activist | WIREDSynthetic Media & Art(01:07:02) Warner Music Group Settles AI Lawsuit With UdioSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    HACK IT OUT GOLF
    SMS - 5 index, Scoring Average, 150y Par 3, 375y Par 4, 500y Par 5

    HACK IT OUT GOLF

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2025 13:54


    Welcome to the "Saturday Morning Golf Stat" from the Hack it Out Golf Podcast. What will a 5-index golfer score on a "standard" hole? In this episode, Lou asks Mark and Greg the scoring average for a good golfer on a 150 yard par 3, a 375 yard par 4, and a 500 yard par 5. Social media golfers might consider these "gettable." Are they? Each of these will be a mini-episode (10-15 minutes long) about an interesting golf stat. We will discuss what you can learn, and most importantly, how you can apply this on the golf course to lower your scores and lower your handicap. Listen on your drive to the golf course or over your Saturday morning coffee! Data is sourced from Arccos Golf. They have over 1 BILLION shots in their database.  Check them out at: https://www.arccosgolf.com/  Use code MARK15 for 15% off! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    Gene Valentino's GrassRoots TruthCast
    Illegals Get Free Housing While Americans Pay?! Border Scandals & Dearborn Shock | Gene Valentino

    Gene Valentino's GrassRoots TruthCast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2025 11:54


    America's border crisis just hit a new level — and this episode dives into what the mainstream media refuses to touch.Gene Valentino is joined by Politico's Daniel Lippman to break down:

    Limitless
    Jamaica's $24 Billion Hurricane Payout: How The Catastrophe Bond Actually Works

    Limitless

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2025 77:44


    Nine millibars. That's how close Jamaica came to getting a $150 million payout from Hurricane Beryl. Instead, we waited. Then Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica with 892 millibar pressure, the joint strongest hurricane on record in 90 years, and triggered the catastrophe bond. Dr. Matthew Preston and Dr. Thaon Simms sit down with economist Keenan Falconer to break down Jamaica's disaster financing framework, how the $24 billion payout actually works, and why this insurance just saved the country from fiscal catastrophe. From multi-layered risk financing to which sectors will bounce back fastest, this is the economic reality check every Jamaican investor needs to hear.Chapters:00:00 Introduction: Nine Millibars from Disaster00:35 Meet Keenan Falconer: From School Challenge Quiz to Economic Policy03:07 The Discipline Behind Success: Work Ethic and Productivity09:23 Pomodoro Techniques and Task Completion Philosophy12:09 School Challenge Quiz Glory: The 2013 Championship Story16:03 Current Role in Jamaica's Private Sector17:23 Hurricane Melissa: The Catastrophe Bond Explained22:27 What Makes the Cat Bond Different from Regular Insurance25:11 How Parametric Insurance Actually Works28:20 The Multi-Layered Disaster Financing Framework32:37 Relief, Recovery, and Reconstruction: Three Phases Explained37:09 Why Inflation Will Rise and Interest Rates May Follow42:58 Renewing the Cat Bond: What Happens Next48:10 Better to Have Insurance and Not Need It50:15 What If Beryl Had Triggered the Bond?52:20 The Fiscal Impact Without Insurance Coverage57:20 Which Sectors Will Recover Fastest1:02:32 Message to International Investors: Why Jamaica Still Makes Sense1:05:08 Building Back Better: Resilient Infrastructure for 20501:10:30 Investment Approach: Loss Minimizing Over Profit Maximizing1:13:15 Positive Outlook: Jamaica's Resilience Through Crisis

    Pablo Torre Finds Out
    The NFL's Secret Scammer and the $5 Billion Check (PTFO Vault)

    Pablo Torre Finds Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 49:21


    Pablo investigates one man's attempt to buy the Washington Commanders from the worst owner in all of sports — including, but not limited to: Bank of America, the Imperial Japanese Army, Coach K, Bob Marley... and cashews.(This episode originally aired September 8, 2023.)• Subscribe to Pablo's newsletter for exclusive access, documents and invites:https://pablo.show/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    Software Defined Talk
    Episode 548: Household CMDB

    Software Defined Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 62:36


    This week, we discuss the Cloudflare outage, their current business strategy, and paying OSS maintainers. Plus, thoughts on loading the dishwasher and managing your home. Watch the YouTube Live Recording of Episode (https://www.youtube.com/live/byFyPbe9HC0?si=DpOApdTKs9oh-bWl) 548 (https://www.youtube.com/live/byFyPbe9HC0?si=DpOApdTKs9oh-bWl) Runner-up Titles Mystery Knob Vegans are cursed vegetarians Skilled enough Defrag the dishwasher Design Intentions QR codes everywhere I don't know where we draw the line, but I know where we start SDT IoT CMBD, Home Edition. SDT Open Source Money Maker Lead with Nagware Stocks go up, stocks go down Safari's my naked browser Coté wanted to add periods to all of these but did not. Rundown FFmpeg to Google: Fund Us or Stop Sending Bugs (https://thenewstack.io/ffmpeg-to-google-fund-us-or-stop-sending-bugs/) Cloudflare blames massive internet outage on 'latent bug' (https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/18/cloudflare-blames-massive-internet-outage-on-latent-bug/) Cloudflare outage on November 18, 2025 (https://blog.cloudflare.com/18-november-2025-outage/) Replicate is joining Cloudflare (https://blog.cloudflare.com/replicate-joins-cloudflare/) Relevant to your Interests The Walt Disney Company Announces Multi-Year Distribution Agreement With YouTube TV (https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/the-walt-disney-company-announces-multi-year-distribution-agreement-with-youtube-tv/) Anthropic claims of Claude AI-automated cyberattacks met with doubt (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/anthropic-claims-of-claude-ai-automated-cyberattacks-met-with-doubt/) Disrupting the first reported AI-orchestrated cyber espionage campaign (https://www.anthropic.com/news/disrupting-AI-espionage) Compact, human-readable serialization of JSON data for LLM prompts (https://github.com/toon-format/toon) Outage Tracker | Updog By Datadog (https://updog.ai/) Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive (https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/technology/bezos-project-prometheus.html) Power (https://a16z.com/powerpoint-is-your-therapist-gamma-is-your-coach/)P (https://a16z.com/powerpoint-is-your-therapist-gamma-is-your-coach/)oint is your therapist, Gamma is your coach | Andreessen Horowitz (https://a16z.com/powerpoint-is-your-therapist-gamma-is-your-coach/) Red Hat Introduces Project Hummingbird for “Zero-CVE” Strategies (https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-introduces-project-hummingbird-zero-cve-strategies) A new era of intelligence with Gemini 3 (https://blog.google/products/gemini/gemini-3/) The platform that needs a platform (https://cote.io/2025/11/19/the-platform-that-needs-a.html) The AI Coding Startup Favored by Tech CEOs Is Now Worth $29.3 Billion (https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/the-ai-coding-startup-favored-by-tech-ceos-is-now-worth-29-3-billion-14c72c02) The Smartest Fliers Use This App to Survive America's Travel Hell (https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/flighty-app-flight-cancellations-delays-900a8aad) Oracle's Market Cap Decline: Analyzing the Impact on Finance (https://platformonomics.com/2025/11/platformonomics-tgif-108-november-14-2025/) OpenAI's Fidji Simo Plans to Make ChatGPT Way More Useful—and Have You Pay For It (https://www.wired.com/story/fidji-simo-is-openais-other-ceo-and-she-swears-shell-make-chatgpt-profitable/) Europe's cookie nightmare is crumbling (https://www.theverge.com/news/823788/europe-cookie-prompt-browser-changes-proposal) Nonsense AI-Powered Teddy Bear Caught Talking About Sexual Fetishes and Instructing Kids How to Find Knives (https://gizmodo.com/ai-powered-teddy-bear-caught-talking-about-sexual-fetishes-and-instructing-kids-how-to-find-knives-2000687140) Whipped Cream Worth $80K Stolen in Ontario (https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/whipped-cream-worth-80k-stolen-135930616.html) Conferences DevOpsDayLA at SCALE23x (https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x), March 6th, Pasadena, CA Use code: DEVOP for 50% off. CFP open until Dec. 1st. SDT News & Community Join our Slack community (https://softwaredefinedtalk.slack.com/join/shared_invite/zt-1hn55iv5d-UTfN7mVX1D9D5ExRt3ZJYQ#/shared-invite/email) Email the show: questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:questions@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Free stickers: Email your address to stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:stickers@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Follow us on social media: Twitter (https://twitter.com/softwaredeftalk), Threads (https://www.threads.net/@softwaredefinedtalk), Mastodon (https://hachyderm.io/@softwaredefinedtalk), LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/software-defined-talk/), BlueSky (https://bsky.app/profile/softwaredefinedtalk.com) Watch us on: Twitch (https://www.twitch.tv/sdtpodcast), YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi3OJPV6h9tp-hbsGBLGsDQ/featured), Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/softwaredefinedtalk/), TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@softwaredefinedtalk) Book offer: Use code SDT for $20 off "Digital WTF" by Coté (https://leanpub.com/digitalwtf/c/sdt) Sponsor the show (https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/ads): ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com (mailto:ads@softwaredefinedtalk.com) Recommendations Brandon: The Beast in Me (https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.netflix.com/title/81427733&ved=2ahUKEwiy4NnP_P6QAxWGnWoFHU37GesQFnoECGcQAQ&usg=AOvVaw0QnhTLbjScTHWLLBI4qs26) Matt: The Prestige (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482571/) Coté: Fantastic 4 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Four:_First_Steps) with that Boba Fet (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Four:_First_Steps)t (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Four:_First_Steps) guy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fantastic_Four:_First_Steps), “Winter's Mourning,” from Uncaged God (https://www.dmsguild.com/en/product/382873/uncaged-goddesses)d (https://www.dmsguild.com/en/product/382873/uncaged-goddesses)esses (https://www.dmsguild.com/en/product/382873/uncaged-goddesses). 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    Josh Bersin
    Understanding Talent Density And Ditching Integrated Talent Management

    Josh Bersin

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2025 22:32


    Everyone: one of the big existential changes in management and leadership is a whole new model for talent. Today, for the first time in human history, we've agreed to pay one person a $Trillion dollars for his skills (Elon Musk). And this trend is growing. Google paid $2.7 Billion to hire Noam Shazeer, the co-founder of Character AI. Mark Zuckerberg paid around $100 Million to hire Jiahui You, a top OpenAI researcher. And others, Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov & Xiaohua Zhai, were rumored to receive $100 M signing bonuses to join Meta. What's going on? What happened to our belief in the “bell curve” of performance, forced rankings, salary bands, and all the traditional ideas of talent management? Well it's time to throw that stuff out the window and think differently. As many researchers have pointed out, including Boris Groyberg from Harvard, these “hyperperformers” can deliver 100 to 1000 times higher outcomes than an “average” employee and their utility and value is very hard to reproduce. Groyberg's studies show that hyper-performers in one company turn into middling performers in another. And this is borne out by our research, which shows that individuals who fit the culture and behaviors of a company well can absolutely deliver 10-fold higher performance than those who “grind the gears.” All this said, the traditional talent management model has not worked out well, and I want to encourage you to ditch it. Even the job market itself bears this out: some “10x engineers” make 5 times as much money as engineers sitting next to them, and the same is true for sales people, consultants, politicians, and athletes. (The top ten NBA players make 7X more pay than the “average” NBA player.) So why do we try to “commoditize” this into a bell-curve based talent system? Integrated Talent Management, as defined by HR, leads to over-hiring, layoffs, and all sorts of “performance commoditizing” effects. If you use the Talent Density philosophy, by contrast, you wind up with a smaller company which performs at a much higher level. Listen to this podcast and I'll explain all that needs to be addressed. Suffice it to say that in a world of AI-powered Superworkers, it's your talent system (as a whole) that's going to drive extraordinary growth and competitive advantage, not fitting people into the bell curve. Like this podcast? Rate us on Spotify or Apple or YouTube. Additional Information The Myth Of The Bell Curve: Look For The Hyper-Performers How To Create Talent Density We Wasted Ten Years Talking About Performance Ratings. Seven Things We've Learned. Galileo: The World's Trusted Agent for Everything HR   Chapters (00:00:00) - Initiated Talent Management: The Future of Talent(00:06:11) - Talent Management and the Layoff Cycle(00:08:53) - Talent density and the management process(00:17:03) - Bradley: Talent density and the culture(00:22:14) - Airline Industry

    InvestTalk
    Buffett's $382 Billion Cash Pile

    InvestTalk

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 45:58 Transcription Available


    We will talk about Warren Buffett's pile of cash and the concept of "controlled greed" in today's market.Today's Stocks & Topics: Prologis, Inc. (PLD), Market Wrap, Bright Minds Biosciences Inc. (DRUG), “Buffett's $382 Billion Cash Pile”, Heritage Global Inc. (HGBL), Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. (TKOMY), Markel Group Inc. (MKL), Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (BMY), The Federal Reserve, Vanguard Mid-Cap Value Index Fund ETF Shares (VOE), Netflix, Inc. (NFLX), Barrick Mining Corporation (B), How A-I Influences Shopping.Our Sponsors:* Check out Incogni: https://incogni.com/investtalk* Check out Invest529: https://www.invest529.com* Check out NordProtect: https://nordprotect.com/investalk* Check out Progressive: https://www.progressive.com* Check out Quince: https://quince.com/INVEST* Check out TruDiagnostic and use my code INVEST for a great deal: https://www.trudiagnostic.comAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

    Scale Up Your Business Podcast
    Omar Hamdi: Leveraging PR To Build Your Brand

    Scale Up Your Business Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 47:07


    Nick welcomes media expert Omar Hamdi from Dubai to discuss the evolving landscape of media coverage, publicity, and public relations.  With a rich background in traditional media and a passion for technology, Omar shares insights on how businesses of all sizes can leverage media tech to enhance their visibility and authority. The conversation delves into the importance of strategic intent behind media engagement, the role of verification in building trust, and the complementary relationship between personal branding and media coverage KEY TAKEAWAYS Before engaging with media, it's crucial to define the purpose of the PR efforts. Understanding what you want to achieve and who you want to reach can significantly enhance the effectiveness of media coverage. The landscape of media has evolved with technology, allowing businesses of all sizes to access PR opportunities. Utilising media tech can streamline the process of matching stories with the right publishers, making PR more accessible. Leveraging media coverage can enhance a business's authority and credibility. When reputable publications endorse a brand, it adds a layer of trust that can influence potential customers' decisions. Consistency in media engagement and content creation is essential. Building a brand's presence takes time, and results may not be immediate. It's important to trust the process and remain committed to long-term strategies. BEST MOMENTS "If you use technology in the right way, you can make PR accessible to businesses of every size." "The point of the media is in the verification... That's why it's such a letdown when... an esteemed organisation like the BBC edits an interview." "You need to be doing multiple things. You need to be leveraging the sources that align with what your goals are." "The biggest mistake is doing it without any of those things, not knowing why you're engaging with the media." VALUABLE RESOURCES To get your copy of Nick's new book, go to ⁠http://bit.ly/4ngC2hO Exit Your Business For Millions - Download This Guide: ⁠go.highvalueexit.com/opt-in ⁠ Nick's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/realnickbradley Nick Bradley is a world-renowned author, speaker, and business growth expert, who works with entrepreneurs, business leaders, and investors to build, scale and sell high-value companies. He spent 10+ years working in Private Equity, where he oversaw 100+ acquisitions, 26 exits, and over $5 Billion in combined value created. He has one of the top-ranked business podcasts in the UK (with over 1m downloads in over 130 countries). He now spends his time coaching and consulting business owners in building and scaling high-value business towards life-changing exits. This Podcast has been brought to you by Disruptive Media. ⁠https://disruptivemedia.co.uk/

    Omni Talk
    Kroger's $2.6 Billion Automation Retreat | Fast Five Shorts

    Omni Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 4:44


    This segment from the Omni Talk Retail Fast Five podcast, sponsored by the A&M Consumer and Retail Group, Mirakl, Ocampo Capital, Infios, and Quorso, analyzes Kroger's decision to shut down three automated fulfillment centers with a staggering $2.6 billion write-off. The grocer is pivoting to in-store fulfillment and third-party delivery partnerships to improve digital profitability by $400M in 2026. Chris questions the scale of the initial investment error, while Anne explores how evolving customer demand for fresh products may impact automation ROI. Is this the end of the CFC era, or just a course correction? #kroger #automation #CFC #grocerytech #ecommerce #retailautomation #Ocado #supplychain #digitalcommerce #grocerydelivery

    The Journal.
    The Case of the Missing $15 Billion Fortune: Part 2

    The Journal.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2025 21:09


    After Hermès heir Nicolas Puech announced his $15 billion fortune was missing, accusations started flying. Who had taken the money? Was it his handyman? His financial advisor? Puech himself? In this second episode, WSJ's Nick Kostov reveals the answer in what could be the fraud of the century. Jessica Mendoza hosts. Further Listening: The Case of the Missing $15 Billion Fortune: Part 1 The World's Richest Person Is Planning for Succession Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    The Journal.
    The Case of the Missing $15 Billion Fortune: Part 1

    The Journal.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2025 23:39


    Hermès is one of Europe's most storied luxury brands, known for its Birkin bags and expensive silk scarves. One of the company's biggest shareholders had been fifth-generation Hermès heir Nicolas Puech. But a few years ago, Puech made a shocking admission: he was out of money. And Puech's Hermès shares, worth some $15 billion, were missing. In this first episode, WSJ's Nick Kostov digs into one of the most baffling and epic financial sagas of this century. Jessica Mendoza hosts.   Further Listening: The World's Richest Person Is Planning for Succession Are Diamonds Even a Luxury Anymore? How a Miami Couple Used Empty Mansions to Pocket Millions Sign up for WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices