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This episode covers chapters 10-12 of Sunrise on the Reaping.I discuss themes of identity, the Capitol machine, Haymitch's "rascal" persona, and more.Follow @talesofpanem on Twitter / Instagram / TikTok for updates, episode information, and more.Contact me: talesofpanem@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
From the BBC World Service: Another meeting is planned between the U.S. and Japan, as Japan seeks exemptions from certain American tariffs. The talks will be closely monitored by other countries to see what sort of trade deal can be struck. Plus, Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Cambodia for the last leg of what's being called a "charm-offensive" tour. And, cargo ships are clogging ports as tariff concerns impact the bookings of freight vessels.
From the BBC World Service: Another meeting is planned between the U.S. and Japan, as Japan seeks exemptions from certain American tariffs. The talks will be closely monitored by other countries to see what sort of trade deal can be struck. Plus, Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Cambodia for the last leg of what's being called a "charm-offensive" tour. And, cargo ships are clogging ports as tariff concerns impact the bookings of freight vessels.
Paul, Leo, and Richard get into new Windows features (thanks to the Feature Tracker), hardware shifts for Microsoft/Intel/Apple, AI moves from OpenAI/Apple/Adobe, Notion Mail, a Hawaiian drink, the National Recording Registry, rice cookers, and electronic timer tunes! Windows 11 Feature Tracker. Since we last talked, Microsoft has announced the following new features for Windows 11: Semantic search can now search for Windows settings using natural language - Dev and Beta (24H2) channels, no clear stable date but guessing June Narrator can more accurately describe images by detailing the people, objects, colours, text, and numbers in them, Snapdragon X only, same builds as above Snipping Tool with "Text extraction" in the capture bar - This in Canary now, but it was in at least Dev previously, this could ship in stable at any time, it's an app Recall (preview) and Click to Do (preview) head to the Release Preview channel (24H2) - Expect this in May Patch Tuesday Narrator speech recap, Phone Link/Start integration, File Explorer Home updates, Windows Share with Edit all head to Release Preview (23H2) - Expect these in May Patch Tuesday - They were added to Beta channel (23H2) a few days earlier Plus, Microsoft Edge is up to 9 percent faster at web rendering and we're having a fiesta Also, the Windows 95 startup/logout chime has been inducted into the National Recording Registry Hardware Surface Hub OG hits EOL this year just like Windows 10 First major change under new Intel CEO What's a computer? The iPad, supposedly, but we'll see Everything's fine, but Google laid off hundreds in Pixel/Android group AI Apple is making big changes so that Apple Intelligence will actually be intelligent Adobe is going agentic too OpenAI is creating its own social network because the world needs another social network OpenAI announces three GPT-4.1 models - may retire GPT-4 soon - plus now o3 and o4-mini models ChapGPT gets an image library and a memory Claude gets Research and Google Workspace integration Meta will start training its AI models with EU data, wink wink Xbox and games Xbox app on mobile will soon let you buy games (!) and add-on content, join Game Pass, and redeem perks. Did Microsoft get a concession from Apple/Google?? COD: Modern Warfare II (OG) and more are coming to Game Pass in the next few weeks Xbox announces Doom: The Dark Ages limited edition accessories Sea of Thieves is coming to Battle.net Sony forced to raise the price of PS5 in three locales Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Think like an individual, not an enterprise App pick of the week: Notion Mail RunAs Radio this week: How to Not Hate PowerShell with Barbara Forbes Brown liquor pick of the week: 12th Hawaii Distiller's Reserve Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: 1password.com/windowsweekly uscloud.com
Paul, Leo, and Richard get into new Windows features (thanks to the Feature Tracker), hardware shifts for Microsoft/Intel/Apple, AI moves from OpenAI/Apple/Adobe, Notion Mail, a Hawaiian drink, the National Recording Registry, rice cookers, and electronic timer tunes! Windows 11 Feature Tracker. Since we last talked, Microsoft has announced the following new features for Windows 11: Semantic search can now search for Windows settings using natural language - Dev and Beta (24H2) channels, no clear stable date but guessing June Narrator can more accurately describe images by detailing the people, objects, colours, text, and numbers in them, Snapdragon X only, same builds as above Snipping Tool with "Text extraction" in the capture bar - This in Canary now, but it was in at least Dev previously, this could ship in stable at any time, it's an app Recall (preview) and Click to Do (preview) head to the Release Preview channel (24H2) - Expect this in May Patch Tuesday Narrator speech recap, Phone Link/Start integration, File Explorer Home updates, Windows Share with Edit all head to Release Preview (23H2) - Expect these in May Patch Tuesday - They were added to Beta channel (23H2) a few days earlier Plus, Microsoft Edge is up to 9 percent faster at web rendering and we're having a fiesta Also, the Windows 95 startup/logout chime has been inducted into the National Recording Registry Hardware Surface Hub OG hits EOL this year just like Windows 10 First major change under new Intel CEO What's a computer? The iPad, supposedly, but we'll see Everything's fine, but Google laid off hundreds in Pixel/Android group AI Apple is making big changes so that Apple Intelligence will actually be intelligent Adobe is going agentic too OpenAI is creating its own social network because the world needs another social network OpenAI announces three GPT-4.1 models - may retire GPT-4 soon - plus now o3 and o4-mini models ChapGPT gets an image library and a memory Claude gets Research and Google Workspace integration Meta will start training its AI models with EU data, wink wink Xbox and games Xbox app on mobile will soon let you buy games (!) and add-on content, join Game Pass, and redeem perks. Did Microsoft get a concession from Apple/Google?? COD: Modern Warfare II (OG) and more are coming to Game Pass in the next few weeks Xbox announces Doom: The Dark Ages limited edition accessories Sea of Thieves is coming to Battle.net Sony forced to raise the price of PS5 in three locales Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Think like an individual, not an enterprise App pick of the week: Notion Mail RunAs Radio this week: How to Not Hate PowerShell with Barbara Forbes Brown liquor pick of the week: 12th Hawaii Distiller's Reserve Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: 1password.com/windowsweekly uscloud.com
Paul, Leo, and Richard get into new Windows features (thanks to the Feature Tracker), hardware shifts for Microsoft/Intel/Apple, AI moves from OpenAI/Apple/Adobe, Notion Mail, a Hawaiian drink, the National Recording Registry, rice cookers, and electronic timer tunes! Windows 11 Feature Tracker. Since we last talked, Microsoft has announced the following new features for Windows 11: Semantic search can now search for Windows settings using natural language - Dev and Beta (24H2) channels, no clear stable date but guessing June Narrator can more accurately describe images by detailing the people, objects, colours, text, and numbers in them, Snapdragon X only, same builds as above Snipping Tool with "Text extraction" in the capture bar - This in Canary now, but it was in at least Dev previously, this could ship in stable at any time, it's an app Recall (preview) and Click to Do (preview) head to the Release Preview channel (24H2) - Expect this in May Patch Tuesday Narrator speech recap, Phone Link/Start integration, File Explorer Home updates, Windows Share with Edit all head to Release Preview (23H2) - Expect these in May Patch Tuesday - They were added to Beta channel (23H2) a few days earlier Plus, Microsoft Edge is up to 9 percent faster at web rendering and we're having a fiesta Also, the Windows 95 startup/logout chime has been inducted into the National Recording Registry Hardware Surface Hub OG hits EOL this year just like Windows 10 First major change under new Intel CEO What's a computer? The iPad, supposedly, but we'll see Everything's fine, but Google laid off hundreds in Pixel/Android group AI Apple is making big changes so that Apple Intelligence will actually be intelligent Adobe is going agentic too OpenAI is creating its own social network because the world needs another social network OpenAI announces three GPT-4.1 models - may retire GPT-4 soon - plus now o3 and o4-mini models ChapGPT gets an image library and a memory Claude gets Research and Google Workspace integration Meta will start training its AI models with EU data, wink wink Xbox and games Xbox app on mobile will soon let you buy games (!) and add-on content, join Game Pass, and redeem perks. Did Microsoft get a concession from Apple/Google?? COD: Modern Warfare II (OG) and more are coming to Game Pass in the next few weeks Xbox announces Doom: The Dark Ages limited edition accessories Sea of Thieves is coming to Battle.net Sony forced to raise the price of PS5 in three locales Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Think like an individual, not an enterprise App pick of the week: Notion Mail RunAs Radio this week: How to Not Hate PowerShell with Barbara Forbes Brown liquor pick of the week: 12th Hawaii Distiller's Reserve Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: 1password.com/windowsweekly uscloud.com
Paul, Leo, and Richard get into new Windows features (thanks to the Feature Tracker), hardware shifts for Microsoft/Intel/Apple, AI moves from OpenAI/Apple/Adobe, Notion Mail, a Hawaiian drink, the National Recording Registry, rice cookers, and electronic timer tunes! Windows 11 Feature Tracker. Since we last talked, Microsoft has announced the following new features for Windows 11: Semantic search can now search for Windows settings using natural language - Dev and Beta (24H2) channels, no clear stable date but guessing June Narrator can more accurately describe images by detailing the people, objects, colours, text, and numbers in them, Snapdragon X only, same builds as above Snipping Tool with "Text extraction" in the capture bar - This in Canary now, but it was in at least Dev previously, this could ship in stable at any time, it's an app Recall (preview) and Click to Do (preview) head to the Release Preview channel (24H2) - Expect this in May Patch Tuesday Narrator speech recap, Phone Link/Start integration, File Explorer Home updates, Windows Share with Edit all head to Release Preview (23H2) - Expect these in May Patch Tuesday - They were added to Beta channel (23H2) a few days earlier Plus, Microsoft Edge is up to 9 percent faster at web rendering and we're having a fiesta Also, the Windows 95 startup/logout chime has been inducted into the National Recording Registry Hardware Surface Hub OG hits EOL this year just like Windows 10 First major change under new Intel CEO What's a computer? The iPad, supposedly, but we'll see Everything's fine, but Google laid off hundreds in Pixel/Android group AI Apple is making big changes so that Apple Intelligence will actually be intelligent Adobe is going agentic too OpenAI is creating its own social network because the world needs another social network OpenAI announces three GPT-4.1 models - may retire GPT-4 soon - plus now o3 and o4-mini models ChapGPT gets an image library and a memory Claude gets Research and Google Workspace integration Meta will start training its AI models with EU data, wink wink Xbox and games Xbox app on mobile will soon let you buy games (!) and add-on content, join Game Pass, and redeem perks. Did Microsoft get a concession from Apple/Google?? COD: Modern Warfare II (OG) and more are coming to Game Pass in the next few weeks Xbox announces Doom: The Dark Ages limited edition accessories Sea of Thieves is coming to Battle.net Sony forced to raise the price of PS5 in three locales Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Think like an individual, not an enterprise App pick of the week: Notion Mail RunAs Radio this week: How to Not Hate PowerShell with Barbara Forbes Brown liquor pick of the week: 12th Hawaii Distiller's Reserve Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: 1password.com/windowsweekly uscloud.com
On this episode, we're taking a look at the current macro environment, tariffs, and how everything might affect upcoming crypto ETF launches.~This episode is sponsored by iTrust Capital~iTrustCapital | Get $100 Funding Reward + No Monthly Fees when you sign up using our custom link! ➜ https://bit.ly/iTrustPaulGuest: Steven McClurg, CEO of Canary Capital Canary Capital website ➜ https://bit.ly/CanaryETF00:00 Intro00:16 Sponsor: iTrust Capital00:48 Scott Bessent - Is the worst over?02:25 Canary market position03:37 Rate cut in May?04:40 Jim Cramer - DOGE vs Gold05:20 Time to invest in crypto?07:05 Bitcoin & Ethereum ETF performance: mostly retail still?08:30 CNBC: Venture Capital liquidity is getting rekt so far12:20 Canary ETF Filings: SOL, XRP, HBAR, LTC, AXL, SUI, PENGU15:05 Which one are you most serious about right now?16:30 XRP ETF vs SOL: Which one comes first?17:55 ETH & SOL already dead this cycle?19:10 RWAs = Good for ETH?21:16 RLUSD22:32 Mathew Sigel: ETF's will be used in DeFi25:33 Uniswap26:35 Could we see staking ETF's in 2025? (JitoSOL)27:27 Gaming ETFs incoming?28:05 Gaming ETFs = Adoption?30:10 Outro#XRP #Crypto #Bitcoin~Tariffs vs Crypto ETFs
Paul, Leo, and Richard get into new Windows features (thanks to the Feature Tracker), hardware shifts for Microsoft/Intel/Apple, AI moves from OpenAI/Apple/Adobe, Notion Mail, a Hawaiian drink, the National Recording Registry, rice cookers, and electronic timer tunes! Windows 11 Feature Tracker. Since we last talked, Microsoft has announced the following new features for Windows 11: Semantic search can now search for Windows settings using natural language - Dev and Beta (24H2) channels, no clear stable date but guessing June Narrator can more accurately describe images by detailing the people, objects, colours, text, and numbers in them, Snapdragon X only, same builds as above Snipping Tool with "Text extraction" in the capture bar - This in Canary now, but it was in at least Dev previously, this could ship in stable at any time, it's an app Recall (preview) and Click to Do (preview) head to the Release Preview channel (24H2) - Expect this in May Patch Tuesday Narrator speech recap, Phone Link/Start integration, File Explorer Home updates, Windows Share with Edit all head to Release Preview (23H2) - Expect these in May Patch Tuesday - They were added to Beta channel (23H2) a few days earlier Plus, Microsoft Edge is up to 9 percent faster at web rendering and we're having a fiesta Also, the Windows 95 startup/logout chime has been inducted into the National Recording Registry Hardware Surface Hub OG hits EOL this year just like Windows 10 First major change under new Intel CEO What's a computer? The iPad, supposedly, but we'll see Everything's fine, but Google laid off hundreds in Pixel/Android group AI Apple is making big changes so that Apple Intelligence will actually be intelligent Adobe is going agentic too OpenAI is creating its own social network because the world needs another social network OpenAI announces three GPT-4.1 models - may retire GPT-4 soon - plus now o3 and o4-mini models ChapGPT gets an image library and a memory Claude gets Research and Google Workspace integration Meta will start training its AI models with EU data, wink wink Xbox and games Xbox app on mobile will soon let you buy games (!) and add-on content, join Game Pass, and redeem perks. Did Microsoft get a concession from Apple/Google?? COD: Modern Warfare II (OG) and more are coming to Game Pass in the next few weeks Xbox announces Doom: The Dark Ages limited edition accessories Sea of Thieves is coming to Battle.net Sony forced to raise the price of PS5 in three locales Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Think like an individual, not an enterprise App pick of the week: Notion Mail RunAs Radio this week: How to Not Hate PowerShell with Barbara Forbes Brown liquor pick of the week: 12th Hawaii Distiller's Reserve Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: 1password.com/windowsweekly uscloud.com
Paul, Leo, and Richard get into new Windows features (thanks to the Feature Tracker), hardware shifts for Microsoft/Intel/Apple, AI moves from OpenAI/Apple/Adobe, Notion Mail, a Hawaiian drink, the National Recording Registry, rice cookers, and electronic timer tunes! Windows 11 Feature Tracker. Since we last talked, Microsoft has announced the following new features for Windows 11: Semantic search can now search for Windows settings using natural language - Dev and Beta (24H2) channels, no clear stable date but guessing June Narrator can more accurately describe images by detailing the people, objects, colours, text, and numbers in them, Snapdragon X only, same builds as above Snipping Tool with "Text extraction" in the capture bar - This in Canary now, but it was in at least Dev previously, this could ship in stable at any time, it's an app Recall (preview) and Click to Do (preview) head to the Release Preview channel (24H2) - Expect this in May Patch Tuesday Narrator speech recap, Phone Link/Start integration, File Explorer Home updates, Windows Share with Edit all head to Release Preview (23H2) - Expect these in May Patch Tuesday - They were added to Beta channel (23H2) a few days earlier Plus, Microsoft Edge is up to 9 percent faster at web rendering and we're having a fiesta Also, the Windows 95 startup/logout chime has been inducted into the National Recording Registry Hardware Surface Hub OG hits EOL this year just like Windows 10 First major change under new Intel CEO What's a computer? The iPad, supposedly, but we'll see Everything's fine, but Google laid off hundreds in Pixel/Android group AI Apple is making big changes so that Apple Intelligence will actually be intelligent Adobe is going agentic too OpenAI is creating its own social network because the world needs another social network OpenAI announces three GPT-4.1 models - may retire GPT-4 soon - plus now o3 and o4-mini models ChapGPT gets an image library and a memory Claude gets Research and Google Workspace integration Meta will start training its AI models with EU data, wink wink Xbox and games Xbox app on mobile will soon let you buy games (!) and add-on content, join Game Pass, and redeem perks. Did Microsoft get a concession from Apple/Google?? COD: Modern Warfare II (OG) and more are coming to Game Pass in the next few weeks Xbox announces Doom: The Dark Ages limited edition accessories Sea of Thieves is coming to Battle.net Sony forced to raise the price of PS5 in three locales Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Think like an individual, not an enterprise App pick of the week: Notion Mail RunAs Radio this week: How to Not Hate PowerShell with Barbara Forbes Brown liquor pick of the week: 12th Hawaii Distiller's Reserve Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to Windows Weekly at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Join Club TWiT for Ad-Free Podcasts! Support what you love and get ad-free shows, a members-only Discord, and behind-the-scenes access. Join today: https://twit.tv/clubtwit Sponsors: 1password.com/windowsweekly uscloud.com
Is that it then? Well yeh, probably... Norwich City's play-off dream all but died on a sunny afternoon in Plymouth, as the Canaries lost 2-1 in a limp display at the Championship's bottom club on Saturday. The On The Ball podcast, featuring a panel of host Ryan Livermore, Zoe Morgan and Steve Sanders analyse the Canaries' troubling return to old away game woes, fragile confidence, Kenny the sacrificial lamb, Sargent's two-touch beauty, and Norwich City's new Mr Wright. Plus, community heroes, Onel gets nearer to needing a social media intervention, getting up close to a wedding proposal (in a Canary suit), whippets, and Ryan, Ed Sheeran and Ben Godfrey convene on the world's least enticing hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mark, Dan, Chris and Tom discuss Argyle's victory over Norwich City and eighth league win of the season, being a second successive game of improved output that just about keeps the Greens in the fight to stay in the Championship. The panel discuss what positives they've taken from the win and whether it'll be enough to avoid a drop back to League One, and whether there are signs of what Muslic-ball might look like going forward, in either division.Attention then turns to the midweek game away to Swansea City, and what the permutations are for our relegation rivals and how that can improve the Pilgrims' survival prospects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Are cockatiels good pets? In this episode, we explore cockatiels as pets, how they compare to conures, and essential care tips. We chat with Ada about her flock and real-life experiences with her adorable cockatiels and canary!Keypoints:
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In this episode of Maximize Your Hunt, host Jon Teater discusses various strategies for managing hunting properties, including tree planting, addressing storm damage, managing invasive species, and enhancing wildlife habitats. The conversation features insights from guest Todd Shippee (Empire Land Management), who shares his experiences and recommendations for effective land management practices. Topics include the importance of native plants, the use of herbicides, and innovative techniques like drone spraying to combat invasive species. The episode emphasizes the need for thoughtful planning and execution in habitat improvement to maximize hunting success. In this conversation, the speakers discuss various strategies for enhancing deer habitats, focusing on the use of specific plant species, the importance of creating cover, and innovative hunting techniques. They emphasize the significance of variety in habitat, the role of cattails and eastern gamagrass, and the benefits of using chainsaws to create deer-friendly environments. The discussion also covers how to improve deer flow and access in wetland areas, providing practical tips for land management and hunting success. TakeawaysMaximizing hunting property requires effective land management.Tree planting is essential for habitat improvement.Storm damage can impact deer trails and movement.Invasive species management is crucial for healthy ecosystems.Native plants should replace invasive species for better wildlife support.Drone technology can aid in land management efforts.Cereal herbicide applications are necessary for invasive eradication.Never allow invasive species to go to seed to prevent spread.Enhancing buck beds can improve hunting success.Diverse plantings support a healthier wildlife habitat. Creating ideal deer habitats involves using specific plant species.Cattails provide excellent cover for deer during pressure.Eastern gamagrass is a digestible grass that deer consume.Removing reed canary grass can enhance wildlife value.Creating pathways encourages deer movement through areas.Deer can navigate wet areas surprisingly well.Chainsaws can be used to create noise that reassures deer.Enhancing wetland areas can improve deer browsing opportunities.Fencing off sections can help establish new plant growth.Using natural features can guide deer flow effectively. Social Linkshttps://whitetaillandscapes.com/https://www.facebook.com/whitetaillandscapes/https://www.instagram.com/whitetail_landscapes/?hl=enEmpire Land Management (@empirelandmgmt) • Instagram photos and videosWhitetail Institute - Food Plots - Deer Food Plot Seeds - Soil Testing
*The is the FREE archive, which includes advertisements. If you want an ad-free experience, you can subscribe below underneath the show description.The initial arrest and deportation plan for Mahmoud Khalil, a legal resident of the U.S., and the “secret police” style arrest of Rumeysa Ozturk during Ramadan - one openly facilitated by Canary Mission - should be the final nail in the coffin of the U.S. Constitution. Canary Mission is a shadowy organization - which takes open responsibly for Ozturk's arrest - with shadowy funding that compiles lists of people considered enemies of Israel and then presents what amounts to a “hit list” to the White House for carrying out the dirty work. Similar organizations are behind the forgotten deportation of illegal immigrants so the “feds” can focus on legal residents, and as the precedent is set, American citizens who criticize a foreign government. The only crime committed by Ozturk was writing an OP-ED for her university calling for transparency and abiding by school conduct code. Her arrest, along with the extortion-like letter sent to Columbia by the Federal Government, South Dakota's speciality anti-semitism law, and the DOJ Special Anti-Semitism task force, indicates that a powerful agent is in control the U.S. Government, AND it wants the First Amendment shut down: speech, protest, publication, privacy, and religion. Well, also the 2nd Amendment too. -FREE ARCHIVE (w. ads)SUBSCRIPTION ARCHIVEX / TWITTER FACEBOOKMAIN WEBSITECashApp: $rdgable EMAIL: rdgable@yahoo.com / TSTRadio@protonmail.comBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tst-radio--5328407/support.
Passend zu den ersten Blumenknospen, Sonnenstrahlen und Frühlingsgefühlen, beschäftigen sich Sinja und Boris in dieser Folge mit der Liebe. Dabei fragen sie sich nicht nur, wie wir romantische Liebe ausleben können, sondern auch, welche weiteren Formen der Liebe es gibt und wie sich diese im Alltag fördern lassen. Umfrage: Wie gefällt dir Verstehen, fühlen, glücklich sein? Erzähle es uns hier. Hintergründe und Studien:Lenz, K.: Soziologie der Zweierbeziehung. Eine Einführung, Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag 1998.Reddy, W. M. (2019). The making of romantic love: Longing and sexuality in Europe, South Asia, and Japan, 900-1200 CE. University of Chicago Press. Link zum Buch Bogaert, A. F. (2004). Asexuality: Prevalence and associated factors in a national probability sample. The Journal of Sex Research, 41(3). Link zur Studie Prause, N., & Graham, C. A. (2007). Asexuality: Classification and characterization. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 36(3). Link zur Studie Hudson NW, Lucas RE, Donnellan MB. The Highs and Lows of Love: Romantic Relationship Quality Moderates Whether Spending Time With One's Partner Predicts Gains or Losses in Well-Being. Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2020 Apr;46(4):572-589. doi: 10.1177/0146167219867960. Epub 2019 Aug 13. PMID: 31409247. Link zur Studie Jacobson, E., Wilson, K., Kurz, A., & Kellum, K. (2018). Examining self-compassion in romantic relationships. Journal of contextual behavioral science, 8, 69-73. Link zur Studie Barraza, J. A., Alexander, V., Beavin, L. E., Terris, E. T., & Zak, P. J. (2015). The heart of the story: Peripheral physiology during narrative exposure predicts charitable giving. Biological psychology, 105, 138-143. Link zur Studie Dainton, M., Stafford, L., & Canary, D. J. (1994). Maintenance strategies and physical affection as predictors of love, liking, and satisfaction in marriage. Communication Reports, 7(2), 88-98. Link zur Studie Ogolsky, B. G., & Bowers, J. R. (2013). A meta-analytic review of relationship maintenance and its correlates. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 30(3), 343-367. Link zur Studie Jacobs Bao, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2013). Making it last: Combating hedonic adaptation in romantic relationships. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 8(3), 196-20 Link zur Studie
March 31, 2025 | Season 5 | Episode 11The weakening US dollar may be the canary in the coal mine for broader market troubles ahead. Despite conditions that should strengthen it—high interest rates, geopolitical uncertainty, America's military dominance—the greenback has fallen against nearly every major global currency in 2025. This unusual pattern suggests foreign investors are losing confidence, potentially withdrawing the capital that traditionally supports US stocks and bonds.Meanwhile, markets are bracing for what President Trump calls "Liberation Day" on April 2nd, when new tariff policies are expected. Reports of a possible 20% universal tariff on all imports have sent tremors through Wall Street, with Goldman Sachs cutting its S&P target twice this month. The potential $11,000 price increase on imported vehicles illustrates the real-world impact these policies could have on consumers and businesses alike.The artificial intelligence sector appears to be entering a crucial transition phase where investors demand tangible returns on massive investments. Drawing fascinating parallels to the 1990s internet boom, experts remind us that only 1% of today's internet giants existed just 2.5 years after Netscape Navigator launched. Today's market leaders may not be tomorrow's AI champions, suggesting opportunities in companies like Snowflake, Intuitive Surgical, and cybersecurity firms that will protect increasingly vulnerable AI systems.For fixed income investors, discussions about potentially eliminating municipal bond tax exemptions to fund Trump tax cut extensions present both risk and opportunity. While concerning, municipal bonds have already priced in some of this uncertainty, potentially creating value for long-term investors willing to weather the volatility.As we navigate these complex market currents, watch the dollar's trajectory carefully—it may tell us more about where markets are heading than traditional economic indicators. What signals are you watching as we enter this period of heightened uncertainty?** For informational and educational purposes only, not intended as investment advice. Views and opinions are subject to change without notice. For full disclosures, ADVs, and CRS Forms, please visit https://heroldlantern.com/disclosure **To learn about becoming a Herold & Lantern Investments valued client, please visit https://heroldlantern.com/wealth-advisory-contact-formFollow and Like Us on Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn | @HeroldLantern
A licensed psychotherapist and sex therapist, Nikita Fernandes was invited to speak at SXSW's Lively Grit Daily House about the perils of burnout culture. We sat down with her after her presentation to talk about why people feel compelled to do uncool things, TikTok culture, ostriches, the Internet, and more.“To say that something is not cool that is generally seen as cool means that you're putting yourself at risk for social isolation. And social isolation and feeling isolated is not cool."Are you in New York? You can find Nikita at Blue Canary Therapy.Special thanks to Lively and Audience 101 for hosting us at SXSW, and YouGov for running the survey that supported our series of conversations.howcoolisthis.show
Shares of Walmart get hit as consumer confidence comes in at its lowest level in 12 years. Is the retail giant a canary in the coal mine for a potential recession? Plus One Chinese tech executive sounding the AI alarm. The bubble he sees forming, and why one top tech analyst still sees plenty of runway in an AI powered bull market.Fast Money Disclaimer
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Solve crimes with the great detective in "Sherlock Holmes Short Stories." Featuring classic tales by Arthur Conan Doyle, this podcast brings you the brilliant deductions and thrilling adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to the world of Holmes, these timeless mysteries will keep you captivated.
Neste episódio do Canary Cast, Marcos Toledo, cofundador e General Partner do Canary recebe Caio Almeida, cofundador e CEO da Estoca, empresa que está transformando a logística para e-commerce no Brasil. Com experiência prévia empreendendo com outros negócios e, mais recentemente, na Uber Eats, Caio compartilha como sua perspectiva diferenciada e outsider no setor de logística o fez reconhecer a oportunidade. Seu olhar novo e sem vieses se mostrou uma grande vantagem competitiva, permitindo à Estoca desenvolver soluções inovadoras para problemas tradicionais. Fundada em fevereiro de 2020, um pouco antes da pandemia, a Estoca implementou um modelo asset-light que desafia as normas do mercado. Sem galpões próprios, apenas um flagship (galpão modelo), a empresa consegue oferecer maior flexibilidade e velocidade no processamento de pedidos, eliminando um dia inteiro no ciclo de entrega – uma eficiência significativa para o canal de e-commerce. A conversa explora a transição do mercado de full commerce para modelos especializados, onde as marcas preferem manter controle sobre suas vendas e marketing, mas querem terceirizar completamente a logística. Caio explica como inovações tecnológicas – como fotografar cada pedido antes do empacotamento e criar páginas de rastreio personalizadas – melhoraram a experiência do cliente final e reduziram problemas de pós-venda. O episódio também aborda a visão da Estoca para o futuro da logística nos próximos cinco anos. Enquanto muitos apostam na mecanização dos ativos físicos, Caio argumenta que o uso estratégico de dados e aplicações de inteligência artificial terão maior impacto imediato. A implementação de "agentes de IA" para monitorar pedidos individualmente e a utilização de dados preditivos para posicionamento estratégico de produtos pelo Brasil são algumas das iniciativas já em desenvolvimento. Por fim, Caio reflete sobre seus principais desafios e aprendizados na sua jornada empreendedora até aqui. Se você está buscando uma solução completa de logística para seu e-commerce, se interessa pelo espaço ou, simplesmente, gosta de se aprofundar em diferentes histórias empreendedoras, não deixe de ouvir este episódio e deixar seu comentário. Nos vemos lá! Convidado: Caio AlmeidaCom mais de uma década de experiência no setor de tecnologia, Caio é cofundador e CEO da Estoca. Iniciou sua trajetória empreendedora em 2015 com a Alugalogo, startup acelerada pelo Google. Teve outras tentativas de empreender em diferentes segmentos e, entre 2018 e 2020, liderou a equipe de parcerias do Uber Eats e, logo em seguida fundou a Estoca, uma empresa de tecnologia para logística de e-commerce, que já recebeu investimentos da Y Combinator, Canary, Astella, FJ Labs e outros. Desde então, tem ajudado varejistas a otimizar suas operações logísticas e proporcionar experiências excepcionais aos clientes.Acompanhe Caio Almeida no Linkedin Apresentação: Marcos ToledoMarcos Toledo é cofundador e General Partner do Canary, tendo construído seu background no mercado financeiro em fundos de hedge, ações, renda fixa e gestão de ativos. Marcos começou sua carreira no JP Morgan em 2001. Em 2005, juntou-se a outros sócios para criar a M Square Investimentos, uma empresa de gestão de ativos. Ele deixou a M Square em 2015 para explorar oportunidades em Venture Capital no Brasil e, em 2016, fundou o Canary ao lado de outros empreendedores de tecnologia na região.Acompanhe Marcos no Linkedin Destaques do episódio: 00:00 - Boas-vindas 01:58 - A jornada empreendedora antes e depois da Estoca 04:04 - Reconhecendo a oportunidade: O impacto da logística na conversão de vendas no UberEats 05:45 - Revendo práticas aplicadas para atender as dores do mercado 07:33 - Desafios da pandemia e a digitalização do comportamento de consumo 10:23 - Flexibilidade de logística inspirada no segmento de alimentação 14:48 - A crescente relevância do canal do e-commerce na estratégia de varejistas 18:22 - Terceirização da expertise em integração, processamento e entrega 19:31 - Principais impactos da Estoca na operação de vendas 21:47 - Acesso a informações para otimização do controle de estoque 23:34 - Eficiência tática alinhada à experiência do consumidor 26:43 - Soluções de tecnologia que atendem das grandes marcas aos pequenos negócios 29:36 - Inteligência Artificial aplicada ao contexto da Estoca 34:07 - Físico e digital: futuras movimentações no segmento de logística 38:51 - Aprendizados e conselhos para a jornada empreendedora 40:47 - Encerramento Glossário de termos em inglês citados no episódio: Asset light: modelo de negócio que opera com poucos ativos físicos própriosDashboard: painel visual que organiza e apresenta dados de forma compreensívelDark kitchens: cozinhas dedicadas apenas para delivery, sem atendimento presencialFeature: funcionalidade ou característica de um produto/serviçoFull commerce: modelo que gerencia todas as etapas do e-commerce para uma marcaGif: formato de imagem animada usado para instruções visuaisInsight: percepção ou compreensão sobre determinado assuntoMarketplace: plataforma que conecta vendedores e compradoresProduct-market-fit: quando um produto atende adequadamente às necessidades do mercadoNPS (Net Promoter Score): métrica que mede a satisfação do clienteOmnichannel: estratégia de integração entre canais de venda online e offlineSKU (Stock Keeping Unit): código identificador único para cada produto no estoqueSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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How does a child math prodigy with an Ivy League pedigree turn into a domestic terrorist? What could drive such a person to sacrifice their future? For what end? What could possibly be worth it? How about saving the world? In this episode we discuss Ted Kaczynski aka the UNABOMER. Straight to the horses mouth, we let Ted tell his side of the story, reading through his infamous 50 page manifesto titled: “Industrial Society and It's Future.” Was Kaczynski a madman bent on destruction or was he something more? Was his beef with a future technological utopia or was it with the ideological left? If that question surprises you, strap in! 'cause you're in for an enlightening stroll through history, propaganda and the mind of desperate, troubled, genius. Enjoy ;)
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Skip the Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them increase their visitor numbers. Your host is Paul Marden.If you like what you hear, you can subscribe on iTunes, Spotify, and all the usual channels by searching Skip the Queue or visit our website SkiptheQueue.fm.If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review, it really helps others find us. And remember to follow us on Twitter or Bluesky for your chance to win the books that have been mentioned in this podcast.Competition ends on 19th March 2025. The winner will be contacted via Bluesky. Show references: https://www.ajah.ae/https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-griffiths-63432763/Kelly's final episodeThe transformation of Painshill Park, with Paul Griffiths, Director of PainshillWhat it really takes to launch a podcast. With Kelly Molson and Paul GriffithsPaul Griffiths has worked in the Heritage, Museums and Tourism world now for nearly 30 years.After spending 16 years working in various role for English Heritage, in 2012 he moved to the Mary Rose Museum as Head of Operations to oversee the opening and operations of the multi award winning museum, welcoming over one million visitors before in 2018 taking on moving to the Painshill Park Trust in the role of Director of Painshill. Paul spent 6 years there before his move in December 2024 to Ras Al Khaimah one of the seven Emirates that make up the UAE. In this exciting brand new role Paul is Chief Executive Officer of the Al Hamra Heritage Village, part of the Al Qasimi Foundation. Transcriptions: Paul Marden: Welcome to Skip the Queue, a podcast for people working in and working with Visitor Attractions. I'm your host, Paul Marden.Longtime listeners will remember my guest today, Paul Griffiths, when he was CEO at Painshill Park, from when he was interviewed back in season one by Kelly. In today's episode, Paul comes back to talk about his new role as CEO of Al Jazeera Al Hamrah Heritage Village in Ras Al Khaimah in the UAE. Now, I'm always interested in the first 90 days of people's experience in a job, so we'll be talking more about that and his for the future. Paul Marden: Paul, welcome back to Skip the Queue. Paul Griffiths: Hello. Thanks for having me, Paul. Great to be here. Paul Marden: Long time. Listeners will know that we always start with an icebreaker question and our guests don't get to know that one in advance. I think this one's a pretty kind one. I was pretty mean to Paul Sapwell from Hampshire Cultural Trust a couple of weeks ago because I asked him whether it was Pompey or Saints and for political reasons, he felt that he had to abstain from that.Paul Griffiths: Testing his interest. I'd have gone Pompey at the time because that's where we live. Well, did live. Paul Marden: Oh, there you go. There you go. So you've moved over from Portsmouth. You're now in the UAE. Tell listeners, what is that one? Home comfort that after three months away from Blighty, you're missing? Is it proper English marmalade? Paul Griffiths: Do you know what? I've been able to get hold of most things, but I've not been able to get. I know people who cook properly, so I should be able to do this myself, but I haven't. Cauliflower cheese, one thing I'm missing from home, that doesn't sell it anywhere in a sort of pre pack or frozen form. I can even get hold of Yorkshire puddings in Spinny's supermarket, but I can't get hold of cauliflower cheese. Paul Marden: Can you get cauliflowers? Paul Griffiths: Can get cauliflowers. I'm sure I can make cheese sauce if I knew what it was doing. But you normally. I'm so used to normally buying a pack of cheese, cauliflower cheese to have in my Sunday roast. Paul Marden: Okay. So if I ever get to come out, I need to bring out a plastic wrapped, properly sealed so that it doesn't leak on the plane. Cauliflower cheese? Paul Griffiths: Yes, please. Yeah, absolutely. Paul Marden: So your last episode was actually. Or your last full episode was back in season one, episode 22. So five years ago and the world has changed a lot in five years, but most recently it's changed a lot for you, hasn't it? So why don't you tell listeners a little bit about what's happened to you since you were with us in season one? Paul Griffiths: Wow. Yeah, well, season one seems an age away, doesn't it, now with all the wonderful guests youu've had since on Skip the Queue, it's been a different program completely. But, yeah, no, well, back then I was at Painshill, were coming out of a pandemic and I remember, you know, Kelly and I were chatting over all the different avenues that everyone had gone and what we've done at Painshill and that continued brilliantly. And however, my life has taken a change in. In sense of where I am, but I'm still doing the same sort of work, so. Which is, you know, when our industry, and it's such a fabulous industry, it's great to stay in it. Paul Griffiths: So I am now over in the United Army Emirates in the Emirate of Ras Alhaima, which is the third biggest of the seven emirates that make up the UAE, behind Abu Dhabi and, of course, Dubai. So I was approached, God, nearly always, this time last year, about a call over here. Yes. My recruitment company got in touch and went through, you know, had a good look at the job description and thought, well, actually, we'll throw my hat into the ring. And applied, went for a series of online interviews with the recruitment company, then an online interview with the people over here at various departments within the Al Kassimme Foundation and the Department of Museums and Antiquities. Paul Griffiths: So, yeah, looking at this brand new job, which I'm now lucky enough to be in, I then was flown out in August for a round of interviews, met all the team. You know, one of those things that you later discover, the whole real four days was one big interview, although there was. There was a central one. But of course, everyone you were meeting along the way was being asked to feedback, And I love chatting to people and enjoying people's company. So actually went for dinners and lunches and all sorts, which was just a lovely four days and almost felt like a free hit in many ways, Paul. Well, this is going to be a brilliant experience. Paul Griffiths: If I don't get the job, I'm going to have a great four days in Rasta Taima, seeing it, meeting everyone, enjoying the time here. And, you know, the more time I spent here, the more time with the team, the more time, you know, going and visiting sites. I just became more and more that this would be an amazing job. Obviously gave my absolute everything, did loads of research, gave everything in the interview. The interview took a rather unusual turn. After the sort of hour and a half of questions and my questions, I was asked to leave the room for a short period. Not unusual in that sense because I was, you know, I wasn't just going to leave and go because obviously I was in their hands for four days. Paul Griffiths: But the doctor, Natasha Ridge, the executive director of the foundation, came out the interview and said, “Right, that's all gone really well. We're really pleased. We're now off to the palace for you to meet His Highness Sheikh Saud, who is the ruler of Ras Al Khaimah and on the Supreme Council of the UAE.” So I was sort of, I went to one of the small meeting rooms you. Now I know that. Now I know where I was, where I went. But at that point I had no idea. One of the lovely. There's a very much a service thing here. Paul Griffiths: So, you know, we have in the Heritage Village as well later we have a wonderful member of our team, Geraldine, who does lots of cooking, prepares stuff and just had a wonderful fish taco lunch because we're four hours ahead of you, of course, here in Alaihi. So, yeah, so one of the guys came in with, gave me an English breakfast tea and sort of, you know, sat there reviewing what, thinking what on earth was I going to be asked by His Highness. And then was put into one of the drivers and we drove up through Rat Sahma City, through into the palace, up the long driveway and there I was sort of eventually, after about 20 minutes, presented with. Presented to Sheikh Sword who asked me, chatted, asked various questions. Paul Griffiths: I don't think there could be many interviews that you end up with His Highness in the second half of it. You know, it's sometimes a presentation. Yeah. So that was. I was there for about half an hour and that's your time over and off he goes. And off I went back to then go and have dinner with some of the team. So it was a very surreal afternoon. Paul Marden: Being interviewed by royalty. But when you're not expecting that as part of the interview process, that must be quite unnerving. Paul Griffiths: I had a heads up that at some point in my trip I might meet him, but there was no formal arrangements. I had me had to get in a diary. So it hadn't even crossed my mind that's what was about to happen. When I was asked to leave the meeting room, I just thought maybe they wanted to come back with more questions or, you know, say I hadn't gone well, whatever. But, yeah, no, that was the. I took that as a good sign. I thought, well, actually, if I'm being whisked up there, the interview must have gone relatively well because I'm sure they would present me to shake sword if it hadn't gone so well. Paul Marden: Yeah. You'd hope that he would be towards the end of the cycle of the interview round. Paul Griffiths: Yeah. Paul Marden: Not doing the early sifting of CVs. Paul Griffiths: No. He certainly had seen who I was because he asked me some questions about where I'd worked and. Okay, things like that. So he'd obviously seen a CV. He's a very. I mean, I've met him subsequently a few times. I've been fortunate to be a dinner hosted by him a couple of weeks ago. But he is a very, very intelligent man. Works really hard. I mean, work. He, you know, for him, he spends every minute working on the emirate. He ruled, he. He's the ruler. But he's almost a. It's a sort of combo, I guess he's all Prime Minister at the same time as being the ruler. So he is constantly working. You know, I'm really committed and I'm lucky in many ways that where I am working at the Heritage Village is his real. Paul Griffiths: One of his real pet projects that he's really driving forward. So, yes, we come with sort of royal. Royal approval, if you like. So. Yeah. Paul Marden: Excellent. So I. I've not been to the Emirates before, so for those of us that have not been, tell us a little bit about Ras Al Khaimah, of course. Paul Griffiths: Well, Ras Al Khaimah is one of the quieter Emirates mentioned. Sheikh Saud there, he's really driving a sort of, you know, a sort of agenda of bringing in more tourists. But he wants to use culture and territory as part of that. So, you know, it's a more relaxed, low level, if that makes sense. It's not Dubai, it's not full on, it's more relaxed Emirate. It's relaxed in cultural and many of the ways it's not, as you know, some of the other Emirates are, for example, completely dry. Ras Al Khaimah has given licenses to hotels and big restaurants in hotels for serving drinks. And there are a number of sellers where you can purchase for your consumption your own home, whereas Sharjah, you can't purchase any alcohol, for example, so it's a bit more chilled like that. It's a lovely place. Paul Griffiths: We're very fortunate to have the heavier mountains go through the far side of Ras Al Khaimah. So where I'm based is more on the seafront but then not, you know, I can see the mountains behind and there's a number of drives up into the mountains which are absolutely fabulous. Up to the Jebel Jais, which is the highest point in the UAE, we have the world's longest and fastest zip wire. I have not gone anywhere near that yet. Goes up to 100km an hour and is the longest over from the top of the mountain, whisking you off to the other side. I think it looks terrifying. But my. Paul Marden: I'm more interested in cables that take you to the top of the mountain. Maybe with some skis on my feet than I am attaching myself to a cable and going down the mountain. Doesn't sound like fun to me. Paul Griffiths: There's a toboggan ride as well up there as well.Paul Marden: Oh, I'd love that. Paul Griffiths: So that's the toboggan ride's on my to do list when the family get off, I'll save it for then and take my son Barney on that. But you know, there's all this sort of venture sports up on the top of the mountain and driving up there is remarkable. They put a proper road in. It's not the scary driving up the Alps, terrified what's going to come around the other corner. It's very like driving up a road, you know, normal sort of dual carriageway, two lanes each way and then right going through the mountains to the other side to one of the other Emirates for Jazeera , for example. So you're over on the Indian Ocean side Gulf Vermont. That road is just beautiful. There's no traffic on it, you know. Paul Griffiths: So Ras Al Khaimah is only about an hour and hour to an hour and a half from Dubai airport. And Dubai is a sort of people go to Dubai in the same way that we, you know, you'd go to London, I'd go to London when I was in Port Soviet, we would. It's now, you know, it's not considered a. There's always someone from work who's in Dubai every day almost for some reason. So nipping up to Dubai, I was like, I went to a dinner there last week and you know, it just seemed very normal that he jumped in a car and drove up to Dubai and came back that evening. Whereas. Seems remarkable actually to be doing that. But yeah, so because of where we are, Abu Dhabi is about two and a half hours away.Paul Griffiths: And we are the northern point of the Emirate, So we border on to Oman, split into a number of areas. Again, I didn't know any of this till I got here, but there's a part of Oman that's at the top of Ras Al Khaimah. And so, yeah, so it's a beautiful Emirate with nature, with mountain areas, which does get a bit chillier when you go up the mountains. I looked quite silly in my T shirt and shorts when I went up there on a Sunday afternoon. People were going past me like they were going skiing. You know, people wore coats and hats and looking at me as if I'm really daft. But I was still. It's interesting that because it's winter obviously everywhere here at the moment and at home, but it's. Paul Griffiths: People here are often telling me it's a cold day when I'm still standing. I still feel really quite warm. But yeah, finding that sort ofPaul Marden: Talking 30s at the moment for you, aren't we? Paul Griffiths: Yeah, it's a little bit. The last couple days have been down in the lower 20s, really comfortable. But when we last weekend, people were getting a bit nervous that summer had come very early because it was hitting the early 30s last week. So I don't know how for me, when we get to August, when it's in the mid, late 40s with real high humidity, I think I'm just going to go from aircon building to aircon building to aircon building.Paul Marden: I am such a Goldilocks when it comes to that sort of thing. Not too hot, not too cold, it needs to be just right. So I would definitely struggle in that kind of heat. Look, let's talk a little bit about where you are in the new job. So you've taken on the role of CEO of Al Jazeera Al Hamra Heritage Village. So tell me a little bit about the village. Why is this village so historic? Paul Griffiths: Well, it's a really interesting one, Paul, because it is very important, but it's not that old. And that's why what coming to me about making it more alive is something that's going to be crucial to us. So the village has been lived in for many years. It was a pearl farming village. So most of the people who worked here were doing pearl farming, which is pretty horrible job to do. You were, again, learning about this. You were jumping off boats, going to the ocean depths for up to three to four minutes. No protection really, apart from a very light shirt and some little bits on your fingers. But actually you're nothing on your eyes. Paul Griffiths: So you're having to look through the salt water, find the pearls come up and they were going up and down sometime 15, 16 times or more a day. And there's a fascinating exhibition in Dubai at the Al Shindagha Museum which really does focus on how this worked and how these guys were living. So, so it's a real. So that was the village. So the village had that, it obviously had then had fishing men, merchants making boats, merchants selling, trading wares. And Ras Al Khaimah has been quite a strategic part as all of the UAE really for the sort of trades coming from the Middle east and out into the Gulf. So the villages was being lived in up until the very early 70s. Paul Griffiths: Up in the 1970s the Al Za'abi tribe who were based here were offered I guess a new life is the only way to look at it in Abu Dhabi with new jobs, with land, with housing and it's just a better way like pearl farming was now being done so much cheaper and easier in the Orient in Japan mainly. So that was, that dropped away. There wasn't the other merchant trading going on. So actually the oil boom basically led the tribe to almost one up sticks and head to Abu Dhabi. And in many ways good story because we're still in touch with quite considerable amounts of the tribes people who were here. Lots of the elders have done wonderful oral histories, videos talking about their lives here. But this village survived as just fell into ruins, but actually wasn't developed. Paul Griffiths: And where it becomes important is this would have been what all of the Gulf would have looked like before the oil boom. The UAE wasn't a wealthy nation before then. You know, when I went up to Dubai and spent some time at the Etihad Museum, which is based around which Etihad Union is the not Around Man City Stadium should point out very much around about how the UAE had come together and how, you know, so it wasn't the wealthiest nation, but actually they discovered oil. They then brought seven Emirates together. It then has flourished in the ways that we now know what Dabi and ifwe looks like and even Ras Al Khaimah in some parts and really quite glamorous. But this village survived. Paul Griffiths: So although it fell into ruin, all the other fishing, farmhome fishing, pearl farming villages across the Gulf had become, just got destroyed, knocked down, you know, turned into hotels and high rises. And actually when you visit the other Emirates, lots of them are now recreating their historic areas or re purposing some of the historic buildings and they're doing it very well. In Dubai, Sharjah has actually completely rebuilt. It's what it calls the Harp Sharjah, which is. Which was its historic sort of areas, but. Paul Marden: Right. Paul Griffiths: But this survived. Many of the buildings had fallen into disrepair. And what we've been doing for the last few years, as the Al Qasimi Foundation and the Department of Antiquities and Museums is restoring a number of these buildings, we've then sort of gone into a sort of activation so you can walk around. So we've got, you know, carving now. Only a year ago it was mostly sand. We've now got a path going through it, so you can walk in. And the job that I've really been asked to do initially on arrival here is to really push that activation forward and really look at my sort of. What I've done in the past and what we've seen other places do and think about what can we do to bring this bit more to life? Paul Griffiths: Because it's the sort of storage village is around the 1970s. Well, it was abandoned in the 1970s. Well, you know, for us from the UK, from lots of other nationalities, actually, something in the 70s isn't very old. It's in our lifespan. You know, we are looking at this going well, actually. So when I was talking to a lot of. So RAK TDA's basically visit RAK tourism authority. So they are really supportive in wanting to push Al Jazeera Al Hamra Heritage Village, which will from now on abbreviate to AJAH to save me. Keep saying that. Long tanned. So they are really keen that we're doing more stuff. So why would a tourist want to come? What is there to see once you're here? Paul Griffiths: On top of some abandoned and now beautifully restored houses, mosques, you know, things that you would have expected in a village of, you know, a thousand or so population, 500 houses, you know, so more than a thousand people, really. So that's the sort of plan in that way. So in many ways I've got a sort of blank canvas to play with. But, you know, money's not unlimited, so it's about. So working closely with local communities, working with, you know, local traders, looking at what could we bring into the village on the back of the art fair. I know we'll talk about later, but it's, you know, this has been a. This is a real challenge for me to. How do I take this sort of place forwards.Paul Marden: In my mind's eye, we go to the Weald & Downland Living Museum so open air museum, lots of houses recreating life through the ages. Is that the sort of experience that I'm going to get if I come to the village of I'm going to see the properties and I'm going to see this previous way of life come to life in front of me?Paul Griffiths: Well at the moment you'll see you just see in the houses and the buildings but you're walking around looking at historic buildings but we have got a number of the houses we've put in. Each video is at the moment showing the audio visuals so you can walk around and listen to members of the tribes chatting about their youth and what's happening and you can see the buildings in real life. I guess what I'm looking for this is telling the story a little bit of the village which we don't initially do that well at the moment that's no criteria. Yes, this is what we need to do going forward. There's been several stages of activation When I came last August part not many the paths weren't all finished. We didn't have anywhere for visitor services to be at the front.Paul Griffiths: We only had a very small sort officey area which has now been built up to where I'm. Where I'm sat today. So I think what you're going to get is a multi as a blend of traders who will be in our suitcase. The Souk is fully restored sooke and shopping market area so that's my first point is to move some people in there. So I've already got a goldsmith and move to her studio in got some handicrafts we've got some textile people moving in the. Paul Griffiths: The main gallery of Nassau Heyman Design Gallery which is the one big gallery where artists can go is going to have a sort of satellite shop if you like not shop a satellite so there will be pieces of work there are in here with their little souvenir store which they sell because they get people a lot of what the design gallery does is making souvenirs of Ras Al Khaimah that are all handmade so quite special gifts. So what we're hoping is tying up with our local hoteliers who many of which have not been so it's bringing them in and they need something more to see to send their guests here. Paul Griffiths: So you know talking to some of them over lunch when I hosted some of them on Saturday it was a case of you know actually, can they send their clients and say, you can do all your holiday shopping because at the moment they're sending people to the shopping malls which are just, you know, nice, but actually merchandise them to go to a heritage village, get that experience of what the golf would have been like and bags of shopping at the same time. Paul Marden: So who doesn't love a. A museum gift shop at the end? So, you know. Paul Griffiths: Exactly. And we don't really have that here at the moment from an Al Jazeera perspective. So on my plan for this year is to put in. We've got an info booth, as it's called at the moment. It's not a world. It's not the best customer service friendly. It's like a caravan but with some windows. And yeah, it's probably a better. Now it's got air conditioning. Yes. But it doesn't work very well for customers. You're trying to talk through little windows because you can only have small windows to keep the air con working, not have too much open to. It's just passing out. Paul Griffiths: So, yeah, so I'm looking at building this summer, hopefully. Fingers crossed, touch wood, a visitor welcome centre, which is something we're really pushing along with, which will be lovely because that will be that proper visitor welcome with a shop with an induction into an introduction. Sorry, into the Al Jazeera story. And then let people go. And then when they get to the far end, they'll be the souk full of. He says again, hopefully slowly filling them out, but full of traders and local craftspeople and people who are. Even if they're not originally local, they're based in rack, so they are considered local. The UAE is built up of a lot of expat population. When I say expats, I mean just English people from around the world. It's a really accepting, welcoming community. I've been really. Everyone says hello to you as you're walking into the supermarket shops. There's no. Whoever they are where you're from. Paul Griffiths: Everyone's talking to each other because the local population know they've had to bring people in because there's thousands more jobs than there are Emirati population in Ras Al Khaimah. So, you know, it's always been. And when you look at the foundation of the UAE, it was about, we will need to bring people in to bring this. To build this nation with us. So, you know, it's been always a sort of welcome and melting pot of different people. Paul Marden: Yeah, amazing. Look, you mentioned when we had our initial chat. You've been there now three months, you've been doing lots of visiting of other attractions. Because I think you said to me, which I thought was quite interesting, that you were. There's lots that you bring with you from the UK in your experience, but there's lots of best practice and good practice happening within the Emirates already. So you've been kind of going out and visiting a lot of cultural venues and attractions in the Emirates. Tell me a little bit about those. Paul Griffiths: Yeah, so it's been a minute of a manic last month in February, because we've had the art festival. I know we're going to keep hinting at it, we'll get to it at some point, but when I've had some time away, what's been fabulous, it's just sort of. And I think as well, because the family aren't here in my own at the moment, said, “All right, I've got some time off, let's go and explore.” Yeah. So I've sort of driven across to Fajera, spent time in Sharjah and took myself up for a weekend in Dubai, which was fantastic. Booked a very reasonably priced hotel and just spent a weekend flowering around everywhere and just really immersed in my. So and only scratch the surface. There's so much more to see. So, yeah, so I've been going and looking at. Paul Griffiths: Well, you know, I don't want to do something that's not. There'll be alien to, obviously, the culture here. And that's been really. What's been great fun in the last few months is it's not just going into a new job, you know, and learning that. It's actually been a terrifying, at some points, fabulous experience. I was learning new cultures, new working lives. You know, things are working. It's done very differently here. You know, there's a different hierarchical process we have in the UK and permissions are needed in different places. And that's not. I'm not saying any of this is a bad thing, it's just learning those different things. So I've been learning all these different cultures. You know, we're just coming into Ramadan, which I've had no real experience with before. And that is. That is a massive thing here. You know, it's the month. Paul Griffiths: Every billboard you go past is someone trying to sell something for Ramadan, whether it be a new chest of drawers, you know, your family needs this new dining table for Ramadan. It's a bit like, you know, you will see at Christmas at home, everyone catching on, you know, IKEA will be saying, new table and chairs for Christmas. You know, it's. It's not. It's a sort of different repeating itself. You know, those sort of signs you have around the supermarket. Christmas back home. They're all up now in supermarkets here for Ramadan. Paul Marden: Right. Paul Griffiths: Encouraging what people are going to buy for when they break the fast at sunset Iftar. So, you know, so it's all sort of promoting. You need this for. So it's a real. We're going to a massive thing. And that's been a real sort of learning, cultural thing for me, which has been great because actually I've always enjoyed, when I'm traveling, learning about other cultures, you know, it's always been for me, I always try and visit museums, galleries, learn about the place I'm at. And so actually living somewhere and learn about someone who's been. I think it's added to the fun of the experience. But back to your question. Paul Griffiths: Yes, I've been traveling wherever the possibility to start to look at other historic venues, looking at where they've, you know, restored historic markets and souk areas and what sort of things are going in there, what are people doing there. Up in Dubai, there is a place called Al Shindagar Museum, which is where they've. Some of the historic buildings that have been saved by the creek of Dubai have been turned into the most amazing series of museums, is the only way I can describe it, because each house is a different gallery or different theme. So you have the story of the creek being built up, the story of Dubai seafarers. There was a faith and. Faith and religion room, talking about Islam and different cultures, how that's worked around Dubai. Paul Griffiths: Dubai being built up as a city, lots about the rulers and families, but every house you went to is a different place. What was so impressive there from a visitor experience perspective was the training that Stafford had was sensational. You know, you go into someone, you think they're obviously being managed really well because obviously this is. You don't just train. So obviously someone oversees this really well. But clearly the training, everywhere you went, the customer service was exceptional. People coming out from behind counters, giving you introductions, making sure you had everything needed, you know, as you were leaving. Have you got any questions? All those things we try and all have tried to teach over the years, and in many ways we've all been different levels of success of that. Paul Griffiths: But what was amazing was they also got the security guards in on the act as well, because there's a real culture here that there's a separate, they're secure, they're very different. You know, there's, we've got them here, they're in very much brown security, clearly marked, you know, protecting places. But what they've done there is they had clearly trained those security guards as well, because every security guard you came across was getting in the act of chatting to visitors, even if their English wasn't brilliant, they were really keen to direct you to the next. Come this way. So the next place, oh, you finished that room, you must go upstairs. And you know, that sort of. Paul Griffiths: And whether they, you know, really just said, look, you can have a much more interesting day than just standing, staring at people walking around. You can actually chat to visitors from around the world and get talkative. And I just had the most amazing. I ended up in this museum for over five and a half hours or something silly like that. And I thought I was going to be there an hour because it was priced very reasonably. You know, when you judge a museum on, well, actually I paid this, I'm probably going to be here for that amount of time. And actually it was just, you know, I found myself stopping for a coffee, stopping for lunch. But I was so impressed by the way the staff interacted. Paul Griffiths: They also had a number of cultural local guides as well, who really were, you know, in the full sort of Emirati national dress, but wanted to press on. This is where. This is what I'm doing. So I've some, you know, I traveled across to Fujairah every week and was in a, an old, what was the ruler's summer house. And the guy, and the guy who ran it just took me on a tour. I didn't ask for a tour. He just said, would you. Well, he said, should I take you around? Yes, please. And we had this great hours experience as he was just chatting about all the rooms. And I think people here are very keen to share their culture and their heritage and very welcoming. Paul Griffiths: So, yeah, so I've done quite a bit traveling around the other parts of the UAE. I can't go out of the UAE because I've only got a hire car at the moment, so I can't go out to Omar, that's on my list. You get yourself a car. I can travel north of the border into Oman and explore that. But for now, seven emirates to. So no shortage of places. And I've not been up to Abu Dhabi yet, so still with that on my list. So yeah, Paul Marden: Wowzers. Okay. So I guess, and this is completely, what would I feel like if I was in your position of going to this new country, immersing myself in this relatively new place that you're leading? How do I say this without flattering you? You were a well connected guy. If I went to events, everybody knew you. You had this wide network of people having worked in the UK in the attraction sector for a long time and you've now jumped over to the UAE. What's happened to the network? How does that feel? I mean it must feel slightly kind of worrying or nerve wracking. What have you done to build the network in this new place? Paul Griffiths: There's a number of points to that. Right, so let's answer in a few minutes. So the world's a smaller place so I'm still occasionally having teams call zoom calls with really close ex colleagues, friends, you know, I'm sure, I mean I always say I'm sure but everyone keeps saying, “Oh I'm really loving the journey so please keep posting. So I am going to keep posting and probably going to start to annoy people after a while”, but the feedback so far is everyone saying we're loving the journey and following you with it and feel like we're on the journey. So I will carry on. I'm sort of keeping writing stuff up and sharing it and also I don't know how long I'll be here for. You know, probation is massive over here. I have to keep my fingers crossed. Paul Griffiths: I pass probation which is a six month period because it's a real right the UAE all not just off and across the UAE. It's a real big, you know, much more than at home, much more structured. On day one was given a series and this isn't a bad thing at all, a series of probation tasks, you know, around reports that are around other historic parts because the job that I've come over will eventually evolve into a wider heritage role. But at the moment the real focus is on Al Jazeera Al Hamra, which is great. Get one site, get it going, then see where we go next. So I think I'm still connected to lots of people back home. I'm still looking, seeing everyone's posts and enjoy. Paul Griffiths: I mean my usual jealousy of not being part of the ALVA network anymore as they're all having that great time in Belfast in the last couple of days and seeing everyone's post, not just one or two, but everyone you know, Bernard down with you know everyone's post. I wish I was there with them.Paul Marden: The FOMO was real. So I had Andy Povey in the office with me yesterday and we're both saying the FOMO about that ALVAe vent was very real for both of us having. Paul Griffiths: Having spent. You know I was at the Mary Rose few years where we joined ALVA and go experiencing those council weeks and knowing just hey how much they are great for networking A. You get very spoiled because every host wants to really show off what they can do and I think the Titanic always do that because we go there before for a council meeting but it's. Yeah. So you still see this stuff. So it's still sit home and there's still people I can reach out to.Paul Marden: Of course.Paul Griffiths: If we need to and I'm still calling on people things, you know, different projects we're doing here. But then again it's about slowly building up that network here and I think there's a slightly. You know, there's a. Within Ras Al Khaimah I've started making connections with lots of other people in the Heritage world and. And outside that. So we're already, you know, connecting up with different people from different parts of Ras Al Khaimah, the work we're going to do moving forward and for me I think it's been just a. I'm sort of still pinching myself I'm here and that sort of. So many things keep happening and you know. The weather's been gorgeous because I've come out of a grim English weather to this quite nice winter here where it's mostly been late mid-20s. Paul Griffiths: You're in she and shorts when you're off duty. You know, there's other things. The thing that really surprised me is how smart actually the dress code is for business over here. Paul Marden: Okay. Paul Griffiths: So I had to sort of all the usual brands that from home Mount Marks is next everything here so you could order online and get it delivered quite quickly. So I had sort of came out of one wardrobe thinking I was going to be far more in polo shirt and linen trousers are sort of very sort of summer at Painshill look, you know outdoor. But actually yeah my colleagues are still. Because of the aircon atmosphere. Lots of colleagues particularly in the head office are in suits. A bit like where I would have been when back in my London days. When we're in the office you were in a shirt tie. So yes, I had to sort of buy A back home wardrobe almost once I got traveled out with very lightweight clothing. So yes, it's a bit different in that sense. Paul Marden: Yeah, absolutely. Let's talk a little bit about life as an expat. How have you found the transition? Paul Griffiths: Fine so far. I say there's lots of bits around work and practice and you know, no amount of inductions will be able to help you on some little faux pas you can make about not realising where you need approvals for staff. And obviously coming from the. For the last six years of being director of Painshill and only from feeding into a board of directors, board of trustees who we'd see quarterly and you know, I chat to the chairman every week. There was a lot of me sort of making those sort of decisions instantly was here, you know, particularly as were part of the foundation and we are representing Sheikh Saud as his name's in the title of the organization now, making sure we're going through those tick sheets. Paul Griffiths: You know, if I want to do anything that needs to spend more money, that's out budget, that is going to his Highness to be signed off. So any projects we're doing, we're needing to make cases to the highest man in the country to actually get those, you know, sign offs and things. And I'm not, that's not a bad thing. But you know, it's just that from an expat I guess it's getting used to. Everything's available here. Not the big supermarket up the road sells Waitrose and Marxist products and has a room at the back for non Muslims where you push the button, door opens, it's like a little bit of a naughty boys room. Paul Griffiths: You push back door open, slides you walk in and there's the pork heaven, you know, there's bacon, there's pork scratching, patays, you know, all because it's a real, you know, it's not just there's so many expats here, particularly from the Philippines and stuff who obviously pork is a big part of their diet. So yeah, that's available. I said earlier on there's cellars where you can pick up a great beer or a couple of glasses of bottle of wine or whatever you want. So actually it's not that I found myself flying into this really different world and I'm not really. Paul Marden: It's a melting pot, isn't it? Paul Griffiths: Yeah. And I'm not someone who's ever been since very young, you know, going off to nightclubs or anything like that. But if you wanted that There is that. The hotels. So actually, if you're a younger person coming out and you wanted that nightlife, the hotels, particularly on Margin island and Minnal Arab, the tubing hotels have really nice restaurants, fully licensed clubs and stuff. But, you know, actually I found sort of the work is busy. Everyone's, you know, lots going on, actually, just going back to, you know, I was in a hotel for the first two months, which wasn't a dreadful thing because it was an apartment hotel. So, yeah, I had enough and now we've moved. I've moved into a villa ready for the family. Come out hopefully in about a month's time.Paul Marden: Oh, that'd be exciting. Paul Griffiths: Yeah. So that's nice. So we've got the back onto the golf course. It's quite, you know, it's a nice place to be. It's going to be nice and, you know. Paul Griffiths: Yeah, so I've not struggled adapting because it's not. It's not that, you know, normally I've got a wonderful team here, Asia, you know, so with one Emirati and some Filipinos and other people from around the. From around the world. So that's been nice. And it's melting pot of learning their cultures as well as the local culture and. Yeah. And then they eat rice with everything. So it's. Yeah. Every lunchtime there's a bowl of rice, big bowl of salad in the main course and there's me pouring on the one on the salad, everyone else on the rice. But, yeah, it's been great, Paul. I mean, I can't. It's been one of those. Every moment you think this is just a great place to be. Paul Marden: Good. Let's go back to Al Jazeera and talk a little bit about some of the events that have been going on. So I know you're coming to the end of the Ras Al Khaimah Art Festival. Tell me a little bit about that and how well that's gone. Paul Griffiths: It's been brilliant. I know. I had no idea what to expect. First time for this. So this is the 13th International Art Fair. It started off back in the small museum back in the city of Central Town, moved to here, I think, five years ago is what I'm saying, and slowly grown every year since then. So this is the biggest one we've done, really. Lots of massive sponsors on board from across the Emirates, actually fully supported by His Highness, who's been here at least four times, if not five, since we've had the vessel. He was here at the opening ceremony for the big launch, you know it was, and it was like a proper opening ceremony. Paul Griffiths: Everyone sat round with a band and speakers and you know like not quite Olympics but you know it was a proper event. This is the opening of it and it felt like a big event. Yeah. All my female members of my team had, were given time off in the day to do hair and makeup. It was proper. Everyone looked, everyone looked the business, it was lovely. You know everyone was scrubbed up from the maintenance team to, you know, our executive director looking fabulous in a brand new dress. You know it was really was. No, I've had a new suit, I got a new suit for the occasion. Paul Griffiths: So yeah, it was a lovely evening and then it's rolled ever since and for me it's been wonderful because I've seen people in this village which has been quite quiet since I'd arrived and it's sort of been okay, how are we going to get this? But actually clearly putting something on has attracted a complete cross spectrum audience. So you know, we have people coming in, absolutely fascinating, obsessed with the art, beautiful and it's artists I should say from around the world. It's all exhibited outside or inside the little houses. So you know lots of the pieces have been blown up quite big and quite impressive. I mean do look at it on the website, you know people, you know if you go to ajah.ae you can then click on from there.Paul Marden: We'll put the links and everything in the show notes so people be able to find that. Paul Griffiths: It's been, but it's been, for me it's been fabulous because we've seen so many people in, you know I was, you know, we've had, we've got pop up restaurants so this won't mean anything to people back home but the restaurant called Puro P U R O has a restaurant at the top of the mountain at Jebel Jais. Really almost impossible to get booking, you know you have to book months advance for lunch or dinner. It's the place that everybody, both locals, internationals and tourists want to see and often frequented by his Highness. They've got a pop up restaurant here which just is fabulous. Paul Griffiths: They we've had a lovely couple, Kelly and Paolo in running a restaurant called Antica which is a sort of the chef's Italian Paolo but he's lived in Australia so it's a fusion of Australian middle Italy, sort of historic villagey type cuisine with an Emirates twist. But you're just served four or five courses without there's not a menu. It's not a restaurant as such, so it's sort of a sharing experience. But you know, the food is amazing. So I was fortunate to have dinner. Well, I've actually been fortunate enough to have dinner in Antica twice and lunch there as well. But one of the dinners I was then wandering around the village about 10 o'clock at night was full of people, you know, families just. Paul Griffiths: There is a different culture over here that people do more stuff in the evenings because of the temperature and a different way of life because the local people aren't obviously, for obvious reasons, down the pub on a Friday night, they're doing stuff with the family and you go past cafes and even outside of the village, you know, 9, 10 o'clock on a Friday night, they're full of people sitting very beautifully dressed in their finest, drinking coffee and eating desserts. That's a big thing. People seem to love coffee and desserts. Paul Marden: Okay. Paul Griffiths: But, but then of course it's because because of the heat most of the year we'll spend more time indoors resting in the day and then ready to go out at night and do some more stuff. So yeah, so we've had this sort of here in the evenings. It's really fun. What was interesting is our hours for the festival were meant to be midweek. So Monday we always close. Tuesday to Thursday we're meant to be open till 6 o'clock and then Friday, Saturday, Sunday open to 11:00. Often struggling to get people out then the first night. So the Tuesday night was the first night. Medusa goes at 6:00. 5:45, I had a queue of at least 40 people trying to get in. So we just had to make an on the hooves decision. Paul Griffiths: We're going to stay open later. And then we just opened till 8:00 in the midweek. We didn't want to push it too much because of obviously from the staff welfare perspective, an hour's work. But actually that first night were just. Myself and Sikrat, who's the director of the festival, Emirati. Wonderful. Emirati has been my cultural bodyguard in many ways because he's been the person, my go to person for what should I do here? What about this person? How should I do this? So Spencer Crouch just stood there. Look at this crowd. We both just said, “Well we can't turf them away. This would be daft.” So yeah, so we've had. And we've had about 40, 000 visitors will have come through the door by the end of the festival in 28 days. Paul Griffiths: The artworks then going to stay up in place for Ramadan. So we'll be working different hours again during Ramadan and this is the first time Al Jazeera will ever do. Has ever done anything special for. Because before now it's just been a come and visit, walk in, do what you like, leave now. We're trying to structure that visitor experience. So we're going to be for Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, because Thursday's the sort of Friday night in many ways. Because a lot of people have Fridays off here. Yes, because of the day of prayers and so a lot of people in Ras Al Hamah go to Dubai and Abu Dhabi for work. So Thursday nights they'll travel back. So actually we're going to be open till midnight on Thursday, Friday, Saturday for Ramadan. Paul Griffiths: So people will break the fast with the families and then they want to do the sort of head top of activity. They've now got food back in them and an energy source. And out they come. So again, first time we've done it, hopefully see numbers with the artwork will still be in place. We're then working on some different options around cuisine, food, coffee and hopefully get some musicians in as well, just to give a bit of an atmosphere. But it is a holy month, so it's not. It's not parties, but it's enjoying the family. Paul Marden: Yeah, absolutely. So what does the future look like for the Heritage Village and for tourism and attractions more generally in RAK? Paul Griffiths: I think for RAK itself, we're trying to bring more tourists in then trying to get the most hotels. Interestingly, as they had a lunch with five of our local big hotels at the weekend using. Using our Antico restaurant, this is excuse to have another lunch there and invite some people in and just take on their views, which is great. So just chatting and getting their thoughts on it. They were saying what. What happens in Iraq a lot at the moment is people are finding the hotels through travel agents, through, you know, searches. I know when were looking before I came out here, I know Ras Al Hamra came up on a Thomas Cumbin telescope. Yeah, similar. What am I thinking of? Probably Tui, I guess, or someone like, you know, someone like that. Paul Griffiths: I was doing a search for when went to Canary, but up came Ras Al Khaimah as a hotel and what they were saying. A lot of people will book that and have no idea really what Ras Al Khaimah is, other than it's part of the UAE. Some people think it's part of Dubai, you know, actually, because it's not, they don't realize it's seven emirates, etc. So a lot of people are booking their sort of tourists, their hotels. Our job is to try and then get them out and attract them to do other stuff. So there's lots of adventure tourism going on at the moment. We talked about the zip wire and lots of hiking, walking, camel rail, camel riding, you know, trips to the desert where you can zoom around in 4x Fours and go karts and stuff. Paul Griffiths: So from my perspective of the Heritage village is about bringing it more alive, bringing more people in, promoting it, more linking up with these sorts of hoteliers, concierges. And this is really early days for us because this has always been sort of slightly done but not really pushed yet. And sort of listening to what their advice is and seeing how we can act upon it, you know, and what sort of stuff we can take forward because, you know, there's a lot to be done. And there's lots of other heritage sites across rat about 90 on the list of actual heritage sites. And some of those are real ruins that you're never going to be able to do anything with. Paul Griffiths: Those sort of English Heritage free sites, you know, the ones you stumble across with a little brown sign and you pull up with a lay by, have a potter around and off you go without seeing anyone. There's a bit like that. But then there's a number of sites that will work well with some activation. You know, we've got Dyer Fort, which is on the World Heritage site tentative list and we're working on projects to slowly take that forward to World Heritage status. Touchwood because it's a really important for, you know, and it's perfect for visits. You climb up to the top, you get the most gorgeous views. You know, really is a gorgeous little site. So more interpretation, more things there is what's needed. But you know, again, this is all early days. Paul Griffiths: So it's all about sort of, you know, each day's excitement. What can we do, what can we push forward, who can we talk to? And what's been great is as the festival's gone on, more people have been coming and chatting to me. Mine have become more, well known. That sounds wrong, goes back to your sort of earlier question about, you know, people are sort of learning about, oh, this person's here now. Paul said, although people can call me sir or Mr. Paul, which is fine. I can deal with that. Keep saying now, people, I keep saying, please don't call me sir. You really don't need to. But it's so culturally great. But Mr. Everyone see everyone externally, she's called Mr. Paul, so I can put up with that. But I was there. Although when we host his. Paul Griffiths: His Highness hosted dinner that I was invited to, I then got even pushed up to His Excellency, which was a title. I want to go. Paul Marden: That's quite nice. Paul Griffiths: Yeah, I love that. Apparently. I always thought that someone else I knew was his title. His Excellency was part of the family, but actually it's. Once you get to a CEO director level in royal that circle, you immediately become His Excellency, so. Paul Marden: Well, there we go. I will correct myself in future communications. Paul Griffiths: Please do. Yeah, but I thought it was wonderful. That's why it's just been lovely, the funny comments coming from people back home saying, oh, well, I've amended my entry in my phone to now shake your he status. But yeah, so. But there's a sort of cultural things. It's just. Okay, right, lovely. That's fun. Paul Marden: It's been a whirlwind for you. It's been really interesting actually, talking about it and understanding more about. About what's happening there, about how exciting it is, this huge opportunity that you've got to make a something out of this beautiful historic village and then that, you know, the remit will grow from there. So I think. I think this has been lovely. We always wrap up our interviews with a book recommendation and you've had this privilege once before. So have you run out of recommendations or do you have something ready for me? Paul Griffiths: Well, I was going to recommend the Red island, an Emirati story, because it's based on Al Jazeera Al Hamra, but I thought that might be a little bit too niche. This guy. So, again, little things have come across. This guy's written a book, Adil, and he's going to be coming to Al Jazeera to do a book reading signing. These little opportunities. I have read the book, I promise. It was actually fascinating because it's all about local culture. It went off in a number of tangents, but actually from a point of view of how the Emirati local culture works and families, it was actually quite a really good induction. But now I've decided to go with a more book for management or book for running. And I don't think anyone's given this before, but if they have, I'm nervous. Paul Griffiths: But this book, Fish!, which is one of my favourite books. I've actually launched this as the Al Jazeera Book Club for the spring. So all the team have a copy. Book clubs are massive over here for work. Every department has one here in the foundation. So this book, Fish, is based around the Seattle fish market. My colleagues who've worked me in the past, both. I can hear them groaning now because they've forced everyone to read this, but it's basically around having fun when you're at work. And it talks about the story of the Seattle fish market, how they were just flogging fish, but actually one day decided, we need to liven this up. We need to want to be here. So introduced, sort of involving the crowd, fish flying through the air. Paul Griffiths: But It's a more of a story about a woman joins, it moves up in a company into a department that no one's been able to manage. She gets to the bottom of using the fish market. And it's just a really fun, easy reading book. And so I recommend it to. To listeners and viewers. Paul Marden: That's brilliant. So listeners, if you would like a copy of Fish,Paul Griffiths: It's quite a cheap book as well, Paul, so please, you have to give one away. So it's not too much money. It's just 9.99 in the non fiction section. So, yeah, cheaper. Paul Marden: Bargain. Bargain. That's the trouble with. So I've been doing a few live events where we have panels, four people with book records, recommendations. That's going to bankrupt me. No, not today. We got a bargain this time. So I like this. Yeah. If you'd like a copy of Fish, if you'd like a copy of Paul's book, head on over to Bluesky and when Wenalyn posts the show note, go over there and repost it and say, I want Paul's book. And the first person to do that will get a copy of the book. Paul, delightful as always. Three times on the podcast, at least. Paul Griffiths: I think this would be number. This would be number four because we had the original episode where Kelly grilled me about life at Painshill. Then we did the Turn the Tables episode when I grilled Kelly on setting up podcasts. And then we did. Then we did the Goodbye to Kelly, whatever it was. 100 episode. And then this. Yeah, four Skip the Queues. Which is always a pleasure and I'm so delighted as you're my favourite podcast, obviously.Paul Marden: It's, oh, you say the nicest things. That must be a record. I need to go back and check that I think four times on the podcast is pretty impressive. Paul Griffiths: I think I should get to add all mine up into one as a total so I can beat Dominic Jones, who's always had the biggest number, isn't he? Paul Marden: So, yeah, so he does and he still does. So, yeah, I think aggregating the number of listens for across all of your episodes, I think that might be within the walls. Let me see what I can do and I'll add everything up and we'll see if you can take Dom's crown. Paul Griffiths: Sorry, Dom. Paul Marden: Because he's not competitive at all. Paul Griffiths: No, he's not, mate. He's a great guy, though. So, yeah, a friendly rival. Paul Marden: Exactly. Thank you very much, Paul. I would love to keep in touch. Paul Griffiths: Let's keep talking. Paul Marden: I want to hear what happens not just after the first 90 days, but I want to hear what happens in a year's time and two years time. So thank you so much for coming on and telling us about Ras Al-Khaimah and the Heritage Village. It's been lovely. Paul Griffiths: Yeah, thanks for having me. It's great. Been a real pleasure. Paul Marden: Thanks for listening to Skip the Queue. If you've enjoyed this podcast, please leave us a five star review. It really helps others to find us. Skip The Queue is brought to you by Rubber Cheese, a digital agency that builds remarkable systems and websites for attractions that helps them to increase their visitor numbers. You can find show notes and transcripts from this episode and more over on our website, skipthequeue fm. 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This week's Espresso covers news from Solfácil, Capim, Advolve.ai and more!Outline of this episode:[00:30] – Solfácil raises $170M to expand solar financing in Brazil[00:39] – Capim raises $26.7M Series A[00:55] – Advolve.ai raises $5.3M seed round led by Canary[01:08] – Brick raises $865K seed round[01:18] – Maxxa raises $10.6M in debt to expand SME lending in Chile[01:30] – Sytrex raises $1.1M to automate financial processes with AI[01:42] – YaVendió raises $850K pre-seed round[01:52] – Interview with David Tafur, CEO and Founder of YaVendió[08:23] – Latamlist Roundup Feb 1st – Feb 15th[08:33] – Sofi: Smarter, more effective debt recoveryResources & people mentioned:Startups: Solfácil, Capim, Advolve.ai, Brick, Maxxa, Sytrex, Yavendió, SofiVCs: Valor Capital, QED Investors, Canary, Honey Island, Broom Ventures, Symbiotics, Delphos, Broom Ventures, Aito Capital, Kuiper, AAC Capital, Magma Partners, iThink VC, Semilla Ventures.People: David Tafur, Tatiana Pomar
2:00Epstein Files Fiasco: There's Only ONE Thing We LearnedGet ready for the ultimate Washington clown show! Attorney General Pam Bondi strutted onto Fox News with Jesse Watters, hyping “sick” Epstein files it turns out, she hadn't even peeked at the rehashed flight logs. The RNC Rick-Rolls and influencers — well let's look at the “influencers” boasting about Trump transparency. Yeah, you can see right him (and them) to the people controlling them 25:42"Sovereign Wealth Fund": The Great American Land HeistFrom the Bundy Ranch to sacred Apache sites, they've been clearing the land of ranchers, miners, loggers, and their property rights for years, all leading to this moment. When Trump, Lutnick & Treasury Secretary Bessent introduced their “Sovereign Wealth Fund” on Feb 3, Bessent said "we're going to monetize the asset side of the U.S. balance sheet for the American people. We're going to put these assets to work"While specifics are coming (within 100 days), Trump's Interior Secretary Burgum said during confirmation hearings the USA "balance sheet" has $200 TRILLION of natural assets 1:13:24Crushed (Literally) Under Kim: Horrific Christian Persecution in North KoreaPrepare to be shocked by the insane truths about North Korea—where Christians are crushed under steamrollers for owning a Bible1:20:30Washington Post Meltdown: Editors Flee as Bezos Dares to Push FreedomBezos the billionaire boss emailed his team, demanding the opinion pages champion “personal liberties and free markets”—and a horde of scribes quit in a fiery rage, slamming it as a “massive encroachment” that bans dissent. “Democracy Dies in Darkness” LOL1:26:20BigEgg's Conspiracy with USDA: A Capitalist Version of Stalin's HolodomorWhy have chicken meat prices gone up less than 1% even as egg prices soared by 53%? How are the big 5 egg producers (BigEgg) conspiring to increase prices and market control? Meanwhile, the USDA & FTC wink and Trump imports a measly 70 million eggs to “fix” his 19-million-hen slaughter in the first month of his administration. We have to awaken the public to what's happening before the elites and their stakeholder cabal gets more control2:01:23GeeseBusters Busts Bird Flu Hoax: Wild Birds are Thriving, While the Claim is They're Spreading Contagion Rob, Geesebusters.com, a bird-whispering genius with decades of wild bird expertise, blows the lid off the so-called 'bird flu epidemic' rocking Long Island and beyond (but limited to American borders?)! Tune in for jaw-dropping tales of whistle-trained flocks, a near-miss turkey empire in China, and a conspiracy that could choke out our farms and freedoms—straight from a man who's seen it all!If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHTFor 10% off supplements and books, go to RNCstore.com and enter the code KNIGHTBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.
2:00Epstein Files Fiasco: There's Only ONE Thing We LearnedGet ready for the ultimate Washington clown show! Attorney General Pam Bondi strutted onto Fox News with Jesse Watters, hyping “sick” Epstein files it turns out, she hadn't even peeked at the rehashed flight logs. The RNC Rick-Rolls and influencers — well let's look at the “influencers” boasting about Trump transparency. Yeah, you can see right him (and them) to the people controlling them 25:42"Sovereign Wealth Fund": The Great American Land HeistFrom the Bundy Ranch to sacred Apache sites, they've been clearing the land of ranchers, miners, loggers, and their property rights for years, all leading to this moment. When Trump, Lutnick & Treasury Secretary Bessent introduced their “Sovereign Wealth Fund” on Feb 3, Bessent said "we're going to monetize the asset side of the U.S. balance sheet for the American people. We're going to put these assets to work"While specifics are coming (within 100 days), Trump's Interior Secretary Burgum said during confirmation hearings the USA "balance sheet" has $200 TRILLION of natural assets 1:13:24Crushed (Literally) Under Kim: Horrific Christian Persecution in North KoreaPrepare to be shocked by the insane truths about North Korea—where Christians are crushed under steamrollers for owning a Bible1:20:30Washington Post Meltdown: Editors Flee as Bezos Dares to Push FreedomBezos the billionaire boss emailed his team, demanding the opinion pages champion “personal liberties and free markets”—and a horde of scribes quit in a fiery rage, slamming it as a “massive encroachment” that bans dissent. “Democracy Dies in Darkness” LOL1:26:20BigEgg's Conspiracy with USDA: A Capitalist Version of Stalin's HolodomorWhy have chicken meat prices gone up less than 1% even as egg prices soared by 53%? How are the big 5 egg producers (BigEgg) conspiring to increase prices and market control? Meanwhile, the USDA & FTC wink and Trump imports a measly 70 million eggs to “fix” his 19-million-hen slaughter in the first month of his administration. We have to awaken the public to what's happening before the elites and their stakeholder cabal gets more control2:01:23GeeseBusters Busts Bird Flu Hoax: Wild Birds are Thriving, While the Claim is They're Spreading Contagion Rob, Geesebusters.com, a bird-whispering genius with decades of wild bird expertise, blows the lid off the so-called 'bird flu epidemic' rocking Long Island and beyond (but limited to American borders?)! Tune in for jaw-dropping tales of whistle-trained flocks, a near-miss turkey empire in China, and a conspiracy that could choke out our farms and freedoms—straight from a man who's seen it all!If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-show Or you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to DavidKnight.gold for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to TrendsJournal.com and enter the code KNIGHTFor 10% off supplements and books, go to RNCstore.com and enter the code KNIGHTBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.
Conversé con Felipe Gedeon, cofundador y CEO de Cobre, una fintech que centraliza la infraestructura de pagos y tesorería de corporativos en Latinoamérica. En 2023, Cobre creció sus ingresos 12 veces y expandió su base de clientes de 30 a 150 corporativos. Gracias a su conexión con los bancos más grandes de Colombia y México, Cobre procesa más de $3,000M en volumen anual de pagos.-Este episodio es presentado por Zendesk, la plataforma todo-en-uno para la gestión de atención al cliente, en la que confían miles de startups y empresas globales como Slack, Shopify y Airbnb.Prueba Zendesk completamente gratis por 6 meses aquí: https://rebrand.ly/SSPZNSP-Por favor ayúdame dejando una reseña en Spotify o Apple Podcasts: https://ratethispodcast.com/startupeable-A la fecha ha recaudado más de $65M millones de fondos como Kaszek y QED Investors Atlantic y Canary.Felipe y yo hablamos sobre:El valor del arte y la creatividad en la construcción de productos tecnológicosCómo vender software complejo a grandes empresas tradicionalesProduct marketing para software B2B en LatAmCómo experimentar con modelos de pricing en B2B Notas del episodio: https://startupeable.com/cobrePara más contenido síguenos en:YouTube | Sitio Web Startupeable es presentado por Zendesk, la plataforma todo-en-uno para la gestión de atención al cliente, en la que confían miles de startups y empresas globales como Slack, Shopify y Airbnb.Prueba Zendesk completamente gratis por 6 meses aquí: https://rebrand.ly/SSPZNSP-Distribuido por Genuina Media
Peter Boockvar, Chief Investment Officer at Bleakley Financial Group and Substack author, joins the pod. Peter shares his insights on the potential shift from the 'Magnificent Seven' tech stocks to emerging markets like China, the attractiveness of commodity trades, and various policy changes in Europe. The conversation covers gold revaluation and its impact on the U.S. Treasury, the Federal Reserve's influence on long-term rates, and the role of tariffs on global supply chains. The episode also explores where investors might allocate their money in a changing market environment, highlighting opportunities in European and Chinese markets, the energy sector, and the potential in gold and uranium. Additionally, they discuss the resilience of retail investors and the impact of private credit on credit spreads. Peter concludes by touching on the online gambling sector and the future of companies like DraftKings, Genius Sports, and Affirm. -- ABOUT THE SHOW For decades, Danny has seen it all on Wall Street and has built his reputation on integrity, curiosity and skepticism that he will bring with him each week. Having traded through the Great Financial Crisis and being featured in "The Big Short" is only part of the experiences Danny wants to share with the listener. This weekly podcast cuts through market noise, offering entertaining and informative discussions with expert guests giving their views of the financial world and the human side of it. Whether you're a seasoned investor or just getting started, On The Tape provides something for all listeners. Follow Danny on X: @dmoses34 The financial opinions expressed are for information purposes only. The opinions expressed by the hosts and participants are not an attempt to influence specific trading behavior, investments, or strategies. Past performance does not necessarily predict future outcomes. No specific results or profits are assured when relying on this content. Before making any investment or trade, evaluate its suitability for your circumstances and consider consulting your own financial or investment advisor. The financial products discussed in 'On The Tape' carry a high level of risk and may not be appropriate for many investors. If you have uncertainties, it's advisable to seek professional advice. Remember that trading involves a risk to your capital, so only invest money that you can afford to lose. Derivatives are not suitable for all investors and involve the risk of losing more than the amount originally deposited and any profit you might have made. This communication is not a recommendation or offer to buy, sell or retain any specific investment or service.
Neste episódio do Canary Cast, Florian Hagenbuch, co-fundador e sócio do Canary, recebe Rapha Avellar, fundador e CEO da Brandlovers. Na conversa, Rapha compartilha sua história pessoal, sua trajetória empreendedora, seus insights sobre o mercado de marketing digital, o impacto da Creator Economy nas campanhas de marketing e sua visão para o futuro desse mercado e da Brandlovers. Ao longo da conversa, Rapha explora como o Brasil está à frente das tendências globais na Creator Economy devido ao seu alto consumo de conteúdo nas redes sociais e ao crescimento no número de criadores no país. Ele explica como isso pode ser uma vantagem competitiva e um diferencial para startups brasileiras que buscam construir tecnologias para esse setor. Rapha também detalha as estratégias inovadoras que a Brandlovers implementou para resolver problemas críticos de escala e colaboração, incluindo o uso de inteligência artificial para otimizar processos e desenvolver novos produtos. Rapha compartilha também como a Brandlovers está impactando as vidas dos criadores que utilizam a plataforma, proporcionando novas oportunidades de renda para pessoas em todo o Brasil. Além disso, ele reflete sobre os desafios enfrentados e as lições aprendidas ao longo da jornada, destacando a importância de tomar decisões difíceis e manter um alto padrão de excelência dentro da empresa. Por fim, Rapha apresenta sua visão sobre como atrair investimentos e gerir o relacionamento com investidores de venture capital, como a Kaszek. Ele também discute como trouxe parceiros estratégicos alinhados ao seu mercado, incluindo investidores-anjo e celebridades como J Balvin e Will.i.am. Ouça agora o episódio e descubra como a Brandlovers está revolucionando a colaboração entre marcas e criadores de conteúdo, promovendo maior eficiência e impacto no mercado de publicidade digital. Convidado: Rapha AvellarRapha Avellar é cofundador e CEO da Brandlovers, uma empresa que está transformando a Creator Economy no Brasil ao otimizar a conexão entre criadores e marcas. A jornada empreendedora de Rapha começou aos 23 anos, quando passou a operar um negócio familiar. Em 2018, fundou a Jones, especializada em estratégias lideradas por creators, e em 2020, cofundou a Adventures com Ricardo Dias, ex-CMO da AB InBev. Além de suas iniciativas empreendedoras, Rapha também é creator e compartilha sua expertise em estratégia digital com mais de 155 mil seguidores no TikTok, 110 mil no Instagram e 50 mil no LinkedIn.Acompanhe o Rapha no Linkedin; Instagram e TikTokApresentação: Florian Hagenbuch Florian é cofundador e sócio do Canary, firma líder em investimento early-stage no Brasil e América Latina. O Canary tem mais de $400M em AUM e investiu em mais de 100 empresas desde sua fundação em 2017. Anteriormente, Florian fundou a Loft, empresa que digitalizou e transformou a experiência de compra de imóveis no Brasil, trazendo transparência, liquidez e crédito a milhões de brasileiros. Antes disso, Florian cofundou também a Printi, o principal marketplace de impressão online da América Latina. Acompanhe o Florian no LinkedinDestaques do episódio: [00:00 - 01:10] Boas-vindas e introdução do episódio[01:11 - 04:30] Trajetória profissional antes da Brandlovers[04:31 - 07:15] Creator Economy e as particularidades do mercado brasileiro[07:16 - 10:50] O início: identificando o problema e desenvolvendo a solução[10:51 - 15:00] Desafios da construção do marketplace[15:01 - 19:30] Uso de inteligência artificial no desenvolvimento de novos produtos[19:31 - 31:45] O impacto da Brandlovers para os criadores de conteúdo e grandes marcas[31:46 - 35:30] Estratégias inovadoras de comunicação e lançamento do novo produto[35:31 - 39:10] Fundraising insights: como foi a última rodada e o papel dos founders no relacionamento com investidores[39:11 - 41:50] Conteúdo e branding pessoal como ferramenta de negócios e diferencial competitivo[41:51 - 45:15] Erros, acertos e aprendizados[45:16 - 48:00] Conselhos e mensagem finalFoi citado neste episódio: Bill Gurley e o texto sobre a Uber:Bill Gurley é um investidor de Venture Capital americano e sócio da Benchmark. Ele escreveu um texto famoso sobre a Uber em que respondia um artigo de Damodaran (abaixo), argumentando que a Uber não deveria ser avaliada apenas como uma empresa de táxis, mas sim como uma empresa que estava removendo fricções e criando um mercado muito maior. Link de referência: Bill Gurley's Blog Post on Uber Aswath Damodaran:Aswath Damodaran é um professor de finanças na Stern School of Business da Universidade de Nova York, conhecido por suas análises de avaliação de empresas. Em 2014, fez um texto chamado "Uber Isn’t Worth $17 Billion" em que argumentava que o valuation da Uber estaria equivocado, apresentando uma visão mais conservadora sobre o mercado de táxis e a avaliação da empresa. Link de referência: Aswath Damodaran's Post Scott Belsky:Scott Belsky é o Chief Product Officer da Adobe e fundador do Behance. Ele possui a newsletter "Implications" que explora a interseção entre tecnologia, criatividade e o futuro do trabalho, fornecendo insights e análises sobre como essas áreas impactam negócios e a sociedade. Link de referência: Implications Newsletter Chamath Palihapitiya:Chamath Palihapitiya é o fundador da Social Capital e co-host do podcast All-In. Ele compartilhou em seu Linkedin recentemente uma apresentação (deck) sobre a Creator Economy, destacando-a como uma das grandes oportunidades para o futuro. Link de referência: Chamath's Deck on the Creator Economy Alguns termos em inglês são falados ao longo do episódio, por isso, trazemos um glossário caso fique alguma dúvida:Top of my mind - Expressão para falar sobre algo que está constantemente em seus pensamentos ou que é uma prioridade.Round - Abreviação em inglês para se referir a uma rodada de investimentos de uma companhia.Creator - Criador de conteúdo.TAM (Total Addressable Market) - Sigla para se referir ao cálculo de Mercado Total Endereçável que visa projetar o potencial tamanho que uma empresa pode alcançar dado o mercado que tem a disposição para conquistar.Discovery - Processo de descoberta ou pesquisa de um novo produto.Creator Economy - Se refere ao mercado/economia que são criados em volta da atuação dos criadores de conteúdoDM (Direct Message) - Mensagem direta.ROI (Return on Investment) - Retorno sobre o investimento.Marketplace - Modelo de negócio que conecta dois lados de oferta e demanda, oferecendo uma plataforma e/ou facilitando de alguma forma a transação aconteça. Google Ad Words - Plataforma de publicidade do Google.Assumption - Suposição.Take-rate - Taxa de comissão, normalmente utilizada no contexto de como os marketplaces cobram seus clientes pela eficiência e facilidade trazida pela plataforma.PIB (GDP) - Produto Interno Bruto.Consumption - Consumo.Playing field - Ambiente competitivo ou contexto de mercado onde empresas ou indivíduos operam, comparado a um campo de jogo onde a competição ocorre sob regras e condições específicas.Mainstream - Corrente principal ou dominante.Hackathon - Evento de programação intensiva.AI (Artificial Intelligence) - Inteligência Artificial.AI-first - Abordagem ou estratégia em que a inteligência artificial é priorizada e centralizada no desenvolvimento de produtos, serviços ou processos, sendo o elemento principal que orienta a inovação e a tomada de decisões.Feature - Funcionalidade de um produto.UX (User Experience) - Experiência do Usuário.Smart match - Correspondência inteligente.Meta Ads - Plataforma de publicidade do Facebook.Machine Learning - Aprendizado de máquina.Audience - Audiência ou público.Pricing - Precificação.Signature - “Assinatura” ou característica distintiva/autêntica. Nesse caso usado para falar sobre o que distingue um criador de outro.Rise - Ascensão.Avatarização (Avatarization) - Criação de avatares digitais.Business de licensing (Licensing Business) - Modelo de negócios baseado em licenciamento.Tailwind - Tendência favorável para o mercado ou negócio MVP (Minimum Viable Product) - Produto Mínimo Viável.Landing Page - Página web projetada especificamente para converter visitantes em leads ou clientes, contendo informações relevantes e uma chamada para ação clara, geralmente associada a uma campanha de marketing específica.Virtual CAC (Customer Acquisition Cost) - Custo total de adquirir um novo cliente através de canais digitais, incluindo despesas com publicidade online, marketing de conteúdo, redes sociais e outras estratégias virtuais.Inbound Marketing - Estratégia de marketing focada em atrair clientes por meio de conteúdo relevante e valioso, criando conexões significativas com o público-alvo e resolvendo seus problemas, em vez de interrompê-los com métodos tradicionais de marketing.Excited - Empolgado.PR (Public Relations) - Relações Públicas.Enterprise Account - Contas de grandes empresas.Fundraising - Processo de captação de recursos.Flywheel - Metáfora para um ciclo de crescimento contínuo, em que uma etapa auxilia e acelera a outra.Unfair Advantage - Vantagem injusta.Economics - Economia.Kickstart - Dar início a algo.Commitment - Compromisso.Portfólio (Portfolio) - Conjunto de investimentos.Data Room - Conjunto de documentos com os principais dados da companhia compartilhado em um processo de fundraising.Series - Referente à Série de investimentos.Seed - Investimento inicial.Deck - Apresentação de slides.Top Line - Receita bruta.Optics - Percepção ou aparência externa.M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) - Fusões e Aquisições.Hype - Grande quantidade de atenção, entusiasmo e expectativa gerada em torno de um produto, serviço, evento ou pessoa, muitas vezes impulsionada por campanhas de marketing, mídia social e influenciadores.Pipeline - Visualização ou representação das etapas e processos pelos quais uma oportunidade de negócio, projeto ou tarefa deve passar desde a sua concepção até a sua conclusão, usada para gerenciar e monitorar o progresso.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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Today on The Rock Fight Colin is joined by Rock Fight Consigliere Eoin Comerford and Producer Dave to discuss several news stories that paint a picture about the long term health of the outdoor industry. First they look at the recent earnings report by Newell (parent company of Marmot, Coleman, and Ex Officio, among others) which shows how the outdoor industry may be on the same path that was recently traveled by the surf industry. Eoin recaps how many iconic surf brands ended up being owned by Authentic Brands and how that past may serve as a cautionary tale for outdoor brands facing similar challenges. (02:55)Next they talk about a recent report that Dick's Sporting Goods is quietly leaving outdoor behind as it closes most of their remaining Public Land and Moosejaw locations. They talk about how this move will impact the outdoor retail landscape. (18:29)Then they dig into event news including the report that Europe's biggest summer show, OutDoor, is going on "hiatus" as well as the announcement of Outdoor Retailer's Industry Day. (29:15)Lastly it's a combined Parting Shot as the hosts weigh in on the Outdoor Recreation Roundtable's endorsement of Trump Secretary of the Interior, Doug Burgum, as well as the organizations who co-signed that endorsement including the OIA, People For Bikes, and REI. They look at what missteps may have been made and what the focus should be going forward. (35:55)Check out hundreds of wildly cool products by visiting and shopping at Garage Grown Gear!Thanks for listening! The Rock Fight is a production of Rock Fight, LLC. Sign up for NEWS FROM THE FRONT, Rock Fight's weekly newsletter by heading to www.rockfight.co and clicking Join The Mailing List.Please follow and subscribe to The Rock Fight and give us a 5 star rating and a written review wherever you get your podcasts.Want to pick a fight with The Rock Fight? Send your feedback, questions, and comments to myrockfight@gmail.com.
Zach welcomes back podcaster Michael Holland (From Out of the Past) for a night in a creepy bayou mansion filled as much laughter as there is terror with deep dive into the 1939 Horror-Comedy, THE CAT AND THE CANARY! Grab your scotch and get ready to make rye faces as the duo dissect how the film becomes a major stepping stone for comedian Bob Hope, revel in the understated mastery of Eliot Nugent's direction, cackle like crazy over their favorite Hope lines, appreciate the perfect genre blending of horror and comedy, and then finally surmise the way this film has influenced the world of cinema today. Plus: George Zucco as Marion Crane in Psycho- a sight you can can never unsee in your mind! ----------------------------------------- Be sure and listen to Michael's fantastic podcast, FROM OUT OF THE PAST https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/from-out-of-the-past/id1709872451 Be sure also to check out his blog: https://hollandimaginarium.blogspot.com/ and visit his Linktree to follow him on social media: https://linktr.ee/hollandimaginarium
February 14 2025: For this illustrious & expanded SPECIAL edition of PSYCHOTIC BUMP SCHOOL, DJ ROME ushers in 2025's pivotal season of health, love, and politics with FOUR amazing guests from all over the country. PARTS 1 -"STEALTHY!": Out of Oakland California, Educator/Emcee/Community Activist. NARU KWINA returns this time with his wife Civil Rights Attorney JORA TRANG to discuss the mobilization of the legal community in response to the current administration PARTS 2- "Cooler than Clyde Stubblefield drummin' for JAMES!" conclusion of our discussion with NARU KWINA & JORA TRANGPART 3-"Dance Under Water And Not Get Wet": Washington D.C. Cardiologist DR REGGIE ROBINSON returns to discuss heart/body/mind health and the passing of music producer Irv GottiPARTS 4: "For the LOVE of LEROY": Atlanta-based Psychiatrist & Certified Sex Therapist DR NATALIA FULLER a/k/a DR CANARY returns to discuss Vanilla Sex as a means for enhancing relationships during the week AND DAY of Valentine's Day.
February 14, 2025: "For the LOVE of LEROY": Atlanta-based Psychiatrist & Certified Sex Therapist DR NATALIA FULLER a/k/a DR CANARY returns to discuss Vanilla Sex as a means for enhancing relationships during the week AND DAY of Valentine's Day.
Looking for a costal getaway that's a hidden gem? Tune in for an inspiring discussion with owner and fifth-generation innkeeper Cally Coombs on Little River Inn. Moments with Marianne airs in the Southern California area on KMET1490AM & 98.1 FM, an ABC Talk News Radio affiliate! Cally Coombs grew up working in the restaurant at Little River Inn. At age 5, she helped the bartender polish glasses in exchange for Shirley Temples. After graduating from Columbia University, Cally lived all over the United States waiting tables and bartending, always returning to Little River Inn to help run the family business. Back home for good since 2003, she has become the fifth- generation innkeeper of Little River Inn. Cally is a board member of several local non-profits, including the Mendocino County Tourism Commission and the Mendocino Area Parks Association. She is passionate about growing the local economy while preserving the Mendocino lifestyle. Cally holds the 2011 CHLA Outstanding General Manager award and the California line caught record for a Canary rockfish. https://www.littleriverinn.comFor more show information visit: www.MariannePestana.com
In this episode of the Canary Cast, Florian Hagenbuch, co-founder and partner at Canary, sits down with Christophe Gerlach, co-founder and CEO of Comp, a new kind of HR Tech that is rethinking the way businesses approach their total compensation strategies.From the origins of his entrepreneurial journey alongside Pedro Bobrow—delivering açaí to college students—to pioneering a "Service-as-a-Software" business model that leverages the combination of AI and human expertise, Chris shares details of his story and his vision for Comp's future. During the episode, he also reflects on the importance of thoughtful experimentation, building strategic trust when entering a new market, and the powerful impact of an intentional company culture.In this episode, we dive into: How Comp is helping companies be more strategic about every cent invested in labor costs Pioneering the "Service-as-a-Software" Business Model: How Comp is disrupting traditional compensation consultants and building the company at the intersection of technology and human expertise, where AI supports senior compensation executives to deliver personalized, effective solutions Comp’s approach to working closely with CEOs, CFOs, and CHROs to strategically manage compensation decisions during periods of expansion, restructuring, or business strategy shifts. Lessons learned about building a lean, high-performance team and why hiring A+ talent makes all the difference. Exceptionally, this episode was recorded in English, but we included a translated transcription below in the description of the episode. Whether you're a founder, business leader, HR professional, or just passionate about innovation, this episode is packed with insights at the forefront of compensation strategy and business-building. Tune in now to hear how Comp is not only solving today’s compensation challenges but also defining a new category in the HR landscape for the future. Guest:Christophe Gerlach Christophe Gerlach is the co-founder and CEO of Comp. Christophe graduated in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University, where he met Pedro Bobrow. Together, they first founded Suna and are now building Comp. The company raised $4 million in a Seed round led by Kaszek, with participation from Canary, Norte, and 1616 funds, as well as 40 angel investors who are also executives from American companies and Brazilian startups such as Nubank, Creditas, and Caju. Follow Chris on LinkedIn Host: Florian Hagenbuch Florian is the co-founder and General Partner at Canary, a leading early-stage investment firm in Brazil and Latin America. Canary has invested in more than 100 companies since its founding in 2017. Previously, Florian founded Loft, a company that digitized and transformed the home buying experience in Brazil, bringing transparency, liquidity, and credit to millions of Brazilians. Before that, Florian also co-founded Printi, the leading online printing marketplace in Latin America. Follow Florian on LinkedIn Highlights: 00:00 - Opening01:50 - Personal Journey and the Beginning of Chris and Pedro's Partnership03:07 - Starting a Food Delivery Business in College07:25 - Transition to HR Tech and General Atlantic Experience08:37 - Labor Cost Challenges and Finding a thesis11:48 - Founding Comp and Initial Product Development13:30 - Comp's Value Proposition in the HR and Compensation Market18:29 - "Service-as-a-Software" Business Model and Strategic Use of AI for Software, Services, and Tools26:20 - Comp's Traction So Far28:44 - Building a team in a AI native company35:12 - Challenges along the way39:26 - Vision for the Future and Global Ambitions46:56 - Customer Success Stories and Impact51:56 - Closing RemarksEpisode Transcription in Portuguese: O mundo que estamos construindo é um em que um executivo pode vir e dizer: “Ei, em 2025, minha empresa vai crescer a receita em 25%. Precisamos alcançar o ponto de equilíbrio. Vamos abrir uma divisão de fintech, então precisaremos de novos tipos de talentos nessa área, e também vamos encerrar nossas operações no país X, Y, Z. Assim, gostaria que vocês me ajudassem a desenhar cada elemento do meu custo total de mão de obra." Quais benefícios eu devo oferecer? Quanto eu devo aumentar nos salários baseado nesse objetivo de ponto de equilíbrio, na minha retenção anterior, no índice de conversão de candidatos que já tivemos? Existe uma enorme quantidade de dados que podem ser usados, digamos, para otimizar essas decisões. E tudo isso pode começar a partir de um input estratégico de alto nível, como esse, composto por uma ou duas frases de um executivo, e, a partir daí, podemos fazer todo o trabalho e voltar com soluções para o cliente. Realmente acredito que é assim que as empresas tomarão decisões no futuro. E, honestamente, colocaria vocês nessa categoria. Não é fácil apontar para uma empresa específica, em outro lugar, fazendo algo verdadeiramente parecido com o que vocês estão fazendo. Vocês estão assumindo riscos reais de inovação e realmente estão na vanguarda do que é possível nessa área de atuação em que vocês trabalham. Chris, agora vamos mudar para o inglês para começar nosso episódio, já que temos um gringo aqui no programa hoje – gringo, como eu, de várias maneiras. Muito obrigado, Chris, por aceitar o convite de compartilhar um pouco sobre sua história e sua trajetória com a Comp. Estamos muito, muito empolgados em tê-lo aqui e ansiosos por essa conversa com você. Então, muito obrigado e seja bem-vindo. Chris: Obrigado pelo convite. Estou super animado para estar aqui e por essa conversa. Florian: Ótimo. Talvez comecemos com o comentário do gringo. Quando comecei minha carreira como empreendedor aqui no Brasil, havia muitos de nós. Era na época da Rocket Internet: tinha muitos alemães, americanos e franceses. E então, durante um tempo, eles meio que desapareceram. Provavelmente tem a ver com os altos e baixos econômicos do Brasil, mas eis que agora você está aqui, um gringo na cidade, construindo algo no Brasil. Algo realmente único e intrigante. Eu adoraria ouvir mais: você pode compartilhar um pouco sobre o seu passado, sua trajetória e o que o trouxe ao Brasil e à decisão de começar a Comp localmente? Chris: Claro! Que honra! Acho que sou o primeiro gringo no podcast, então estou honrado de ser o primeiro. Um pouco sobre mim – sou meio holandês e meio americano. Nasci na Holanda e cresci principalmente nos EUA. Quando jovem, meu sonho era jogar futebol profissional. Além de ser o “gringo” com quem você está conversando agora, meu segundo maior orgulho é que joguei contra o Mbappé na França quando eu tinha cerca de 14 anos. Mas, em certo ponto, percebi que não seria bom o suficiente para fazer disso uma carreira. Eu fui jogar na universidade e estudei na Cornell, em Nova York. Foi lá que conheci meu cofundador brasileiro, chamado Pedro, há mais ou menos uns 7 ou 8 anos. Estávamos em uma aula de comunicação empresarial, onde a tarefa era dar um discurso inspirador sobre algo que queríamos fazer em nossa carreira. Todo mundo na classe dizia que queria trabalhar no Goldman Sachs como banqueiro ou ser consultor na McKinsey. Pedro e eu fomos os únicos a falar sobre empreendedorismo. Achei que Pedro fez um discurso muito carismático e emocional sobre porque queria ser empreendedor. Mas o professor, depois do discurso dele, disse algo como: “Pedro, tenho certeza de que o que você disse foi ótimo, mas não consegui entender por causa do seu sotaque brasileiro. Você precisa melhorar isso se quiser passar nessa matéria." Após a aula, fiz uma brincadeira com ele, e acabamos nos tornando amigos por sermos os únicos da turma com mentalidade empreendedora. Começamos a almoçar juntos, a trocar ideias, etc. Durante nosso segundo ano de faculdade, começamos um negócio de entrega de comida. Entregávamos açaí para estudantes no campus e alguns outros itens de café da manhã. A inovação que criamos, entre aspas, foi que, diferente de plataformas como Uber Eats, iFood ou DoorDash, onde cada entrega é feita separadamente, nós coletávamos vários pedidos de uma vez para reduzir o preço da entrega. Em vez de uma pessoa da entrega pegar um pedido por vez, pegávamos, por exemplo, 8 ou 10 pedidos de uma só vez. Dessa forma, reduzíamos o custo para o consumidor e tornávamos o processo mais eficiente. Como muitos estudantes moravam próximos uns dos outros no campus, fazia sentido. Além disso, ajudávamos restaurantes fora do campus a atender os estudantes e a gerar mais receita durante as manhãs, quando eles tinham capacidade ociosa. Esse foi, basicamente, o nosso modelo de negócio. Chegamos a levantar capital de algumas aceleradoras, crescemos para uma equipe de 30 pessoas, aprendemos muito, mas tivemos o que chamamos de uma saída pequena. Não foi um grande sucesso financeiro, mas aprendemos que amávamos ser empreendedores. Até hoje, não sei explicar de forma 100% racional; foi mais emocional, e ainda é. Amamos construir algo do zero, trabalhar com colegas inteligentes e ambiciosos, enfrentar novos desafios todos os dias. Também aprendemos que adorávamos trabalhar juntos, e nos comprometemos a continuar trabalhando juntos por anos. Então, dessa experiência, não tivemos um grande retorno financeiro, mas conquistamos uma parceria de longo prazo entre mim e o Pedro. Depois de nos formarmos, trabalhei na General Atlantic, uma firma global de private equity focada em estágio de crescimento (Series B, Series C). Lá, me concentrei em empresas de tecnologia B2B e avaliei várias empresas de recrutamento, performance, folha de pagamento, compensação, etc. Foi um lugar fantástico para aprender e, eventualmente, acabei mergulhando fundo na área de tecnologia para RH, que encabeça o que fazemos hoje na Comp. Florian: Impressionante! Há muito o que explorar só nessa parte da sua trajetória, e também muitos aspectos em comum, Chris. Eu também joguei futebol, mas, infelizmente, não contra o Mbappé. Essa é uma ótima história! Você deveria contar isso mais vezes. Chris: Eu até contaria mais vezes, mas perdemos aquele jogo de 5 a 1. Florian: Ele marcou? Chris: Ele marcou três vezes. Florian: Uau. Já dava pra perceber que ele era incrível, né? Chris: Sim, dava pra ver que ele era fantástico. Florian: Então provavelmente você está em um daqueles vídeos caseiros onde o Mbappé destrói todo mundo, e você é um dos meninos tentando detê-lo no vídeo. Chris: Eu adoraria ver esse vídeo, por mais embaraçoso que fosse. Florian: Muito bom. Mas voltando ao que você mencionou, algo que capturou minha atenção foi quando você disse que, até hoje, não sabe muito bem por que quis começar uma empresa, dizendo ser um processo emocional. E, em muitos aspectos, isso se assemelha a ser uma criança querendo ser jogador de futebol, certo? É mais como um sonho, algo que você simplesmente quer fazer. E, como empreendedor, esperamos que você acabe se tornando mais um "Mbappé", do que "Chris". Mas, me conte um pouco mais sobre como vocês construíram a empresa na faculdade, venderam e seguiram em frente. Você sabia que ia começar outra empresa? E trabalhar na General Atlantic foi mais um “deixa eu olhar o mundo real e adquirir habilidades” ou algo mais? Como foi essa decisão? Para você, foi sempre óbvio que aquilo era algo temporário e que você voltaria a ser fundador? Chris: Sim, diria que foi algo assim. No último semestre da faculdade, Pedro e eu fizemos uma promessa um ao outro de que, em até 3 anos, iríamos começar um negócio juntos. Pedro foi trabalhar em um cargo de produto no Vale do Silício, enquanto eu fui para a General Atlantic, mas o plano era claro: trabalhar por alguns anos, ter experiências complementares em nossas trajetórias e aprender como é estar no “mundo real”. Queríamos construir um currículo sólido, mesmo que por apenas 1 ou 2 anos. Mas sabíamos, desde o dia em que paramos de trabalhar no negócio de entrega de açaí, que um dia voltaríamos. Florian: E vocês sabiam que seria vocês dois juntos novamente. Chris: Exatamente. Disso nós tínhamos certeza. Não sabíamos se seria uma empresa B2B, B2C, em qual setor, ou mesmo em qual geografia, mas sabíamos que seria nós dois. Acabamos indo para o mundo do tech para RH porque foi o foco do meu trabalho na General Atlantic, e posso aprofundar mais sobre isso. Florian: Legal, fale mais sobre isso. Acho muito interessante. Chris: Eu diria que existiam alguns temas principais. Na General Atlantic, como a maioria das empresas de investimento, o papel dos analistas juniores é basicamente buscar oportunidades e fazer diligências, no nosso caso, em empresas de tecnologia em estágios mais avançados (Series B em diante). Algo que me surpreendeu inicialmente – e lembro de comentar isso com o Pedro – foi que, ao fazermos diligência em empresas promissoras, percebíamos que a maioria dos CEOs tinha muita clareza sobre sua estratégia de mercado e visão do produto, mas, por outro lado, não tinham tanto domínio sobre a estratégia relacionada às pessoas que fazem todas essas coisas acontecerem. Perguntávamos coisas como: “Por que vocês têm essa divisão específica de salário fixo versus variável?”, ou “Quais são os custos associados à folha de pagamento nessa região ou país, se você contratar CLT ou prestadores de serviço?”. Também perguntávamos coisas como: “Como os gestores conseguem orçamento para novas contratações?” ou “Como vocês alocam o orçamento de aumento salarial anual?”. E a maioria dos líderes usava uma boa dose de intuição para responder a essas questões. Isso não é necessariamente errado, mas começamos a chamar isso de “estratégia de custo de mão de obra”. E ficou claro para nós que, mesmo em empresas modernas de tecnologia e serviços, onde 50% a 80% do orçamento operacional vai para folha de pagamento e benefícios, a abordagem usada para essas questões era baseada em “achismos”. O foco nessas decisões críticas parecia ser insuficiente. Outra coisa que eu aprendi na General Atlantic foi a operação do RH, ou seja, o lado operacional do RH, e não tanto o estratégico. Quando digo operacional, quero dizer as atividades diárias geridas, muitas vezes, em planilhas de Excel e PDFs. Observamos que esse era um espaço relativamente saturado globalmente. Em qualquer mercado grande (Latam, EUA, Europa, etc.), havia dezenas de empresas vendendo ferramentas de software que ajudavam as empresas a gerenciar diferentes partes da área de RH: desde folha de pagamento até recrutamento, desempenho, entre outros. Avaliamos que o lado operacional já tinha muitos concorrentes e seria muito difícil entrar nesse mercado com um SaaS tradicional. Além disso, percebemos que, enquanto o lado operacional era bem atendido, o lado estratégico – especificamente em relação a compensação e estratégia de custo de mão de obra – ainda dependia amplamente de consultorias como Mercer, Korn Ferry e Willis Towers Watson. Essas consultorias são extremamente caras e com NPS negativo. Foi um momento de “eureka” perceber que, apesar do custo alto, os resultados obtidos com essas consultorias não atendiam às expectativas. Além disso, muitas decisões relacionadas à compensação nas empresas ainda eram feitas de forma pouco transparente, tanto para recrutadores quanto para os próprios colaboradores. A compensação como um todo parecia ser um “problema cabeludo” tanto do lado da empresa quanto do colaborador. E foi aí que começamos a explorar a ideia de construir uma empresa que ajudasse outras empresas com suas estratégias de compensação total. Florian: Super interessante, Chris. Isso faz muito sentido. Por que você não nos conta um pouco mais sobre a evolução do produto da Comp e como a empresa começou? Também trabalhamos juntos nisso, então vi boa parte da jornada. Quando começaram, e quando investimos em vocês pela primeira vez, a ideia e o produto inicial eram, essencialmente, um banco de dados de compensação, com dados em tempo real. E foi incrível como vocês conseguiram atrair várias techs para participarem da plataforma, compartilhando, de forma anônima, os dados de compensação. Em troca, essas empresas recebiam benchmarks do mercado. Se minha descrição não for precisa, me corrija. Mas esse era o produto inicial. Como o valor evoluiu desde então? O que vocês aprenderam ao longo desses últimos anos e, agora, qual o principal valor que a Comp entrega? Chris: Certo! Há muita coisa para discutir aqui. Mas sim, começamos exatamente como você descreveu. Criamos um banco de dados de compensação, que é o primeiro produto. A proposta de valor para os clientes era: para tomar a maioria das decisões sobre salários, benefícios, bônus, e incentivos de longo prazo, eles precisariam de benchmarks do mercado. Quer dizer, dados específicos sobre o que os concorrentes diretos estão fazendo. E, claro, cada cliente precisa de benchmarks diferentes: por exemplo, uma empresa pode querer comparar seus engenheiros com Nubank e PicPay, mas precisa olhar para Itaú ou Bradesco quando se trata de analistas financeiros. O primeiro produto que criamos foi, basicamente, isso: um banco de dados com rede de dados altamente valiosa. Quanto mais empresas participam da base compartilhando seus dados anonimamente, mais robusto o banco de dados fica para todos. Por isso, disponibilizamos essa ferramenta gratuitamente – além do fato de que não existe orçamento tão significativo destinado apenas para a aquisição de benchmark. Hoje, temos mais de 1.000 empresas usando esse produto na América Latina, com foco no Brasil, além de algumas multinacionais que têm operações locais. Continuamos expandindo: começamos apenas com benchmarks de salário, mas já adicionamos dados sobre modelos de salário variável, benefícios, incentivos de longo prazo e até análises organizacionais como número médio de subordinados por gestor. Agora, ajudamos os clientes em duas frentes principais: estratégia e implementação. Sobre estratégia: hoje empresas nos contratam para desenhar ou revisar a estratégia de compensação. Isso inclui desde construir tabelas salariais até planos de bônus e benefícios. Por outro lado, também fornecemos ferramentas para implementar essas políticas, automatizando promoções, comunicação de benefícios, entre outras atividades. Florian: Super interessante, Chris. Isso faz muito sentido. Por que você não nos conta um pouco mais sobre a evolução do produto da Comp e como a empresa começou? Também trabalhamos juntos nisso, então vi boa parte da jornada. Quando começaram, e quando investimos em vocês pela primeira vez, a ideia e o produto inicial eram, essencialmente, um banco de dados de compensação, com dados em tempo real. E foi incrível como vocês conseguiram atrair várias techs para participarem da plataforma, compartilhando, de forma anônima, os dados de compensação. Em troca, essas empresas recebiam benchmarks do mercado. Se minha descrição não for precisa, me corrija. Mas esse era o produto inicial. Como o valor evoluiu desde então? O que vocês aprenderam ao longo desses últimos anos e, agora, qual o principal valor que a Comp entrega? Chris: Certo! Há muita coisa para discutir aqui. Mas sim, começamos exatamente como você descreveu. Criamos um banco de dados de compensação, que é o primeiro produto. A proposta de valor para os clientes era: para tomar a maioria das decisões sobre salários, benefícios, bônus, e incentivos de longo prazo, eles precisariam de benchmarks do mercado. Quer dizer, dados específicos sobre o que os concorrentes diretos estão fazendo. E, claro, cada cliente precisa de benchmarks diferentes: por exemplo, uma empresa pode querer comparar seus engenheiros com Nubank e PicPay, mas precisa olhar para Itaú ou Bradesco quando se trata de analistas financeiros. O primeiro produto que criamos foi, basicamente, isso: um banco de dados com rede de dados altamente valiosa. Quanto mais empresas participam da base compartilhando seus dados anonimamente, mais robusto o banco de dados fica para todos. Por isso, disponibilizamos essa ferramenta gratuitamente – além do fato de que não existe orçamento tão significativo destinado apenas para a aquisição de benchmark. Hoje, temos mais de 1.000 empresas usando esse produto na América Latina, com foco no Brasil, além de algumas multinacionais que têm operações locais. Continuamos expandindo: começamos apenas com benchmarks de salário, mas já adicionamos dados sobre modelos de salário variável, benefícios, incentivos de longo prazo e até análises organizacionais como número médio de subordinados por gestor. Agora, ajudamos os clientes em duas frentes principais: estratégia e implementação. Sobre estratégia: hoje empresas nos contratam para desenhar ou revisar a estratégia de compensação. Isso inclui desde construir tabelas salariais até planos de bônus e benefícios. Por outro lado, também fornecemos ferramentas para implementar essas políticas, automatizando promoções, comunicação de benefícios, entre outras atividades. Florian: Muito interessante, Chris. Notei que você não mencionou a palavra "IA" ao falar do produto, o que é curioso, porque vejo a Comp como uma empresa nativa de IA. Vamos falar um pouco sobre o que significa ser uma empresa nativa de IA, tanto no produto quanto na cultura. Como vocês estão utilizando IA para liderar essa categoria de "selling work"? Chris: Ótima pergunta. Talvez a primeira coisa a abordar seja por que não mencionamos IA ao falar da Comp. Diferente de outras empresas de "selling work", que tentam eliminar completamente a necessidade de humanos na operação, nós intencionalmente mantemos humanos no processo. Isso porque acreditamos que, em decisões estratégicas como compensação, é crucial ter um especialista humano envolvido. Nosso diferencial é que usamos IA para apoiar esses especialistas. A IA nos ajuda a analisar grandes volumes de dados, identificar padrões e fornecer recomendações baseadas em dados. Mas o toque humano ainda é essencial, especialmente em decisões estratégicas críticas. Florian: Faz sentido. E como vocês têm se saído em termos de tração e marcos importantes? Chris: Hoje, temos mais de 1.000 empresas usando nosso produto de benchmark e mais de 100 clientes pagantes utilizando nossos serviços de estratégia e implementação. Crescemos mais de 8x ano a ano em 2024 com uma equipe enxuta de 16 pessoas. Florian: Impressionante. E como vocês pensam sobre a cultura da empresa, especialmente em um ambiente de crescimento tão rápido? Chris: Temos sido muito intencionais sobre manter a equipe pequena e focada. Acreditamos que uma equipe menor e altamente qualificada é mais eficiente e ágil. Isso nos permite evitar burocracia e tomar decisões rapidamente. Também incentivamos uma cultura de colaboração e propriedade, onde cada membro da equipe é incentivado a assumir responsabilidade e contribuir ativamente. Florian: Muito interessante, Chris. E quais são os maiores desafios que vocês enfrentaram até agora? Chris: Um dos maiores desafios tem sido vender para compradores avessos ao risco, como o RH. É difícil convencê-los a adotar uma nova abordagem sem muita confiança. Investimos muito em construir nossa marca e estabelecer confiança com nossos clientes. Outro desafio é educar o mercado sobre o valor que oferecemos. Muitas vezes, os clientes não percebem que têm um problema até que seja tarde demais. Por isso, começamos com contratos menores e expandimos conforme ganhamos a confiança do cliente. Florian: E quais são os planos futuros para a Comp? Chris: Temos ambições globais. O problema que resolvemos é universal, e acreditamos que podemos levar nossa abordagem para outros mercados. Estamos apenas começando, mas estamos animados com o potencial de crescimento e impacto que podemos ter. Florian: Muito obrigado, Chris, por compartilhar sua história e insights. Foi uma conversa incrível, e estamos ansiosos para ver o que o futuro reserva para a Comp. Chris: Obrigado, Florian, e a toda a equipe da Canary pelo apoio. Estamos apenas começando, e há muito mais por vir. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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In this episode of Benefits Influencer, host Dennis Carlson interviews Rachel Schneider, the CEO and founder of Canary, a company revolutionizing how employers support their workforce during times of crisis. Canary manages employee emergency relief funds, allowing companies to formalize a compassionate and equitable response when employees face unexpected hardships. Schneider, drawing from her extensive experience researching the financial well-being of working Americans, shares her journey of creating Canary and its impact on countless lives. Listeners will gain invaluable insights into: The step-by-step process of establishing and implementing an emergency relief fund, ensuring fairness and transparency for all employees. Real-world examples of how Canary has been utilized, particularly in the aftermath of natural disasters like the recent LA wildfires, underscoring the crucial role of immediate financial support. How Canary seamlessly integrates into an employer's benefits program, complementing existing financial wellness and philanthropic initiatives, and potentially aligning with Secure 2.0 provisions. Canary's strategic approach to partnering with brokers, empowering them to educate employers on the transformative benefits of incorporating this essential safety net into their benefits strategy. Tune in to discover how Canary is changing the landscape of employee support and fostering a culture of care within organizations.
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