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In this episode of Grow a Small Business, host Troy Trewin interviews Maxwell Nee, the mastermind behind ScoreApp, a platform revolutionizing lead generation for small businesses. Maxwell shares innovative strategies to boost customer engagement and drive growth. Discover how ScoreApp helps businesses gain unmatched insights into their audience, turning data into actionable results. Tune in to learn game-changing approaches to thrive in today's competitive market! Why would you wait any longer to start living the lifestyle you signed up for? Balance your health, wealth, relationships and business growth. And focus your time and energy and make the most of this year. Let's get into it by clicking here. Troy delves into our guest's startup journey, their perception of success, industry reconsideration, and the pivotal stress point during business expansion. They discuss the joys of small business growth, vital entrepreneurial habits, and strategies for team building, encompassing wins, blunders, and invaluable advice. And a snapshot of the final five Grow A Small Business Questions: What do you think is the hardest thing in growing a small business? According to Maxwell Nee, the hardest thing in growing a small business is finding the right people. He illustrates this by pointing to well-known success stories, noting that these achievements were often the result of small, effective teams or "pods". He gives examples like Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak of Apple, Sergey Brin and Larry Page of Google, and Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg as the initial forces behind Facebook. While acknowledging that some individuals within these teams might have been more influential than others, Maxwell emphasizes that the contribution of two, three, or four individuals working together was crucial to realizing their success. What's your favourite business book that has helped you the most? Maxwell Nee credited two transformative books for shaping his entrepreneurial approach: "OverSUBSCRIBED" by Daniel Priestley, which revolutionized his mindset on creating unstoppable demand by making businesses "must-haves," and "The Outsiders" by William N. Thorndike, which revealed how unconventional CEOs achieved outsized returns through radical capital discipline and independent thinking. Are there any great podcasts or online learning resources you'd recommend to help grow a small business? Maxwell Nee mentioned that he doesn't really have specific great podcasts or online learning tools to recommend for professional development. While he listens to podcasts like "Diary of a CEO" and the one he was being interviewed on, his preferred approach is to become deeply engaged with specific individuals who align with his learning objectives at a particular time. He typically spends around three months focusing on one person, thoroughly reading their books and listening to their podcasts multiple times before moving on to someone else. What tool or resource would you recommend to grow a small business? Maxwell Nee suggests that small business owners can benefit from using time blocking to manage their many responsibilities more effectively by pre-planning their schedules. He also highlights Score App, a lead generation software that uses quiz marketing to gamify the process and significantly increase conversion rates while filtering out unsuitable leads, as a valuable resource. In terms of professional development, Maxwell prefers to deeply immerse himself in the work of specific individuals for extended periods rather than broadly following podcasts or online learning. Two influential books he recommends are Oversubscribe by Daniel Priestley and Outsiders, which offers insights from unconventional CEOs. What advice would you give yourself on day one of starting out in business? Maxwell Nee would tell his younger self on day one of starting out to have a deliberate conversation about the learning curve . He wishes he had the awareness to work for free with someone he admired in a cool industry for about six months to "sponge it all up". He believes this approach would have been faster than his initial self-funded journey, where he paid for his own learning and personal expenses Book a 20-minute Growth Chat with Troy Trewin to see if you qualify for our upcoming course. Don't miss out on this opportunity to take your small business to new heights! Enjoyed the podcast? Please leave a review on iTunes or your preferred platform. Your feedback helps more small business owners discover our podcast and embark on their business growth journey. Quotable quotes from our special Grow A Small Business podcast guest: Success isn't about working harder; it's about working smarter with the right people – Maxwell Nee Entrepreneurship is a mindset—adapt, innovate, and keep moving forward – Maxwell Nee Growth happens when you stop thinking small and start acting bold – Maxwell Nee
Este domingo Facebook cumplió 20 años de vida. Fue un 29 de julio de 2004 cuando cuatro estudiantes de Harvard decidieron crear una red social en la que los alumnos de su universidad pudieran relacionarse entre ellos, intentando mejorar las redes sociales existentes. Las luchas de poder entre Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz y Chris Hughes fueron reflejadas de manera magistral por David Fincher en la película La Red Social. Fue la salida al mercado lo que dinamitó la relación entre Mark Zuckerberg y Eduardo Saverin. Fue a través de los tribunales cuando Saverin se salió con la suya, obteniendo un 7% de Facebook y el derecho a ser mencionado como co-fundador de la red social. Una vez aclarados estos problemas de propiedad, Facebook empezó pronto a ser la opción favorita de la gente para chatear y estar conectado. Desbancó rápidamente a otras redes sociales como MySpace o Friendster. Aquí en España su reinado estuvo ligeramente amenazado por Tuenti, pero cuando Telefónica la adquirió, la convirtió rápidamente en red de telefonía móvil. En 2008 se convierte en la red social más usada, superando a Myspace, contando en España con más de un millón de usuarios. Aunque la historia de Meta también es la historia de grandes adquisiciones. La última gran adquisición fue la de la base de datos en línea Giphy, pero sin duda las que cambian el panorama de la compañía y la hacen ser la reina indiscutible de las redes sociales, fueron las compras de Instagram en 2012 por 1000 millones de dólares y Whatsapp en 2014 por 19.000. De hecho, en 2021 cambian su nombre a META para reflejar el carácter plural de la compañía. Aunque estas también les ha traído varios problemas legales a su creador, Mark Zuckerberg. En 2018 salió el escándalo de Cambridge Analytica: la consultora durante la década de 2010 recopiló datos de millones de personas a través de Facebook. Zuckerberg pidió perdón pero siempre ha negado la influencia de estos datos en las elecciones de 2016. ¿En qué momento se encuentra Facebook ahora mismo? Entre las novedades anunciadas por Meta, Facebook contará en 2025 con notas de la comunidad, al estilo X, diciendo adiós así a su programa de verificación de contenido. Además, Facebook priorizará la calidad de la interacción por sobre los simples clics o impresiones.
pWotD Episode 2821: Facebook Welcome to Popular Wiki of the Day, spotlighting Wikipedia's most visited pages, giving you a peek into what the world is curious about today.With 967,374 views on Tuesday, 21 January 2025 our article of the day is Facebook.Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by the American technology conglomerate Meta. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name derives from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities. Since 2006, Facebook allows everyone to register from 13 years old, except in the case of a handful of nations, where the age requirement is 14 years. As of December 2023, Facebook claimed almost 3.07 billion monthly active users worldwide. As of November 2024, Facebook ranked as the third-most-visited website in the world, with 23% of its traffic coming from the United States. It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s.Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivity, such as personal computers, tablets and smartphones. After registering, users can create a profile revealing personal information about themselves. They can post text, photos and multimedia which are shared with any other users who have agreed to be their friend or, with different privacy settings, publicly. Users can also communicate directly with each other with Messenger, edit messages (within 15 minutes after sending), join common-interest groups, and receive notifications on the activities of their Facebook friends and the pages they follow.The subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits, Facebook has often been criticized over issues such as user privacy (as with the Cambridge Analytica data scandal), political manipulation (as with the 2016 U. S. elections) and mass surveillance. The company has also been subject to criticism over its psychological effects such as addiction and low self-esteem, and over content such as fake news, conspiracy theories, copyright infringement, and hate speech. Commentators have accused Facebook of willingly facilitating the spread of such content, as well as exaggerating its number of users to appeal to advertisers.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:22 UTC on Wednesday, 22 January 2025.For the full current version of the article, see Facebook on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm long-form Gregory.
Move fast and break things! This week on Cocktails & Classics, we delve into the rise of Facebook in David Fincher's "The Social Network." Join us as we discuss the film's exploration of friendship, betrayal, and the complexities of the digital age. We'll analyze the film's sharp dialogue, iconic soundtrack, and the impact of social media on our lives. Feeling social? Crack open a Curious Elixir while you listen! Don't miss this episode for a thought-provoking discussion of technology, friendship, and the price of success, all served with classic cocktails and engaging conversation. Topics: * The Rise of Facebook: Analyze the film's portrayal of the creation of Facebook and the legal hardships faced by its founder. * Friendship, Betrayal, and Ambition: Discuss the complex relationships between Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, and the Winklevoss twins. * The Power of Dialogue: Analyze Aaron Sorkin's sharp and witty dialogue and its impact on the film's narrative and its intertwining structure. * Iconic Movie Needle-drops: Discuss the film's stand out music tracks and discuss some of the best song uses in movies. What are your thoughts on the rise of social media? Share your favorite "The Social Network" quotes and your own social media experiences on Instagram! Don't forget to share this episode with your friends and family! Subscribe and leave a rating wherever you listen.
Todo Tempo que Temos promete levar um boa quantia de fãs aos cinemas para se debulhar em lágrimas. O romance, que chega aos cinemas em 31 de outubro, é estrelado por astros hollywoodianos indicados ao Oscar e tem agradado críticos, jornalistas e público em geral por onde passou. Quem protagoniza Todo Tempo que Temos é a dupla Andrew Garfield e Florence Pugh, artistas que possuem base sólida de fãs. Atualmente com 41 anos de idade, Garfield já conta com duas indicações ao Oscar de Melhor Ator, por Até o Último Homem (2016) e tick, tick...BOOM! (2021). Além disso, é lembrado, principalmente, por sua incrível performance em A Rede Social (2010), no qual encarna o empresário brasileiro Eduardo Saverin, e por ser o segundo Homem-Aranha das telonas. Na trama de Todo Tempo Que Temos, as vidas de Almut (Florence), uma talentosa chef de cozinha, e Tobias (Garfield), um homem recém-divorciado, mudam para sempre quando eles se conhecem. Após um encontro inusitado, eles se apaixonam e constroem o lar e a família que sempre sonharam, até que uma verdade dolorosa põe à prova essa história de amor. Decididos a enfrentar as dificuldades, Almut e Tobias embarcam numa jornada emocionante, onde vão aprender que cada minuto conta quando estamos ao lado de quem amamos. Todo Tempo Que Temos foi escrito por Nick Payne, o mesmo de A Última Carta de Amor (2021). Já o comandante da aposta é John Crowley, cineasta que dirigiu Brooklyn (2015) e O Pintassilgo (2019). Nesse episódio, Marcelo Muller e Robledo Milani debatem sobre esses e outros assuntos relacionados ao filme. Dê o play abaixo e divirta-se!
During our International News Review, Saturday Mornings Show host Neil Humphreys and Steve Okun discuss the impact of global security risks on the Singapore economy, false advertising among fossil fuel firms and Eduardo Saverin's contribution to the Singapore American School..See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Social Network is a 2010 American biographical drama film about the founding of Facebook. The movie takes creative liberties with the true story, but raises interesting questions about the importance of accuracy in storytelling. The main character, Mark Zuckerberg, is portrayed as a smart but arrogant individual who becomes obsessed with proving himself. The development of his character throughout the story is well done, showing his flaws and transformation. The side characters, including Sean Parker, Eduardo Severin, and the Winklevoss twins, are also well developed. The Winklevoss twins serve as antagonists, but Mark Zuckerberg's biggest enemy is himself. The conversation explores themes of arrogance, selfishness, friendship, loyalty, and the cost of success. Mark Zuckerberg's character is portrayed as arrogant and self-centered throughout the movie, with his actions driven by his ego. The tension in the story builds as conflicts arise and relationships deteriorate. The movie highlights the consequences of running over people and the price one pays for their actions. The ending suggests that Mark realizes the mistakes he has made and seeks reconnection and redemption. Overall, the conversation provides a comprehensive analysis of the themes and messages conveyed in the movie.----------Highlights:0:00 “The Social Network” Introduction1:56 The Importance of Accuracy in Storytelling9:39 Erica Albright's Accusation14:41 Mark Zuckerberg's Flaws15:58 Eduardo, Sean, and the Winklevoss Twins23:10 Themes Playing Out25:58 Building Tension and Deteriorating Relationships31:25 Revelations33:07 Transformation37:46 Satisfaction and Messages----------Show Notes:9 Points Rating System: https://www.alostplot.com/9-points/ The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare Review: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/maverick51411/episodes/2024-04-24T17_00_00-07_00The Lord of the Rings, the Return of the King Review: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/maverick51411/episodes/2024-03-06T18_00_00-08_00Dune, Part 2 Review: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/maverick51411/episodes/2024-02-28T18_00_00-08_00#thesocialnetwork #facebookfilm #markzuckerberg #alostplot #socialnetwork #meta #film #filmthoughts #moviereview #podcast #seanparker #eduardosaverin #startup #entrepreneur
Adapt Deez, a brand new season of GateCrashers, is dedicated to appreciating media adaptations in all their many forms! From the classic book-to-movie adaptations to the many iterations associated and in-between, episodes of Adapt Deez will focus on a specific property and its (officially licensed) adaptations. Not simply a recounting of the differences and similarities between each adaptation, Adapt Deez aims to highlight the ways in which each iteration shines and how its individual media-specific properties—such as film scores, casting, and packaging—elevate the material and affect the way each work is received. In today's episode, Amanda, Amir, and Jon discuss the Academy Award-winning movie The Social Network. The film—which received eight nominations at the 83rd Academy Awards, including for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor for leading man Jesse Eisenberg, and won for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Film Editing—released in 2010 from Sony Pictures, and was directed by David Fincher. The screenplay was written by Aaron Sorkin, and was adapted from The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook, a Tale of Sex, Money, Genius, and Betrayal, a work of narrative nonfiction by Ben Mezrich that was published in 2009 by Doubleday. The Social Network tells the story of the founding of social media service Facebook in 2004 by Harvard college students Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes, and Andrew McCollum. Focusing primarily on the relationship—and fall out—between Zuckerberg, played by Eisenberg, and Saverin, portrayed by Andrew Garfield in what would become his international breakthrough role, The Social Network spans several years from Facebook's inception to the depositions between Zuckerberg and Saverin, and Zuckerberg and Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss (Armie Hammer/Josh Pence), twins and fellow Harvard students. If you think that sounds dry, just wait until you witness Amanda, Amir, and Jon's dramatic reenactments of iconic scenes—we guarantee you'll be just as riveted by this biographical drama as we were more than a decade ago.
pWotD Episode 2499: Facebook Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a popular Wikipedia page every day.With 411,328 views on Tuesday, 5 March 2024 our article of the day is Facebook.Facebook is a social media and social networking service owned by American technology conglomerate Meta Platforms. Created in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name derives from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities. Since 2006, Facebook allows everyone to register from 13 years old (or older), except in the case of a handful of nations, where the age limit is 14 years. As of December 2022, Facebook claimed 3 billion monthly active users. As of October 2023, Facebook ranked as the 3rd most visited website in the world, with 22.56% of its traffic coming from the United States. It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s. Facebook can be accessed from devices with Internet connectivity, such as personal computers, tablets and smartphones. After registering, users can create a profile revealing information about themselves. They can post text, photos and multimedia which are shared with any other users who have agreed to be their friend or, with different privacy settings, publicly. Users can also communicate directly with each other with Messenger, join common-interest groups, and receive notifications on the activities of their Facebook friends and the pages they follow.The subject of numerous controversies, Facebook has often been criticized over issues such as user privacy (as with the Cambridge Analytica data scandal), political manipulation (as with the 2016 U. S. elections) and mass surveillance. Facebook has also been subject to criticism over psychological effects such as addiction and low self-esteem, and various controversies over content such as fake news, conspiracy theories, copyright infringement, and hate speech. Commentators have accused Facebook of willingly facilitating the spread of such content, as well as exaggerating its number of users to appeal to advertisers.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:08 UTC on Wednesday, 6 March 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Facebook on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Kimberly Standard.
Magnus Grimeland is a husband, father, Ironman triathlete, and the Founder of Antler, one of the most active VCs globally. Before building Antler from scratch, Magnus co-founded Zalora, the leading online fashion store in Asia. In this episode, Magnus recounts how losing a family member at the age of 7 made him question the meaning of life at a very young age and gave him the drive and ambition to achieve great things in life: from receiving a scholarship for college, to studying alongside Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin at Harvard, to becoming a partner at McKinsey, to building the leading online fashion store in Asia, to now being world's day zero investor supporting founders globally in the hardest and most creative moment of their entrepreneurial journey - the inception. We also talk about how to find one's life purpose early, happiness, having kids at a young age, mental health, how to develop judgment, and the concept of "frontloading" which is key for entrepreneurs to achieve success. Key Topics: 00:00 - The Incredible Journey of Magnus Grimeland 04:59 - The Defining Moments That Shaped a Future Entrepreneur 06:07 - Escaping Rural Norway to Join the Global Elite 13:43 - Rubbing Shoulders with Zuckerberg at Harvard 21:15 - When Is the Right Time to Take the Leap? 31:00 - Sacrificing Now to Win the Future 35:25 - How Fatherhood Transformed My Worldview 43:33 - Never Stop Hustling and Stay Resilient 51:43 - Leverage Your Network for Massive Success 53:01 - My Crazy Plan to Build a Global Startup Empire 01:00:09 - Developing the Judgment to Spot Billion-Dollar Founders 01:10:32 - Battling Entrepreneurial Burnout and Mental Health 01:26:31 - Finding Happiness in the Simple Things 01:35:11 - Seeking Your Life Purpose Through Self-Reflection 01:40:30 - Using Your Talents to Change the World 01:43:54 - How AI Will Revolutionize Education as We Know It Sponsor: We are proud to partner with Coinsilium, a focused Web3 investor and venture builder supporting innovative startups building the decentralized future. Coinsilium provides vital funding and expert advice to Web3 and AI powered early-stage technology companies. Coinsilium also provides strategic advisory services to projects looking to issue tokens. With deep expertise across crypto, DeFi, and Web3, Coinsilium helps accelerate ambitious Web3 startups to the next level. Learn more at www.coinsilium.com Follow Magnus & Antler Website: https://www.antler.co/ Intagram: https://www.instagram.com/magnusantler/ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/magnusgrimeland/ Follow When Shift Happens: Website: https://www.when-shift-happens.co/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinffollonier/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@kevinfollonier Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinfollonier/ Twitter (X): https://twitter.com/yieldlabs
Erica Albright's a bitch, which is why I've immersed myself in this quest to create this podcast, so I can see if she finally listens to me. Check out everything I have to say about one of the best scenes from Fincher's The Social Network. But be quick, before somebody comes here and smashes the laptop on the ta-All movie clips (c) Sony Pictures"Hand Covers Bruise" from Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (c) Null"Baby, You're a Rich Man" from The Beatles
In this Biz-How-To episode, we will look at the world of VC funding. What do investors look at before they pump in their cash to fund a startup or a business? And what should a proposal or pitch look like in order to attract investors, what are the mistakes to avoid? Let's hear from Karan Mohla, General Partner of B Capital - a company co-founded by Eduardo Saverin, who's best known as one of the co-founders of Facebook. Presented by Lynlee Foo and Ryan Huang This podcast is produced and edited by Anthea Ng (nganthea@sph.com.sg) Do contact her for topics: C-Suite, SME, Sustainability, Property, Intergenerational Family Business, Industry Outlook, FintechSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
October 1, 2010. The story of social media site, Facebook, makes its way to the big screen. Directed by David Fincher, written by Aaron Sorkin, and starring Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg (we talk conspiracy about their last names), Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin, and Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker. First thing we ponder is how the hell this got made into a movie!!! Then we talk so much more so come listen now to have the burning question answered...HOW THE HELL DID THIS GET MADE, but actually, we just wanna know, Does it Hold Up? Thanks for listening. Click the link below for more great content and to talk to us on our social media pages. We appreciate every one of you that listens. https://linktr.ee/doesitholdup
Afinal, o que define a riqueza e a prosperidade numa economia? Para Felipe Castanhari, o Silvio Santos é pobre, porque não tem a riqueza do Eduardo Saverin. Logo, a cantora Joelma é careca, pois ela não tem a mesma quantidade de pêlos que o Tony Ramos. Já para o economista Robin Brooks, o Brasil é a Suíça da América Latina, por ter uma saúde superavitária superior à dos nossos vizinhos… Entender a prosperidade e a pobreza é fundamental para conseguirmos buscar soluções, não só para o país, mas também para nós mesmos. Hoje, nossa economista sensata inicia uma sequência que vai nos ensinar muito sobre esse tema. Aproveita e já segue o canal do EconOlivia porque essa é a melhor maneira de usar as notícias para deixar seu senso crítico apurado! Edição: Athela Edições --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/econolivia/message
With a presence on every continent, Jussi Salovaara's firm already has $700M in assets under management, across 15 early-stage startup funds. His funding platform has attracted investors like Eduardo Saverin, Canica, Credit Saison, and Christen Sveaas.
From The Beatles, to Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin, to any high school group project: there are endless examples of partnerships gone wrong. Today, Jason and Nicole share a foolproof blueprint for a productive relationship, whether you're working with a business partner, or a romantic partner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to an all-new Films for the Void, Episode 47! In this episode, Eric and Landon get caught in the web of David Fincher's 2010 film The Social Network! Along with reviews of James Cameron's much- awaited epic 13 years in the making, what might be Dreamworks' best film to date, and a recap of the best albums of 2022 - all on the latest episode of Films for the Void!Also, thanks to Meghan Gove for the lovely new theme music! You can follow them on Twitter @dragon_gutz!TIME STAMPS00:00:00: Intro/Recommendations00:09:17 Avatar: The Way of Water00:18:46 Troll00:22:52 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish00:27:35 The Social Network01:33:19 Eric's Recommendation for Next Episode
Please Use Facebook Correctly Facebook is an American online social media and social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. Founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg with fellow Harvard College students and roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes, its name comes from the face book directories often given to American university students. Membership was initially limited to Harvard students, gradually expanding to other North American universities and, since 2006, anyone over 13 years old. As of 2020, Facebook claimed 2.8 billion monthly active users,[2] and ranked seventh in global internet usage.[6][needs update] It was the most downloaded mobile app of the 2010s.[7] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook) [https://www.facebook.com/360533124616..](https://www.facebook.com/360533124616..). [https://youtu.be/oub9NptLujQ](https://youtu.be/oub9NptLujQ) https://anchor.fm/jack-bosma3/episodes/Please-Use-Facebook-Correctly-e1s1aq1 #facebook #meta #messenger --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/jack-bosma3/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jack-bosma3/support
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg (/ˈzʌkərbɜːrɡ/; born May 14, 1984) is an American business magnate, internet entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He is known for co-founding the social media website Facebook and its parent company Meta Platforms (formerly Facebook, Inc.), of which he is the chairman, chief executive officer, and controlling shareholder.Zuckerberg attended Harvard University, where he launched Facebook in February 2004 with his roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. Originally launched to select college campuses, the site expanded rapidly and eventually beyond colleges, reaching one billion users by 2012. Zuckerberg took the company public in May 2012 with majority shares. In 2007, at age 23, he became the world's youngest self-made billionaire. As of 18 August 2022, Zuckerberg's net worth was $62.7 billion according to the Forbes' Real Time Billionaires.Since 2008, Time magazine has named Zuckerberg among the 100 most influential people in the world as a part of its Person of the Year award, which he was recognized with in 2010. In December 2016, Zuckerberg was ranked tenth on Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People.
The Goldman Sachs veteran celebrates one year as a vice chairman at Eduardo Saverin's B Capital.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
B Capital has rapidly grown to over $6B AUM and has just announced its first early-stage fund, the $250M Ascent Fund run by a superstar team that includes Eduardo Saverin, Gabe Greenbaum, Karen Page, Karan Mohla, and Howard Morgan. Raj says B Capital was not an overnight success but was built steadily on the conviction that there needed to be a firm that could be best in class on value-add and also global from the outset.
Howard Morgan is one of those few – very few – people who have built multiple game-changing firms. He is co-founder of Renaissance Technologies (sometimes known as “RenTec”). While a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, he divined the opportunity to apply emerging computer technologies to investing. The resulting firm – Renaissance Technologies -- is one of the most famous, and successful, hedge funds. It pioneered systematic trading using quantitative models derived from mathematical models. It famously hires people who are incredibly smart – but don't have previous investing experience. While some might consider that enough of a career for one lifetime – Howard went on to co-found First Round Capital with Josh Koppelman. First Round is one of the most respected seed venture capital firms, with investments in firms like Notion, Roblox, Uber, and Square. At last Howard is ready to retire….wait no. No, Howard is now the chairman of B Capital, the global investment firm founded by Eduardo Saverin. In this episode we discuss how this remarkable journey unfolded, and what he sees for the future. B Capital Partners https://www.bcapgroup.com/ Renaissance Technologies https://www.rentec.com First Round Capital https://firstround.com/ Something Ventured Podcast https://somethingventured.us/
Follow the homies Cam (Cameron Cox) and Dylan (Dylan Hernandez) two former AMC Theater employees as they take a nostalgic trip back in time to rewatch films that mean the most to them! This Podcast is set up so that listeners at home can watch the movies along with us and laugh along as we talk about whatever comes to mind! From pop-culture-related events to AMC theater work stories, hell even us just talking about our personal lives! The Movie we are watching in episode is the "Social Network" With Special Guests TYLER FRANKLIN!! (Like he never left!) The Social Network is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin. Adapted from Ben Mezrich's 2009 book The Accidental Billionaires, it portrays the founding of social networking website Facebook and the resulting lawsuits. It stars Jesse Eisenberg as founder Mark Zuckerberg, along with Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin, Justin Timberlake as Sean Parker, Armie Hammer as Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, and Max Minghella as Divya Narendra. Now in the Famous words of that Pig from Shrek "Play the movie.. Yeah PLAY" ALSO Follow the homie Dylan on his fantastic Podcast "The Hernandez Variety Show" https://open.spotify.com/show/58pVAOZ5sSK4ti563o5fWn?si=BjR3hTyjR9mjfKIh6itDuw
As Facebook morphs into Meta and makes a push for immersive 3-D connection (without solving all of its existing problems), Kara Swisher takes a look back at the company's early days — and the fictionalized telling of them — with the actor Andrew Garfield. He had his breakout role playing the Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin in the 2010 film “The Social Network.” He tells Kara, “I immediately shut my Facebook page down as soon as I read the script.”A decade later, Garfield's career has taken off: He's earned a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for his latest project, “Tick, Tick … Boom!,” and even played Spider-Man. But unlike many celebrities, Garfield isn't particularly active online. “If I wanted to have the life of privacy and protection and freedom and wholeness,” he says, “I knew that I wasn't going to be able to be exposed to all of the faceless, voiceless, nameless people on social media.”In this conversation, Garfield and Kara talk about his unconventional approach to the internet and the dangers of idolizing Kanye West or Elon Musk. They also speak about Garfield's portrayal of Jonathan Larson, the composer of “Rent,” in “Tick, Tick … Boom!” And they discuss how the death of a parent has affected the way they each embrace life.This episode contains strong language.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more information for all episodes at nytimes.com/sway, and you can find Kara on Twitter @karaswisher.
As Facebook morphs into Meta and makes a push for immersive 3-D connection (without solving all of its existing problems), Kara Swisher takes a look back at the company's early days — and the fictionalized telling of them — with the actor Andrew Garfield. He had his breakout role playing the Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin in the 2010 film “The Social Network.” He tells Kara, “I immediately shut my Facebook page down as soon as I read the script.”A decade later, Garfield's career has taken off: He's earned a Golden Globe and an Oscar nomination for his latest project, “Tick, Tick … Boom!,” and even played Spider-Man. But unlike many celebrities, Garfield isn't particularly active online. “If I wanted to have the life of privacy and protection and freedom and wholeness,” he says, “I knew that I wasn't going to be able to be exposed to all of the faceless, voiceless, nameless people on social media.”In this conversation, Garfield and Kara talk about his unconventional approach to the internet and the dangers of idolizing Kanye West or Elon Musk. They also speak about Garfield's portrayal of Jonathan Larson, the composer of “Rent,” in “Tick, Tick … Boom!” And they discuss how the death of a parent has affected the way they each embrace life.This episode contains strong language.You can find transcripts (posted midday) and more information for all episodes at nytimes.com/sway, and you can find Kara on Twitter @karaswisher.
On the 49th episode of ZemachFM, we are taking a look at Facebook’s company profile. We will be discussing the history of Facebook, how Facebook was founded by the five original founders Marck Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. We also take a look at what products and services that Facebook is shipping currently. Episode Timeline 02:22 Episode Introduction 03:30 How accurate was the movie, The Social Network 05:05 How was Facebook was started 06:20 The contribution of Facemash to the development of Facebook. 09:30 The Facebook of Harvard 10:20 Early founders of Facebook 12:04 Expansion of Facebook to other colleges 13:00 The involvement of Saun Parker 14:20 The move to the name Facebook 15:45 The Winklevoss brothers 16:55 The deposition with Edwardo Saverin 18:55 The Saun parker drug incident 21:00 Recent incidents caused by Facebook 22:32 The Cambridge Analytica incident 25:25 Facebook acquisitions 27:45 The WhatsApp acquisition 28:35 Current products and services from Facebook 32:49 Facebook and RayBan collaboration 34:00 AR and VR at Facebook 34:36 Facebook and the software development environment Contact the hosts Henok Tsegaye Twitter Instagram LinkedIn Abdulhadmid Oumer Twitter Instagram linkedIn Follow Zemach FM and give us comment
No primeiro episódio do EconOlívia, eu, Olívia Carneiro, comento sobre o influenciador Felipe Castanhari, que, na semana do dia 06/09, fez um vídeo sobre grandes fortunas e como essa taxa só afetaria quem realmente é bilionário, dando ênfase para o caso de Eduardo Saverin, co-fundador do Facebook. Será que esses dados realmente correspondem à realidade? É realmente possível fazer essa taxação? Será que a Reforma Tributária de fato atinge essa pauta? Bora descobrir? Este é o EconOlívia, sua dose diária de sensatez sobre economia, políticas públicas, atualidade e muito mais! Te espero de segunda a sexta, às 12h na @taboom.app! Baixe agora na AppStore (https://apple.co/3nzQrKN) e PlayStore (https://bit.ly/3z7GrdQ)! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/econolivia-podcast/message
Nesse episódio trazemos um pouco mais sobre a história e alguns fatos curiosos daquela que se tornou a maior rede social do mundo: o Facebook! Responsável por duas das maiores compras de aplicativos móveis de todos os tempos e por um dos maiores IPOs da história da Nasdaq, o Facebook foi fundado em 2004 por 4 colegas de classe de Harvard, sendo que um deles, Eduardo Saverin, é brasileiro! Papo de Marketeiro é um podcast apresentado por Daniela Tiemi e Ricardo Pitondo, dois marketeiros metidos a músicos e fotógrafos no mundo digital. Aqui você encontra temas como marketing, negócios, música, audiovisual, fotografia, experiências, viagens, convidados e mais! Siga a gente nas redes sociais! Daniela: https://www.instagram.com/dani.tiemi/ Ricardo: https://www.instagram.com/ricardopitondomkt/
A revista Forbes Brasil divulgou recentemente o ranking dos 10 maiores bilionários brasileiros. O cofundador do Facebook, Eduardo Saverin, lidera a lista com um patrimônio estimado em 97 bilhoes e 500 milhoes de reais.
"You can imagine the guilt - here I was building my startup when my actual baby was not coping well in school; with a learning disability, and recent epilepsy incident."We love rooting for the underdog- but what does it really take to rise despite the odds, as THE underdog? Rosaline Koo founded CXA Group from her living room in 2013 after a storied career with multinationals, with ambitions to transform health benefits for employees. Tune in to her story from risking all her family savings to build her startup; to scaling to over a million users, raising over $50M from the likes of Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin's B Capital Group, EDBI, Openspace Ventures and more.--Billion Dollar Moves is THE show for the top US-Asia funders, founders and execs. From building a unicorn to IPO, and scaling a VC firm - all of these efforts require vision from the leaders at the helm. --
TG1F is BACK with a long conversation about David Fincher's finest... The Social Network, starring Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg and Andrew Garfield as Eduardo Saverin. We investigate the portrayal of themes such as power, relationships, ambition, jealousy, and obsession amongst the backdrop of the digital age. Is Aaron Sorkin a one-hit wonder? What if Shia LaBeouf accepted the role of Mark? How does the real Mark Zuckerberg hold up against his biographical depiction? Find out in this juicy juicy segment
FarEye, an Indian SaaS start-up that helps firms globally optimize their supply chain, and logistics operations, raises $100 million in its Series E round. The funding was co-led by high-profile backers TCV, and Dragoneer Investment Group. FarEye helps companies orchestrate, track, and optimize their logistics operations. With it's funds, the firm is looking to further expand the team, and is also open to exploring acquisition of smaller firms, in international markets. B Capital Group, the six-year-old venture capital fund formed by Facebook co-founder, Eduardo Saverin, and Bain Capital veteran, Raj Ganguly, is doubling down on China as it looks to allocate $500 million to $1 billion of its fund, into Chinese tech companies over the next few years. With $1.9 billion assets under management, B Capital is going after enterprise software providers in China, an area that has seen explosive growth, but is still only a fraction the size of the U.S. SaaS market. Resolve , a San Francisco-based start-up, in the space specializing in buy now, pay later capabilities for B2B transactions, raises $60 million in funding. Initialized Capital, led the funding round. This is the company's first funding since its 2019 inception. The funding is a combination of equity, and asset funding. The San Francisco start-up is using the money primarily to grow its embedded billing platform. Interactio, a remote interpretation platform whose customers include massive institutions like the United Nations, European Commission, and the Parliament, along with corporates like BMW, JP Morgan, and Microsoft, raises $30 million Series A. The Series A funding was led by Eight Roads Ventures, and Silicon Valley based - Storm Ventures. The funds will be used for enhancing its tech, and UX - UI, with a focus on ensuring ease of access and simplicity, and on upgrading the tools it provides to interpreters. EYs3D Microelectronics, a fabless design house, that focuses on end-to-end software, and hardware systems for computer vision technology, raises $7 million in Series A. The new funding will be used to expand eYs3D's product development, and launch a series of 3D computer vision modules. It also will work with new business partners to expand its platform and hire more talent. AcuityMD raises $7M, to better track the evolving world of medical hardware. AcuityMD, is a data platform that tracks the entire medical device lifecycle from the sale of an item, to a patient's outcome after a surgery. Microsoft, today announced Py-Torch Enterprise, a new Azure service that provides developers with additional support, when using Py-Torch on Azure. Py-Torch is a Python-centric open-source machine learning framework, with a focus on computer vision and natural language processing. French start-up Matera, raises a new $43 million Series B funding round, led by Mubadala Capital, to turn residential building management, into SaaS. The company is building a vertical SaaS, for residential property management. With the funding round, Matera plans to expand to Germany.
The guys talk about the 2010 film "The Social Network" about the birth of Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg's lawsuit with Eduardo Saverin. Special Guest Molly Rojas.
"Again, way too much time and money spent on the Winklevoss twins!" Hey friends! It's been 10 years since the movie about the thing Eduardo Saverin (and some other guy) started 17 years ago that changed...everything. Forever. Listen in as we discuss social networks, what animals eat, twins, geniuses, college clubs, passive aggressive friends, Justin Timberlake's punchable face, forced cannibalism, Spider-Man's hair, and how much time Bow spent on farms. All that plus FUN FACTS and Tenzie Awards! (NEXT EPISODE: Jackass 3D)
Bryan Ciambella Partner at Antler in New York talking about working at B Capital Group, working with Eduardo Saverin co-founder of Facebook, Boston Consulting Group, CVC, the Samwer Brothers at Rocket Internet, New York vs LA for startups and VC and the impact of SPACs. Video at https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewRomansVC. andrew@7bc.vc
In the latest dispatch of Mint startup diaries, Vivekananda Hallekere, co-founder of scooter-rental startup Bounce opens up on starting up, doing a SWOT analysis compared to the same market in China, expansion plans and more. In January, this year, it announced that it has raised $105 million in a Series D funding round led by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s B Capital Group and Accel.
Welcome to Recap, a brief overview of recent coffee developments every two weeks from the Specialty Coffee Association, made possible with the support of DaVinci. Special Thanks to Our Sponsor, DaVinciThis episode of Recap is made possible with support from DaVinci. With its heritage in specialty coffee and expertise in trends and menu innovation, DaVinci is the beverage brand of choice for the foodservice professional. Their product range is designed to provide end-to-end solutions and support specialty coffee professionals in their mission to create inspirational beverages. Follow us at DaVinci Europe, DaVinci North America, or using #WeAreDaVinciGourmet. Organizers of the inaugural Ethiopian Cup of Excellence competition were undeterred by the onset of a global pandemic. In April 2019, Alliance for Coffee Excellence—or ACE—announced that it would run the first-ever Ethiopian Cup of Excellence program in 2020. According to Dr. Adugna Debela, Director General of the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority, the competition was held by sending coffee samples to each member of the jury rather than bringing them to Ethiopia as originally planned. Three coffees, all from the Sidama region, scored more than 90 points in the competition, each receiving the Presidential Award. All of the top 28 coffees will be sold in a record-breaking online auction on June 25. An ongoing story in coffee investments, first noted in December 2019, also came full circle this month: JAB Holdings has announced the planned initial public offering, or IPO, of JDE Peet's on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange. A combination of Jacobs Douwe Egberts and Peet's Coffee, JDE Peet's holds a sizable coffee brand portfolio across traditional roast and ground coffees as well as soluble coffee, on-demand systems, and compatible products. The impending JDE Peet's IPO confirms that, despite recent difficulties for China's Luckin Coffee, investors continue to see the potential in coffee companies to deliver profits. In another example, Kopi Kenangan, an Indonesian startup founded in 2017, has just raised US$109 million in Series B funding. As a part of the funding round, Eduardo Saverin—famously known as the co-founder of Facebook—will join Kopi Kenangan's board of directors. The company aims to provide a mid-market coffee option that celebrates Indonesian and South-east Asian flavors. As specialty coffee's popularity continues to surge in local and global markets, it's interesting to note the degree to which larger companies—like JDE Peet's, Luckin Coffee, and Kopi Kenangan—are leveraging it to engage investors. When considered in concert with the uneven distribution of the additional value specialty coffee offers on top of lower-quality products, the market's current belief in the “profitability” of specialty coffee could hamper efforts to redistribute value along the chain more equitably. And finally, as COVID-19 continues to impact coffee producers around the world, reports of government aid and agricultural support continue to make headlines. In Honduras, an unprecedented executive order has declared agroindustry support a national priority. A number of programs, including the “Presidential Coffee Bonus,” “Solidarity Productive Bonus,” and the “Family Agriculture Program” all provide financial support in different ways to small and medium coffee producers. In Uganda, coffee production was labeled “critical” in a presidential directive. With the government's support during their March lockdown, Uganda coffee exports increased by 38%. In return, the Uganda Coffee Development Authority mobilized its members to donate coffee, maize, fuel, medical equipment, and other essentials to communities in need, including frontline workers. This episode of Recap was made possible with the support of DaVinci. If you want to dive deeper into anything you heard today, check out the links in the description of this episode. Recap will be back in two weeks' time. Thanks for listening. Further Reading: Cup of Excellence Ethiopia: Announcement and Scores from ACE Three Coffees Awarded 90+ in inaugural Ethiopia COE (Global Coffee Report) Coffee Investment News: JDE and Peet's Coffee to Combine and Explore IPO (Jacob Douwe Egberts, December 2019) Coffee Looks Hot as JDE Peet's Aims to Raise US$2.5 billion in IPO (Reuters) Indonesian Coffee Chain Raises US$109m, Eduardo Saverin to Join Board (Business Times) Government and Agricultural Support for Coffee Producers Honduras Allocates Funds and Resources to Support Coffee and Basic Grains Producers (Government of the Republic of Honduras) Coffee Sector Donates Coffee, Food, Vehicles and Medical Equipment to Fight COVID-19 (Uganda Coffee Development Authority)
Alenka gets real heated about how lame Eduardo Saverin is in David Fincher's The Social Network! Joining us to make fun of all the Sorkinisms is Jared Stryker & Kieron Higgs from Laughs On Tap! Just like Facebook, our drink is addictive, blue and definitely not selling all of your information; it's “The Berg” Gin as bitter as Jesse Eisenbergs portrayal Blue curacao for how much of a sad boi he is Squeeze of lemon juice for that sour look of his Finish it off with splash of Voss sparkling water (for Winklevoss, or you know cause he's rich) BONUS: Add some actual bitters cause he's just so darn bitter Follows us on IG & FB: @haventseenitpodcast and Twitter: @Havent_Seen_It You can listen to Haven't Seen It Podcast anywhere you find your podcasts!
"Antes de Facebook las relaciones eran en su mayoría offline. Facebook llegó para trasladar las relaciones sociales al mundo online " ¡¡ Muy buenas emprendedores !! Soy Nacho Portillo, CMO de AudioFit y CEO de Kinnetick Media. Bienvenidos a mi sección Emprende con Nacho, donde a través de mis años de experiencia como emprendedor quiero transmitirte todo lo que sé. En este episodio vamos a hablar sobre La historia de Facebook y Mark Zuckerberg. ¿Qué nos vamos a encontrar en esta historia? La universidad de Harvard patas arriba por una simple web. Capacidades informáticas de Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook vs idea de los hermanos Winklevoss. Lo que después derivaría en los famosos juicios de Facebook. Inicios en Harvard y expansión a través de las universidades. ¿Monetizar en los inicios? Mark vs Eduardo. Expansión a Europa y cambio a Palo Alto. Contactos con el fundador de Napster. Separación Mark y Eduardo. Contactos con primeros inversores : Peter Thiel. Dilución del porcentaje de Facebook de Saverin. Juicios de Facebook. Denuncia de hermanos Winklevoss y denuncia de Eduardo Saverin. Acuerdos de los juicios. El caso de Eduardo Saverin nos da que pensar. Una mente brillante a la que "se la jugaron". Ten cuidado con buscar ahorrar. No te fíes de todo el mundo y confía en profesionales. Ahorrarte doscientos euros hoy puede costarte millones en el futuro. ¿Qué te ha parecido el caso de Facebook? ¿Conocías todos los detalles que nos ha contado Nacho? Déjanos tu opinión en los comentarios.
"Antes de Facebook las relaciones eran en su mayoría offline. Facebook llegó para trasladar las relaciones sociales al mundo online " ¡¡ Muy buenas emprendedores !! Soy Nacho Portillo, CMO de AudioFit y CEO de Kinnetick Media. Bienvenidos a mi sección Emprende con Nacho, donde a través de mis años de experiencia como emprendedor quiero transmitirte todo lo que sé. En este episodio vamos a hablar sobre La historia de Facebook y Mark Zuckerberg. ¿Qué nos vamos a encontrar en esta historia? La universidad de Harvard patas arriba por una simple web. Capacidades informáticas de Mark Zuckerberg. Facebook vs idea de los hermanos Winklevoss. Lo que después derivaría en los famosos juicios de Facebook. Inicios en Harvard y expansión a través de las universidades. ¿Monetizar en los inicios? Mark vs Eduardo. Expansión a Europa y cambio a Palo Alto. Contactos con el fundador de Napster. Separación Mark y Eduardo. Contactos con primeros inversores : Peter Thiel. Dilución del porcentaje de Facebook de Saverin. Juicios de Facebook. Denuncia de hermanos Winklevoss y denuncia de Eduardo Saverin. Acuerdos de los juicios. El caso de Eduardo Saverin nos da que pensar. Una mente brillante a la que "se la jugaron". Ten cuidado con buscar ahorrar. No te fíes de todo el mundo y confía en profesionales. Ahorrarte doscientos euros hoy puede costarte millones en el futuro. ¿Qué te ha parecido el caso de Facebook? ¿Conocías todos los detalles que nos ha contado Nacho? Déjanos tu opinión en los comentarios.
Join Martin and guest-host Jules with the continuing story as the Winklevoss brothers turn up the heat on their efforts to stop Mark Zuckerberg developing his Facebook concept, still complaining that he had stolen their idea and we meet Sean Parker, portrayed by the annoyingly talented Justin Timberlake who leaps aboard the Facebook bandwagon, much to the irritation of Eduardo Saverin. As the poster says, you don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies.
Was ist 2019 alles passiert? Langweiiiiillig! Wir schauen doch lieber zurück auf die letzten 10 Jahre bevor wir in ein neues Jahrzehnt starten. Leo und Roger quatschen über den Launch von Instagram, „TheSocialNetwork“ der Eduardo Saverin (der Name ist uns entfallen) thematisiert, das iPad und viel zu kleine Hosentaschen für grosse Smartphones. Auf gehts in eine neue Folge und damit wünschen wir dir ein frohes Neues Jahr und danke für ein geniales 2019!
Welcome to the History of Computing Podcast, where we explore the history of information technology. Because understanding the past prepares us for the innovations of the future! Todays episode is on former Social Networking pioneer, Friendster. Today when you go to friendster.com you get a page that the social network is taking a break. The post was put up in 2018. How long did Rip Van Winkle Sleep? But what led to the rise of the first big social network and well, what happened? The story begins in 1973. Talkomatic was a chat room and was a hit in the PLATO or Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations community at the University of Illinois, an educational learning system that had been running since 1960. Dave Woolley and Douglas Brows at the University of Illinois brought chat and then the staff built TERM-Talk the same year, adding screen sharing and PLATO Notes would be added where you could add notes to your profile. This was the inspiration for the name of Lotus Notes. Then in the 80s came Bulletin Board Systems, 84 brought FidoNet, 88 brought IRC, 96 brought ICQ, and in 96 we got Bolt.com, the first social networking and video website with SixDegrees coming in 1997 as the first real social media website. AOL Instant Messenger showed up the same year and AOL bought ICQ in 99. It was pretty sweet that I didn't have to remember all those ICQ numbers any more! 1999 - Yahoo! And Microsoft got in the game launching tools called Messenger at about the same time and LiveJournal came along, as well as Habbo, a social networking site for games. By 2001 Six Degrees shut down and Messenger was shipped with XP. But 2002. That was the year the Euro hit the street. Before England dissed it. That was the year Israeli and Palestinian conflicts escalated. Actually, that's a lot of years, regrettably. I remember scandals at Enron and Worldcom well that year, ultimate resulting in Sarbanes Oxley to counter the more than 5 trillion dollars in corporate scandals that sent the economy into a tailspin. My Georgia Bulldogs football team beat Arkansas to win the SEC title and then beat Florida State in the Sugar Bowl. Nelly released Hot In Here and Eminem released Lose Yourself and Without Me. If film, Harry Potter was searching for the Chamber of Secrets and Frodo was on a great trek to the Two Towers. Eminem was in the theaters as well with 8 Mile. And Friendster was launched by Jonathan Abrams in Mountain View California. They wanted to get people making new friends and meeting in person. It was an immediate hit and people flocked to the site. They grew to three million users in just a few months, catching the attention of investors. As a young consultant, I loved keeping track of my friends who I never got to see in person using Friendster. Napster was popular at the time and the name Friendster came from a mashup of friends and Napster. With this early success, Friendster took $12 million dollars in funding from VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Benchmark Capital the next year. That was the year a Harvard student named Mark Zuckerburg launched FaceMash with his roommate Eduardo Saverin for Harvard students in a kinda' “Hot or Not” game. They would later buy Instagram as a form of euphoric recall, looking back on those days. Google has long wanted a social media footprint and tried to buy Friendster in 2003, but when rejected launched Orkut in 2004 - which just ran in Brazil, tried Google Friend Connect in 2008, which lasted until 2012, Google Buzz, which launched in 2010 and only lasted a year, Google Wave, which launched in 2009 and also only lasted a year, and of course, Google + which ran from 2011 to 2019. Google is back at it again with a new social network called Shoelace out of their Area 120 incubator. The $30 million dollars in Google stock would be worth a billion dollars today. MySpace was also launched in 2003 by Chris DeWolfe and Tom Anderson, growing to have more traffic than Google over time. But Facebook launched in 2004 and after having problems keeping the servers up and running, Friendster's board replaced Abrams as CEO and moved him to chairmen of the board. He was replaced by Scott Sassa. And then in 2005 Sassa was replaced by Taek Kwn and then he was replaced by Kent Lindstrom who was replaced by Richard Kimber. Such rapid churn in the top spot means problems. A rudderless ship. In 2006 they added widgets to keep up with MySpace. They didn't. They also opened up a developer program and opened up APIs. They still had 52 million unique visitors worldwide in June 2008. But by then, MySpace had grown to 7 times their size. MOL Global, an online payments processor from Malaysia bought the company in 2009 and relaunched the site. All user data was erased and Friendster provided an export tool to move data to other popular sites at the time, such as Flickr. In 2009 Friendster had 3 Million unique visitors per day. They relaunched But that dropped to less than a quarter million by the end of 2010. People abandoned the network. What happened? Facebook eclipsed the Friendster traffic in 2009. Friendster became something more used in Asia than the US. Really, though, I remember early technical problems. I remember not being able to log in, so moving over to MySpace. I remember slow loading times. And I remember more and more people spending time on MySpace, customizing their MySpace page. Facebook did something different. Sure, you couldn't customize the page, but the simple layout loaded fast and was always online. This reminds me of the scene in the show Silicon Valley, when they have to grab the fire extinguisher because they set the house on fire from having too much traffic! In 2010, Facebook acquired Friendster's portfolio of social networking patents for $40 million dollars. In 2011, Newscorp sold MySpace for $35 million dollars after it had been valued at it peak in 2008. After continuing its decline, Friendster was sold to a social gaming site in 2015, trying to capitalize on the success that Facebook had doing online gaming. But after an immediate burst of users, it too was not successful. In 2018 the site finally closed its doors. Today Friendster is the 651,465th ranked site in the world. There are a few thing to think about when you look at the Friendster story: 1. The Internet would not be what it is today without sites like Friendster to help people want to be on it. 2. The first company on a new thing isn't always the one that really breaks through 3. You have to, and I mean, have to keep your servers up. This is a critical aspect of maintaining you're momentum. I was involved with one of the first 5 facebook apps. And we had no idea 2 million people would use that app in the weekend it was launched. We moved mountains to get more servers and clusters brought online and refactored sql queries on the fly, working over 70 hours in a weekend. And within a week we hit 10 million users. That app paid for dozens of other projects and was online for years. 4. When investors move in, the founder usually gets fired at the first sign of trouble. Many organizations simply can't find their equilibrium after that and flounder. 5. Last but not least: Don't refactor every year, but if you can't keep your servers up, you might just have too much technical debt. I'm sure everyone involved with Friendster wishes they could go back and do many things differently. But hindsight is always 20/20. They played their part in the advent of the Internet. Without early pioneers like Friendster we wouldn't be where we are at today. As Heinlein said, “yet another crew of Rip Van Winkle's” But Buck Rogers eventually did actually wake back up, and maybe Friendster will as well. Thank you for tuning into another episode of the History of Computing Podcast. We're lucky to have you. Have a great day!
Episode 50: We spoke with Bryan Ciambella, Principal at B Capital, a venture capital firm that invests in the next generation of groundbreaking tech. We discuss Bryan's background as a serial entrepreneur, what he looks for when investing, what industry verticals he's currently interested in, and what it's like working with Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/besttechie/support
Here are once again with the fabulous Nerds for the weekly episode of hijinks and merriment. This week we look at topics that will hopefully entertain you, perhaps educate you, perchance even make you laugh. As usual we have our three Nerds, idiots, nutjobs, wackjobs, funny farm contenders, or as we like to say, your hosts. Bucky, Professor and the DJ. Bucky is our slightly older, kind of grumpy Nerd, who dislikes Mumble rappers, reality TV and generally stupidity. Professor our younger Nerd who likes gaming, long walks to the camp fire, and his Switch when on the bus. Last but not least, we have the DJ, the resident Droid that no one is looking for, who likes anime, games and laughing. First topic up this week is about some new illustrated novels, or omics, from the Firefly franchise. The DJ is challenged to finally watch the series to help him discover his inner Browncoat, will he be brave enough to walk down the street in a hat like that and show he aint afraid of nothing? We will find out, but by my pretty blue bonnet if he doesn’t we will aim to misbehave and cause mischief. Next up we look at the stress and traumatic conditions developers are suffering through to bring us new games. With reports of people developing PTSD, and hiding this fact so they can get jobs. This is seriously messed up, what these people are going through is downright wrong and needs to be looked at. Also Buck has a rant about the need to look after each other because he is sick and tired of morons putting profit before people. Last up Buck brings us an article about Rainbows. No, he hasn’t become a hippie or something drastic. He just felt we needed to take a moment and look around us and admire the simple things, you know, kind of like smell the roses and noticed the politicians as people (we think they are, but don’t hold us to that – Ed.). So we have 20 facts about rainbows and one of which is that the Greeks thought there were only three colours in the rainbow. We follow this with the usual look at the games we have been playing this week and give you a run down on them. Concluding with the episode with the regular Shout outs, remembrances, birthdays and events for the week that we all love. As always, take care of each other and stay hydrated.EPISODE NOTES:Firefly comics - https://comicbook.com/comics/2019/05/13/firefly-the-sting-joss-whedon-boom-studios/MK 11 & PTSD - https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/05/id-have-these-extremely-graphic-dreams-what-its-like-to-work-on-ultra-violent-games-like-mortal-kombat-11/Rainbows - http://discovermagazine.com/2019/may/20-things-you-didnt-know-about--rainbowsGames currently playingProfessor – Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead - https://cataclysmdda.org/ Buck – Monster Truck Drive - https://store.steampowered.com/app/847870/Monster_Truck_Drive/DJ – Dota 2 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/570/Dota_2/Other topics discussedChanges to Santa Clarita Diet- https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/santa-clarita-diet-creator-explains-season-3-talks-season-4-1198429Ed Boon’s take on fatalities- https://www.businessinsider.com.au/mortal-kombat-creator-ed-boon-explains-how-new-fatalities-are-made-2019-3?r=US&IR=TFacebook content moderators having PTSD- https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-content-moderators-lawsuit-ptsdGrumpy Cat (internet personality)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumpy_CatAll Dogs gone to Heaven (1989 film)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Dogs_Go_to_HeavenLinguistic relativity and the colour naming- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity_and_the_color_naming_debateChromatic aberration - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatic_aberrationPot of gold at the end of the rainbow- http://luckyireland.com/the-origin-of-a-pot-of-gold-at-the-end-of-the-rainbow/Minecraft Earth (mobile game)- https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/earthDota 2 New Character: Mars - Character bio - https://dota2.gamepedia.com/Mars- Mars’ character design - https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/apps/dota2/images/mars/hero_mars93fd33s5.jpgShadow of the Colossus (2006 game)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_of_the_ColossusTrials Fusion (2014 game)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trials_FusionStunt Car Arena (arcade game)- http://www.arcadespot.com/game/stunt-car-arena/Millionaire’s advice to young people – stop spending smashed avocados - https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/15/australian-millionaire-millennials-avocado-toast-houseColorectal Cancer also known as colon cancer- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorectal_cancerDiamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Jubilee_of_Elizabeth_IIQueen Victoria- Bio - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria- Queen Victoria with her grandchildren and other guests - https://images.immediate.co.uk/volatile/sites/7/2018/01/Queen_victoria_family-fd7d69f.jpg?quality=90&resize=768,574Stevie Wonder catches microphone stand- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUgngvsWLlECarrie Fisher roasts George Lucas- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ97s396kb0Mark Zuckerberg will eat meat he kills- https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2017/07/13/mark-zuckerberg-will-only-eat-meat-he-kills-himself_a_23027199/Apple loses money than the value of Facebook- https://www.businessinsider.com.au/apples-market-cap-falls-by-450-billion-more-than-the-value-of-facebook-2019-1?r=US&IR=TWalt Disney - Bio and urban myth on Walt’s body is frozen - https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walt_Disney- Human bones in Disneyland - https://collinsrace1.wordpress.com/2018/10/29/are-there-human-bones-at-disney-parks/Elvis Lives (That’s Not Canon Podcast)- https://thatsnotcanon.com/elvislivespodcastCaptain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of The Caribbean character)- https://pirates.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_SparrowHenry Sutton (Australian Inventor)- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Sutton_(inventor) Shoutouts7 May 1999 - The Mummy opened and grossed $43 million in 3,210 theatres in the United States on its opening weekend. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mummy_(1999_film)14 May 1796 - English country doctor Edward Jenner administers the first inoculation against smallpox, using cowpox pus, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_JennerRemembrances11 May 2019 – Peggy Lipton, American actress, model, and singer. She was well-known through her role as flower child Julie Barnes in the counterculture television series The Mod Squad (1968–1973), for which she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama in 1970. Her fifty-year career in television, film, and stage included many roles, includingNorma Jennings in David Lynch'sTwin Peaks. Lipton was formerly married to the musician and producer Quincy Jones and was the mother of their two daughters, Rashida Jones and Kidada Jones. She died of colon cancer at 72 in Los Angeles,California. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Lipton13 May 2019 – Doris Day, American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist. She began her career as a big band singer in 1939, achieving commercial success in 1945 with two No. 1 recordings, "Sentimental Journey" and "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" with Les Brown & His Band of Renown. She left Brown to embark on a solo career and recorded more than 650 songs from 1947 to 1967. Day's film career began during the latter part of the classical Hollywood era with the film Romance on the High Seas, leading to a 20-year career as a motion picture actress. She starred in films of many genres, including musicals, comedies, and dramas. She played the title role in Calamity Jane and starred in Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much with James Stewart. Her best-known films are those in which she co-starred with Rock Hudson, chief among them 1959's Pillow Talk, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also worked with James Garner on both Move Over, Darling (1963) and The Thrill of It All, and also starred with Clark Gable, Cary Grant, James Cagney, David Niven, Jack Lemmon, Frank Sinatra, Richard Widmark, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall and Rod Taylor in various movies. After ending her film career in 1968, only briefly removed from the height of her popularity, she starred in the sitcom The Doris Day Show. Day became one of the biggest film stars in the early 1960s, and as of 2012 was one of eight performers to have been the top box-office earner in the United States four times. In 2011, she released her 29th studio album My Heart which contained new material and became a UK Top 10 album. She received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and a Legend Award from the Society of Singers. In 1960, she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and was given the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement in motion pictures in 1989. In 2004, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom; this was followed in 2011 by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Career Achievement Award. She died of pneumonia at 97 in Carmel Valley Village, California. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_Day14 May 1919 - Henry John Heinz, German-American entrepreneur who founded the H. J. Heinz Company based in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. He was born in that city, the son of German immigrants from the Palatinate who came independently to the United States in the early 1840s. Heinz developed his business into a national company which made more than 60 food products; one of its first was tomato ketchup. He was influential for introducing high sanitary standards for food manufacturing. He also exercised a paternal relationship with his workers, providing health benefits, recreation facilities, and cultural amenities. His descendants carried on the business until fairly recently, selling their remaining holdings to the predecessor company of what is now Kraft Heinz. Heinz was the great-grandfather of former U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III of Pennsylvania. He died of pneumonia at 75 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_J._Heinz14 May 1998 - Frank Sinatra, American singer, actor and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artists of the 20th century. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 150 million records worldwide. Born to Italian immigrants in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra began his musical career in the swing era with bandleaders Harry James and Tommy Dorsey. Sinatra found success as a solo artist after he signed with Columbia Records in 1943, becoming the idol of the "bobby soxers". He released his debut album, The Voice of Frank Sinatra, in 1946. Sinatra's professional career had stalled by the early 1950s, and he turned to Las Vegas, where he became one of its best known residency performers as part of the Rat Pack. His career was reborn in 1953 with the success of From Here to Eternity, with his performance subsequently winning an Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. Sinatra released several critically lauded albums, including In the Wee Small Hours, Songs for Swingin' Lovers!, Come Fly with Me, Only the Lonely and Nice 'n' Easy. Sinatra left Capitol in 1960 to start his own record label, Reprise Records, and released a string of successful albums. In 1965, he recorded the retrospective September of My Years and starred in the Emmy-winning television special Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music. After releasing Sinatra at the Sands, recorded at the Sands Hotel and Casino in Vegas with frequent collaborator Count Basie in early 1966, the following year he recorded one of his most famous collaborations with Tom Jobim, the album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim. It was followed by 1968'sFrancis A. & Edward K. with Duke Ellington. Sinatra retired for the first time in 1971, but came out of retirement two years later and recorded several albums and resumed performing at Caesars Palace, and reached success in 1980 with "New York, New York". Using his Las Vegas shows as a home base, he toured both within the United States and internationally until shortly before his death in 1998. Sinatra forged a highly successful career as a film actor. After winning an Academy Award for From Here to Eternity, he starred in The Man with the Golden Arm, and received critical acclaim for his performance in The Manchurian Candidate. He appeared in various musicals such as On the Town, Guys and Dolls, High Society, and Pal Joey, winning another Golden Globe for the latter. Toward the end of his career, he became associated with playing detectives, including the title character in Tony Rome. Sinatra would later receive the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1971. On television, The Frank Sinatra Show began on ABC in 1950, and he continued to make appearances on television throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Sinatra was also heavily involved with politics from the mid-1940s, and actively campaigned for presidents such as Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. In crime, the FBI investigated Sinatra and his alleged relationship with the Mafia. He was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors in 1983, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Ronald Reagan in 1985, and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1997. Sinatra was also the recipient of eleven Grammy Awards, including the Grammy Trustees Award, Grammy Legend Award and the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He was collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the 20th century's 100 most influential people. After Sinatra's death, American music critic Robert Christgau called him "the greatest singer of the 20th century", and he continues to be seen as an iconic figure. He died of a heart attack at 82 in Los Angeles, California . - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Sinatra14 May 2019 – Tim Conway, American comedic actor, writer, and director. He portrayed the inept Ensign Parker in the 1960s World War II situation comedy McHale's Navy, was a regular cast member on the 1970s variety and sketch comedy program The Carol Burnett Show, co-starred with Don Knotts in several films in the late 1970s and early 1980s, starred as the title character in the Dorf series of sports comedy films, and provided the voice of Barnacle Boy in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. He was particularly admired for his ability to depart from scripts with spontaneously improvised character details and dialogue, and he won six Primetime Emmy Awards during his career, four of which were awarded for The Carol Burnett Show, including one for writing. He died of normal pressure hydrocephalus at 85 in Los Angeles,California. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Conway15 May 2019 - Rick Bennett, voice actor, known for X-Men: The Animated Series (1992), Balance of Power (1996) and X-Men vs. Street Fighter (1996) mainly as Cain Marko also known as The Juggernaut. He passed away in Toronto - https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/2019/05/15/x-men-the-animated-series-juggernaut-voice-actor-passes-away/Bio - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0072001/16 May 2019 – The Honourable Bob Hawke, Australian politician who served as the 23rd prime minister of Australia and Leader of the Labor Party from 1983 to 1991. Hawke served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Wills from 1980 to 1992 and was Labor's longest serving Prime Minister. Bob Hawke was born in Bordertown South Australia. The Hawke family then moved to Western Australia. He attended the University of Western Australia and then went on to Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar. In 1956, Hawke joined the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) as a research officer. Having risen to become responsible for wage arbitration, he was elected ACTU President in 1969, where he achieved a high public profile. After a decade serving in that role, Hawke announced his intention to enter politics, and was subsequently elected to the House of Representatives as the Labor MP for Wills. Three years later, he led Labor to a landslide victory at the 1983 election and was sworn in as prime minister. He led Labor to victory three more times, in 1984, 1987 and 1990, making him the most electorally successful Labor Leader. The Hawke Government created Medicare and Landcare, brokered the Prices and Incomes Accord, established APEC, floated the Australian dollar, deregulated the financial sector, introduced the Family Assistance Scheme, announced "Advance Australia Fair" as the official national anthem, initiated superannuation pension schemes for all workers and oversaw passage of the Australia Act that removed all remaining jurisdiction by the United Kingdom from Australia. Hawke remains Labor's longest-serving prime minister, Australia's third-longest-serving Prime Minister and, until his death at the age of 89, Hawke was the oldest living former Australian Prime Minister. Hawke is the only Australian Prime Minister to be born in South Australia, and the only one raised and educated in Western Australia. He also held a world record for beer drinking; he downed 2 1⁄2 imperial pints (1.4 l)—equivalent to a yard of ale—from a sconce pot in 11 seconds as part of a college penalty. He died at 89 in Northbridge, New South Wales. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_HawkeFamous Birthdays13 May 1950 - Stevie Wonder, American singer, songwriter, musician, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. A child prodigy, Wonder is considered to be one of the most critically and commercially successful musical performers of the late 20th century. He signed with Motown's Tamla label at the age of 11 and continued performing and recording for Motown into the 2010s. He has been blind since shortly after his birth. Among Wonder's works are singles such as "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours", "Superstition", "Sir Duke", "You Are the Sunshine of My Life", and "I Just Called to Say I Love You"; and albums such as Talking Book (1972), Innervisions (1973), and Songs in the Key of Life (1976). He has recorded more than 30 U.S. top-ten hits and received 25 Grammy Awards, one of the most-awarded male solo artists, and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the top 60 best-selling music artists. Wonder is also noted for his work as an activist for political causes, including his 1980 campaign to make Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday a holiday in the United States. In 2009, Wonder was named a United Nations Messenger of Peace. In 2013, Billboard magazine released a list of the Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Artists to celebrate the US singles chart's 55th anniversary, with Wonder at number six. He was born in Saginaw, Michigan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Wonder14 May 1944 – Geroge Lucas, American filmmaker and entrepreneur. Lucas is known for creating the Star Wars and Indiana Jones franchises and founding Lucasfilm,LucasArts and Industrial Light & Magic. He was the chairman and CEO of Lucasfilm before selling it to The Walt Disney Company in 2012. After graduating from the University of Southern California in 1967, Lucas co-founded American Zoetrope with filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola. Lucas wrote and directed THX 1138, based on his earlier student short Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB, which was a critical success but a financial failure. His next work as a writer-director was the film American Graffiti, inspired by his youth in early 1960s Modesto, California, and produced through the newly founded Lucasfilm. The film was critically and commercially successful, and received five Academy Award nominations including Best Picture. Lucas' next film, the epic space opera Star Wars, had a troubled production but was a surprise hit, becoming the highest-grossing film at the time, winning six Academy Awards and sparking a cultural phenomenon. Lucas produced and cowrote the sequels The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. With director Steven Spielberg, he created the Indiana Jones films Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom, and The Last Crusade. He also produced and wrote a variety of films through Lucasfilm in the 1980s and 1990s and during this same period Lucas' LucasArts developed high-impact video games, including Maniac Mansion, The Secret of Monkey Island and Grim Fandango alongside many video games based on the Star Wars universe. In 1997, Lucas rereleased the Star Wars trilogy as part of a Special Edition, featuring several alterations; home media versions with further changes were released in 2004 and 2011. He returned to directing with the Star Wars prequel trilogy, comprising The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith. He later collaborated on served as executive producer for the war film Red Tails and wrote the CGI film Strange Magic. Lucas is one of the American film industry's most financially successful filmmakers and has been nominated for four Academy Awards. His films are among the 100 highest-grossing movies at the North American box office, adjusted for ticket-price inflation. Lucas is considered a significant figure in the New Hollywood era. He was born in Modesto, California - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Lucas14 May 1969 - Cate Blanchett, Australian actress and theatre director. She has received many accolades, including two Academy Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and three BAFTA Awards. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007, and in 2018, she was ranked among the highest-paid actresses in the world. After graduating from the National Institute of Dramatic Art, Blanchett began her acting career on the Australian stage, taking on roles in Electra in 1992 and Hamlet in 1994. She came to international attention for portraying Elizabeth I of England in the drama film Elizabeth, for which she won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress and earned her first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her portrayal of Katharine Hepburn in the biographical drama The Aviator, earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, and she won Best Actress for playing a neurotic divorcée in the black comedy-drama Blue Jasmine. Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in the dramas Notes on a Scandal, Elizabeth: The Golden Age, I'm Not There, and Carol. Blanchett's most commercially successful films include The Talented Mr. Ripley, Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit trilogy, Babel, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Cinderella,Thor: Ragnarok, and Ocean's 8. From 2008 to 2013, Blanchett and her husband Andrew Upton served as the artistic directors of the Sydney Theatre Company. Some of her stage roles during this period were in revivals of A Streetcar Named Desire, Uncle Vanya, and The Maids. She made her Broadway debut in 2017 with The Present, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. Blanchett has been awarded the Centenary Medal by the Australian government, who made her a companion of the Order of Australia in 2017. She was appointed Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government in 2012. She has been presented with a Doctor of Letters from the University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, and Macquarie University. In 2015, she was honoured by the Museum of Modern Art and received the British Film Institute Fellowship. She was born in Ivanhoe, Victoria - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cate_Blanchett14 May 1984 – Mark Zuckerberg, American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is known for co-founding and leading Facebook as its chairman and chief executive officer. Zuckerberg attended Harvard University, where he launched Facebook from his dormitory room on February 4, 2004, with college roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes. Originally launched to select college campuses, the site expanded rapidly and eventually beyond colleges, reaching one billion users by 2012. Zuckerberg took the company public in May 2012 with majority shares. His net worth is estimated to be $55.0 billion as of November 30, 2018, declining over the last year with Facebook stock. In 2007 at age 23 he became the world's youngest self-made billionaire. As of 2018, he is the only person under 50 in the Forbes ten richest people list, and the only one under 40 in the Top 20 Billionaires list. Since 2010, Time magazine has named Zuckerberg among the 100 wealthiest and most influential people in the world as a part of its Person of the Year award. In December 2016, Zuckerberg was ranked 10th on Forbes list of The World's Most Powerful People. He was born in White Plains, New York - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_ZuckerbergEvents of Interest 14 May 1986 - Netherlands Institute for War Documentation publishes Anne Frank's complete diary - https://www.onthisday.com/people/anne-frank15 May 1928 – Walt Disney character Mickey Mouse premieres in his first cartoon, "Plane Crazy". It was made as a silent film and given a test screening to a theater audience but failed to pick up a distributor. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_Crazy15 May 2010 – Jessica Watson becomes the youngest person to sail, non-stop and unassisted around the world solo. Watson headed north-east crossing the equator in the Pacific Ocean before crossing the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Watson16 May 1888 – Nikola Tesla delivers a lecture describing the equipment which will allow efficient generation and use of alternating currents to transmit electric power over long distances. His lecture caught the attention of George Westinghouse, the inventor who had launched the first AC power system near Boston and was Edison’s major competitor in the “Battle of the Currents.” - https://teslaresearch.jimdo.com/lectures-of-nikola-tesla/a-new-system-of-alternate-current-motors-and-transformers-1888/- https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/nikola-teslaIntroArtist – Goblins from MarsSong Title – Super Mario - Overworld Theme (GFM Trap Remix)Song Link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GNMe6kF0j0&index=4&list=PLHmTsVREU3Ar1AJWkimkl6Pux3R5PB-QJFollow us on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NerdsAmalgamated/Email - Nerds.Amalgamated@gmail.comTwitter - https://twitter.com/NAmalgamatedSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/6Nux69rftdBeeEXwD8GXrSiTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/top-shelf-nerds/id1347661094RSS - http://www.thatsnotcanonproductions.com/topshelfnerdspodcast?format=rss
“When money can be earned anywhere, you won’t obligated to live in or subjugate yourself to high taxation.” In this episode of Made You Think, we discussed “The Sovereign Individual,” a book published in 1996 predicting how the Internet would change our lives and work over the following decades. Some of it’s come true, some of it is yet to come, but no book has made either of us think so much about how technology might destroy what we think of as citizenship, work, travel, community, and life. We talked about: The increasing popularity of self-education over college How to prepare yourself for the future cyber-economy The future of job automation and subsequent unemployment The decreasing demand for people with degrees and job experience The four stages of cultural and societal advancement The future of cryptocurrency and online wealth The necessity for finding meaning in your life and work And much more. Please enjoy, and be sure to grab a copy of The Sovereign Individual and to check out Nat’s notes on the book! If you enjoyed this episode, be sure to also listen to our episode on Mastery by Robert Greene to learn how to become a master at your craft, and our episode on The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell on using the power of mythology to positively influence our lives. Mentioned in the show: 14,000-Year-Old British Columbian Village [5:54] Stonehenge [6:15] Internet lines being cut article [18:53] Bitcoin [19:14] (Nat’s article on Bitcoin) Upwork [29:01] MomTrusted [30:36] Loose Threads Death of the Supply Driven World [34:07] (Podcast) WellnessFX [35:21] Inflammation and Depression link [40:02] Nat Chat Podcast [50:27] Fake News article [52:49] Swift [56:40] Cryptocurrency and Blockchain [56:47] (Nat’s article on learning about cryptocurrency) Ron Paul - What if the government didn’t fund healthcare [1:02:57] NomadList [1:10:07] Wealthfront [1:21:20] Zapier [1:26:15] How to Legally Own Somebody [1:29:14] Medium [1:30:53] Estee Lauder [1:34:04] Indochino [1:38:57] Adidas [1:40:28] Under Armour [1:40:28] Estonia U-Visa [1:41:35] Game of Thrones [1:52:06] Community [1:52:07] Lost [1:52:08] Books mentioned: Antifragile (Made You Think episode) [0:33] (Nat’s Notes) The Sovereign Individual [0:37] (Nat’s Notes) Snowcrash [16:57] Ready Player One [17:21] Revolt of the Masses [1:08:57] The End of Jobs [1:25:52] People mentioned: James Dale Davidson [0:37] Lord William Rees-Mogg [0:37] Eduardo Saverin [15:17] Neal Stephenson [16:57] Al Capone [22:19] Connor Grooms [35:18] (Nat Chat episode) Malcolm Gladwell [57:15] José Ortega y Gasset [1:08:57] Arnold Schwarzenegger [1:13:58] Peter Thiel [1:16:33] Larry Page [1:19:19] Taylor Pearson [1:25:52] (Nat Chat episode) Nassim Nicholas Taleb [1:29:09] (Antifragile Made You Think episode) GE [1:31:18] Elon Musk [1:56:34] Adil Majid [1:56:54] (Nat Chat episode) Justin Mares [1:58:20] (Nat Chat episode) Show Topics 0:00 - Intro to the podcast and discussion of The Sovereign Individual. Some history on the book and what it’s about. 2:52 - Some predictions for the future that the book made in 1996, detailing some of the four stages of civilization that the book describes, and some various cultural examples. 9:00 - Some bits on the informational age, the possible future of wealth, and financial independence. 12:40 - Digital nomading and taking advantage of work that’s based online for more money. 16:40 - The shift to the majority of things moving towards being online and us moving towards living just as much online as we do offline. 19:53 - Businesses moving online, money becoming harder to track, Bitcoin, and avoiding taxes. 22:44 - The potential backlash of a digital economy, from taxes being easier to avoid, and people losing their jobs due to companies automating those jobs in the future. 26:57 - With more companies becoming easier to find online, companies will have much more competition, and the consumer will have better pricing. 28:27 - The diversity of people you find when outsourcing work and the affordability aspect of outsourcing. 31:48 - The decline of the parallels with the church and the state, the ease of fact-checking people with degrees and learning nearly anything online, and the declining need for certain degrees. 34:39 - Finding the bulk of medical knowledge online, getting health consultations online, and some thoughts on healthcare and its future. 40:02 - The link between inflammation and depression, and some obvious health strategies that have been known for centuries that we now have the research to back up. 42:07 - Some flaws and some examples of the parallels with the church and the state, the perspective shift on income that comes with entrepreneurship, and the benefits of saving much more money than you spend. 50:20 - People beginning to realize they can self-educate themselves rather than going to college and more employers looking for skills rather than degrees. 52:45 - The rising issue with fake news and popular websites promoting false information. 55:15 - More discussion on employers realizing it’s not about the degree or the years spent working, it’s more about what someone has done. 57:31 - The life and death of the nation-state. Transitioning from the taxation based state to becoming more of a customer and paying for what you want. 1:05:19 - The unique aspects of America being exported a lot and making other places just as important, and the sustainability aspect of the large intellectual diversity in America. 1:08:52 - A community being formed more on a shared idea of a future, rather than a shared past or shared blood. Also, living in different countries and the future of various countries economies. 1:17:00 - Discussing the return of violence mentioned in the book. Governments, companies, and employees fighting any opposition. 1:20:00 - How some large companies are evading American taxes by routing income in different countries. 1:24:03 - Employee owned versus investor-owned companies and hiring contractors rather than employees. 1:34:19 - The book’s predictions on how the cyber-economy will be evolving, most of which we’ve already seen. Also, some thoughts on how the last shift to a fully based cyber-economy may happen. 1:36:40 - The future of cryptocurrency, some impediments with them, and some thoughts on the inflation of cryptocurrencies. 1:38:44 - Some other prediction’s the book made on what will happen when the economy shifts to being fully online and some thoughts on this from Nat and Neil. 1:43:04 - This risk of unemployment due to job automation and higher skill levels being required. Also, some of the issues with this happening and possible revolts. 1:52:45 - The need for finding work you that you truly enjoy doing and finding meaning for your life. 1:57:52 - Wrap-up, some last thoughts on the book and in general, and some last pieces of advice. If you enjoyed this episode, don’t forget to subscribe at https://madeyouthinkpodcast.com “If you can teach yourself to solve problems, you have a bright career ahead. No matter where you live, you will find problems galore in need of solving. 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Discover more tech podcasts like this: Tech Podcast Asia. Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award Winning Podcast Agency. After graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles, Anna Gong spent the following 20 years forging a globe spanning career in the enterprise software space, experiencing both startup life (5 of them) and corporate life (3 multi-national corporations) and in the process creating the perfect training ground for her current role as the CEO of Perx Technologies. Perx was a pioneer in the customer loyalty and rewards space in Singapore with a well defined Business to Consumer model. After joining Perx towards the end of 2014, Anna quickly realized that her enterprise software background was going to be a key ingredient to get Perx to the next level. Anna has a unique and well developed view on how to best serve both businesses and customers in this space and was convinced that moving to a B2B2C model was the best way to accelerate the growth of Perx...Her investors at Golden Gate Ventures and Eduardo Saverin agreed.
Cory Briggs (@CoBriggs12) graduated from Harvard in 2014 with a degree in Sociology. At college, Cory played for the Harvard Football team, wining the Ivey League Championship in 2011 and 2013. Also during college, Cory worked inside the NFL Cleveland Browns back office – an ultra competitive position, especially for a college student. Immediately after college, Cory scored a position as an assistant football coach with Tufts University – again, an ultra competitive position. Today, Cory helps to manage a multi-million real estate investment portfolio. In this episode, Cory and I discuss: Why dropping the “H-Bomb” represents every reason why students should attend an Elite College, How to network with influencers, such as Facebook’s co-founder, Eduardo Saverin, and How to use email to effectively connect with anyone. Cory's "tweetable" advice: “Follow your passion to happiness, don’t follow the paycheck.” Check out Cory’s accomplishments on LinkedIn or follow him on Twitter!
Apple acusada de obsolescência programada; Microsoft é uma das empresas mais "cool" do momento; Lançamento PlayStation 4; Eduardo Saverin explica sua ida à Cingapura; Polícia Civil de SP ganha aliado hollywoodiano; Vovó de 104 anos teve que mentir idade no Facebook.
The bestselling author of Bringing Down the House tells the story of the accidental creation of Facebook and the amazing tale of what followed. Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg were Harvard undergraduates and best friends, brilliant at math but awkward with the opposite sex. Their quest for admission to one of Harvard's elite clubs led them on a real life adventure and ruined their friendship.A graduate of Harvard, Ben Mezrich has written 11 books, both fiction and nonfiction.Recorded On: Monday, September 21, 2009
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