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Big Tech's biggest names are throwing their weight behind Donald J. Trump in the biggest possible way, first as candidate and now as president-elect.Erin Griffith, who covers tech companies and Silicon Valley for The Times, charts the tech billionaire Marc Andreessen's journey from top-tier democratic donor to Trump adviser, and explains what it reveals about the growing MAGA-fication of Silicon Valley.Guests: Erin Griffith, who covers tech companies and Silicon Valley for The New York Times.Background reading: Inside Mark Zuckerberg's sprint to remake Meta for the Trump era.The executives of tech's biggest companies largely ignored Mr. Trump before the 2016 election. This time around, they were far more friendly.Wealthy donors to the president-elect's campaign anticipate a more business-friendly atmosphere, including the firing of Biden-era regulators.For more information on today's episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. Unlock full access to New York Times podcasts and explore everything from politics to pop culture. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

In this week's deep dive into the US presidential election, we examine why Donald Trump's cognitive abilities and decline are receiving less scrutiny than Joe Biden's did – and whether people are finally recognizing the former president's deteriorating communication skills. Join us as Erin Griffith from The New York Times sheds light on Elon Musk's influence on politics and the increasing involvement of Silicon Valley billionaires in political affairs. We also cover the latest polling updates and explore serious allegations of Russian interference through the alleged funding of right-wing commentators. Nikki McCann Ramírez of Rolling Stone, Jacob Jarvis, and Chris Jones discuss the most pressing issues in American politics, and dabble in a minor cognitive test of their own – and even recite some Trump speeches… We're also on Youtube – watch here. Follow us on social media:  Twitter Instagram  TikTok Written and presented by Chris Jones, Jacob Jarvis and Nikki McCann Ramírez. Audio editor: Simon Williams. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Executive producer: Martin Bojtos. Artwork by James Parrett. Music: Orange Factory Music. AMERICAN FRICTION is a Podmasters Production. www.podmasters.co.uk  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Silicon Valley leaders have been weighing in loudly on the upcoming presidential race. Over four hundred venture capitalists and other tech executives recently signed a pledge to support Vice President Kamala Harris, while some prominent holdouts like Tesla CEO Elon Musk are backing former President Donald Trump. To learn more about the tech figures getting involved in this election and precisely what's at stake for them in the 2024 election, we spoke with New York Times business journalist Erin Griffith.And in headlines: the United States and Russia complete a major prisoner swap, Israel says it killed the head of the Hamas military in July, the Senate blocks a bill that would've expanded the child tax credit, and an incredible comeback from Team USA's Simone Biles.Show Notes:Subscribe to the What A Day Newsletter – https://tinyurl.com/3kk4nyz8What A Day – YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@whatadaypodcastFollow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday     

Until recently, the nation's tech capital, Silicon Valley, was seen as a liberal bastion, but the tech billionaires are starting to diverge in their political ideologies. Erin Griffith, New York Times reporter covering tech companies and Silicon Valley, explains what's going on with the infighting and how wealthy tech donors are influencing the 2024 presidential election.

Silicon Valley presents itself as a haven for tech start-ups wanting to change the world for the better. But, beneath the facade, it has a serious fraud problem. Why do tricksters thrive among the geniuses? Sam Bankman-Fried, founder of the FTX crypto exchange is the latest high-profile example – but he's far from being the first tech start-up founder to wind up in jail. Erin Griffith is a reporter for the New York Times specialising in tech and finance – and joins Chris Jones in The Bunker to discuss this dark phenomenon.  • “When there's a lot of free money going around, that's going to attract a lot of people to exploit that.” – Erin Griffith • “The venture capital investors who are backing these companies are sophisticated… but there's also an element of FOMO because there are only so many startups that might be the next Facebook.” – Erin Griffith • “I'm not sure anything is changing apart from some of these charges for fraud that are now being prosecuted in criminal court.” – Erin Griffith We are sponsored by Indeed. Go to Indeed.com/bunker for £100 sponsored credit Support us on Patreon. Written, presented and produced by Chris Jones. Audio production: Jade Bailey. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bluesky, the Twitter spin-off, is now open for public sign-ups. Can its dreams of decentralization fix social media? We talk with CEO Jay Graber. Then, New York Times reporter Erin Griffith on how Adobe's failed acquisition of Figma has spooked tech companies and upset Silicon Valley's startup pipeline. And finally, updates on ancient scrolls and artificial intelligence, Google's chatbots, and the fight between record companies and TikTok. Today's guests: Jay Graber, CEO of BlueskyErin Griffith, reporter for The New York TimesAdditional Reading: What Is Bluesky and Why Are People Clamoring to Join It?After Its $20 Billion Windfall Evaporated, a Start-Up Picks Up the PiecesFirst passages of rolled-up Herculaneum scroll revealedGoogle Releases Gemini, an A.I.-Driven Chatbot and Voice AssistantUniversal Music Group Pulls Songs From TikTokWe want to hear from you. Email us at hardfork@nytimes.com. Find “Hard Fork” on YouTube and TikTok.

Some of the richest, most outspoken investors in the tech world are behind a company that has bought nearly 60,000 acres of mostly farmland in Solano County. They say they want to build a new city from scratch.  But who are they? And why do they want to do this? Erin Griffith with The New York Times explains. Links:  The Silicon Valley Elite Who Want to Build a City From Scratch Elected Officials to Meet with Silicon Valley Investors Behind $800 Million Solano County Land Grab This episode was produced by Alan Montecillo and Maria Esquinca, and hosted by Ericka Cruz Guevarra. Episode transcript

Are New York City's new rules for short-term rentals like Airbnb effectively a ban? And will they accomplish what proponents want them to? Then, The New York Times tech reporter Erin Griffith on Silicon Valley's mad dash for GPUs. And finally, we take stock of the A.I. songs of the summer and discuss YouTube and Universal Music Group's plan to make synthetic voices profitable.On Today's Episode:Erin Griffith is a New York Times journalist based in the San Francisco bureau, where she reports on technology start-ups and venture capital.Additional Information:New York City's new regulations for short-term rentals go into effect soon.Start-ups are on a “desperate hunt” for GPUs. (There's even a song about it.)Creators are using A.I. voices to imitate Freddie Mercury, Johnny Cash, Eric Cartman from “South Park,” and others.Google and YouTube have different approaches to compensating creators whose work is used to train A.I. tools.

What the hell is ChatGPT, and why are these pasty nerds telling us it's going to save the world? Hannah and Maia bring you a special, pre-season episode with a discussion of this new AI technology and what it means for the future of our world. The democratization of this smooth-talking chatbot means even YOU can bully a robot into doing your homework. But does democracy really mean that everyone has a grubby finger in the proverbial tech pie, or has humanity begun to miss the point a bit? What is the point anyways? Well Hannah and Maia are here to tell you, so put on your tin hats, sound the Luddite alarm, and get in your bunkers for a very spicy episode. Support us on Patreon and get juicy bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/rehashpodcast Intro and outro song by our talented friend Ian Mills: https://linktr.ee/ianmillsmusic SOURCES: Ted Chiang, “ChatGPT is a Blurry JPEG of the Web” The New Yorker (2023). --- “Will A.I Become the New McKinsey?” The New Yorker (2023). Amitai and Oren Etzioni, “Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated?” Issues in Science and Technology, Vol. 33, No. 4 (2017). Mehmet Firat, “How Chat GPT Can Transform Autodidactic Experiences and Open Education?” University of Anadolou (2023). Erin Griffith, “Reid Hoffman Is on a Mission: To Show A.I. Can Improve Humanity” The New York Times (2023). David McCabe, “White House Pushes Tech C.E.O.s to Limit Risks of A.I.” The New York Times (2023). Cade Metz, “OpenAI Plans to Up the Ante in Tech's A.I. Race” The New York Times (2023). --- “‘The Godfather of A.I.' Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead” The New York Times (2023). --- “With $1 Billion From Microsoft, an A.I. Lab Wants to Mimic the Brain” The New York Times (2019). Tobias Res, “Non-Human Words” Daedalus (2022).

Erin Griffith is a reporter at the New York Times. She joins Big Technology Podcast to break down the week's news. We cover: 1) The end of Blue Check verification on Twitter for notable users. 2) The open letter to stop AI research processing beyond its current state. 3) Whether we could stop developing AI technology, even if we wanted to. 4) Italy's plan to stop ChatGPT. 5) Police departments using facial recognition to make wrongful arrests. 6) The rising field of 'prompt engineers.' 7) Startup funding after SVB 8) The continuing wind down of SPACs. 9) Gweneth Paltrow's victory in her skiing trial. Enjoying Big Technology Podcast? Please rate us five stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ in your podcast app of choice. For weekly updates on the show, sign up for the pod newsletter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/6901970121829801984/ Questions? Feedback? Write to: bigtechnologypodcast@gmail.com

The debate over whether and how to regulate social media has been boiling for years. The Supreme Court may have the final say, but will a ruling address mounting complaints with how these platforms work, from misinformation to censorship? Evan is joined by Richard Reisman, founder of Teleshuttle Corporation, an innovation studio based in New York City. He argues that fixing social media requires a fundamental rethink that moves us past the firehoses and filter bubbles that most Americans experience online. Can social media be more like bars, churches, and clubs where people filter their experiences in the physical world? And what's the difference between freedom of expression and freedom of impression?“Delegation, Or, The Twenty Nine Words That The Internet Forgot,” by Richard Reisman and Chris Riley in Tech Policy Press“Clubhouse, a Tiny Audio Chat App, Breaks Through,” by Erin Griffith and Taylor Lorenz in New York Times“Free Speech Is Not the Same As Free Reach,” by Renee DiResta in WIREDSmartly Intertwingled, Richard Reisman's blog"Into the Plativerse through Fiddleware," by Richard Reisman 

Tom Dotan, Katie Benner, and I became friends in San Francisco back in 2014 when we all worked as technology reporters at The Information. But we didn't achieve that core pillar of modern friendship until August 2021 when we started a podcast together. Insider generously let Tom co-host the podcast with me — and Katie, a reporter at the New York Times, came on every few episodes as a regular special guest.A year and a half ago we kicked off the show with an interview of Rippling CEO Parker Conrad. Since then, publishing most Tuesdays, we've pumped out 69 episodes and have built up a loyal following of listeners for our niche tech media podcast. With our intense focus on how the media covers technology stories, we've become a must-listen for newsrooms, tech public relations shops, startup world movers and shakers, and tech industry onlookers. We've had a variety of guests on the show. We've featured venture capitalists, startup founders, political operatives, and security experts. In our most popular episode, we took a look at the media's coverage of the rise and fall of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick with the old Uber CEO's former top deputy, Emil Michael. Reporters, especially our reporter friends, have been a regular fixture of the show. We've talked with reporters like the New York Times' Erin Griffith and Mike Isaac, the Wall Street Journal's Deepa Seetharaman, Rolfe Winkler, and Kirsten Grind, Semafor's Ben Smith and Reed Albergotti, Insider's Aki Ito, Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz, and Puck's Teddy Schleifer.Now the show — at least as we've come to know it — is coming to an end. Tom is taking a job at the Wall Street Journal and he's stepping back from his co-hosting duties. Today's episode is our last together. The episode is a fun look back at some of the themes that we've explored over the past year and a half. I'd encourage you to DM Tom on Twitter with your Microsoft story ideas and tips. Hopefully Tom will come back on the show as a guest and this memoriam will look overblown.This iteration of the Dead Cat show is going out on a high, apparently ranking number two among tech news shows at this moment.Going forward, I plan to continue podcasting and would love to get your input on the future of the show. I might keep the name “Dead Cat,” or I might not. I'm rather fond of it. (By the way, I explain the origins of the show's name here.)Leave a comment or send me an email with your thoughts on what the future of the podcast should be. I'm open to suggestions for co-hosts, interview subjects, topics, show names, etc. As I talk about on this week's episode, I'm inclined to align the show more closely with Newcomer newsletter content, meaning going forward it will probably be more focused on the business of technology and less about how it's covered. In January, I hope to experiment with different formats and see what works. I think the podcast will continue to be free, meant to draw people into the newsletter and to attract a broader audience. I might pause the show in February for a relaunch or might decide that I can keep my stride. We'll see!Anyway, this was a really enjoyable last episode to record. I hope you'll give it a listen and help us wish Tom farewell.Give it a listen Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe

Tom Dotan, Katie Benner, and I became friends in San Francisco back in 2014 when we all worked as technology reporters at The Information. But we didn't achieve that core pillar of modern friendship until August 2021 when we started a podcast together. Insider generously let Tom co-host the podcast with me — and Katie, a reporter at the New York Times, came on every few episodes as a regular special guest.A year and a half ago we kicked off the show with an interview of Rippling CEO Parker Conrad. Since then, publishing most Tuesdays, we've pumped out 69 episodes and have built up a loyal following of listeners for our niche tech media podcast. With our intense focus on how the media covers technology stories, we've become a must-listen for newsrooms, tech public relations shops, startup world movers and shakers, and tech industry onlookers. We've had a variety of guests on the show. We've featured venture capitalists, startup founders, political operatives, and security experts. In our most popular episode, we took a look at the media's coverage of the rise and fall of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick with the old Uber CEO's former top deputy, Emil Michael. Reporters, especially our reporter friends, have been a regular fixture of the show. We've talked with reporters like the New York Times' Erin Griffith and Mike Isaac, the Wall Street Journal's Deepa Seetharaman, Rolfe Winkler, and Kirsten Grind, Semafor's Ben Smith and Reed Albergotti, Insider's Aki Ito, Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz, and Puck's Teddy Schleifer.Now the show — at least as we've come to know it — is coming to an end. Tom is taking a job at the Wall Street Journal and he's stepping back from his co-hosting duties. Today's episode is our last together. The episode is a fun look back at some of the themes that we've explored over the past year and a half. I'd encourage you to DM Tom on Twitter with your Microsoft story ideas and tips. Hopefully Tom will come back on the show as a guest and this memoriam will look overblown.This iteration of the Dead Cat show is going out on a high, apparently ranking number two among tech news shows at this moment.Going forward, I plan to continue podcasting and would love to get your input on the future of the show. I might keep the name “Dead Cat,” or I might not. I'm rather fond of it. (By the way, I explain the origins of the show's name here.)Leave a comment or send me an email with your thoughts on what the future of the podcast should be. I'm open to suggestions for co-hosts, interview subjects, topics, show names, etc. As I talk about on this week's episode, I'm inclined to align the show more closely with Newcomer newsletter content, meaning going forward it will probably be more focused on the business of technology and less about how it's covered. In January, I hope to experiment with different formats and see what works. I think the podcast will continue to be free, meant to draw people into the newsletter and to attract a broader audience. I might pause the show in February for a relaunch or might decide that I can keep my stride. We'll see!Anyway, this was a really enjoyable last episode to record. I hope you'll give it a listen and help us wish Tom farewell.Give it a listen Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe

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How the bankruptcy of FTX, the world's third-largest crypto exchange, undermines trust in cryptocurrency and decentralized finance, making it even more difficult for crypto to ever be taken seriously as a monetary alternative.Topics covered include:How FTX squandered its customers' depositsHow FTX is another example of a private money bank runHow traditional securities lending works and why it is very low risk compared to the highly speculative nature of cryptocurrency lending platformsHow FTX's demise is impacting numerous entities including Voyager, BlockFi, Bitcoin miners, venture capitalists, and many othersHow should individual investors store cryptocurrency, and does it even make sense to continue to own itFor more information on this episode click here.SponsorsLinkedIn – Post your job for freeMoney For the Rest of Us PlusShow NotesDon't Miss Out on Crypto: Larry David FTX CommercialThe spectacular implosion of crypto's biggest star, explained by Emily Stewart—VoxDivisions in Sam Bankman-Fried's Crypto Empire Blur on His Trading Titan Alameda's Balance Sheet by Ian Allison—CoinDeskFTX held less than $1bn in liquid assets against $9bn in liabilities by Antoine Gara, Kadhim Shubber, and Joshua Oliver—Financial TimesFTX balance sheet, revealed by FT Alphaville—Financial TimesFTX Tapped Into Customer Accounts to Fund Risky Bets, Setting Up Its Downfall by Vicky Ge Huang, Alexander Osipovich, and Patricia Kowsmann—The Wall Street JournalAfter FTX: Rebuilding Trust in Crypto's Founding Mission by Noelle Acheson—CoinDeskHow Sam Bankman-Fried's Crypto Empire Collapsed by David Yaffe-Bellany—The New York TimesExclusive: At least $1 billion of client funds missing at failed crypto firm FTX by Angus Berwick—ReutersInvestors Who Put $2 Billion Into FTX Face Scrutiny, Too by Erin Griffith and David Yaffe-Bellany—The New York TimesFTX signs deal with option to buy BlockFi for up to $240 mln by Niket Nishant and Aditya Soni—ReutersVoyager Digital and Voyager Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors Provide Update on Reorganization Plan—CisionCrypto lender BlockFi says it has significant exposure to FTX by Manya Saini and Shailesh Kuber—ReutersCoinbase Quarterly EarningsRelated Episodes393: What Happens If Your Brokerage Firm Goes BankruptSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

The Twitter / Elon saga entered a new phase today. Elon Musk reversed course and agreed to buy Twitter at the previously agreed upon $44 billion. But we're still thinking about Musk's text messages that came out as part of discovery in the Delaware court case.On the latest episode of Dead Cat, we reveled in the many bizarre and often sycophantic texts that emerged during discovery. Tom Dotan and Eric Newcomer, along with recurring guest New York Times reporter Erin Griffith, give a close reading to the private messages of the Silicon Valley glitterati.We dish on texts from All-In hosts Jason Calacanis and David Sacks, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, and Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff. Would Emil Michael or Bill Gurley make for a better Twitter CEO?Fellow Substacker Alex Kantrowitz did a great job compiling some of the greatest hits. So you can read along.We mourn our shattered reality that Musk's texts aren't full of Grade A genius ideas for reforming Twitter.Give it a listen. Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe

The Twitter / Elon saga entered a new phase today. Elon Musk reversed course and agreed to buy Twitter at the previously agreed upon $44 billion. But we're still thinking about Musk's text messages that came out as part of discovery in the Delaware court case.On the latest episode of Dead Cat, we reveled in the many bizarre and often sycophantic texts that emerged during discovery. Tom Dotan and Eric Newcomer, along with recurring guest New York Times reporter Erin Griffith, give a close reading to the private messages of the Silicon Valley glitterati.We dish on texts from All-In hosts Jason Calacanis and David Sacks, Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, and Salesforce co-CEO Marc Benioff. Would Emil Michael or Bill Gurley make for a better Twitter CEO?Fellow Substacker Alex Kantrowitz did a great job compiling some of the greatest hits. So you can read along.We mourn our shattered reality that Musk's texts aren't full of Grade A genius ideas for reforming Twitter.Give it a listen. Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe

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Former Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was found guilty of conspiracy to defraud investors, last week. U.S. prosecutors declared the high-profile verdict a win, despite her not being found guilty on a number of other charges. New York Times reporter Erin Griffith joins us to discuss what's next in the sentencing, and the case's implications for Silicon Valley. And in headlines: Several universities were sued for allegedly violating antitrust laws in order to limit student financial aid, Myanmar's ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to four more years in prison, and a man received the first-ever transplant of a genetically modified pig heart. Show Notes: New York Times: “How to help survivors of the deadly Bronx apartment fire” – https://nyti.ms/3JV1uqu Follow us on Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/whataday/ For a transcript of this episode, please visit crooked.com/whataday Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CNN's Oliver Darcy joins Recode's Peter Kafka to discuss the way conservative media covers - and, importantly, doesn't cover - the 1/6 riot and its aftermath. Then, NYT's Erin Griffith reports back from the frontlines of the Elizabeth Holmes/Theranos trial, with tales of 3 AM wake-ups and keyboard mufflers. And she argues that Holmes' story is Silicon Valley's story, whether Silicon Valley likes it or not. Featuring: Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy), Senior Media reporter at CNN Erin Griffith (@eringriffith), Tech & VC reporter at The New York Times Host: Peter Kafka (@pkafka), Senior Editor at Recode More to explore: Subscribe for free to Recode Media, Peter Kafka, one of the media industry's most acclaimed reporters, talks to business titans, journalists, comedians, and more to get their take on today's media landscape. About Recode by Vox: Recode by Vox helps you understand how tech is changing the world — and changing us. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New York Times reporter Erin Griffith returns to the show to catch us up on what's been going on with the Elizabeth Holmes trial. To the surprise of many, Holmes took the stand to defend herself. Griffith updates us on her lunch, the politics of queuing outside of the courthouse, and Holmes' legal strategy. At the 33:40 mark Katie Benner joins hosts Tom Dotan and Eric Newcomer. We talk about Andreessen Horowitz crypto partner Chris Dixon's anti-media tweets and Bloomberg Businessweek's story on Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz purportedly slowly stepping back from their eponymous firm. We touch on leadership drama at Instacart and talk about fancy restaurants, including the viral review of Bros., Lecce. Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe

New York Times reporter Erin Griffith returns to the show to catch us up on what’s been going on with the Elizabeth Holmes trial. To the surprise of many, Holmes took the stand to defend herself. Griffith updates us on her lunch, the politics of queuing outside of the courthouse, and Holmes’ legal strategy. At the 33:40 mark Katie Benner joins hosts Tom Dotan and Eric Newcomer. We talk about Andreessen Horowitz crypto partner Chris Dixon’s anti-media tweets and Bloomberg Businessweek’s story on Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz purportedly slowly stepping back from their eponymous firm. We touch on leadership drama at Instacart and talk about fancy restaurants, including the viral review of Bros., Lecce. Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe

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We're joined by New York Times tech reporter Erin Griffith. She's been on the scene in San Jose covering the fraud trial against Elizabeth Holmes—tech's trial of the century, or at least the decade, or maybe of a generation. We talk about the surprisingly plodding pace of such a high profile trial, what kind of a case the prosecution appears to be building and what will be the broader reckoning for the tech industry. If there will be one at all. Get full access to Newcomer at www.newcomer.co/subscribe

We're joined by New York Times tech reporter Erin Griffith. She's been on the scene in San Jose covering the fraud trial against Elizabeth Holmes—tech's trial of the century, or at least the decade, or maybe of a generation. We talk about the surprisingly plodding pace of such a high profile trial, what kind of a case the prosecution appears to be building and what will be the broader reckoning for the tech industry. If there will be one at all.

Hey Q Crew! Right off the top we had some audio quality challenges this week. We had a new set up with the fabulous Miss Jessica James joining us for some shenanigans and tomfoolery! We were just going to do a deep dive only, but the stuff in the Elizabeth Holmes / Theranos trial started poppin' off a little and we just could wait. So we catch up on what happened this last week with the invisible lab director, petty actions against journalists, and the existence of an “innovation fee” perplexes us! Then Tanya slipped with some information on her personal life and Jess and I flipped out! Next week will be a deep dive and then we will get back to the Lizzie Caper. We are on baby watch for Tanya's grandbaby Amaru who should be here any day now! So we might be a little delayed coming back. Ill keep you guys updated on our Facebook page with what's going on! Love your faces! Lara Links we covered in this episode: New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/15/technology/elizabeth-holmes-trial-theranos-takeaways.html by Erin Griffith and Erin Woo CNN https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/16/tech/elizabeth-holmes-trial-recap/index.html  by Sara Ashley O'Brien     Check out our Theranos series and some of our Theranos update episodes! Theranos Part 1 https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-q8s49-b987da Theranos Part 2 https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2nics-ba77f3 Theranos Part 3 https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dzpt4-bbd87f Updates https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-vg6gd-ff1067 https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-247ei-104edbc https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ghjpb-1088877 https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-s4bse-106c1ed https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-9uaqi-10d1b20 https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/rx9bte/Cornfuzzled.mp3 https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-tiq9t-10f51c8 https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-bfdnb-10feaec https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-s4bse-106c1ed https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-rfuhy-ceeba4   #elizabethholmes #heranos #scandal #comedypodcast #johncarreyrou #wallstreetjournal #trialrecap #trialupdate   Keep sending you stories, deep dive topics, and questions to qasincucumber@yahoo.com. Don't forget to like and subscribe and all that jazz on iTunes or your favorite podcasting platform! Also follow us on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/QasinCucumber Enjoy! Love your faces, Lara Thank you to the amazing DVS NME for the use of his music in our intro and outro! Check him out here! https://dvsnme.bandcamp.com/ https://soundcloud.com/dvsnme

Tonight, we talk with VettedVa and Debt Does Deals founder/owner Christopher Griffith and his life-partner in crime, Erin Griffith. Get the candid behind-the-scenes views of couples who have made the move to build empires... while raising kids, keeping marital bliss, fighting the never ending laundry battle, sacrificing so much for each other... and how everything is essentially his fault.

Erin Griffith is the New York Times reporter at the trial for Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes. She joins Big Technology Podcast to bring us inside the courtroom, explaining why Holmes is on trial and whether she'll be a rare founder to face consequences for misleading investors. We also discuss whether Holmes is emblematic of the venture capital world's downsides, or an outlier. You can find Erin on Twitter, @eringriffith

The trial of Elizabeth Holmes, former CEO and founder of the blood test company Theranos, is set to begin next week. Holmes is charged with wire fraud, having allegedly defrauded investors about the accuracy of Theranos’ technology. She’s pleaded not guilty. Many other women founders — especially in biotech and health care — have been getting compared to Holmes. Marketplace’s Jed Kim speaks with Erin Griffith, a reporter who covers startups and venture capital for The New York Times. Griffith says investors often ask female entrepreneurs to prove they’re not another Theranos.

The trial of Elizabeth Holmes, former CEO and founder of the blood test company Theranos, is set to begin next week. Holmes is charged with wire fraud, having allegedly defrauded investors about the accuracy of Theranos’ technology. She’s pleaded not guilty. Many other women founders — especially in biotech and health care — have been getting compared to Holmes. Marketplace’s Jed Kim speaks with Erin Griffith, a reporter who covers startups and venture capital for The New York Times. Griffith says investors often ask female entrepreneurs to prove they’re not another Theranos.

The trial of Elizabeth Holmes, former CEO and founder of the blood test company Theranos, is set to begin next week. Holmes is charged with wire fraud, having allegedly defrauded investors about the accuracy of Theranos’ technology. She’s pleaded not guilty. Many other women founders — especially in biotech and health care — have been getting compared to Holmes. Marketplace’s Jed Kim speaks with Erin Griffith, a reporter who covers startups and venture capital for The New York Times. Griffith says investors often ask female entrepreneurs to prove they’re not another Theranos.

MoBike have raised close to a billion dollars in funding for their bike sharing startup which has expanded beyond their native country to be found all around the world. Their Co-founder and CTO, Joe Xia, tells Erin Griffith of Wired how they did this.Support the show (https://websummit.com/)

NYT's Erin Griffith gives us the inside scoop on the Apple and Epic Games trial after being front and center on trial day one. Then, investor Garry Tan provides us with his anti-Amazon thesis highlighting that “If Amazon is the empire, we like to fund rebels.” Tan, the first-ever Coinbase investor, also gives his take on the future direction of cryptocurrency. In light of the tech selloff today, CNBC's Dom Chu zeroes in on the performance of small to mid-cap tech stocks since the start of the year. Later, listen to CNBC's Julia Boorstin on the advertising wars heating up—not only are top tech companies competing in this space, but retailers like Walmart and Target are joining the fight as well. Also, more details on Bill and Melinda Gates splitting up after 27 years, including how they plan to split their fortune. And live from San Jose, CNBC's Scott Cohn on what to expect from the Elizabeth Holmes' trial set to begin today.

Sam talks to Kim Tran, an anti-racist author and consultant, about her article in Harper's Bazaar on how the diversity, equity and inclusion industry has strayed from its movement roots. Plus, what's an NFT? And why are people buying them? And what are they again? Sam breaks it all down with tech reporters Bobby Allyn and Erin Griffith to explain the phenomenon of the non-fungible token — and whether it can last. You can follow us on Twitter @NPRItsBeenAMin and email us at samsanders@npr.org.

NFTs are the latest blockchain fascination that everyone seems to be talking about and few seem to understand. Erin Griffith, a New York Times journalist who covers technology start-ups and venture capital, explains what they are and how they’ve become so popular. This segment is guest-hosted by Matt Katz.

The TikTok user who longboarded with a Cran-Raspberry Ocean Spray bottle in his hand to the sound of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” is now selling the original video for $500,000 through non-fungible tokens. New York Times Technology Start-up and Venture Capital Reporter Erin Griffith joins John Williams to explain how a transaction like that works and […]

Millions of dollars are being poured into digital artworks - or "non-fungible tokens" - in a speculative craze that has set the internet ablaze. So-called NFTs are tradeable, collectable digital assets that can take the form of an image, a video, or a piece of music. Some are fetching huge prices, and they're extremely controversial. New York Times technology journalist Erin Griffith spoke to Corin Dann.

The TikTok user who longboarded with a Cran-Raspberry Ocean Spray bottle in his hand to the sound of Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” is now selling the original video for $500,000 through non-fungible tokens. New York Times Technology Start-up and Venture Capital Reporter Erin Griffith joins John Williams to explain how a transaction like that works and […]

Erin Griffith, dog photographer based out of Montreal, started the Eva Effect, a series on women and their dogs. Photographing these special bonds nationally, Erin collects stories in photographs, podcasts, and videos. Learn more about dog photography and cultivating meaning in personal work with Erin Griffith. If you are a new listener to Photo Opp, I'd love to hear from you. DM me @meganbreukelman with any questions or ideas, and join the Facebook Group for meaningful discourse within the community. Handy Dandy Resources: The Eva Effect @theevaeffect The Eva Effect Podcast Follow the Podcast: Podcast Feed Facebook Group Follow the Host: Instagram Twitter Facebook Pinterest Join the Community: Join the Photo Opp Podcast Facebook Group to get involved with the community, create meaningful discussion with other photographers, learn and grow.

What if Twitter was a podcast that you could live inside of? Today we're talking about Clubhouse. SOURCES: "Clubhouse May Be Social Media's Future. What's All The Hype About?" (NPR, Bobby Allyn, 02.11.2021), "Clubhouse app: what is it and how do you get an invite to the exclusive audio app?" (The Guardian, Rafqa Touma, 02.16.2021), "The Hot New Thing in Clubby Silicon Valley? An App Called Clubhouse" (NYT, Erin Griffith, Taylor Lorenz, 05.19.2020, "Facebook Is Said to Be Building a Product to Compete With Clubhouse" (NYT, Mike Isaac, 02.12.2021), "What Is Clubhouse? The Invite-Only Chat App Explained" (PC Mag, Eric Griffith, 02.02.2021). MUSIC: "Purple Hat (Sofi Tucker).

Will we eventually reach a point in technology where realistic sex dolls can become suitable companions? This week, Joshua and Jordan speak with Erin Griffith, an investigative journalist who came face-to-face with Henry, a sex bot from RealBotix that could be a glimpse into the future of human companionship. RealBotix, founded by Matt McMullen, is working on creating the perfect realistic humanoid that McMullen claims is not just about sex. Once fully completed, Henry should be able to have in-depth conversations with his human counterpart, assuming that person can afford the hefty $12,000 price tag. But the hyper-sexualized dolls littering the RealBotix warehouse, and the fact that most of the people in the company are male, indicates there's still an issue with inclusion. So could sex bots like Henry be the cure for loneliness in the future, especially for women who are often forgotten in this field, or will our real-world biases and a male-dominated tech industry create the same issues that plague us today? Follow Wild Wild Tech Love Wild Wild Tech, but hate the ads? Subscribe to the ad-free version here!: https://wildwildtech.supercast.tech/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wildwildtechpod/  Twitter: https://twitter.com/wildwildtechpod/  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today’s guest is none other than Erin Griffith from The New York Times. Erin has been a Correspondent for NYT since 2018. She currently reports on technology start-ups and venture capital from the San Francisco bureau. Erin has also been with many other notable news outlets including Wired, Fortune, and Adweek.  During the episode, Erin tells us about the type of stories she’s been focusing on at NYT, the importance of subject lines, one of her favorite stories she’s written, and more.

You're receiving my Tuesday podcast because you're a paying subscriber of Maybe Baby. Thank you! To listen in your preferred app, click “Listen in podcast app.” Then it should automatically populate there every week.Hello!This week's podcast is special because the guest is my friend and comedian Catherine Saint Siena, whom I was this close to starting a podcast with earlier this year before everything imploded, so I'm considering this ep a peek into a parallel universe. For the first time I've split this conversation into two parts. This first one is all about workism: the American zeal for work-as-identity, the unlikely impacts of that, the ways we've felt it, and how we want to challenge it. (In case you missed it, I answered a question about this in my last newsletter.) Part two is all about romantic relationships and the pivotal moment when you're deciding whether to stay or go (another question I answered last week). We both have so many stories and ideas about both that we didn't shut the f**k up for nearly two hours, hence two parts. Here is a photo Catherine took for her Instagram so she could make a joke about CEOs, but can you believe she looks like this: Some links to things we mention: “On Self-Respect,” by Joan Didion“Workism Is Making Americans Miserable,” by Derek Thompson for The Atlantic“Is There Such a Thing as a Dream Job?” by Sarah Jaffe for Dame MagazineDo What You Love: And Other Lies About Success and Happiness by Miya Tokumitsu“Readers Discuss American Workism and Its Discontents” by The Atlantic”Why Are Young People Pretending to Love Work?” by Erin Griffith for The TimesThis interview with Elizabeth Anderson about how modern workplaces are run like dictatorships for Jacobin Thanks for listening!HaleyThis month a portion of subscriber proceeds will be redistributed to Palante Harlem Inc, a New York-based nonprofit working to reduce poverty, end tenant exploitation, and advocate for safe housing in Harlem.Subscribe • Request a free subscription • Ask Dear Baby a question • Gift a subscription This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit haleynahman.substack.com/subscribe

Millennials are often called the "hustle generation." They're famous for side gigging, bootstrapping, and burning out. But what really is hustling, and where did it come from? This week on Word Bomb, Pippa and Karina meet hustle culture at the source, investigating the way we talk about work-all the way from its Jim Crow-era roots to 1950s workaholism, 90s rap to Silicon Valley startups. There are so many articles on the phenomenon of millennial hustle culture, but you might want to start with Anne Helen Petersen's "How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation"(https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/annehelenpetersen/millennials-burnout-generation-debt-work) and Erin Griffith's ,Why Are Young People Pretending to Love Work?, (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/business/against-hustle-culture-rise-and-grind-tgim.html) For more reading on the Black roots of the word "hustle" and how the word has been co-opted by startup culture, we recommend checking out this great 2020 article (https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/04/03/826015780/when-the-hustle-isnt-enough) from Isabella Rosario of NPR's Code Switch, as well as Lester Spence's book Knocking the Hustle: Against the Neoliberal Turn in Black Politics. Credit for "Everyday Struggle": The Notorious B.I.G./Sony Music Entertainment/youtube.com Credit for "I Just Wanna Love U (Give It 2 Me)": JAY-Z/Universal Music Group/youtube.com Credit for "U Don't Know": JAY-Z/Universal Music Group/spotify.com Credit for "Hustlin'": Rick Ross/Universal Music Group/youtube.com Thanks for listening! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Interface - This week was the deadline for ByteDance to divorce itself of TikTok over security concerns, but at press time no deal has been struck. Instead, https://www.getrevue.co/profile/caseynewton/archive/278780 the deadline for ByteDance to divorce itself of TikTokHere are Alex Sherman and Lauren Feiner at CNBCwe covered here MondaySaleha Mohsin, Nick Wadhams, and Jennifer Jacobs at BloombergElsewhere at Bloomberghere are David McCabe, Erin Griffith, Ana Swanson and Mike Isaacresignedtook overmore interesttheir abrupt 2018 departure from the companywrote the most comprehensive account to date of Instagram’s storynothing but politethe next waveRT.livehe only lasted in the job for three months

GeneralSubscribe to Fully Vested at FullyVested.co or through your podcast app of choice.Cashdrop's $2.7M SeedCASHDROP, a Chicago-based contactless payments and mobile-first e-commerce platform company founded by Mexican immigrant Ruben Flores-Martinez, announced that it raised $2.7 million in seed funding back in early August. Harlem Capital led the deal, which saw participation from Founder Collective, Long Journey Ventures, and M25. Individual investors in the round include Cyan Banister (now a partner at Long Journey Ventures), Adobe chief product officer Scott Belsky, Fullscreen founder George Strompolos, and YouTube pioneer Michelle Phan.CASHDROP's unique differentiators are its economic model and software platform. The company says new merchants can spin up an online storefront for their products and services in as little as 15 minutes. CASHDROP includes inventory management and reporting features, and may expand to more service business verticals in the future. Its biggest point of leverage is its economic model. Rather than taking a commission/marketplace fee from businesses on the platform, CASHDROP charges the customer a 5% convenience fee, leaving the platform free to use for businesses and relatively inexpensive for consumers. The company has seen significant user growth during COVID, mostly from restaurants seeking to sidestep high marketplace fees imposed by incumbent food ordering platforms like DoorDash, GrubHub, and Uber Eats.Read more about the deal:Mobile-First Commerce Platform CASHDROP Announces $2.7M Seed Round to Empower Small Business Owners (Press release on PR Newswire)Start-Ups Braced for the Worst. The Worst Never Came. (Erin Griffith in The New York Times)A Mobile Storefront In Under 15 Minutes: Cashdrop’s Platform Secures $2.7M In Seed Funding (Christine Hall for Crunchbase News)Cashdrop Raises $2.7M to Grow Its E-Commerce App (Nona Tepper for BuiltInChicago)Mobile-First Commerce Platform CASHDROP Announces $2.7M Seed Round to Empower Small Business Owners (Jim Dallke for BizJournals)(Disclosure: Jason and Graham are friends with members of the CASHDROP team. Jason served as a compensated advisor and service provider to the company during its funding round announcement, and Graham has financial ties to one of the firms which invested in the round.)Trove's $16M Series AOn August 25th, Bay Area-based startup Trove announced it had raised $16 million in a Series A round, with media reporting it was raised at a $75 million post-money valuation. Andreessen Horowitz led the round. The company was part of Y Combinator's S20 batch and successfully raised their round pre-Demo Day.Trove is in the business of helping startups communicate the potential value of equity (usually offered as options of some sort) issued as part of typical employee compensation packages to prospective recruits and current members of the team. This, in theory, gives employees greater transparency into the current and potential value of the shares they're issued, while also helping employers allocate equity more wisely. Simultaneously, Trove grants access to anonymized market performance data to help employers understand what other industry participants are offering their prospective employees.Read more about the deal:YC’s most anticipated startup raised $16M from a16z before Demo Day(Natasha Mascarenhas publishing in TechCrunch)Barn2Door's $6M Series A2On August 26th, Seattle area online marketplace startup Barn2Door raised $6 million in a new round of funding led by Bullpen Capital. Participating investors in the deal include Sugar Mountain, Raine Ventures, Quiet Capital, Lead Edge Capital, and Global Founders Capital. Crunchbase lists the round as a Series A, though the round type was not named explicitly in media coverage of the transaction. Barn2Door raised $3.4 million for the first tranche of its Series A back in October 2019; that particular round was led by Lead Edge Capital out of New York. According to Golden, the company has raised nearly $12.5 million across its publicly-disclosed funding rounds.Barn2Door operates a vertical-specific marketplace platform aimed at helping farmers sell their produce, proteins, and other agricultural products directly to consumers via e-commerce. The company's platform works for different types of farms (dairy, produce, animal proteins, flowers, etc.) and service models ranging from subscription community-supported agriculture (CSA) boxes, to on-farm pickup, local delivery, and even shipping, depending on the model of the farm's direct-to-customer business. Barn2Door, founded in March 2015, is part of a growing trend of companies which offer more direct connections between farmers and end consumers. The growing D2C side of some farm businesses helps the farmer generate higher margin on agricultural products.Read more about the deal:Barn2Door raises $6M as demand rises for its software used by farmers to sell food online (Taylor Soper for Seattle tech-focused publication GeekWire)Barn2Door Raises $6M for Platform that Connects Farms and Consumers(Chris Albrecht for food tech-focused online news outlet The Spoon)UndockBased in New York City, Undock is a company building software which helps people who schedule lots of meetings (which is probably most of us these days) schedule those meetings right from their email inbox. The interaction model is neat: Using a little NLP magic, Undock's plugin detects when a user is proposing times for a meeting; based on the user's availability and preferred times to meet, Undock will drop down some times which work, and the proposed time is entered as a link in the outgoing email. Recipients can confirm the time by clicking the link in the email. Undock detects if a message is going to another Undock user, and is able to suggest times which are mutually agreeable for all parties. On August 24, the company announced it raised $1.6 million in a seed round led by Lightship Capital. Participating investors in the deal include Bessemer Venture Partners, Alumni Ventures Group, Active Capital, Lerer Hippeau, as well as individual investors Arlan Hamilton (founding partner of Backstage Capital) and veteran startup ops exec Sarah Imbach.Read more about the deal:Lightship Capital Leads $1.6 Million Financing Round for Undock (Lightship Capital)Lightship Capital Leads $1.6M Financing Round For AI-Enabled Productivity Platform, Undock (Shanique Yates for AfroTech.com)Undock Raises $1.6 Million for Its Software to Make Virtual Meetings Less Terrible (Sherrell Dorsey for The Plug)Startups To Watch: CH4 Global, Mustard, Undock, LaunchNotes (Christine Hall for Crunchbase News)About The Co-HostsJason D. Rowley is a researcher and writer at Golden.com. He volunteers with startup outreach for the open-source community and sends occasional newsletters from Rowley.Report.Graham C. Peck is a Venture Partner with Cultivation Capital and additionally helps companies build technology development teams in partnership with Brightgrove and other technology development organizations.

Erin Griffith, Domestic Correspondent at the New York Times covering Venture Capital and Startups, joins us for a conversation about getting media attention for your company, what it takes to be a journalist, and what tips she has to recognize the truth in every story. First, we’ll talk about Elon Musk’s Twitter rant, its affect on the company stock price, and his role as CEO of Tesla. Afterwards, we’ll catch up with Justin Lafazan - Co CEO of NextGen HQ - to talk about how the networking and events industry is responding to COVID-19. After our interview with Erin, we’ll discuss Spotify’s growth through 2020, how COVID has affected the type of music we listen to, and how Spotify stacks up next to Apple Music. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Union Square Ventures partners Fred Wilson and Albert Wenger talk with Erin Griffith (The New York Times) about the firm's investing thesis to solve the climate crisis. Topics covered include: - The firm's entry into climate technology and recent portfolio investments - What the firm looks for in climate technology sectors - How capitalism can co-exist with climate solutions, and the role for government - Why there's reason for optimism

How does a company lose $39 billion in value in just a few weeks? This week we’re diving into all the unicorn companies that rode a wave of venture capital hype onto the rocky, unforgiving shores of the stock market. It’s not just WeWork either — Uber, Slack, Snap and plenty of other tech darlings have struggled after their splashy IPOs. Is it the exception or the rule? And what’s it say about how investors assess a company’s value? Here to help us sort through it is the New York Times’ Erin Griffith, who reports on startups and the VC world.

Matty K speaks with Erin Griffith who reports for the New York Times on developments in the world of tech. Grind Culture, working all day everyday, began with the start-ups and is now embraced by many industries. But how healthy is Toil Glamour? What happened to time AWAY from work? Where does work end and where do YOU begin?

Co-founder and Co-MD of Secha Capital Rushil Vallabh joins Andile Masuku and Musa Kalenga for the very first in-studio taping of 2019. Andile, Musa and Rushil chat through some notable signals and trends they've observed in Africa’s digital, tech and innovation ecosystem over the last month or so, then unpack issues raised by a New York Times (NYT) article entitled, More Start-Ups Have an Unfamiliar Message for Venture Capitalists: Get Lost - penned by Erin Griffith - which caused quite a stir on social media. The NYT piece raises some contentious issues currently being debated within Africa's early-stage startup investment scene— some of which were tackled on episode 124 entitled, Is Venture Capital a Ponzi Scheme? feat. Grant Phillips of PhilTech Consulting, which, incidentally, featured Rushil as guest host. Listen to hear why African startup founders might do well to embrace the "joy of missing out" aka JOMO by rejecting investment doctrine that prioritises raising ever increasing rounds of capital and pursuing growth at all costs over building sustainable/profitable ventures. To skip straight to that discussion, head to [55:12]. Topics discussed in this episode: AMA.ZING, part of the Zing Group, withdraws from Zimbabwe [4:52] The Econet Group is beasting right now [12:46] Econet Group Chairman Strive Masiyiwa vs Minority Shareholders [16:25] Vodacom's #PleaseCallMe PR Nightmare [20:51] Naspers now controls Russia’s largest classified advertising platform [30:50] Andela closes $100 million funding round [34:52] Cairo Angels claims to have invested $2.3 million in 24 startups [36:36] Egyptian bus-sharing startup Swvl is expanding to Kenya [38:37] Xiaomi plans to establish a formal presence in Africa [48:27] Facebook and Google compromise Apple's privacy regime [49:47] Image credit: Erwan Hesry

Dan examines how startups are pushing back against venture capitalists with Erin Griffith, San Francisco based reporter for the New York Times. Plus, in the "Final Two", a new candidate for Intel CEO and the slow pace of the electric car revolution.

Cryptocurrencies, fertility, and Nigerian corruption on this week's Slate Money with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Erin Griffith. Production by Daniel Schroeder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cryptocurrencies, fertility, and Nigerian corruption on this week's Slate Money with Felix Salmon, Anna Szymanski, and Erin Griffith. Production by Daniel Schroeder Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Is Facebook losing its mojo and, if so, is it YOUR FAULT as a real estate investor? Find out how real estate may have BROKEN FACEBOOK in today’s episode. I’m Carole Ellis. This is episode 39. So is Facebook really losing its magic, and are real estate investors to blame? It looks like the social media behemoth could be heading for a rough patch according to some hard numbers recently released by Fortune Magazine. I’ll tell you all about those numbers in just a minute, but before we get to cold, hard, sad (for Facebook) numbers, I’d like to mention some numbers that will have you breaking out the confetti instead. Here are just a few: 2.3 million, 180,000, and 232. Confused? Don’t be. Those numbers all have to do with deals that a certain commercial real estate EXPERT who is also a frequent guest on this podcast has done recently, and let’s just say that the “big numbers” have to do with fast flips and property values (where she bought with none of her own money) and that “smaller” number, 232, has to do with the number of cash-flowing units in a certain building she recently acquired, with her students, from the bank. Intrigued? You should be! Did I mention the “Star Student” who bought the $2.3 million property is a stay-at-home grandmother? Get all the details NOW by heading right over to www.REI.Today/Important to access case studies, training, and lots of great information.Now, back to Facebook’s breakdown, such as it is, by the numbers…Here’s the nasty number at the heart of the problem: 21 percent. According to Fortune Magazine, Facebook users are sharing 21 percent LESS than they used to, and that’s a big problem because it indicates a disconnect between users and each other and between users and Facebook. “It’s a key vulnerability,” columnist Erin Griffith explained, adding that it makes the entire platform feel less like a “special and intimate place to share things” and more like a “big, impersonal, professional platform.” That’s bad news for Facebook because even though the platform makes its money via advertising, when it starts feeling impersonal, that makes it inherently less trustworthy and the value of the ad placed on the platform declines.So what does this have to do with real estate investors?Well, according to Erin (and a number of other analysts agree with her), the fact that so much of the content that is shared on Facebook these days is “professional,” meaning that it is sourced from another location rather than personally created, as a status update would be, lies at the heart of the Facebook dilemma. Because that content is often found elsewhere online, Facebook is in danger of losing its “identity,” she said, adding that the very things that attracted professionals and businesses, like real estate investors, to the platform is now detracting from the value they get by maintaining a presence there. She also noted that although sharing of personal information is down, that doesn’t mean Facebook use is down. In fact, 65 percent of Facebook’s monthly active users (who number 1.6 billion by the way) come back every single day.So how can you, as a real estate professional, use Facebook in a way that continues to garner you the most value for your time and money? Here are three suggestions:First, take the time to learn about Facebook advertising. At REI Today, we believe that Facebook ads, much like other targeted ads, may have a limited lifespan (there will always be the “next big thing,” after all) but if you learn to use them effectively, as long as those 104 million people are coming back every day to check in on the platform, effective, targeted advertising is going to get views and responses.Second, create a personal “oasis” within the Facebook community. You can create private groups on Facebook where you not only establish a sense of belonging among members, but where you can curate the content and make sure it’s not just something that can be read elsewhere online. You may restrict it to things of interest to group members, personal postings, and items on your own website, for example.Finally, work on lowering the bar for posting within your personal group on Facebook. Keep a close eye on your privacy settings so that people know that what they post with you will stay private and safe within the group. Buzzfeed writer Alex Kantrowitz recently pointed out that people don’t post personal feelings on Facebook anymore even though they still post personal milestones because a rogue post can easily cost a person their reputation or their job. If you can help your target audience feel secure with you, you’ll be even more likely to keep their attention and their loyalty when it comes to working with you.One way that Facebook is working to make the user experience more personal once more is through new features like “reactions,” which now supplement the ubiquitous like button, and Facebook Live, a live video stream option. You can read the company’s own take on these new tools in our REI Today Vault, and let me tell you, reading it in their own words is pretty interesting. Check it out at www.REI.Today/Vault right now and then let me know what you think! Not yet a member? No worries at all! text REITODAY no spaces, no periods, to 33444 I’ll provide you with fast, immediate access to all sorts of great trainings, news coverage, interviews, and lot more timely information that will help make your investing safer, faster, and more profitable.And remember, when you do that, you’ll also be able to GROW YOUR NETWORK by interacting with me and your fellow listeners to REI Today… so stop by to ask questions, make comments and network with other investors across the country. Text REITODAY no spaces no periods to 33444 or head over to www.REI.Today/Vault right now.REI Nation, thanks for listening in and always remember this:Your best investment is your own education. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Erin Griffith at East Taranaki Environment Trust heads Project Ultra, and over the summer she's been collecting images of long-tailed bats in hopes of learning more about them, their habitats, and population numbers in the Taranaki region.

Props to Erin Griffith in Fortune, September 2, 2015.

Erin Griffith joins Nick on the podcast to discuss venture in the media including: If you take a 30,000 foot look at the media environment what are the major categories of venture players within media? How has the mix of players changed in recent years? This certainly isn't new, but...   To listen more, please visit http://fullratchet.net/podcast-episodes/ for all of our other episodes. Also, follow us on twitter @TheFullRatchet for updates and more information.

In this week's episode of PandoWeekly, Erin Griffith interviews Phillippe von Borries and Justin Stefano, the co-founders and co-CEOs of Refinery29. Refinery29 just raised $20 million in fresh capital to invest in its fashion and lifestyle media property, after a year of experimenting with commerce and deciding it just wasn't worth it. We're going to have an in-depth discussion of the whole "content and commerce" trend that has swept media startups for the past year. We'll break down why commerce wasn't right for Refinery29, and whether those reasons are universal, to the category or unique to it. 

In this week's episode of PandoWeekly, Erin Griffith interviews Phillippe von Borries and Justin Stefano, the co-founders and co-CEOs of Refinery29. Refinery29 just raised $20 million in fresh capital to invest in its fashion and lifestyle media property, after a year of experimenting with commerce and deciding it just wasn't worth it. We're going to have an in-depth discussion of the whole "content and commerce" trend that has swept media startups for the past year. We'll break down why commerce wasn't right for Refinery29, and whether those reasons are universal, to the category or unique to it. 

This week Erin Griffith of PandoDaily interviews hardware vet Scott Miller, who runs a "Kickstarter for hardware" crowdfunding platform called Dragon Innovation. We'll discuss scaling hardware startups, the challenges of China, and why we're in a so-called hardware revolution. 

This week Erin Griffith of PandoDaily interviews hardware vet Scott Miller, who runs a "Kickstarter for hardware" crowdfunding platform called Dragon Innovation. We'll discuss scaling hardware startups, the challenges of China, and why we're in a so-called hardware revolution. 

Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder and Y Combinator's "Ambassador to the East," has a new book out called "Without Their Permission." On this installment of PandoWeekly, Erin Griffith talks to Ohanian about his book, the power of the Internet, and various other Web-related things (cats?).    

Alexis Ohanian, Reddit co-founder and Y Combinator's "Ambassador to the East," has a new book out called "Without Their Permission." On this installment of PandoWeekly, Erin Griffith talks to Ohanian about his book, the power of the Internet, and various other Web-related things (cats?).