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Ideal Power CEO Daniel Brdar joined Steve Darling from Proactive to provide a comprehensive update on the company's progress during the first quarter of 2025, highlighting significant advancements in both product development and customer traction. Brdar reported a strong start to the year, with the company completing its Symmetrical Super Current Breaker (SSCB) prototypes tied to its first commercial design win three months ahead of schedule. This accelerated development timeline sets the stage for a commercial ramp in the industrial SSCB market, which is expected to become a key revenue driver in the second half of 2025. Ideal Power's proprietary B-TRAN® technology is gaining momentum across multiple verticals, thanks to its ability to deliver superior energy efficiency and faster switching capabilities. Brdar shared that the company has received positive feedback from automotive giant Stellantis, which has encouraged not only the continued advancement of the existing drivetrain inverter program, but also the launch of a new high-priority initiative focused on electric vehicle (EV) contactors. Further expanding its strategic customer base, Ideal Power has secured a new order from a third Forbes Global 500 company—a major player in the power management sector. This partner is evaluating B-TRAN® for use in circuit protection solutions targeting DC microgrids that support solar and wind power distribution systems, a fast-growing segment of the renewable energy landscape. With its expanding roster of industry-leading partners and early commercial traction in core markets, Ideal Power is advancing steadily toward becoming a key enabler of next-generation power electronics. #proactiveinvestors #idealpowerinc #nasdaq #ipwr #EVTechnology #DanielBrdar #Stellantis #SemiconductorInnovation #SymCool #ElectricVehicles #BTRAN #EnergyStorage #ProactiveInvestors #SolidStateCircuitBreakers #ElectricVehicles #Stellantis #EVTech #PowerElectronics #CleanEnergy #TechInnovation #ProactiveInvestors

In this episode of Scrappy ABM, host Mason Cosby breaks down a playbook submission from Jimmy, who is targeting Forbes Global 2000 companies with an AI governance platform. Mason provides strategic advice on how to focus ABM efforts, select the right vertical and region, and approach target accounts effectively.Best Moments:(00:32) Introduction to Jimmy's ABM playbook submission(00:45) Breakdown of the ICP: Forbes Global 2000 companies with $5.8B+ revenue(01:37) Mason's first recommendation: Focus on one geo and one industry at a time(04:05) Strategy for targeting companies with AI governance programs through event panels(05:33) Insights on positioning an AI governance platform to solve compliance challenges(06:51) Recommendation to focus on healthcare or financial services verticals(07:07) Advice on targeting approach: start with influencers and work up to executives

pWotD Episode 2751: Microsoft 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 537,399 views on Tuesday, 12 November 2024 our article of the day is Microsoft.Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Its best-known software products are the Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity applications, the Azure cloud computing platform, and the Edge web browser. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers. Microsoft ranked No. 14 in the 2022 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue; and it was the world's largest software maker by revenue in 2022 according to Forbes Global 2000. It is considered one of the Big Five American information technology companies, alongside Alphabet (parent company of Google), Amazon, Apple, and Meta (parent company of Facebook).Microsoft was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to develop and sell BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Windows. The company's 1986 initial public offering (IPO) and subsequent rise in its share price created three billionaires and an estimated 12,000 millionaires among Microsoft employees. Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market and has made several corporate acquisitions, the largest being the acquisition of Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in October 2023, followed by its acquisition of LinkedIn for $26.2 billion in December 2016, Nuance Communications for $16 billion in March 2022, and Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion in May 2011.As of 2015, Microsoft is market-dominant in the IBM PC compatible operating system market and the office software suite market, although it has lost the majority of the overall operating system market to Android. The company also produces a wide range of other consumer and enterprise software for desktops, laptops, tabs, gadgets, and servers, including Internet search (with Bing), the digital services market (through MSN), mixed reality (HoloLens), cloud computing (Azure), and software development (Visual Studio).Steve Ballmer replaced Gates as CEO in 2000 and later envisioned a "devices and services" strategy. This unfolded with Microsoft acquiring Danger, Inc. in 2008, entering the personal computer market for the first time in June 2012 with the launch of the Microsoft Surface, and later forming Microsoft Mobile through the acquisition of Nokia's devices and services division. Since Satya Nadella took over as CEO in 2014, the company has scaled back on hardware and instead focused on cloud computing, a move that helped the company's shares reach their highest value since December 1999. Under Nadella's direction, the company has also heavily expanded its gaming business to support the Xbox brand, establishing the Microsoft Gaming division in 2022, dedicated to operating Xbox in addition to its three subsidiaries (publishers). Microsoft Gaming is the third-largest gaming company in the world by revenue as of 2024.In 2018, Microsoft became the most valuable publicly traded company in the world, a position it has repeatedly traded with Apple in the years since. In April 2019, Microsoft reached a trillion-dollar market cap, becoming the third U. S. public company to be valued at over $1 trillion after Apple and Amazon, respectively. As of 2024, Microsoft has the third-highest global brand valuation.Microsoft has been criticized for its monopolistic practices and the company's software has been criticized for problems with ease of use, robustness, and security.Microsoft is one of only two U. S.-based companies that have a prime credit rating of AAA.Microsoft recognizes seven trade unions representing 1,750 workers in the United States at its video game subsidiaries Activision Blizzard and ZeniMax Media. U. S. workers have been vocal in opposing military and law-enforcement contracts with Microsoft. Bethesda Game Studios is unionized in Canada. Microsoft South Korea recognizes its union since 2017. German employees have elected works councils since 1998.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:34 UTC on Wednesday, 13 November 2024.For the full current version of the article, see Microsoft 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 neural Olivia.

Today's guest is Luke van der Waals, Demand-to-Deliver Value Stream Owner at SLB. SLB is a global technology company driving energy innovation for a balanced planet. They are the largest offshore drilling company by revenue as of 2022 and were ranked 349th largest company globally by the Forbes Global 2000 list that same year. Luke joins us on today's show to explore the evolving complexities of global supply chains and procurement. He shares insights on the challenges of maintaining resilience amid geopolitical tensions, inflation, and post-pandemic disruptions—especially in the energy sector. Luke also offers a candid look at how conflicts, such as those in Ukraine and the Red Sea, amplify supply chain risks and emphasizes the importance of balancing local sourcing with global constraints to control costs and ensure seamless operations. This episode is sponsored by Arkestro. Learn how brands work with Emerj and other Emerj Media options at emerj.com/ad1.

Joseph Grenny is the coauthor of four New York Times bestsellers, including Crucial Conversations, Crucial Accountability, Change Anything, and Crucial Influence. His work has been translated into 28 languages, is available in 36 countries, and has generated results for more than half of the Forbes Global 2000. Joseph is also a globally sought after keynote speaker, and has shared the stage with Jack Welch, Brené Brown, Jim Collins, and General Colin Powell among others.  In addition to his writing and speaking, Joseph serves as chairman of the board for the Other Side Academy, a peer-run residential school for people with long histories of crime, homelessness, and addiction. In this episode we discuss the following: At the heart of most disappointment in organizations are conversations that people are either not holding or not holding well, in part because many of us think that there are just some conversations that we can't have. But Joseph's work shows that you can talk with almost anyone about almost anything as long as you create enough safety. If people feel safe, and that you're motives are appropriate, then they'll let you say almost anything you need. Joseph witnessed this firsthand when he intervened during a fight at the airport. By showing the aggressor that he understood and cared for him, Joseph was then able to deliver the truth that the man's behavior was unacceptable. In seconds the man moved from aggression to apology. Follow Joseph: X: https://twitter.com/josephgrenny LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joseph-grenny-a89081b/ Follow Me: X: https://twitter.com/nate_meikle LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natemeikle/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nate_meikle/  

Dans cet épisode de "Mon Podcast Immo", Ariane Artinian reçoit Olivier de Chabot-Tramecourt, directeur général Mercure Forbes Global Properties pour une interview sans langue de bois sur la réalité de la crise immobilière actuelle et l'état des lieux de l'immobilier patrimonial. Les biens immobiliers patrimoniaux tels que les châteaux, manoirs et autres belles demeures d'exception situés en milieu rural semblent épargnés par la baisse des prix déjà actée et celle qui s'amorce pour 2024. "Les prix immobiliers devraient baisser entre 15 à 20% en 2024, estime Olivier de Chabot-Tramecourt. Mais les biens patrimoniaux sont peu ou pas impactés, car ils ont évolué sur des prix raisonnables. Ils n'ont pas grimpé de 50% comme dans les villes". De même, les biens patrimoniaux s'avèrent plutôt bien notés en matière de diagnostic de performance énergétique. Pourtant, il y a bien un sujet de rénovation clivant : l'usage des matériaux et l'application des techniques modernes. Cet épisode a été enregistré en live du salon RENT. 

Join us on Wednesday, August 9 @ 6pm EST for an exciting discussion with award-winning author, Joseph Grenny as he shares his work on crucial conversations. Joseph is a New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including the communication classic, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High. His work has been used by nearly half of the Forbes Global 2000 and has helped millions of people achieve better relationships and results. He co-founded Crucial Learning, one of the world's most respected learning and organization development firms, offering courses in communication, performance, and leadership. Joseph is also the co-founder and current board chair of Unitus Labs, an international nonprofit that has helped more than 50 million people increase their self-reliance and provided capital arrangement services of more than $2 billion to some of the world's most successful socially oriented ventures. Joseph also co-founded The Other Side Academy (TOSA), a residential school that teaches vocational and life skills to people with histories of crime, addiction, and homelessness.

According to a 2021 UN-backed report, the world's food systems account for approximately one-third of human-caused emissions.2 Mark Schneider, CEO of Nestle, the world's largest food and beverage company1, joins The Bid to discuss how food – from the farm to the fork to the compost bin – plays a role in the transition to a low-carbon economy. Sources:1 About Us, Nestle S.A., June 2023 https://www.nestle-esar.com/aboutus and “Forbes Global 2000: The World's Largest Food Companies In 2022,” May 20222 Crippa, M., Solazzo, E., Guizzardi, D. et al. Food systems are responsible for a third of global anthropogenic GHG emissions. 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Joseph Grenny is a New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including the communication classic, Crucial Conversations. His work has been used by nearly half of the Forbes Global 2000 and has helped millions of people achieve better relationships and results. He cofounded Crucial Learning (formerly VitalSmarts), one of the world's most respected learning and organization development firms, offering courses in communication, performance, and leadership. Joseph also cofounded The Other Side Academy (TOSA), a residential school that teaches vocational and life skills to people with histories of crime, addiction, and homelessness. On today's Podcast Steve talks with Joseph about the program at TOSA and the resultant changes evident in their students' lives. He also shares how God called him into this vital mission and the influence he's had by being obedient to that calling. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/embracing-brokenness/support

Text Hawk to 66866 to become part of "Mindful Monday." Join 10's of thousands of your fellow learning leaders and receive a carefully curated email from me each Monday morning to help you start your week off right... Full show notes at www.LearningLeader.com Twitter/IG: @RyanHawk12   https://twitter.com/RyanHawk12 Frank Slootman is the CEO at Snowflake. Frank has over 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive in the enterprise software industry. Frank served as CEO of ServiceNow from 2011 to 2017, taking the organization from $100M in revenue, through an IPO, to $1.4B. Prior to that, Frank served as President at EMC following an acquisition of Data Domain Corporation, where he served as the CEO, leading the company through an IPO to its acquisition by EMC for $2.4B. He's also the best-selling author of Amp It Up. Notes: Frank's work ethic was developed as a child in the Netherlands. In his teens, he had summer jobs harvesting tulip bulbs and walking behind a tractor ten hours a day. He also cleaned factory toilets one summer in the plant where his dad worked. “The Man In The Arena” Theodore Roosevelt – Frank put this at the beginning of Amp It Up.  After retiring from ServiceNow in 2017, Frank had no intention of taking another CEO role, but people like him “have a hard time leaving the arena.” It's exciting to be back in a CEO role with Snowflake. Hiring -- “Hire people ahead of their own curve.” Hire more for aptitude than experience and give people the career opportunity of a lifetime. NO MBO -- “Another source of misalignment is management by objective (MBO). Which I have eliminated at every company I've joined in the last 20 years.” Push the pace -- Leaders set the pace. “Instead of getting back to me in a week, I asked, “Why not tomorrow?” Change the cadence. Push the pace. The leadership "must-have" qualities: A need to prove something Unbalanced They want to show the world something... They have passion High trust Need some ego, but it has to be in check Legacy? "I don't think about legacy much. When you're dead, you're dead." Frank's leadership team: We are not balanced, we are available to each other 24/7. Drivers vs. Passengers -- “Passengers are people who don't mind simply being carried along by the company's momentum …They are often pleasant, get along with everyone, attend meetings promptly, and generally do not stand out as troublemakers … While passengers can often diagnose and articulate a problem quite well, they have no investment in solving it.” Frank wants front-seat drivers who'll take ownership, make trouble, and help navigate. Raise Your Standards -- Push for insanely great. A leader must always push the standard higher. Focus -- “Founders don't have a mindset around operating companies. Focus is one of our number one things. You need to learn to have extreme, machine focus, and most people don't even know the beginning of what that means. They think they do, and they don't.” “I'm more of a Patton than an Eisenhower,” he says, known for constantly driving the troops forward. Sequoia's Carl Eschenbach remembers, “When we brought Frank into Snowflake, at our first board meeting he said, ‘Let me tell you how I'm running the board meetings and how you're going to participate. We're going to keep this very simple. I'm not even gonna tell you anything about the good stuff that's happening because you already know that—I'm going to dive into the shit that's broken and how we're going to fix it.'” Very Brief Retirement -- In 2017, Frank spent time regatta sailing, winning the iconic ocean race, Transpac. Race from Los Angeles to Oahu. (To win, “We focused on recruiting talent”). Put The Success of The Company Ahead of Your Own – If you want to build a Snowflake-sized company,  you can't be about the celeb-CEO lifestyle. “That's not real life. Real life is you're terrorized and uncomfortable every day of the week. People always ask me, ‘Is this normal?' I'm like, yep.” Snowflake - Hit the ground running on April 26, 2019.  Good news: They were on already on a tear. The bad news: “The company was quite impressed with itself.” Growth in all areas (revenue, retention rate, total customers, $1m Customers, Forbes Global 2000 Customers, Customer Satisfaction). The first 90 days as a new leader. It's a combat zone. You must quickly assess what's working, and what's not. Who should stay on the bus, and who should get off?

Welcome to Reimagining Company Culture, a series discussing emerging trends and priorities shaping the future of workplace culture and employee wellbeing. We highlight thought leaders who are constantly evolving their strategy and can provide insight to folks about how to address new business challenges.  AllVoices is on a mission to create safe, happy, and healthy workplaces for all, and we're excited to learn from experts who share our mission. In this episode of Reimagining Company Culture, we're chatting with Kamela Forbes, Global Director of Diversity & Inclusion at Pride Global.  Kamela Forbes Matheson has been doing transformative work in the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion space for over 5 years.Tune in to learn Kamela's thoughts on biases in performance management, celebrating & compensating ERG leaders, ensuring diverse backgrounds in candidates, and more!About AllVoices In today's workforce, people often don't feel empowered to speak up and voice their opinions about workplace issues, including harassment, bias, and other culture issues. This prevents company leadership from making necessary changes, and prevents people from feeling fulfilled, recognized, and included at work. AllVoices is an anonymous reporting platform built by experts to uncover workplace issues by giving employees a safe space to speak up. AllVoices simplifies collecting, managing, and resolving workplace issues and helps customers proactively identify and address patterns of workplace issues to improve the employee experience.Thanks for listening! Follow us on LinkedIn @AllVoices, to join our community of listeners.

On this episode of the Scouting For Growth podcast, Sabine VdL talks to Steve Abel from EPAM, a dedicated, results-oriented executive with a proven hands-on track record and superior ability to build highly effective teams to deliver success within all levels of an organization. EPAM is one of the best-kept secrets, voted one of the leading and fastest-growing information technology companies in the world. EPAM today leads the charge in the field of global digital and physical transformation and digital platform engineering services. The company has over 61,000 employees across 6 continents and 50 countries. In this episode, Sabine and Steve cover three main topics: Changes in the way innovation is delivered today, repairing broken processes with the right engineering mindset, and the requirements for building the business of tomorrow. KEY TAKEAWAYS The way technology solves problems today is from point solutions to point solutions. This is a flawed way to solve the technology problem and build highly effective business models. Imagine if there were tools that had 95% of what a business needs to operate. You would only buy things that are available as part of the packages. As an insurer, you would be able to gain benefits as you would need fewer specialists to determine whether to buy, build, or partner. Pull widgets that could be your integration engine. Could be cheaper than what is available, and you could rebuild in a bespoke way that is unique. I was in a stable job at KPMG. When the pandemic hit, I worked on a project with no real choice but to deliver tech assets quickly. Then I decided to do some investigating and discovered EPAM. They loved my idea and then thought about new technology in new ways to solve the client's problem with purpose in a different way. EPAM is multi-sectors, and I sit within the insurance business unit. How do startups grow? One option is to use cloud-based assets that ease the creation of reusable assets. This is a profound change in how people think about technology and business; cloud-based tooling, data mash-up, etc. We can unlock the power of these tools and bring them together as a unified landscape. Insurance carriers are struggling with geospatial data (for instance) because of their legacy systems and the way each carrier goes about integrating data into systems. Each carrier wants to know if they are getting unique information from you, but they don't need the dashboard or data very often. They want to process an algorithm that gives them an answer. BEST MOMENTS ‘A lot of commercialized software is not fit for purpose. Still, businesses operate thousands of spreadsheets. This is not right for the employees and gives poor customer service.'‘I love to wake up and ensure that customers do every day what they do best with others.'‘If you have not thought on how to do so. Hire an expert to think through the problem in a new way for you. You will get to the optimum outcome faster and likely cheaper too.'‘Get the right tools and get the approach right. I can ensure you, you will be impressed them.' ABOUT THE GUEST Steve Abel is a transformation executive with a dedicated, results-oriented executive, a proven hands-on track record and superior ability to build highly effective teams to deliver success within all levels of an organisation. Specialties: Program Management, Insurance, Operations, Shared Services, Enabling Technologies (Oracle, SAP, Workday, PeopleSoft, HFM, etc.), Business Process Reengineering, Finance Leading Practices (e.g., Procure to Pay, Record to Report), Insurance products and data, actuarial platforms (AXIS, Prophet, MG-Alfa, PolySystems, etc.), digital enablement, machine learning, artificial intelligence, cloud solutions, business, and technical architecture. Steve worked with large companies such as Capco, EY and KPMG. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevenabel/ Email: steven_abel@epam.com  EPAM: Since 1993, EPAM Systems, Inc. (NYSE: EPAM) has leveraged its advanced software engineering heritage to become the foremost global digital transformation services provider – leading the industry in digital and physical product development and digital platform engineering services. Through its innovative strategy; integrated advisory, consulting, and design capabilities; and unique 'Engineering DNA,' EPAM's globally deployed hybrid teams help make the future real for clients and communities around the world by powering better enterprise, education, and health platforms that connect people, optimise experiences, and improve people's lives.  In 2021, EPAM was added to the S&P 500 and included among the list of Forbes Global 2000 companies.   Selected by Newsweek as a 2021 and 2022 Most Loved Workplace, EPAM's global multi-disciplinary teams serve customers in more than 50 countries across six continents. As a recognized leader, EPAM is listed among the top 15 companies in Information Technology Services on the Fortune 1000 and ranked four times as the top IT services company on Fortune's 100 Fastest Growing Companies list. EPAM is also listed among Ad Age's top 25 World's Largest Agency Companies for three consecutive years, and Consulting Magazine named EPAM Continuum a top 20 Fastest Growing Firm. Website: https://www.epam.com/  ABOUT THE HOSTSabine is a corporate strategist turned entrepreneur. She is the CEO and Managing Partner of Alchemy Crew, a venture lab that accelerates the curation, validation, and commercialization of new tech business models. Sabine is renowned within the insurance sector for building some of the most renowned tech startup accelerators around the world working with over 30 corporate insurers and accelerating over 100 startup ventures. Sabine is the co-editor of the bestseller The INSURTECH Book, a top 50 Women in Tech, a FinTech and InsurTech Influencer, an investor & multi-award winner.  Twitter: SabineVdL LinkedIn: Sabine VanderLinden Instagram: sabinevdLofficial Facebook: SabineVdLOfficial TikTok: sabinevdlofficial Email: podcast@sabinevdl.com Website: www.sabinevdl.comThis show was brought to you by Progressive Media

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In this episode, Dan and Albert break down InfoSys. Infosys Limited is an Indian multinational information technology company that provides business consulting, information technology and outsourcing services. The company was founded in Pune and is headquartered in Bangalore. Infosys is the second-largest Indian IT company, after Tata Consultancy Services, by 2020 revenue figures, and the 602nd largest public company in the world, according to the Forbes Global 2000 ranking. Leave us a Review! If you enjoy listening to the podcast, we'd love for you to rate us 5-stars on iTunes / Apple Podcasts. Here's a link to leave a review right now :) In this episode we cover: What is Infosys? (2:48) How consultancy companies and Infosys use arbitrage (9:46) Infosys' competitive moat (14:43) Offshore vs Onshore business trends (22:10) Concerns about Infosys (30:18) Follow and subscribe to our content. All information contained in this podcast is for education and entertainment purposes only. It is not intended as a substitute for professional financial, legal or tax advice. The hosts of Fresh Capital are not financial professionals and are not aware of your personal financial circumstances. Any opinions expressed herein are not recommendations or advice. Please consult a licensed financial professional before you invest. For more information visit our website at https://www.freshcapital.media/ Got feedback or suggestions? Send them to freshcapitalpodcast@gmail.com

The world may be on the cusp of a new generation of computing. Its name? Quantum computing. Much like its precursors, quantum computing doesn't have a sole inventor or a single brand; it is the collective product of decades of work by many of the brightest minds in science and technology. The nascent industry is highly complex employing varied approaches to harness the power of quantum mechanics to solve challenges that classic computers simply cannot handle. A paradigm shift of computing may be coming, and it would have a far-reaching impact. Currently real, practical quantum computing applications are helping solve a myriad of business challenges. Hundreds of early quantum applications have been built attempting to address resource scheduling, mobility, logistics, drug-discovery, portfolio optimization and manufacturing processes. The world's first commercial supplier of quantum computers, D-Wave Systems Inc. (“D-Wave”) is a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services and is the only company building both annealing quantum computers and gate-model quantum computers. D-Wave's customers include more than two dozen of the Forbes Global 2000 companies, including Volkswagen, Accenture, NEC Corporation and Lockheed Martin. Of major interest is that D-Wave is working to complete a business combination transaction (Business Combination) with blank-check company DPCM Capital Inc. (NYSE: XPOA) (DPCM Capital Profile) to bring it public. In geekdom, D-Wave is already a household name, but as a public company, it is expected to gain even greater recognition for its products and services by helping to bring quantum computing into the mainstream. Other companies, such as Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) and Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ: HON), are also seeking to make significant contributions to quantum computing.

The world may be on the cusp of a new generation of computing. Its name? Quantum computing. Much like its precursors, quantum computing doesn't have a sole inventor or a single brand; it is the collective product of decades of work by many of the brightest minds in science and technology. The nascent industry is highly complex employing varied approaches to harness the power of quantum mechanics to solve challenges that classic computers simply cannot handle. A paradigm shift of computing may be coming, and it would have a far-reaching impact. Currently real, practical quantum computing applications are helping solve a myriad of business challenges. Hundreds of early quantum applications have been built attempting to address resource scheduling, mobility, logistics, drug-discovery, portfolio optimization and manufacturing processes. The world's first commercial supplier of quantum computers, D-Wave Systems Inc. (“D-Wave”) is a leader in the development and delivery of quantum computing systems, software, and services and is the only company building both annealing quantum computers and gate-model quantum computers. D-Wave's customers include more than two dozen of the Forbes Global 2000 companies, including Volkswagen, Accenture, NEC Corporation and Lockheed Martin. Of major interest is that D-Wave is working to complete a business combination transaction (Business Combination) with blank-check company DPCM Capital Inc. (NYSE: XPOA) (DPCM Capital Profile) to bring it public. In geekdom, D-Wave is already a household name, but as a public company, it is expected to gain even greater recognition for its products and services by helping to bring quantum computing into the mainstream. Other companies, such as Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL), International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE: IBM) and Honeywell International Inc. (NASDAQ: HON), are also seeking to make significant contributions to quantum computing.

Topics from this episode include: Previous jobs Influential people Altering practices to meet clients Creating contact through notes and gifts Writing Networking Serving the community Don't be afraid to serve a niche market Connect with Juli at : svenssonmartin.luxeoregon.com   Subscribe, Rate & Share Your Favorite Episodes!   Thanks for tuning into today's episode of Talking Business with your host, Darcey Edwards with Edwards Realty Trust and Queen Bee Leadership Training. If you enjoyed this episode, please head over to Apple Podcasts to subscribe and leave a rating and review. To learn more about  Darcey please visit her website or Queen Bee Leadership Training. She is also available on Instagram or Facebook.   Talking Business is sponsored by XposeHope a 501(c)3 organization dedicated to showing God's love to members of the adult entertainment industry regardless of where they are at. To learn more about XposeHope please visit our website, connect with us on Instagram, Facebook, and share your favorite episodes across social media. Special thanks to Lee Gochenour Photography for Video and Photography. This episode was produced by Christi Dodge of Dodge Media Productions.

Elindult a Budapest Centre for Long-term Sustainability és a Pallas Athéné Könyvkiadó közös, fenntarthatóság köré épülő podcast sorozata. Adásainkban a kiadó által megjelentetett kötetek szerzőivel beszélgetünk olyan hosszú távú megoldásokról, melyek a 21. századi társadalmi, gazdasági és környezeti kérdéseket egyaránt figyelembe véve, átfogó módon kezelik. Első vendégünk, Angus Forbes, elismert pénzügyi tanácsadó, aki 2007-ben azért lépett ki a pénzügyi szférából, hogy felhívja a figyelmet a bioszféra egyre gyorsuló pusztulására. Bolygónk globális hatósága című úttörő kötetével Forbes egyszerre kínál lebilincselő érvelést és átfogó megoldást a bolygó megmentésére. A szerzővel Gyura Gábor, a Magyar Nemzeti Bank Fenntartható Pénzügyek Főosztályának vezetője beszélgetett többek között arról, hogy az éghajlatváltozás elleni küzdelemben milyen vezérelvek mentén lehetne egy globálisan hatékony nemzetközi összefogást kiépíteni, és Forbes koncepciójának megvalósításához napjainkban milyen tényezők adhatnak valódi lendületet. Budapest Centre for Long-term Sustainability and Pallas Athéné Publishing House have launched the series of podcasts on sustainability. In our broadcasts, we talk to the authors of the books published by our publishing house about long-term solutions that deal with the social, economic, and environmental issues of the 21stcentury in a comprehensive way. Our first guest, Angus Forbes, a recognised financial advisor, who left the financial sector in 2007 and turned into a leading environmentalist, draws attention to the accelerating destruction of the biosphere. With his groundbreaking book, Global Planet Authority, Forbes offers both a captivating reasoning and a comprehensive solution to save the planet. In this show, Gábor Gyura, Head of the Sustainable Finance Department of the Central Bank of Hungary talked to Angus Forbes about the guiding principles for building a globally effective international cooperation in the fight against climate change, and what factors could give real impetus to Forbes' implementation today.

Here Spanish property expert, author and Managing Director of Marbella based agency Cloud Nine Spain Sean Woolley chats with local real estate marketing consultant Alfredo Bloy-Dawson about the "Year End Market Perspectives" report published by Forbes Global Properties from a local Marbella luxury real estate perspective. The 31-page International #luxury property market report is packed with stats and trends about the world's super-rich, (albeit with a slight slant toward the US market).

What issues are top of mind for the CEOs of Ireland's leading organisations? This is the question that the EY CEO Imperatives study set out to answer, and the results are revealed in this episode of The EY CEO Outlook podcast series.305 CEOs of the Forbes Global 2000 were surveyed about their perspectives on the DNA of the future enterprise, and the findings provide a fascinating insight into how the Covid-19 pandemic has rearranged and changed the priority list for business leaders.In this podcast, EY Ireland Head of Markets, Graham Reid, discusses the survey results with host Richard Curran, covering areas including:· The rise of purpose and empathy as a highly-valued characteristic in senior leaders.· Intangible value – what it is, and why so many CEOs value it so highly?· Why the hybrid work model is the future.· Mitigating digital risk while building trust and security.· Building Sustainability into all areas of the business, and why that is a rewarding long term play.

Interview with Denisse Goldfarb – Denisse is an HR executive with more than 20 years of experience. She has worked for Technology, Retail, Telecommunications and Oil & Gas, in Fortune 500 and Forbes Global 2000 companies such as Microsoft and Walmart. Denisse currently is Chief People Officer at Walmart Chile, managing 50,000 employees and nearly 400 stores.

How to Focus When You're Under Pressure and Overwhelmed: Carey Lohrenz........Our guest is Carey Lohrenz. As one of the first female F-14 Tomcat fighter pilots in the US Navy, CAREY LOHRENZ knows well that inconsistent execution in fast-moving, dynamic environments can generate catastrophic results. Lohrenz has translated her leadership and strategy experience in the Navy to help top business leaders supercharge their performance in today’s competitive business environments, adapt strategies under pressure, reduce errors, and overcome obstacles along the way. Carey has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, and NPR, and in Inc., Time, Huffington Post, and more. She has delivered her leadership and strategy experience to thousands of Forbes Global 2000, Fortune 500, and other companies worldwide. Carey Lohrenz is now a CEO, board member, business owner, and mom to four kids. She inspires individuals and organizations to lead through uncertainty, overcome pressure and adversity, and remain relevant and focused in a competitive marketplace. Find out more about Carey Lohrenz: http://www.careylohrenz.comSocial Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CareyLohrenz https://www.facebook.com/careydlohrenz Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/careylohrenz/ InstaGram: https://www.instagram.com/careylohrenz/

How to Focus When You're Under Pressure and Overwhelmed: Carey Lohrenz........Our guest is Carey Lohrenz. As one of the first female F-14 Tomcat fighter pilots in the US Navy, CAREY LOHRENZ knows well that inconsistent execution in fast-moving, dynamic environments can generate catastrophic results. Lohrenz has translated her leadership and strategy experience in the Navy to help top business leaders supercharge their performance in today’s competitive business environments, adapt strategies under pressure, reduce errors, and overcome obstacles along the way. Carey has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, NBC, and NPR, and in Inc., Time, Huffington Post, and more. She has delivered her leadership and strategy experience to thousands of Forbes Global 2000, Fortune 500, and other companies worldwide.  Carey Lohrenz is now a CEO, board member, business owner, and mom to four kids.  She inspires individuals and organizations to lead through uncertainty, overcome pressure and adversity, and remain relevant and focused in a competitive marketplace.  Find out more about Carey Lohrenz: http://www.careylohrenz.comSocial Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/CareyLohrenz https://www.facebook.com/careydlohrenz Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/careylohrenz/ InstaGram: https://www.instagram.com/careylohrenz/........To find out more about hiring Dov Baron as an advisor or strategist for yourself or your organization: http://DovBaron.com Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Frank Lu is Head of Ping An Blockchain Technology at OneConnect Smart Technology, a subsidiary of Ping An. Previously to Ping An, Frank Lu was one of the original founders of Hyperledger Fabric. In this podcast we discuss the different approaches to blockchain and the advantages of creating encrypted data networks for data privacy, cross validation of data and ability to run business logic on encrypted data.   About Ping An Ping An is a Chinese holding conglomerate with 30 subsidiaries that mainly deal with insurance, banking, and financial services. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Shenzhen. "Ping An" literally means "safe and well". Ping An ranked 7th on the Forbes Global 2000 list and 29th on the Fortune Global 500 list. The company is considered to be China's biggest insurer, with US$107 billion in gross premium income in 2018. Its market capitalization is at US$220 billion in July 2019, making it the world's largest insurer except for Berkshire Hathaway. Frank’s subsidiary, OneConnect Smart Technology, is mainly responsible for financial services. Frank heads the Technology Division for blockchain which is responsible for PingAn’s blockchain across the conglomerate.   What is blockchain? Blockchain is a shared ledger technology which provides a single source of truth to all participants on a blockchain. It’s a way for different participants to be able to manage and work on the same data source. Every time a change is done to the data source, all participants will have visibility of that change. It has features which makes it immutable thus ensuring any attempts to delete a record or change a record will get noticed by the other participants.   Frank’s journey to blockchain Back in 2013, Frank was part of the IBM WebSphere Strategy Team. His team was working on gamification technology which involved using coins and badges as game elements to motivate a workforce. In 2014, The project was pivoted to a mobile gaming backend as a service working for Jerry Cuomo. At that time Ethereum hadn’t yet launched but had published the Ethereum whitepaper along with a few lines of code which attracted the interest of the team Frank worked at. They investigated the Ethereum whitepaper to determine how they could use it for their gaming backend work. Based on the mobile gaming backend work a new project was launched, initially called “Blue Chain” that received $1m to explore blockchain solutions. John Wolpert was invited to lead Blue Chain and Richard Brownwas also invited to participate in the project. Initially the plan was to avoid having to start from scratch in building a blockchain solution. They looked at the possibility of partnering with Ethereum to bring their technology to the enterprise market. However, due to internal politics it was decided for IBM to build their own blockchain solution. The Blue Chain initiative was then called Hyperledger Fabric. In December 2015, Hyperledger Fabric was formerly launched under the auspices of the Linux Foundation. In early 2016, PingAn convinced Frank to join them.   PingAn’s blockchain technology As head of blockchain technology at PingAn, Frank has an interesting view of consortiums. In his opinion consortiums are formed by entities who are interested in accessing other people’s data. Everybody wants to leverage other people’s data, however most aren’t willing to share their own data. His criticism of Hyperledger’s approach to blockchain is its use of channels which is essentially a point to point connection between counterparties, something which you can do with existing traditional technologies. Hyperledger’s approach is if you want to make confidentiality a priority then you should use blockchain technology. PingAn has a different approach. Their blockchain technology is heavily based on cryptography where all data is encrypted on the blockchain and where the participants can run business logic on encrypted data.

Today’s businesses won’t see tomorrow without embracing tech-enabled disruption and adapting and evolving to meet the demands of the digital future. The path to an Autonomous Digital Enterprise—a state in which intelligent, integrated, value-creating functions operate with minimal human involvement across every facet of the organization and its ecosystem—begins with solutions that maximize the efficiency of your existing operations so you can deliver the innovative services and capabilities that attract and retain customers. From core to cloud to edge, BMC delivers the software and services that enable over 10,000 global customers, including 84% of the Forbes Global 100, to thrive in their ongoing evolution to an Autonomous Digital Enterprise. BMC's solutions help IT with artificial intelligence, automation, optimization, performance, security, and service management, covering everything from mainframe to multi-cloud. The BMC portfolio of open, scalable, modular technologies ensures that our customers can run and reinvent their businesses for growth and competitive edge while optimizing cost, performance, and security—just as we do, every day. Ayman Sayed was named president and chief executive officer of BMC Software, Inc., in October 2019. Before joining BMC, Ayman was president and chief product officer of CA Technologies, a $4.25 billion Fortune 500 company, where he was responsible for the vision, strategy, and development of their portfolio of products and solutions. During his tenure, he led a significant transformation of CA into higher-growth businesses, including infrastructure software management, security, automation, and DevOps. Ayman previously served as senior vice president at Cisco Systems. He led the Network Operating System Technology Group, responsible for the software on which nearly every Cisco networking product runs. He helped Cisco pioneer the programmable networks arena and drove innovation broadly across networking software, which enabled the evolution of the intelligent network to support application awareness and the Internet of Things. I invited Ayman onto Tech Talks Daily to share his vision for BMC as well as for the multi-cloud, big data, and automation spaces. He also shares how as we navigate the pandemic and head into 2021, enterprises need to use automation to drive innovation that will further business agility, customer centricity, and actionable insights.

For the final episode, Bec speaks with Budd Illic from Zscaler to discuss why you no longer need a corporate network when it comes to implementing a zero-trust strategy for your organisation. Zscaler was founded in 2007 on a simple but powerful concept: as applications move to the cloud, security needs to move there as well. Zscaler is responsible for securing more than 400 of the Forbes Global 2000 companies, and in the wake of COVID 19 has helped many companies facilitate remote working for their tens-of-thousands of employees. These organisations and others running some of the world’s most complex networks have quickly realised the benefits of Zscaler cloud-delivered security as a service. CREDITS: Host: Bec Ney, Head of Marketing at The Missing Link Guest: Budd Illic, Zscaler Producer: Amelia NavascuesSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Denial-of-service attacks continue to cripple New Zealand’s NZX stock exchange. The Empire criminal market has exited, and done so with its users funds. US authorities have filed for civil forfeiture of Hidden Cobra’s stolen crytpo assets. An Instagram hijacking campaign is under way. Qbot and Emotet are back, and together again. The former Green Beret who allegedly spied for the GRU offers an insight into his (alleged) motives. We welcome our newest partner to the show, Betsy Carmelite from BAH. Our guest is Mark Calandra from CSC on their 2020 domain security report that revealed shortfalls among the Forbes Global 2000. And the unnamed company cited in the arrest of a Russian national this week has now been named: it’s Tesla.  For links to all of today's stories check out our CyberWire daily news brief: https://www.thecyberwire.com/newsletters/daily-briefing/9/168

Join German & Oscar Buendia with Ruben Kanya as they talk about creating and learning from real estate “experiments”, and partnering with people 10 steps ahead to make rapid progress. Here’s a breakdown of what to expect in this episode:

Ash Pujari leads solution management for SAP Digital Supply Chain in APJ and Greater China. A 28 year veteran in this space, Ash has seen it all. He has been a practitioner, consultant, entrepreneur, sales leader, and value engineer - all in the space of supply chain management. With SAP, Ash joined to lead the Digital Supply Chain and IoT line of business for the APJ region where he oversaw a triple-digit growth in the cloud business. His current mandate is to help set up an Industry4.0 Lab in Japan along with driving the “design to operate” solution portfolio in the region. Prior to SAP Ash was part of the Asia leadership teams for Manugistics/JDA, Cap Gemini & SSA Global (now called Infor).SAP in  a few numbers: SAP has  100.000 employees and  437,000+ customers come in all sizes and work in every industry and geographic region you can imagine. They include 92% of the Forbes Global 2000 and 98% of the world's top 100 most valued brands. The company's revenue for 2019 was €27.553 billion euroDiscover more details here.Some of the highlights of the episode:Creating redundancies in the supply chain to mitigate risksCollaboration with employees to manage the crisisBuilding partnership through honestyHow SAP enables their team to work from homeMaking the process of hiring more data-drivenFollow us on:Instagram: http://bit.ly/2Wba8v7Twitter: http://bit.ly/2WeulzXLinkedin: http://bit.ly/2w9YSQXFacebook: http://bit.ly/2HtryLd

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Hi everyone! We are on to another edition of VC on air. With our wonderful host, the founder and managing partner of Click Ventures, Carman Chan. And for today’s guest, she was recognized by the Forbes Global 100 VC Midas List in 2019, named Top 3 Best Female Venture Capitalist in China by Forbes in 2018 and won Venture Capital Professional of the Year by Asian Venture Capital Journal in 2017, Let us all welcome the Managing Partner of Qiming Venture Partners Nisa Leung. Qiming Venture Partners manages over 4billion dollars and has invested in about 300 companies. Nisa takes care of its healthcare investments. She previously worked for Softbank/Mobius Venture Capital and is currently a visiting lecturer at Harvard. In this episode, she gives us an overview of what she looks for in different stages of companies before investing. She also takes us through the journey of some of her portfolio companies and how they changed their strategies over time like Xiaomi and Meituan.

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Datuk Dr. Vinod Sekhar was born on August 6th 1968 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and is the son of the late legendary Malaysia icon Tan Sri Dr B. C Sekhar. He began his business career while still in college studying biology on scholarship, where he started the Vincent Siefer Clothing Co. with USD$50, and soon after formed the Sitavani Foundation, which focused its attention on the education of children and on child development programmes. In 1990, he formed and became the ceo of the STI Group that was responsible for some groundbreaking businesses such as the world’s smallest optic engine, the first circular abrasive discs, Southeast Asia’s first commercial Internet company (at a time when Malaysia had a total of 700 internet users), and a variety of other technology innovations including one of the first virtual reality companies in the US. The multimedia arm of the group was also responsible for the first Malaysian joint venture to produce a movie at Disney MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida (Tarzan: The Epic Adventures). After the 1997 Asian financial crisis, STI merged with his other international interests and The Petra Group was created. Petra, named after Datuk Vinod’s eldest daughter is a technology conglomerate responsible for several global technology developments related to Elastomer recycling (Green Rubber), deproteinization, HIV and cancer treatment programs, innovative financial software, biophotonics, sustainable energy tech, affordable  engineered modular homes, films, live entertainment and software development. Datuk Vinod was also one of the first Malaysians to venture into the former Soviet Union after its breakup and was a part of the privatization of the worlds second largest petrochemical plant, Nizhnekampsk Neftekhin. He was also the first Southeast Asian to own both Formula 2000 and Formula 3 Championship motorsports teams, and he founded Malaysia’s first sports car company.  He travelled the world sharing his ideas far and wide on how capitalism with a purpose was the only way forward.  He pushed the idea that business could only grow if they created more market, and to do that they had to play a role in in eradicating poverty, empowering citizenry and lifting people into the middle class. He Chaired the first New Asian Leaders–Emerging Arab Leaders Summit in Langkawi, where he hosted his friend King Abdullah II of Jordan along with 200 Asian and Arab business leaders, and spoke at multiple Forbes Global and World Economic Forum conferences promoting his ideas for a new world economic order. Whilst doing all this and running his conglomerate he continued his societal work. Datuk Vinod is the Chairman of the Petra Foundation (which he founded and which currently plays a role in the lives of over 12,000 children globally), the Sekhar Foundation, the Chairman of the Pelita Harapan (Lantern of Hope) for terminally ill children, the Co-Chairman of the Innocent Child Appeal Fund Board for abused children, and the Chairman of the Sitavani Foundation. He was also the founding President of Malaysiana Muda, the first non-partisan multiracial national youth organization created to develop unity among Malaysian youth, where he warned of polarization among young Malaysians two decades before the government finally acknowledged it was out of control. He was the creator of the “Global Education Conference” held in Kuala Lumpur, where for the first time ever, principals from the top schools in the world such as Eton, Sydney Grammar, Chinese International School, Hong Kong and Harvard West Lake came together to discuss building bridges between different educational curriculums. In all, 30 schools were represented. The “Sekhar Initiative,” as it was referred to then, led to the creation of several global programs that enhanced interaction among the schools and led to his his creation of one of Kuala Lumpur’s major international schools, The Mont’ Kiara International School, which he developed with his partners. For his contribution to the globalization of education and the education of children, Datuk Vinod was made the first and youngest Asian fellow of Kappa Delta Pi, a US-based international Honors Society for Education. This organization awarded its “The Points of Excellent” award to his company, making it the first Asian company to be so honored. For his contribution to society and and the nation the 10th King of Malaysia, conferred on him a “Datukship” on the occasion of His Majesty’s’ 71st birthday. Datuk Vinod was 26 years old and one the youngest in the nations history to be so honoured. The Harvard Business Review published a case study on Datuk Vinod, Petra and Green Rubber – thought to be one of the only times a Malaysian has had that privilege. The World Economic Forum named him in the top 3 of its 40 “New Asian Leaders” (NAL) and a Global Leader for Tomorrow (GLT). Grant Thornton named him the Malaysian Corporate Leader of the Year in August 2008. He also received the prestigious Global Green Award from Global Green USA for Green Rubber. He was the youngest, only Asian, and third ever non-American, after President Mikhail Gorbachev and Giorgio Armani, to receive the award. He has received several other awards including: the Global Indian Award presented by the Minister for Overseas Indians in Delhi, Global Indian Origin Magazine’s 50 Most Influential Business Leaders of Indian Origin in the world, the Outstanding Global Entrepreneur by the SME Association, and The Societe Award from the Asia Pacific Brand Foundation, the Chambers of the GCC (Gulf Cooperative Council) presented him with a leadership award for Technology and Social Capitalism, the NRI Institute in India conferred on him the Pravasi Divas award, and the American Leadership Development Association and Leaders International named him the ‘ Global Visionary Leader 2015’, to name a few. Datuk Vinod is also on the leadership council of The Climate Group, which is chaired by the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and includes Sir Richard Branson and the former Chairman of HSBC, Lord Stephen Greene. He also acted as the underwriter for the first ever Clinton Global Initiative Asia in Hong Kong, and hosted his good friend President Bill Clinton in Kuala Lumpur. He was the advisor to the Faculty of Business and Law for Multimedia University, Malaysia’s largest private university with over 20,000 students. Datuk Vinod received the Keys to the City of Armenia in Colombia for his help after the devastating landslides that killed thousands. In 1999, he also set up an orphanage in Colombia called the Petra-Valentina House. He funded in full the “Black Ball” in London hosted by his friend, singer/songwriter Alicia Keys to raise money for her charity “Keep a Child Alive.” Datuk Vinod is the loudest advocate for Social Capitalism, where business interests and societal concerns must work hand in hand. Datuk Vinod has become an activist for what he calls “simple principles of a civilized society” where all businessmen must involve themselves in their own society’s positive development, and has been a victim of media, political and corporate attacks on himself under the previous government, for his refusal to stop speaking out for reform and supporting the then imprisoned opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. He is regarded as one of the small handful of senior business leaders and one of the only Forbes listed figures to publicly advocate for change and the release of Anwar for 20 years.  Despite it all, he has refused to be bowed or cowed, and he continues to speak his views openly, including at the campaign rallies of the recent historic general elections that led to the May 9th transformation of Malaysia’s political landscape. He continues today to build his multinational technology group, his foundations, and still speaks out for social and economic justice. His latest national work involves the planned launch of the Malaysia Movement to stop the racial polarization of Malaysian society and to create a platform for open debate. Datuk Vinod is a strong supporter of a mindset reform in the Malaysian political landscape. After being named by Forbes as the 16th richest man in Malaysia, Datuk Vinod and his wife donated 60% of their entire ownership in the Petra group to their charitable foundations.  He is currently preparing for the launch of his new integrated app that connects seamlessly the public, corporate society, charities, social programmes and those in need.  He has written several plays, a book of poetry, and screenplays. Datuk Vinod also hosted Malaysia’s first English language talk show on television, and jointly won several New York Festival Awards for his cutting-edge advertising campaigns. In 2015 the film Datuk Vinod produced in India, Liars Dice, was the sole Indian nomination for Best Foreign Picture category at the Academy Awards (Oscars). His other productions include the award winning play he wrote called “In the Minds Eye”, and multiple award winning Asian American film called Hundred Percent.  In this episode, we discuss: Vinod's family business journey How he's able to juggle all of his businesses What keeps him motivated in family business

Seth and JJ look into the labor and safety concerns at the factories of Apple's primary supplier, Foxconn, in China. After giving a high-level view of Apple and Foxconn, they dive into their problems with Excessive Overtime, Suicides, Low Wages, Illegal Student Labor, Riots, Strikes, and Hazardous Environments. While recognizing that Apple puts a lot of effort into their corporate social responsibility efforts, Seth makes the case that Apple can and should do more. Sources: Ground broken on Foxconn's first US factory, rumored to supply iPhone screens for Apple, Apple Insider No, Apple supplier Foxconn isn't scaling back its US factory, CNET Foxconn, a key Apple manufacturing partner, breaks ground for American factory, Mashable The 100 largest companies in the world ranked by revenue in 2016 (in billion U.S. dollars), Statista The World's Most Valuable Brands, Forbes Global 2000: The World’s Largest Public Companies, Forbes #1 Apple, Forbes Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results, Apple Apple Generated More Revenue In One Quarter Than Google Did In All Of 2014, Business Insider Apple rules Gartner's "Supply Chain Top 25" list again, Supply Chain Quarterly Apple Leadership - Tim Cook, Apple Tim Cook: The Genius Behind Steve, Fortune Apple Supply Chain - The Best Supply Chain in the World, TradeGecko Is Apple Supply Chain Really the No. 1? A Case Study, SupplyChainOpz The Apple Supply Chain: The Best in the World?, Logistics Viewpoints Apple Can't Innovate or Manage Supply Chain, Forbes How & Where iPhone Is Made: Comparison Of Apple’s Manufacturing Process, CompareCamp.com Why can't Apple meet demand for the iPhone 6?, CNBC Hon Hai, Apple's Largest Supplier, Reported Very Strong November Revenue Growth, Forbes Group Profile, Foxconn Quarterly Reports, Foxconn Apple's iPhone Manufacturer, Foxconn, Plans To Cut Employees, Business Insider #105 Hon Hai Precision, Forbes China: Hukou, Economy, Apple, Migration News Foxconn builds products for many vendors, but its mud sticks to Apple, ComputerWorld The company that made your iPhone is reluctantly bringing democracy to Chinese labor, Quartz Reporter's Notebook: From both sides of the gates of Foxconn, Marketplace In China, the Human Costs That Are Built Into an iPad, The New York Times Tens of thousands of Chinese people live at the mercy of Apple's factories — and they don't even work there, Business Insider The rise of Foxconn and Terry Gou, and shaking the Apple shackles, Android Authority The politics of global production: Apple, Foxconn and China's new working class, The Asia-Pacific Journal Apple's iPhone: The most profitable product in history, Independent Analyzing Labor Conditions of Pegatron and Foxconn, China Labor Watch Foxconn Expected to Assemble Bulk of 2018 iPhones, MacRumors Foxconn to acquire Apple accessory maker Belkin for $866 million, VentureBeat Foxconn Is Feeling the Sag in Smartphone Sales. Apple? Not So Much., The New York Times Fair Labor Association report leaves big questions about change at Apple/Foxconn, Economic Policy Institute Foxconn audit finds 'serious' violations of China labor laws, The Boston Globe Independent Investigation of Apple Supplier, Foxconn, Fair Labor Association A Trip to The iFactory: 'Nightline' Gets an Unprecedented Glimpse Inside Apple's Chinese Core, ABC News Supplier Responsibility, Apple Union Official Links Foxconn Deaths to Excessive Overtime, LaborNotes The people behind your iPad: The bosses, Marketplace Apple is under fire for “excessive overtime” and illegal working conditions in another Chinese factory, Quartz China Focus: Hukou reforms to help 100 mln Chinese, CCTV Ending apartheid, The Economist China reforms hukou system to improve migrant workers' rights, The Guardian The end of China’s hated hukou system is less ground-breaking than it seems, Quartz

Hans Tung and Zara Zhang interview Jenny Lee, a managing partner at GGV Capital based in Shanghai. Jenny joined GGV in 2005 and was instrumental in setting up GGV's presence in China. Forbes recently ranked Jenny as the world's 16th most powerful woman in tech. A self-professed geek who loves new technologies and products, Jenny has been involved with consumer internet, SaaS, and frontier technology companies at GGV, and has helped many go public. Since 2011, Jenny has been recognized by the Forbes Global 100 VC Midas List of top venture capitalists, ranking as the #1 woman and #10 overall in 2015. Jenny grew up in Singapore and was educated in the U.S., where she attended Cornell and Northwestern University. In this episode, we discussed how Jenny rose from a newcomer to one of the most respected VCs in China, how she set up the China presence of a U.S. venture capital firm, how venture deals are done in China, and how U.S. companies can better align themselves with Chinese government's interests. Join our listeners' community via WeChat/Slack at 996.ggvc.com/community. GGV Capital also produces a biweekly email newsletter in English, also called "996," which has a roundup of the week's most important happenings in tech in China. Subscribe at 996.ggvc.com. The 996 Podcast is brought to you by GGV Capital, a multi-stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, and Beijing. We have been partnering with leading technology entrepreneurs for the past 18 years from seed to pre-IPO. With $3.8 billion in capital under management across eight funds, GGV invests in globally minded entrepreneurs in consumer internet, e-commerce, frontier tech, and enterprise. GGV has invested in over 280 companies, with 30 companies valued at over $1 billion. Portfolio companies include Airbnb, Alibaba, Bytedance (Toutiao), Ctrip, Didi Chuxing, DOMO, Hashicorp, Hellobike, Houzz, Keep, Musical.ly, Slack, Square, Wish, Xiaohongshu, YY, and others. Find out more at ggvc.com.

In this episode - Huobi Exchange to launch US platform - Forbes Global 2000 shows top companies now explore blockchain actively - Art by Andy Warhol on sale for Bitcoin and Ethereum - CoinPM is media partner of the BCI Summit - The price of Bitcoin remains above $7600

Hans Tung and Zara Zhang interview Jenny Lee, a managing partner at GGV Capital based in Shanghai. Jenny joined GGV in 2005 and was instrumental in setting up GGV’s presence in China. Forbes recently ranked Jenny as the world’s 16th most powerful woman in tech. A self-professed geek who loves new technologies and products, Jenny has been involved with consumer internet, SaaS, and frontier technology companies at GGV, and has helped many go public. Since 2011, Jenny has been recognized by the Forbes Global 100 VC Midas List of top venture capitalists, ranking as the #1 woman and #10 overall in 2015. Jenny grew up in Singapore and was educated in the U.S., where she attended Cornell and Northwestern University. In this episode, we discussed how Jenny rose from a newcomer to one of the most respected VCs in China, how she set up the China presence of a U.S. venture capital firm, how venture deals are done in China, and how U.S. companies can better align themselves with Chinese government’s interests. Join our listeners' community via WeChat/Slack at 996.ggvc.com/community. GGV Capital also produces a biweekly email newsletter in English, also called "996," which has a roundup of the week's most important happenings in tech in China. Subscribe at 996.ggvc.com. The 996 Podcast is brought to you by GGV Capital, a multi-stage venture capital firm based in Silicon Valley, Shanghai, and Beijing. We have been partnering with leading technology entrepreneurs for the past 18 years from seed to pre-IPO. With $3.8 billion in capital under management across eight funds, GGV invests in globally minded entrepreneurs in consumer internet, e-commerce, frontier tech, and enterprise. GGV has invested in over 280 companies, with 30 companies valued at over $1 billion. Portfolio companies include Airbnb, Alibaba, Bytedance (Toutiao), Ctrip, Didi Chuxing, DOMO, Hashicorp, Hellobike, Houzz, Keep, Musical.ly, Slack, Square, Wish, Xiaohongshu, YY, and others. Find out more at ggvc.com.

The O’Reilly Security Podcast: Why legal responses to bug reports are an unhealthy reflex, thinking through first steps for a vulnerability disclosure policy, and the value of learning by doing.In this episode, O’Reilly’s Courtney Nash talks with Katie Moussouris, founder and CEO of Luta Security. They discuss why many organizations have a knee-jerk legal response to a bug report (and why your organization shouldn’t), the first steps organizations should take in formulating a vulnerability disclosure program, and how learning through experience and sharing knowledge benefits all.Here are some highlights: Why legal responses to bug reports are a faulty reflex The first reaction to a researcher reporting a bug for many organizations is to immediately respond with legal action. These organizations aren’t considering that their lawyers typically don't keep their users safe from internet crime or harm. Engineers fix bugs and make a difference in terms of security. Having your lawyer respond doesn't keep users safe and doesn't get the bug fixed. It might do something to temporarily protect your brand, but that's only effective as long as the bug in question remains unknown to the media. Ultimately, when you try to kill the messenger with a bunch of lawsuits, it looks much worse than taking the steps to investigate and fix a security issue. Ideally, organizations recognize that fact quickly. It’s also worth noting that the law tends to be on the side of the organization, not the researcher reporting a vulnerability. In the United States, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act have typically been used to harass or silence security researchers who are trying to report something along the lines of “if you see something say something.” Researchers take risks when identifying bugs, because there are laws on the books that can be easily misused and abused to try to kill the messenger. There are laws in other countries as well, that similarly would act as discouragement from well-meaning researchers to come forward. It’s important to keep perspective and remember that, in most cases, you’re talking to helpful hackers, who have stuck their neck out and potentially risked their own freedom to try to warn you about a security issue. Once organizations realize that, they're often more willing to cautiously trust researchers. First steps toward a basic vulnerability disclosure policy In 2015, market studies showed (and the numbers haven't changed significantly since then) that of the Forbes Global 2000, arguably some of the most prepared and proactive security programs, 94% had no published way for researchers to report a security vulnerability. That’s indicative of the fact that these organizations probably have no plan for how they would respond if somebody did reach out and report a vulnerability. They might call in their lawyers. They might just hope the person goes away. At the very basic level, organizations should provide a clear way for someone to report issues. Additionally, organizations should clearly define the scope of issues they’re most interested in hearing about. Defining scope also includes providing the bounds for things that you prefer hackers not do. I've seen a lot of vulnerability disclosure policies published on websites that say, please don't attempt to do a denial of service against our website, or against our service or products, because with sufficient resources, we know attackers would be able to do that. They clearly request people don’t test that capability, as it would provide no value. Learning by doing and the value of sharing experiences At the Cyber U.K. Conference, the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) industry conference, there was an announcement about NCSC’s plans to launch a vulnerability coordination pilot program. They've previously worked on vulnerability coordination through the U.K. Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT U.K.) that merged under NCSC. However, they hadn’t standardized the process. They chose to learn by doing and launch pilot programs. They invited focused security researchers, who they knew and had worked with in the past, to come and participate, and then they outlined their intention to publicly share what they learned. This approach offers benefits, as it's not only focused on specific bugs, but more so on the process, on the ways they can improve that process and share knowledge with their constituents globally. Of course, bugs will be uncovered and strengthening security of targeted websites obviously represents one of the goals of the program, but the emphasis on process and learning through experience really differentiates their approach and is particularly exciting.

The O’Reilly Security Podcast: Why legal responses to bug reports are an unhealthy reflex, thinking through first steps for a vulnerability disclosure policy, and the value of learning by doing.In this episode, O’Reilly’s Courtney Nash talks with Katie Moussouris, founder and CEO of Luta Security. They discuss why many organizations have a knee-jerk legal response to a bug report (and why your organization shouldn’t), the first steps organizations should take in formulating a vulnerability disclosure program, and how learning through experience and sharing knowledge benefits all.Here are some highlights: Why legal responses to bug reports are a faulty reflex The first reaction to a researcher reporting a bug for many organizations is to immediately respond with legal action. These organizations aren’t considering that their lawyers typically don't keep their users safe from internet crime or harm. Engineers fix bugs and make a difference in terms of security. Having your lawyer respond doesn't keep users safe and doesn't get the bug fixed. It might do something to temporarily protect your brand, but that's only effective as long as the bug in question remains unknown to the media. Ultimately, when you try to kill the messenger with a bunch of lawsuits, it looks much worse than taking the steps to investigate and fix a security issue. Ideally, organizations recognize that fact quickly. It’s also worth noting that the law tends to be on the side of the organization, not the researcher reporting a vulnerability. In the United States, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act have typically been used to harass or silence security researchers who are trying to report something along the lines of “if you see something say something.” Researchers take risks when identifying bugs, because there are laws on the books that can be easily misused and abused to try to kill the messenger. There are laws in other countries as well, that similarly would act as discouragement from well-meaning researchers to come forward. It’s important to keep perspective and remember that, in most cases, you’re talking to helpful hackers, who have stuck their neck out and potentially risked their own freedom to try to warn you about a security issue. Once organizations realize that, they're often more willing to cautiously trust researchers. First steps toward a basic vulnerability disclosure policy In 2015, market studies showed (and the numbers haven't changed significantly since then) that of the Forbes Global 2000, arguably some of the most prepared and proactive security programs, 94% had no published way for researchers to report a security vulnerability. That’s indicative of the fact that these organizations probably have no plan for how they would respond if somebody did reach out and report a vulnerability. They might call in their lawyers. They might just hope the person goes away. At the very basic level, organizations should provide a clear way for someone to report issues. Additionally, organizations should clearly define the scope of issues they’re most interested in hearing about. Defining scope also includes providing the bounds for things that you prefer hackers not do. I've seen a lot of vulnerability disclosure policies published on websites that say, please don't attempt to do a denial of service against our website, or against our service or products, because with sufficient resources, we know attackers would be able to do that. They clearly request people don’t test that capability, as it would provide no value. Learning by doing and the value of sharing experiences At the Cyber U.K. Conference, the U.K. National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) industry conference, there was an announcement about NCSC’s plans to launch a vulnerability coordination pilot program. They've previously worked on vulnerability coordination through the U.K. Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT U.K.) that merged under NCSC. However, they hadn’t standardized the process. They chose to learn by doing and launch pilot programs. They invited focused security researchers, who they knew and had worked with in the past, to come and participate, and then they outlined their intention to publicly share what they learned. This approach offers benefits, as it's not only focused on specific bugs, but more so on the process, on the ways they can improve that process and share knowledge with their constituents globally. Of course, bugs will be uncovered and strengthening security of targeted websites obviously represents one of the goals of the program, but the emphasis on process and learning through experience really differentiates their approach and is particularly exciting.

Terril Jones is a longtime foreign and business correspondent. He covered Japan, France, north Africa and the United Nations for 15 years with The Associated Press, was a founding editor of Forbes Global magazine, was the Detroit-based automotive correspondent for Forbes and the Los Angeles Times, and was a Silicon Valley correspondent for the L.A. Times. In September he completed a three-year assignment in Beijing with Reuters covering Chinese businesses, domestic politics and foreign policy. He spent his 8th grade year at a Chinese school in Taiwan, and had numerous extended reporting assignments in China in the 1980s. He studied Chinese leadership studies at the University of Michigan for a year as a Knight-Wallace Fellow, and digital media for six months at Ohio State University as a Kiplinger Fellow. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and French.

Terril Jones is a longtime foreign and business correspondent. He covered Japan, France, north Africa and the United Nations for 15 years with The Associated Press, was a founding editor of Forbes Global magazine, was the Detroit-based automotive correspondent for Forbes and the Los Angeles Times, and was a Silicon Valley correspondent for the L.A. Times. In September he completed a three-year assignment in Beijing with Reuters covering Chinese businesses, domestic politics and foreign policy. He spent his 8th grade year at a Chinese school in Taiwan, and had numerous extended reporting assignments in China in the 1980s. He studied Chinese leadership studies at the University of Michigan for a year as a Knight-Wallace Fellow, and digital media for six months at Ohio State University as a Kiplinger Fellow. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and French.