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Subaru’s Outback has been a firm family favourite for over 25 years. I’mdriving the Outback Sport Touring XT, a special edition turbochargedmodel that sits at the top of the Outback’s model range priced at $57,490plus on-road costs. The Outback best described as a high-riding wagonand the Sport Touring XT identifies with dark 18-inch alloy wheels andspecial Geyser Blue exterior paint. Inside, premium features such as Nappaleather seat inserts, power front seats, heated and ventilated seats, ninespeaker Harman Kardon sound and a power sunroof and tailgate. The 2.5-litre horizontally opposed turbo four-cylinder features 350Nm of torque andlinks to a continuously variable automatic transmission. A very well sortedinterior with large central touchscreen and nice instrumentation but a lackof buttons for aircon a disappointment. Both seat rows offer good roomand are well equipped with USB ports and aircon outlets. The SubaruOutback has varied little over the years – and why should it - it’s a practicaldesign that gets customers coming back for more – its gained moreequipment over the years and more features and more refinement – apractical family wagon with a go anywhere ability – the Sport Touring XTspecial edition offering that little bit more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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En este episodio platicamos con Rafael Paz, el director de la marca Jeep, para conocer más detalles del nuevo integrante de la marca Jeep, el nuevo Commander que es para los que buscan un SUV versátil con tres filas, para 7 pasajeros y con un motor de cuatro cilindros turbo. Además, de un precio atractivo en este segmento tan competido. El exterior del Jeep® Commander cuenta con la icónica parrilla de siete barras, arcos de rueda trapezoidales, rines de 19 pulgadas, iluminación LED, toldo bi-tono en color negro, además de todo el lujo, sofisticación y confort que siempre ha distinguido a la marca. Ideal para los que buscan más espacio, con un interior refinado con más tecnología y amenidades, además de las 3 filas de asientos color café tapizados en exclusiva piel Nappa con detalles en gamuza, cuentan con costuras en tono cobrizo y un elegante bordado en relieve, quemacocos panorámico Command-View se acompaña con un techo tapizado en color negro que eleva el nivel de sofisticación de este vehículo, sistema de audio de alta fidelidad Harman Kardon®. Llega en una sola versión Jeep Commander Overland $734,900.

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Suman Sehra is the Global Vice President of Automotive Product & Platform Portfolio Management within HARMAN's Automotive Connectivity business unit. He joins to explore the evolving landscape of connected vehicles and the role of connectivity in modern automotive technology. Links: Show notes: http://brandonbartneck.com/buildingbetter/sumansehra Edison Manufacturing Exchange: https://brandonbartneck.substack.com/publish/home linkedin.com/in/brandonbartneck/ https://car.harman.com/ https://info.car.harman.com/ebook-driving-the-connected-future Takeaways Connectivity is essential for modern vehicle functionality. Consumer expectations are driving innovation in automotive technology. Vehicles need to adapt to changing consumer lifestyles. AI and edge computing are key to enhancing driving experiences. The automotive industry is moving towards software-defined vehicles. The future of vehicles will be significantly different from the past. COVID has transformed our digital interactions, including mobility. Cars are evolving into productive spaces for consumers. Cybersecurity must be ingrained in the culture of tech organizations. Future-proofing technology is essential for adapting to consumer needs. Democratization of connectivity is vital for societal impact. About Suman Suman Sehra is the Global Vice President of Automotive Product & Platform Portfolio Management within HARMAN's Automotive Connectivity business unit, where he plays a key role in fueling innovation to drive profitable growth through category-creating and market-leading products. Sehra leads a global cross-functional team focused on a portfolio of products aligned to software-defined vehicle architecture and infrastructure technologies that shape the future of mobility and deliver new consumer experiences – inside and outside the vehicle. With over two decades of combined technical, marketing, and market development experience in the technology industry, Sehra previously led the Global Smart Cities and Transportation infrastructure business unit at Intel and held various roles from process technology manufacturing to P&L management. He also holds 11 patents in Intelligent Transportation domain. About HARMAN HARMAN designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting the Internet of Things. With leading brands including AKG, Harman Kardon, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon, Mark Levinson and Revel, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world. More than 50 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. Our software services power billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people. In 2017, HARMAN became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Building Better Building Better with Brandon Bartneck is focused on the people, products, and companies that are creating a better tomorrow, often in the transportation and manufacturing sectors. This show was previously called the Future of Mobility podcast. I aim to have real, human conversations to explore what these leaders and innovators are doing, why and how they're doing it, and what we can learn from their experiences. If you care about making an impact then this show might be for you. Topics include manufacturing, production, assembly, autonomous driving, electric vehicles, hydrogen and fuel cells, impact, leadership, and more. Edison Manufacturing and Engineering: Edison is your low volume contract manufacturing partner, focused on assembly of complex mobility and energy products that don't neatly fit within traditional high-volume production methods.

Wellness + Wisdom | Episode 669 Wellness + Wisdom Podcast Host and Wellness Force Media CEO, Josh Trent, shares how conscious unconscious integration helps you become your authentic self. Today's Question Audra Jackson: If I change from mana to mana gold, what benefits might I notice? MANNA Vitality The only supplement you will ever need Save 20% with "JOSH20" Manna harnesses the power of nature through their Mineral Matrix blend, a unique composition of natural ingredients such as Shilajit, Ormus, and marine minerals. • Energy + Longevity • Brain Performance • Sex Drive • Immunity Defense • Beauty + Glow This blend is designed to support overall mental and physical performance, including cognitive function and energy levels, for an overall boost in vitality. By using natural ingredients, Manna provides a safe and effective way to enhance your body's natural abilities and unlock your full potential. Manna is a combination of the highest quality minerals, amino, fulvic, and humic acids, and nutrients gathered from some of the highest and lowest points on the planet —the mountains and the sea—to provide a comprehensive and enhanced mineral matrix. Save 20% with "JOSH20"  Listen To Episode 669 As Josh Trent Answers Your Questions [05:15] Intro If you're joining us for the first time, this is a place that you can always trust. We explore the self, the 5 sides of our self, the physical, the mental, the emotional, the spiritual, and the financial ways that we all signed up to master here on planet Earth. If you're looking for a full-length guest episode, check out our Tuesday episodes. This is an AMA, an Ask Me Anything. Well, actually, it's Ask Me and it's Ask My Co-Pilot Mar Anything because we bring the masculine and feminine to these episodes because those exist in us, whether you like it or not, they're in you. Can you relate to this? Have you been struggling with knowing either the masculine or the feminine portion of you? Have you been struggling with knowing 1 of these 5 sides of yourself? Have you been struggling with optimizing, with feeling good in your physical body? Today's a really, really special deep dive into the mind, which is connected to the body because the body is the unconscious, the subconscious mind. Mar, how are you doing today? What is fresh for you in your world? I think the freshest thing is my neck pain because I got tumbled in the waves the other day and I just didn't listen to my body because it already happened once last week. And then I was like, oh, I'm ready to go in the water again, in the ocean. And I got tumbled again and my neck was completely blocked. So it's a good reminder for me to slow down and just listen to my body again. Yeah, that's a good theme for today's I had, you know those feelings you get, y'all can relate to this, you know when you're about to get sick. And so instead of pushing the needle harder and just working through the sickness, which I used to do, I actually just slowed down and I took time and I rescheduled calls and I just took it upon myself to not make other people's things my problem. And you know what? I didn't get sick, knock on wood. It felt good. I actually caught myself where in the past I probably would have made myself sick. So here we go, the walking embodiment of the feminine energy which I believe feminine energy is about exploration. It's about enjoying the process. There are so many buildings and bridges and skyscrapers that are built in this world from a masculine perspective. But I wonder, like, did they actually enjoy building them? Because what are we building? What are we doing just for the sake of doing it and completing it if we're not enjoying the ride? And that's really a big thing that I'm going to be focusing on for the rest of my life and you all get to focus on this too. Look, if you're looking for anything that can optimize your physical body, head over to joshdren.com forward slash store. I've cut out the middleman. I've made stuff way cheaper than Amazon. You can triple-check, it's true. I basically cut out the fat. So anything at all that you are taking, including one of the things that we had our audience member ask us today. We have a perfect question from Audra Jackson on Instagram. I don't care if it's Shilajit, if it's Ormus, if it's toothpaste, if it's skincare, EMF blocking, nutrition, gut health, or anything and everything from your head to your toes. Go over to JoshTrent.com/Store. Remember that link too, by the way, because instead of going to Amazon and getting charged way more money, you can just go and get it for much cheaper. It's essentially how we pay for the show, right? We don't charge for this content. We never, ever, ever will charge for this content because I believe that people in very economically depressed areas still and always do deserve the ability to uplevel their life and to change their life and to not have to pay for things all the time y'all. So that's my promise to you, it'll always be free. All that I ask is something that I get reminded of every day, every freaking day, and that is, where am I still unconscious? Where in my life am I shown by my woman, my children, my business, my friends, or God that I'm still in the dark about? What are the unconscious ways of Josh? And by the way, what are the unconscious ways of you that are looking for illumination, that are wanting to become conscious? [10:10] Conscious Unconscious Integration Let us know what is something that you're super confused by that you want more clarity on? Audra is asking a really powerful question today. And before we get to the masculine-feminine perspective on this, obviously I'm gonna play Audra's question. So let's play Audra's question right now and see where this goes. Hi, thank you for having me on your show. So I'd like to ask if I change from mana to mana gold, what benefits might I notice? Thank you. Okay, short and sweet and it opened up Pandora's box y'all so buckle up, buckle up because you know at the beginning of this podcast as always I talked about these 5 sides of self and I believe that unless we are very clean in our physical self, unless we're if we're not nourishing our physical body, it is almost impossible to tend to the other 4 sides of us. And yes, any time that 1 of these 5 sides of our self is pulling chi or pulling energy from another part, it's going to cause an existential load. There's going to be a pregnenolone steal. There's going to be stress. There's going to be hardship. Yet, look, we're a human being, right? So if we're a soul in a body, then the soul cannot express itself if the body is dirty, If the body's in pain, if the body is struggling. So first and foremost, Audra, the question that you ask is, well, what would I receive? What will I get? What's the upgrade or what's the optimization that I'll get when I go from MANNA, which is Shilajit and Ormus, and we'll go over some of the benefits there. To the MANNA Gold, which is the nano gold. And there's a lot of research and a lot of benefits that I'll describe before we get to the physical. So I do wanna say this is a physically focused AMA, yet really what we're talking about here, especially when it comes to the gold, is a concept called superconducting. And y'all know on the back of a stereo, especially in really expensive stereos, like a Harman Kardon or some of the really expensive stereos that are in La Jolla, California, or just any rich city, they have gold connectors on the back. Now, why is that? Gold is one of the highest-level superconductors for electricity on the planet. Gold is a very, very sought-after precious, precious metal. Is gold a metal? I think it is, right? It's different than silver though gold is actually something that our body in small amounts can absorb and there are many benefits to this. And so the primary thing that I'll share that we'll dive into the deep end on here, Audra, is gold is a superconductor. And so when you absorb the nano gold or the nanoparticles of gold in the upgraded mana, you are going to get a higher level of what is called conscious and unconscious integration. Now, what exactly is that? And why is that important for you and for all of us? Well, as I said in the beginning, I get reminded all the time of ways that I am unconscious, but how am I reminded? One could say that it's my spiritual quest, that it's my truth-seeking, that I'm just focused every single day, which I am some days more than others, on what are the ways that I don't even know that I don't know something about the way I project onto someone else, the way I'm not loving, how my fears are blocking me, how my insecurities are blocking me, and essentially how do I just live the most badass, thriving, juicy, amazing life? Well, the only way I can do that is by taking in what you're about to hear from a world-renowned psychotherapist and his name is Jung. Now, if you haven't heard of Carl Jung, you must, must listen to some of Carl Jung's lectures for free on YouTube. Jung said, until you make the unconscious conscious, it'll rule your life and you will call it fate. So just let that land for a minute. This is somebody who worked with people for decades and many of our contemporary writers and therapists have pulled from Jung's work for 50 years or more. And so I'll say it again, right? Jung said, until you make the unconscious conscious, it'll rule your life and you will call it fate. So think about the ways in which you've been in relationships that are just the same shit, different day. You've been blocked financially. You're in a job that you hate. Your body is not how you want it. You're carrying extra weight. You're having stress from parental trauma or societal trauma. Essentially, you just feel blocked but you don't know how to get through it... 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Acercamos la prueba dinámica del Renault Symbioz, el hermano mayor del Captur que también se fabrica en Valladolid. Os contamos las impresiones de conducción con la ayuda de Sebastian Guigues, director general de Renault España y Christian García, periodista en Actualidad Motor Ya a la venta desde 32.360 euros Renault arranca el Symbioz siete años después del primer prototipo en el Salón de Frankfurt de 2017. Es un nuevo SUV, el octavo de la compañía, para el segmento C, que representó el 39% de las ventas en 2023. - El nombre Symbioz proviene de la palabra simbiosis, que significa "vivir todos juntos". - Plataforma CMF-B - Largo: 4,41 m - Ancho: 1,79 m - Alto: 1,57 m - Capacidad del maletero: 492 litros (hasta 624 litros con la banqueta trasera deslizada y 1.582 litros con todos los asientos abatidos) Comparativa con sus hermanos de gama: - Renault Captur: 4,23 m - Renault Austral: 4,51 m Diseño: - Sigue la línea del nuevo Renault Scenic y Captur - Frontal similar al Captur - Capó elevado y líneas sinuosas - Logotipo de Renault en parrilla y firma lumínica - Perfil dinámico con líneas curvas y aristas - Cuatro versiones: evolution, techno, iconic, esprit Alpine - Llantas de 18 y 19 pulgadas Colores disponibles: - Rojo deseo - Blanco nacarado - Gris casiopea - Negro brillante - Gris zinc - Azul rayo - Azul mercurio Diseño interior: - Estructura del salpicadero compartida con el Renault Captur - Diferentes acabados según la versión - Versión techno: pintura suave al tacto - Versión esprit Alpine: motivo degradado azul - Versión iconic: aluminio cepillado - Asientos con tapicería específica según la versión Tecnología: - Sistema multimedia openR Link con Google integrado - Pantalla central de 10,4” - Segunda pantalla de 10,3” frente al conductor - Sistema de sonido Hi-Fi de Harman Kardon opcional - Techo solar panorámico con tecnología Solarbay Motorización: - Motor híbrido E-Tech Full Hybrid de 145 CV - Motor gasolina de 1,6 litros y cuatro cilindros y dos motores eléctricos - Caja de cambios de seis velocidades sin embrague - Batería de 1,2 kWh Precios: - Symbioz Techno E-Tech full hybrid 145: 32.360 € - Symbioz Esprit Alpine E-Tech full hybrid 145: 34.860 € - Symbioz Iconic E-Tech full hybrid 145: 36.360 € - En 2025, versiones mild hybrid desde unos 30.000 euros Producción: - Fabricado en la Factoría de Valladolid y el Polo de Hibridación de Renault Group en España. - Fabrice Cambolive, CEO de Renault: "Symbioz combina lo mejor de los últimos modelos de la gama Renault con nuestro ADN de coches llenos de vida: diseño, tecnología híbrida eficiente y el sistema multimedia openR link con Google integrado." - Gilles Vidal, director de diseño de Renault: "El diseño de Symbioz combina volúmenes sensuales y líneas dinámicas, prometiendo gran habitabilidad a bordo." Puedes seguirnos en nuestra web: https://www.podcastmotor.es Twiter: @AutoFmRadio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/autofmradio/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC57czZy-ctfV02t_PeNXCAQ Contacto: info@autofm.es

The Volvo EX30 is undoubtedly one of the most exciting electric cars to be launched in South Africa in 2024. The vehicle, whose price starts at R792 000, offers a combination of price, performance and luxury tweaks that has attracted considerable appeal among South African consumers interested in making the switch to electric mobility. But what is the Volvo EX30 like to drive? TechCentral recently had the opportunity to spend time with the twin-motor version of the EX30 to put it through its paces. Apart from a few minor niggles, including the quality of materials used in the dashboard, we can confidently say this is a very compelling option for those interested in buying an EV in the sub-R1-million price category. While it's not as affordable as more entry-level EV models from the likes of China's BYD, the vehicle offers many luxuries usually reserved for more expensive EVs, including a panoramic (non-opening) sunroof, high-end Harman Kardon audio and well-thought-out software features. It's easy to see where Volvo has compromised to get the price down, but the decisions it has made in this regard have mostly been carefully considered. As for the driving experience, the power underfoot is extraordinary. The twin motor version TechCentral tested accelerated from 0-100km/h more quickly than a Porsche 911 – it really is a thrill to drive! This is a sentiment shared by Greg Cress, who owns the EX30 and has been driving it since March, when he took delivery from Volvo. Cress joined TechCentral editor Duncan McLeod on the TechCentral Show (TCS) recently to review the vehicle and to talk about the state of the EV market more broadly in South Africa. Cress, who works for Accenture – where he is principal director of automotive and e-mobility – told TCS about his experiences with the vehicle and what he likes about it and what he doesn't. He unpacks his experiences so far, including with the regular software updates that Volvo has issued and why he settled on the EX30 over other EV options available in the South African market. He also shares details about a recent long-distance return trip he did from Pretoria to White River in Mpumalanga and how he found utilising the charging points along South Africa's national roads. Then, in the second part of the TCS interview, Cress shares his views on the state of the EV market in South Africa, what is hindering its wider adoption and the outlook for electric mobility in the country. Don't miss a hugely informative interview. TechCentral

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Jill and Tom opened the episode by acknowledging that EV-startup Fisker is in dire financial straits, having recent halted production. In related EV news, the hosts discussed the announcement that Honda and Nissan are seeking avenues of cooperation to develop electric-vehicle technology, including platforms and software, but not final retail products. Tom quickly shared his thoughts on a pair of vehicles he recent evaluated, including the 2024 Land Rover Defender, and Volkswagen Taos. Jill shared her thoughts on the redesigned Lincoln Nautilus premium midsize crossover, including the vehicle's new door-to-door infotainment screen. Listen in for Jill's complete review. In the second segment Jill and Tom welcome David Schneider of Harman Internation to the show. David walked the hosts through the portfolio of premium-audio brands the company manages, and what is involved in allowing a carmaker to use specific audio brands, including Bang & Olufsen, Harman Kardon, JBL, Mark Levinson, and Revel. David explained how Harman works with manufacturers to produce in-car audio experiences appropriate to each Harman brand. In the third segment Jill is subjected to Tom's “Fake Concept Car” quiz, which includes a “fishy” bonus question. The hosts wrapped up the show discussing the Ram 1500 Classic, a previous generation Ram pickup truck still offered for sale a lower cost than the current-generation model. 

The Jason & Scot Show.  Podcast about e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. Editor note: We're trying some fun new AI features for this episode. The following show notes were written by ChatGPT. We're also let AI remove all the "stop words" in our audio, and we've switched from Google to OpenAI for our audio transcription. Let us know your feedback. In this episode of the Jason and Scot show, our special guest is Sean D. Nelson, the CEO and founder of Lovesac. He shares his inspiring journey of starting the company as a beanbag business in his basement and growing it into a successful public company. Sean highlights the key moments of his entrepreneurial journey, including winning a million dollars on Richard Branson's reality TV show and navigating the ups and downs of the business. Sean has upcoming book and podcast, both entitled "Let Me Save You 25 Years: Mistakes, Miracles, and Lessons from the Lovesac Story." Sean emphasizes the importance of being a direct-to-consumer brand and how Lovesac has found sustained success by focusing on customer acquisition costs and offering a high-quality product. He discusses the concept of direct-to-consumer and shares his thoughts on its significance. Sean believes that having a differentiated product that provides value to customers is crucial, rather than simply relying on an online sales strategy. The conversation also touches on the topic of innovation and how Lovesac has been able to push the boundaries of what a furniture company can offer. Sean discusses their Stealth Tech innovation, which incorporates surround sound into their couches, as well as their commitment to creating products that are built to last and designed to evolve. Sean acknowledges the challenges of operating in physical retail and highlights the importance of their showrooms in reducing customer acquisition costs and providing a hands-on experience for customers. He also mentions their partnerships with Best Buy and Costco to expand their reach. The discussion expands to the future of retail and e-commerce, with Sean mentioning the transformative role of AI but cautioning that it takes time for movements to fully evolve. He emphasizes the importance of being patient and keeping an eye on developments in the industry. The conversation concludes with Sean expressing his long-term commitment to Lovesac and his desire to build something meaningful rather than focusing solely on personal gain. Listeners are invited to check out Sean's podcast and website, as well as his upcoming book, which will be released in January. Overall, this episode provides insights into the journey and philosophy behind Lovesac's success and offers valuable perspectives on entrepreneurship, innovation, and the future of retail. Chapters 0:00:46 Introduction and Welcome to the Show 0:08:36 The Journey of Love Sack: From Highs to Lows 0:12:05 Love Sack's Traditional IPO and Company Performance 0:15:49 The Importance of Having a Differentiated Product 0:19:49 The Value and Overhype of Market Movements 0:23:18 Sactionals: Built to Last, Designed to Evolve 0:25:56 Driving a Movement for Sustainable Consumerism 0:31:36 Innovation and the Evolution of Lovesac's Product Line 0:37:07 The Strength of Lovesac's Physical Showrooms in the DTC Landscape 0:40:03 Testing and Learning: Mobile Concierge and Shop and Shop 0:41:52 AI's transformative role in the future of technology 0:50:08 Long-Term Vision vs Quick Profit Episode 313 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, November 9th, 2023. Transcript Jason: [0:23] Welcome to the Jason and Scot show. This episode is being recorded on Thursday, November 9th, 2023. I'm your host, Jason "RetailGeek" Goldberg, and as usual, I'm here with your co-host, Scot Wingo. Scot: [0:37] Hey, Jason, and welcome back. Jason and Scot show listeners. Jason, we're very fortunate to have a entrepreneur on the show. I'm the entrepreneur side of our partnership. So I always really enjoy these. Introduction and Welcome to the Show [0:49] We have on the show, Sean D. Nelson. He is the CEO and founder of Lovesack. And a little birdie told me that he recently started a podcast himself. He started Love Sack as a beanbag company in his basement when he was around 18. And now it's a public company and doing relatively large revenues over 600 kind of run rate. If I look at the last quarter, I took a little glance at that. Sean, welcome to the show. Shawn : [1:13] Thank you. Thanks for having me. Great to be with you. Jason: [1:16] We are thrilled to have you, Sean. Listeners always like to kind of get the background. I'm imagining you don't have a deep background before you started Love Sack because you started it so young. But can you, like where were you in life when that brought you to start build your own product? Shawn : [1:34] Yeah, strangely, 25 years in and still running the same company I founded as my side hustle in college, which is exactly what Love Sack was. So 95, all the way back then, I made a giant not bean bag because I thought it would be funny. I literally, 10 days out of high school, got off the couch at my parents' house, having this dumb idea, like, how about a beanbag, like, me to the TV, like, the whole floor, like, huge. Drove down to the fabric store, bought some fabric, brought it home, cut it out, and then began sewing it up, broke my mom's sewing machine, neighbor finished it, took three or four weeks to try and stuff it, originally with beads, but couldn't possibly find enough, so looked around the house, I just found out my parents' camping mattresses chopped up yellow foam, you know, like those yellow slabs of foam you take camping, on a paper cutter in the basement. And eventually, I mean, foam, packing peanuts, old blankets, had this thing stuffed and started using it out and about through university, taking it camping, back of the truck, driving movies. Ended up putting it away for a couple years. And by the way, everywhere I took it, everybody wants one. Like everyone's always like, Oh my gosh, what is that thing? Where'd you get it? I was like, I'll never make another one. It was such a pain in the butt and put it away for a couple of years to go be a missionary for my church. [2:58] And came back to finish up university in 1998. And that's when I founded the company. Cause people kept bugging me to make them one. And it became my side hustle in college. And we tried to sell these things eventually beyond our friends and family and beer fest, May fest, October fest, car shows, boat shows, 10 by 10 booths, how we got started. Tried to sell them to furniture stores and they laughed at us and told us it was a dumb idea. [3:34] Eventually, at a trade show got discovered by the limited to this is like, you would not today as justice like in the malls, like little girls pink and purple fuzzy stuff for their bedrooms and, and clothing. Anyway, they ordered 12,000 little love sacks, not knowing it was me and a buddy and like a woodchipper shredding foam in the back of this furniture place. And, and that forced us to source over in Asia, which is, you know, where I had served my mission. So I speak Mandarin Chinese. There's a whole story there I won't get into it it was just kind of one thing led to another led to another week we built a factory to support that 12,000 sack order we then went out to the furniture stores who again laughed at us didn't want our $500,000. [4:19] Beanbags having completed that order wanting to keep the factory going so we finally opened our own store in a mall that didn't even want us there but finally capitulated let us in because they We had a space to fill for the holiday season, in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it just exploded. We did a good job, carpet paint, neon sign, made it look like a proper mall chain store selling giant beanbags, and it just took off. Like, it worked. People came in, flopped down, music bumpin', big screen TV, playin' movies, had a great time. There was a couch in the corner to look pretty, be part of the decor. People kept asking about the couch, And that led us to eventually, many stores later, many states later, invent Saxionals, which is our modular sofa solution, which now drives almost 90% of our sales today. So we're more a couch company by far today than we are a beanbag company. And there was a whole, listen, I'm skipping over decades of time really, but there was a whole transition where we... We went through after we invented the sectionals and solved all these problems people have with couches not only can you ship it to your house via FedEx which was hyper relevant you know for. [5:32] E-commerce and digital marketing obviously but it's watchable and changeable, and movable and it can be with you the rest of your life that that led us to a whole design philosophy that now. [5:42] Drives are innovation we think is a really cool secret sauce called design for life but. 10, 20, 50, 100, 250 locations now. We came public in 2018 on about 100 million in sales. Right around the time there was just tons of fervor in this direct consumer movement. We had farted around, we'll call it as a furniture store, selling rugs and lamps and bowls and baskets and all the obvious things along the way. And it was really when we purged all that stuff around 2015, seeing the Caspers of the world emerge and Warby Parker's and even Tesla with their showrooms. Could we adopt a more e-commerce-led model with showrooms for people to kick the tires, so to speak? And that transition is really what unlocked the lovesack that you see today and where most of our growth has come since about 2015, 16, when we made that pivot, took the company public, wrapped around that direct consumer story. So we're not a digitally native brand originally, we were actually a retailer that pivoted and became digitally led. And now we don't even operate stores in the traditional sense. We don't, we don't stock things there. You know, you don't walk out of there with your product. They're all really online sales and those showrooms are extremely powerful mechanisms for helping people make up their mind around a five or 10, $15,000. [7:06] Purchase where they want to see the thing and sit on it and, and, and see if it's everything it's cracked, it's cracked up to be online. And so we, we, we believe that we really, uh, through that arc. And then by the way, since coming public, I don't know, six, seven X, the company this year, you know, we'll, we'll be on a run rate to the analysts were a public company. So the analysts show us around, you know, it's called 700 plus in revenue and profitable, very profitable and cash generative. So we think, you know, the direct consumer game, in a lot of respects, Love Sack is one of the unlikely winners of that entire movement. Because I think at that scale, there are very, very few, what I call successful direct to consumer brands. And so we're really proud of that. And it's been a long saga, and we continue to grow and change and adapt and evolve. Jason: [8:01] It's an amazing story. And we definitely want to unpack it. But I want to go all the way back to the beginning for one second. Did that neighbor who helped finish sewing the first prototype get any equity? Shawn : [8:13] No, it was my ex-girlfriend's, mom, so about the time she exited, you know. No, it was just a friendly favor, but the truth is a lot of people helped out along the way, and a lot of people had equity or have equity in Love Sack from along the way, but look, we've been through every high, every low. Somewhere in the middle there, I skipped over it just because of brevity. Not only did I win a million dollars on TV with Richard Branson, The Journey of Love Sack: From Highs to Lows [8:38] his reality TV show on Fox Network back in 2005, if you can believe that, the rebel billionaire. But I also guided the company through a complete chapter 11 reorganization back in 2006, spearheaded by Venture Capital, which was painful and ugly and embarrassing and humiliating. So we've been through every kind of thing over these better than two decades. Scot: [9:01] Yeah, my deep dive question is, when you rented or bought the wood chipper, did you tell them you'd be throwing foam in there, or did they think you were clearing up a tree? Shawn : [9:09] Oh, that's so the original story. Yeah, the original woodchipper actually, you know, if you've ever used one in your backyard or, you know, you shove sticks into these things, that's basically what the original shredder was. And it was in the back room of this furniture factory already. They had used it back in the seventies to shred foam, but it had an electric motor, right? Instead of like, okay. Scot: [9:30] So it's okay to be inside here. Shawn : [9:32] Well, yeah, but I had to rehab it because it hadn't been used in like a decade or two because shredded foam had fallen out of favor in furniture. And then later to do that bigger order, we couldn't afford like a proper German, shredder, so we ended up driving out to farm country to find more of those same kind of shredders and actually found a hay grinder called a hay buster can shred 2000 pounds at a whack. Scot: [9:57] And that's a lot of power. Shawn : [9:59] Yeah, it's powered by a tractor. So we, you know, agricultural loan for tractor and hay grinder. I mean, crazy, crazy story in the beginning. Scot: [10:07] Yeah, as a family, you gotta figure out how to get it done, right? Whatever it takes. Shawn : [10:12] Whatever it takes. Scot: [10:13] I didn't know the Richard Branson thing, so that was interesting. Did he like, was he an active investor, or that's like one of those things where his people kind of take over and you never hear from him again? Shawn : [10:22] No, I mean, it was a weird situation. He had a reality TV show, 2004-5, The Rebel Billionaire, you know, whatever, 16 contestants. It was like The Apprentice, but not for apprentices, for entrepreneurs. So my runner-up on the show was Sarah Blakely of Spanx, gives you an idea. Scot: [10:38] Oh, okay, cool, neat. Shawn : [10:39] Yeah, yeah, so we became great friends, she and I, Richard and I. I ended up also being named President of Virgin Worldwide for a minute as part of the prize, believe it or not. So, worked with Richard, worked with all of his CEOs. Totally weird outcome. And, you know, but huge, huge blessing and a huge piece of story. And he was involved in sort of our VC round that ensued on the tail of that. Scot: [11:06] Okay, and then I think I saw that you guys were on Shark Tank, right? You were like one of those that you know, kind of one of the big success stories. Was that the OG Shark Tank or? Shawn : [11:16] No, we weren't on Shark Tank. A lot of people thought that. There was a Love Sack copycat that's on Shark Tank. Okay, and so they got... Scot: [11:23] I was confused because like Google says you were and then I was like, but then I couldn't find the episode. Jason: [11:28] There's a whole TikTok channel dedicated to Love Sack and Shark Tank and it's super weird. Shawn : [11:36] That's super, yeah, people get confused. Scot: [11:42] Yeah, yeah, super weird. Yeah. And then when you did your IPO, was it a traditional IPO or did you guys get caught up in the SPAC craziness? Shawn : [11:51] No, we did a traditional IPO back in 2018 and you know, our stock has been really volatile for lots of different reasons that, you know, COVID was crazy, but the company performance has been really solid. So we're just trucking. Love Sack's Traditional IPO and Company Performance Scot: [12:06] He, I think, was at Graham that said in the short-term it's an emotional machine, in the long-term it weighs your financials. So you got to, it's very hard, you know, I took a company public, not to the level you have. And yeah, it is, I was like, I'm not going to look at the stock, it's not going to influence me. And then suddenly everyone's like, are we making the quarter? And it's like, okay. And then suddenly it's very hard to get out of that, that short-term mindset. So congrats to you for sticking to it for so long. Shawn : [12:29] Yeah, look, I'm actually a big advocate of it, having lived inside of it now for almost six years. Scot: [12:36] Yeah, the transparency is good, you know, and I like that part of it, I think that's good for, you know, to kind of have to put out everything that you're doing, you know, it's a, the ultimate, yeah, it's like, yeah, transparency tends to be a good thing. Shawn : [12:48] I think it's the right way for companies to be governed and ran. Anyway, we could get into that if you want. Scot: [12:56] Yeah, I like the, you know, and you talked about all the other, we call them digitally native vertical brands, like the Warby's and Bonobos and all that. And yeah, a lot of them have not made it past kind of like that hundred million dollar level. And you guys have obviously, you know, six, seven X that, which is awesome. And then, you know, the big knock on Casper for a long time was as we've actually had this guy, Dan on the show, people were able to pick apart the CAC LTV and they found the average selling price was like, Jason will know these numbers, but it was like 350 and their cost to acquire a customer was 400. And they were like, you know, that obviously wasn't sustainable. So it's pretty neat that you guys have figured that out. Shawn : [13:36] Yeah. I mean, that's at the root of why obviously we've had some sustained success. And I think it's also at the root of why there are almost no other direct consumer brands making any money. End of story, full stop. And it's pretty fascinating to watch the whole thing unfold, because it really has been a movement for almost a decade. Scot: [14:01] Yeah, and I don't want to dig into the information you don't divulge publicly, so this is not a trap or anything but is it because the selection or your products, you've kind of cracked the code on Kakao TV, like what do you, and I don't want to know any methods or anything. and what do you attribute it to? Shawn : [14:18] Look, I think, let's start at the root. I think that many companies, product companies, let's start there, overlook the fact that you need a really good product. I think they pick a category and they say, oh, it could be a direct consumer brand. And the truth is, what does that even mean? Do you mean, because here's the funny thing. When I hear analysts and industry people talk about direct consumer, it has become synonymous over the last decade as it's unfolded today with e-comm. Oh, you mean you're an e-comm company and in many cases you do half of your sales through wholesale. So what does it even mean? I mean, if you want to talk about a direct consumer brand, LoveSack may be the most direct. We don't have any wholesale. I'm talking zero, and we only sell through our own channels, whether it's our website or our showrooms. And we have these partnerships, for instance, where we operate our own showrooms inside of a Best Buy or a Costco. [15:26] But you know, so this whole phrase even, direct-to-consumer, I think is really kind of silly. You mean you're a company that sells stuff online and maybe in showrooms and maybe in wholesale? So you're a company that sells stuff. So let's start with stuff. And you have to make, I think, if you want to be successful in the world, it's not a new concept. You have to have... A great product or or you have to have some other really. Hiller efficiency The Importance of Having a Differentiated Product [15:52] and i think what most have discovered it was a list again over this long decade of direction sumer evolution is that without a really differentiated product. You're just another company with a clever name lots of funding and if you throw lots of money at anything it's gonna grow. But you need to be differentiated. So Love Sack, you know, start with the giant beanbags. They were unique, especially in their day. There's tons of copycats out there now. [16:24] Sactionals are extremely unique. The problem is they photograph just like any other sectional sofa. Like if you took an image of Sactionals and an image of one of, you know, out of any competitor that sells couches, ours looks a lot like theirs. But the difference, the differences are myriad in terms of their washability, changeability, quality, and modularity, and many of those aspects, especially on the modular side, are patented at LoveSac. And so once you dig into it, you find that that's the number one driving factor, is we have a product that's truly differentiated, truly gives more value to the customer, and therefore, we can extract more from the market. It's really that simple, right? And that's at the root of why our CLV to CAC ratio it was so high and sustainable and cash-generative and profitable. And then we could go down all kinds of other paths. We could talk about our website, execution and stuff like that. And all of it needs to be there. Look, running a business is multifaceted and difficult. But at the root of it is that. Jason: [17:27] For sure. One of the things I sort of admire about your company is the original premise was not to have a particular go-to-market strategy. It was to have this great product that people wanted to have in their lives, right? And it feels to me like that, the whole quote unquote D to C movement, like this notion that before you solve any other problem, you're just gonna put a flag in the ground, like this is how you're gonna go to market, that just, it just seems silly because that may not be how the customer wants to acquire your product. Shawn : [18:00] Yeah, I think you're right. And I think that, so I think that whole movement that we're a part of, so I don't mean to like bag on the movement. I'm just an observer as well. Like I've been living in it, right? And we put, and I'm being really transparent, we put on those clothes very intentionally. [18:16] Because people that planted those flags were getting funded. People that planted those flags were being understood at the time. And these movements come. Right now, I could hold up a flag that said AI on it and go out there and raise a bunch of money and do something. And in the end, 99 out of 100 of those, flags are going to fall by the wayside after having tons of money thrown at them and Probably 1% of them will go on to you know be the next Googlers or who knows what right? But these movements come and go and and and I'm and this is what I'm saying You gotta be careful. I'm not bagging on the movement because these movements are useful these movements drive economic activity these movements drive innovation But they're often way overhyped, not as, I think, not as, so, you know, I mean, we could get into AI, you guys are, I'm sure, tracking it just like I am. What does that even mean? Oh, you mean like software? You mean like software that, that does stuff in an automated fashion? Like is that, is that, is it really that new? But it doesn't matter. It's a story that's being heard. It's a story that's being understood and it's where the momentum is. And so if you're able to wield, take advantage of these movements in the marketplace to your end, that's what, and that's exactly what LoveSack did. We put on those clothes, we took a concept that had been around for a long time, our concept. [19:42] And look, in the end, the thinking and the development and even like, let's say the web services and all the things available to that movement that The Value and Overhype of Market Movements [19:49] were spun up because of that movement, we benefited from. The money raising pricing aside, momentum, going public, whatever, all these things aside. So that's why I'm saying I think that there is value in these movements, but fundamentally, you still need to have a great business, a great product, something that's truly differentiated, because anyone with some funding can go out, buy a logo, buy a name, and look like they know what they're doing. Jason: [20:20] And yeah, for sure. And to your point, there's a, there's a funny data by going around in, in our industry this week that like over a hundred million dollars or I'm sorry, Amazon's GMV is, I'm sorry, a hundred billion dollars of Amazon's GMV is from AI. And you hear that and you're like, oh my God, that's huge. And then you find out it's product recommendation tiles that they launched in 1997. Shawn : [20:45] Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Jason: [20:47] Which, yeah. Yeah, so I do just want to like kind of wrap up this section, but put it in context. When you open that first store in a mall, like the mall competition for furniture stores was like Expressions Furniture, right? Which no one on this call would even remember probably. And then like by the time you really, after your IPO and really caught fire, you were competing directly against all these D to C companies that were expanding in malls. You were probably competing for leases. Shawn : [21:18] Yeah. Jason: [21:19] It's quite the, quite the journey. Now, Scot mentioned at the beginning of the show that you had recently started a podcast and I'm two part question. How the heck did you have time to start a podcast and tell us what the premise behind the podcast is and what you're talking about? Shawn : [21:36] Sure. Yeah. Just to comment first on what you pointed out, there is this whole strip in the malls now out there right now. But by the way, in these shopping malls that I was told were dead, you know, I could read the headlines of shopping malls are dead back in 2001 when I was opening my first shopping mall and I was forwarded those kind of emails by friends and family who were concerned. And here we are in 2023 and while these things change, they take decades to change. Meanwhile, they've evolved and you have all of these direct consumer players now and it It just cycles through, you know? What the players inside of these shopping centers happen to rotate, and I've watched it all evolve, and by the way, they're rotating again, because a lot of those players are not viable. Some of the best ones, biggest ones, you know? Like, concepts like Peloton, who I think is amazing as a concept, you know? They have their struggles, and so we watch these things evolve. In terms of, the podcast is relevant to this. Let me explain why. We had the chicken, I'm going to go, given the nature of what your podcast is, I'll give you a much broader picture than just, hey, why am I recording a podcast on my own and writing a book? [22:55] It works like this. We had the chicken before the egg. Sactionals being the chicken, we discovered, as we observed and had success with it, we believe are so successful because they are are built to last a lifetime and designed to evolve. Like those two attributes in our product are quite unique. And those two attributes underpin what we call our designed for life philosophy. Sactionals: Built to Last, Designed to Evolve [23:21] I did not found Love Sack to make products that are super sustainable, sustain hyphenable. In other words, things that actually sustain. Who's talking about that? I was just trying to survive. I made a big beanbag, people liked it. Made a couch because people were asking about couches. who has solved all these problems, observed the success, and that success was rooted in the fact that things were built to last, designed to evolve. Now that's led us to this whole philosophy that will inform our innovation on every product going forward, and it's why I'm so confident that we can continue to succeed, is because of this design philosophy that I'm sharing with you openly. Because it's one thing to say it, it's another thing to execute to it. That's the hard part. It's the execution that's the hard part, you know? Now, that said... [24:08] I'm trying to drive a movement. I believe that there are many people that are sort of aware now that we have been conned into buying too much crap. New season, new collection, the merchandising hamster wheel, new iPhone, now it's got a titanium band. Really? Everyone knows. No, it's not even hidden. It's not even like a secret. it. This whole hamster wheel called planned obsolescence that was not an accident, it's absolutely an economic strategy to lift us out of the Great Depression and onward. And it has roots all the way back to Louis XIV. What's my point? The world has just, I guess, accidentally, not so accidentally, fallen into all kinds of rhythms that are unhealthy, unsustainable, and not good for anyone, not good for the environment, not good for people, you know, we're frenetically chasing out. Now my jeans are too tight, now they're too loose, now they're too long, now they're short, now I got, now they got to show my ankles, now they got to drape over my, like, this is not an accident. This is a self-propelling machine that we have created. What's my point? I believe we can drive a movement amongst people to reject that. And I believe factionals is one of the embodiments of that. Things built to last a lifetime are designed to evolve. So that movement is actually my long-term strategy. [25:33] In the near term, I need to... One of the ways that we will reach people besides buying advertising and using it to drive a strong CLV to CAC ratio is through... I don't know, even podcasts like this is through people finding our brand, finding out about me, finding out about the company through... Whether it be me, whether it be through the goodwill of our customers, sharing this or that, the other. And so I wrote a book called Let Me Save You 25 Years. It's our clever story Driving a Movement for Sustainable Consumerism [25:59] at Love Sack. It's really great. I think it launches in January. I spun up a podcast called Let Me Save You 25 Years where I share my own entrepreneurial mistakes, miracles, and lessons of the Love Sack story. That's the subtitle of the book. That's the spirit of the podcast. I talk to successful people, some of the world's most successful entrepreneurs and successful people about these concepts. And it's not an interview podcast. We go really deep into some of these concepts. So my long-term goal ultimately, is to write another book that can help drive this consumer movement that I'm describing because I think if we can get a little bit of luck and get people thinking about these things and then eventually seeking out. Products that can do this, and just a lifestyle that is supported in the way that I'm describing. Buy better to buy less. Buy better stuff so you can buy less stuff. Well, obviously, LoveSack will benefit from that as a company that makes better stuff. And so, look, it's a long, long, long, long way around, but you asked the question, and I'm totally serious about that. Scot: [26:58] Yeah. So I'm gonna guess you're not a fan of fast fashion. Shawn : [27:03] No, I mean, that's obviously gonna be I made the topic of the book, you know? Scot: [27:06] And I'm not. Jason's a huge Xi'an fan, so you just really hurt his feelings. No, I'm just kidding. Jason: [27:11] Hey, I wore a Patagonia, a used Patagonia jacket in honor of tonight's show. What are you talking about? Shawn : [27:18] You are speaking my language, man. And look, it's not even about being a tree hugger. I think that people have a brain. And people, I think, are waking up to the idea after the iPhone 15, that holy crap, Apple probably should have been forced to innovate a long, long time ago. Biggest company on planet Earth because they sell us the same thing every year or two. Had we not allowed them to do that, they would have had to use their enormous treasure and enormous skill base to innovate into other categories and and change the world. Instead, we've allowed them to sell us the same thing every year. Scot: [28:06] That's an interesting ethos. Having built a company, about how many people are in your company at this point? Shawn : [28:12] Total about 1,500. It's about 400 at the headquarters and another 1,000 out in the field-ish. Scot: [28:19] Yeah, you're at that phase where there's people at the company that you've never really met before. And it's awkward because they always expect you to know their name and they all know your name. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So when you get a company to that scale, how do you keep innovating? And, you know, one of the ones that I really love that you guys have done is the Stealth Tech. I think that's genius because I love AV and like having a really immersive experience. And I'll let you explain what it is, but, you know, my wife hates the big black speakers that I try to put all over the house. So I think it kind of solves like six problems in one. So A, maybe let listeners know a little bit more about what we're talking about. And then be I'd love to hear like how do you guys you know it's really hard to kind of you know ideas are easy and execution is hard on execution. It's really hard to like you know nail what you're doing and you have a lot going on and then like keep innovating. How do you how do you like get the org functional that way? Shawn : [29:16] Yeah. I mean, I think number one is you have to, you have to really want it, you know, not, not just like, Hey, I want to, I want to get, I want to get more business. I want to sell more stuff. Obviously there's that. But this ethos that I just kind of unpacked for you that, that we tripped stumbled into does the design for life ethos animates this organization. Like, it is a lot of, it is very motivating to think about, holy cow, now that we know our purpose, and it's been identified, right? Inspiring humankind to buy better so they can buy, you know, everyone's like, it was purpose, purpose, purpose, and hire some consultant, you know what I mean? But for real, if you have something that's truly unique, and it's meaningful, it's not just like words on the wall, it really is motivating, it's exciting. Scot: [30:11] And you bake baked in the products have to get better too, right? Like you, that's not well, so you have to support it. Shawn : [30:17] That's exactly right. Like, yeah, like we have to make stuff that's built to last a lifetime and design to evolve, which is really hard because if it was easy, everyone would do that. And here I am telling you openly about it. Like that's what we're going to do. And I'm not afraid to tell you because most companies won't do it because it's just freaking hard. Like it's a lot easier. Like why doesn't love sack? You know, you brought up stealth tech. So Stealth Tech is full Harman Kardon surround sound, no quality sound loss audio. Perfect audio emanating from your couch through the phone through the next layer of fabric and through the decorative layer of fabric that's washable, changeable, removable, tuned down to the color of that fabric so that the audio is perfect rear, front, center, subwoofer, invisible, beautiful, because you don't see it, it looks just like a couch, and it has all that packed in there, it's radically successful. It's been, it's now a huge piece of our business. And nobody saw that coming, because what would they expect a couch company to do next? A couch beanbag company. An end table, a coffee table, a rug, a lamp, you know, decorative accessories, get into the bedroom, who knows, right? Like the obvious stuff. Scot: [31:32] Meatballs. Shawn : [31:32] And what, yeah, right? Why did we do that? We anyway, we saw the opportunity and we also invented it. So one is, Innovation and the Evolution of LoveSack's Product Line [31:40] to answer your question, a lot of play. We are constantly at our innovation lab playing. So it's not just consumer-led insights, which is a big piece of what we do, but it's also a lot of inventions. You gotta have teams to invent. You gotta have engineers. You gotta have, so you gotta support that. So there's a cost structure there. And that's why LoveSack is quite profitable, but not as profitable as it could be in the future, because we are investing in innovation. And there's a lot of heads. there's a lot of engineers, there's a lot of designers doing things. Now they're not just all running around playing, they also have a very disciplined approach to executing on innovation, like launching Stealth Tech a couple years ago, and bringing that to market, which is a heavy lift because it's our invention, it's our patents, and it was not easy for this beanbag company to get into home electronics in a real way. [32:29] We've done, I think, more than 100 million in home electronic sales and making us a pretty, a pretty big player in that space, believe it or not. Already, and I don't think most people even, you know, would think that. But we're, you know, totally serious about it. So, innovation, wrapped around an inspiring path to innovation, I think is the key. Do you have an inspiring path, or are you just trying to make more stuff? Because if I wanted all those things I mentioned, like I'm over here in Asia right now, I'm in Hong Kong. And if I wanted a whole line of living room furniture with our logo on it to make myself feel good, I could have it in four weeks. The suppliers will do it for me. They've been doing it for 30 years over here for all the biggest brands you can think of, you know? And we could give them some designs and give them some ideas and let our, I mean, it's so easy to just source stuff. I'm talking about, you know, product land. Now we're talking fashion, talking furniture, talk any category you want, the same is true. But to truly invent stuff's a lot harder. And that's why I think we've had success, that's why I think we will continue to have success. Jason: [33:35] Yeah, you know, so I am interested, I mean, obviously the product has to be the lead in solving that real problem for a customer. But I do think another helpful aspect to your business is that in order for those products to be successful, like, they have to be demonstrated somehow. Like, per your point, the catalog for the StealthTech sectional looks just like the catalog for a generic sectional. And so I'm thinking you having your own showrooms was a big advantage for being able to tell the story. And ironically, I'm not sure you opened that first showroom because you recognize that problem. It sounds like you opened that first showroom because you had no other way to get distribution. Shawn : [34:21] Oh yeah, yeah. And that's why I'm not taking any claim as some kind of marketing genius. We just kind of tried to survive in the beginning. And opening a showroom was actually a reaction to being rejected by the big furniture guys, because they didn't, you know, want our product, they didn't believe in us, whatever. They couldn't see it. And so thankfully, it went that way. And by the way, they weren't showrooms, they were stores. We were a furniture store for a decade and a half. And we did all the furniture store things. And we sold merchandise, and you pulled your car around and we loaded you up, believe it or not, or we shipped to you. And it took us a long, long time to, after copycatting all those furniture stores and hiring merchandisers and window dressers and all those kinds of things from our competition to do that stuff in our stores. [35:14] To make that pivot to the direct consumer model that we operate on today that obviously looks very prescient in today's model. Now, the reason I think we've been so successful at it is because we had those 15, 20 years to get really good at operating now 250 locations across every state, almost in the United States of America, where people are fighting and bickering and hiring and firing and touching each other, whatever it takes. The point is operating physical showrooms is not something you get good at in a day or a week or a year just because that seems like the next thing to do. We have a website, now people need to see our stuff, to your point. And that's the approach I think a lot of the direct consumer brands have taken. And I don't think that they realize how hard it is to be profitable at retail and how many pitfalls there are. Where if I want to get a little better at digital marketing, which I think we're pretty good at now, but I can hire that. I can agency that, I can platform that. And so I think that the physical side of things is really underestimated. And so thankfully, our very long haphazard history has played out in our favor in that realm. And I think it's a huge strength of ours, because by the way, now that the economy's pulling back and this and that, we're 250 locations ahead of most that are just really coming around to the marriage of physical with digital and not realizing that, You know, it's not something you can just turn on and be good at. Jason: [36:44] Yeah. And I think it's you, you rightly pointed out that like the whole landscape of DTC hasn't been particularly successful. There's not a lot of wins, but the, the people that are outperforming the average, even one thing they all have in common is they all have some kind of physical footprint to, to reduce CAC, right? So they're either have their own stores or they, they are white selling through wholesale, or they're, they're in front of customers in some way, The Strength of LoveSack's Physical Showrooms in the DTC Landscape [37:09] other than, than Facebook ads. Yeah, I, I did. I think there's a super interesting new evolution. I thought I read about though. So like Amen stores and showrooms are super complicated. People wildly underestimate how many mistakes you can, you can make owning and operating a retail store. And now, now that you seem to have that clicking, you guys are bringing the retail store to the customer's driveways. Is that true? Like talk to us about the mobile concierge. Shawn : [37:37] Yeah, so just like we're innovating in product, we're also always innovating go to market. So whether it's mobile concierge, which is a lovesack trucks, where you can, you know, from the comfort of your home, have us pull up in the driveway and show you our products, which we've which we've dabbled in, and have tested into. And we'll see, you know, where that goes. I think that that has its own just like retail has its own complications, but also more, I think, more. I guess scalable already is Shop and Shop. So our showrooms right now in shopping malls, they're only like 800 square feet. So obviously the metrics are great, right? We're selling very big ticket items out of very tiny footprints with a small staff. There's just good metrics. And I don't hide from that. That's been a big part of our success, right? So we chose a good category in that way. We chose a terrible category in the sense is that the home category has all kinds of other issues. Jason: [38:38] Not the easiest category to deliver the product. Shawn : [38:41] Yeah, I mean, there's delivery, but there's also just the cyclical nature. You couple that with the idea that, look, we are selling you something that we are intending you to have for decades. My sectionals in my home are 16 years old, some of them, made with brand new pieces, made with Stealth Tech. That's pretty cool. On the other hand, unless we give you Stealth Tech and other reasons to come back, like, you know, you've got your satchels and you've made your investment. And so look, we deal with cover. So we're innovating on product, we're innovating on go to market, shop and shop. So these thousand square foot showrooms have been very useful for us. We have 200 square foot showrooms inside of Best Buy's or Costco's, where our people are basically checking you out and allowing you to kick the tires on the product. And then look, whether you buy there or whether you go back and buy online, we don't care. We built an agnostic platform where we just want you to be in the family. So I think these are things that have evolved over time and you've got to test and learn, whether it's mobile concierge, as you described, whether it's shop and shops. And these tests and learn activities can take years to play out and really take to scale and stuff like that. And so I think in this day and age of, hey, I'm gonna go raise a ton of money and build my company to X revenue and exit for X multiple, which is I think Testing and Learning: Mobile Concierge and Shop and Shop [40:05] what drives a lot of entrepreneurial activity. [40:09] That kind of mentality just doesn't have the staying power necessary. And that's why you see so many of these brands reach a point where they have to be retooled, like some of them are going through now. And look, they've made someone rich. Sometimes these founders find ways to squeeze a bunch of money out of it, or private equity tosses the hot potato to the next guy and they make a ton of money out of it. But in the end, what's left? a brand that is at scale, doesn't make money, and can't go anywhere. So my point is you gotta have the stomach to grind it out, to spend the time, to really slow cook some of these things, and to be flexible when they don't work, and shut them down and move on to the next. And so constantly innovating on go-to-market, constantly innovating on product, and really putting in the time and energy it takes to refine concepts, you know. Scot: [41:03] I know we're running up against time, and you've obviously spent a lot of time thinking about this. I know your goal is to bring this ethos out, but if you think about retail and e-commerce, what do you think the next five years hold? You talked about AI. There's a lot of this stuff that's temporal, but anything you think that you believe is going to change the way we shop and buy, either in-store or online? Shawn : [41:29] Yeah, look, I think that it will just continue to evolve, and so I think AI is real. I think it will play a transformative role, and I think everyone's trying to figure out exactly what that is, and nobody really knows yet. I wish I could just give you a clever answer, but I think I've witnessed, AI's transformative role in the future of technology [41:53] you know, that's What's the benefit of having a 25-year perspective is it's like I was saying about shopping malls. The mall is dead, headline from 2001. TV is dead, headline from 2008. Here we are with both of them still intact. By the way, TV advertising is still a big piece of our marketing spend. I know that's kind of mind-blowing because it seems like everybody's cut the cord or gone to this extreme. And I'm just telling you, these movements take decades. And so while it's great to be ahead of a movement, you don't, unless you are trying to drive that movement, like unless you are trying to take advantage of that AI, boom, to go raise money and wave that flag or whatever. [42:40] I've found it's okay to be a laggard. It's not always beneficial to, unless you're trying to build your concept around that and take advantage of that movement itself, let the movements evolve. So I can't give you a great prediction of exactly what's going to happen. AI is important. But how, where the winners will actually be and what the effects will actually be, I think it's way too early to tell. But I do think it's important to keep your finger and keep watching and eventually, you know, to find the connection and lean into that to affect your business. You have to be a little bit patient, I think. Jason: [43:27] Yeah, well, certainly 25 years in, I think you've earned your patience creds, by the way. Shawn : [43:35] Maybe too much. Jason: [43:37] Yeah, I mean, there's pros and cons to both. Urgency can be useful in certain circumstances, but short time horizons come with a lot of problems, as you have rightly pointed out. That did lead me to one sort of thought question. And you, you referenced some of your, your CAC economics and side note, we've, we've one of the, our favorite guests on the show is this professor Dan McCarthy. Who's, who's a huge advocate for cohort analysis and customer lifetime value based businesses. And so he would be thrilled that you're on, because I know you guys disclose some of your cohort metrics in, in your financial statements, which he loves. And to me, you're in a really interesting category to do that because although your product has invented a reason for customers to come back and you've sort of turned a product into a system, it's not like a fast cycle, right? Like, and so like when you're thinking about like a time horizon for LTV, and you guys have a very good return on your CAC, but compared to most companies, your CAC still is really high, right? Like, you sell a lot of product to compensate for that. Shawn : [44:57] Yeah. Jason: [44:58] So how, like, you know, you're spending five or six hundred bucks to acquire a customer and then you're earning thousands of dollars on each of those customers. Like, was it difficult to sort of have the financial discipline to have a long enough time horizon to see those sorts of high CLVs come back for that initial customer acquisition? Shawn : [45:23] Yeah, I mean, you could call it discipline. In our case, again, it was just survival, being really transparent. You know, we were just trying to find a way to make this business work, and we weren't profitable right out of the gate. It took us many years to get better at retail, to get better at e-commerce, to have a shopping cart experience that was commensurate to the product, because that's really hard with our product. Our product is really weird and complicated. And so that's something that's overlooked with Lovesack. And I think a lot of our copycats and competitors are realizing that. You can't just use a Shopify checkout if you're going to sell something as dynamic as, let's say, factionals where, you know, you can buy a bunch of these and a bunch of those and combine them in a million different ways. How do you, how do you shopping cart that? How do you Amazon that, you know? And so, and so these are superpowers that we've developed over a long time and thankfully given it enough time to become profitable. So to answer your question about, you know, patience, I think part of it is just been our lot in life to, to be, to have patience forced on us. But secondly, real discipline around. [46:32] Our CLV and CAC metrics. So we are, we are, and have been for a long time, carefully monitoring them, tracking them, constantly innovating and refining on the marketing side, these things that I mentioned, whether TV, you know, over the top, linear, nonlinear, digital marketing with its 500 heads, you know, like I'm talking about species of digital marketing, it's such a big word, right? I have to be constantly and tirelessly refined and risk taken and stuff tried and stuff failed and all rolled it and it all rolls up into that CLV to CAC ratio that you can hope you can keep moving and then couple that with innovation so that people can come back and buy more. And so thankfully, look, we chose a category with a high ticket and that drives the lion's share. That first purchase drives the lion's share of that CLV to CAC relationship. But our long-term point of view now is not only to find other ways that we can do more of that, maybe even in other categories and adjacencies. [47:32] But also give like StealthTack, give people a reason to come back and add on. And then by the way, when they do come back, then they face the consequence of, well, what do I do with some of these things that I need to, let's say, I get StealthTack and I got to swap out two of my sides. Well, okay, the obvious answer is I don't want to throw those in the trash. We don't want them throwing them in the trash and they may not need another couch in another room. So it's leading us to services, trade in, trade up, recycle, you know, all kinds of things that will again, give us more reasons to reach out and touch that customer. And so I think that if you relentlessly pursue. [48:13] A good concept with good intentions being driven by good philosophy and purpose like I've described, it's been my experience that the universe kind of unfolds for you, but it doesn't do it overnight. And you can't just have a, at least in my experience, you can't just have a master plan and be like, we're gonna do this and then that and that. You have to iterate to it. You have to observe, you have to live some, like when we launched Stealth Tech, we just, you know, it's easy now to look back in hindsight and be like, well, of course people are gonna want to or trade in their sides or do whatever. But some of those things aren't always so apparent. And you need to plunge yourself into the pool, see what comes of it, and then react to that. And some of those reactions can take years to unfold. Like some of these services that I just described and whatnot, they'll take us years to manifest. [48:59] But the nice thing is, the core business can generate profits that will carry us to that and we'll invest some of those profits in that innovation that I'm describing. But it's like, it's just relentless, man. It's tiring. It's like you have to have the stomach to go the distance. And that's where the time horizon, look, I'm a big advocate of it. Culturally, you know, like when my whole organization knows, like the theme of our manager fest a month ago, this is where we all get together once a year, was 25 and 25 more. And I'm not kidding. Like my personal point of view, if I'm allowed to be here as a public company CEO, if I do good enough to stay in the seat, which is inherent, and that's why I love the structure. It forces you to be awesome, you know? [49:45] If I can do that, but the fact that my organization knows that I'm in for another 25, you know how grounding that is and stabilizing that is, as opposed to, man, when's Sean's gonna sell his stock and bail and go start his next company? That's what I'm supposed to do, isn't it? That's how I become a bazillionaire, isn't it? I'm not interested in that. I'm interested in building something. And I think that that, I don't know, desire is actually kind of rare these days. Long-Term Vision vs Quick Profit [50:14] I think everyone just wants to be a bazillionaire as fast as they can. Jason: [50:17] Oh, for sure. Yeah. Everybody's assuming you're going to cash out and invest in your first rocket. Shawn : [50:24] Yeah, whatever. And I think it's sad. Look, I'd love to make a ton of money, whatever. That's all great. But whatever happened to the ambition of let's build something awesome, no matter how long it takes. And that's where I'm at. Jason: [50:41] Yeah. Well, Sean, it's been an amazing run so far. This is going to be a great spot to leave it because we have used up our allotted time, but I know listeners are going to appreciate you saving them the first 25 years, and we're going to be super excited to watch what happens in the next 25. Shawn : [50:57] Thank you. Thank you. Scot: [50:59] We really appreciate it, Sean. I know you're in Hong Kong, you're in the middle of your day there, and we appreciate you coming on the show. If folks want to check out your podcast, where would you point them to? Shawn : [51:09] Yeah, wherever you love listening to podcasts, Let Me Save You 25 Years is the name. LetMeSaveYou25Years.com. You can find me on social media, Sean of Lovesack. I'm all over that and love to be connected, slide into my DMs. I mean, I love talking to customers, friends, peers, being very accessible and looking forward to building the movement. Of course, Lovesack.com. We're easy to find. Scot: [51:33] Trey Lockerbie 41 Yep. And the book's coming out in January and I assume it's going to be in all the usual places. Shawn : [51:37] Sean O'Toole 41 All the usual places. Yeah. Let Awesome. Jason: [51:45] Thanks again and until next time, happy commercing!  

Jay Norman is the Global Head of Music Marketing at Spotify. His work at Spotify and his background as co-founder of the content shop Verse + Hook has focused on helping brands create and connect through culturally impactful work. We discussed all of this and more this week on the On Brand podcast. About Jay Norman Jay Norman is a creative leader, marketer, and co-founder with a 15-year + commitment to designing campaigns merging culture and human emotional experiences. Currently serving as the Global Head of Music Marketing at Spotify, Justin has worked with several international brands, organizations, and artists, creating genre-bending, culturally impactful work. Within his agency career, he has led campaigns and content for brands such as Johnson and Johnson (Listerine, Tylenol, Zyrtec), Stellantis (Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati), Unilever (Country Crock, Bertolli, Popsicle, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter) JBL, Harman Kardon, McDonald's, and more. The award-winning content shop he co-founded, Verse + Hook, has crafted work on brands like Pepsi and Kingsford and had an integral role in the composition of campaigns and media featuring artists and musicians in advertising for brands like Jeep, Bacardi, Paypal, NFL, and ESPN. Episode Highlights Artists and brands can be strange bedfellows. “Usually it takes the form of an endorsement.” However, as Jay notes, it can often be something much bigger. The problem? “Brands usually come in asking an artist to be in this thing all about me. In reality, it all comes down to story — what about you makes you interesting?” “Our algorithm is one of the best pieces of machine learning,” says Jay. He went on to share the powerful brand touchpoint of Spotify's year-end Wrapped project. What brand has made Darren smile recently? “Barbie,” Jay noted with enthusiasm. “I'm loving that, usually, a brand over-saturating the market backfires. But Barbie reminds us that nostalgia is a powerful tool.” To learn more, connect with Jay on LinkedIn. As We Wrap … Listen and subscribe at Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon/Audible, Google Play, Stitcher, TuneIn, iHeart, YouTube, and RSS. Rate and review the show—If you like what you're hearing, be sure to head over to Apple Podcasts and click the 5-star button to rate the show. And, if you have a few extra seconds, write a couple of sentences and submit a review to help others find the show. Did you hear something you liked on this episode or another? Do you have a question you'd like our guests to answer? Let me know on Twitter using the hashtag #OnBrandPodcast and you may just hear your thoughts here on the show. On Brand is a part of the Marketing Podcast Network. Until next week, I'll see you on the Internet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get ready to hit the road with Tammy Dooley from the Granbury Convention and Visitors Bureau as we chat about the upcoming 48th annual Lone Star Street Rod Association meetup in Granbury, Texas! Discover why this charming town is the perfect destination for this family-friendly event, and the unique traditions that make it stand out – including a parade for senior citizens and a downtown pokerrun for a fun look around town.  In our feature segment, we are taking a look at the 2023 Kia Sportage, exploring its various features like the seven trim levels, the Shadow Matt Gray paint, and the LED lighting package. Find out what sets this vehicle apart from its competitors with its interior offerings such as the 12.3-inch instrument screen, the Harman Kardon premium audio, and the wireless charger. Join us for automotive news, insider insights, and more on the community of Granbury!---- ----- Want more In Wheel Time Car Talk any time? In Wheel Time Car Talk is now available on iHeart Radio! Just go to iheart.com/InWheelTimeCarTalk where ever you are.----- -----Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast provider for the next episode of In Wheel Time Car Talk and check out our live broadcast every Saturday, 8a-11aCT simulcasting on iHeart Radio, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Twitch and InWheelTime.com.In Wheel Time Car Talk can be heard on you mobile device from providers such as:Apple Podcasts, Pandora Podcast, Amazon Music Podcast, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, iHeart Radio podcast, TuneIn + Alexa, Podcast Addict, Castro, Castbox and more on your mobile device.Follow InWheelTime.com for the latest updates!Twitter: https://twitter.com/InWheelTimeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/inwheeltime/https://www.iheart.com/live/in-wheel-time-car-talk-9327/https://www.youtube.com/inwheeltimehttps://www.Facebook.com/InWheelTimeFor more information about In Wheel Time Car Talk, email us at info@inwheeltime.comTags: In Wheel Time, automotive car talk show, car talk, Live car talk show, In Wheel Time Car Talk

Last week we examined the resurgence of the LP record. What prompted that episode was visiting our local record shop to see about replacing a turntable cartridge. Well, after a bit of experimentation, I discovered it wasn't my turntable at fault. The problem was with my Harman/Kardon integrated stereo amplifier. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/patrick-ball/message

Hello everyone,A few months ago, I had the pleasure of interviewing David Senra, host of the Founders podcast. David is incredibly high energy and authentic about what he does. You think Mohnish Pabrai takes the idea of cloning seriously? Here's David:I can live the rest of my entire life never having one original idea. As long as I've mastered the handful of ideas that I see as recurring themes in the history of entrepreneurship, I will live a fantastic life. Because it's not only knowing this stuff, but also actually applying them.To paraphrase Bruce Lee, fear not the man who has read 10,000 books once but rather the man who has re-read the best ones over and over. Or, in David's case, the man who does both.David sticks to Munger's maxim of taking a simple idea and taking it seriously:The greatest entrepreneurs had one idea. They built everything around that one idea. There might be things that spawn off of that idea later on. There are other businesses that can grow out of that, other business lines, other products. But fundamentally, they start with an idea.In David's case it's podcasting and a vein of high quality information that he mines and converts into an attractive product. Actually, it's a combination of two big ideas: a big wave to surf (podcasting) and a big insight about David himself (love of reading and learning, ability to go deep in one area without burning out).I hope you enjoy the conversation and pick up some valuable ideas from his entrepreneurial heroes (and villains…).Reading a book is a movie for the mind. It's impossible to read a life story of an interesting person and not be involved emotionally. You're with them in their ups and downs. It's a predictable human reaction that you put yourself in their shoes.You can listen to this conversation on Spotify, Apple, anchor (and via RSS) or find a full transcript at Compound.If you're looking for an all-in-one solution to manage your personal finances, Compound can help (disclosures).A few things I learned from David:Building a company can require an illogical amount of persistence.James Dyson "has 14 years of struggle. He builds 5,127 prototypes. He mortgaged his house. Some days, after doing all these experiments, he's climbing into bed at night covered in dust, crying at how painful what he's trying to do. It's 14 years and 5,127 prototypes before he has a vacuum of his own design, that he owns completely, that he could start selling to the public.We know at year 14 he's going to have success. What about year three? What if he stopped right here? That makes perfect sense. This is why it's so difficult. It is the logical decision. He should have stopped there, but he didn't. The founder is the guardian of the company's soul.I covered the biography of this guy named Sidney Harman. If you ever get into a luxury car, you'll see speakers that say Harman Kardon. He winds up writing this fantastic autobiography. He's 80 or 90 years old when he's writing it. It's called Mind Your Own Business. In that biography he's distilling 50 years. We haven't even been alive for 50 years. This dude had been trying to build companies, successful and unsuccessful for 50 years. Imagine what he knows.He gave the best description of what I feel is the founder's role. The founder is the guardian of the company's soul.You cannot be the guardian of your company unless you love it. Edwin Land, Enzo Ferrari, and Steve Jobs, they talk about their products the way you would describe your lover. It's not the same as, I made a toaster, here's the toaster. No, they describe it like they're in love with what they've done.No one would have known Walt Disney's name if he'd started Disney and sold it five years later.There is this weird mind virus. I have an idea, I'm going to start up, I'm going to scale up, I'm going to sell, and then I'm going to do that over and over again. Inevitably, the question is who are the entrepreneurs you look up to? Who are your entrepreneur heroes? And they start listing off people that literally worked in the same company forever. I don't understand. Are you learning from these people or not? Because no one would have known Walt Disney's name if he started Disney and sold it five years later. No one would know Job's name if he just got kicked out of Apple and then disappeared.The value of compounding knowledge.An investor understands the power of compounding. Knowledge compounds, too. Imagine going back and trying to talk to Warren Buffett about everything he knew at 35 compared to what Warren Buffett knew at 80. That's not the same person. I've read 272 biographies of entrepreneurs so far. I have a unique set of knowledge there. It's going to pale in comparison to what I will know two decades from now or three decades from now.Studying the birth of industries.Henry Ford had an idea. I want to build an easy, reliable car that the average person working at Ford can actually afford. That was unheard of. … Edison says something that changes Ford's life. He says, that's it, young man, you have it, keep at it. So, the next 5-10 years of struggle, he remembers what Edison said and it helped him. That's how Ford approached it. That's his idea. …Billy Durant had built this vertically integrated carriage company for horses. He … went and bought a bunch of other carriage brands, and put them under one umbrella. The exact same playbook at the early days of GM. … Henry Leland worked for Samuel Colt. The ideas that he learned in the mass production of firearms, he then shows up in Detroit and starts applying them to automobiles. When Henry Ford has a question, he goes to see Henry Leland. He is the wise old counsel with a lot more life experience.”On founders and culture.Whoever you are and whatever is important to you, put that into your company. Don't shy away from the eccentric part of your personality because your personality is the foundation and the beginning culture of the company.The downside of intense focus and dedication.The people that get really good at what they're doing don't allow themselves to think or do much of anything else.Jony Ive, who worked very closely with Steve Jobs, was talking about one of the main lessons from Steve Jobs. He's saying, “Steve was the most remarkably focused person I have ever met in my life.” Jony works with Steve almost every day. This guy who is having lunch with him damn near every day says he is the most focused person in his life. That should tell you to do an audit of your life. Am I focused?But also:It's safe to assume that every single person I have read about is smarter than I am. Yet you see all these smart-driven people make mistakes. They usually over optimize their professional life to the detriment of everything else. They destroy their personal lives. They destroy their health.Time is the best filter.I love this idea. It's somewhat analogous to Buffett's insistence on a track record, on data with which to judge a person. Decisions made over time inevitably reveal character. I don't read a story and say that person's dead, I have nothing to worry about. No, that personality type was alive then, they're alive today, they will be alive in the future. Human nature is constant. … When I come across somebody that's completely ruthless. The minute you stop being useful, they will discard you. This is a problem that appears over and over again.What is your solution, David? The solution I've come up with for my life is avoidance. I don't want to partner with you. I don't want to chase money with you. I don't want to be friends with you. … I am very selective about who I spend time with. I only have one good filter for this. I think there might only be one good filter. That is time. Time is the best filter. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit alchemy.substack.com/subscribe

The primary purpose of us lawyers using technology is to make our live's easier. To do that, you need to have more than base-line knowledge of the technology you are using and what technology you should use. This week on Tech Savvy Lawyer, we are joined by guest host Brett Burney interviewing The Tech Savvy Lawyer. Brett is an expert in eDiscovery guidance and practical training for mobile professionals. He is the founder of Burney Consultants, an expert consulting service provider to cooperating executives and legal professionals. Brett guides businesses of all sizes through the difficulties of e-discovery and offers objective suggestions for litigation support technologies and workflows for legal practitioners. Michael D.J. Eisenberg is a Washington, DC, attorney, the blogger at the Tech Savvy Lawyer.Page and host of the The Tech-Savvy Lawyer.Page Podcast. He has been helping lawyers with their tech-related problems for well over a decade. Join us as we talk about the following three questions and more, What are the three most common mistakes that you see lawyers making with their technology? What are the top three reasons that you maybe recommend to some folks about being an apple office versus a Windows Office? Three favorite tech hacks that you utilize to make your Office Technology seeing. In our conversation, we cover, [04.02] Tech setup – Starting the conversation, Michael dives into his current technological setup. [28.29] Common mistakes – We dive into the common mistakes that lawyers make regarding technology. [31.49] Backups -  Michael dives into the need for backups and how many times you need to do that. [35.20] Apple versus windows office – Michael shares some reasons to select between Apple office and Windows office according to your need. [37.30] Tech hacks – Keyboard shortcuts, Calendly program, and hazel software are the three favorite tech hacks to use in your office technology, says Michael. Resources Connect with Brett LinkedIn:linkedin.com/in/brettburney               linkedin.com/company/burney-consultants-llc Website: burneyconsultants.com  Twitter: twitter.com/bburney  Apps in Law: appsinlaw.com In the News Podcast: inthenewspodcast.com  Connect with Michael LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/michaeldjeisenberg  Facebook: facebook.com/EisenbergLawoffice  YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCaWWssVZoqnLq0YWm3YD6nw    Equipment Mentioned in the Podcast Apple AirPods - apple.com/airpods  MacBook Pro M1 - apple.com/shop/buy-mac/macbook-pro/16-inch Apple XDR Display - apple.com/pro-display-xdr Apple Watch Series 4 GPS + Cellular - apple.com/uk/shop/product/FTX02B/A/Refurbished-Apple-Watch-Series-4-GPS-Cellular-44mm-Stainless-Steel-Case-with-White-Sport-Band Samsung S22 - samsung.com/us/smartphones/galaxy-s22 Harman Kardon computer speakers - eu.harmankardon.com Dell computer - www.dell.com/en-us  Hue lights - philips-hue.com/en-us/explore-hue/how-it-works  Apple iMac - support.apple.com/kb/SP790?locale=en_US  Blue Yeti Microphones - www.bluemic.com/en-us/products/yeti Microsoft Surface Pro 6 - support.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-pro-6-features-ade5cfc2-e99a-6fd1-abbe-c0e8a8a3942d Mute Me - muteme.com BenQ Monitor Light - benq.com/en-us/lighting/monitor-light.html Elgato Multi Mounts - elgato.com/en/multi-mount-system Stream Deck - elgato.com/en/stream-deck Fujitsu ScanSnap - fujitsu.com/us/products/computing/peripheral/scanners/soho Logitech BRIO - logitech.com/en-us/products/webcams/brio-4k-hdr-webcam.960-001105.html HP LaserJet Enterprise M507 - support.hp.com/us-en/product/hp-laserjet-enterprise-m507-series/19203918   Software & Services Mentioned in the Podcast Clio - www.clio.com Rocket matter - rocketmatter.com  Dropbox - dropbox.com Backblaze - backblaze.com  Clendly - calendly.com  Hazel software - www.noodlesoft.com 

Harman Kardon belooft met zijn nieuwste soundbar een 'meeslepende home-entertainmentervaring'. De Citation MultiBeam 1100 heeft 11 (!) ingebouwde luidsprekers. Twee daarvan, gericht op je plafond, zorgen voor driedimensionale audio. Hoe scoort de Citation Multibeam 1100 op de Schaal van Hebben? Ook in deze Tech Update: De deal tussen Elon Musk en Twitter staat - alweer - op losse schroeven Ook oud-voorzitter Ramesh 'Sunny' Balwani van Theranos is schuldig bevonden aan fraude See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this special episode live from the Montreux Jazz Festival, our Audio Talks Podcast host Oisin Lunny catches up with Robert-Jan van Dormael, VP Integrated Marketing EMEA at HARMAN International, and Adam Fell, Co-Founder of OneOf and President of Quincy Jones Productions. They talk about the Harman Kardon Suites Art of Sound digital art competition, the godfather of the MJF Quincy Jones, what role NFTs play for the music industry and what potential they hold for the future.

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Show #1441 Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of EV information. It's Wednesday 20th April, it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. KIA REVEALS NIRO PRICING AS ‘ELECTRIC EXPERIENCE' DEALERSHIP TOUR GETS UNDERWAY - Kia has revealed the pricing of its electrified Niro crossover range as it unites its zero-emissions models at an ‘Electric Experience' dealership event touring the UK. - The EV starts from £34,995 for the ‘2', £37,745 for the mid-range ‘3' grade, and £40,495 for the top-spec ‘4' model. - Kia president and chief executive Paul Philpott recently told AM that the UK's full 2022 quota of EV6 crossovers had been sold already. - Customers can now pre-order their all-new Niro from today with the first UK customer deliveries expected to commence in early Q3. - Niro EV ‘2' buyers will see their car additionally pair an 8.0-inch touchscreen display with 10.25-inch instrument cluster, and also feature 17-inch alloy wheels, 11kW on-board charger, and a battery heating system. - the ‘4' grade feature a head-up display, twin 10.25-inch touchscreen and instrument cluster displays, heated rear seats and ventilated front seats, a power operated tailgate, electric sunroof, an uprated Harman Kardon premium sound system, driver's side memory seating, and front passenger lumbar support. The new Niro EV's 64.8 kWh lithium-ion polymer battery pack and a 204PS electric motor claims a 287-mile range and the ability to accelerate to 62mph in 7.8 seconds. Original Source : https://www.am-online.com/news/manufacturer/2022/04/20/kia-reveals-niro-pricing-as-electric-experience-dealership-tour-gets-underway BMW I7 ELECTRIC CAR REVEALED - the 7 Series is the brand's showpiece for luxury and technology. The i7 is the electric version of a new generation of the BMW 7 Series flagship unveiled on Wednesday. - With a starting price of $119,300, the all-wheel-drive 536 horsepower i7 xDrive60 will be able to go 300 miles on a full charge, which is less than the competing Mercedes EQS or Lucid Air. - While those other luxury brands' electric vehicles are based on dedicated EV chassis with little relationship to their gas-powered models, BMW emphasizes adaptable engineering as its edge. - BMW has engineered all its new models so they can be built with internal combustion engines, fully electric power or as plug-in hybrids that combine both electric and gas power. BMW executives insist this is not just a matter of fitting batteries and electric motors into cars that were intended to have gas engines. Instead, these vehicles have been designed, from the outset, to be built with any of these drive systems. - BMW chairman Oliver Zipse said, is that customers needn't choose between two completely different models when deciding whether they want an electric or gas-powered car. They can just decide they want to buy a BMW 7 Series, then choose whether they want the gasoline or electric version, - The downside of a common engineering platform is that, to enable both electric and gasoline power, designers need compromises. - BMW 7 Series buyers can get an optional 31-inch high-resolution video screen that folds down from the roof to provide entertainment for back seat passengers. - The 7 Series can automatically drive itself into and out of parking spaces even with the driver outside the vehicle using a smartphone app. It can also drive itself through a pre-programmed course, such as around pylons in a parking garage, on its own, a feature somewhat similar to Tesla's Summon mode - A sophisticated "head up display" which displays data in the car's windscreen can align images and text so they appear as if laid over roads and other features in the real world. Original Source : https://edition.cnn.com/2022/04/20/business/bmw-i7/index.html 2022 BMW I7 ELECTRIC CAR REVEALED: PRICE, SPECS AND RELEASE DATE - Arriving first in xDrive60 form, the new i7 will be powered by front and rear-mounted electric motors that together produce 537bhp and 549lb ft of torque, propelling the car to 62mph in just 4.7 sec. Power is drawn from a 101.7kWh battery, giving the i7 an official range of up to 388 miles. That's significantly more than the figure for the Audi e-tron GT (298 miles), but less than the Mercedes EQS 450+ can officially do (an impressive 453 miles). - The i7 will have a maximum charging speed of up to 195kW from a DC charger, and if you can find a suitably powerful charging point, approximately 100 miles of range can be added in just 10 minutes - In the back seats, passengers will be just as well looked after as those in the front, because all models will be long-wheelbase variants, so legroom in the back should be plentiful. What's also plentiful in the back is technology: each rear passenger will have a 5.5in touchscreen to operate the audio system, seat adjustment settings, climate controls, and ambient lighting. Original Source : https://www.whatcar.com/news/2022-bmw-i7-electric-car-revealed-price-specs-and-release-date/n23842 2023 BMW 7 SERIES AND I7 EV REVEALED: YOU CHOOSE BIG V8 OR BATTERY POWER - Every 2023 7 Series gets a standard four-corner air suspension system with automatic self-leveling and electronically controlled dampers. The adaptive suspension lowers the 7 Series by 0.4 inches in Sport mode or raises it up to 0.8 inches for rough roads and small obstacles. Furthermore, the i7 automatically lowers a bit above 75 mph for aerodynamics. And with the addition of integral adaptive steering, which gives the car more precision at higher speeds, the 7 Series has rear-wheel steering at a rate of up to 3.5 degrees. - Front and center is the new Curved Display, which is a single continuous piece of glass that houses two plus-sized screens: a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster behind the steering wheel and a 14.9-inch central touchscreen. And a new Interaction Bar, exclusive to the 7, features a crystalline surface with touch-capacitive controls for things like ventilation and climate control functions. Original Source : https://www.motor1.com/news/580864/2023-bmw-7-series-i7-debut/ 2023 MERCEDES-BENZ EQS SUV: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW - Mercedes-Benz's first all-electric, U.S.-bound SUV, the 2023 EQS SUV, was revealed in a press release Tuesday. Hot on the heels of the EQS sedan, the SUV gets the same egg-like styling as the electric S-Class, along with a similar 107.8 kWh battery setup and dual-motor drivetrain. Opt for the most expensive EQS 580 4Matic, and you're looking at 536 hp and 633 lb-ft of torque going to all four wheels. - Mercedes will sell two different EQS SUV trims: the EQS 450+ and the EQS 580 4Matic. Both get the same 107.8-kWh battery in the floor, but the 450+ gets a single motor for the rear wheels, while the 580 gets two motors; one at the front and one at the back. So if you want all-wheel drive, you'll need to step up to the 580. - And because rear axle steering up to 10 degrees is standard, expect some proper agility from the all-electric Benz. - The EQS SUV will be built at Mercedes's Tuscaloosa, Alabama factory thanks to a new battery systems plant in nearby Bibb County. Deliveries are set to begin in late 2022, though the company has yet to release pricing. Considering this is essentially a direct competitor to the Model X and the iX, expect a starting price in the low $100,000 range. Original Source : https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a39749819/2023-mercedes-benz-eqs-suv/ TESLA SELLS USED CARS AT HIGHER PRICES THAN NEW CARS ON ITS CHINA WEBSITE Original Source : https://cnevpost.com/2022/04/20/tesla-sells-used-cars-at-higher-prices-than-new-cars-on-its-china-website/ EV PARTS MAKER SCHAEFFLER SIGNS FIRST OF A KIND EUROPEAN RARE EARTH DEAL   Original Source : https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/ev-parts-maker-schaeffler-signs-first-kind-european-rare-earth-deal-2022-04-19/ BMW CEO WARNS AGAINST ELECTRIC-ONLY STRATEGY, SAYS GAS HAS LIFE LEFT Original Source : https://driving.ca/auto-news/industry/bmw-ceo-warns-against-electric-only-strategy-says-gas-has-life-left INSPIRING: GIGANTIC FLOATING FOSSIL FUEL GAS STATION NOW RUNS ON ELECTRIC POWER Original Source : https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgd9mn/inspiring-gigantic-floating-fossil-fuel-gas-station-now-runs-on-electric-power LONG WHEELBASE VOLKSWAGEN ID BUZZ SPIED TESTING AS T6 CARAVELLE Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/581024/volkswagen-id-buzz-lwb-spied-t6-mule/ NEW STUDY: MORE THAN HALF OF DAILY CAR TRIPS IN THE US ARE LESS THAN THREE MILES Original Source : https://chargedevs.com/newswire/new-study-more-than-half-of-daily-car-trips-in-the-us-are-less-than-three-miles/ QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM What cables should or shouldn't  come with a new or used EV? Email me any feedback to: hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing. Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I'll catch you tomorrow and remember…there's no such thing as a self-charging hybrid. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/ OCTOPUS ELECTRIC JUICE - MAKING PUBLIC CHARGING SIMPLE WITH ONE CARD, ONE MAP AND ONE APP

Tune in as we celebrate dance music, club culture and DJ history. From resolutely underground beginnings, dance music has exploded into mainstream over the last decades. Oisin Lunny speaks to Bill Brewster, renowned DJ, music historian, writer, and co-author of "Last night a DJ saved my life", and Arne van Terphoven, author, dance music publicist, owner of the Mary Go Wild record shop and founding member of Our House, a new museum of club cuture in the heart of Amsterdam. What were some of the milestones in dance music's global growth and who were the maestros behind the movement?

We had the pleasure of interviewing Dave Cavalier over Zoom video!Dave Cavalier recently released his first full album, “Civilianaire” (3/18/22). The Chicago native's music style has been described by The Huffington Post as “Jack White merging his talents with those of Robert Palmer...his music defines what is known as the carnal arts - sexy, sensuous, gritty music.”. Billboard has even gone as far as to say that Cavalier has some of “The greatest tracks you've never heard of”! Cavalier has shared billings with Buddy Guy, Eddie Vedder, Don Henley, Aloe Blacc, Kendrick Lamar, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Amos Lee, Band of Horses & many more at festivals across the country, continuing to fine tune his sound in the process. His songs have been featured in numerous Netflix, AMC, MTV, and Amazon television productions. Dave is an award-winning film composer and has been the focus of both national and international marketing campaigns for brands such as Peugeot, Volvo, Best Buy, Harman Kardon, HTC Vive, Las Vegas & San Diego Tourism, and more. About Dave Cavalier: Dave Cavalier, born in Chicago, Illinois on January 23rd, 1987, grew up knowing he was going to be a musician. After graduating from York Community High School, he took his talents to the highly esteemed Berklee College of Music, in Boston where he refined his musical talents. Upon graduating, Cavalier headed west to pursue his dream of having a career in music. He became an instant draw in the local Hollywood music scene as a solo artist. In 2014, Dave recorded his debut solo E.P. “HOWL” with Grammy nominated producer Hal Winer. This opened to the door for Cavalier to perform at numerous festivals across the country sharing the billings with names such as Don Henley, Aloe Blacc, Kendrick Lamar, Manchester Orchestra, Local H, Kenny Wayne Shepard, Amos Lee, Band of Horses, and many more. Dave Cavalier's musical style has drawn comparisons to Gary Clark Jr., Jack White, and Robert Palmer. Cavalier creates an emotionally raw and visceral live atmosphere for audiences with an undercurrent that is seductive & stylish. His style has been deemed "LA Blues" for its frequent lyrical references to the unique tribulations of life in Hollywood. We want to hear from you! Please email Tera@BringinitBackwards.com. www.BringinitBackwards.com #podcast #interview #bringinbackpod #DaveCavalier #musicinterview #MusicPodcast #NewMusic #zoom Listen & Subscribe to BiB https://www.bringinitbackwards.com/follow/ Follow our podcast on Instagram and Twitter! https://www.facebook.com/groups/bringinbackpod

Show #1415 Good morning, good afternoon and good evening wherever you are in the world, welcome to EV News Daily, you trusted source of information. It's Friday 25th March, it's Martyn Lee here and I go through every EV story so you don't have to. Tesla battery supplier LG Energy Solutions announces $1.4B battery factory in Arizona - Tesla battery supplier LG Energy Solutions announced it would build a $1.4 billion battery production facility in Arizona as demand for electric vehicles throughout the United States skyrockets. - LG Energy Solutions said it would build the $1.4 billion plant to meet demand for “prominent startups” and other North American companies - The factory is expected to be operational by 2024, the company believes. - The Arizona plant will be LGES's first-ever U.S. factory to make cylindrical electric vehicle cells, which are typically used by automakers like Tesla and Lucid, which has an automotive production facility in Arizona. Original Source : https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-battery-supplier-lg-energy-solutions-announces-1-4b-battery-factory-arizona/ CATL Builds World's First ‘Zero-Carbon' EV Battery Factory - CATL, has received the internationally recognized specification for carbon neutrality ("PAS 2060" certification) for its new electric vehicle battery plant in China. The recent PAS 2060 certification makes the plant the world's first zero-carbon factory in the new energy industry. - The certification marks a significant milestone for CATL towards its carbon neutrality goals. As the world's first zero-carbon battery plant, CATL's Sichuan plant sets an example of how battery production can be carbon neutral. - To become PAS 2060 certified, CATL-SC said it developed a "trailblazing smart plant management system", which enables the interconnection of data by  automatically capturing the plant system data and equipment operation data. The system-wide facility management platform helps to ensure safe, reliable, high-efficiency and low-carbon operation of the facility. Even the forklifts used at the plant are electric. Employees are also encouraged to use electric vehicles and shared mobility to get to work, further reducing their carbon footprint. - CATL-SC's parent CATL is emerging as a leader in EV battery production on a global scale. In December, CATL began phase 1 production at its newest EV battery factory in China. Once completed, the plant will be the world's largest EV battery factory with an annual production of 120 GWh. The plant will be more than three times the size of Tesla's gigafactory in Nevada. - CATL is investing 17 billion yuan (US$2.6 billion) in the plant and said it will create about 10,000 jobs once fully operational. Original Source : https://www.futurecar.com/5296/Teslas-Battery-Supplier-CATL-Builds-Worlds-First-Zero-Carbon-EV-Battery-Factory VW's Electrify America unveils new ‘human-centered' EV charging stations - Electrify America, the electric vehicle charging company that's a subsidiary of Volkswagen, announced plans to install new “human-centered” charging stations in several cities in California and New York, complete with solar panel awnings and a lounge-like waiting area. The company is also rolling out a slimmer, redesigned EV charger aimed at improving the customer experience. - The company's new stations are organized around comfort, security, and amenities, with a nod toward the length of time it takes to recharge an EV. Electrify America says the goal is to create “a more inviting transition to an electric vehicle lifestyle from traditional gas station.” - The most notable change for Electrify America's current design is the inclusion of solar panel awnings, which have the dual effect of sheltering customers from the sun and inclement weather while also supplying power for the station's operations. The company says it is currently in the process of adding solar awnings to 400-500 individual chargers at 100 charging stations across the country. It already has solar canopies at its flagship charging stations in Baker and Santa Clara, California. - The company has also begun rolling out a redesigned EV charger with a slimmer profile and newly simplified controls. The ultra-fast chargers with up to 150 and 350 kilowatts of charging power stand at nearly 8 feet tall, with recessed screens to help reduce sunlight glare. Original Source : https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/24/22994302/vw-volkswagen-electrify-america-ev-charging-station-design-ca-ny Google searches for electric vehicles set record in March - As gas prices soared and deepened the pain at the pump this month, consumers reacted by searching for — and possibly dreaming of — more fuel-efficient vehicle alternatives. Web search interest in electric vehicles reached a record high in the US in March, according to Google Trends. - EVs are still prohibitively expensive for many US households. And rather than shelling out even more money up front, many consumers tend to hold on to their current vehicles for as long as they'll last. - It's also not just EVs; people are looking for more fuel-efficient vehicles in general, including hybrids and compact cars, of which sales spiked early this year, according to Michelle Krebs, executive analyst for Cox Automotive. - The problem, Krebs said, is that the EV supply is currently limited, which is what many people searching for electric vehicles on Google are probably finding out. Original Source : https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/24/business/electric-vehicle-google-search-record-climate/index.html More affordable Polestar 2 undercuts Tesla Model 3, at $47,200 for US - The new 270-mile single-motor version of the Polestar 2 will start at $47,200 (including destination) in the United States, Polestar confirmed Thursday. - That base price undercuts the Tesla Model 3, which now starts at $48,190 for base version with a 272-mile range. Considering that Polestar qualifies for the $7,500 federal EV tax credit and Tesla doesn't, the actual price difference could be even greater for some customers. - In states with generous incentives—like New Jersey—the single-motor Polestar 2 could be had for "well under $35,000," - Both the single-motor and dual-motor versions of the Polestar 2 are available with two option packages. The Plus Pack ($4,000) adds the heat pump that enables the maximum 270-mile range, along with a panoramic glass roof, 13-speaker Harman Kardon audio system, and WeaveTech vegan upholstery. The Pilot Pack ($3,200) adds driver-assist features like adaptive cruise control, blind-spot monitoring, and Polestar parent Volvo's Pilot Assist system. Original Source : https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1135411_more-affordable-polestar-2-undercuts-tesla-model-3-at-47-200-for-us JLR's talks with Envision AESC could lead to new UK gigafactory - Jaguar Land Rover and battery supplier Envision AESC are in talks to supply cells for electric Range Rover and Land Rover models, the Financial Times has reported. - Envision AESC, which started as a Japanese-based joint venture between NEC and Nissan in 2007 before being integrated into Chinese battery conglomerate Envision in 2018, is currently investing £450 million into a seperate battery gigafactory in Sunderland - However, the deal being discussed is said to be so large that JLR will require its own battery facility. The firm plans to put six electric models on the road by 2025 but will still use its Solihull plant as its main hub for electric vehicle manufacturing. - As for Land Rover, it is set to launch the all-electric Range Rover in 2024. Original Source : https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/business-tech%2C-development-and-manufacturing/jlrs-talks-envision-aesc-could-lead-new-uk SK Group affiliate acquires EverCharge - SK E&S, an energy company affiliated with South Korea's conglomerate SK Group (SK Innovation), is entering the US electric vehicle charging market. SK E&S has acquired US EV charging solution provider EverCharge. - This is the first time a Korean company has acquired the management rights of an EV charging company based in the United States. EverCharge was founded in 2013 in California. The company manufactures EV chargers and operates charging stations. - SK innovation's battery business include Volkswagen, Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai-Kia Motors, and Ford Motor Company. Original Source : https://www.electrive.com/2022/03/24/sk-group-affiliate-acquires-evercharge/ NIO ET7 Enters Production, Deliveries To Start March 28 Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/575832/nio-et7-enters-production-first-deliveries-start-march28/ UK government vows 10-fold increase in electric car chargers by 2030 Original Source : https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/mar/24/uk-government-vows-10-fold-increase-in-electric-car-chargers-by-2030 Automotive Cell Company Announces Battery Gigafactory In Italy Original Source : https://insideevs.com/news/575692/automotive-cell-company-gigafactory-italy/ Volkswagen delays ID.5 launch due to Ukraine wiring harness bottleneck Original Source : https://www.autoblog.com/2022/03/25/vw-id5-delay-ukraine-war-wiring-harnesses/ Amazon unveils its first fully-electric HGV delivery trucks Original Source : https://www.electrichybridvehicletechnology.com/news/buses-commercial-vehicles/amazon-unveils-its-first-fully-electric-hgv-delivery-trucks.html Mercedes-Benz Says its Will Accept Liability for the Safety of its DRIVE PILOT Original Source : https://www.futurecar.com/5295/Mercedes-Benz-Says-its-Will-Accept-Liability-for-the-Safety-of-its-DRIVE-PILOT-Hands-Free-Level-3-Autonomous-Driving-System Video shows Tesla flying 50 feet into air in Los Angeles Original Source : https://www.foxla.com/news/tesla-flying-jump-video-crash-los-angeles-echo-park QUESTION OF THE WEEK WITH EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM Returns Monday 28th March. Email me any feedback to: hello@evnewsdaily.com It would mean a lot if you could take 2mins to leave a quick review on whichever platform you download the podcast. And  if you have an Amazon Echo, download our Alexa Skill, search for EV News Daily and add it as a flash briefing. Come and say hi on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter just search EV News Daily, have a wonderful day, I'll catch you tomorrow and remember…there's no such thing as a self-charging hybrid. PREMIUM PARTNERS PHIL ROBERTS / ELECTRIC FUTURE BRAD CROSBY PORSCHE OF THE VILLAGE CINCINNATI AUDI CINCINNATI EAST VOLVO CARS CINCINNATI EAST NATIONAL CAR CHARGING ON THE US MAINLAND AND ALOHA CHARGE IN HAWAII DEREK REILLY FROM THE EV REVIEW IRELAND YOUTUBE CHANNEL RICHARD AT RSEV.CO.UK – FOR BUYING AND SELLING EVS IN THE UK EMOBILITYNORWAY.COM/

In this episode, we peek through the keyhole into the world of home studios. Get the inside scoop on the role equipment plays, and some expert advise on how to set up your own home studio space.

Techstination interview: Streaming in the shower? Kohler's Moxie Hand Shower with Harman Kardon

Learn more about the book at https://themountainmenbook.com/  In the summer of 2015, Jeroen came across an article in National Geographic. The article was about a group of men trekking into the wilderness with no modern equipment, no modern clothes, no modern tools, and they were doing this for fun. A native to the Netherlands, Jeroen had never seen this before and needed to learn more.  As he researched, Jeroen found these men were involved with "The American Mountain Men", or AMM, and an idea, and once-in-a-lifetime adventure began.  After traveling to the United States 7 times, Jeroen spent a lot of time much time with the mountain men in some of the most beautiful locations, but also and in some of the harshest conditions North America has to offer. From -25°C in the North of America, to +40°C in the sunny dry deserts in central America, Jeroen was able to experience America like it was 150 years ago.  Jeroen Nieuwhuis is a commercial portrait photographer based in the Netherlands. Shooting professionally since the age of 17 (now 29) he continuously works for clients all across the globe and has worked with some of the largest advertising companies such as Belstaff, Desperados, Harman Kardon, Heineken, JBL, Johnnie Walker, Shimano, and many more.  “These are men that feel more at home in the woods putting their skill to use trapping, riding, hunting, and wandering than they do in modern society” DUANE ‘BADGER' RICHARDSON Information about the Preorder - https://vimeo.com/557111028  November 2021 Project Update - https://vimeo.com/642100022?embedded=true&source=vimeo_logo&owner=3676281 

CES Awards This week we wrap up our CES 2021 coverage with the CES Awards show. We look at what Products Engadget, Digital Trends, CNET, and CES thought were notable and newsworthy. As usual we look at your emails and discuss the news of the week. Engadget Best of CES 2021 finalists! The full list is found here… Samsung Bot Handy  TCL Wearable Display - It has two Full HD OLED screens that create a 140-degree field of view... and that's it. There's no battery onboard or chunky arms for processors (although a small onboard chip powers the displays). Just connect the device to your phone, laptop or tablet via USB-C to project your media to the glasses. Earin A-3 - The A-3 are shaped almost like little discs with thin ovals slightly sticking out of one side. Not only are they much more discreet than standard earbuds, but they have no left or right designation so you can freely swap them between ears. The open design lets you listen to tunes while also allowing you to hear what's going on around you. Although they don't have active noise cancellation, the A-3 include wind noise reduction algorithms to improve the listening experience. Sony 360 Reality Audio speakers (SRS-RA5000 and SRS-RA3000) - The SRS-RA5000 and SRS-RA3000 are WiFi-connected wireless units that work in a similar fashion to Sonos. If the music you're listening to isn't in the 360 format, the speakers are equipped with an algorithm that converts the content. TCL Alto R1 soundbar  Samsung JetBot 90 AI+  Best TV Products - LG C1 OLED, TCL 6-Series (8K), Samsung Neo QLED, Sony Cognitive Processor XR Digital Trends The 15 coolest gadgets at CES 2021 The full list is found here… LG Transparent Smart Bed TV - Imagine waking up in the morning, giving a little stretch and a yawn, and then activating a 55-inch Minority Report-level transparent screen, one that rolls up from the bottom of your bed and displays the day's weather, traffic, news, and social media streams.   Samsung's Micro-LED TVs Samsung JetBot 90 A.I.+   CNET Best of CES 2021 The full list is found here…   LG Transparent OLED Display Concept TCL TVs expand to 85 inches and 8K   Alarm.com Touchless Video Doorbell - Instead of pushing a button, this new doorbell from Alarm.com uses a doormat and AI to detect when someone has arrived at your doorstep, and lets you talk to them through an app with the built-in camera and microphone. It's a touchless system for the age of the coronavirus.   Samsung Robot Butler (Bot Handy) Kohler Touchless Toilet Samsung JetBot 90 AI   CES 2021 Innovation Awards The full list is found here… 1MORE ColorBuds True Wireless Headphones - The 1MORE ColorBuds are a colorful, dynamic true wireless earbud that is designed to not only match your style, but also match your everyday needs.  The ColorBuds bring artistry to sound to create a fashionable, colorful hifi true wireless product that was designed with ultra-lightweight compact earbuds and a compact case making it the ultimate sound accessory. The newest onboard Bluetooth chipset enables mirroring mode, which is better than the standard master and slave format. This increases the antennae efficiency while solving issues of high latency.   Four brilliant colors mean there is one for everyone's style or look. Mark Levinson № 5206 Precision Preamplifier - The No 5206 (~$9K) Blends the finest materials, technology, and artisanship for exceptional beauty and performance with a fully discrete, dual-monaural unified class A unified line stage, which has been awarded two patents, a class A headphone output, and a hybrid gain topology MM/MC phono stage.  Outstanding digital audio capability with AES, S/PDIF, asynchronous USB inputs for high-resolution playback of PCM (up to 32 bit/384kHz) and DSD (up to 11.2MHz), MQA full decode and Bluetooth with aptX-HD. Extensive control options with Ethernet, USB, RS-232, IR input, and 12V trigger I/O, the included custom aluminum remote, and the Mark Levinson 5Kontrol app. LG CineBeam Laser 4K - LG HU810P (~$2.7K) is a home cinema 4K UHD Laser projector that delivers premium picture quality regardless of viewing environment and lighting conditions while offering easy installation. XGIMI RS - Premium 4K Home Theater - XGIMI 4K 3D LED home projector provides unparalleled 2000 ANSI lumen, 300'' giant screen and intelligent XGIMI INUI in a very portable size. Built-in two 8W 55 mm Harman Kardon speakers produce incredible sound, the advanced projection adjustment technology ensures the easiest setup and creates the best user experience. LG Eclair (QP5) - LG Eclair QP5 is an innovative 3.1.2-channel speaker system designed for customers craving three-dimensional audio quality without the traditional sound bar design. This compact speaker, with up-firing drivers, supports Dolby Atmos as well as DTS:X for more immersive audio experiences. The speaker even comes with a new low-vibration subwoofer that offers an impressively booming sound that will not annoy the neighbors. eufy Security eufyCam 2 Pro - The eufyCam 2 Pro ($320) is eufy Security's most advanced battery camera security system to date. The system boasts 2K resolution, 365 days' battery life, local storage, Apple HomeKit support, and an on-device AI for smart and accurate detection. Plus, it has advanced features, including an IP67 weatherproof rating, two-way audio, and clear night vision. eufy Security Smart Lock Touch&WIFi - The eufy Security Smart Lock features 3D fingerprint recognition, built-in Wi-Fi for remote control, 1-year battery life, and IP65 weatherproofing. Smart Lock can unlock within just 1.3 seconds with a single touch of a finger. It's one of the safest, most convenient, and most reliable fingerprint networked smart door locks that supports fingerprint recognition, digital buttons, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi remote control, and physical keys for 5 ways to unlock. Arlo Essential Indoor Camera - The Arlo Essential Indoor Camera ($130) is a smart indoor security solution that offers ultimate privacy and secure indoor monitoring. The versatile camera enables users to monitor babies, pets, elderly family members and more in the home. Featuring an easy-to-control, automated privacy shield, the camera gives families the final decision on when they want the device on or off, resulting in unparalleled peace of mind. This Essential Indoor Camera boasts 1080p HD video, a 130-degree diagonal field-of-view, motion and audio detection and two-way audio. Broad platform compatibility with Google Assistant, Amazon Alexa and IFTTT enables easy interaction, automation and control. Arlo Touchless Video Doorbell - The Arlo Touchless Video Doorbell is a proximity-sensing front door monitoring security solution designed to alert users on visitor's approach, before they ring the doorbell. The Touchless Video Doorbell provides industry-leading vertical field of view for an expansive and precise front porch picture. Users can see visitors from head-to-toe and packages on the doorstep thanks to 180-degree viewing angle, optimized 1:1 aspect ratio and full HD video quality, enabling vivid details. Direct-to-mobile SIP calls, clear, two-way audio and pre-recorded, quick-reply messages enable convenient, in-the-moment communication with visitors. The Touchless Video Doorbell connects directly to WiFI and is hardwired for power. LG 65-inch OLED 4K TV (Model OLED 65G1) - LG 65-inch 4K OLED TV 65G1 featuring the α9 Gen 4 AI Processor delivers incredible picture and sound quality for the most immersive viewing and home entertainment experiences. LG 83-inch OLED 4K TV (Model OLED 83C1) - The 83C1 is the latest OLED TV by LG and is packed with advanced features such as fast speeds for less input lag and 4K HFR technology, which makes playing games and watching sports incredibly enjoyable. Samsung 85” QN900A MINI LED TV - The 85” Q900 miniLED TV uses new advancements in Samsung's image processing technology to deliver exemplary picture quality—creating the perfect showcase for professional photographers, designers, artists, or anyone who wants an outstanding visual experience. Samsung 88” MICROLED TV - Samsung has pioneered modular MicroLED technology, paving the way for the next generation of stunning displays. Samsung's new 88'' MicroLED TV takes that outstanding picture quality even further using Active Matrix LED technology to create a wider range of brightness, perfect black levels without reflection or light leakage, and zero blur or delay.