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Jeff Wang is the Managing Partner of Sequoia Capital Global Equities (SCGE), a public/private crossover investment firm with investments spanning from late-stage private companies to public companies. As Managing Partner, Jeff has primarily focused on public growth technology companies but has also invested $3 billion in private companies including Bytedance, SpaceX, and Stripe. Prior SCGE private investments that have since gone public include Airbnb, Doordash, MongoDB, Nubank, and Snowflake. Before joining SCGE in 2010, Jeff also worked at TPG Capital and Silver Lake Partners where he focused on investments in technology buyouts. 10 Questions with the Leader of Sequoia's $9BN Global Equities Fund: 1. Crossover Fund Opportunity: Why are crossover funds more attractive today than ever? Have the tourists gone? 2. Public Market Opportunity: Why is the opportunity in the public markets, not the private markets today? 3. IPO Markets: When will IPO markets open? What will cause them to open? 4. Breaking Hedge Fund Rules: What are the biggest ways that Sequoia break the traditional rules of hedge funds? 5. Google: Why does Jeff believe that Google's cash cow of search is under threat? 6. Meta: Why does Jeff believe Meta will be the biggest competitor to Google? 7. NVIDIA: Why is NVIDIA's price today reasonable? What is the bull and bear case? 8. China: Is there a recovery for China? How do Sequoia play China in this market? 9. AI in Public Markets: How are Sequoia playing the AI game in the public markets? 10. Investing Lessons: What have been Jeff's biggest investing lessons from Mike Moritz, Doug Leone and Roelof Botha?  

North Island chairman and Silverlake Partners co-founder Glenn Hutchin weighs in on artificial intelligence, the Magnificent 7, the Federal Reserve, and more.

This is Stephen Schmidt from the Gazette Digital News Desk, and I'm here with your update for January 9, 2024.Monday eve ning was just the first round of snow, and what's coming next could come in bunches. The National Weather Service is predicting 6 to 10 inches of accumulation Tuesday in the Cedar Rapids area. It will also be breezy, with a wind of 15 to 25 gusting as high as 40 mph, sometimes leading to blowing snow. The NWS projections have most of the snow falling before 5 p.m. on Tuesday, with a small chance for more snow through the end of the day.The high temperature is predicted to be around 32 degrees.Iowa's Republican lawmakers promised faster tax cuts and a continuation of the conservative agenda their majority party has enacted as the 2024 legislative session got underway on Monday.Republican and Democratic leaders made opening speeches laying out their priorities for the 2024 session, with Republicans promising a continuation of policies they have already passed while Democrats asked for an actual seat at the table this session.Lawmakers took a moment of silence and expressed grief over last Thursday's shooting at Perry High School. Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley highlighted it as part of Republicans' commitment to improving public safety, while Democrats said the shooting shows the need for stronger gun control measures. Hundreds of students across Iowa walked out of school Monday in protest of gun violence organized by March For Our Lives Iowa, a student-led group advocating for ending gun violence and encouraging youth civic engagement. They have met with Iowa lawmakers to lobby for the legislative priorities of limiting gun access to individuals in crisis and prohibiting gun ownership for perpetrators of domestic abuse.Despite this, Republicans showed no interest in gun control legislation on Monday.Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a proclamation that will provide Perry funding as it works to recover from the shooting. Grassley said Republicans would invest in school security, prioritize school resource officers, bolster children's mental health and teach “resilience over victimhood.”What Republicans really wanted to talk about was tax cuts.Republican leaders in the House and Senate promised to accelerate income tax cuts they passed in 2022 and expand business opportunities in the state.Iowa Senate Majority Leader Jack Whitver from Grimes compared Iowa's policies and fiscal standing with those in neighboring, Democrat-run states Minnesota and Illinois. He highlighted Iowa's fiscal health, noting the $2.1 billion state general fund budget surplus — which is projected to grow to $3.1 billion in the next fiscal year — plus another $3.7 billion in the state's Taxpayer Relief Fund.Besides reiterating a call to speed up the tax cuts, Whitver pledged to reduce the number of state boards and commissions — a process already underway after it was included last year in Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds' state government reorganization plan and studied by a legislative committee.The former GoDaddy building in Hiawatha has been sold to local developers, Hiawatha Economic Development Corp. announced Monday.The internet hosting and domain-name registrar company's building at 1 Parsons Dr. has been sold to NGD LLC, Doug & Chris Sevey with ENSEVA LLC, Mike and Andy Hodge with Hodge Construction as well as Bill and Tracy Bennett. The developers have not yet unveiled formal plans for redevelopment, according to a news release. The seller is KKR, Silver Lake Partners and Technology.The more than 73,000 square-foot building was built in 1991 and remodeled in 2017. It housed more than 400 GoDaddy workers in 2020, before the company shared plans to downsize and move to smaller office space because of workforce changes brought on by the COVID-19

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This episode of No Simple Road is dedicated to our Brother David A. Kasakove... in loving memory. NFAWe are extremely excited to have Roger McNamee of Moonalice as our guest on No Simple Road this week! Roger is also a touring musician, first as a founding member of the Flying Other Brothers, and more recently in that group's follow-on band, Moonalice. Honestly, Roger could own the title of 'The Most Interesting Man In The World' having worked with countless Silicon Valley Pioneers and playing with more musicians than we can count!He is also an American businessman, investor, venture capitalist and musician. He is the founding partner of the venture capital firm Elevation Partners. Prior to co-founding the firm, McNamee co-founded private equity firm Silver Lake Partners and headed the T. Rowe Price Science and Technology Fund.McNameeWe talk with Roger about the struggles and joys of the last couple of years, the convergence of music and tech and how that has affected Moonalice, what his one and only interview with Jerry Garcia was like, what it has been like playing with folks like Lester Chamber, how his first Grateful Dead show affected him, the way forward for Moonalice and how they are taking care of their musical family, some of his experiences in his younger days, what it's like to be a poster nerd, and a whole lot more!For more on Moonalice head over to www.moonalice.comNo Simple Road Intro Music Created By ESCAPERFREE SHIPPING from Shop Tour Bus Use The PROMO CODE: nosimpleroadFor 20% off Sunset Lake CBD PROMO CODE: NSR20 MUSIC IN THE COMMERCIALS BY AND USED WITH PERMISSION OF:LAMPOUTRO MUSIC BY AND USED WITH PERMISSION OF:CHILLDREN OF INDIGONo Simple Road is part of OSIRIS MEDIA. Osiris Media is the leading storyteller in music, combining the intimacy of podcasts with the power of music.We inform and delight music fans by creating shows with leading artists, telling untold stories, and working with brands to craft compelling narratives that bring music to life.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/nosimpleroad. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bill Malik helps clients achieve an effective information security posture spanning endpoints, networks, servers, cloud, and the Internet of Things. During his four-decade IT career, Bill Malik has worked as an application programmer with the John Hancock Insurance company; an OS developer, tester, and planner with IBM; a research director and manager at Gartner for the Information Security Strategies service and the Application Integration and Middleware service, and served as CTO of Waveset, an identity management vendor acquired by Sun. He ran his own consulting business providing information security, disaster recovery, identity management, and enterprise solution architecture services for clients including Motorola, AIG, and Silver Lake Partners. Bill has over 160 publications and has spoken at numerous events worldwide. Malik has spent the past 5 years at Trend Micro where he works as Vice President of infrastructure strategies. Scott Schober is a #cybersecurity​ and wireless technology expert, author of Hacked Again and Cybersecurity is Everybody's Business, host of 2 Minute CyberSecurity Briefing video podcast and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems who appears regularly on Bloomberg TV, Fox Business & Fox News, CGTN America, Canadian TV News, as well as CNN, CBS Morning Show, MSNBC, CNBC, The Blaze, WPIX as well as local and syndicated Radio including Sirius/XM & Bloomberg Radio and NPR. Subscribe and follow: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/70626340/ Amazon Music Podcasts: https://scottschober.com/wp-content/u... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxqx... Twitter: @ScottBVS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scott_schober/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/snschober​ Website: www.ScottSchober.com  

Bill Malik helps clients achieve an effective information security posture spanning endpoints, networks, servers, cloud, and the Internet of Things. During his four-decade IT career, Bill Malik has worked as an application programmer with the John Hancock Insurance company; an OS developer, tester, and planner with IBM; a research director and manager at Gartner for the Information Security Strategies service and the Application Integration and Middleware service, and served as CTO of Waveset, an identity management vendor acquired by Sun. He ran his own consulting business providing information security, disaster recovery, identity management, and enterprise solution architecture services for clients including Motorola, AIG, and Silver Lake Partners. Bill has over 160 publications and has spoken at numerous events worldwide. Malik has spent the past 5 years at Trend Micro where he works as Vice President of infrastructure strategies. Scott Schober is a #cybersecurity​ and wireless technology expert, author of Hacked Again and Cybersecurity is Everybody's Business, host of 2 Minute CyberSecurity Briefing video podcast and CEO of Berkeley Varitronics Systems who appears regularly on Bloomberg TV, Fox Business & Fox News, CGTN America, Canadian TV News, as well as CNN, CBS Morning Show, MSNBC, CNBC, The Blaze, WPIX as well as local and syndicated Radio including Sirius/XM & Bloomberg Radio and NPR. Subscribe and follow: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0... iHeart Podcasts: https://www.iheart.com/podcast/70626340/ Amazon Music Podcasts: https://scottschober.com/wp-content/u... YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxqx... Twitter: @ScottBVS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scott_schober/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/snschober​ Website: www.ScottSchober.com

Summary:   Elon Musk is speaking to investors who could partner with him on a bid for Twitter, sources close to the matter told The Post. A new plan that includes partners could be announced within days, those sources said. One possibility, the sources said: teaming with private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners, which was planning to co-invest with him in 2018 when he was considering taking Tesla private. In turn, Twitter board of directors adopted a so-called poison pill — a corporate move that prevents Musk from acquiring more than 15% of the company. But that pill may not stop other entities or people from acquiring their own shares of up to 15% of the company. Those owners could partner with Musk to force a sale, make changes in the executive ranks or push for other overhauls of the company.   Vocabulary:   Tweet v. n. A message on Twitter 推特文 Millions of people are following Elon Musk's tweets. 數以百萬的人還在追蹤馬斯克的推特文。 Poison pill n. 毒藥丸計畫 Twitter board of directors adopted a poison pill plan to prevent Musk from acquiring more than 15% of the company. 推特董事會啟動了毒藥丸計畫來預防馬斯克取得推特15%的股份。 Public company vs. private company 上市公司 與 私營公司 Elon Musk wants to take Twitter, a public company, private. 馬斯克想把推特，一間上市公司變成私營的。   更多Vocab Podcast節目: https://www.15mins.today/vocab 歡迎主題投稿/意見回覆 : ask15mins@gmail.com 商業合作/贊助來信：15minstoday@gmail.com

Happy Christmas to all listeners of The REP! In the last episode of 2020, The REP digs deep into the new relationship CVC has with rugby. Using Formula 1 as a reference point, we look at how CVC's involvement changed that sport forever...and not always for the better. Meanwhile, Skip pass looks into the Silver Lake Partners acquisition of 12.5% of the All Blacks. This is the best way to start your Christmas week.

Today’s blockchain and cryptocurrency news Brought to you by ungrocery.com Bitcoin is up 1% at $37,929 Ethereum is up slightly at $1665 and Polkadot is down 1% at 20.58. Top gainers in the last 24 hours: Maker up 37% Cardano up 17% Theta Token up 16% Yearn Finance suffered an exploit in a DAI lending protocol. LL Cool J, Paul Tudor Jones among backers of stealth crypto fund Suzhou will give away about $5M in the latest digital yuan test. Crosstower is launching a bitcoin fund Stefan He Qin facing charges for $90M security fraud.

PLEASE SUPPORT THE PODCAST using this link: https://anchor.fm/tk0442/support UFC Motivation - Road To UFC #ConorMcgregor #Khabib #JustinGaethje The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is an American mixed martial arts (MMA) promotion company based in Las Vegas, Nevada, which is owned and operated by Endeavor Group Holdings along with Silver Lake Partners, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and MSD Capital via Zuffa, LLC. It is the largest MMA promotion company in the world and features some of the highest-level fighters in the sport on its roster. The UFC produces events worldwide that showcase twelve weight divisions (eight men's divisions and four women's divisions) and abides by the Unified Rules of Mixed Martial Arts. As of 2020, the UFC has held over 500 events. Dana White has been UFC president since 2001. Under White's stewardship, the UFC has grown into a globally popular multi-billion-dollar enterprise. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Fighting_Championship --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tk0442/support

Fresh out of the studio, in episode 338, Shai Oster, the Asia Bureau chief for The Information is back on his annual review with us again to discuss the state of China technology giants and SoftBank in the time of COVID-19 pandemic and predict what is to come in 2021. Starting the conversation, Shai reviewed the predictions he made in 2019 and explored the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on how they played out in 2020. From there, Shai reflected on the year that dominated the headlines in 2020: the diffusion of the China-US tensions to other regions: India and Australia against China tech giants, Tik Tok's problems in the US, Ant's botched IPO and SoftBank's attempt to go private. Last but not least, Shai offered his predictions for 2021 and what is to come for the Chinese technology giants and SoftBank for the year ahead. Here are the interesting show notes and links to the discussion: Shai Oster (@beijingscribe, LinkedIn, TheInformation Profile), Asia Bureau Chief in The Information  So since your last appearance on the show, what have you been up to? 2019 Predictions:  China & US: Trump’s impeachment China economy: growth  Tiktok will retreat from US, scale back & renew focus china, maybe India, Southeast Asia and Africa: accurate  Huawei  The shift of Chinese money to other markets 2020 Events that shook China and SoftBank: The China-US tensions have exacerbated and percolated to other regions now (and that includes Australia and India) to Chinese companies: 1/ India banning 47 apps including Wechat, Tik Tok and many apps from China and 2/ Australia and US banned Wechat. Let’s go to India first, given that the major unicorns are invested by Chinese tech giants, for example, PayTM by Alibaba, and the rise of local giants such as Reliance Jio backed by a strong US consortium: Facebook, Google, Silver Lake Partners, KKR, how do you see the challenges moving ahead for Xiaomi, which is dominant in India as well?  How do you think the Biden administration will handle the current tensions with China?  In the year ahead, do you think China will come down hard on US companies that are heavily invested here, like Apple or Starbucks Coffee? Currently, the Chinese government has directed the local companies to be self-reliant, and specifically in the semiconductor industry, does that mean that we will see the decoupling of the supply chain accelerate much quicker? Given that Tencent owns a few major gaming companies, for example, Epic, and with the recent lawsuit between Apple and Epic, do you see a possibility that the US government will pressure Tencent to divest their holdings in the US? Tik Tok’s problems in the US and elsewhere: First, Kevin Mayer, the former CEO of DisneyPlus was poached and then became the CEO of Tik Tok US and Group COO, and subsequently resigned in July 2020, given the Trump’s administration insistence that the company has to be sold. Finally, after talks with rumors that Microsoft might acquire the entity completely, the eventual decision is that Oracle becomes the beneficiary of being an investor (along with Walmart) for Tik Tok US to ensure that data resides in the US. What are your thoughts on Tik Tok’s current situation in the US?  Can ByteDance grow further given that there is so much pushback from other markets? Where do you see ByteDance’s growth markets are? Will be they turn inwards towards domestically or expand to other markets where the push back is lesser, for example, Southeast Asia? The Botched IPO of Ant Financial and what’s going to be next? The Chinese government has ended Ant Financial’s IPO with direct interference from President Xi as reported by various outlets. What are the causes in your opinion as to why the IPO ended up not happening? What are the implications for Alibaba Group as a whole with Ant Financial not able to IPO? What must Ant Financial do in order to convince the authorities to allow them to IPO?  The billion-dollar question: Will Ant Financial eventually IPO? A lot of people did not realize that the Ant Financial IPO has left a lot of money on the table in the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, do you think that the companies which are going to IPO in HKSE will benefit from this event?  Does this offer a lesson to how Chinese tech companies should conduct themselves? Which companies do you think might run into trouble with the state?  COVID-19 Pandemic:  Which tech companies in China are the major beneficiaries of the COVID-19 pandemic?  China has managed the COVID-19 pandemic much better than the US. What are the implications to the Chinese economy from now with the various successful vaccines, for example, Pfizer vaccine being approved?  SoftBank in 2020 and its current strategy to go private After the Wework debacle, SoftBank has gone on a few different directions: 1/ Selling their Alibaba stake, 2/ Sell ARM to NVDIA and Boston Dynamics to Hyundai, 3/ Ran a stock market gambit with futures in tech,  4/ DoorDash’s IPO giving them 10B gain that will write off Wework’s investment, and 5/ quietly buying back shares to go private? How do you assess SoftBank’s performance in 2020 and do you think that with DoorDash’s success, will SoftBank Vision Fund 2 happen? Has SoftBank’s enormous influence on the tech industry waned after WeWork’s debacle? Where do you think that they will spend the remainder of the $100B Vision Fund on? Do you think that SoftBank will go private according to Tim Culpan’s analysis on Masa’s strategy? Do you think that SoftBank will manoeuvre and make a comeback after being private?   2020 is now closing to the end, what are your predictions for 2021 so that we can have a future conversation a year from now? Closing Any recommendations?  Shai's recommendations: Rui Ma and Ying Ying Lu, Techbuzz China podcast and subscribe to The Information with the key breaking news it broke in 2020. How does our audience find you? Editor's note: Our team in Analyse Asia thanked our audience for your support and wished everyone a Happy New Year 2021. The episode is recorded in the last week of 2020. Podcast Information: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Himalaya Spotify Libsyn Google Play Overcast FM SoundCloud Luminary Twitter Facebook Video Facebook Page Linkedin Stitcher Castbox RadioPublic Acast PodBean ListenNotes TuneIn The show is hosted and produced by Carol Yin (@CarolYujiaYin) and originally created by Bernard Leong (@bernardleong, Linkedin). Sound credits for the intro music: Taro Iwashiro, "The Beginning" from Red Cliff Soundtrack. analyseasia · Reflections and Predictions on China and SoftBank in 2020 with Shai Oster

The Indian markets are expected to open higher today, as indicated by the SGX Nifty which was trading 120 points higher from Nifty futures' last close, on the back of firm global cues. In the US, the Dow Jones rose 1.2 per cent, the S&P 500 gained 0.83 per cent and the Nasdaq Composite added 0.74 per cent on the hope for a breakthrough in stimulus negotiations. In Asia, markets in China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan are closed for a holiday. Back home, stock-specific developments, new listings, macro-data, and auto sales data will be the major drivers for the markets today while the weekly derivatives expiry may inject some volatility. Besides, September auto sales numbers will start pouring in from today which will cause stock-specific fluctuations. The markets, meanwhile, will remain shut on Friday on account of Gandhi Jayanti.  Reliance Industries will once again be in focus after the company announced that US private equity firm Silver Lake Partners will invest an additional Rs 1,875 crore in Reliance Retail. Meanwhile, another US-based private equity firm General Atlantic has also announced investing Rs 3,675 crore for a 0.84 per cent stake in Reliance Retail. Cinema and leisure related stocks are expected to trade actively today after the central government announced Unlock 5.0 guidelines in which it has allowed reopening of cinema halls, theatres, and multiplexes with effect from October 15 with a maximum of 50 per cent capacity. Meanwhile, India on Wednesday registered 86,748 new Covid-19 cases, taking the tally past the 6.3-million mark while the country's death toll reached 98,708. Besides, ONGC, Oil India, and city gas distribution stocks may remain under pressure today after the government cut natural gas prices cut by 25 per cent, to be effective from today. The latest reduction in price brings it to a level last seen in 2010, when prices were set by the government. And today, Chemcon Speciality Chemicals will debut at the bourses after finalising issue price at the higher end at Rs 340 per share. Computer Age Management Services will also list its shares today, with the issue price fixed at Rs 1,230 per share. And, Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders’ Rs 440-crore IPO garnered 7.5 times subscription on Wednesday, while UTI Asset Management Company’s Rs 2,160-crore issue garnered 80 per cent subscription. Likhitha Infrastructure's Rs 61-crore IPO garnered nearly three times subscription. All the three IPOs close today. Punjab National Bank yesterday reported a borrowal fraud of Rs 1,203.26 crore in the NPA account of Sintex Industries. The bank has already made provisions amounting to Rs 215.21 crore, as per prescribed prudential norms, the lender said.

The Indian markets look set for a flat open, indicated by the SGX Nifty which was trading marginally higher at 11,265 levels at around 7:25 AM amid largely subdued global cues.  In the Wall Street, major indices slipped overnight as investors awaited to take a measure of Democrat Joe Biden and US President Donald Trump in the first US presidential debate. The Dow and S&P 500 fell half a per cent and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 0.3 per cent. In Asia, MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan edged down 0.1 per cent in early trade. Japan's Nikkei was down 0.2 per cent and Australia's ASX 200 fell 1.3 per cent, while markets in Seoul rose 0.8 per cent. Back home, Reliance Industries might again be in focus after media reports said that Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Investment is in advanced talks to invest up to $1 billion in the company's retail division. Reliance Retail is on a fund raising spree and has secured around $1.8 billion in the past few weeks from KKR & Co and Silver Lake Partners. On the Covid front, India registered 80,500 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, taking the total caseload to past 62 lakh. Death toll now stands at 97,529. Besides, market participants will focus on stock-specific developments, Rupee's trajectory and the oil price movement. Bharti Airtel's press conference, scheduled later in the day, would also be under investor radar for cues on business plans. Now, let's have a quick look at other top news. India Ratings and Research has maintained a negative outlook for the auto ancillary sector for the October-March period of FY21. The rating agency said that the auto ancillary sector's revenue is expected to shrink 16-20 per cent in the current financial year, with both domestic market as well as exports likely to see contraction in demand.  The Sebi has extended the special dispensations given to companies wanting to come out with IPOs. The regulator has said the validity of Sebi observations for IPOs expiring between October 1, 2020 and March 31,2021 will be extended till March 31, 2021. The Sebi yesterday also made it easier for a listed holding company to delist its subsidiary by granting exemption from the reverse book building process. The promoters of Sumitomo Chemical Company will today offload 3.3 per cent stake in the company through the offer for sale route. The share sale is being done to comply with the 25-per cent minimum public shareholding norms as the promoter currently holds 78.3 per cent in the company. And, finally, some updates from the primary markets. State-owned Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders garnered 1.74 times subscription for its IPO on Tuesday, the first day of the issue. Meanwhile, UTI AMC's IPO garnered 24 per cent subscription and Likhitha Infra was subscribed 77 per cent. All three IPOs close tomorrow.

In this week's episode, we're talking about the 2020 US Presidential Election and how it’s going to affect investors. We dive into the tax implications, the monetary and fiscal policy future, and what to do about it. Additionally, we discuss the hot IPO market (Snowflake, Palantir & UNITY). The episode is investing heavy and if you’re at all interested in more information on the new stock issues such as Airbnb, Unity, Palantir, etc, you need to check out our Reformed Millennials Facebook Group for daily updates, discussions, and deep dives into these trends.Listen on Apple, Spotify, or Google Podcasts. For specific investment questions or advice contact Joel @ Gold Investment Management.2020 US Federal Election: 🤴Imagine being an investor in 2015/2016 and pulling all your US equity exposure because you felt like a Trump presidency signaled the end of the world… Imagine pulling all your money and sitting in Gold or Bonds at exactly that moment…Imagine missing this: 📈📈😍Nasdaq is up ~180% since the end of 2015… You’re never getting those gains back. They’re baked in.Fast forward to today and you’re probably feeling the same way because uncertainty in markets makes us all feel scared but that feeling we have is the exact feeling you need to embrace to make money. When things get volatile, you need to take risk. That doesn’t mean go all in, but it does mean that you need to understand where and when to take that risk. Volatility is an opportunity. 🤯What if he doesn’t leave? 🐘If Donald Trump loses the election does anyone see him actually conceding? Biden may not be so fast to concede either, especially given the nature of a pandemic at the polls. Contested elections have been rare in recent history, but not unheard of. How might the market react, before, during, and after? In 2000 it took Gore 6 weeks to concede the election to Bush Jr. after the mess in Florida. And during that time the market fell by 8.5%. Investors don’t like uncertainty but if you have a long term horizon, its an opportunity.Trump Win: 🐘More of the same - artificially low taxes for longer (2025) when the tax and jobs act sunsetsRule of law continues to deterioratecontinued ZIRP monetary policyBig continues to win while the small loseBiden Win: 🐐Increased corporate tax rate from 21% up to 28%try and repeal the tax and jobs act (unlikely to have enough support to so)Increase top marginal tax rate from 37-39 for people making 400k+Capital gains tax for people making >1,000,000 in income/year from 23.8 to 37-40% (not based on wealth but income) Eliminate the step-up basis for inherited wealth/ “death tax”Choose your fighter… SnowFlake ❄️Everything you need to know from crunchbasePopped 110% on its first day of trading! In short, Snowflake is a cloud data platform. Customers can store data, exchange it, use it for data applications, and data engineering, among other things. Interesting stats:Berkshire took at ~600m stake at a 30-35b valuationBigger than Goldman Sachs, John Deer, and CVS1,400 employees (CVS has 300,000)Lost ~500m LTM🎥 Unity IPO 🕹️”The @unity3d S-1 is more than a filing. It's the roadmap for manifesting a Metaverse.”Founded in 2004 as a game studio, Unity has risen to become a foundational piece of infrastructure in the space. The company's engine — which makes it easier to develop a new game — is used by 53% of the top 1,000 mobile games. Though unprofitable, Unity brought in $541M in revenue in 2019, an annual growth rate of 42%. Big winners of this IPO include Sequoia Capital and Silver Lake Partners.Important Take-Aways for Investors:The game studio, founded in a Danish basement, now serves 53% of the top 1,000 mobile games, 50% of games across platforms, and 93 of the 100 largest game studios by revenue. Every month, 1.5M creators use their tool, and 1.5B devices download content built with Unity. From the Oculus to the Hololens, Android to iOS, Xbox to PC to Mac, Unity has developers coveredThe revenue from customers that Unity acquired in 2018 increased from $21.4M as of December 31, 2018, to $57.0M a year later. That represented an overall expansion of 266%.The average expansion for public SaaS companies is around 117%. With Unity's DBNER increasing from 122% to 142% over the past several quarters, they sit comfortably above several public software peersUnity's revenue grew an impressive 42% in 2019 and has maintained this pace through the first half of 2020could be the tool used to design cars, buildings, and bridgesNext, investors are expecting Unity to expand the market itself. The company cites its addressable segment of the gaming market at $12B, rising to $16B by 2025. Gaming is assumed to be the fastest-growing media sector, with 2.5B gamers already. Unity is in a position to power and benefits from this market expansionFortune and Global 500 companies in industries such as architecture, engineering, construction, automotive, transportation, manufacturing, film, television, and retail are using Unity across many new use cases, including automobile and building design, online and augmented reality product configurators, autonomous driving simulation, and augmented reality workplace safety training. These new forms of content are emerging parts of our business and represent a significant opportunity for growthUnity estimates the market size for their Create and Operate solutions to be approximately $17B, giving a current TAM of $29B between gaming and other industries.p.s. If you have been forwarded this newsletter, click the button below to subscribe! Get on the email list at reformedmillennials.substack.com

With massive unemployment, more businesses closing permanently, and the most devastating three-month collapse on record, what is next? Join us with brilliant investor and business legend Glenn Hutchins, co-founder of the hugely successful Silver Lake Partners, Vice Chairman of Brookings, former Senior Advisor to President Clinton and board member of the NY Fed. The conversation will be moderated by Andy Serwer, the former managing director of Fortune and the current Editor-in-Chief of Yahoo! Business. Glenn Hutchins has earned respect and success at the top of the business world, philanthropy, and public service. He is chairman of North Island and a co-founder of Silver Lake, and also served as chairman of the board of SunGard Data Systems, Inc. and Instinet, Inc. and a director of Nasdaq, Inc.   Previously, Mr. Hutchins served President Clinton in the White House as a special advisor on both economic and health-care policy. He was also a director of Harvard Management Company and co-chairman of Harvard University's capital campaign. Andy Serwer is the editor in chief for Yahoo Finance, where he oversees all editorial content from breaking news to in-depth stories to original video programming. He was previously the managing editor of Fortune and worked at Time Inc. for 29 years. He has been a regular guest on MSNBC'S Morning Joe and CNBC's Squawkbox and many other TV and radio programs. To RSVP for upcoming events, visit our events page at: https://www.thecommongoodus.org --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We almost got a classic KFC mush after rumors started swirling of Sheldon Adelson and Silver Lake Partners joining the Harris/Blitzer group to buy the Mets. Thank GOD it was a false alarm and actually just the Wilpons being scumbags to push the bids higher, but it still has us on edge about what other tricks these rats might have up their sleeves. Don't get us wrong, we love a good mystery bidder, but not if they're gonna unseat king Cohen. We're here for the drama, but not at the cost of losing the chosen one. Not only that, but we're fighting a battle on two fronts! The sale of the team off the field and deGrom’s barking back on it. If ever there was a sign that baseball is upon us, it's the Mets instantly descending into chaos. We got thick boy Pete getting flack from the internet, Kelenic looking like a generational talent, Robbie Cano returning from a 'RonaCation and a Cold War brewing with Red Sox nation. The guys also tease the debut of our new postgame show and quick-hit podcasts to give you all the Mets talk you could ask for throughout the season. The cardboard cutouts are lining CitiField and we want to be front and center with our ‘Fire Wilpon’ shirts cause we gotta believe that the new owner (wink, wink) would love that.

After borrowing $4Bon the capital markets, Booking Holdings asked for government support to pay salaries (that, according to The Volkskrant, are on average, €47,000 a year/employee), but the loan may not be enough, and, according to an internal memo sent to employees, layoffs will be “probable.”To survive the pandemic, Expedia is about to sell a $1B stake to the equity firms Apollo Global Management and Silver Lake Partners.Emirates, together with Dubai Health Authority is conducting on-site rapid COVID-19 on his passengers before departing. The blood tests used are able to give results within 10 minutes.In an email sent to hoteliers, HotelBeds has again extended the dates of force majeure to 15 May.According to a recent IATA survey, 60% of travelers will return to travel within one to two months of containment of the COVID-19 pandemic.According to research by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), as of 6 April, “96% of all worldwide destinations have introduced travel restrictions in response to the pandemic.” Did They Help? is a website that “tracks companies and public figures in terms of their actions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Users can search the site for a brand or celebrity to see a positive or negative score of their behavior. Results include links to the specific actions or policies that contributed to a particular score, such as offering paid sick leave to employees (or not), donating medical supplies, or supporting food banks.” Google is rumored to be working on a Visa-based smart debit card similar to the Apple card.“When will be a good time to consider reactivating my campaigns?” Mirai asks. According to the Spanish agency, the period from March 15 to 31 saw a -88% decline in impressions YoY, -63% in CPC, -41% in conversion, but a +5% increase in CTR. As Mirai points out, however, the average CPA for these campaigns is still around 6.5%, one-third of OTAs commissions.Stripe raised $600M and reached over $3B valuation. An IPO can be not imminent, due to the situation, yet it’s fair to say that Stripe, focusing on e-commerce, is actually benefiting from the lockdown.

主播丨 徐涛 丁教 后期丨 迪卡普里鑫 本周，两家和地产及共享经济有关独角兽都有了新动作：一家获得了救命钱，而一家失去了救命钱。 其中一家是共享旅游住宿行业的 Airbnb ，它获得了银湖资本和 Sixth Street Opartners 债权和股权结合方式的10亿美元投资。 另外一家是共享办公巨头 WeWork，它在这周表示要起诉软银，因为软银之前承诺出价 30 亿美元收购 WeWork 股权，而现在它却撤回了这份邀约。WeWork可能会成为这场疫情中第一个死去的独角兽。 本期节目我们会探讨这次事件对于两家公司意味着什么，并由此思考一个问题：“共享经济” 会因为疫情而被重新审视吗？ 另外，硅谷早知道第四季已上线，需要大家在喜马拉雅、苹果 Podcasts 等各大平台上重新订阅收听。 本节目的文字版本请搜索公众号「声动活泼」查看。也请通过打赏 (http://shengfm.cn/donation)来支持我们的节目 本期主播 徐涛 / 丁教，「声动活泼」联合创始人 本期讨论的主要问题 详述 Airbnb 获得10亿美元投资背景 详述 WeWork 起诉软银背景 疫情对共享经济带来哪些反思？ 疫情下我们对盲目追逐独角兽式的增长有哪些反思？ 访谈中提及名词 Silver Lake Partners，银湖资本，一家总部位于美国的私人股权投资公司； Sixth Street Opartners，一家全球金融和投资公司； Venture Debt，风险债权，一种给创业公司的贷款，利息稍高并配以一部分认股期权； LP（Limited Partner），即有限合伙人，一般是投资者和出资方。他们以出资额对股权负责，享有回报的权利，不负责具体事务； Brian Chesky，Airbnb联合创始人兼首席执行官； Benchmark，美国风险投资公司，2011年，它投资1200万美元购买了Uber 11％的股份，2019年价值70亿美元。 BGM The Edge of the Forest - Wendel Scherer Eye of the Newscaster - Out To The World 微博：@声动活泼 微信公众号：@声动活泼 网站：shengfm.cn 支持/打赏我们：http://shengfm.cn/donation

Roger McNamee é um dos sujeitos mais impactantes do mercado de tecnologia de quem você nunca ouviu falar. No seu primeiro trabalho na área, no começo da década de 1980, ele liderou investimentos na Electronic Arts. Quando foi trabalhar em um dos fundos mais tradicionais do Vale do Silício, o Kleiner Perkins, McNamee se envolveu em investimentos feitos em um navegador chamado Netscape e em uma loja online chamada Amazon. Ambos os negócios se tornaram gigantescos, mas é sempre bom frisar que quem começou o frenesi financeiro da internet foi o Netscape, o primeiro navegador gráfico para usuário final da história. O histórico de acertos do McNamee era tão sólido que ele fez o que qualquer um com naquela posição faz em sua área: para que trabalhar para os outros se eu posso colher os frutos todos para mim? Em 1999, ele fundou a Silver Lake Partners com outros sócios e passou a farejar o mercado atrás de negócios com potencial. (mais…)

This episode we have a couple of interesting bits to talk about. Starting with a company that offers a safety net to digital nomads, the world’s largest internet restaurant company and most interesting of all, keep listening to know if SpaceX is turning into Uber for space? Stay tuned to know more. So, last week’s startup funding scene. We had a total of 283 funding rounds, $6.6 billion total funding, 175 acquisitions recorded, and a transaction of a total acquisition amount of $11.2 billion. Let’s dive right into the highlights now. SafetyWing raises $3.5M seed to offer medical insurance to ‘digital nomads’ They’ve got quite an interesting pitch. They claim to build safety nets for digital nomads. People used to be limited to working locally. Now the internet and recent technologies have made it possible to hire and work for companies globally, allowing people to live wherever in the world they choose to, free from the physical restraints of an office location. “Unfortunately, social safety nets like health insurance are national and only available in one’s home country. Millions are left to figure this out on their own with the majority going uninsured. To solve this problem, we are building the first global social safety net: a welfare state on the internet.” SafetyWing’s first product is focused on medical travel insurance, with the promise to provide medical cover for anybody who works outside their home country. The cover is flexible, too, sold as a 28-day rolling subscription that can be paused at any time. Cover starts at $37 every 4 weeks. Meanwhile, to support its mission of providing a safety net for digital nomads and to develop further products, the 2017-founded company, whose other co-founders are Sarah Sandnes (CTO) and Hans Kjellby (COO), has raised $3.5 million in seed funding. Leading the round is Nordic and Baltic-focused VC byFounders, with participation from Credit Ease Fintech Fund and DG Incubation. SafetyWing’s previous backers include YC and The Nordic Web Ventures. The ‘world’s largest internet restaurant company’ quietly raised $125 million this month Rebel Foods formerly known as Faasos, a once-small Pune, India-based company that now prepares a variety of foods in its cloud kitchens. The growth of the nine-year-old company is a bit breathtaking — and instructive. According to Bloomberg, Rebel — which this month raised $125 million in fresh capital from the Indonesian delivery service Go-Jek, Coatue Management and Goldman Sachs — now operates 235 kitchens across 20 Indian cities. And it’s processing two million orders a month. (It calls itself the “world’s largest internet restaurant company.”) While it began life as a chain of kebab restaurants, that original concept, Faasos, is now just one of eight other brands that Rebel operates, including a tea brand called Kettle & Kegs; a Chinese concept called Mandarin Oak; a pizza brand called Oven Story; and a brand called Behrouz, through which Rebel makes and sells slow-cooked biryani rice dishes. Still, it’s little wonder that Rebel is racing headlong into new markets as fast as it can. According to Bloomberg, the company is currently planning to build 100 cloud kitchens in Indonesia over the next 18 months, with Go-Jek’s help. It also expects to open 20 cloud kitchen facilities in the United Arab Emirates by December. Babylon Health confirms $550M raise at $2B+ valuation to expand its AI-based health services Babylon Health, the U.K.-based startup that has developed a number of AI-based health services, including a chatbot used by the U.K’.s National Health Service to help diagnose ailments, has confirmed a massive investment that it plans to use to expand its business to the U.S. and Asia, and expand its R&D to diagnose more serious, chronic conditions. It has closed a $550 million round of funding, valuing Babylon Health at more than $2 billion. The round brings together a number of strategic and financial investors, including PIF (Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund); a large U.S.-based health insurance company (which reports suggest to be Centene Corporation, although Babylon is not disclosing the name); Munich Re’s ERGO Fund; and returning investors Kinnevik and Vostok New Ventures. (Previous investors who do not appear to be in this round also include Demis Hassabis, the AI expert who co-founded DeepMind, which is now a part of Google.) That additionally gives Babylon (and others in digital health) a big opportunity to break down some of the more persistent problems in healthcare, such as providing services in developing economies and remote regions: one of its big efforts alongside rollouts in mature markets like the U.K. and Canada has been a service in Rwanda to bring health services to digital platforms for the first time. Trueface raises $3.7M to recognise that gun, as it’s being pulled, in real time Trueface is a U.S.-based computer vision company that turns camera data into so-called “actionable data” using machine learning and AI by employing partners who can perform facial recognition, threat detection, age and ethnicity detection, license plate recognition, emotion analysis and object detection. That means, for instance, recognising a gun, as it’s pulled in a dime store. Yes folks, welcome to your brave new world. The company has now raised $3.7 million from Lavrock Ventures, Scout Ventures and Advantage Ventures to scale the team growing partnerships and market share. Trueface claims it can identify enterprises’ employees for access to a building, detect a weapon as it’s being wielded or stop fraudulent spoofing attempts. Quite some claims. The company announced today that is has received signed agreements from D1 Capital Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Light Street Capital, Sequoia Capital and Silver Lake Partners to fund a $525 million tender offer that will allow Unity’s common shareholders — the majority of which are early or current employees — to sell their shares in the company. What else caught our eyes- SpaceX is expanding its launch offerings with a new, more affordable and consistent option for small satellite operators looking to put lighter payloads into orbit. The new service offering is designed to work for customers who can take advantage of a “rideshare” launch, sharing space on a Falcon 9 with other small satellites being sent up. The rideshare option will be offered on a regular, defined schedule, and SpaceX says that it’s designed for flexibility, offering customers the ability to pre-book a spot, and ensuring that if they’re ready to launch when their rideshare comes up, the rocket will indeed go up — with or without other payloads also booked that may not be ready in time. SpaceX’s new service is designed somewhat like rideshare programs here on Earth: Passengers who are ready get to ride, and the company looks to fill seats by offering bookings both in advance (12 or more months out) and much closer to launch time (between 12 and 6 months out) with a possibility of even tighter turnaround, though SpaceX hasn’t publicly posted pricing for that option, which means it’ll probably be costly. As for those with plenty of notice, they get the biggest price break: Launches start at just $2.25 million for payloads of up to 150 kg (330 lbs), or $4.5 million for those weighing up to 300 kg (660 lbs). That sounds like a lot, but consider that the lowest cost for a current SpaceX launch is currently somewhere around $57 million.

We had a total of 316 funding rounds, $8.4 billion total funding, 93 acquisitions recorded, and a transaction of a total acquisition amount of $63.9 billion. Let’s dive right into the highlights now. Standard Cognition lands $35M at $535M valuation to battle Amazon Go EQT Ventures, Initialized Capital, CRV and Y Combinator have fueled Standard Cognition with another $35 million to help retailers battle Amazon. The deal values the San Francisco-based autonomous checkout startup, founded in 2017, at $535 million. Standard Cognition implants its AI-powered computer vision platform, which enables the autonomous checkout process, in brick-and-mortar stores. To date, the company has installed its hardware in five stores in the U.S. and Japan, with plans to expand globally using the new investment. Standard Cognition announces its Series B financing just eight months after closing a $40 million Series A. Suswal, justifying the lightning-fast growth, said 2019 has been Standard’s “year of deployment,” next year will be “the year of repeatability” and 2021 will be “the year of scale.” The company has raised a total of $86 million in venture capital funding. Muzmatch adds $7M to swipe right on Muslim-majority markets Muzmatch, a matchmaking app for Muslims, has just swiped a $7 million Series A on the back of continued momentum for its community-sensitive approach to soulmate searching for people of the Islamic faith. It now has more than 1.5 million users of its apps, across 210 countries, swiping, matching and chatting online as they try to find “the one.” Unity, now valued at $6B, raising up to $525M Unity’s private valuation is climbing, but it’s growing unclear whether the company’s leadership is planning to take the 15-year-old gaming powerhouse public anytime soon. The company announced today that is has received signed agreements from D1 Capital Partners, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Light Street Capital, Sequoia Capital and Silver Lake Partners to fund a $525 million tender offer that will allow Unity’s common shareholders — the majority of which are early or current employees — to sell their shares in the company. The company also confirmed that it wrapped up a $150 million Series E funding round in May that doubled the company’s valuation to $6 billion. The announcement confirms the valuation we reported in May, though at a higher amount of capital raised. Fintech decacorn Nubank raises $400M led by TCV What’s a decocorn? Well I had to google this as well - It is a word used for those companies valued over $10 billion. Hectocorn is for companies valued over $100 billion. Brazil-based Nubank, which offers a suite of banking and financial services for Brazilian consumers, announced today that it has raised a $400 million Series F round of venture capital led by Woody Marshall of TCV. The growth-stage fund is best known for its investment in Netflix but has also made fintech a high priority, with over $1.5 billion in investments in the space. According to Nubank, the company has now raised $820 million across seven venture rounds. Leveraging unique technology, David Vélez and his team are continuously pushing the boundaries of delivering best in class financial services, grounded in a culture of tech and innovation. Nubank has all the core tenets of what TCV looks for in preeminent franchise investments. Airbud raises $4 million to add a voice interface to your website Amazon’s Alexa ushered in a new dawn of user interfaces, bringing voice into the mix as a viable option. Dozens of companies have sprouted because of this, not least of which being Airbud.io. Airbud allows any company to add a voice interface to its website. The company just closed a $4 million round led by Hanaco Ventures, with participation from ERA and Spider Capital. By allowing companies to add voice/chat bot utility to their websites, Airbud hopes to increase retention of end-users on sites and give them easier access to the information they seek. Krush says that Airbud is focusing on websites that you have to be on, rather than the ones you want to be on. That means Airbud clients are mostly in the healthcare space and travel space, helping end-users find a physician or book a flight using their voice. Moving on to mergers and acquisitions - Apple has announced the acquisition of chip-maker Intel's smartphone modem business for $1 billion. Approximately 2,200 Intel employees will join Apple, along with intellectual property, equipment and leases, the Cupertino-based iPhone maker said in a statement late Thursday. "This agreement enables us to focus on developing technology for the 5G network while retaining critical intellectual property and modem technology that our team has created," said Intel CEO Bob Swan. "We're looking forward to putting our full effort into 5G where it most closely aligns with the needs of our global customer base, including network operators, telecommunications equipment manufacturers and cloud service providers," he added. Apple will hold over 17,000 wireless technology patents, ranging from protocols for cellular standards to modem architecture and modem operation. What else caught our eyes- Dark has been keeping its startup in the dark for the last couple of years while it has built a unique kind of platform it calls “deployless” software development. If you build your application in Dark’s language inside of Dark’s editor, the reward is you can deploy it automatically on Dark’s infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform without worrying about all of the typical underlying deployment tasks. The company emerged from stealth today and announced $3.5 million in seed funding, which it actually received back in 2017. The founders have spent the last couple of years building this rather complex platform. In Dark, you’re getting the benefit of your editor knowing how the language works. So you get really great autocomplete, and your infrastructure is set up for you as soon as you’ve written any code because we know exactly what is required Source - Techcrunch, Crunchbase

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about bringing legitimate financial institutions into the formerly-sketchy world of blockchain and cryptocurrencies. In this episode: Garlinghouse's background at Excite@Home, Dialpad, and Yahoo; the "peanut butter manifesto" memo he wrote at Yahoo; moving on to Silver Lake Partners, AOL, and then becoming CEO of Hightail; being recruited to Ripple; the appeal of blockchain and cryptocurrency; working with the banks, not against them; the coming revolution in cross-border transactions; why bitcoin speculators were actually "forward progress"; will there be one cryptocurrency to rule them all?; the "unbanked" people of the world; potential problems facing cryptocurrency; convincing regulators and established banks; why should a big bank like Citi work with Ripple?; who will disrupt the incumbents?; the actual uses of crypto for consumers; and Facebook and tech's responsibility. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Happening returns to the airwaves with one of the most important and culturally relevant discussions of today. Roger McNamee, Silicon Valley legend and author of the new book Zucked - Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe takes us through the monumental problem that social media is presenting in today's culture. Never before has such an influential insider taken a step back to rethink his earlier position that's resulted in becoming a whistle blower of the practices and methods that these platforms inflict upon us daily. Zucked must be read and each one of us must honestly take on this problem as best we can. This is one of the most important topics ever covered on this podcast. Enjoy. Intro rant - My take on social medias growing influence into problematic territories Roger McNamee began his career in 1982 at T. Rowe Price Associates, where he managed the top performing Science & Technology Fund and co-managed the New Horizons Fund. In 1991, he launched Integral Capital Partners, the first crossover fund (combining later stage venture capital with public market investments), in partnership with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and Morgan Stanley & Co. In 1999, Roger co-founded Silver Lake Partners, the first private equity fund focused on technology businesses. In 2004, Roger and his partners launched Elevation Partners, an investment partnership focused on the intersection of media and technology.

Since April 2017, Roger has been engaged, along with former Google design ethicist Tristan Harris and others, in a campaign to trigger a national conversation about the dark side of social media. Roger’s book about that experience, Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe, was published in February 2019.

Elevation Partners founding partner Roger McNamee talks with Recode’s Kara Swisher about his new book, Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe. In this episode: Transitioning from tech optimist to critic; the 1990 crash and rebound; starting Silver Lake Partners; McNamee’s health crisis and struggles with office politics; “then Bono calls up”; meeting and mentoring the 22-year-old CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg; recruiting Sheryl Sandberg to be COO; the Beacon disaster and clashing with Sandberg; the suspicious early warning signs in 2016; speaking out against Facebook and the cost of becoming an activist; why McNamee wrote Zucked; trying to get around Google’s privacy invasions; the fundamental problems with Google and Facebook’s business model; tech companies that never think about consequences; how the limits on what data can be collected keep changing; and how can regular people help fix these problems? Click here to vote for Kara Swisher in the Shorty Awards! You can vote once per day between now and Thursday, February 21. Thanks to Microsoft Azure for sponsoring this episode. Get started with a free account and 12 months of popular free services at Azure.com/trial today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Daniel Krauss is Co-Founder & CIO of FlixBus, which is one of Europes's biggest recent startup success stories. After starting operations in 2013, FlixBus has quickly established itself as Europe’s largest intercity bus network provider that offers an affordable, alternative, and green way to travel. The startup recently entered the US market and started to also offer travel options via FlixTrain. FlixBus has raised several funding rounds from leading VCs like Silver Lake Partners, HV Holtzbrinck Ventures and General Atlantic. Before founding the company in 2011, Daniel worked in different roles at e.g. Siemens and Microsoft. He is also active as a Business Angel, including an investment into klarx. In this episode, Daniel shares the story of FlixBus' success and explains how to put your customers first, use your data the right way, and grow faster than your competition.

Last week I published an article on the new partnerships between Universal Tennis Ratings and the two major coaching certification organizations, USPTA and PTR (click here to read the article). And this week UTR announced another new partnership with Chinese Tennis organization Love Sports. Now, you have the opportunity to hear from UTR's CEO, Mark Leschly, about how UTR works and what's in store for the future. Since there seem to be a lot of misconceptions around UTR and its algorithm, I thought this would be a great chance to clear up some things and give you a peek behind the curtain. Universal Tennis is the company behind UTR powered by Oracle, a revolutionary system that provides a single, unifying language and standard for tennis players across ages, geographies and genders. The company’s vision is to unify tennis for everyone by bringing cutting edge analytics and community based technology to players worldwide independent of level. UTR is a unique, algorithm-based system for tennis that allows anyone to measure, identify and track their level relative to other players, while also providing tools for coaches and organizers to run UTR Powered Events that are level based rather than age or gender driven. Today the UTR powered by Oracle system is gathering data over 6.5 million match results, across 700 thousand players in over 200 countries. The Company is owned by Iconica Partners (www.iconicapartners.com) and other seasoned investors, advisors and operators in tennis, sports, technology and media. Partners include Ken Solomon, President of Tennis Channel; Mark Hurd, CEO of Oracle; Jan Leschly, former CEO of Smithkline Beecham and ATP Top 10; Ken Hao, Managing Partner, Silver Lake Partners; Tennis Media Company; and the LA Dodgers investment group.  To sign up for UTR powered by Oracle, please visit www.MyUTR.com. Mark Leschly combines both an in depth knowledge and experience in sports and tennis with nearly 25 years of entrepreneurial management and investment in technology led businesses as a venture capitalist and startup CEO. He is a former ATP ranked player selected to the Danish Davis Cup, two time Captain and #1 player for Harvard Men’s Tennis and a member of the USTA Foundation Advisory Board and USTA Player Development Council.  Mark is the Founder and Managing Partner of Iconica Partners, a principal firm investing at the interface of sports, media and technology. He is an owner in several sports teams and leagues including the Los Angeles Football Club (Major League Soccer team in LA), Professional Fighters League (a new MMA league), Team Liquid (esports) and Oklahoma City Dodgers (AAA Minor League baseball team). He is an owner and Managing Partner of Rho Capital Partners, a leading technology focused venture capital and private equity firm with over $2.5B under management (www.rho.com).  Mark received an M.B.A. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business and a B.A. with honors from Harvard University where he played tennis all four years. Thank you to STØNE for our music! You can find more of his music at SoundCloud.com/stonemuzic If you’re so inclined, please share this – and all our episodes! – with your tennis community. You can subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or via the ParentingAces website.

Roger McNamee is one of the most successful technology investors of all time. While running the T. Rowe Price Science & Technology Fund, and generating a 17% compound average growth rate in the process, Roger made the unheard of move of committing capital, as a mutual fund manager, to venture investments in Electronic Arts and Sybase. From there, he started the industry's first crossover fund with John Doer, investing in both late-stage venture capital and public market securities. In March of 2000, he co-founded private equity firm Silver Lake Partners in anticipation of the tech bust and, in 2004, founded Elevation Partners where he would become one of the first investors in Facebook and other nascent tech stars. In this episode, Roger shares what made him so successful as an investor, how music saved his life and why he has shifted his focus today from investing in tech to warning of the rising risks tech giants present to democracy and society. For notes and links related to this episode visit TheFelderReport.com/podcast

Randy Rayess is the cofounder of Outgrow, a growth marketing platform focused on increasing customer engagement and boosting demand generation through highly converting calculators & viral quizzes. He is passionate about demand generation, content marketing and personalized marketing. He also cofounded VenturePact and previously worked in private equity at SilverLake Partners, in machine learning and in payments.     SHOW NOTES How Randy became a Work @ Home RockStar Importance of delegating and hiring a team Interview tips from Randy Randy shares some tips on how to get the most out of your workspace Winning habits and rituals to get the blood flowing Randy’s advice to his younger self

This weeks SaaS Insider Shira talks with Randy Rayess about how he's grown his company with his co-founder from 0 to 25 people located in NYC, India, Boulder, and Los Angeles. This is Randy's second company (the first is still going). They've found events, and using their own products, have been the two best ways to grow. About Randy Rayess Randy Rayess is the cofounder of Outgrow, a growth marketing platform where any marketer can build highly converting calculators & viral quizzes to increase customer engagement and boost demand generation. He is passionate about growth hacking, content marketing and personalized marketing. He also cofounded VenturePact and previously worked in private equity at SilverLake Partners, in machine learning and in payments. About Shira Abel Shira Abel is the CEO and Lead Strategist at Hunter & Bard (http://www.hunterandbard.com), an inbound marketing and branding agency. Clients include: Totango, Cyara, Sarine Technologies, Pushbullet, AXA Tech, CloudEndure, AppsGeyser, Pitango VC, Chipolo, Allianz, and more. Creator and host of the SaaS Insider podcast. Creator of the Behavior Engineering Canvas. Mentor at 500 Startups. Former professor of Marketing for Startups at Tel Aviv-Jaffa Academic College. MBA from Kellogg School of Management. Loves family time, cooking, and travelling. Hates writing about herself in the third person. She lives in Silicon Valley with her husband, teen and tween sons and a very large Great Pyrenees. If you would like to be interviewed on SaaS Insider - please contact Shira at the URL above. The SaaS Insider podcast is brought to you by Hunter & Bard, a marketing agency specializing in design, branding, content and marketing automation – helping SaaS companies reduce their marketing debt. Check out Hunter & Bard today at http://hunterandbard.com SaaS Insider is a part of the C-Suite Radio network.

Frank Li is an analyst at Silver Lake Partners, a private equity firm in Menlo Park, California. He recently graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. In this episode, we discuss what the private equity industry is, how he got into it, and the advice he has for other people interested in finance.

Randy Rayess is the co-founder of VenturePact, a service that helps companies build remote software teams and execute on software projects. He is passionate about remote work, outsourcing and software development. He previously worked in private equity at SilverLake Partners, in machine learning and in payments.  This is a great episode if: You are researching your offsite/offshore options You want to understand how to ensure a good ROI from offsite teams You want to understand how to mitigate the risks of offsite teams What you will hear about: The impact of cultural differences The value of investing in the team Ways to ensure alignment