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In this episode, Sari Azout, Founder and CEO of Sublime,  explores various startup ideas and business concepts. The discussion centers on the evolving nature of startups in the AI era, emphasizing the importance of focusing on specific, well-defined problems rather than broad solutions. Sari shares multiple business ideas, from parental control services to creative tools, while discussing the philosophy behind building successful products in today's market.Timestamps:00:00 - Introduction and setup00:57 - Startup Idea 1: DrScreenTime06:39 - Startup Idea 2: Business-in-a-box ideas13:34 - What becomes scarce in an AGI world? 14:38 - Founders and Their Approaches16:10 - Akio Morita Simplicity Principle 17:01 - Startup Idea 3: Podshot 22:10 - Discussion on micro-startups 25:53 - Testing Ideas and Positioning29:03 -  Feedback and Intuition33:04 - Startup Idea 4: Meme generator Key Points:• Discussion of several innovative startup ideas including "DrScreenTime" (parental control franchise), PodShot, and meme generator • Exploration of business-in-a-box concepts and the future of trades/crafts• Analysis of micro-startups vs. traditional startup approaches1) The "Franchise for Parental Controls" Idea Parents are desperate for help managing screen time. Current solutions = messy.Opportunity: In-home screen time consultants who:- Set up controls- Create family rules- Recommend apps/toolsRevenue model:• $2K setup fee• Recurring affiliate revenue• Think "Dr. Screen Time" 2) The "Business in a Box" Trend Big insight: What becomes scarce in an AI world?Answer: People doing things with their hands!Opportunity: Modern craft business franchise• Partner with local artists• Supply chain + education• Target: offline-first experiences• Status = disconnecting from screens3) The Trade School Revolution Huge opportunity in modernizing trade education:• Lambda School model for trades• Zero upfront tuition• Revenue share after job placement• Bundle with business tools/marketing• Focus: plumbing, electrical, etc.Why? Trades becoming MORE valuable in AI era4) The Micro-Startup Strategy Modern startup playbook:1. Have a 10-year vision2. Unbundle into micro-products3. Start with easiest/viral pieces4. Build distribution firstKey insight: "Nobody searches for an inspiration engine"5) Product Development Philosophy Two types of founders:• Artists (creative vision driven)• Scientists (iteration driven)Choose your path but stick to it.Sari's 2024 goal: "Take less feedback, trust intuition more"6) The Meme Generator Opportunity Final killer idea: Long-form to meme converter• Input: articles, presentations, links• Output: culturally relevant memes• Train on curated meme library• Potential $10M+ SaaS businessWhy? No idea goes mainstream without memes Key Takeaway:2024 startup strategy:1. Build close to OR far from AI2. Focus on what becomes scarce3. Start micro, think macro4. Distribution not ProductNotable Quotes:"No idea will become mainstream if it's not captured in a meme." - Sari Azout"Screenshots are the new bookmarks." - GregLCA helps Fortune 500s and fast-growing startups build their future - from Warner Music to Fortnite to Dropbox. We turn 'what if' into reality with AI, apps, and next-gen products https://latecheckout.agency/BoringAds — ads agency that will build you profitable ad campaigns http://boringads.com/BoringMarketing — SEO agency and tools to get your organic customers http://boringmarketing.com/Startup Empire - a membership for builders who want to build cash-flowing businesses https://www.startupempire.coFIND ME ON SOCIALX/Twitter: https://twitter.com/gregisenbergInstagram: https://instagram.com/gregisenberg/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gisenberg/FIND SARI ON SOCIALSublime: https://sublime.appX/Twitter: https://x.com/sariazoutSubstack: https://sublimeinternet.substack.com

Everything old is new again in streaming, and it's about to get a lot tougher for upstarts to step into online video and advertising. (00:14) Tim Beyers and Dylan Lewis discuss: - Comcast's push into the ad market with Universal Ads, and what it means for other players in streaming video advertising like The Trade Desk. - Disney's plan to acquire FuboTV to clear the lave for Venu Sports and its next act in sports streaming bundles. - How streaming is getting more consolidated and vertically integrated, but streamers are still willing to try joint (16:09) You've probably heard of the sports betting platform DraftKings. But what about the company that powers DraftKings and a number of other sports betting platforms around the world? Anand Chokkavelu hosts Dan Caplinger and David Meier for a Scoreboard episode breaking down Sportradar. Companies discussed: CMCSA, TTD, DIS, FUBO, SRAD Host: Dylan Lewis Guests: Tim Beyers, Anand Chokkavelu, Dan Caplinger, David Meier Producer:Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Rick Engdahl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Australian mining group BHP has launched a R650bn takeover bid for SA's 107-year-old one-time global giant Anglo American – a company now worth just a quarter of BHP's value. If successful, the deal would merely be “material” rather than “game-changing” for BHP, which is attracted by its rival's South American copper mines. A key part of the BHP bid is that Anglo must first unbundle its major South African assets Kumba Iron Ore and Anglo Platinum, which the Aussies don't want any part of. Veteran asset manager Piet Viljoen explains that this is an opening salvo in what could be a lengthy process. He says the bid illustrates SA's wealth-destructive political governance, practically reflecting the impact of deteriorating national infrastructure and unfriendly business legislation. He spoke to Alec Hogg of BizNews.

Season 7 | Episode 2 In today's episode Mike and Hart are joined by Christopher Goes, Founder of Anoma. Chris unpacks flawed assumptions baked into current blockchain design and explains his vision for an intent-centric topology. Chris critiques the limitations of existing virtual machines modeled on outdated centralized mainframes, arguing they cannot keep pace with user needs. The discussion then explores the two key phases of intents - counterparty discovery and settlement. Chris then elaborates how solver networks can connect and route intents across blockchains to unlock seamless interoperability. To close out they dig into how zero-knowledge proofs economically emulate inter-blockchain verification, greatly reducing computational overhead. Stay tuned for all of this and much more! -- Follow Christopher: https://twitter.com/cwgoes Follow Hart: https://twitter.com/hal2001 Follow Mike: https://twitter.com/MikeIppolito_ Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3R1D1D9 Subscribe on Apple: https://apple.co/3pQTfmD Subscribe on Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3cpKZXH - - Join us at DAS (Digital Asset Summit) in London this March! DAS is the #1 institutional conference in crypto, hosted by Blockworks. Use the link below to learn more, and use BELL10 to get 10% off your ticket! Sign up now because the price goes up every month. See you there! https://blockworks.co/event/digital-asset-summit-2024-london/home - - Timestamps: (0:00) Introduction: Blockchain Architecture Overview (13:06) Where did Blockchain go Wrong? (23:45) DAS London Ad (24:50) Intents Enabling Interop (34:01) Solver Networks (41:58) Intents in a Multichain Environment (48:35) Zero Knowledge Proofs & Emulations (1:02:51) Unbundling Ethereum the Asset & Protocol (1:19:00) Outro - - Disclaimer: Nothing said on Bell Curve is a recommendation to buy or sell securities or tokens. This podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely our opinions, not financial advice. Mike, Jason, Michael, Vance and our guests may hold positions in the companies, funds, or projects discussed.

In episode #152, I tackle a recurring theme in SaaS P&L and chart of accounts set ups. It's your COGS, or cost of goods sold area. - Traditional COGS departments - The first step you should take Subscribe to Ben's SaaS metrics newsletter: https://saasmetricsschool.beehiiv.com/subscribe Subscribe to Ben's SaaS monthly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/df1db6bf8bca/the-saas-cfo-sign-up-landing-page SaaS Metrics courses here: https://www.thesaasacademy.com/ Join Ben's SaaS community here: https://www.thesaasacademy.com/offers/ivNjwYDx/checkout Follow Ben on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/benrmurray

Selling units as a bundled package might not be the best approach. This episode focuses on CEO James Gill's strategic decision to unbundle GoSquared's products and create separate brands for each. This move aimed to simplify onboarding and better cater to different customer profiles, and the results have been significant. Join us to explore the strategic considerations, challenges, and benefits of unbundling products. James also shares practical advice for guiding your company towards growth and sustainability. Key Takeaways: [01:30] Case study with GoSquared [04:35] Challenges of bundling [07:50] Importance of product focus [17:45] Discover of differentiation  [23:20] Finding differentiation in a crowded market [29:45] Recommendations for unbundling and overcoming challenges About James Gill: James is the CEO of GoSquared and the mind behind EcoSend, a climate-conscious email marketing platform. With 18 years at GoSquared, he's an experienced leader in SaaS, design, and startups.  Links:  James Gill | LinkedIn 

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Carriage disputes between cable companies and media companies are nothing new. They happen regularly around big events like the Super Bowl, FIFA World Cup or the Oscars. However this time Charter Communications, the second largest cable operator in the United States, has pulled all of Disney's 19 networks from its service, refusing to pay the […] The post Showbiz Sandbox 629: Disney vs. Charter Feud Could Finally Unbundle Cable appeared first on Showbiz Sandbox.

A.M. Edition for Aug. 31. Microsoft is making changes to the way it sells its Teams videoconferencing service to customers in Europe in an effort to address antitrust issues raised by the European Union. Plus, Chinese tech giant Baidu publicly rolls out Ernie bot, its AI answer to ChatGPT. And WSJ reporter Angus Loten reveals why tech startups are struggling to find funding. Keith Collins hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chris Yelland, energy analyst explains what the restructuring of Eskom's distribution business will look like.  Alan Demby, executive chairman of The South African Gold Coin Exchange & The Scoin Shop on the many facets that make up the Numismatic Industry.  On Business Unusual, Graeme Codrington futurist and Partner at TomorrowToday discussed the problem of hiring women speakers ONLY during Women's month. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jim Barksdale, a former CEO of Netscape, once famously proclaimed there are “only two ways to make money in business: one is to bundle; the other is unbundle.” Bundling is the business of rolling up products or services into packages, usually at a lower cost than buying them individually. Think meal deals, all-inclusive holidays, and software suite subscriptions that throw in all manner of bonus products for “free”. Who can resist great deals like these? Well, sometimes bundling comes at a cost. Both customers and regulators might take issue with a strategy that on the surface offers great value, but can have major drawbacks for choice, competition, and quality. In this episode we unpick both bundling and unbundling, as Alen and Franz discuss: The benefits and drawbacks of each strategy for businesses and customers Famous examples of bundling and unbundling we can learn from How much impact design has in unbundled vs bundled scenarios   www.d.mba

Once is lucky, twice is good. And our guest today is good. Darrell Silver, Founder and CEO of Unbundle Studio, has sold two companies for over $100M and he's using that experience to start investing. We dig into why Darrell decided to help create tech companies with underappreciated founders in a venture studio model and the mindset needed for running the studio completely off his own balance sheet.About Darrell Silver:Darrell Silver runs Unbundle Studio, a venture studio that launches tech companies with underappreciated founders. He is also a board member, advisor, and investor across EdTech and child advocacy.He co-founded+CEO'd+sold two companies: Thinkful (acquired by Chegg) & Perpetually (acquired by Dell).A word from our sponsor:At Ripple, we manage all of our fund expenses and employee credit cards using Jeeves. The team at Jeeves helped get me and my team setup with physical and virtual credit cards in days. I was able to allow my teammates to expense items in multiple currencies allowing them to pay for anything, anywhere at anytime. We weren't asked for any personal guarantees or to pay any setup or monthly SaaS fees.Not only does Jeeves save us time, but they also give us cash back on our purchases including expenses like Google, Facebook, or AWS every month. New users can earn up to 3% cashback for their first 90 days.The best part is Jeeves puts up the cash, and you settle up once every 30 days in any currency you want, unlike some other corporate card companies that make you pre-pay every month. Jeeves also recently launched its Jeeves Growth and Working Capital initiative for startups and fast-growing companies to enable more financial freedom for companies. The best thing of all is that Jeeves is live in  24 countries including Canada, US and many other countries around the world.Jeeves truly offers the best all-in-one expense management corporate card program for all startups especially the ones at Ripple and we at Tank Talks could not be more excited to officially partner with them. Listeners of Tank Talks can get set up with a demo of Jeeves today and take advantage of our Tank Talks special with a‍ $250 statement credit after the first $2,500 in spend or a $500 statement credit after the first $5000 in spend. Lastly, all Jeeves cardholders receive access to their Lounge Pass program and access to over 1300 airports globally.Visit tryjeeves.com/tanktalks to learn more.In this episode we discuss:02:33 Darrell's journey into Tech04:51 Darrell's experience pitching Jason Calacanis and TechCrunch Disrupt08:21 Building Thinkful and selling to Chegg11:02 Best practices for acquihires and retaining senior talent13:00 Evaluating deals by weighing the best alternative15:46 Why you can't BS your way through an M&A process17:32 Why Darrell launched Unbundle Studio21:41 The thesis behind Unbundle Studio23:25 Types of founders Unbundle is looking for24:22 Why Darrell is using his own money to start Unbundle26:01 How the traditional venture model doesn't account for profitable businesses27:27 Darrell's experience as an LP28:38 Why he sticks to his expertise when investing30:50 What he looks for when he invests33:06 The importance of good board members35:55 Building your networks37:05 What he learned from Mike Maples at Floodgate38:36 Redflags people should avoid when pitching him as an LP39:50 How Darrell adds value as an LP41:16 Why being a board member is philanthropic42:44 Advice for new LPs44:39 The best career advice he's gotten as an LP45:50 Why he's building a workshop with his dadFast Favorites*

Niklas speaks with Grant Taylor. Grant is the Founder & CEO of Quotanda, a company that is digitising financial aid for educational institutions and students.Over the past 40 years, college has developed from an offering for an elite of knowledge workers to a job entry requirement for a majority of the population.Grant argues that college is overutilised in developed countries such as the United States, but underutilized in less developed countries such as Mexico.The higher education system he knows intimately from his experience in the USA, Spain and Mexico is massively mismatching students with jobs.A couple of key innovations can help overcome that gap: 1) bootcamps of 3-6 months that teach job-relevant skills quickly. Students in Mexico can earn 5x more with a coding BootCamp compared to working in a call center. 2) Income share agreements (ISAs) between universities or financial institutions and students.Grant talks about how ISAs have gained a bad reputation and regulatory attention in the USA after some flawed marketing messages. Yet Grant sees lots of opportunities for ISAs to become widespread. There are no regulatory barriers in many countries in Latin America, allowing an underserved market to access higher education.We invite you to join us at the frontier to build the education system of the future together on Roatan, Honduras, a beautiful Caribbean island:Prospera Edtech Summit, October 28-30, 2022Niklas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NiklasAnzingerInfinita Fund Website: https://infinitafund.com/Discord: https://discord.gg/Z4H6UjbubK

Herman Bosman, CEO of Rand Merchant Investment Holdings (RMI) discusses the company's plan to unbundle its shares in Discovery and Momentum Metropolitan to focus on their short-term insurance business. Experts discuss how South Africa still being in the UK's red list will affect the tourism sector. And founder of Bathu, Theo Baloyi talks about his entrepreneurial journey and his relationship with money See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Even as platforms struggle to balance their roles as both reluctant arbiters of truth and protectors of speech, the concentration of power in their hands concerns many scholars. Some proposals aim to strike a balance between competition and free speech by unbundling functions and features on social media platforms. Prateek Waghre and Atish Padhy join Rohan Seth to discuss these proposals and how they might work.Links mentioned in the episode:https://techpolicy.substack.com/p/of-unbundling-by-different-nameshttps://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2019/05/platform-content-regulation-–-some-models-and-their-problemshttps://knightcolumbia.org/content/protocols-not-platforms-a-technological-approach-to-free-speechhttps://www.wired.co.uk/article/social-media-competitive-compatibilityhttps://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/publication/report-working-group-platform-scaleFollow Rohan Seth on Twitter - https://twitter.com/thesethist?s=11Follow Prateek Waghre on Twitter - https://twitter.com/prateekwaghre?s=11Follow Atish Padhy on Twitter - https://twitter.com/socratishh?s=21You can listen to this show and other awesome shows on the IVM Podcasts app on Android: https://ivm.today/android or iOS: https://ivm.today/ios, or any other podcast app

In this week’s episode, we talk with Varun Kumar and Pranay Mohan from Hashflow, a new decentralized exchange that wants to unbundle Uniswap. What this means is, they want to keep the non-custodial side and the liquidity pools, but instead of finding prices with smart contacts and a formula, they use market makers applying their highly specialized strategies and algorithms behind the scenes. Anyone can become a market maker, and some may open their pools so that others will be able to share their capital in exchange for a portion of trading fees. Their bet is that they will combine machines and humans in just the right way, to provide cheaper rates at lower prices. Big thanks to our sponsors: Balancer, one of the leading DeFi automated market makers (AMM) for multiple tokens. Dive into their pools at https://balancer.finance/! Enzyme provides an easy way to build, scale and monetize DeFi investment strategies Kraken, consistently rated the best and most secure cryptocurrency exchange, which can get you from fiat to DeFi Aave, an open source and non-custodial liquidity protocol where users can earn interest on deposits and borrow assets Kyber, whose Dynamic Market Maker, or DMM, is designed to react to market conditions to optimize fees, maximize returns

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James Feldman is a globally recognized business advisor, mentor, innovation Sherpa, author, speaker, and serial entrepreneur, who has guided hundreds of companies and thousands of individuals around the world towards optimum performance levels. He advises companies on building strong customer-concentric, innovative organizations that deliver transformational growth to achieve goals, overcome challenges, and think ‘inside the box’ to solve problems.  Over the span of his impressive 40 year career, Jim has had the pleasure of working with many Fortune 500 and industry leading companies including McDonalds, Disney, Toyota, Apple, Hyatt, Microsoft, Volkswagen, HP, AT&T, Audi, Sears and many, many more.      In this episode, Karen and James discuss: Success Story of James Commit to Get Leads Everyone in the world is a suspect, if you get the suspect interested in what you're talking about, they become a prospect. If the prospect buys from you, they become a customer. And if the customer buys more than once, then they become a client. Consult to Sell Look where others aren't looking, capture what others are not seeing, and apply uncommon, common sense. Connect to Build and Grow See a need, fill a need, and charge accordingly. Lowering the price is just a rapid way to go bankrupt.  Success Thinking, Activities and Vision Understand the pulse of the market - what do people want and what will people pay for? Unbundle your thinking and bring the customer up. People do not default up. Sweet Spot of Success     "Most things are just inconvenient, not impossible."- James Feldman     *5 Minute Success - Listener Giveaway* Go to http://jfa.tips/thinkruptcy to get your 8 Tips to Avoid Thinkruptcy! Go to http://jfa.tips/60tools  to get 60 FREE tools to be more productive! Go to http://jfa.tips/amazon to buy James’ book and get 30 minutes of FREE coaching!     Connect with James Feldman: Twitter: twitter.com/jamesdfeldman Facebook: facebook.com/jamesdfeldman Website: ShiftHappens.com & SOSThinkTank.com  LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jamesdfeldman    About the Podcast Join host Karen Briscoe each week to learn how you can achieve success at a higher level by investing just 5 minutes a day! Tune in to hear powerful, inspirational success stories and expert insights from entrepreneurs, business owners, industry leaders, and real estate agents that will transform your business and life. Karen shares a-ha moments that have shaped her career and discusses key concepts from her book Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day: Secrets of a Top Agent Revealed.   Here’s to your success in business and in life!   Connect with Karen Briscoe: Twitter: @5MinuteSuccess Facebook: 5MinuteSuccess Website: 5MinuteSuccess.com Email: Karen@5MinuteSuccess.com   5 Minute Success Links   Learn more about Karen’s book, Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day   Karen also recommends Moira Lethbridge's book "Savvy Woman in 5 Minutes a Day"   Subscribe to 5 Minute Success Podcast   Spread the love and share the secrets of 5 Minute Success with your friends and colleagues!     Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.    

  The most obvious statement we can make about the US health care system is that it's a mess. It's complicated, expensive, and rarely delivers what patients expect. A large part of the problem is because we use employer based insurance products where there is little incentive to control costs or provide the kind of care the patient wants. It's all about incentives and they are placed a long ways from those receiving the care - the patients. The unserious answer to how you fix the health care system is to blow it up and start over. As the largest sector of the economy that hires the most people, there are far too many interests in keeping the system just as it is. Although there might be a sizable electoral will to change things - there isn't any genuine appetite within the industry or politicians to truly start from scratch or honestly address the problems. The solution will have to come from entrepreneurs, employers, and patients. How Can Employers Fix Health Care? Katy Talento is a health care consultant at Allbetter.health and KFT Consulting with an extensive career in federal health care policy. She worked for 5 US senators and early with the Trump administration serving as the head of the domestic health care policy team. Simply put, she understands the US health care system. She knows the players and the hurdles faced by those looking to reform it. Through this extensive experience, Ms. Talento brings a lot of innovative ways to save money for employers and create a better experience for their employees. We all know that people have to pick their insurance either on the marketplace or through an employer. We've discussed the right way to pick insurance options before on the show. But Talento brings a way for employers to specifically save money by unbundling all of the components of the traditional insurance plans offered by carriers. What is Unbundling? Talento allows businesses of various sizes to self fund the insurance care for their employees by bidding out all of the aspects of a traditional plan. This means she acquires a company for processing the claims, a pharmacy benefit manager (that doesn't take kickbacks), deals with hospitals, specialists, imaging centers, and finds a cadre of direct primary care physicians to provide the bedrock for coordinating care. Savings from this technique usually save at least 20% for employers and often provides much better coordinated and personalized care. Also, the care can happen with much more reasonable deductibles and other incentives which will make the employees much happier. How Can You Protect Yourself? Finally, Talento says if you go to the hospital or emergency room, it is important to protect yourself from hidden or unexpected charges. Few people know that when you sign the release form entering the ER that it also includes a provision where you agree to pay your bills at whatever the hospital and their agents charge. She recommends that you fill out a battlefield agreement with the hospital or emergency room. Essentially, you agree to pay no more than 1.5 times the Medicare rate for any services you receive in while getting treated. An example emergency consent form can be found here. Katy Talento is a health care policy analyst with extensive experience dealing with the US health care system. She has worked under five US senators and a presidential health care policy team. She runs allbetter.health which provides solutions for businesses looking to save money and provide better care for their employees. show notes Episode 111: Today's show Allbetter.health: Katy Talento's consulting business. @KatyTalento: Katy's twitter feed. Episode 076: A PBM not looking to rip you off with Vinay Patel. Episode 007: Dr. Kevin Wacasey tells us how to pick the right health insurance plan. Episode 042: My earlier synopsis on how to fix the US health care system. Doctor Podcast Network: The home for the Paradocs and a number of other physician based podcasts. Samaritans Health Sharing Ministry: This is the ministry we use. Feel free to mention my name if you sign up - not sure if that helps you or not. Top 20 Physicians Podcasts Made Simply Web Site Creations: This is the great, affordable website service that built my wife's podcast site. I cannot recommend this company more to someone looking for creating a website. Always Andy's Mom: Home of my wife, Marcy's, podcast for parents grieving or those looking to help them. YouTube for Paradocs: Here you can watch the video of my late son singing his solo on the Paradocs YouTube page. Patreon - Become a show supporter today and visit my Patreon page for extra bonus material. Every dollar raised goes towards the production and promotion of the show.    

This is the second episode of our series on the sports media market with regular co-host Yannick Ramcke. Every couple of weeks we choose three stories from around the world and pick them apart to see if there’s anything we can learn that’s part of a broader trend in relation to sport tv, streaming or OTT market. This week we talk about beIN Sport’s stand against piracy in Serie A and what the implications of that might be for other rights holders in the broadcaster’s considerable rights portfolio. Secondly we look at the details of the recent Bundesliga domestic rights tender, what it means for DAZN among others, and thirdly we talk about Mediapro in France, where they decided that when it comes to the number of teams they want in Ligue1 and how many games they want to screen, it’s a case of less is more. Plenty in here for anyone with an interest in the value of sport as a media property, which I guess means everyone.  

This is the second episode of our series on the sports media market with regular co-host Yannick Ramcke. Every couple of weeks we choose three stories from around the world and pick them apart to see if there’s anything we can learn that’s part of a broader trend in relation to sport tv, streaming or OTT market. This week we talk about beIN Sport’s stand against piracy in Serie A and what the implications of that might be for other rights holders in the broadcaster’s considerable rights portfolio. Secondly we look at the details of the recent Bundesliga domestic rights tender, what it means for DAZN among others, and thirdly we talk about Mediapro in France, where they decided that when it comes to the number of teams they want in Ligue1 and how many games they want to screen, it’s a case of less is more. Plenty in here for anyone with an interest in the value of sport as a media property, which I guess means everyone.  

PHP Internals News: Episode 58: Non-Capturing Catches London, UK Thursday, June 18th 2020, 09:21 BST In this episode of "PHP Internals News" I chat with Max Semenik (GitHub) about the Non-Capturing Catches RFC that he's worked on, and that's been accepted for PHP 8, as well as about bundling, or not, of extensions. The RSS feed for this podcast is https://derickrethans.nl/feed-phpinternalsnews.xml, you can download this episode's MP3 file, and it's available on Spotify and iTunes. There is a dedicated website: https://phpinternals.news Transcript Derick Rethans 0:18 Hi, I'm Derick, and this is PHP internals news, a weekly podcast dedicated to demystifying the development of the PHP language. This is Episode 58. Today I'm talking with Max Semenik about an RFC that is proposed called non capturing catches. Hello Max, would you please introduce yourself. Max Semenik 0:38 Hi Derick. I'm an open source developer, working mostly on MediaWiki. So that's how I came to be interested in contributing to PHP. Derick Rethans 0:50 Have you been working with MediaWiki for a long time? Max Semenik 0:53 Something like 11 years, I guess. Derick Rethans 0:56 That sounds like a long time to me. The RFC that you've made. What is the problem that is trying to address? Max Semenik 1:03 In current PHP, you have to specify a variable for exceptions you catch, even if I you don't need to use this variable in your code, and I'm proposing to change it to allow people to just specify an exception type. Derick Rethans 1:20 At the moment, the way how you catch an exception is by using catch, opening parenthesis, exception class, variable, and you're saying that you don't have to do the name of the variable any more. I get that right? Max Semenik 1:33 Yes. Derick Rethans 1:34 Is that pretty much the only change that this is making? Max Semenik 1:38 Yes, it's a very small, and well defined RFC. I just wanted to do something small, as my start to contributing to PHP. Derick Rethans 1:51 I'm reading the RFC, it states also that the what used to be an earlier RFC. How does that differ from the one that you've proposed? Max Semenik 2:00 The previous RFC wanted to also permit a blanket catching of exceptions, as in anything. And that's all, which, understandably, has caused some objections from the PHP community. While most people commented positively on the part that I'm proposing now. Or should I say really propose because the RFC, passed and was merged yesterday. Derick Rethans 2:35 I had forgotten about it actually, it's good that you reminded me. So yeah, it got merged and ready for PHP eight. Basically what you say you picked the non controversial parts of an early RFC? Max Semenik 2:47 I actually chose something to contribute and then looked for an RFC, to see if it was discussed previously. Derick Rethans 2:55 Oh, I see. So, your primary idea of wanting to contribute to PHP, instead of you having an itch that you wanted to scratch, it's like you're saying? Max Semenik 3:04 I have way larger itches that I will scratch later when I will learn how to work with PHP's code base which, which is really huge. Derick Rethans 3:16 That makes some sense I suppose. When looking at the vote for the RFC I actually couldn't see that you had voted it for yourself. I missed something? Max Semenik 3:25 I don't have a php.net account so I can't vote for myself, obviously. Derick Rethans 3:31 I actually think you can because you have written an RFC. Max Semenik 3:35 I haven't seen any interface to vote. Derick Rethans 3:38 Interesting. It's actually something to catch up on because I pretty much sure that you can. Should investigate that for some other RFCs that are still open because I think you should be able to. Max Semenik 3:49 Would benice. I mean, this wouldn't change anything but.. Derick Rethans 3:54 That's true but I mean you've started contributing. If you be able to vote right that's the fair thing to do, I suppose. So as you said, this is your first contribution to PHP itself. How did you find the whole process of getting this going and getting started with it? Max Semenik 4:10 As far running an RFC, it was fairly straightforward to me. Maybe because I was looking at PHP RFCs in the past, so I knew how the process worked and it was really something that I already knew how to navigate. It's not the first open source community I'm contributing to, so I kind of know what to do in general. Derick Rethans 4:40 How large is the MediaWiki community? Max Semenik 4:43 It's probably larger than PHP community in terms of actively contributing people, as in which the Wikimedia Foundation has lots of paid programmers that work on the ecosystem. Obviously the outreach of your community is larger than MediaWiki's. Derick Rethans 5:08 You're saying that there's more people working on, on it. But there's more people using PHP? Max Semenik 5:15 And more people actively interested in development. Derick Rethans 5:21 Do you think that's because it's easier to contribute to something that's written in PHP, than PHP itself? Max Semenik 5:28 Not a lot of people know how to program in C these days. And while I used to be paid for writing C, my C's currently extremely rusty. Unlike PHP, for example. Derick Rethans 5:44 For me it's sort of the other way around, because I haven't been writing PHP code for quite some time now, except for some test cases, so I know nothing about frameworks whatsoever. I know C pretty well. In any case, we now have one more active contributor, that is you, that is you. You've things merged that makes you a contributor, in my eyes. As this is a pretty small RFC. And I think during the course of the last few months we have I've discussed with several other contributors that small RFCs are a good thing, because it makes it much harder to find problems with. There are a few other RFCs as well that are also so small and for which the authors declined to talk to me about that for various different reasons. And two of those are actually really really simple things, and they are both having to do with the bundling of extensions in PHP. Now, just thinking about this question. How does MediaWiki, for example, think about which extensions, it can use in its source code? Max Semenik 6:45 For MediaWiki. First of all, on start-up MediaWiki quickly checks if all the hard required extensions are available, and they just bails out if they aren't available. I need to look, whether it checks for JSON or as soon as it's way too obvious to even consider whether it's present or not. Derick Rethans 7:10 So you just mentioned the JSON extension. That makes sense because that's one of my notes. One of the RFCs as you just alluded to is to JSON extension, and PHP eight will have this always available now without you having to enable this in configure flags, which is pretty good way of making sure that extension is always available to everybody using PHP. Do you agree that having a JSON extension always available is a good idea for PHP? Max Semenik 7:37 Yes absolutely. One of the aspects of writing software that's available for everyone to use, as opposed to some internal company software that's running on a few servers and that it, is that the you need to support a wide variety of systems. And if it's possible to compile PHP without JSON, it means that someone will compile without it. It also means that some Linux distribution developers will package it as a separate package, and then someone will not install it, and you will get people to complain that MediaWiki doesn't work on their system. For more, very popular extensions are available. If I will know that many popular extensions that I need, are always available, it makes my job easier and it also allows me to write better software, without having to resort to hacks and decrease the functionality. Derick Rethans 8:52 An what some other framework to do this they start making polyfills for them. Max Semenik 8:56 And these polyfills might have vital like orders of magnitude worse performance. If I can have guarantees that a system has JSON, as well as other extensions like mbstring, intl, and so on, it would be really awesome. Derick Rethans 9:16 The argument always between, do we always want to have everything inside PHP or not, and at some point you need to start making a distinction about is this useful enough for everybody or just for a smaller group of people, and mbstring is probably an example where this is sort of, sort of on the line right. I mean it's useful enough, but is it useful enough to have it always enabled instead of having it easily installed as a package. Max Semenik 9:42 Well you know lots of people are running software, whether it's MediaWiki whether it's some WordPress or something else on crappy shared hosting, which is the bane of every programmer's existence but they still have to support it. The question is really something can be messed up. Some people will have to run a node on systems that have messed up. And if we can avoid it. Why not? Derick Rethans 10:11 Another RFC that's just gone through its unbundling extension. Some versions of PHP will have extensions, being brought into core and being always made available like we did with the hash extension in PHP seven four. But of course we also removing extensions from PHP to live somewhere else. Not even having them always enabled but not even having them distributed with a PHP source code. In PHP seven four we had for example the Firebase extension, I believe, because there wasn't a lot of people using this. In this case we having the XMLRPC extension. Have you ever heard of this XMLRPC extension, because you said you've been programming PHP for a while? Max Semenik 10:51 I've heard about the protocol itself and I might have heard about PHP having this extension, but I've never used it, and honestly I don't know why anyone using it. Derick Rethans 11:04 It's sort of being used a little bit when people really didn't want to use SOAP, because it was too complicated. But before we had invented JSON pretty much. That's a long long time ago. Max Semenik 11:18 These days. XMLRPC is sounds like a legacy corporate system. That's why probably, it's no use having it in PHP proper. Derick Rethans 11:32 I think I very much agree there. In any case, non capturing caches are in PHP eight. You said that the RFC was saccepted, has the patch being merged as well. Max Semenik 11:41 Yep. Derick Rethans 11:42 Great. I'm going to have to have a flavour that I'm going to give a talk next month for the Dutch PHP conference, where I'm talking about a new additions in seven four, but also what's coming up in eight dot zero, I might be able to have a slide about it in there. Max Semenik 11:57 Awesome. Derick Rethans 11:58 Thank you, Max for taking the time today to talk to me about non caption captures and bundling of extensions. Max Semenik 12:05 Thank you, Derick for giving me this tribune. It was a nice talk. Derick Rethans 12:09 Excellent. Thanks for listening to this instalment of PHP internals news, the weekly podcast dedicated to demystifying the development of the PHP language. I maintain a Patreon account for supporters of this podcast, as well as the Xdebug debugging tool. You can sign up for Patreon at https://drck.me/patreon. If you have comments or suggestions, feel free to email them to derick@phpinternals.news. Thank you for listening, and I'll see you next week. Show Notes RFC: Non-Capturing Catches RFC: Always available JSON extension RFC: Unbundle ext/xmlrpc Credits Music: Chipper Doodle v2 — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

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PHP Internals News: Episode 16: API, ABI, and ext/recode London, UK Thursday, June 27th 2019, 09:16 BST In this sixteenth episode of "PHP Internals News" I talk with Joe Watkins (Twitter, Patreon, Website, GitHub) about his APIs, ABIs, and an RFC to unbundle the ext/recode extension. The RSS feed for this podcast is https://derickrethans.nl/feed-phpinternalsnews.xml, you can download this episode's MP3 file, and it's available on Spotify and iTunes. There is a dedicated website: https://phpinternals.news Show Notes RFC: Unbundle ext/recode Article "Adverse ABIs" discussing the ABI problems with the MacOS machine. Credits Music: Chipper Doodle v2 — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

PHP Internals News: Episode 9: Bundled Extensions London, UK Thursday, May 9th 2019, 09:09 BST In this ninth episode of "PHP Internals News" I talk to Kalle Nielsen (Twitter, GitHub) about bundled extensions, and his work on the Windows port of PHP. The RSS feed for this podcast is https://phpinternals.news/feed.rss, you can download this episode's MP3 file, and it's available on Spotify and iTunes. There is a dedicated website: https://phpinternals.news Show Notes RFC: Unbundle ext/interbase Supermetrics Credits Music: Chipper Doodle v2 — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) — Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0

采访 制作丨徐涛 校对丨秘丛丛 __ （以下文字只是音频节目的少许补充。「硅谷早知道」每周周五中午12点准时更新，敬请期待。） 苹果周一春季发布会上的产品之一，是Netflix版的新闻聚合平台Apple News Plus：用户每月花费10美元，就能获得超过300家媒体的精品内容。 为了突出这个服务对用户是多么的友好，蒂姆·库克特地说，如果你要订阅这些媒体，你要花费8000美元。 做一个呈现高品质内容并在设计上也更友好的新闻聚合平台并不新鲜；用Netflix或Spotify的方式，让用户缴纳一点费用，就能消费海量内容，也并不是很大的商业模式突破。但这个事情由苹果来做，就变得不太一样了。 你能看到苹果在内容展现上进行更多投入，使得整体产品的使用感的确更好；苹果的媒体合作伙伴也的确重磅，这其中包括《华尔街日报》、《纽约客》和《连线》这样的媒体。 你也能看到苹果摆出的姿态也的确更占据道德制高点：保护隐私，支持真正的新闻。所有这些点，都准确击中了Facebook隐私泄露和假新闻危机后带来的群体焦虑。 当然，还别忘了多少人的口袋里都装着iPhone。 但在这背后也有一系列的疑问，包括： 按月订阅服务的模式在电影和音乐服务上的确大获成功，（看看Netflix、Spotify以及Apple Music），但在新闻服务上是否行得通； 在和苹果的合作关系中，媒体为何依然处于尴尬境地？媒体业是否能像唱片业一样重新找到一种平衡； 为什么在中国，新闻聚合平台发展得要比在美国更好？以及，为什么这未必是一件好事； 在这期节目中，我们就讨论了这些问题:### 更多详细解读，请在36氪App搜索《硅谷早知道》，订阅并收听这期音频节目，Enjoy！ 欢迎大家添加氪君微信：hello36kr，加入36氪官方粉丝群。 本期嘉宾 王俊煜，轻芒联合创始人 & CEO，豌豆荚联合创始人 & 前 CEO 提及名词 Texture，新闻聚合平台。2018年3月被苹果收购，成为 Apple News+ 的前身。 Flipboard，一款社交及杂志形式的应用程序，根据喜好定制以电子杂志形式输出的信息，透过“翻转”的方式进行浏览和刷新。 Google News，是Google开发的一款Web新闻聚合器，首页更新和新闻推荐都不依赖于人工操作，全部由后台的聚合算法实现。 The Daily，是2011年1月新闻集团与苹果公司合作开发的iPad付费新闻阅读产品。 相关阅读 关于 The Daily 夭折的一篇文章 (https://www.etw.fm/articles/thedaily) Bundle and Unbundle，绑定和解绑定 (https://36kr.com/p/5143039) 比数据泄露更可怕的是，Facebook的商业模式正在瓦解 (https://36kr.com/p/5125114)

Exclusive Download: Precision Scorecard™ - Keep Your Leadership Team Focused & Accountable To Growth - http://bit.ly/2CiZqqq -- Can we talk about your MRR for a sec? If you’re like most founders I coach inside SaaS Academy, chances are you: 1. Obsess about growing it 2. Overcomplicate how to do it Truth is, if you’re experiencing a plateau in your MRR, it probably has much less to do with your company’s growth potential, and everything to do with how you’re over-complicating the process of tapping into it. In this week’s episode, I cover the 6 things you can do TODAY to increase your MRR and set yourself up to toast to a record-breaking ARR in 2019. At a high level, here are the 6 things I absolutely want you to start considering: 1. Raise your prices2. Ditch the free plan 3. Unbundle features 4. Remove unlimited features 5. Move up market6. Maximize upselling Now before you start eye-rolling at me through the screen, I really want you to consider the potential impact of raising your prices. I recently had a client who was charging a cringe-worthy $6/mo for a software that his clients were literally running their business off of. Meaning, the price to value match was severely skewed against him. If he bumped that up to a VERY reasonable $25/mo, sure there’s a chance that he’d lose about 10-15% of his clients… But the net effect would literally be game-changing for him and his company. If you do nothing else, I’d love for you to take a look at your lowest price tier and just imagine what it would look like if you 2x, or even 5x’d it? What % of customers could you afford to lose while STILL doubling your MRR? The quick table-napkin math could literally be the tipping point for your software company this year. Once you’re done, watch the full episode here, and then drop me a comment letting me know ONE thing you plan to implement this year to increase your MRR. -- Dan Martell has advised more startups than his hometown has people and teaches startup founders like you how to scale. He previously created, raised venture funding for and successfully exited two tech startups: Flowtown and Clarity.fm. You should follow him on twitter @danmartell for tweets that are actually awesome. + Instagram (behind the scenes): http://instagram.com/danmartell + Facebook (live trainings + Q&A): http://FB.com/DanMartell + Twitter (what I'm reading): http://twitter.com/danmartell Exclusive Download: Precision Scorecard™ - Keep Your Leadership Team Focused & Accountable To Growth - http://bit.ly/2CiZqqq

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1:00: Topic introduction: Making fast cash 2:45: Reach out to past clients Might be a small project Might lead to referrals 5:55: Ask for referrals Give them the tools to know who to refer you to Be specific about what your ideal client looks like Use LinkedIn for second degree connection introductions 10:00 Use mental associations when making requests Make specific requests; don’t think in broad terms “Think like a fisherman, not like a fish.” Use inbound and outbound approaches. More Cheese and Less Whiskers 17:30: Cold outreach Might feel awkward, but it works Start close to home Pick an industry where you’ve had previously success Make sure you follow up Cold outreach episode with Kai 23:40: Be creative Kurt Elster blog post on handwritten notes Birthday cakes 26:10: Use social media Reach out to your email list, blog, YouTube subscribers Use Twitter for searches Use Hacker News 30:20: Offer a discount to current clients for prepayment 36:30: Create a microservice Brennan Dunn on roadmapping Unbundle services Picks: Million Dollar Referrals by Alan Weiss (Philip) Duct Tape Marketing blog (Philip) cheese/whiskers ReplyApp.io (Philip) Blair Enn’s Prospecting Email (Philip) The Hourly Trap (Jonathan) Freelance Remote Conference (Charles) Slack Hangouts (Charles)

1:00: Topic introduction: Making fast cash 2:45: Reach out to past clients Might be a small project Might lead to referrals 5:55: Ask for referrals Give them the tools to know who to refer you to Be specific about what your ideal client looks like Use LinkedIn for second degree connection introductions 10:00 Use mental associations when making requests Make specific requests; don’t think in broad terms “Think like a fisherman, not like a fish.” Use inbound and outbound approaches. More Cheese and Less Whiskers 17:30: Cold outreach Might feel awkward, but it works Start close to home Pick an industry where you’ve had previously success Make sure you follow up Cold outreach episode with Kai 23:40: Be creative Kurt Elster blog post on handwritten notes Birthday cakes 26:10: Use social media Reach out to your email list, blog, YouTube subscribers Use Twitter for searches Use Hacker News 30:20: Offer a discount to current clients for prepayment 36:30: Create a microservice Brennan Dunn on roadmapping Unbundle services Picks: Million Dollar Referrals by Alan Weiss (Philip) Duct Tape Marketing blog (Philip) cheese/whiskers ReplyApp.io (Philip) Blair Enn’s Prospecting Email (Philip) The Hourly Trap (Jonathan) Freelance Remote Conference (Charles) Slack Hangouts (Charles)

Yanik and Luc-Olivier celebrate a year of their podcast.Related LinksONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: You can watch a fast motion video of Yanik editing this very episode on YouTube!FU: telepath's Virtual Dream Plaza bandcamp accountFU: The Verge: YouTube Gaming adds mobile livestreaming and Twitch-like paid subscriptionsFU: Downwell and Yanik's video of his best Downwell runFU: TechCrunch: YouTube Red, A $9.99 Site-Wide Ad-Free Subscription With Play Music, Launches Oct 28FU: TechCrunch: YouTube Will Completely Remove Videos Of Creators Who Don’t Sign Its Red Subscription DealFU: Limitless Possibility 12: Unbundle of JoyWikipedia: The Screen Savers and now, The New Screen SaversThis Week in TechThe Talk Show with John Gruber (original series), series 2, currently running seriesA song from the Phoenix Wright orchestral arrange album Yanik and Luc-Olivier made their peers listen to in high schoolOur microphone: the Blue YetiThe Onion: Podcaster Makes Solemn Promise To Improve Sound Quality Next EpisodePiezoAudacityFissionRecommended podcast apps:Overcast for power users who prefer sane defaults to settingsCastro for users with basic needs who want something betterDowncast if you are a crazy person who wants all the settingsLuc-Olivier's recommended podcasts:The Smoking TireSavage LovecastConnectedHonorable mention: The Talk Show, see aboveYanik's recommended podcasts:CortexReply All8-4 PlayHonorable mention: Bilingual News

Divorce is not just a legal process. It also involves an emotional detangling as well as a financial restructuring. Money can be a particularly stressful part of the process, especially as couples begin to consider whether they will be able to maintain the same standard of living now that they’re apart. If you have questions around cashflow, tax ramifications, assets or liability—a divorce financial planner is a good place to start. Andy Samalin is a financial professional with 24-plus years of experience who has focused his practice on divorce financial planning through Samalin Investment Counsel and Samalin Divorce Finance. A graduate of New York University with a master’s in real estate finance, Andy is a Certified Financial Planner, an Enrolled Agent, and a federally licensed tax practitioner with the IRS. He is President of the Association of Divorce Financial Planners and the Founder and Chapter Leader of Second Saturday Westchester, a nonprofit that educates attendees about divorce. Today, Andy joins Katherine to discuss Second Saturday, explaining how the organization provides unbiased advice from local financial, legal and mental health professionals. He addresses the role of a divorce financial planner in determining a feasible outcome that allows both parties to succeed. Andy offers insight on the ‘power of neutrality’ a divorce financial planner brings to the collaborative process and the ADFP’s work to establish protections for divorcing couples. Listen in to understand the anxiety around money when divorce is imminent and learn how to choose the right process for your family. Topics Covered How Second Saturday offers unbiased advice Second Saturday’s interdisciplinary approach (legal, emotional and financial) The gender-inclusive format of Second Saturday The role of a divorce financial planner • Unbundle economic unit • Aggregate relevant data • Determine feasible outcome The power of neutrality a DFP brings to the collaborative process The ADFP’s rules around compensation Ensuring a divorce financial planner is unbiased and without agenda The anxiety around money faced by divorcing couples The process of choosing from among litigation, mediation and collaboration Connect with Andy Samalin Samalin Group: http://samalingroup.com/investment-counsel/ Call (914) 666-6600 Resources Second Saturday: https://www.secondsaturday.com/ WIFE.org: https://www.wife.org/ Association of Divorce Financial Planners: https://www.divorceandfinance.org/default.aspx Connect with Katherine Miller The Center for Understanding Conflict: http://understandinginconflict.org/ Miller Law Group: https://westchesterfamilylaw.com/ Katherine on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kemiller1 The New Yorker’s Guide to Collaborative Divorce by Katherine Miller: https://www.amazon.com/New-Yorkers-Guide-Collaborative-Divorce/dp/0692496246 Email: katherine@westchesterfamilylaw.com Call (914) 738-7765

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