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Old School Meets New School! Somewhat recently, the Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffett was forced to finally admit that he was not well-connected to the tech boom to fully profit from that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He just didn't get it. Many of the discussions relative to current day economics, business, history, cryptocurrency are quite often constrained by the perspectives of the participants. Younger participants are more attuned to the world into which they have grown and are now curr ...
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Old School Meets New School! Somewhat recently, the Oracle of Omaha Warren Buffett was forced to finally admit that he was not well-connected to the tech boom to fully profit from that once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He just didn't get it. Many of the discussions relative to current day economics, business, history, cryptocurrency are quite often constrained by the perspectives of the participants. Younger participants are more attuned to the world into which they have grown and are now curr ...
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Some takeaways: — There’s a significant gap between the hype around AI and its actual implementation in businesses. Many companies are still in the experimental phase, with few AI solutions in production. The main barriers to AI adoptions are technical challenges, cost considerations, and lack of expertise. We’re still very early in realizing AI’s …
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A few takeaways from this conversation: — Early crypto applications were challenging to use and primarily attracted tech enthusiasts and speculators. Over time, the technology matured, making applications more user-friendly and broadening the user base. While there’s still a long way to go, the maturation of the technology also led to a shift in fo…
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When you end an essay with a line like: "Majoring in computer science today will be like majoring in journalism in the late 90’s.” You’re bound to ruffle some feathers. In the case of Chris Paik’s “End of Software” essay, not only were feathers ruffled, but the entire farm was flustered. And then the pitchforks came out… Given the violent response …
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This is really one you should watch on our YouTube. Like, all of them are. But this one has Will going to a White Board. What if we could know whether the business idea you can’t shake is worth pursuing? What if we could ensure that we're pairing the right ideas with the right capital sources to ensure the best possible outcomes? Will Quist, from S…
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My friend, Michael Dempsey, Managing Partner at Compound, and I have an ongoing thread about the intersection of indie ideals and his areas of focus in deep tech. Most of these conversations happen over meals or online, so we decided to dive in a bit with the cameras on. Our conversation was as fun as it was wide ranging. I’ve watched for years as …
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We invited our friend, Reggie James, to help unpack what's happening in hardware and break down what's behind many of the recent negative viral product review videos currently hitting the internet. Reggie is a longtime friend to indie and prolific advisor to many of this new crop of hardware startups in market and in development. He cuts right to t…
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One of the most frequent requests we get is to hear directly from indie founders. Today's conversation is just that. And we did it in style. James Nord, founder of Fohr, has had a front row seat to indie having been one of the very first investments we made. In turn, I've had a front row seat for their growth from hundreds of thousands in revenue t…
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I had the opportunity to know Christina Cacioppo early in her time at Union Square Ventures. Always whip-smart and ever curious, we found ourselves drawn to similar founders and edges of emerging markets. When her time at USV ended, we lost touch. She moved from NYC to San Francisco, took a job at Dropbox, and carried on with her post-VC life. Fast…
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A few weeks back, we had the unique opportunity to sit down with Tom Preston-Werner, co-founder and former CEO of Github. We met in a church he recently renovated into an incredible event space and rolled the cameras to capture our wide-ranging conversation. Over the better part of an hour, we covered his early years, the founding and scaling of Gi…
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Bitcoin Market Developments in the Past Year Bitcoin ETF Approval Process Price Predictions from Prominent Financial Authorities What is Bitcoin Halving? The MVRV Ratio for bitcoin valuation Carbon credits are a market-based system designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions Carbon pricing policies could be designed to incentivize the use of renewa…
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From the potential for job displacement to the ethical dilemmas surrounding privacy and bias, we'll cover it all. So, whether you're an AI enthusiast, a skeptic, or simply curious about the future, this episode promises to be a captivating journey into the world of artificial intelligence, Get ready to explore the possibilities, the challenges, and…
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This is a brief overview of the gradual developments in AI over the past decade that have led to significant advancements in the field. Deep learning: The past decade has seen a resurgence of neural networks, specifically deep learning, which has been a primary driver of AI advancements. The development of new techniques, such as convolutional neur…
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One of the significant benefits of achieving carbon neutrality is that it helps to mitigate the impacts of climate change. By reducing carbon emissions and investing in renewable energy, we can reduce our reliance on fossil fuels and decrease the amount of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere. This, in turn, helps to reduce the temperature of the pl…
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A project combining carbon credits and crytocurrencies would tokenize carbon credits, which could then be traded on a blockchain as a cryptocurrency. The idea behind it is to make carbon credits more tradeable and accessible to a wider range of investors, and therefore increase the demand for carbon credits. Many are totally unaware of the recent a…
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Located in the heart of Miami Beach, the Miami Beach Convention Center is a world-class event space with capacity for over 100,000 people. Miami Beach Convention Center (MBCC) welcomed thousands of visitors and fintech industry leaders for the largest Bitcoin event in the history of cryptocurrency, Bitcoin 2022, from April 6-9, 2022. Bitcoin 2022 b…
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Central banks around the world have painted themselves into a corner as of late, as their executions of injecting trillions of dollars into the financial markets conflicts with their desire to avoid massive asset appreciation. Rather than take the blame for this predicament, the financial central planners have characteristically evolved into creati…
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In our opening segment on this topic, episode 3, Never Say Never - Wall Street Cryptocurrency Reversals, Part 1, we had covered the bases on how some globally financial institutions have pivoted, in under 3 years, from their condemnations, all the way to glowing endorsements of the embryonic, nearly 2 trillion dollar cryptocurrency space. These bra…
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Central banks around the world have painted themselves into a corner as of late, as their executions of injecting trillions of dollars into the financial markets conflicts with their desire to avoid massive asset appreciation. Rather than take the blame for this predicament, the financial central planners have characteristically evolved into creati…
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Never Say Never – Wall Street Cryptocurrency Reversal - This podcast will begin to cover a sampling of over a dozen of the biggest names in finance, who have gone from total skeptics, or, total condemnation, into totally committed, and significantly invested, to the cryptocurrency spaces. This should put any remaining skepticism by lesser known pla…
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Termed as Bitcoin Maximilalists, the first major crypto conference since the start of the pandemic took place in June 2020. Some truly big name achievers and personalities in the financial world were headliners. They had much to contribute on their changing attitudes on bitcoin and crypto. Ray Dalio, an American investor and hedge fund manager, who…
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The Seventh Layer is my characterization of the current state of evolution as seen during my career in business and information technology tracing back to my first experience, that of marketing to, and, servicing the needs of Fortune 500 executives who lacked proper efficient and profitable information management support. This was in the early 1980…
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Termed as Bitcoin Maximilalists, the first major crypto conference since the start of the pandemic took place in June 2020. Some truly big name achievers and personalities in the financial world were headliners. They had much to contribute on their changing attitudes on bitcoin and crypto. Ray Dalio, Founder has served as co-chief investment office…
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The Seventh Layer is my characterization of the current state of evolution during my career in business and information technology tracing back to my first experience, that of marketing to and servicing the needs of Fortune 500 executives who lacked proper efficient and profitable information management support. This was in the early 1980's. I refe…
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