Greycroft's Alan Patricof on Venture Capital, Entrepreneurs, IPOs (video)

Greycroft’s Alan Patricof: We’re seeing enormous ‘entrepreneurial enthusiasm’

Greycroft (domain: greycroft.com) co-founder Alan Patricof on the “entrepreneurial enthusiasm” in the U.S. and his company’s investments. Fox Business videos above and below published Dec 28, 2018.

Greycroft’s Alan Patricof: The IPO market has finally opened up

Greycroft co-founder Alan Patricof discusses his outlook on IPOs and the stock market volatility.

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Technology & Innovation: What's Next in Consumer Startups?

Technology & Innovation: What's Next in Consumer Startups?

a16z.com video above published Dec 8, 2018, by Andrew Chen, Andreessen Horowitz venture capital firm:

"If you look at consumer adoption curves of major new technologies in the U.S. over the past 100 years, you'll see interesting patterns in both growth and behavior change. Some took longer, some came faster (especially lately, as we reach new heights of software eating the world) -- but one thing is for sure: Technology changes, but people stay the same.

"Even if in some cases new technology requires people to learn new behaviors, the underlying motivations behind those behaviors are the same... not just across people and places, but across history and time. So what does this mean for the next wave of consumer startups?

"As new tech platforms -- such as video, mapping APIs, mobile AR, and more -- hit scale, a the next big wave of consumer products and startups are coming into the ecosystem. But finding and nurturing these startups requires a special combination of understanding the fundamental platform shift; underlying consumer motivations/needs; and key growth insights that enable them to breakout from the fray. Whether they're old "growth hacks" reinvented for the modern era -- from reviews to coupons to chain letters to viral sharing -- or new behaviors only now possible in an offline-to-online world (note the inversion!), such as visible offline experiences that drive further growth online -- the more things change, the more they stay the same."

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— Andrew Chen (@andrewchen) November 1, 2018

An international team of almost 200 psychologists has been trying to repeat a set of previously published experiments from its field, to see if it can get the same results. Despite its best efforts, the project has only succeeded in 14 out of 28 cases. https://t.co/TZuHJYt2Af

— Andrew Chen (@andrewchen) December 2, 2018

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Technology in the World: End of the Beginning, What's Next? (video)

The End of the Beginning

a16z.com video above published Nov 16, 2018: In his now annual state-of-innovation talk at the a16z Summit in November 2018, Andreessen Horowitz’ Benedict Evans walks through where we are now in software eating the world... and how things may continue to change over the next 10 years.

What's the state of not just "the world of tech", but tech in the world? The access story is now coming to an end, observes Evans, but the use story is just beginning: Most of the people are now online, but most of the money is still not. If we think we're in a period of disruption right now, how will the next big platform shifts -- like machine learning -- impact huge swathes of retail, manufacturing, marketing, fintech, healthcare, entertainment, and more? Especially as technology begins to tackle bigger problems, in harder markets, at deeper (and more structural) levels?

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Tech Review: When Amazon $AMZN Comes For Your Startup (video)

Tech Review (TR 2018-10-13)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech investing news with commentary, analysis and opinion: Features • 1) When Amazon $AMZN Comes For Your Startup, 2) Why Blue Origin Is  Jeff Bezos's 'Most Important Work', 3) Investing: The Week, Investing Notes, 4) ICYMI Tech News: Amazon, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Facebook, China, Venture Capital.

1) What happens when Amazon comes for your startup

CNN.com's Jon Sarlin explains why companies panic when Amazon $AMZN enters their markets and what unexpected opportunities that can bring. CNN Business video above published Oct 5, 2018. Featured startup: Porch.com "Home Improvement Simplified."

See also: "Merchants and brands that sell on Amazon are growing increasingly worried about competing directly with Amazon"--cnbc.com.

2) Why Blue Origin Is  Jeff Bezos's 'Most Important Work'

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said his company Blue Origin (blueorigin.com) is trying to build low-cost infrastructure that can reduce the expenses of space travel. CNBC.com video above published Oct 3, 2018.

3) Investing

The Week: NASDAQ Composite -3.7% | S&P 500 Index -4.1% | DJIA -4.2% --Editor's note: "tech stocks have borne the brunt of the recent sell-off" yet the tech-heavy NASDAQ Composite is up +8.6% year-to-date as of Friday's close.

S&P 500 Likely To Report Earnings Growth Above 20% For Third Straight Quarter--factset.com.

"This reset to normal Treasury volatility means equity market volatility will also move off its lows, so expect wider swings in stock prices from here on out ... this reset is not a sign “The end is nigh” for the rally in US stocks. Getting back to “Normal” volatility in stocks and bonds is actually a healthy sign."--DataTrekResearch.com

Wall Street's Charging Bull

Investing Notes:

Higher rates don't kill bull markets, the data says. pic.twitter.com/EnJXFNvP4z

— Brian Sozzi (@BrianSozzi) October 9, 2018

Gundlach Says Trump "Crazy Like A Fox" For Blaming Fed For Market Rout--zerohedge.com.

4) ICYMI Tech News:

Amazon $AMZN vs Google $GOOG $GOOGL: "Some advertisers are moving more than half of the budget they normally spend with Google search to Amazon ads instead, amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars"--CNBC.com.

The Apple $AAPL $600 million deal to acquire critical iPhone technology, patents, and people from Anglo-German chip designer Dialog is not only unusual, but also the largest of its kind by Apple--reuters.com.

Microsoft $MSFT Clears Hurdle For US DOD $10 Billion JEDI Cloud Computing Contract as Google Drops Out--law360.com and TheHill.com.

Alphabet appeals the record $5B fine imposed by European Union antitrust regulators for Google's practices involving Android--reuters.com. See also Google shuts down Google+ after API bug exposed details for over 500,000 users--zdnet.com.

Facebook's WhatsApp builds system to comply with India's payments data storage norm--reuters.com. See also newsroom.fb.com: Facebook breach (between July 2017 and September 2018) investigation: large-scale attack on Sept. 14-27 accessed info of about 29 million people.

Twitter TWTR: Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC), has opened a GDPR investigation of Twitter (Twitter’s European operations are headquartered in Dublin, Ireland).

China: US Department of Justice announced the arrest and extradition of Yanjun Xu, high-ranking director in China's Ministry of State Security (MSS), the country's counter-intelligence and foreign intelligence agency. Xu was arrested for attempting to commit economic espionage and steal trade secrets after trying to recruit several insiders from multiple US aviation and aerospace companies--zdnet.com. See also "China reportedly is weaponizing the technology supply chain"--TheHill.com.

Saudi Arabia says it will invest $45 billion in SoftBank's planned second Vision Fund--Bloomberg.com.

Venture Capital Investment in US companies to hit $100B in 2018: "There are more than 2.5 months remaining in 2018 and already U.S. companies have raised $84.1 billion--more than all of 2017--across 6,583 VC deals as of Sept. 30, 2018"--TechCrunch.com. See also Kirsten Green, the VC behind Warby Parker, Glossier, and Jet.com has raised a new $360 million fund--FastCompany.com.

-- John Poole, Editor, Domain Mondo  

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Tencent Holdings Q2 2018 Earnings, LIVE Webcast, Aug 15, 8am EDT

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

Hong Kong Stock Exchange: HKG: 0700

Tencent Holdings Ltd: HKG: 0700

Principal domain: tencent.com

Investor Relations: tencent.com/en-us/investor.html

UPDATE: Q2 2018 Earnings Release (pdf) excerpts:

• Total revenues were RMB147,203 million (USD22,248 million1 ), an increase of 39% over the first half of 2017 (“YoY”). 
• Operating profit was RMB52,499 million (USD7,934 million), an increase of 25% YoY. Operating margin decreased to 36% from 39% last year. 
• Profit for the period was RMB42,553 million (USD6,431 million), an increase of 30% YoY. Net margin decreased to 29% from 31% last year. 
• Profit attributable to equity holders of the Company for the period was RMB41,157 million (USD6,220 million), an increase of 26% YoY. 
• Basic earnings per share were RMB4.363. Diluted earnings per share were RMB4.303

See also: "Tencent's earnings disappointment, which sent the stock plunging and dragged EM futures lower..."--Tech Stocks Slammed After Tencent Shocker | ZeroHedge.com 15 Aug 2018.

Tencent Holdings Limited's release of 2018 Second Quarter and Interim Results: Wednesday, August 15, 2018. Mr. Ma Huateng, Chairman & CEO, Mr. Martin Lau, President, Mr. James Mitchell, CSO and Mr. John Lo, CFO, will host a conference call to review the Company’s business and financial performance and discuss the Company’s future plans. A live webcast of this conference call will be available on the Company’s website as follows: time: 8:00 p.m. HKT/ 8:00 a.m. EDT Webcast Access: http://www.tencent.com/webcasting/2Q18. PowerPoint slides will be presented during the live webcast. Archived webcast will be available at the same link above.

Dial-in numbers: US Toll Free: 184 4760 0770; UK: +44 20371 35084; China (Landline): 80087 00532; China (mobile): 40062 40407; International: +65 6713 5330; HK: +852 3018 8307; Passcode for Participants: 267 9428. A replay of the conference call can be reached at 185 5452 5696 (US Toll Free), or +61 2 9003 4211 (International). Conference ID number is 267 9428.

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese multinational investment holding conglomerate founded in 1998, with subsidiaries specialize in various internet-related services and products, entertainment,  artificial intelligence and technology both in China and globally. 

Headquarters: Its twin-skyscrapers headquarters Tencent Seafront Towers (also known as Tencent Binhai Mansion) are based in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, China.

According to its Wikipedia.org profile: "Tencent is the world's biggest investment corporation, one of the largest internet and technology companies, one of the biggest venture capital firms, and the largest and most valuable gaming (Tencent Games) and social media company. Its many services include social network, music, web portals, e-commerce, mobile games, internet services, payment systems, smartphones, and multiplayer online games, which are all among the world's biggest and most successful in their respective categories. Offerings in China include the well-known instant messenger Tencent QQ and one of the largest web portals, QQ.com. Its mobile chat service WeChat has helped bolster Tencent's continued expansion into smartphone services, and has been credited as one of the world's most powerful apps. It also owns the majority of China's music services (Tencent Music Entertainment), with more than 700 million active users and 120 million paying subscribers, the world's largest and most profitable."

• Revenue: 237.8 billion CNY (2017)
• Subsidiaries: Epic Games, Tencent Games, Riot Games, Supercell, WeChat and more.
• Founders: Ma Huateng a/k/a Pony Ma, Chen Yidan, Zhang Zhidong, Xu Chenye, Zeng Liqing

See also: Government of China blocks Tencent fantasy game days after launch--chinaeconomicreview.com 14 Aug 2018.

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Indonesia's Startup Boom, Venture Capitalists Go For Go-Jek & More

Indonesia's Startup Boom

Southeast Asia's largest economy has seen a flurry of homegrown tech successes, led by $5 billion ride-hailing firm Go-Jek (domain: go-jek.com). Willson Cuaca of East Ventures (domain: east.vc) and Donald Wihardja of Convergence Ventures (domain: convergencevc.com) explain why, and how, Jakarta can keep the hits coming. Reuters release date: 11 May 2018.
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Tech Review | Tech Regulation and Volatility in the VC Landscape (video)

Tech Review (TR 2018-04-28)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech news with commentary, analysis and opinion: Features • 1) Tech Regulation and Volatility in the Venture Capital Landscape, 2) New Era of European Startup Investing, 3) Investing: The Week, Investing Notes, 4) ICYMI Tech News.

1) Tech Regulation and Volatility in the Venture Capital Landscape

Trae Vassallo, Defy Partners Management (domain: defy.vc) managing director, discusses possible regulation of the tech sector and other current issues affecting the technology sector. She spoke with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology" April 17, 2018.

See also Blowback Against Facebook, Google And Amazon Is Just Beginning | ZeroHedge.com: "... people are starting to question the social and political costs of these tech darlings' dominance and the billions in profits they reap ... We all understand how Corporate Media undermines democracy: recall how every time Bernie Sanders won a Democratic primary in 2016, The New York Times and The Washington Post "reported" the news in small typeface in a sidebar, while every Hillary Clinton primary win was trumpeted in large headlines at the top of page one. But this sort of manipulation is visible; what Google and Facebook do is invisible ... Amazon is the embodiment of numerous destructive dynamics ..."

2) European VCs Raise Cash in New Era of Startup Investing

Dawn Capital (domain: dawncapital.com) General Partner Haakon Overli and Octopus Ventures (domain: octopusventures.com) CEO Alliott Cole discuss the hundreds of millions in new funding raised to invest in European startups. They joined Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde Tuesday on "Bloomberg Technology" April 19, 2018.

See also Why Venture Capital is Pouring Into Token Startups | YouTube.com Apr 13, 2018:  Lonne Jaffe, managing director at Insight Venture Partners (domain: insightpartners.com), discusses investing in cryptocurrency and technology startups with Bloomberg.com's Joe Weisenthal on "What'd You Miss.""

3) Investing

The Week--NASDAQ Composite | S&P 500 Index | DJIA--markets basically "flat" for the week.

What can the Roman Stoics tell us about how #markets are #trading? "We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality."- Seneca. As for how this all relates to the #VIX, S&P 500 and #gold, click here to read more: https://t.co/XDU8lcoQb1

— DataTrek Research (@DataTrekMB) April 24, 2018

Investing Notes:

• Q1 2018 earnings this past week on DomainMondo.com: Alphabet, Twitter, Facebook, Verisign, Amazon. 
• Deutsche Bank Abandons Global Investment Banking: Deutsche will concentrate on its European home market, in contrast to UK-based Barclays, its main European rival. Barclays reported Thursday pre-tax profits at its corporate and investment bank rose 48 per cent in the quarter, beating Wall Street rivals with a 21 per cent surge in trading revenue (in US dollar terms).
• Tech chaos blocks Spanish-owned bank's UK customers from their funds: Day 5 |  "But as they say here in Spain, haste can kill (la prisa mata)."--WolfStreet.com.

• How Malta Became a Hub of the Cryptocurrency World | Bloomberg.com

• Mexican Peso Gets Crushed as Lopez Obrador’s Election Lead Looks Untouchable | Bloomberg.com

• "Canada Is In Serious Trouble" Again, And This Time It's For Real | ZeroHedge.com: "unlike the US, the average Canadian household had failed to reduce its debt load."

• 15 Types of Regression you should know | listendata.com: types of regression algorithms designed for various types of analysis.

4) ICYMI Tech News:

• T-Mobile + Sprint? (Deutsche Telekom, SoftBank)--T-Mobile, Sprint finalizing merger terms: sources | Reuters.com--if true, resulting U.S. market shares (2017 data): 1) Verizon 35% 2)AT&T 33%, 3) T-Mobile & Sprint 30%, 4) other 2%.

• Amazon will raise the US price of Prime for the first time in 4 years, from $99 to $119; change will take effect for new subs May 11 and existing subs June 16--Recode.net. 

• Amazon ad sale boom could challenge Google-Facebook dominance | Reuters.com.

• China aims to boost semiconductors as trade war looms | Reuters.com

• Lexicon: Facebook’s Inexorable Tie to Data Brokers  | TheRinger.com: "Shadowy companies, digital and analog, have found ways to collect user data for profit for many years. Facebook has made the practice easier than ever while eluding the the untoward name."
• Why we should worry about Facebook and Google owning our data | thenextweb.com

• Palantir Knows Everything About You | bloomberg.com

• Who Has More of Your Personal Data Than Facebook? Try Google | WSJ.com: the many ways Google obtains user data via Gmail, apps on devices, its Analytics service, etc; Google probably knows much more about us than Facebook.
• Sizing the potential value of AI and advanced analytics | McKinsey.com: "the broad use and significant economic potential of advanced AI techniques."
• U.S. Department of Justice supoenas top 4 U.S. Wireless Carriers and GSMA association over collusion to impede eSIM features for easier carrier switching--WSJ.com.
• How China Is Buying Its Way Into Europe | Bloomberg.com
• Amazon India's Amit Agarwal says groceries and consumables to be more than half of company's business in India within the next five years--Reuters.com 

• Chinese entrepreneurs have some creative responses to the government’s crackdown on crypto | MIT TechnologyReview.com

• speedtest - Google Search | google.com: "Check your internet speed in under 30 seconds."

• Browser wars 2018: Microsoft Edge falls behind ... Internet Explorer? | ZDNet.com Editor's note: if your browser isn't Chrome or Firefox, your browser "sucks."

• Can I install Firefox on my Chromebook? - Google Product Forums: "Can I install Firefox on my Chromebook?" Answer: Android apps are now available in selected Chromebooks, check the full list here. If your Chromebook supports running Android apps, then you can download Firefox from Google Play Store and even set it as your default browser.

-- John Poole, Editor, Domain Mondo  

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International VC Index Ventures Expanding Its Fintech Portfolio (video)

Index Ventures Expands Its Fintech Portfolio

Bloomberg.com video above published Apr 13, 2018: Index Ventures led a $28.3 million dollars Series A round for Alan (domain: alan.eu), a Paris-based digital health insurance company, adding to its portfolio of fintech firms. Bloomberg's Caroline Hyde talks to Jan Hammer, Index Ventures General Partner about the investment in Alan, and the global fintech landscape.

🎉 Big Bravo to @alan_assurance, who has just closed the largest Series A round in French #insurtech history, led by @indexventures and @Xavier75; they're part of @joinstationf in @facebook's Startup Program 🚀 Read all about it: https://t.co/fXXHeeNVSF #OnlyAtStationF #Success pic.twitter.com/RmGmNrj4Xp

— STATION F (@joinstationf) April 11, 2018

Index Ventures (indexventures.com) is an international venture capital firm with dual headquarters in London and San Francisco, investing in technology-enabled companies with a focus on e-commerce, fintech, gaming, enterprise software, productivity, and security.
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Benchmark VC Bill Gurley on the VC Landscape and Uber (video)

Benchmark's Bill Gurley on VC Landscape and Uber

Bill Gurley, Benchmark Capital (benchmark.com) general partner, discusses the current venture capital landscape and his views on Uber with Bloomberg's Emily Chang and Selina Wang at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference in San Francisco on February 14, 2018.

• Benchmark Current Venture Portfolio (list via twitter)

• See also @benchmark

Selected tweets and retweets by Bill Gurley @bgurley

Article speculates Amazon may become robo-advisor. Due to ACH shortcomings (regulatory capture), the way around banks for big-4 (in payments) is to grab the whole paycheck. Who would you send your whole paycheck to: https://t.co/bAb3aVGcl5

— Bill Gurley (@bgurley) March 9, 2018

Every trip on @Uber is insured: delighted that @Allstate and @WeAreFarmers have joined @Progressive and James River as insurers for the millions of rides that @Uber facilitates across the US every day. https://t.co/K0Jip3AeD2

— Barney Harford (@barneyh) March 4, 2018

Introducing Uber Health—​transportation for patients ​to get to and from the care they need​. Because care starts with getting there.​ https://t.co/SWtyxQwf8e

— Uber (@Uber) March 1, 2018

1/ Glad to see unicorns Spotify and Dropbox finally step up to the plate and go public. As I've said many times, there are many benefits to being public.

my post in 2013: https://t.co/5UloAAmO2D

— Spencer Rascoff (@spencerrascoff) March 1, 2018

Feels great to have the cat out of the bag. Transparency breeds trust.

— Daniel Ek (@eldsjal) February 28, 2018

Spotify files for IPO https://t.co/am9DDzhPoe

— Dan Primack (@danprimack) February 28, 2018

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Aspect Ventures, VC Firm Run by Women, Raises $181M for Second Fund

Aspect Ventures Raises $181M for Second Fund

Jennifer Fonstad, managing partner and co-founder at Aspect Ventures, discusses the closing of a $181 million second fund, making the firm the biggest venture outfit created and run by women. She speaks on "Bloomberg Technology." Bloomberg.com video above published Jan 25, 2018.

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Michael Novogratz Focuses Merchant Bank on Cryptocurrencies (video)

Novogratz Focuses Merchant Bank on Cryptocurrencies

Michael Novogratz is starting a merchant bank dedicated to cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based ventures. Bloomberg's Erik Schatzker has the details via "Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas." Bloomberg.com video published Jan 9, 2018

See also: Bitcoin, ethereum and ripple make comeback after crypto sell-off | cnbc.com Jan 18, 2018.

Novogratz is the CEO of Galaxy Investment Partners, a cryptocurrency investment firm. Originally scheduled to start his Galaxy Digital Assets Fund on December 15, 2017, he delayed plans because he "didn't like market conditions."

Crypto market cap is over 1 tr if you count all coins as well as value of the companies in the space. 2018 is gonna be a wild ride.

— Michael Novogratz (@novogratz) December 30, 2017

total $XRP now worth $380 bn.... makes Ripple labs worth $225bn.. tenth largest company by market cap in the world... makes Chris Larsen worth $55bn tying Mark Zuckerburg as 5th richest man in the world.....

— Michael Novogratz (@novogratz) January 4, 2018

At one Point in the 1989 Japanese real estate bubble, the Imperial Palace in Japan was said to be worth more than the entire state of California,, things that don't make sense don't last....be careful out there

— Michael Novogratz (@novogratz) January 4, 2018

To be clear, we delayed launching a hedge fund with outside investors capital last week because we didn’t like market conditions for new investors. In no way does it mean we are less bullish the crypto markets.

— Michael Novogratz (@novogratz) December 22, 2017

Galaxy is building out a full fledged crypto merchant bank. I have over 30 percent of my net worth in crypto assets. We have venture bets, ICOs, tokens, investments in funds, mining and advisory. We also trade very actively. We are making a large long term bet on crypto.

— Michael Novogratz (@novogratz) December 22, 2017

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Brexit Impact: London IPO Market Attractive & Amplitude Capital Staying

BofA's Coben Says London Remains Attractive for IPOs

Bloomberg.com video above published Dec 4, 2017: Craig Coben, global head of equity capital markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, discusses Brexit's impact on the IPO market and looks at investor appetite for equity financing of M&A. He speaks with Bloomberg's Ruth David on "Bloomberg Markets."

Amplitude Capital CEO 'Quite Happy' to Stay in London

Bloomberg.com video published Nov 22, 2017: Karsten Schroeder, CEO of Amplitude Capital (domain: ampcap.com) discusses hedge funds and the effects of Brexit. He speaks with Bloomberg's Vonnie Quinn and Mark Barton on "Bloomberg Markets."

Brexit: Who has the most to lose? Germany, not the UK. The UK imports more from the EU than the UK exports to the EU, with seven of UK's ten leading import sources coming from the EU.

China and the United States, with import values of 40.6 billion GBP and 36.6 billion GBP respectively, were the UK's largest non-EU import sources, and both might stand to gain if the EU fails to reach a "Brexit trade deal."

Note President Trump's warm welcome of Norway's Prime Minister (video below). Norway is not a member of the EU and Trump discussed U.S. trade with Norway:

President Donald Trump: Our Economic Ties With Norway Are Robust And Growing | CNBC.com

CNBC.com video published Jan 10, 2018: At a joint news conference, President Donald Trump and Norway Prime Minister Erna Solberg speak about global trade.

source: Statista.com

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WorldRemit Online Money Transfers, International Remittances (video)

A better way - WorldRemit

WorldRemit video above published Dec 5, 2017.

WorldRemit (domain: worldremit.com) is an online money transfer service that provides international remittance services to expatriates and migrant workers. The company was founded in 2010 by Ismail Ahmed and is backed by venture capital companies Accel Partners (Domain: accel.com) and Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV) (domain: tcv.com).

See also: WorldRemit nabs $40M at a $670M valuation to boost its money transfer business | TechCrunch.com

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Amazon $AMZN & Sqrrl, Machine Learning Analytics Cybersecurity Startup

Introduction to Sqrrl – "Who We Are in a Nutshell"

Sqrrl video above published Jan 5, 2017: "Want to find out more about Sqrrl? Watch this 2-minute overview video and in just seconds you'll hear our company mission and how our Threat Hunting Platform can help your organization discover hidden threats that already exist inside your network. 

"Sqrrl’s Threat Hunting Platform combines intuitive hunt capabilities with powerful machine learning analytics that detect subtle and linked anomalies associated with kill chain tactics. By transforming raw data into contextual knowledge and actionable insights, Sqrrl displays every asset or entity data (including users, hosts, IPs, domains, etc.) as connected nodes on a graph. Sqrrl simplifies hunting for users with any skill level, as hunters can seamlessly pivot through network, identity, endpoint, and security data based on pre¬defined connections between the various entities."

Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) is in advanced talks to acquire Sqrrl, a startup that analyzes big data to detect cybersecurity threats, according to a report in Axios.com.

Sqrrl Data, Inc. (domain: sqrrl.com): a U.S.-based company founded in 2012 that markets software for big data analytics and cyber security; the company has roots in the United States intelligence community and National Security Agency according to Wikipedia.org.

• Headquarters: Cambridge, MA
• Founded: 2012
• Type of business: Private -- startup Sqrrl has raised almost $30 million from venture capital firms including Accomplice, Matrix Partners, Rally Ventures and Spring Lake Equity Partners.

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Brexit: Luring Tech Talent to the UK vs EU (video)

How Brexit Is Impacting Europe's Tech VC Landscape

Bloomberg Technology video above published Dec 4, 2017: Tom Wehmeier, Atomico (domain: atomico.com) partner and head of research, discusses the funding climate for European startups with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on "Bloomberg Technology."

source: Atomico.com

Facebook's new London offices

Financial Times (ft.com) video above published Dec 4, 2017: Facebook has ramped up plans for its new London offices by pledging to hire 800 more “high tech” employees than expected.

London will be Facebook's largest engineering hub outside the United States. UK has the 2 best universities in the world, and three of the top ten:

The two best universities in the world are no longer in the United States https://t.co/Vrsz7wOz7r pic.twitter.com/POrBoPlgsT

— World Economic Forum (@wef) December 5, 2017

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Tech Review | The Internet Broke The Media & There's No Going Back

Tech Review (TR 2017-12-02)--Domain Mondo's weekly review of tech news with commentary, analysis and opinion: Features • 1) The Internet Broke the Media & There's No Going Back, 2) Caveat Emptor BLU Smartphones, 3) Investing: The Week, Investing Notes: Tax Reform, Student Debt, EU, Venture Capital, 4)ICYMI Tech News.

1) The Internet Broke the Media & There's No Going Back:

Bob Iger Says the World of TV Has Been Disrupted

Walt Disney Co. Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger discusses the company's new streaming apps and plans for ESPN. He speaks with Emily Chang at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit in Los Angeles on "Bloomberg Daybreak: Australia" Oct 3, 2017.

Why ESPN Is Laying Off More Staffers

ESPN is firing about 150 people, according to a person familiar with the matter, eliminating about 2 percent of its workforce as subscriptions decline and costs rise for the rights to air live sporting events. Bloomberg's Lucas Shaw and Cory Johnson have more on "Bloomberg Technology" Nov 29, 2017.

There is no silver bullet for what the internet and smartphones have destroyed https://t.co/tezFJNwuj6 pic.twitter.com/mfqgjd6BLW

— Bloomberg Gadfly (@gadfly) November 28, 2017

"Google and Facebook leave little room for competition ... What's the fix? There is none. Sorry ... The best approach is to have a coherent strategy, make money from multiple sources, minimize costs and lower expectations. And even if companies do all these things, they still may not survive. Digital media companies aren't the only ones casting about for survival strategies. Traditional media companies have a tough slog, too. And nearly every industry is learning that business models are breaking, and it's not easy to put them back together"--Bloomberg.com.

See also: Time Wasn't on Its Side | Bloomberg.com: "a bittersweet day for Old Media. Time Inc., publisher of the namesake iconic magazine, is selling out as its print-advertising revenue shrinks, with little offset by its ambitious digital efforts."

2) Caveat Emptor BLU Smartphones: 

Miami smartphone maker BLUproducts.com "blew" the Android "security update" to Life One X2  smartphones as owners reported being "locked out" of their phones after the OTA update installed--some have reported on Facebook and elsewhere that even after trying a "hard reset" their phones were "bricked"--

BLU Products  | facebook.com/BLU.Products comments: "Why are you guys still sending out this OTA update when you clearly must understand that there is something seriously wrong with it. It just locked out my wife's phone and then I start Googling and find out you have been aware of the problem for days. I wish I had done a quick check before going ahead with it. Very frustrating and disappointing Blu."

Maria:  BLU, you guys could calm a lot of this uproar by acknowledging the issue on your page as a post and not within the comments. It would show that you guys are dedicated to fixing the problem by admitting the issue and assuring us of a resolution within a reasonable time frame. Whether it be a forced update to fix, working pass code or a replacement phone of equal or greater value.  BLU: Hi Maria, this is not an automated response. I am a real person just like you and I can tell you that BLU is working around the clock for a solution on the issue.

3) Investing

The Week: U.S. markets posted strong weekly gains, with the Dow (DJIA) posting its best weekly performance in nearly a year, and the S&P 500's weekly gain of 1.5 per cent was the best weekly performance for the benchmark index in 11 weeks, all the more notable in view of the latest drama in D.C.

Investing Notes:  
What ETF Flows Are Saying About Tax Reform

Bloomberg Intelligence's Eric Balchunas and Bloomberg's Abigail Doolittle examine the impact of the Senate tax bill on the ETF market. They speak on "Bloomberg Markets" on Dec 1, 2017. Also note Balchunas's comments at the end about possible future bitcoin ETFs on the U.S. markets.

• Student Debt: Taibbi: The Great College Loan Swindle | RollingStone.com: How universities, banks and the government turned student debt into America's next financial black hole.
• EU: What Merkel’s political woes mean for the EU | Reuters.com

• Venture Capital: There’s an implosion of early-stage VC funding, and no one’s talking about it | TechCrunch.com

4) ICYMI 

Tech News:

• Are iPhone X, Galaxy Note 8 at $1,000 really 10 times better than $100 Nokia 2? | ZDNet.com

• Tesla switches on giant battery to shore up Australia's grid | reuters.com

• Amazon Merchants Continue to Find Ways to Cheat | Bloomberg.com: "Hiring click-farms to game reviews spikes when buying peaks."
• BlackBerry loses payment dispute with Nokia, to pay $137 million | reuters.com

• Amazon steps up pace in artificial intelligence race | reuters.com

• Qualcomm files new patent infringement complaints against Apple | reuters.com

• Social Media & Mobile Phones Fall From Grace | charleshughsmith.blogspot.com

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