Retail is a particularly fruitful market for Microsoft as the software company’s Azure business takes on Amazon Web Services in cloud infrastructure, and its newest e-commerce tools are only amplifying its rivalry with Amazon.
let’s talk monetary frameworks applied to crypto. currently, cryptoc fluctuates much like fiat, freely, within a “post Bretton Woods framework”. within the crypto world, Bitcoin can be viewed as having the same role as the $ in the fiat world. similarities abound! stablecoins (i use term to also include digital coupons backed 1:1 by fiat), however ill designed, aspire to bring stability, very much akin to a Bretton Woods monetary framework, with rules that strive to negotiate a monetary order. a return to a negotiated order for fiat currencies should not be ruled out & indeed is a potential path forward (see trade wars), to bring stability. currently the stablecoin movement is uncoordinated, similar to proto c-banks acting on their own, within walled gardens. might we envision a crypto monetary framework where stablecoins (or what comes after the current crop) & main protocols (bitcoin, ethereum & other main crypto) where there is coordination to usher tight bands of fluctuation? - assuming a modicum of sensible regulation to fight manipulation & fraud. that might be a logical evolution & help bring the much needed stability necessary to mass institutional or retail adoption everyone desperately seeks? #crypto #centralbanks #bitcoin #ethereum #cryptocurrencies …see more
COVID-19 is personal and, if you become infected, there are a wide range of possible outcomes. How safe is safe enough?
Brand matters. “I’m just curious, which vaccine am I getting today? The Pfizer one?” he inquired. “No. We’re giving out the Moderna vaccine at this location. It’s just as effective as the other one,” I replied. Mr. Boch looked disappointed ― a little deflated, even. He turned to his wife and sighed, “I guess we don’t have a choice.” “Mr. Boch, can you help me understand why you prefer the Pfizer vaccine?” I asked. “I don’t know. I feel like I’ve heard the name Pfizer so many times before, seen them on TV,” he said. “It’s just a brand I’m more familiar with. So, their vaccine just feels better,” he surmised …see more
on gambling and survival. a parable for how most investors in their respective disciplines sleep walk through their investing lives.
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@sramana is answering #startup #questions now during 507th #1m1m roundtable Q&A session, join us: http://ow.ly/Ffhk30rhxfp PASSWORD: startup
What do you think? Should the government begin creating jobs like it did during the Great Depression, to make sure anyone who wants to work has work to do? #KellyeMedia #work #stimulus
Can Ross pre-pay for the next thousand times he orders guac at Chipotle Mexican Grill ? We asked their CMO, Chris Brandt , on the latest episode of Think About This.
Inspiration for your Feel Good Friday, for all the fellow misfits out there. #Lidia Yuknavitch: The beauty of being a misfit | TED Talk |
We are going to discuss Twitter's warning label policy and whether or not Twitter has crossed from platform to publisher during our "Invent the Future" workshop, today from 3pm-4pmET on Zoom. Get your credentials here.
Alarm.com Expands Products To Address Competition #cloud #stocks #homeautomation #monitoring
The last in this burst of #InvestingInIndia - Alternatives Series If YOU have a unique perspective on Indian alternatives, please send in to editor (at) moneymanagementindia (dot) net - we can run as article or make a video/podcast …see more
Check out this interview from Engage 2019! The Fourth Industrial Revolution - Jasen Stine #radicalcpa #cpa Intuit #ai #learning
how many new bank accounts is Uber “responsible” for? in the US, globally? how many new bank accounts is the entire gig economy “responsible for? in the US, globally? as a % of total new bank accounts? (i assume these new accounts are business bank accounts for the most part, but may be wrong.) …see more
After seeing the Henry Ford "faster horses quote" surface yet again in the context of how one should be a visionary and ignore what the customer says, I'd like to share this well-written piece by Patrick Vlaskovits from five years ago.
Check out Shantanu Dev from New Jersey pitching http://www.examd.co / to @sramana at #1m1m roundtable for #entrepreneurs : http://ow.ly/h3EF30rdYdu PASSWORD: startup
The Book of Life puts work-life balance into historical perspective and explains why it is impossible.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Tesla isn't a damned car company: “We’re trying to make an integrated product,” Musk said during a meeting with Tesla shareholders in Fremont, California, Thursday. “So you have an integrated solar roof with a Powerwall and an electric car, and you just go into a Tesla store, just say yes, it just happens. It all works, it’s seamless and you love it.” …see more
“I promise you that if you can cling on just that little bit longer, if you can find the strength to keep on going to find out what happens next, your failure will make you see the world differently and will present you with opportunities you never could have anticipated. You have not lost anything through your failure. What you have lost was not for you. Shedding yourself of the things that are not for you actually brings you closer to what is.” Happy book launch day Elizabeth Day for Failosophy 👏🎉 https://lnkd.in/gnsPdV3 #founder #author #podcast #failure …see more