Dec 23, 2020
Utilizing funds from its India Digitization Fund (the $7.5 billion that was earmarked for India), Google invested in 2 Indian startups, Glance and DailyHunt—propelling both to the $1B+ valuation unicorn club. Billion here, a billion there, while rest of us scramble for small seed pennies. :PThe company now reports over 115 million Daily Active Users, working directly with leading Android smartphone makers in India, including Xiaomi and Samsung. US and global expansion is now on the cards.... more
Dec 15, 2020
At 25, his fortune is worth an estimated $ 2.4 billion, more than double the figure that put Kylie Jenner on the 'Forbes' billionaire list in 2019.The name Austin Russell may not be familiar to you, but it is better to remember it. At just 25 years old , the Californian is the world's youngest new billionaire thanks to his company Luminar Technologies , a startup focused on creating and commercializing technology for autonomous vehicles.The founder and CEO of Luminar is one of... more
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Dec 11, 2020
Here are her major takeaways from the actions of women leaders, and how we can use them to adapt to the future.1. Include everyoneThe most successful leaders included everyone in their plans. “They make it very explicit that they care for everybody; they don’t keep anyone out,” Wittenberg-Cox says. She points to Erna Solberg, the Norwegian Prime Minister who held coronavirus instructional events for children to help ease their fears — despite the fact that they’re... more
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Dec 07, 2020
The global pandemic and following lockdown seems to have reinvented the role of automobiles in our lives. Before the pandemic people saw cars primarily as a mode of transportation but now vehicles are emerging as an extension of the home for locked-down families, facilitating travel without violating any social distancing norms.This is particularly important because over the past several decades human beings were moving away from car ownership, and embracing more sustainable modes of... more
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Dec 04, 2020
In Netflix's 2019 annual report there was one section competition :We compete against other entertainment video providers, such as multichannel video programming distributors ("MVPDs"), streaming entertainment providers (including those that provide pirated content), video gaming providers and more broadly against other sources of entertainment that our members could choose in their moments of free time. We also compete against streaming entertainment providers and content... more
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Dec 03, 2020
With technological innovation in sports continuously pushing the boundaries of what we know to be true, we’ve seen various leagues, individual teams, and athletes themselves consistently look for unconventional ways to improve their performance — investing millions of dollars in the process.Here are a few examples:LeBron James spends $1.5 million annually on his body, including personal chefs, trainers, massage therapists, and the use of cryotherapy, hyperbaric chambers, compression... more
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