Home fitness

In the UK the biggest name in home fitness is probably Joe Wicks. In the US its probably Peloton. Yesterday Lululemon announced they were buying fitness start up Mirror. Feel like two different markets to me & you could easily have both Peloton & Mirror in your life. Big bucks are betting on post COVID…

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Smart adoption

“Mobile technology has spread rapidly around the globe. Today, it is estimated that more than 5 billion people have mobile devices, and over half of these connections are smartphones. But the growth in mobile technology to date has not been equal, either across nations or within them. People in advanced economies are more likely to…

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Second wave

Global Covid cases look to be on the rise. With the US going through a 2nd wave. “Yesterday, Texas and Florida announced that bars would once again have to be shut down as officials tried to slow the rapid spread of coronavirus cases.”

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Cloud caboodle

Confused why cloud stocks are performing so well even though we are admist a global pandemic? Hitting everything. Nearly. “Robert Smith, the founder and CEO of Vista Equity Partners is arguably one of the Top 5 investors alive. At Vista he manages over $57 billion in equity commitments, oversees a portfolio of 65 enterprise software…

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Paypal crypto

Its being reported that Paypal & their cash app Venmo are going to start offering members to by crypto straight from their apps. Another step closer to bringing crypto into the main stream. “Fintech giant PayPal plans to roll out direct sales of cryptocurrency to its 325 million users, according to three people familiar with…

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Football AI

ACRONIS HAS CONVINCED Europe’s most prestigious football clubs to trust it with their data—now, it plans to use that information to help them win more games. Founded by Serguei Beloussov, a Russian-born Singaporean serial entrepreneur with a taste for bow ties, Acronis provides data storage, backup, and cyber-protection services to businesses in over 150 countries.…

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Peggotty

We saw a boat called Peggotty on the river over the weekend. Looked like just another boat with a family onboard enjoying the river & the weather. A friend then noticed it had a plaque on it mentioning Dunkirk. Turns out it was one of the infamous little ships that made the journey to try…

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Zombie companies

What is a zombie company? “A zombie company is simply a company that is neither dead or alive. In other words, it is in so much debt that any cash generated is being used to pay off the interest on the debt or not actually reduce it, they have cut back as much as they…

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